Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor
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An Independent Bikeshare Courtesy of an Independent Telecom Provider
“An issue our community is facing is connectivity,” says Matthew Dosch of Comporium. The connectivity issue is not a broadband one, as Comporium, has been a leader in bringing high-speed Internet and other cutting-edge communications services to the Rock Hill, South Carolina area for decades. The challenge has to do with the ease of moving…
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Through the Air or On the Ground, CES2019 had Mobility Covered
Whether by air, road, bike lane, hallway or virtually, via wireless, CES2019 had all aspects of mobility covered. Starting with wireless, announcements of so-called “5G” were everywhere. Wireless carriers are racing ahead of standards and chipset compatibility to establish beachheads in markets served by traditional wireline networks, such as cable and fiber providers. Of course,…
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Viodi View – 01/05/19
A new year, a new CES. Artificial intelligence and its integration into everything will be a common thread of #CES2019. AI and its impact was the topic of an excellent FCC webinar, late last year. Too much good insight for a paragraph, but one of the speakers suggested, “We are in the “black and white…
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The Emotional Computer – The Shape of Things to Come #CES2018
When computers begin to perceive or feel things the way a human would they could be described as sentient. In a way, it may not matter what the computer feels if the human feels like they are connecting with something that is sentient; much like the storyline of the 2013 movie, Her. Patrick Levy Rosenthal,…
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Hidden Sensors, Smart Driving #CES2018
To paraphrase Author C. Clarke, when the smart sensors that will make autonomous driving possible slip into the background, mobility will become magic. The concepts that North American Lighting (NAL), a Koito Group Company, displayed at CES2018, suggest that by the early to mid-2020s, driving will be magic. In the above interview, Kishore Ahuja, Vice…
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A Concrete Plan for Wireless Charging #IDTechEx
The concept of wireless charging sounds great until literally, the rubber hits the road. It is one thing to make the technology work in a lab but creating a wireless charging system that easily integrates into an existing street and withstands the stress and pounding of heavy vehicle traffic is an entirely different challenge. Magment’s…