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Puerto Rico & US Virgin Islands to receive up to $77 million from FCC to restore communications
Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands are in line to receive up to $77 million from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to restore communications after hurricane Maria made most of the island(s) go dark (PDF). The agency voted unanimously Wednesday October 4th to earmark the funds to help restore communications services on the island(s). The…
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Rethinking Cities Through Personal Transport #CES2017
As pointed out in an article in this week’s Wall Street Journal, thanks to mandates and its size as the largest vehicle market, the Chinese market is driving the demand for electric cars. Eli Electric Vehicles, a Beijing-based, electric vehicle start-up is driven beyond mandates, however and has a vision to create mobility at a human-scale.…
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A Force Multiplier – An Autonomous Mobile Sensing Device
“The K3 and the K5 we have been operating now over 180,000 hours and over 100,000 hours all across the country helping security guards and security professionals do their jobs more effectively,” said William Santana Li, CEO and Chairman of Knightscope, Inc. These mobile, autonomous data gathering machines, with sensors to measure and record things…
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Viodi View – 09/16/17
Inspiration and influence are symbiotic in that those who inspire also influence individuals and, occasionally, society. Apple is the master for creating inspiring products and this week’s announcement of the iPhone X and its brethren products appear to live up to their predecessors’ reputation for making complex technologies human-friendly and useful. Still, as exciting as the…
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Keep on Trucking With Automation #AVS17
With the headlines screaming the potential loss of millions of jobs, one of the more timely panels at Automated Vehicle Symposium 2017 (AVS17) was on the impact of autonomy on the trucking industry. Richard Bishop of Bishop Consulting, led a panel at AVS17 that brought together a broad swath of the trucking ecosystem, including one of…
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Viodi View – 08/14/17
Much of the value of a conference lies beyond the sessions and this was clear at last month’s Independent Show in Indianapolis. Sure, the sessions provided great information on topics ranging from technology to new services to the regulatory environment, but, just as importantly, they sparked conversations between the attendees about how they could better…
Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley