Category: Viodi View

  • Viodi View – 06/09/20

    Viodi View – 06/09/20

    Although published in 2015, the message of Turing Robots: Income Inequality and Social mobility is as relevant as ever. Written in 2015 by two Rice Faculty Scholars at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, the paper discusses the value of work, the importance of social mobility and suggests possible solutions to adjust…

  • Viodi View – 05/19/20

    Viodi View – 05/19/20

    It was about a year ago at the SmartDrivingCar Summit when it hit me that Tesla could be considered a vehicle, energy, insurance, and communications company centered around mobility as a service. Then, at CES 2020, it became apparent that extending low-cost Internet to flying vehicles is going to be a necessity when advanced air…

  • Viodi View – 05/04/20

    Viodi View – 05/04/20

    A sort of continuing education for the host is one way to describe the ViodiTV Real-Time conversations. This ongoing weekly experiment brings together experts in technology, rural broadband, telecommunications, and mobility to uncover gems of knowledge about these topics and more. It is also having the side effect of documenting the shutdown from the perspectives…

  • Viodi View – 04/16/20

    Viodi View – 04/16/20

    As the discussion shifts to opening the economy, what will commerce look like on the other side is the $20+ trillion question. It feels like there will be permanent structural changes in how business – and everything else – operates. Whatever the changes, it is clear that technology and connectivity will continue to grow in…

  • Viodi View – 03/31/20

    Viodi View – 03/31/20

    Will video conferencing become part of the new normal after we emerge from our cocoons? Without the combination of easy-to-use devices, resilient broadband, and cloud services, it simply wouldn’t be possible to provide the kind of visual/aural/interactive experiences that are allowing groups of people of all ages, abilities, and locales to learn, work, play, worship…

  • Viodi View – 03/13/20

    Viodi View – 03/13/20

    A silver lining from Coronavirus may be a resurgence in civic duty; doing things for the greater good not because one is forced to do so, but because it is the right thing to do. The famous words of President Kennedy, “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can…