Meta’s new GIO now runs Windows 10 and connects using Power over Ethernet (PoE) and a regular Ethernet cable of up to 100 meters in length; no other power is required. Previously, the GIO required a special cable limited to 50 meters.

An exciting and productive addition to the new GIO is the ability to record Smart Sensor profiles. By default, the new GIO records all profiles whenever the sensor is in use. This ensures that profiles of problem joints are recorded immediately, as and when they occur. This is much like a dashboard camera in an automobile that records issues as and when they occur. While it has always been possible to record profiles using a laptop connected to the sensor, the laptop would have to be connected to the sensor at the precise time when a problem occurred. Often times, this meant having to try and recreate problems at a latter time to record profiles of problem joints. Now, with the new GIO, profiles are always recorded and are available immediately for analysis and troubleshooting, saving time and headaches. The provision to easily copy profiles to a USB stick or flash drive is also provided.

New GIOs come as options to new Smart Laser Pilot systems. If a new GIO is being considered for use with older Smart Laser Pilot systems, the older systems will need to be retrofitted with a PoE injector to be compatible with the new GIO.

Are you waiting for someone else to change things for you – to give you a reason to stop waiting?

Are you worried about making a wrong decision and that perhaps the possibility of making a poor decision is causing you to do nothing at all?

Seth Godin’s blog had this to say about Bad Choices.

If made freely, a choice feels like the right thing at the time.

But we realize it was a mistake later, once the moment passes. We don’t know now what we learned in the future.

Bad choices can be caused by:

• Poor information
• Shoddy analysis (including cognitive glitches and reliance on sunk costs)
• Peer pressure
• Manipulation
• Hustle
• Power imbalance
• Focus on the short run
• Indoctrination
• Superstition
• Unexamined biases

Take a look: each of these is the product of outside forces and can be unlearned and insulated against. The good news is that we can get better at our choices.

The constant waiting to figure out if now is the right time to do something can be worse than sadness or depression because there may be no tangible reason to feel the way you do, to justify the waiting.

Seth’s musings take you beyond not doing something, to a place of discovery about making a decision. If I’m going to do something, how can I improve the chances of making a good decision? In addition, perhaps by considering what is stopping you from making a decision (and moving forward) will indeed motivate you to, move, forward.

So, start somewhere! Take a little time to consider your options, and start now. A great place to start is by asking people questions. Start a dialog. You will be better for it.