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Viodi View – 01/20/24

Many years ago, CTA rebranded its annual conference and tradeshow to remove the words from the acronym. It makes sense, as CES is so much more than consumer electronics. Reflecting on the 2024 event, a more appropriate acronym might be “Connections, Experiences and Synapses.” That is, meeting up with old and new friends at CES […]

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The GT-Limousine Concept Car – Almost On-Demand

A week to design and 45 days to produce. This short timeline of translating a vehicle concept from a designer’s head to a physical manifestation is unprecedented. In this exclusive video, National Italian Car Designer Hall of Fame inductee, Michael V. Robinson, unveils at CES2024 what he terms a GT-limousine concept car. As usual with […]

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Viodi View – 01/01/24

As 2023 came to a close, a friend explained how mushrooms create a “woodwide web” otherwise known as the “mycorrhizal network.” This network connects young saplings and other plants to so-called hub trees (a.k.a. mother trees) to transfer water, nitrogen, carbon, and other minerals. This web also serves as a network for the trees to […]

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The Intersection of Community Building & Future Mobility at the Culdesac

The defining characteristic of Culdesac Tempe is that it is a car-free neighborhood. Instead of housing cars (parking lots), Culdesac Tempe’s focus is on community and mobility for its residents. Mobility starts with the creation of a walkable neighborhood but includes the integration of technologies and services that allow people to live without owning a […]

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Viodi View – 07/15/23

Cruise and Waymo passed the Kornhauser Proof-of-Technology version of the Turing Test (YouTube) last week. Princeton Professor Kornhauser explains that, if he closed his eyes, he would have found it difficult to differentiate between rides provided to him by those driverless companies and rides given by human drivers. He suggests that the next step is […]