Tom Ryden, VGo Cofounder and COO Talks Robotic Telepresence Solutions for Education and Healthcare and IBM Watson is Big Data – HT122

Summary: Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Christian Johnson (@TheWizBM) and VGo’s cofounder and COO Tom Ryden for Home Tech episode #122. In show 117, we spoke about the VGo Telepresence robot.  Christian was using one of these devices back in the spring to remote into NASA for his work there.  Tom was good enough to join us to join us for a 45 minute interview. Listen LIVE every Thursday night at http://TheAverageGuy.tv/live @ 6pP/8pC/9pE Listen Mobile: Get more info on VGo at http://www.vgocom.com/ (including all the social links) See the VGo is action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcSjR6Cxl3k Christian also spent some time at the IBM – Federal Watson Event in Washington DC - http://www-304.ibm.com/industries/publicsector/us/en/rep/!!/xmlid=197406 IBM Press Release: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/40335.wss What is VGo? - http://www.vgocom.com/company   VGo Communications, Inc. develops and markets robotic telepresence solutions for healthcare, education and the workplace. The company was founded in 2007 by experienced successful veterans of visual communications and robotics industries. Based in Nashua, NH, VGo leveraged the recent trends of widespread wireless high speed networks, lower specialized component costs and the universal acceptance of video as a communications medium to invent a new class of solution that is friendly, simple, secure and affordable. VGo delivered their first solution in 2011. With VGo, an individual’s presence is established in a distant location such that they can interact and perform their job in ways not previously possible. Now you can see, hear, be seen, be heard and move around – just as if they were there - all with a great user experience and at an affordable price. In healthcare, doctors and nurses are using VGo to extend their reach to monitor and consult with patients in the hospital, skilled nursing facility and in the home. Family members are also using VGo to visit loved ones when they can’t be there in person. Patient satisfaction and the standard of care are increased while re-admissions are decreased. In education, home and hospital bound students are using VGo to go to school just as if they were there in person. They go from class to class and hang out with their friends between classes. The school doesn’t have to provide any assistance and it’s less expensive than providing an in-home tutor. In business, remote and disabled workers are using VGo to go into the office and “be” with the team. Travelling managers are using VGo to check in and busy executives can establish their presence in remote offices more frequently without travelling. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theAverageGuyTV Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ If you’d like to subscribe to the show, click on  to update your iTunes library, or for other Podcast downloading applications, please click on the RSS Feed and pick your Pod Catcher of choice! Or, you can now stream the show online at Stitcher.com at http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22271 The Show Announcements and Schedule: https://twitter.com/TheAverageGuyTV Jim’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jcollison Andrew’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/unrealshots Christian’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheWizBM Contact the show at podcast@theaverageguy.tv Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ Find this and other great Podcasts from the Average Guy Network at http://theaverageguy.tv Some links may contain affiliate codes that benefit the Average Guy Podcast Network.