In this episode, we sit down with Bill Ritchey, the Senior Director of Strategy at Farm To Plate, a pioneering organization that is transforming the way food supply chains operate. Join us as we delve into the fascinating world of connecting manufacturers, distributors, and consumers with advanced technologies and strategies. Song links: Let it be, The Beatles: https://bit.ly/44bDQzl Dream on, Aerosmith: https://bit.ly/46fQKy1 No more tears, Ozzy Osbourne: https://bit.ly/3NKNnbp Hosted on Acast....
Jun 27, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 180
This week on Mr. Beacon, we speak with John Dwyer, VP of Digital Solutions at WestRock, a sustainable packaging company which prioritizes reducing plastic waste and the benefits of cardboard over plastics. We also explore the potential of Wiliot IoT Pixels in the supply chain, which can help companies avoid waste and reduce foodborne illness outbreaks, saving millions of dollars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 13, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 179
This week we uncover the Bluetooth audio revolution with Director, marketing, and head of Snapdragon Sound, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Mike Canevaro. We explore improved Bluetooth audio, cutting-edge codecs, and the world of lossless, high-resolution, and spatial audio. Mike talks about everything game-changing LE Audio, multi-language support, and captivating features like surround sound. Tune in to be amazed by the possibilities of Snapdragon Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
May 30, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 178
Discover the game-changing technology of LoRaWAN in this episode featuring Wienke Giezeman, CEO and Co-Founder of The Things Industries. Join us as we delve into the world of LoRaWAN, a wireless protocol revolutionizing IoT connectivity. Wienke shares invaluable insights on how LoRaWAN works, its applications, and its potential to bridge the connectivity gap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 16, 2023•48 min•Season 1Ep. 177
Sourcing power without batteries or wires is key to ambient IoT. This Mr. Beacon episode explores wireless charging innovations with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, president of the AirFuel Alliance. Dr. Gupta discusses the benefits of wireless charging for IoT devices, which can reduce their environmental impact. Watch to learn about the latest advancements in wireless charging technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 02, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 176
Join us for an eye-opening conversation with Don Scheibenreif, author of "When Machines Become Customers," as we explore the world of AI-enabled non-human customers and their impact on business. Discover how to adapt and thrive in this new era of commerce. Don't miss this crucial discussion on the future of business and technology! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 175
This week on Mr. Beacon we dive deep into the world of ambient IoT technology with none other than ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI. How much does it know about such a new and cutting edge field of technology? Tune in to learn more about the future of ambient IoT from the perspective of an AI language model! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 14, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 174
This week on Mr. Beacon we have Thaddeus Segura, who is the VP of the Data Business Unit at Wiliot. Thaddeus has a background in retail, having worked at Walmart for ten years and talks about the application of Ambient IoT in retail and the problems that it solves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 14, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 173
This week on the Mr. Beacon Ambient IoT podcast, we’re launching our news segment with coverage from CES 2023. I’m joined by my colleague Bret Small to discuss the recent trends and technologies coming out of CES this year related to ambient IoT. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 10, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 172
Are you into smart home devices but wishing everything just worked better? Well on today’s podcast I had a great chat with Mitch Klein about the developing standards in the space including Z-Wave, Zigbee, Thread and Matter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 03, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 171
Just a quick message to thank all of you for listening. 2022 has been a massive year for ambient IoT. Can't wait to see what developments come out in 2023! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 23, 2022•53 sec•Season 1Ep. 170
Are you interested in cutting edge Bluetooth technologies like Angle-of-Arrival? Well then this conversation with Sean Li from BlueIoT is just the one for you! We’ll ask Sean all about the technology, including what it delivers, the cost, and the type of deployments they’ve done and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 07, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 169
Dov Moran is a venture capitalist and very successful CEO. As well as being a great VC, he invented the USB Flash Drive. He was one of the first investors in Wiliot. His new book “100 Doors: An Introduction to Entrepreneurship” has just been published. We talk about what it takes to get funded now that we are in a market downturn, his inspirations, struggles and amazing success with developing the Flash Drive. Also, what his view is on the future of Ambient IoT and his latest career as a drummer...
Nov 22, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 168
There’s more than one way to get rid of batteries on an Ambient IoT device. Jeeva’s CEO explains their approach and how the technology was incubated by the University of Washington. How does this technology differ from that of Wiliot’s battery-free solution? It all comes down to backscatter, or reflective energy from existing RF signals. We’ll dive into all the applications for low power devices and much more on this week’s episode of the Mr. Beacon Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
Nov 08, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 167
This week on Mr. Beacon we speak with Ed Treacy, Vice President of Supply Chain and Sustainability at International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA), about the current state of food safety in the world. Ed explains to us all the information you need regarding the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), as well as the opportunities for investment. Are we ever going to get to the point where we can limit food waste during an outbreak? Ed seems to think we’re well on our way. Hosted on Acast. See aca...
Oct 25, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 166
Cesar Johnston has a lot to say about the future of the IoT. Capturing wireless energy to power devices has leapt beyond the theoretical. Energous is currently powering Wiliot's IoT Pixels and Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL) - an item-level communications revolution using ubiquitous frequencies. We also get a chance to learn about his career starting off at Bell Labs and some of the leading companies that lead the Wi-Fi evolution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 11, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 165
Bluetooth tags have been revolutionary in connecting our digital and physical worlds, but have yet to achieve their full potential. What if the technology, marketing power, and infrastructure reach of the telecommunications industry were to get behind the Ambient IoT use cases which Bluetooth is starting to enable? It’s happening now. The standards bodies developing 5G & 6G have recently set their sights on Ambient IoT. This week, we talk with Amichai Sanderovich – a veteran of this space an...
Sep 27, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 164
Sustainability and ESG are becoming major drivers of IoT projects. As entrepreneurs and solutions designers, we need to understand what ESG is and the people responsible for it, why they do what they do, and how they do it. On this week’s show we talk with Iñigo Canalejo, IFCO’s VP of ESG, and a veteran of sustainability. We also hear about IFCO’s market leadership and expansion of the use of Returnable Transport items/reusable crates used in the food supply chain and how this is changing the wa...
Sep 20, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 163
It's inspiring that SAP has bestowed the title of "VP - Futurism" on someone. And there is no better someone than Tom Raftery, who is a Global IoT Evangelist and thinker of deep thoughts across many domains. We start off exploring why there is such a tsunami of funding going into making supply chains resilient and sustainable. And then we drill down (no fracking!) into Tom's role at SAP, including how to inspire audiences with both content marketing and keynote presentations. Hosted on Acast. Se...
Sep 13, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 162
There are huge opportunities to make our food supply chains more efficient (that’s a polite way of saying we waste obscene amounts of food). New technology from a Google backed startup called Strella can help. This week we talk to Strella’s CEO and Founder, Katherine Sizov, and learn more about the food ecosystem, cutting edge technology that is making a difference, and some real world entrepreneurial lessons about scaling a business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 06, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 161
The new GS1 EPCIS 2.0 standard is set to have a dramatic impact on the way we manage supply chains. Its functionality can drastically improve sustainability, trust, and efficiency. We talk to one of the key contributors to the standard, author, CTO, and entrepreneur Dominique Guinard about the “Why, What and How” of a standard that supports visibility of “What, When, Where, Why and How” for products. We also get the inside scoop on the acquisition by Digimarc of the company he co founded (Evryth...
Aug 30, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 158
Can profit and planet ever agree? This week's episode proves they can - thanks to World Friendly IoT - and our guest Ollie Smeenk explains how. Ollie is Co-CEO at SODAQ, and he shares fascinating insights about his company’s approach to developing energy harvesting edge devices for construction and shipping. The opportunities to reduce carbon footprints, measure change, and drive profits and savings with earth-friendly devices, are significant. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
Aug 23, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 157
Interested in RTLS, asset tracking or Industrial IoT? You need to know about the new standard, Omlox, which is shaping the market with over 1,700 company members. Born out of the needs of European manufacturing giants, and the pioneering by Trumpf, the German industrial engineering pioneer. Omlox promises interoperability for RTLS systems, a catalyst for growth for RTLS vendors and an insurance policy against lock-in for companies wanting to deploy RTLS. We hear about it from the father of the s...
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 156
We’re joined this week by Simon Molnar, who is the founder of Flagship, which is a company that is working to bring to physical retail the science of merchandising and inventory management which they perfected from running Australia’s largest online jewelry store. How will apparel retailers survive in the face of online competition and challenging headwinds? We talk in depth with Simon about the relative benefits of the different technologies that can bridge digital and physical retailing: RFID,...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 155
In their role as a “converter”, Tadbik have been at the forefront of creating tags and connected packaging with RFID, NFC & BLE. Industry veteran David Beit-on, who heads up Tadbik’s business operations in Germany, explains the role of the converter in the world of IoT. He shines a light on what solution designers need to consider when adding auto-ID tags to “things.” We discuss Tadbik’s role as a pioneer in this space and then get their perspective on their work with Wiliot on battery-free ...
Jul 26, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 154
Companies are being hacked and ransomed all the time these days, and given the fact that billions of IoT devices have the potential to increase the number of vulnerabilities that companies have to deal with, it’s safe to say that this issue is more important than ever before. So what exactly can be done to increase the security of everyday devices connected to the internet? Well, we brought on the Co-Founder & CEO of Sternum, Natali Tshuva, to tell us how her company is bringing security and...
Jul 19, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 153
Does your product have a soul? We are heading into a future where more and more things are getting digital “souls” or IDs these days. We are talking about an identity that transcends the life and even the second life of a product. It’s a compelling concept, as it unlocks waste reduction, product safety, regulatory compliance, efficiency and new revenue models. Max Winograd’s team is competing in what is a very strategic market, the provision of cloud systems to manage the soul of every product i...
Jun 28, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 152
Last week the GS1 Connect conference came to San Diego. Speakers included auto-ID leaders from Mc Donald’s, Wendy’s and Chipotle. It reminded us of one of our favorite conversations with Melanie Nuce, SVP at GS1, a fascinating person who happens to be a leader at the standards body that is responsible for almost all of the bar codes and data encoded on the products we see everyday. 300,000 companies across 25 industries turn to GS1 for guidance. GS1 is a not-for-profit global standards organizat...
Jun 14, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 151
Logistics is pivotal in shaping modern business operations. As businesses compete and deal with supply chain disruption this is driving some fascinating new technologies and systems. For technologists that seek to embed their technology into the arteries of modern supply chains, it’s important to understand the problems and trends that are driving the adoption of these latest technologies. In this episode we talk to a journalist who is completely focused on logistics, the trends, and understandi...
May 31, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 150
This week we talk with the leader of the lab that is at the heart of RFID and Auto-ID, about tags in outer space and on the ocean floor. We learn about Auburn University’s pivotal relationship with the giants of retail, aerospace and the biggest vendors of the technologies that are bringing the digital and physical worlds together. Justin Patton is the Director of the Auburn University RFID Lab, a research institute focusing on the business case and technical implementation of emerging technolog...
May 17, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 149
