Peggy Smedley Show

Peggy Smedley and Steve Goetz, VP & partner, telecommunications media & entertainment industry, IBM Consulting, talk about how telecommunications is changing, ahead of Mobile World Congress. He says it is always great to go to Mobile World Congress for so many reasons, and that IBM has a very large presence there. They also discuss: What has changed in the last several years—and what to expect at...

Peggy Smedley and Katherine Giovannone, founder, MEsquad, talk about her background and how she ended up where she is at today. She says eyewear sales is still very old school—and before COVID she could see this was changing and an inefficient way to do business. Thus, she began designing a customizable kids eyewear collection. They also discuss: How it changed during the pandemic and evolved to d...

Peggy talks about how to keep our loved ones safe on the roads. She says we need to be smarter on our roads, and new efforts from government are a great first step, but there is always so much more than can be done to protect our drivers. She also discusses: The cost of car crashes to our economy and our personal lives—and if we are heading in the right direction. New efforts from the government t...

Peggy and Brian Sathianathan, co-founder & chief technology officer, iterate.ai, explains what quiet quitting is all about. He says it has been around for a long time, but now it is happening at a larger scale. They also discuss how this all is changing with technology and the recent layoffs at big tech companies. They also discuss: How fast the tech sector was hiring during the pandemic and how i...

Peggy Smedley and Scott Schober, president & CEO, Berkeley Varitronics Systems, talk about a new Kickstarter campaign for BlueSleuth-Lite . He says the product focuses in on Bluetooth Low Energy and scans all around looking for devices using it. The technology helps to determine if someone is being tracked or followed using tags.  They also discuss: What he is hoping to accomplish with this Kickst...

Peggy Smedley talks all about cybersecurity and a recent prediction of the threat of a catastrophic cyberattack in the next two years. She says our businesses and our infrastructure are at risk, sharing predictions for the future and what needs to happen next. She also discusses: How many cybersecurity experts and business leaders believe geopolitical instability is likely to lead to a catastrophi...

Peggy Smedley and Tom Coughlin, IEEE Life Fellow and 2023 president-elect and president, Coughlin Associates, talk about how data is typically stored. He says when you talk about storing information, it is digital information, and it is stored by some means of creating a physical change in something that is retained after it is made. They also discuss: The growth of data and connected data centers...

Peggy Smedley and Megan Lueders, chief marketing officer, Silicon Labs, talk about where the IoT (Internet of Things) is today. She says the company is now completely focused on the IoT, saying the IoT is any device that is connected wirelessly to the cloud. They also discuss: How the possibilities are endless with the Internet of Things. How sustainability, climate, and green come into play for b...

DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) has always been important in many companies and in society, but now the three-letter acronym is getting a lot more attention lately. Peggy talks all about it, explaining where we are at now and some ways we can increase this in this our own communities and in our businesses. She also: Breaks down the definitions of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Discusses...

Rabindra Ratan, associate professor of media and information and director of the SPARTIE Lab, Michigan State University, returns to The Peggy Smedley Show to talk with Peggy about listener questions about the Proteus effect. He says technology can be used for both pro-social and anti-social purposes, but he tends toward positive media effects. They also discuss: The layoffs at technology companies...

Peggy Smedley and Yu-Han Chang, senior technology analyst, IDTechEx, talk about 6G. She says 6G research started long ago and we expect to see at least 50 times higher peak data rates, much faster latency, compared to 5G millimeter wave, better energy efficiency, and higher reliability. They also discuss: Where exactly are we with 6G right now. The biggest obstacles we face with 6G currently. Some...

Peggy Smedley talks about where we are headed with food innovation—both in the products offered and, in the distribution, and logistics of food production. She talks about new announcements from CES earlier this month and what is coming next in the months ahead. She also discusses: New almond milk American slices—and how they are different from other options. How supply chain disruptions are impac...

Peggy Smedley and Rabindra Ratan, associate professor of media and information and director of the SPARTIE Lab, Michigan State University, talk about VR (virtual reality), immersive technologies, and the metaverse. He says the proteus effect is a phenomenon that was discovered in 2007 in early VR research where participants who come into the lab are given an avatar and they interact in the virtual...

Peggy Smedley and Sebastiaan Laurijsse, global head of industry high tech, ServiceNow, and Jamie Wilkie, senior director for industrial security offerings, Fujitsu, talk about how and why manufacturing is changing today and into the future. Laurijsse asks, what is not changing, saying everything is getting connected and generating a set of data. Wilkie says the way manufacturing is moving, it has...

Peggy Smedley digs into the workforce trends in the transportation industry, looking at recent numbers and giving thoughts on where we are headed next on the road to transformation. She says we need to address the worker shortage and we need young minds to enter the space. She also discusses: The unemployment numbers in the U.S. transportation sector. How many people are over the age of 55 in tran...

Peggy Smedley and Sabur Baidya, assistant professor, computer science and engineering, University of Louisville, talk about what brought him to the University of Louisville. He says he got a great opportunity to join as a faculty and participate in a research project on advanced manufacturing and robotics called KAMPERS (Kentucky Advanced Manufacturing Partnership for Enhanced Robotics and Structu...

Peggy Smedley and Danielle Baughman, president, ProShare Services, talk about making a change from working for a large corporation to starting your own business. She says one of the biggest pieces of advice she can give to somebody is to just dive in. They also discuss: The biggest challenges women face in energy and oil and gas industry. The best piece of advice she has received from one of her m...

Peggy Smedley talks all about transportation, sharing the transportation statistics from the 2022 annual report from the U.S. Dept. of Transportation. She says the pandemic has produced fast changes in transportation supply, demand, and performance. She also discusses: The supply chain and its role in keeping industries moving. If total passenger enplanements were up or down during the pandemic. I...

Peggy Smedley and Jonathan Shroyer, chief customer experience innovation officer, Arise Virtual Solutions, talk about the trends in immersive technologies and the metaverse. He says he thinks of the metaverse as anything that is not in your own reality and any experience around that. In 2022, $48 billion was the value of the metaverse. By 2030, it is valued to be $680 billion. They also discuss: T...

Peggy Smedley and Joshua Peschel, assistant professor and Black & Veach Faculty Fellow, Iowa State University, talk about how 2022 turned out—and what is in store for 2023 with science and technology. He sums up 2022 by saying it is the year nothing went right in terms of science and technology, explaining there were a lot of predictions and trends that didn't come to fruition. They also discuss:...

Peggy Smedley gives a primer on clean energy and how it will impact businesses in the year ahead. She talks about how clean energy works, why we need clean energy storage, and how we are going to get there. She also discusses: The differences between green, clean energy, and renewable energy sources. An example of advanced clean energy storage. If clean energy will power our future—and the driving...

Peggy Smedley and Will Zhang, assistant professor, Rochester Institute of Technology, talk about immersive technology. He says immersive technologies include several technologies such as AR (augmented reality), VR (virtual reality), XR (extended reality), and the metaverse—and discusses the connections between each and how they are different. They also discuss: How the development of manufacturing...

Peggy Smedley and Mike Geyer, omniverse product management for manufacturing and digital twins, NVIDIA, talks about the industrial metaverse. He says the idea of the metaverse is a concept from a '90s science fiction novel, which was a populous take on a multiple universe theory of quantum mechanics that was put forward by Hugh Everett in the '50s. We think of it as connected virtual worlds that a...

Peggy Smedley talks about our workforce and how all the generations need to come together to build and manufacture our future. She digs into how we need to communicate in a way that works for everyone. She also: Sets the stage with some big trends and how that will impact companies in the year ahead. A breakdown of the five generations that have an active role in the marketplace and in the workfor...

Peggy Smedley and Smith Codio, director of customer experience, automotive, mobility, and transportation industry, Microsoft, talk about the metaverse in automotive and his time leading multiple engineering teams. He says the process of buying a car is not the most user friendly or customer centric—and Microsoft wants to help change that process. They also discuss: An example of an automotive comp...