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New Light on Improving Brain Function
Focus, focus, focus…Focus is challenging in a world of seemingly infinite tabs and multiple devices with their ever-distracting notifications. Enter Mendi with its neurofeedback product that promises to help its users improve their brain health. This means sharpened focus, better sleep, and enhanced mood control by improving the brain’s neuroplasticity. From Mendo’s website: “Neuroplasticity is…
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Extending NCTC’s Reach with Reach and More
The National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) recently announced a series of deals that will enable its members to become Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs). Beyond the headlines, these deals will not only be beneficial to its members but promise to help NCTC, in the words of Lou Borelli, “Create a more diversified, sustainable revenue stream.”…
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Listening to and Learning from Your Customers to Unleash Innovation – #Summit23
It is a fun time thanks to the many opportunities that a Fiber to the Home platform creates, so said Gary Johnson, GM/CEO of Paul Bunyan Communications in a February 2023 ViodiTV interview. For Calix, the challenge is to prioritize which opportunities to pursue to help their customers, such as PBC, maximize the value from…
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Ambient Health Monitoring and More
One problem with aging is that it tends to be gradual. To date, the slow decay brought by time has been difficult to measure on a day-to-day basis. The approach that Somalytics is taking with its prototype mat may change the immeasurable part of the decline. Using their carbon-nanotube capacitive technology, the scientists, and engineers…
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Greetings Human from CES2022 and the Future #CES2022
At the superficial level, a robot at a tradeshow may seem like a gimmick designed to draw attention to itself and bring a crowd to a booth. Measured that way, Ameca did its job for its designer, Engineered Arts. It was quite a sensation at CES2022 attracting throngs to Engineered Arts’ booth, along with numerous…
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Broadband Drives Housing Occupancy
From about 50% to greater than 90% occupancy is the impact that broadband as an amenity has had on the Stoneridge Apartments. In the above video, Brittany Hustad, Project Manager Corporate Services for Dominium, explains that earlier efforts at rehabilitating various Stoneridge amenities failed to drive occupancy rates. It was the inclusion of broadband as…
