Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor
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Solving the Airport’s Last Mile Challenge
At CES 2025, we spoke with Rajeev Ramanth of Blueberry Technology, Ltd. about their innovative solution to a perennial challenge in air travel: unreliable and unpredictable mobility assistance. Their new product, BB Go, is a fully autonomous personal vehicle designed to transform the travel experience for mobility-challenged passengers. The Problem: A Costly, Transactional, and Stressful…
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Viodi View – 09/28/25
It is a season of conferences. This means that this issue, like the August issue, is largely composed on an airplane. One benefit of conference season is connecting and making memories with friends new and old, in places near and far. Thanks to the Broadband Forum, my employer, for supporting this newsletter. The content, views, and…
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Playing for Love – The Timeless Justin Hayward
From before Days of Future Passed to Strange Times and beyond, Justin Hayward has been connecting the past to the future to the Present with his solo work, collaboration with other artists, and, of course, with the Moody Blues. His recent concert in Derry, New Hampshire, was as good as any of the 10+ Moody…
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Viodi View – 08/31/25
“So much has changed, and so little has changed. ” That well-known phrase comes to mind when comparing a recent vacation on water to one from a human generation ago. The addiction to connectivity is the same as it was then. Still, the ease and speed of connection are so much simpler now, thanks to…
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Viodi View – 07/27/25
Going to an amusement park is a summertime thrill for kids. It was fun to have that feeling again a few weeks ago, as Waymo delivered the back to the future experience that Viodi wrote about some 11 years ago. Read more about this summer highlight below, in the Korner. Thanks to the Broadband Forum, my…
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The 2040 Vision Compared to Today’s Autonomous Vehicle Reality
Eleven years ago, Viodi envisioned a fictional story of a shared, electric, autonomous mobility set in the year 2040. Rides as a service, sustainability, safety, and, perhaps most importantly, affordability were centerpieces of that future. It touched upon the improved experience of mobility, as well as how the service itself and the associated technology implementation…