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Making Mobility Simple #CES2017
It’s clear from Honda’s booth at International CES2017 that this mainstream automaker sees that its target market is shifting from vehicles to mobility. Jared Hall, Advanced Design Group Leader of Honda, explains how the NeuV concept car targets where the market is going. As a self-professed car-guy, he feels energized by the fresh approach to…
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Backwards Compatible Autonomy
A sensor fusion system that could be used with a simple, already approved automobile-class, microcontroller is what French research firm, Leti demonstrated at International CES2017. Their system allows automakers to mix and match different sensors (e.g. Lidar, Radar, Acoustic, Cameras, etc) from different manufacturers, feeding microcontrollers that control the car functions (braking, steering) to create…
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Viodi View – 12/22/17
In the previous issue of the Viodi View, we took a look in the wayback mirror to 15 years ago and some of the things at the TelcoTV conference. Vantage Point’s Kevin Kloehn and Larry Thompson reminded me how far demands on the network have advanced since that time, as then 1 Mb/s was state-of-the-art.…
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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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