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The Internet of Baseball Bats
It was only a matter of time before the Internet of Things made its way to the baseball bat. In the above video, Blast Motion’s Donovan Prostrollo discusses the sensor and associated analytics they developed for Easton and its Power Sensor product. The Power Sensor attaches to the end of any bat and communicates via…
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Common Sense Approach to End Child Identity Theft
Customer Service Agent: “Someone, and I don’t know who, they have [an] account in your name.” Customer: “It was probably my mother.” The above excerpt is an example of a problem that David Howe, president of SubscriberWise, sees way too often in his other role as credit manager for MCTV, an Ohio-based, last-mile provider of…
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Level the Playing Field
Ensuring a common set of regulatory rules, regardless of whether telecommunications provider is an ILEC or CLEC, is the aim of proposed legislation (HF1066/SF736) that recently passed from committee to the respective floors of the Minnesota House and Senate. In the above interview, Kristi Westbrock reflects on a recent article she wrote that explains that this legislation is not…
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From Broadband to Affordable Housing to Attract Teachers #Summit23
“There isn’t one cookie-cutter approach,” says Chris Kyle, Vice President, Industry Relations and Regulatory for Shentel. Kyle was referring to rural economic development and how each community has unique needs. In the above interview, Kyle talks about the important role that broadband providers and their local employees have in connecting with and providing ideas to various civic,…
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Why IP Matters
Reliability is the hallmark of the traditional public switched telephone network. Steve Angerhofer, Partner at FARR Technologies, describes how they are working with NetBoss to help smaller rural carriers maintain a similar reliability with their broadband networks. By actively monitoring networks, Angerhofer explains how smaller carriers can assure compliance with Service Level Agreements, as well as…
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Hands Free Smart Phone Gaming #CES2016
A depth finding device, like the Microsoft Kinect, that allows one to interact with content without need for a controller is the promise of the hardware and software solution from VicoVR. What is different about this is that it allows one to control content on an inexpensive android device without touching the device. This allows…
