In South Africa, a current project is monitoring water quality with SMS in a push to bring safer water to the area.

在南非，一个项目正在进行，通过手机短信汇报饮用饮用水质量，这种方式希望给一些地区带去更加安全的饮用水。

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"Monitoring water quality and Marine life in the bay requires frequent sampling to stay ahead of problems," says Dr. Harry Kolar, IBM chief it architect for the SmartBay project.

IBM首席架构师harry Kolar说：“监控海湾的水质和海洋生命需要通过频繁采样来跟踪问题。”

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The dam safety monitoring automation system of Feilaixia Water Conservancy Project employs GDSKS distributed system with especially excellent bus type topology structure.

飞来峡水利枢纽工程大坝自动化监测系统采用了独特优越性总线式拓扑结构的GDSKS分布式系统，安全、适用、科学。

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Although it's currently just in the proof-of-concept, prototype stage (like, it still needs to be plugged into the wall, making it less than ideal for outdoor applications), future versions of the project will sport batteries (of course), sensors for monitoring water quality, cameras for peeping stuff, and even bacteria for breaking down pollutants (think: Exxon Valdez).

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