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This study aims to trace or establish a neutral point that excess amount of digitalization has tampered the standard language or human beings are once again heading toward an evolution of new form of youth language which will carry within it the germs of Acronyms, breeding into a new form of language. Though CMC computer mediated communication, and teaching through it has been there in English Language Teaching since long time. But recently the development in the fields of technology, has begun to take its toll on the language (master) of youngsters altering their word usage in spoken & written form. The internet and its shortcut language have an adverse effect on young learners as per many linguists. But on the contrary a fact cannot be denied that the usage of textese or acronyms are absolutely personal and context based. My research will try to delve into, whether this increasing trend of using Textese in WhatsApp is altering or having an adverse effect on language? Turning it into an abbreviated form or rather it’s just another stereotypical notion against a new invention. Also, my study will include that WhatsApp usage and its influence on the younger generations as to the excess usage of Textese hampering their ability to learn the textual language or the inability to communicate in a standard language as said by, Humphry’s and Sutherland. Finally, I will conclude that linguistic feature of WhatsApp is different from that of other social media or how ICT has now become an important part of communication, making the social media active in language development, also some of the faltering elements that WhatsApp has inflicted on the textual or standard language.

Vehicles, both personal and commercial, have become ubiquitous forms of transportation in the developed world. The auto industry is amidst a technological transformation in identifying alternative sources of energy to power vehicles due to two driving forces: environmental pollution prevention and depletion of fuel resources. This driver for developing “smarter” solutions to create a “smarter planet” is crucial to advancing the science behind electric vehicles (EVs). EVs have been in existence since the mid-19th century, and electric locomotion has been the commonplace in many other vehicle types such as trains. The focus of this chapter is to discuss the feasibility of EVs in smart cities. In particular, the chapter explores the types of EVs, advantages and challenges faced by EVs to penetrate the market, and to outline state-of-the-art research and technologies that are driving the creation of newer and better EVs for adoption in the smart cities of tomorrow.

Electric vehicles (EVs) are gaining popularity amongst everyday commuters, but are still having a hard time penetrating the fleet vehicle market. In this paper, we investigate a model which does not require changes to current street infrastructure using charge sharing through inductive power transfer to determine if we can extend the driving range of EVs enough such that taxicab fleets can become EVs. Using fisheye state routing to coordinate rendezvous points, and a simple heuristic where cars exchange charge when there is excess available, we show that we can effectively increase the EV driving distance without needing to recharge. We use real data from the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission to model taxicab usage behavior and the United States Department of Transportation Omnibus Survey to model commuter vehicle usage. Using this data, we demonstrate that an electric taxicab fleet could function with minimal disturbance (failure < 5%).

Electric vehicles have a limited driving range due to current battery capacities. One alternative to larger batteries is sharing charge between vehicles on the road and thereby forming a moving network of vehicles. This is made feasible by the recent advances in inductive power transfer technologies. This paper will demonstrate the feasibility of using this technique through a simulation. We show that with the currently available state of the art technology, our charge sharing method can increase the distance a vehicle travels by more than 50% for a standard driving distribution beyond the standard 100 miles that a vehicle usually travels on one fully charged battery. By adding pricing incentives through game theoretical approaches as well as communication strategies for cars to set rendezvous points, we can ensure participation in our system and symbiotic success for vehicles involved.

Electric vehicles are not penetrating the market as quickly as expected. This is due to limited driving range, time required to recharge a battery, and lack of charging infrastructure in most metropolitan cities. We propose a charge sharing network in which we use inductive power transfer to wirelessly exchange charge between vehicles. In our network, vehicles that have excess charge to share, can sell charge to vehicles needing charge to reach their destination. In this paper, we describe a game theoretic approach to offering incentives for electric vehicles to participate in the charge sharing network. We utilize Nash Bargaining theory to show that participation in the network can yield profits for the seller driving to their destination and that we can increase the number of cars reaching their destination without needing to stop for recharging.