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Bridging the Access and Adoption Gaps
Access to and adoption of broadband isn’t an academic issue for Patty Boyers, Chair of ACA Connects. As president and co-founder of Boycom, a Missouri-based Internet Service Provider, broadband, as Boyers says, is personal for her. Given that she is on the front lines trying to connect people to the greater world through broadband, her…
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Augmenting the Human Worker with Cobots
Introduction: Most industrial experts agree that robotics will be essential to adapt to changes brought upon by automation of manufacturing, labor shortages in warehouses, hazardous environments, and the shift to Electric Vehicles (EVs). There are also geopolitical drivers for robotics including cybersecurity, climate change, and demographics. However, there is little or no talk about cobots. …
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NASA RAM Report – The Foundation for a Rural Air Revival
As with so many of the developments in telecom and broadband, rural areas may provide the proving ground for the next generation of air travel. This is one of the important implications of NASA’s recently issued report, Regional Air Mobility (RAM). Investors, community leaders, policymakers, industry, and the general public are the target audience for…
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Distributed Electric Aviation – a New Model of Intercommunity Connection
Electric aviation is more than just cleaner and quieter skies. It has the potential to be a catalyst for both the revitalization of rural towns and outmigration from urban areas. These are a couple of the implications of the recent report, Distributed Aviation – A New Economic Model for Electric Aviation, from the United Kingdom-based, Advanced…
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06/11/21 – Viodi View
There is nothing like a shutdown to make one appreciate travel, particularly travel by airplane. By entering a portal of sorts, it is possible, in a few short hours, to come out the other side in a completely new environment. And seeing something in person or meeting an old friend face-to-face cannot compare to a…
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Dallas’ Floating Oasis Above a Concrete Desert
Like a floating oasis rising above a concrete desert, the Klyde Warren Park stands firmly above the congested Woodall Rodgers Freeway in the heart of Dallas. From the vantage point of a car, it is unremarkable and looks like any other short tunnel one would encounter on a typical highway. At street level, however, it…
Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley