Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor

  • DSRC vs C-V2X and More – Spectrum Is the Goldmine

    DSRC vs C-V2X and More – Spectrum Is the Goldmine

    “Spectrum, really the airwaves, is the gold mine,” states Rajiv Mathur, Ph.D., Smart Transportation Programs Prospect Silicon Valley. Mathur was referring to an area of agreement between two competing technological approaches that allow vehicles to communicate with each other, with infrastructure and “things” and, conceivably, even pedestrians. The above interview recaps a 1/23/19, ProspectSV forum that…

  • Viodi View – 02/01/19

    Viodi View – 02/01/19

    Buried in the day-to-day operations of a business or institution, it is often difficult to see how outside developments will impact the long-term. The importance of a show like CES is that it allows one, for a few days at least, to look at the bigger picture and see how seemingly disparate industries and advancements…

  • An Independent Bikeshare Courtesy of an Independent Telecom Provider

    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…

  • Through the Air or On the Ground, CES2019 had Mobility Covered

    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,…

  • Viodi View – 01/05/19

    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…

  • The Emotional Computer – The Shape of Things to Come #CES2018

    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,…