IoT Coffee Talk

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #207 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. This week, Rob, Pete, Leonard, Bill and David jump on Web3 to talk about: * BAD KARAOKE: "Round and Round", Matt * Kimchi IoT - David's IoT adventure in Seoul, Korea * Should we all move to Korea? * We don't have to green wash! We have made a difference before! * Rob's AI Green washing company * Why don't we modernize the air gap environments for secure, zero trust IoT? * AI computing is still Moore's Law bound. It's all about data type! * Rob's movie and TV show review * We were going to sell a gazillion Microsoft Kins! What happened? * What made the iPhone stick? * The declining trust syndrome in the age of dark AI * The future of online payment security - urine sample It's a great episode. Grab an extraordinarily expensive latte at your local coffee shop and check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #206 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. This week, Rob, Marc, Pete, Leonard, Eric and Dimitri jump on Web3 to talk about: * BAD KARAOKE: "Black and Blue", Van Halen * How a blind squirrel occasionally finds a nut * Big GenAI news of the week! Meta Llama 3. Does it matter? * Why TinyLMs will be a bigger deal than LLMs * How to capture 80 percent of IoT value without all that fancy AI stuff... * Did you know that bridges get hit all the time? You wouldn't now without IoT * TinyML is burning the other end of the AI compression candle * The tragedy of Green Earth washing. Do we really care? * AI at the edge is making it easier to get that 80% business value of IoT * Profit is a good thing. There isn't enough of it in a world of speculation * The worship of the techno Messiah and the rise of techno feudalism * What is IoT value? It's a great episode. Grab an extraordinarily expensive latte at your local coffee shop and check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #205 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. This week, Stephanie, Steve, Pete, Leonard, Bill and Dimitri jump on Web3 to talk about: * BAD KARAOKE: "Really Cool Rock Funk Riff", Pete Bernard * The great broadcast battle: ATSC 3.0 versus 5G Multicast/Broadcast * Congrats to Pete for his new role at the TinyML Foundation!!! * Why are we so taken with creepy generative AI animatronics? * The unsung hero of media tech and advancement - compression! * The two AI universes - edge AI and supercomputing AI * The AI learning curve - Is it the first order barrier to AI adoption? * Can we realize private personalization in the cloud or on device? * How to make a crappy GenAI Star Wars B-movie in your own home! * How to prevent the drone paparazzi spying on your business! * Should you give up on your privacy rights? Is it too late and is that okay? It's a great episode. Grab an extraordinarily expensive latte at your local coffee shop and check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #204 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. This week, first time IoT Coffee Talker, Debbie Reynolds, Rob, Pete, Leonard, and Bill jump on Web3 to talk about: * BAD KARAOKE: "Little Wing", Jimi Hendrix * Leonard gives an update on a crazy week - Intel Innovation, Embedded World, and Google Cloud NeXt. * AI fatigue. * Generative AI is lifting all AI boats but also confusing things. * Beware the cool Gen AI demo! * Bill Pugh - The 13-year-old Barry White! * The Data Diva says that AI starts with data and most organization ain't got it! * Sorry, there are no real GenAI consultants out there. We are all in a state of discovery! * Good AI starts with everything else but AI. * Realizing good AI without good data governance.... uh... * Don't forget, AI has to learn. It's not magic. * Purchasing AI is like purchasing risk. * The consequences of generative AI summary misrepresentation. * Privacy is about the citizen. It's a great episode. Grab an extraordinarily expensive latte at your local coffee shop and check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #203 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. This week, Pete, Rob, Eric, Aaron, David, Leonard, Stephanie, Marc, Dimitri and Bill jump on Web3 to talk about: * BAD KARAOKE: "Free-form jazz ensemble", Pete * Mama, don't tell your kids to become coders! * Why a career in music just might be better than coding. At least Gen AI can't generate good music! * Sports update from the 90s with the IoT Coffee Talk crew * April Fool's Day is not the same in an age of everyday nonsense! * Why didn't Wordperfect win out? * Know your customer. They may not be who you think or are dealing with today. * Why closed wins and open is not all that open. * The price of "open", bloatware * Open is the only way to survive? Is it the future? * To standardize or not standardize? * The secret is abstraction, but who is good at it? * Standards are customer driven, dummy! It's a great episode. Grab an extraordinarily expensive latte at your local coffee shop and check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #202 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. This week, Pete, Rob, Leonard, Jan, Andreea, Steve, Dimitri and Bill jump on Web3 to talk about: * BAD KARAOKE: "Everlong", Foo Fighters * Pete breaks down his impressions and takes from NVIDIA GTC 2024 * Adobe Firefly and finding value of generative AI in isolation * Public acceptance of stuff that is not prime time. Is that cool? Is that okay? * The great generative AI security gap * The Battlestar Galactica of Gen AI * The Vision Transformer! * Farts in Spaaaaaaaace!! * Rob sports a Superman curly Q! * Rob's report out on the Carbon Tracking & Reporting Conference 2024 in Houston! * Sustainability innovation born out of necessity * Jan gives everyone an Industry 4.0 update! * What comes next? Industry 5.0? 4.5? 3.7? Industry 4.0 wants to know! * What is transparency? * Fleet management has been an aspiration in many sectors. What can make it happen? * Why IoT Coffee Talk is the only X-rated IoT tech show in the known Metaverse! It's a great episode. Grab an extraordinarily expensive latte at your local coffee shop and check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #201 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. This week, Eric, Rob, Leonard, Marc, Andreea, Stephanie, Dimitri and Bill jump on Web3 to talk about: * BAD KARAOKE: "Love Removal Machine", The Cult * Don't listen to us for your NCAA Basketball lottery picks for 2024! * The VAX was the first Tinder platform in the late 70s * Remote monitoring will beat ML every day of the week! * Have we gone backwards in the quality and longevity of what we do? * Why the Voyager is actually better than anything we make today * Why constraints will always make us better coders and engineers * Leonard's recap of NVIDIA GTC 2024 * Disruption is not a Kumbaya exercise * How Jensen made it out of Denny's alive! * Microsoft's AI coup of Google * Today's AI hype was yesterday's innovation made possible by silicon * Is crypto a thing? No, next question - Jensen Huang. LOL!! * The AI token economy * Rob's Vision Pro experience * Could Vision Pro be the inflection point for XR? It's a great episode. Grab an extraordinarily expensive latte at your local coffee shop and check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #200 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. This week, we celebrate our 200th EPISODE!!! We have special guests Aaron Allsbrook, CTO, and Eric Simone, CEO of ClearBlade join Pete, Rob, Leonard, Marc, David, Stephanie, Dimitri, Jan, and Steve jump on Web3 to talk about: * BAD KARAOKE: "Unchained", Van Halen * Introduction to ClearBlade - what makes them awesome and how they survived and found a fit! * Aaron's hair! * Edge AI in IoT * The Azure IoT Central opportunity * Making intelligent assets work at the edge * Why has the IoT platform gig been so challenging? * What is the hyperscaler's role in IoT? It's a great episode. Grab an extraordinarily expensive latte at your local coffee shop and check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #199 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. This week, Bill, Pete, Rob, Andreea, Marc, David, Steve, Dimitri, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about: * BAD KARAOKE: "Dance The Night Away", Van Halen * Generative AI gone wild! * The greatest movie about Pearl Harbor - The Hunger Games!!! * AI's role in automation * On the road to idiocracy * THE NEXT BIG THING: Generative AI Monetization! * Is AI displacing jobs or untimely over hiring? * The chicken and egg debate revisited: Smart Grid before Smart Cities * IOT: If your AI is blind what good is it? * The next generation of dirty laundry - IOT * What happens when we believe that AI is the expert? * Faith in AI starts with data,... unfortunately, it ain't that good. * Without experience, AI is useless. It's a great episode. Grab an extraordinarily expensive latte at your local coffee shop and check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #198 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. This week, Bill, Pete, Rob, Andreea, Jan, Tom, Marc, Dimitri, and Leonard reporting from MWC 2024 jump on Web3 to talk about: * BAD KARAOKE: Leonard's hack job version of Chick Corea's "Spain" * Welcome to Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona from the Ciena booth at Fira! * Marc's IoT Stars update! * How to grow your YouTube channel! Social media rubbernecking * IoT Stars is dead! Next year, Gen AI Stars! Be ready for it! * Meeting Ray Ozzie and hanging with Alistair Fulton and Blues * NTN - an extraterrestrial hype? * 5G is dead and should be resurrected,... FAST! * Private 5G networks - dead or alive? * AI, the savior once again? Or is it? * Bill's DistribuTech update - Electrification! * Are events back? Maybe 2024 will be a better year? * Jan's Industry 4.0 update on LoRaWAN * Security First is tragically a bad business model * Congrats ROB!!! Congrats Nick! Rob is going to be a grandpa,... eventually! * Cyber Resilience Act in the EU - Marc goes political and geopolitical! Answer, VPN!! It's a great episode. Grab an extraordinarily expensive latte at your local coffee shop and check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #197 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. This week, Bill, Pete, Rob, David, Marc, and Dimitri jump on Web3 to talk about: * BAD KARAOKE: Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd * Global warming in your face! * Mother Nature's revenge * Microsoft Azure IoT Central here or gone? * The hyperscaler dependency * Trust through longevity and commitment * The anatomy of Azure IoT * Is the edge looking better for IoT and maybe everything else? It's a great episode. Grab an extraordinarily expensive latte at your local coffee shop and check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #196 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. This week, Stephanie, Andreea, Pete, Rob, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about: * BAD KARAOKE: "Little Wing" by Jimi Hendrix * Mark Zuckerberg's Vision Pro meltdown * How Apple is the frustrating category catalyst - will they make XR the next big thing? * The delusion of "open" * The Open RAN Squid Game - A tale of open irony * Open tech - an opportunistic game * Do we really want choice or is it overrated? * Balancing the MBA with an engineering culture for growth * Differentiating to win in open ecosystems * The folly of false equivalencies in tech * HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #195 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. This week, Dimitri, Andreea, Pete, Steve, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about: * BAD KARAOKE: "Round and Round" by Ratt * Introducing the Apple Vision Pro * Are Personas creepy? * Why what Meta is doing is not what Apple is doing * It's about Immersive Reality NOT virtual reality * The price of WOW! It's a great episode. Grab an extraordinarily expense had bad cup of coffee and check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #194 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. This week, Andreea, Pete, Steve, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about: * BAD KARAOKE: The Covid Song - Peter Bernard * Yes, it happened again. We lost an episode. * Is RFID a thing again? * Will 5G explode as adoption stalls but the features pile up? * The tech is there and ready. Why is no one buying? * Do LLMs and SMMs matter at the edge of the IoT? * The trust problem with predictive maintenance * Translating hyped technology into a TAM * Why hype is no bueno (again!) * How 5G lost everything * Don't be mad at us. We are just trying to help It's a great episode. Grab an extraordinarily expense had bad cup of coffee and check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #193 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. This week, Rob, Pete, Marc, Bill, Dimitri, Steve, and Pete jump on Web3 to talk about: * BAD KARAOKE: "Feel Your Love" by Van Halen * What end will AI bring us? * Will AI-enabled cybertrust threats drive us back to the bank branch office? * Will generative AI really improve education and talent development? * The Google-enabled cut & paste culture * What cutting hair and welding will be the jobs of the future!! * Will AI take our jobs? * What's up with cloud "repatriation"? Is it really a thing? * Repurposing your crypto mining farm into an Azure AZ * Who's going to MWC 2024? * The big consulting firm numbers that are feeding the Gen AI nonsense * Why hype is bringing down Western telco tech and Open RAN * Why techco is nonsense for telco and a distraction for telcos and the vendors who push it * Don't give the pipe a hard time - doo doo to the ocean * Jumping on the standards is more a important than becoming a techco * Move that shit! It's a great episode. Grab an extraordinarily expense had bad cup of coffee and check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #192 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. This week, Leonard is onsite at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024 in San Jose and is joined virtually by Rob, Dimitri, Steve, and Pete jump on Web3 to talk about: * BAD KARAOKE: "Outta Love Again" by Van Halen * What the IoT Coffee Talk crew expects from Unpacked 2024 - What could possibly be new? * To OS or not to OS? Why doesn't Samsung have their own OS? * Why Apple is so sticky * Why techno purists are almost always wrong * Why most folks don't know much about Korean companies * What matters more, the software or the hardware? * Freeloading mentality of developers regarding app stores * Leonard's thumb * IoT Coffee Talk announces the Squirrel Phone with Squirrel OS! * What is the future of consumer electronics? Will CES survive? * Generative AI, like most AI, will just become invisible.... * The decline of Davos. What can save it? Itself? * The grand problem of what to do with "AI", whatever that is It's a great episode. Grab an extraordinarily expense had bad cup of coffee and check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #191 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. This week, Leonard and Steve are on site at #CES2024 joined virtually by Rob, Dimitri, Marc, Bill and Pete jump on Web3 to talk about: * Bad Karaoke for the Week: "Still of The Night” by Whitesnake * What made IoT such a disaster and why we are all not trillionaires! * How has the automotive presence at CES changed in 2024? * What is industrial doing here at CES 2024? * Is the industrial metaverse coming back? Has the zombie resurrected itself? * EV leadership? Who's winning? What does winning mean? * The real meaning of the transition from EV to SDV * Is battery tech the new frontier of innovation in tech? * Alternative energy and power sources and visions at CES 2024 * The industrial publicity stunt that is CES 2024 * The hallucination that is generative AI hype * Model optimization and the quality of data * The evolution and maturity of AI tools and AIOps * Bill's hype fatigue with generative AI (classic rant of the ages!) * The probabilistic black box that is AI * Will we go Battlestar Galactica because of threats to trust * The analog twin, beyond the digital twin! * Leonard is really a Cylon. Rob proves it! It's a great episode. Grab an extraordinarily expense had bad cup of coffee and check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #190 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. Happy New Year! Welcome to 2024 with our first IoT Coffee Talk of the year! Rob, Dimitri, Marc, Leonard and Pete jump on Web3 to talk about: * Bad Karaoke for the Week: "Stairway to Heaven” Solo by Led Zeppelin * The new “Metaverse” engineer opportunity – prompt engineer! * Why gardeners, electricians, plumbers, and janitors are the real future opportunities * Digital twins - the foundation of The Metaverse – Are we ready,… again? * The sticky parts of the “work from home” non-revolution * The devaluation of human relationships and interaction – Is the watercooler doomed? * Will bad body odor prevent back-to-office movement in dense urban areas? * AI + Digital Twin = The virtual replacement of humanity? * Personalized digital avatar/twin – Who will get there first? Siri? * The Matrix fair trade – our body heat for virtual ignorance and bliss * What does the Year of The Dragon mean for tech? * Why Star Trek is all you need to know about our tech future – just don’t bank your business on it * Things we forgot in 2023 – Massive Tech Layoffs, Silicon Valley Bank, and Crypto Scams & Criminality * The inhumane root of the hockey stick of layoffs * Will immersive reality make XR a thing in 2024 and make Digital Twin something Dimitri should get back into? * X-washing is depressing Rob. We think he has a great point. Will tech save or make things less better? * You could have bought two Hyundai Excels for one Mac Lisa in 1987 – The price of disruption It's a great episode. Check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #189 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. In this week's episode we hope every one had a great 2023. It's been a weird one of the hockey sticks of tech layoffs, forgotten bank meltdowns (SVB,... remember?), and astronomical Gen AI-driven tech stock madness Rob, Steve, Leonard and Pete jump on Web3 to talk about: * Bad Karaoke for the Week: "Auld Lang Syne" (Heavy Metal Reggae Version) * Should you or should you not go to NYC to watch the ball drop in person? * A few more days left to make your donation to Elevate Our Kids at www.elevateourkids.org * Status report on Rob's Jerry Lewis telethon to bridge the digital equity divide * Rob unveils THE IOT COFFEE TALK CONSUMER ELECTRONICS PRODUCT of 2023!! * 2023 Take - Generative AI dominated everything and steam rolled everything * 2023 Take - Trust notably declined and could be an endangered species * 2023 Take - Are we tech gluttons? Is it sustainable? Does tech overdose foster good? * 2023 Take - The pros and cons of convenience * 2023 Take - The asymmetry of Generative AI impact and the low bar for accelerating the "Uneconomy" (the dark economy). * 2023 Take - The electric vehicle (EV) hits a wall! * 2023 Take - Why do so-called revolutionary tech have serious sustainability issues? * 2023 Take - Unintended Consequences: China and the chip trade It's a great final episode of 2023! Check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #188 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter. In this week's episode we wish all our listeners, viewers and followers a happy holiday season and a Merry Christmas! Rob, Stephanie, Steve, Dimitri, Marc, Leonard and Pete jump on Web3 to talk about: * Bad Karaoke for the Week: "Jingle Bells" - The Fabulous IoT Coffee Talk Christmas Carolers (Rob Tiffany doing his rendition of Darth Vader does the Christmas classics). * 10 days to go to make your donation to Elevate Our Kids at www.elevateourkids.org! * Bridging the digital divide with satellite 5G and other protocols and technologies courtesy of Starlink and eventually the Kuiper constellation * Reflecting on how NASA managed to launch Apollo and Artemis without blowing up stuff * Excellence in engineering versus throw crap up agains the wall - The Agile Dung Throwing Methodology * Using Santa for parental blackmailing of your kids - methods for curbing your children's naughty behavior - Present optimization * Live CES 2024 planning and IoT Coffee Talk agenda setting * The AI PC and Intel 'AI Everywhere' * The degeneration of generative AI hype & and the hockey stick of layoffs * Generative AI monetization & FOMO VC investment * The killer AI PC app - gaze correction! * Apple Journal - the beginning of gen AI personalization creepiness * The first IoT Coffee Talk project - Grace Hopper external AI accelerator for AI PCs * Seasons greetings and all the best in 2024!! It's a great episode. Check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech! Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. Your hosts include Leonard Lee, Stephanie Atkinson, Marc Pous, David Vasquez, Rob Tiffany, Bill Pugh, Rick Bullotta and special guests. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.