Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley

Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor

  • Viodi View – 10/15/22

    Viodi View – 10/15/22

    The pains of travel are more than rewarded with the human connection it makes possible. From CES to the Smart Driving Car Summit to the Independent Show, this issue features some of those connections. And speaking of ConneXions, look for Viodi at Calix’s must-see event starting tomorrow and going through Tuesday. Reunion of the Work…

  • The Long Run to Autonomous Vehicles

    The Long Run to Autonomous Vehicles

    Autonomous vehicles (AV) provide the opportunity to correct government transportation failures is how the Brookings Institution’s Clifford Winston characterized the potential opportunity provided by autonomous vehicles. Winston spoke to the possible economic impact of autonomous vehicles in an online media briefing (YouTube video) that also included speakers from Princeton and the Reason Foundation who touched…

  • Whisk Over the Traffic Jams & Beyond

    Whisk Over the Traffic Jams & Beyond

    With seemingly daily announcements (e.g. yesterday’s Joby/Delta home to airport press release) about electric aviation, particularly electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL), it is easy to believe that we are at the peak of inflated expectations for this mode of travel. Underlying the public proclamations, glitzy graphics, and slick video animations, there are thousands of…

  • Removing Roadblocks for Others – Stephen Still

    Removing Roadblocks for Others – Stephen Still

    Stephen Still’s memorial to Heyward Patterson at the 5th Annual SmartDrivingCars Summit provided a tragic example of why better mobility options are needed for the people in countless neighborhoods and regions of the U.S. As background, Heyward Patterson was the so-called jitney driver providing rides to the grocery store for people in Buffalo without a…

  • Viodi View – 09/23/22

    Viodi View – 09/23/22

    On the eve of summer 2022, Viodi’s cameras captured some amazing stories of how two Canadian independent broadband providers are solving the rural digital divide. Now, as summer has passed, those stories of bringing fiber to the dairy, to the alpine lake, and to the home, are available, courtesy of Calix, for viewing at Sogetel…

  • Viodi View – 08/26/22

    Viodi View – 08/26/22

    It was something that a panelist at the 2022 Independent Show said that led to a lunch discussion about the challenges of broadband mapping. The conversation turned to the impact of delays on a USDA ReConnect broadband project during a time of high inflation. Fortunately, the camera was nearby to make it easy for Viodi…