Tag: Mobility
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Viodi View – 12/27/16
Like it has for decades, next week, International CES will ring in 2017 with new gadgets and technologies. In that spirit, this issue features several interviews from CES 2016 with companies with products ranging from non-polluting scooters to smart stuffed animals to low-cost home energy analytics and control. Stay tuned over the next week for a…
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Viodi View – 11/28/16
It could be argued that the Internet and its vast store of knowledge has largely eliminated one of the key benefits of traditional conferences and trade shows. What the Internet still doesn’t provide is the one-on-one contact and the serendipitous discovery found on a crowded exhibit floor. And although it can provide distraction, the Internet doesn’t necessarily…
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Collaboratively Enabling Mobility
“How do you create a society that enables mobility and not just car ownership…and that facilitates the flow of people and goods,” asks Matt Peak, Managing Partner, Peak Strategy Partners, LLC. Peak suggests that a collaborative process involving the community is essential to improving mobility; both physical and economic. Speaking at the Driverless Cities’ Conference, Peak references…
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Viodi View – 10/15/16
A few years ago we spoke to a couple of engineers who had a concept for using wireless mesh techniques for allowing communications between people, without requiring a communications grid. At that time, we questioned why FirstNet wasn’t looking at this approach for its nationwide safety network, as simple modeling suggested a social mesh method would be…
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Applying Telecom Technology to Transportation
A comprehensive out-of-band signaling system, much like SS7 was to the telephony world, is what Nauto promises with their product offering. Nauto Cofounder and CEO, Stefan Heck, explains that they are developing devices that use the same relatively low-cost components, such as 4k cameras, that are also used in smart phones, Nauto gathers information and communicates to…
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Viodi View – 05/19/16
The Google Home product may be the most exciting thing coming out of the Google I/O conference. said CNET’s Brian Tong in the preview of the Google I/O Developers conference that is happening this week on the former landfill known as Shoreline Amphitheater. And listening to Google’s announcement for this product due out later this year, his…