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Fit and Forget & Many More Ways the World Is Changing #IDTechEx
Roads that generate electricity, solar-powered planes that stay up for weeks at a time and electricity storage that is a part of a structure are the types of things that Dr. Peter Harrop sees in the not-too-distant future.¹ Harrop, the Chairman of the Board of IDTechEx, brings a unique, informed and practical perspective to how…
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The Efficient, Smart & Instant Domicile #IDTechEx
A self-contained house that doesn’t require a foundation or connection to the electrical grid and that is 20x more energy efficient than traditional construction techniques is the promise of PassivDom’s Dom.ai, smart home. Those construction techniques include 3D-printing of the walls using special polymer composite materials, plug and play design and robotic assembly, yielding build-times…
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DC5G 2018 Conference Offers Primer on Benefits and Challenges of 5G Deployment
Nearly 300 attendees gathered in Washington, D.C. November 12 and 13 for the second annual DC5G Conference. With no shortage of announcements of initial and planned launches of various versions of 5G service cropping up among major service providers (for example, AT&T and Verizon), the conference took a comprehensive view of how the 5G marketplace…
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Viodi View – 11/17/18
A CEO of a German company, a CEO of a Dubai-founded company, and a CEO of a Ukrainian-founded company walk into the IDTechEx Show! and what do they have in common? They all ventured to Silicon Valley to network and discuss their respective cutting-edge technology products that are moving from concept to production. The developments…
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Disruption by Being a More Efficient Operator
Netflix has it documented – although it isn’t obvious on their website – that four of the top five U.S. ISPs in its leaderboard are American Cable Association members. In the above interview and with his comments on stage at the 2018 Calix ConneXions, Matt Polka lauded his members for their work in serving their…
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Viodi View – 10/25/18
As with most hyped technologies, color me skeptical, but does it really matter if the U.S. is first in 5G, particularly with reports indicating that 56% of households (maybe more) can already get a gigabit via wired/fiber networks? It is terrific that the White House sees spectrum as a priority and that the FCC is proposing (see…
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