Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor
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Autonomous Shuttles = Improved Mobility & More #CES2018
10 passengers and 11.5 miles per hour are the typical occupancy and speed of the public transit bus in the United States, according to Keolis’ EVP Market Innovation and Development, Andreas Mai.* With these statistics in mind, Mai points to the opportunity associated with autonomous technology to optimize bus size and frequency to meet actual demand.…
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Shared Bikes & More Without Fixed Infrastructure
In the above video, filmed at Pepcom’s Digital Experience held in conjunction with CES2018, LimeBike’s VP of Marketing and Partnerships, Caen Contee made a prediction that LimeBike would grow by 300,000 bikes in the U.S. in just a quarter or two. Judging by this author’s February visit to Scottsdale, AZ and his use of LimeBike…
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Viodi View – 03/29/18
“We are dedicated to solving this problem (pedestrian/bike/auto safety). It’s a hard problem, but we think we can solve it,” said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at this week’s GPU Technology Conference. This is just one of the many challenges Huang, his team and the larger Nvidia ecosystem are pursuing. Project Clara, which effectively upgrades existing,…
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It’s the Edge Cases You’ve Got to Get Right
“Data as the new source code,” was one of the many thought-provoking statements made by Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang in his keynote speech at Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference. In the above interview, autonomous vehicle expert and Princeton professor, Alain Kornhauser, gives his take on Huang’s talk and other news, including: the role of the human…
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Connected Signals without DSRC or Other Traffic Signal Retrofits
A signaling system about the signaling system is the essence of the problem that technologies like DSRC (Dedicated Short-Range Communications) are trying to solve. That is, what sort of fuel efficiencies and safety improvements could be made if drivers simply knew when a traffic light would change from red to green or were told how…
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Viodi View – 03/14/18
It is easy to write that one has the choice in how they react in the face of a tragedy, but it is humbling and inspirational to see people consciously choosing love when the easy path would be negative or destructive emotions. It took several social media posts from IPTV pioneer Ryan Petty before it…