Wind River Internet’s Patrick Lawson joins County 10’s Charene Herrera to explore one of the biggest technology shifts unveiled at CES 2026: Physical AI – intelligent systems that interact with the real world through sensors, reasoning, and autonomous action.
- What “physical AI” (embodied AI) actually means
- CES 2026 highlights, including humanoid robots and NVIDIA’s Jetson Thor platform
- How autonomous vehicles already demonstrate physical AI in action
From safer winter driving and wildlife avoidance to future humanoid assistants in hospitals and on ranches, this episode looks at how global tech trends could shape life right here in Fremont County.
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“Data Centers Demystified: Not All Servers Are Created Equal”
Data centers are the unsung backbone of the internet, basically giant warehouses packed with servers that store, process, and move all the data we rely on every single day, from streaming videos to cloud backups. They’re not all the same. You’ve got massive hyperscale facilities that power the big tech giants, enterprise centers that big companies build for themselves, colocation sites where businesses rent space, and smaller edge data centers that sit closer to customers to cut down on lag. The huge ones get all the attention, especially now with AI driving massive energy and water demands that can strain local communities.
But not every data center is a resource hog. Smaller, well-planned facilities can actually be great neighbors, bringing stable jobs, boosting local tax revenue, and putting far less pressure on power grids and water supplies. Knowing the difference helps us separate the ones that burden a town from the ones that actually strengthen it.
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