Illinois smart grid work: Advances at national, state levels

摘要

If someone teleported from the 1950s to today, the technological changes would astound them. This includes the revolutions in computers, medicine, electronics, aeronautics and telecommunications. Our time traveler, though, would find one sector surprisingly familiar: our electrical system. Think of it. The BlackBerrys many of us carry in our pockets have about 1,000 times the computing power of the Apollo space capsule; however, today's electrical system uses technology relatively unchanged in more than 50 years.