Autonomous Will Soon Be Ubiquitous

The rapid rise of autonomous products reminds me of my days as Director and Technical Fellow at Motorola during the heyday of the wireless revolution. Years earlier, no one could've predicted that millions of cellphones would quickly saturate the market by the early 2000s, causing a scramble to identify viable applications to keep wireless alive. It's hard to imagine a time when widespread wireless wasn't a sure bet, right? Yet there I was in countless meetings brainstorming ideas to promote wireless acceptance. I remember visiting a Chicago-area hospital where each room was overrun with cables. Answers to the recurring question of "How do we get rid of all these wires?" were met with a healthy dose of optimism and skepticism.