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Smart TV

A smart TV, or connected TV, is a television with a built-in operating system and internet connection that runs streaming apps without a separate device.

SMART-1

SMART-1 was a European Space Agency lunar orbiter launched in 2003, Europe's first Moon mission, which flight-tested solar-electric ion propulsion before being deliberately crashed onto the Moon in 2006.

SmartBall

SmartBall is a free-swimming pipeline inspection tool developed by Pure Technologies, now Xylem, that records acoustic data to detect leaks in pressurized water mains while they remain in service.

Smartdust

Smartdust is a concept for networks of millimeter-scale wireless sensor motes that measure conditions like temperature and motion, coined by Kris Pister in a DARPA-funded Berkeley project.

Smartglasses

Smartglasses are ultra-portable, hands-free devices worn like eyeglasses, some with a built-in display, camera, and voice input, from Google Glass in 2013 to Ray-Ban Meta.

Smartphone

A smartphone is a mobile phone that runs a general-purpose, handheld-optimized operating system, connects to mobile internet, and installs third-party apps on a 4 to 7 inch touchscreen.

Smartsheet

Smartsheet is a cloud-based work management platform combining a spreadsheet-like interface with project management, automation, and reporting, founded in 2005 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

SmartThings

SmartThings is a smart home platform owned by Samsung Electronics, founded in 2012 and acquired in 2014, that connects and automates household devices through a hub and mobile app.

SMC Corporation

SMC Corporation (SMC株式会社) is a Japanese manufacturer of pneumatic and electric automation components such as air cylinders and solenoid valves, founded in Tokyo in 1959 and holding roughly 30% of the global pneumatics market.

Smeg (appliances)

Smeg is an Italian household appliance manufacturer founded in Guastalla in 1948 by Vittorio Bertazzoni Sr, known internationally for design-led appliances like the retro FAB refrigerators.

Smell-O-Vision

Smell-O-Vision was a scent-delivery system developed by Swiss inventor Hans Laube that piped odors through tubing to individual movie theater seats; it was used for one film, Scent of Mystery (1960).

Smelting

Smelting, or metal smelting, is a pyrometallurgical process that heats ore with a reductant such as coke to extract metal, a chemical change beyond mere melting.

Smelting reduction

Smelting reduction is a group of ironmaking processes that turns iron ore into liquid hot metal in a reactor using non-coking coal instead of a coke-fired blast furnace.

SMIL (computer)

SMIL (Siffermaskinen i Lund, "the Lund Digital Machine") was an early Swedish electronic computer completed at Lund University in 1956 as a copy of BESK, Sweden's second computer.

Smiling Buddha

Smiling Buddha, officially Pokhran-I, was the code name of India's first nuclear test, an underground plutonium implosion device detonated at the Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan on 18 May 1974.

Smith & Wesson

Smith & Wesson, also known as Smith and Wesson Company, is an American firearms manufacturer founded in 1852, known for revolvers and M&P pistols and based in Maryville, Tennessee.

Smith & Wesson M&P

The Smith & Wesson M&P, whose name abbreviates Military & Police, is a line of polymer-framed, striker-fired semi-automatic pistols introduced in 2005 that competes with Glock in law enforcement.

Smith & Wesson M&P15

The Smith & Wesson M&P15 is a family of AR-15-type semi-automatic rifles made by Smith & Wesson of Springfield, Massachusetts, introduced in January 2006 as its first long gun.

Smith & Wesson Model 10

The Smith & Wesson Model 10, introduced in 1899 as the .38 Military & Police, is a six-shot .38 Special K-frame revolver with over six million made.

Smith & Wesson Model 15

The Smith & Wesson Model 15 is a six-shot .38 Special double-action revolver, sold from 1949 as the K-38 Combat Masterpiece and produced until 2000.

Smith & Wesson Model 19

The Smith & Wesson Model 19 is a six-shot double-action revolver chambered in .357 Magnum on the K-frame, introduced in 1955 and long carried by US police.

Smith & Wesson Model 2

The Smith & Wesson Model 2, known as the Model No. 2 Army, was a six-shot single-action tip-up revolver in .32 rimfire produced from 1861 to 1874.

Smith & Wesson Model 27

The Smith & Wesson Model 27, first sold in 1935 as the Registered Magnum, is a six-shot N-frame revolver and the first ever chambered for the .357 Magnum cartridge.

Smith & Wesson Model 29

The Smith & Wesson Model 29 is a six-shot double-action revolver chambered in .44 Magnum, introduced in 1955 and made famous by Clint Eastwood's 1971 film Dirty Harry.

Smith & Wesson Model 3

The Smith & Wesson Model 3 is a single-action, top-break revolver introduced in 1870, the first large-caliber, centerfire, cartridge revolver made in the United States.

Smith & Wesson Model 36

The Smith & Wesson Model 36, originally marketed as the Chief's Special, is a five-shot .38 Special revolver introduced in October 1950 and named by police chiefs.

Smith & Wesson Model 39

The Smith & Wesson Model 39, or S&W Model 39, is a 9mm semi-automatic pistol introduced in 1955 as the first American-made double-action auto-loading pistol.

Smith & Wesson Model 500

The Smith & Wesson Model 500 is a five-shot double-action revolver introduced in 2003, built on the X-frame for the powerful .500 S&W Magnum cartridge.

Smith & Wesson Model 5906

The Smith & Wesson Model 5906 is an all-stainless-steel 9mm pistol with a 15-round magazine, produced from 1989 to 1999 and widely carried by American police.

Smith & Wesson Model 686

The Smith & Wesson Model 686 is a stainless-steel, double-action revolver chambered in .357 Magnum, introduced in 1980 on Smith & Wesson's L-frame for police and civilian shooters.