Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor
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Viodi View- 10/17/17
Who should be the ultimate arbiter of rights-of-ways in a municipality? This wonky question is one that average people wouldn’t want to spend precious moments pondering, but, the answer to this question could have a very visible impact, whether through aesthetics, the availability of competitive broadband and even public safety. If a Cable Falls in…
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If a Cable Falls in the Street, Does Anyone Care How It Happened?
Yes, the above title is a play on words about the philosophical question about the tree falling in a forest and whether it makes noise. A little more than a week ago, telecommunications’ cables fell to the ground and no one really heard or saw what happened. Fortunately, no one was injured and service was…
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Rethinking Cities Through Personal Transport #CES2017
As pointed out in an article in this week’s Wall Street Journal, thanks to mandates and its size as the largest vehicle market, the Chinese market is driving the demand for electric cars. Eli Electric Vehicles, a Beijing-based, electric vehicle start-up is driven beyond mandates, however and has a vision to create mobility at a human-scale.…
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A Force Multiplier – An Autonomous Mobile Sensing Device
“The K3 and the K5 we have been operating now over 180,000 hours and over 100,000 hours all across the country helping security guards and security professionals do their jobs more effectively,” said William Santana Li, CEO and Chairman of Knightscope, Inc. These mobile, autonomous data gathering machines, with sensors to measure and record things…
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Viodi View – 09/16/17
Inspiration and influence are symbiotic in that those who inspire also influence individuals and, occasionally, society. Apple is the master for creating inspiring products and this week’s announcement of the iPhone X and its brethren products appear to live up to their predecessors’ reputation for making complex technologies human-friendly and useful. Still, as exciting as the…
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Keep on Trucking With Automation #AVS17
With the headlines screaming the potential loss of millions of jobs, one of the more timely panels at Automated Vehicle Symposium 2017 (AVS17) was on the impact of autonomy on the trucking industry. Richard Bishop of Bishop Consulting, led a panel at AVS17 that brought together a broad swath of the trucking ecosystem, including one of…