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The Beginning of the Journey Down a Wireless Road #CES2017
One of the many features of the new smart phones from that fruitful Cupertino-based company this week was the addition of wireless charging, eliminating the need for power connectors and cords. For technology geeks, the underlying resonant magnetic induction technology, that is the magic behind wireless charging isn’t new, as it has been part of…
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A Classic Silicon Valley Story – The Tomco Odyssey Begins
Filmed in December, 2016, Tom Olson discusses how he made his way from upstate New York to Santa Clara Valley and the contributions he and his cohorts made throughout the decades to the cable and telecommunications’ industries. The three plus hours of video that follows below touches upon a number of topics from discrimination in…
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Turning A Farm’s Waste Into Power #VERGE16
All Power Labs promises to turn agricultural and forestry waste from a pure cost to something of value. Their Power Pallet, shown above, has been installed in hundreds of locations worldwide and converts waste into electricity, heat, and biochar. Biochar which represents sequestered carbon also makes a great soil amendment, according to Tom Price, Director of…
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Feeding Indianapolis at #TIS17
The Christians in Communications (CIC) organized event at Gleaners Food Bank in Indianapolis was an appropriate bookend to the 2017 Independent Show 2017, TIS17. Mirroring the Hunt.Fish.Feed event that was held at the beginning of the conference, this service project also reflects the type of community support that NCTC and ACA members routinely provide in the…
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The Value Is From the Members #TIS17
“This really reminds me of what the cable industry used to be,” states Matt Polka, president and CEO of the American Cable Association in the above video. Polka’s comment points to a time when the cable television industry was young and consisted of thousands of small operators building networks from scratch. Conferences in those days…
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A Little Bit of Hidden Newsy #TIS17
At a superficial view, it’s easy to confuse which assets are part of Discovery Communication’s acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive (SNI), given that SNI’s former parent, E.W. Scripps, also has some valuable online and cable television network properties. E.W. Scripps spun out SNI and its associated television channel in 2008, but has continued to build an online…
