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Here’s this week’s rundown of our favorite pieces of 5G news and stories about emerging and innovative technologies. To follow the series, check back here every week and look out for #5Gin5 posts from @Facesof5G. Race for Robotics – A Boston start up, Southie Autonomy, is changing the game when it comes to robot programing and training at the intersection of augmented reality and AI. Its software allows anyone – regardless of computer skill level – to program robots for their needs. The company was a winner in a 5G robotics challenge this year. Read more here and here. Wireless VR All But Demands 5G – That’s the takeaway from a recent piece from Jeremy Horwitz for VentureBeat. Following Siggraph’s conference in LA he said, “next-generation wireless technologies are the missing link for the next evolution of VR, as current-generation wireless VR hardware falls short of the fluid immersion users… Read More

5G technology will help to revolutionize agriculture at a critical time as the world’s famers contend with soaring global demand.  Fortunately, the convergence of the agriculture industry with next-generation wireless technology will help produce more food both efficiently and sustainably. Aided by technological advances, farmers are already developing ways to maximize yields and reduce losses. But 5G will take smart agriculture to a whole new level.  With its ability to handle heavier data traffic from the ever-growing population of connected devices and machines, to its delivery of significantly faster speeds and responsiveness, 5G will help enable the broader use of wireless sensors, drones, and other digital analytics to provide farmers with data on fertilization levels, health conditions, and overall crop development. SlantRange, an intelligent drone sensing and analytics company, works with local farmers to examine new crop development metrics to optimize management practices. This San Diego, CA-based company is showing… Read More

Here’s this week’s rundown of our favorite pieces of 5G news and stories about emerging and innovative technologies. To follow the series, check back here every week and look out for #5Gin5 posts from @Facesof5G. The Need for Speed – 5G is already making good on its promise of significantly faster speeds. A new report from OpenSignal, a wireless tracking firm, shows peak 5G download speeds in the United States are nearly three times faster than 4G. The U.S. is also leading the pack, claiming the top spot on speed in the world with nearly 2 Gbps, generously ahead of second ranked Switzerland and third ranked South Korea. Read more here. That’s Trillion with a T – Louis Navellier, an investor, says “5G is a big deal. Whoever controls 5G will essentially control the internet several years from now” in a new piece for Nasdaq. As he goes on to… Read More

Originally posted in Black Press USA (NNPA Newswire): Cities, which include Washington, D.C.; Charlotte; Boston; Atlanta; Cincinnati; Cleveland; Columbus, Ohio; Des Moines, Iowa; Denver; Detroit; Houston; Indianapolis; Kansas City; Little Rock, Arkansas; Memphis; Phoenix; Providence, Rhode Island; San Diego; and Salt Lake City; are the world’s first to get Verizon’s 5G Ultra-Wideband mobility service. The next wave of technological evolution has arrived in the form of 5G, a new generation of mobile networks where at least four major telephone carriers in America – AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint – have put forth plans to introduce this year. Reportedly, AT&T has even started trials with 5G mobile hotspots in 12 cities. “The first generation was all about being able to just talk on the phone where ever you were,” said Candice Brackeen, the co-founder and executive director of Hillman Accelerator, which supports women and minority led tech companies in Cincinnati to… Read More