Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley

  • Viodi View – 02/08/12

    Viodi View – 02/08/12

    The memories of a life time are marked by scenes of fleeting moments, some of which seem significant at the time, while others fade into a mush of images some real, some imagined.  The promise of the Facebook is to put one’s lifetime in a timeline.  Whether today’s string of posts fades into the background…

  • Viodi View – 01/25/12

    Viodi View – 01/25/12

    If the crowds of CES 2012 correlate to economic activity, then the economy is definitely on the upswing.  At times, it felt like the record-breaking crowd of 153k+ attendees and 3.1k exhibitors filled every inch of the crowded shuttles which ferried attendees between the convention center and the various hotels where there were additional exhibits…

  • Eye Catchers at CES 2012

    Eye Catchers at CES 2012

    [Note:  this was originally published on 1/9/2012, updated on 1/25/2012 and 2/4/2012]. Glasses free 3D on an iPad or iPhone for only $30.   Globalwave introduced sheets that turn screens from iPhone size to 23 inch that allow glasses-free 3D viewing.  Their “free” app can be found at http://www.pic-3d.jp Photos from CES 2012 of products,…

  • 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).…