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Reinventing the Wheel – Electrifying Mobility
The phrase “reinventing the wheel” is a typical admonishment for those who are recreating something that already has been developed and works pretty well. It is difficult to believe that someone could improve an invention so basic as the wheel, but from electric skateboards to robots to vehicles, we are starting to see the in-wheel motor…
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Redl Highlights Rural Broadband in First Address as NTIA Chief at Telecoms Symposium
“Creative Destruction” and Net Neutrality covered by panels of economists, lawyers David Redl, the newly-minted Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), put rural broadband front and center while making his first public remarks since being sworn into his new office. His keynote address…
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2017 Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) Award Winners Span the Globe
The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) announced its 2017 award recipients on December 7th after a late dinner in Santa Clara, California attended by over 1500 semiconductor industry executives. The GSA awards program has recognized the achievements of semiconductor companies in several categories ranging from outstanding leadership to financial accomplishments, as well as overall respect within…
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Viodi View – 11/18/17
Inspired by the inaugural TelcoTV, the Viodi View was launched 15 years ago this month. Much has changed since then, although, in many ways, rudimentary services, such as MovieLink, were a precursor to the ongoing shift to the Internet for almost everything. The focus on meeting and being responsive to the needs of the customer…
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An Electrifying People Mover – Part 2
“Find a repetitive job and then automate it,” is Ryan Popple’s pragmatic view of the integration of automation into the mobility space. In the above video, Popple, president, and CEO of electric bus manufacturer, Proterra, Inc., explains that one example of this sort of incremental automation is the mechanism they developed to precisely align their…
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Death Knell for Google Fiber? Parent Company Reduces Spending & Cuts Jobs
Google’s parent company Alphabet significantly scaled back its investment in its Google Fiber service in the third quarter. The company said it was curbing the expansion of its high-speed fiber optic internet network and reducing staff in the unit responsible for the work. Alphabet did not provide an exact number for the jobs that will be…
Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley