Controlling Key Distribution Points in the Digital Home Value Chain will Determine Who Gets Lion's Share of $90 Billion US Broadband Profit Pool -- "The digital home revenue and profit landscape will be determined in large part by which players dominate key "control points" in the digital home, according to The Diffusion Group. several examples of these control points, include: Network access - the physical link to the home; Media access, including protocols and formats - including digital rights management (DRM), asset management, and video standards; Delivery and application platforms - including content delivery, device management, and operations system and support software/middleware; and Unique and defendable IP - including content creation and imaging technologies, as well as operating systems. As convergence technologies work their way deeper into the broadband homes, competing players will have the chance to solidify market position and extract higher profits from the total pool - a pool that is expected to grow from $50 billion in 2005 to almost $90 billion by 2010."
Embodied AI is shifting industrial robotics from precise to perceptive — from rigid automation to adaptive execution in messy, variable production environments. For manufacturers and logistics providers, this isn't just a technology upgrade; it's a structural change in how work gets organized and business value gets created. Industrial robots have long excelled in static workflows: automotive assembly, fixed production lines, repetitive tasks. Where variability or human interaction arose, they stalled or required prohibitive engineering. Embodied AI Market Development Embodied AI changes this by closing the "sim-to-real" gap. According to the latest worldwide market study by ABI Research, AI-augmented robots have reached genuine adaptive automation with tangible ROI for early adopters. The shift rests on robust algorithms — particularly Dynamic Policy Adjustment and robotics foundation models — that learn and adapt in real time rather than following hard-coded rules. ...