Peggy Smedley discusses a project that Ford is currently working on, in conjunction with the University of Michigan’s Computer Science Program, where vehicles have the ability to post information about their current mood on social networking sites, based on data collected from the vehicle’s diagnostics. Smedley also talks about some innovative new healthcare applications including a pill with a digestible antenna that is designed to monitor compliance during clinical trials, plus cardiac monitors equipped with cellular connectivity.;

 

Bill Faresich, strategic opportunities manager, Sprint’s Emerging Solutions Group, and Dennis Lottero, vice president of business development, Walsh Wireless, discuss how the usage-based insurance model is impacting the automotive insurance market. They discuss the key components of Walsh’s vehicle monitoring solution as well as the value Sprint brings to the solution, and what initially brought about the development of Sprint and Walsh’s partnership.;

 

Bill Faresich, strategic opportunities manager, Sprint’s Emerging Solutions Group, and Dennis Lottero, vice president of business development, Walsh Wireless, discuss how usage-based insurance benefits both drivers and insurance companies. They also talk about some of the major trends they are seeing in the overall M2M space.;

 

Smedley and Mike Carrozzo, chief editor, Connected World magazine, discuss some of the major PC vendors that are beginning to follow suit with Apple by making their way into the market for smartphones. Some of the major players to recently make big news in the space include HP, Dell, and Acer. They also talk about a couple of phones with innovative new social networking features from Microsoft as well as very big news regarding the ongoing competition between the iPhone and Android operating systems.