Electric power industryThe electric power industry covers the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electric power to the general public and industry. The commodity sold is actually energy, not power, e.g. consumers pay for kilowatt-hours, power multiplied by time, which is energy. The commercial distribution of electricity started in 1882 when electricity was produced for electric lighting. In the 1880s and 1890s, growing economic and safety concerns lead to the regulation of the industry.
Enceinte connectéevignette|redresse|Un modèle d'enceinte connectée, ici le Google Home de Google. Une enceinte connectée ou haut-parleur intelligent est un type de haut-parleur sans fil à commande vocale, associé à un assistant personnel intelligent intégré, qui propose des actions interactives et des commandes à mains libres à l'aide d'un ou plusieurs mots-clés. Les enceintes connectées ajoutent à l'enceinte une utilisation de services distants par une connexion sans fil.
Smart home hubA smart home hub, sometimes also referred to as a "smart hub", "gateway'", "bridge", "controller" or "coordinator", is a control center/centre for a smart home, and enables the components of a smart home to communicate and respond to each other via communication through a central point. The smart home hub can consist of dedicated computer appliance, software appliance, or software running on computer hardware, and makes it possible to gather configuration, automation and monitoring of a smart house by communicating and controlling different smart devices that consist of for example home appliances, sensors and relays or robots, many of which are commonly categorized under Internet of things.
