Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor

  • The Augmented Life or the $6M Man Becomes the $6K Man

    The Augmented Life or the $6M Man Becomes the $6K Man

    Beyond the larger question of how society will deal with a world where machine and human become intertwined in ways that are unimaginable, what are the implications for the telecom provider as the developments described above become commercially viable?

  • Viodi View – 01/10/12

    Viodi View – 01/10/12

    Connections, not only the name of one of my favorite PBS TV shows and industry conferences, but it is hopefully something the Viodi View and ViodiTV helps facilitate for its readers and viewers. And just like the TV show from so long ago, it is neat to look back and see how the path from…

  • The Drive Behind An App for Saving Lives

    The Drive Behind An App for Saving Lives

    “Saving lives is more important than money,” so said Alon Atsmon, CEO of iOnRoad, a subsidiary of Picitup, a company with a core technology of creating three-dimensional, computer vision solutions for online retailers, such as ebay. iOnRoad is starting to disrupt an entirely different and still nascent market segment known as Advanced Driver Assisted Systems (ADAS).…

  • The First White Space Device

    The First White Space Device

    People in Wilmington, NC are lucky, as the FCC announces that their area will be the first to be able to use the newly, FCC-approved device from Koos Technical Services. This device will use the Spectrum Bridge white spaces database for frequency coordination. The FCC writes that they, “Will expand nationwide pending completion and activation…

  • Viodi View – 12/21/11

    Viodi View – 12/21/11

    Viodi produced and posted over 110 videos for ViodiTV in 2012 and yet that is only a partial list of our work. Many of our interviews, event reports, and recent documonials are on other sites and in some cases in our archives awaiting for an accompanying a story. We traveled from the Sierra Nevada of…

  • Viodi View – 11/23/11

    Viodi View – 11/23/11

    If Innovation is the driver of economic growth, then what is necessary to spark innovation?  Is there a recipe that a society can use to create a culture of innovation?  Do apps count as innovation or is innovation associated with breakthroughs in basic research?  Silicon Valley has been a center of innovation for decades and…