DemandIn economics, demand is the quantity of a good that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices during a given time. The relationship between price and quantity demand is also called the demand curve. Demand for a specific item is a function of an item's perceived necessity, price, perceived quality, convenience, available alternatives, purchasers' disposable income and tastes, and many other options. Innumerable factors and circumstances affect a consumer's willingness or to buy a good.
Ordinateur optiqueUn ordinateur optique (ou ordinateur photonique) est un ordinateur numérique qui utilise des photons pour le traitement des informations, alors que les ordinateurs conventionnels utilisent des électrons. Les photons ont la particularité de ne pas créer d’interférence magnétique, de ne pas générer de chaleur et de se propager très rapidement. Les transistors optiques sont beaucoup plus rapides que les transistors électroniques. Des ordinateurs optiques pourraient être plus puissants que les ordinateurs conventionnels actuels.
Law of demandIn microeconomics, the law of demand is a fundamental principle which states that there is an inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded. In other words, "conditional on all else being equal, as the price of a good increases (↑), quantity demanded will decrease (↓); conversely, as the price of a good decreases (↓), quantity demanded will increase (↑)". Alfred Marshall worded this as: "When we say that a person's demand for anything increases, we mean that he will buy more of it than he would before at the same price, and that he will buy as much of it as before at a higher price".
Cross elasticity of demandIn economics, the cross (or cross-price) elasticity of demand measures the effect of changes in the price of one good on the quantity demanded of another good. This reflects the fact that the quantity demanded of good is dependent on not only its own price (price elasticity of demand) but also the price of other "related" good. The cross elasticity of demand is calculated as the ratio between the percentage change of the quantity demanded for a good and the percentage change in the price of another good, ceteris paribus:The sign of the cross elasticity indicates the relationship between two goods.
Technologie portablethumb|Montres connectées Une technologie portable ou technologie mettable (de l'anglais wearable technology, appelée également habitronique) est un vêtement ou un accessoire comportant des éléments informatiques et électroniques avancés. Les technologies portables incluent notamment des textiles (chandails, gants, Hexoskin, maillots de bain connectés, pansements connectés), des lunettes (Google Glass), des montres connectées (Pebble Watch, Apple Watch) et des bijoux.
Wearable computerA wearable computer, also known as a body-borne computer, is a computing device worn on the body. The definition of 'wearable computer' may be narrow or broad, extending to smartphones or even ordinary wristwatches. Wearables may be for general use, in which case they are just a particularly small example of mobile computing. Alternatively, they may be for specialized purposes such as fitness trackers. They may incorporate special sensors such as accelerometers, heart rate monitors, or on the more advanced side, electrocardiogram (ECG) and blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) monitors.
Price elasticity of demandA good's price elasticity of demand (, PED) is a measure of how sensitive the quantity demanded is to its price. When the price rises, quantity demanded falls for almost any good, but it falls more for some than for others. The price elasticity gives the percentage change in quantity demanded when there is a one percent increase in price, holding everything else constant. If the elasticity is −2, that means a one percent price rise leads to a two percent decline in quantity demanded.
Demand curveIn a demand schedule, a demand curve is a graph depicting the relationship between the price of a certain commodity (the y-axis) and the quantity of that commodity that is demanded at that price (the x-axis). Demand curves can be used either for the price-quantity relationship for an individual consumer (an individual demand curve), or for all consumers in a particular market (a market demand curve). It is generally assumed that demand curves slope down, as shown in the adjacent image.
Wear OSWear OS (anciennement Android Wear) est une version du système d'exploitation mobile Android de Google spécialement conçue pour faire fonctionner les technologies portables. Son lancement est annoncé le par Sundar Pichai, en collaboration avec les constructeurs Asus, Broadcom, Fossil, HTC, Intel, LG, MediaTek, Imagination Technologies, Motorola, Qualcomm et Samsung. En parallèle, trois premiers modèles de montres intelligentes fonctionnant sur le nouveau système d'exploitation sont annoncés : la Moto 360, la Samsung Gear live et la LG G watch.
Photoniquevignette|Image de la lumière d'un laser ultra large-bande émergeant d'une fibre monomode de cristal photonique dont on voit la sortie à droite (point blanc).|alt=Sur fond noir une grande tache en forme d'étoile irisée à gauche et un petit point blanc à droite. La photonique est la branche de la physique concernant l'étude et la fabrication de composants permettant la génération, la transmission, le traitement (modulation, amplification) ou la conversion de signaux optiques.
