Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor
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Viodi View – 07/02/20
Despite the ongoing shutdown, the roads will not be empty this summer, as AAA forecasts only a 3.3% drop in automobile trips compared to July-September 2019. Interestingly, for many rural states such as Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, AAA suggests that drivers are “More likely than not to run into ‘normal’…
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Flying in Water #CES2020
Manta5 made its debut at CES2020. Viodi caught up with Manta5’s Events Manager, Stacey Kitchen. She has been testing and promoting Manta5’s water toy, the Hydrofoiler XE-1, in different locales around the world. With a cruise speed of 9 MPH and a top speed of 12 MPH (according to their website), it zips along at…
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A Flying Vehicle for First Responders and More
Could the George Jetson future of personal flying start with first responders, cargo delivery, and security applications? Although Stephen Tibbits, CEO & co-founder of ZEVA, envisions a day when his flying wings will provide mobility for the masses, the ZERO’s vertical take-off and landing capability, 50-mile range, and 160 mph cruising speed could be a…
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Improving Driving Today, While Building an Autonomous-Driving Future #CES2020
Using only the camera and processing power of an iPhone, Phiar overlays directions on a live video shown on a driver’s smartphone display. The Phiar solution also identifies objects, people, lane-markers, and more. Potential features of the Phiar app include lane departure warning and collision warning. Founder and CEO, Chen-Pin Yu explains that they had…
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Viodi View – 06/09/20
Although published in 2015, the message of Turing Robots: Income Inequality and Social mobility is as relevant as ever. Written in 2015 by two Rice Faculty Scholars at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, the paper discusses the value of work, the importance of social mobility and suggests possible solutions to adjust…
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Viodi View – 05/19/20
It was about a year ago at the SmartDrivingCar Summit when it hit me that Tesla could be considered a vehicle, energy, insurance, and communications company centered around mobility as a service. Then, at CES 2020, it became apparent that extending low-cost Internet to flying vehicles is going to be a necessity when advanced air…