As Seth Godin said, there's a tribe for everything. And one of the strongest, yet relatively unknown, tribes might be the #geomob.

In this episode of First Things First, I sit down with Ed Freyfogle, founder of OpenCage Data, a tech company offering an API Geocoder that easily converts coordinates to and from places.

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This week on First Things First, I have an insightful chat with ABI Research's Pierce Owen, a Principal Analyst at the leading analyst firm specializing in transformative technologies across multiple end markets.

With no topic untouched, we talk more about his specialty of smart manufacturing – from Industrial IoT, to AR, to robotics, and everything in between!

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In this episode of First Things First, I sit down with Dr. Hillel Rubinstein of Desert Mars Analog Ramon Station, or D-MARS, an analog mission center created to test how humans may be able to survive on the red planet.

We discuss his mission to help better prepare – and educate – humans for their first steps on a planet other than our own. In particular, we learn how IoT is helping accomplish this mission, and the value of testing even earth-bound products in the harshest environments known to man.

This week on First Things First, I sit down to chat with Denny Suber, the founder of Robotics Within Reach, an industrial automation engineering company that specializes in Fanuc robot programming and training.

Denny shares a few stories from customers who learned important lessons about robotics and IoT.

This week on First Things First, I sit down to chat with Shehryar Wahid, the Chief Technology Officer of Agile Interoperable Solutions (AIS). Agile's CORE mobile communications hub helps emergency responders and other mission critical organizations stay connected in situations where communication can mean the difference between life and death.

Inspired by the aftermath of a destructive hurricane that devastated South Florida, this hub for emergency services makes it possible for first responders to effectively communicate when it matters most.

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This week on First Things First, I sit down to chat with Dan Lockney, the Technology Transfer Program Executive at NASA to talk about one of the most important reasons why the US Government chooses to invest so much in the space program: the technological advancements that are passed down to the civilian sector.

From aluminum alloys, to Japanese 'Kawaii' cute-culture, to the Roomba, your daily life – no matter what country you're from – is impacted by NASA in many more ways than you'd expect.

We talk about how many enterprises, even your own, might be able to benefit from the latest and greatest technology that hasn't hit the market yet.

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In this episode of First Things First, I chat with Mark Easley from Texas Instruments to talk about the TI University program.

We explore the latest university topics to come up in ioT, why a singular organization can't 'own' everything in IoT, and the value of self-paced learning opportunities.

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In this episode of First Things First, I chat with Jakob Blomberg of Blink Services about a unique LoRa project you wouldn't normally find synonymous with low-power, wide-area networks – cameras!

Equipped with MultiTech-designed (and Telit cellular module backhauled) LoRaWAN bay stations, Jakob lets us in on the development process of a camera-based LoRa solution with billion-dollar (or krona!) Swedish security solutions provider Axis.

Blink and its municipal customers stay agile and team up with Axis to update an already-established camera network with the newest LoRa technology.

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What any IoT implementer can learn from some the most expensive manufacturing in the world.

Stuart Perry gives us the story behind why the semiconductor is always the first to innovate with IoT – and why those same competitive and market forces will necessitate IoT-enabled digital transformation in every single industry – including your own.

Until Elon invents a time machine, the semiconductor industry might be the best way to look into the future of IoT – so take a look (or listen) with Chris!

John tells us a story about a multi-national household brand that wants to build a commercial-grade connected water filtration system – enabled by the IoT.

But all the data they'd like to collect is clogging up the system, making it too costly to run the IoT solution!

This billion dollar conglomerate turns to a partner organization, which provides some key insights on IoT data management that you won't want to miss.