Just picture ease of development plus real-time communication across different installs of little applications.
只需想像一下，开发的便捷性加上不同迷你应用之间的实时通信，这会具有多大的潜力。
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Many people (myself included) have painted a picture of how the consumer piece of the smart grid could develop into a real-time, two-way communication network that looks a lot like the Internet.
很多人(包括我)可以想像智能电网里的消费者可以形成一个即时、双向网络，就和互联网一样。
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The image was mesmerizing—a picture of a world where old boundaries are disappearing; a world where communication, connection, and competition can come from anywhere.