ViodiTV Videos About Broadband, Technology, & More
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Moving the Attack Vector Away from the Applications
“It’s time to have a fundamental shift in how we view the network and we view the security as being built into the network and have the network platform provide the security,” says Rick Conklin, Vice President of Development for Dispersive Networks in the above video. Speaking at the 2016 Carrier Network Virtualization Summit, Conklin indicates…
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Passively Battling WiFi Interference #CES2016
A passive way to improve WiFi using a specially made plate that reflects interfering signals (e.g. from neighboring apartments) and strengthens the desired router’s signal is what INFLUX demonstrated at International CES 2016. This $59 device could be a good way for service providers to improve a customer’s WiFi, particularly in apartments and dense areas,…
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Mother Knows Best – IoT Adapting to One’s Lifestyle #CES2016
Smart tags that attach to and turn everyday items, such as pill bottles, water bottles, remote controls and even bedspreads, into smart devices. The Sen.se mother hub connects to these tags and provides a way for caretakers to monitor and provide feedback to the elderly, detect whether intruders are in the house or even measure…
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The Connected Shower #CES2016
Inspired by his four daughters’ excessive use of the shower, a father sought a way to reduce his family’s water consumption. Gabriel Della-Molina explains how the Hydrao shower head communicates water usage based on the color of its integrated LEDs. Powered via water flow, this unique IoT device also transmits its sensor information to an accompanying…
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Jerry Laufer – A Perspective on the Cable Industry – from 1960 to the Early 1980s
Jerry Laufer describes his career from the early days in Oregon repairing televisions and building tube amplifiers for an early cable system to his days at Tomco, where he developed some of the first frequency modulation systems used for video transmission in cable television. Along the way, he worked with some cable luminaries, including Monty…
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The Season of Hope #TIS16
It was exactly five months before Christmas, but the message of hope and redemption, that Tracy and Darryl Strawberry (yes, the baseball great) gave at the Christians in Communications (CIC) breakfast at The 2016 Independent Show, is fitting for this time of the year. In the above interview filmed at TIS 2016, Jim Dickson and Joe Sloan…