Interview

Secretary of Transportation Talks about Self Driving Technology at AVS 2018

Secretary of Transportation Talks about Self Driving Technology at AVS 2018

At the Automated Vehicles Symposium 2018 that was held July 9-12 in San Francisco Elaine Chao, the US Secretary of Transportation presented her remarks and observations on Self Driving Technology. Her talk included discussion of the challenges in gaining the public trust for such technologies as they are implemented.  She continued with mentioning the related process of adopting driver assistance technology and the insights gained as a result of the Department's communication with key stakeholders in this area.  The full...

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Doug Jones receives Lifetime Achievement Award at CIFF

Doug Jones receives Lifetime Achievement Award at CIFF

After pulling off an all-nighter on the set of the popular TV series “Star Trek – Discovery” in his role as Commander Saru, actor Doug Jones was scheduled to fly the next morning from Toronto to San Francisco to be honored and presented onstage with a “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the California Independent Film Festival. Not bad for an guy who has been unrecognizable to most of the public since he is usually behind  layers and layers of prosthetic makeup in the majority of his roles, but has become a Hollywood icon for over...

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A discussion with Charlie Vogt of ATX Networks at NAB2018

A discussion with Charlie Vogt of ATX Networks at NAB2018

At the recent NAB show in Las Vegas, I had a chance to sit down and talk to Charlie Vogt, CEO of ATX Networks about the industry, what he has been doing since Imagine Communications and the challenges of video media  distribution.  He highlights the switching and distribution technology from  the ATX product line that support the full range from SD through 4K HDR delivery. The interview with Charlie Vogt follows : https://vimeo.com/272728230    

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John Legend – musician and philanthropist

John Legend – musician and philanthropist

September, CTIA - The last day of CTIA 2016 conference brought a very special guest as keynote speaker - Academy Award winner, Golden Globe winner and 10-time Grammy Award winner, singer and songwriter – John Legend. His fireside chat discussion with Chris Hercik, senior vice president of Creative + Content, The Foundry@ Time Inc. the musician talked about how he and his wife Chrissy Teigen are for the technology and how they fully embrace it. He loves to be connected. He gave insightful overview on a topic how mobile technology...

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5G Americas advocates 5G & LTE at CTIA

5G Americas advocates 5G & LTE at CTIA

September, CTIA - Chris Pearson, President of 5G Americas, told us in 1:1 interview during the CTIA conference that the focus on 5G is good because we need to be looking at the future and the things we need to do to stay connected. This includes providing more mobile broadband, more massive LTE, less latency and finally reliable communication. For the foundation of mobile broadband, 4G and 5G will be integrated together as well the incorporation, with a big role, of LTE Advance and LTE Advanced Pro. But there is some economic...

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