Category: Viodi View
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Viodi View – 09/26/26
A highlight from this year’s summer vacation was a work moment caught on camera. Work on a vacation? Isn’t that a contradiction? After eight days in Manhattan, a detour to New Hampshire to film preview video segments for the Innovation Demonstrations was a relief. Plus, Lincoln Lavoie, Principal Engineer, Broadband Technologies and Technical Chair of…
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Viodi View – 08/29/26
The stories coming out this week about Dolly Parton’s generosity are heartwarming and inspiring. Her legacy will continue to grow through the good she did while here on earth. For example, the Fiber Broadband Association and its members embraced and are amplifying her Imagination Library initiative. Her ongoing examples of helping others may be a…
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Viodi View – 07/25/26
What drives the desire that humans have for movement? Dr. Kornhauser’s answer, the obvious one, is that it signifies a desire to improve the quality of life in some way. Removing the friction for getting around, whether that means accessibility, security, or affordability, is a common theme of this issue of the Viodi View. See…
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Viodi View – 06/27/2026
A personal highlight, and there were many, of the Broadband Forum’s Summer Meeting in Milan had little to do with the actual content of the meeting. It started with an idea sparked by the physical presence of Portuguese-speaking members, specifically Radisys‘ Francisco De Carvalho, who is also a Broadband Forum Board Director. If the task…
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Viodi View – 05/30/26
Teresa McGaughey provided the big picture regarding AI and automation at the Tech Perspectives with the Broadband Forum “It’s [AI] helping us be better. And that’s the same thing that Google did with their protein folding, is they did what couldn’t be done by humans without the AI. So that’s going to help fuel economic…
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Viodi View – 04/25/26
Umwelt – a word that German biologist Jakob von Uexküll uses to describe the perceptual world of biological organisms. It is the theme of Ed Yong’s book, An Immense World. His book explores the different ways living beings, whether plants, insects, or animals, sense, think, and act. It is no wonder that Professor Kornhauser recommended…