Peggy Smedley Show

Peggy answers if traffic fatalities went up or down from 2020 to 2021. She shares new numbers that paint a picture of how many people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes—and what we need to do to e…

Peggy and Jacob Chakareski, associate professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology, talk about the impact of mobile virtual and augmented reality. He says there are a variety of societal application…

Peggy and Frederic Desbiens, program manager for IoT and edge computing, Eclipse Foundation, talk about the organization. He says it is an open-source organization, a non-profit, and it is the home t…

Peggy says we are seeing IT (information technology) and OT (operational technology) coming together to improve efficiencies, safety, business acumen, and so much more. She walks through a historical…

Peggy and Todd Richmond, IEEE member and director, Pardee RAND Tech and Narrative Lab, talk about the metaverse. He says money and marketing are what drive innovation—and the metaverse today.

They al…

Peggy and Michael Don Ham, president and cofounder, RePure, talk about why the healthy home is so important. He says this is something that escapes many people’s minds because air and water—two of th…

Many of the technology giants are betting big on AR (augmented reality) and VR (virtual reality). Peggy shares her thoughts on how it is going to impact education—both in our schools and in our busin…

Bin Li, associate professor, Pennsylvania State University, returns to the show to talk about the main concepts of AR (augmented reality) and VR (virtual reality) with Peggy. He shares an example of …

What is the metaverse today and what will the metaverse be in a couple of years: Peggy and Brian Burton, professor of digital entertainment technology, Abilene Christian University, discuss. He says …

Is our data safe? Peggy answers, addressing if it will be safe in the year ahead—and what exactly we are doing to ensure it is secure. She shares details of a report that exposes some scary stats abo…

Peggy and Jim White, CTO, IOTech, talk about the shortages that exist today and why technology needs to be put to use. He says the company aims to help connect more things, give more information, and…

Peggy and Blake Miller, founder, Homebase, talk about how technology is disrupting real estate. He says the company is making apartment buildings smart, which means different things to different peop…

Peggy talks all about the future of energy and utilities. She cites a few new reports that explore how digital technologies, market developments, and government investment in next-generation energy t…

Peggy and Jason Turner, vice president and cofounder, PowerShades, talk about how the company came to be as a result of hotels trying to figure out how to do energy savings. He says a large part of w…

Peggy and Richard Rys, senior consultant, ARC Advisory Group and principal, R2 Controls, talk about climate change and what that means. He says we are all to blame as individuals and as industries fo…

Peggy defines digital twin and explores how it will help rebuild our cities and our infrastructure. She says 2022 will be a year of digital transformation and rebuilding our cities and infrastructure…

Peggy and Greg Bentley, CEO, Bentley Systems, talk about going digital in infrastructure—and how it became essential during the pandemic and how there is now a new opportunity with the Infrastructure…