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  • Redefining the Wheel: How s-Drive is Rewriting the Rules of EV Architecture

    Redefining the Wheel: How s-Drive is Rewriting the Rules of EV Architecture

    For years, automotive visionaries have promised that in-wheel motors would completely revolutionize how we design and build electric vehicles. The concept makes perfect sense on paper: place the power directly where the rubber meets the road, clear out the engine bay, and maximize space. Yet, traditional “hub” motors have consistently hit a wall known as…

  • The Flying JetBike and the Evolving Future of Personal Flight

    The Flying JetBike and the Evolving Future of Personal Flight

    Over the past few years, the Viodi View has tracked the steady progress of the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) revolution. From our early look at Bye Aerospace’s trainers to Pivotal’s landmark moment opening order books for the Helix at CES 2024, the path to accessible, personal aviation has shifted from “if” to “when”.…

  • Viodi View – 06/27/2026

    Viodi View – 06/27/2026

    A personal highlight, and there were many, of the Broadband Forum’s Summer Meeting in Milan had little to do with the actual content of the meeting. It started with an idea sparked by the physical presence of Portuguese-speaking members, specifically Radisys‘ Francisco De Carvalho, who is also a Broadband Forum Board Director. If the task…

  • Italian Hall of Fame Car Designer Michael Robinson on the Ferrari Luce, Futurism & AI

    Italian Hall of Fame Car Designer Michael Robinson on the Ferrari Luce, Futurism & AI

    Will the Luce be the beginning of the end for the iconic Ferrari brand? One is left wondering whether that might be the fate of this iconic Italian vehicle maker after listening to Michael Robinson in the above interview. As background, the British magazine, Magneto, listed Michael at number 31 among the top 50 all-time…

  • Viodi View – 05/30/26

    Viodi View – 05/30/26

    Teresa McGaughey provided the big picture regarding AI and automation at the Tech Perspectives with the Broadband Forum “It’s [AI] helping us be better. And that’s the same thing that Google did with their protein folding, is they did what couldn’t be done by humans without the AI. So that’s going to help fuel economic…

  • AI-Generated Speaker Timer

    AI-Generated Speaker Timer

    This project started as a search for a timer that would let conference speakers know how much time they had left in their respective speaking slots. Gemini found commercial solutions, but none really met my requirements. Then, it struck me that it could probably be done in an HTML file. This was the prompt. Could…