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  • Viodi View – 02/28/25

    Viodi View – 02/28/25

    The theme of a couple of the articles in this issue of the Viodi View is the integration of human and machine. In both cases, if the machines’ directions are off by just a fraction, it could lead to a bad outcome. A 25-minute conversation with Google’s Gemini inspired the first article. Unfortunately, Gemini did…

  • Viodi View – 01/02/21

    Viodi View – 01/02/21

    Let us zoom back to the January 2020 issue of the Viodi View and a reference to an academic study (PDF) on the positive impact of air filtration on students’ test scores. In short, the author examined a real-world situation where air filtration was added to schools because of a methane leak. As it turns…

  • Viodi View – 01/04/19

    Viodi View – 01/04/19

    In this Pre-CES 2020 edition of the Viodi View, there are multiple videos from CES2019 that provide a glimpse of the wide variety of new technology and developments found at this expansive tradeshow in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, in the Korner section of the newsletter, there is a link to a video with what may be…

  • Viodi View – 10/25/19

    Viodi View – 10/25/19

    Listen to the highlights of this newsletter here: https://soundcloud.com/viodi/a-tribute-to-tom-olson-october-25th-viodi-view-newsletter It is the connections with people that ultimately matter in business. This is an unintentional lesson taught by mentor and friend, Tom Olson. In sharing a fun Twitter thread with him last weekend, I had hoped to bring a smile to Tom’s face, by reminding him…

  • Viodi View – 01/05/19

    Viodi View – 01/05/19

    A new year, a new CES. Artificial intelligence and its integration into everything will be a common thread of #CES2019. AI and its impact was the topic of an excellent FCC webinar, late last year. Too much good insight for a paragraph, but one of the speakers suggested, “We are in the “black and white…

  • The Efficient, Smart & Instant Domicile #IDTechEx

    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…