1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to tech Stuff, a production from I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: Hey there, and welcome to tech Stuff. I'm your host, 3 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,600 Speaker 1: Jothan Strickland. I'm an executive producer with I Heart Radio 4 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,920 Speaker 1: and how the Tech Area. It is time for the 5 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: tech News for Thursday, January six, twenty twenty two, and 6 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: we're gonna focus a lot on c E S in 7 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: this episode. So we're gonna look with a at a 8 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 1: roundup of some of the interesting things, uh that I 9 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: learned about at C E S two. Full disclosure, I 10 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: didn't go to c E S. I mostly was following 11 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: the reporting of others and you know, kind of looking 12 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: at all the different stuff that companies were promoting. But 13 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: I did not attend. I thought that it was irresponsible 14 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: for me to go, not projecting that on anyone else. 15 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: Everyone has their reasons about going or not going, so 16 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to apply that to everyone. I just 17 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: felt it was the wrong decision for me. But in 18 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: Tuesday's episode, I mentioned Samsung's remote control that can harvest 19 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: energy from WiFi signals. Very similar to a lot of 20 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: other wireless charging technologies, but this one is really cool 21 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: because you don't have to set it down on like 22 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: a special pad or anything. It's it's just harvesting energy 23 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: from WiFi signals on its own. That to me is 24 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: super cool. And I also I think I talked about 25 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 1: smart kitty litter box that connects to stuff like Amazon's Alexa, 26 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:39,960 Speaker 1: which sounds silly on the surface of it, but I 27 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 1: actually think it's kind of a cool idea. However, obviously 28 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: there's a lot more we could talk about, so I 29 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: figured I would go through some of the things I 30 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: came across and I thought were interesting and talk about those. Now, 31 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: keep in mind, this is the tippy tippy top of 32 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: the iceberg that is c E s. You could just 33 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: follow the announcements from one company and spend a week 34 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: talking about it. So this is by no means the 35 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: best of the best or anything like that. It's just 36 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: the stuff I found interesting. And we are going to 37 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: go in a particular order. It's called alphabetical, So we'll 38 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 1: start off with the Amica robot. Amaca has spelled a 39 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: M E c A. A video of Amica was posted 40 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: on Twitter back in and it went viral. You might 41 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 1: have seen it. It had a very expressive robot in it. 42 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: Ce S was the first time I'm aware of where 43 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 1: a larger audience was able to see Amica in the 44 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: robotic flesh. I guess Amaca comes out of a company 45 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: called Engineered Arts and they build a robot as quote, 46 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: the world's most advanced human shaped robot representing the forefront 47 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: of human robotics technology end quote. The big deal with 48 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: Amica is that it has a very flexible and really 49 00:02:55,720 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: expressive face with like eyebrow ridges and lots of points 50 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 1: of movement around the eyes and the mouth, so it 51 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: can give very human expressions. So Amica can make these 52 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: really compelling facial expressions, and Engineered Arts calls it a 53 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: development platform. So in other words, this is kind of 54 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 1: a starting point or a stepping stone, which could be 55 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: one of the paths that lead us to robots interacting 56 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: with us within human spaces. But the folks that Engineered 57 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: Arts are very quick to point out that that future 58 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: is still a pretty good ways off. Amaca is a 59 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: great example of using robotics to mimic human expression, but 60 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: a lot of other pieces have to fall into place 61 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: before you've got a robot capable of navigating through human 62 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: spaces safely. For example, having a robot that can natively 63 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: understand what expressions to pair with different kinds of data. 64 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: That starts to get pretty complicated. Like if you were 65 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: to incorporate, say a smart speaker in a robot like Amica, 66 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: and you were asking it to give you news, and 67 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: maybe the news is pretty dark and disturbing. You don't 68 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: want Amca looking all cheery and happy while delivering that, right, 69 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: that would be a disconnect. These are things that are 70 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: you know, going to take time for us to really 71 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: suss out. But in the nearer term, a robot like 72 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: Amica could be used as like a point of information. 73 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: For example, like you could go perhaps into an office 74 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 1: building and behind a desk, you might see a robot 75 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: that looks like Amica that's able to give you directions, 76 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,359 Speaker 1: answer basic questions about the building and the tenants in 77 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 1: the building, perhaps um and to be able to create 78 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: expressions that are human like. Now, that kind of robot 79 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,799 Speaker 1: would be stationary. That drastically simplifies the requirements needed for 80 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: the use case. Right, they don't have to throw what 81 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: doesn't have to get up and walk around? Uh, Because 82 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 1: you know, the more the robot needs to do in 83 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 1: order to fulfill whatever the job is, the more complicated. 84 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 1: The design has to be. However, when you look at 85 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 1: videos of robots from say Boston Dynamics, it only takes 86 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: a little imagination to combine those capabilities with the really 87 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:10,600 Speaker 1: expressive amica and to think, yeah, you know what, it is, 88 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: the robots world, and we're all just living in it. 89 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 1: One of the neatest computer designs I saw coming out 90 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: of c S two was the a sus zen Book 91 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: seventeen fold. Now, as the name suggests, this is a 92 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: seventeen technically seventeen point three inch foldable computer. So when 93 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: folded like a laptop, so that you have you know, 94 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 1: an upper half and then the desktop half. The top 95 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: screen measures twelve and a half inches, and the bottom 96 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:41,359 Speaker 1: half can act as a virtual keyboard. You can have 97 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: an on screen keyboard there. You could also pair it 98 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: with a Bluetooth keyboard and either operated like your standard 99 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: laptop with the Bluetooth keyboard position on top of the 100 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: lower folded portion, or you can unfold the screen and 101 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: use a little backstop, turn it on side and it 102 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,919 Speaker 1: serves as a desktop monitor. So this is another hybrid 103 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: device that can perform like a tablet, a laptop, or 104 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 1: a desktop PC. It can also serve as a multi 105 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 1: screen display all on one screen. Now, I am notoriously 106 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,359 Speaker 1: negative about touch screen interfaces for computers, but if I 107 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,280 Speaker 1: were to go for one, this is probably what I 108 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 1: would gravitate toward. I find it pretty interesting, it's versatile, 109 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: and I gotta admit it's also kind of pretty. Uh. 110 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 1: The o led screen is a big part of it 111 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 1: being pretty. It's also a big part of how it 112 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: can be foldable in the first place. Asus says the 113 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: launch should be sometime mid year. Uh they hepefully said 114 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: the year in question would be two, so sometime in 115 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: the middle of this year, but there is no price 116 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 1: information as of yet. Get ready to hear that particular 117 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: phrase on repeat throughout a lot of these stories. One 118 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: thing that I have started doing more since the pandemic 119 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: started is to spend time at this quiet little how 120 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: that that I occasionally occupy well outside of Atlanta, and 121 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 1: I just look out at nature. The place I go 122 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: to has got a lot of birds around it, and 123 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: I've gotten kind of into bird watching. I just recently 124 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: got a pair of inexpensive binoculars to kind of dip 125 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: my toe in that. And that's why I feel I 126 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: have to talk about the bird Buddy smart bird feeder, 127 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: and yeah, it's a bird feeder with smart technology, which 128 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: I know it sounds ridiculous. It sounds just as crazy 129 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: as a smart kitty litter box, But like the kitty 130 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: litter box, this thing has convinced me that I want one. See. 131 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: It's a bird feeder that has an incorporated battery powered 132 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: camera inside it, and the camera can take images and 133 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: video of the birds that visit your feeder and send 134 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: them to a connected app that's on your smartphone. And 135 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: it's that connected app that I really love because not 136 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 1: only do you get to see the little birdies as 137 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: they come to visit your bird feeder, you go alert 138 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: saying hey, there's a bird there. The app will actually 139 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: identify the types of birds visiting your feeder and we'll 140 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: give you a little bit of information on them. So 141 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: it takes a picture and then identifies the bird based 142 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: on the picture and tells you, oh, well, this is 143 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: the bird. You know, the kind of range that it 144 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: lives in, the kind of foods it likes. And it's 145 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: kind of like a gamification system in the app. You 146 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: can you know, collect virtual cards of the birds that 147 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: visit you and you can try and catch them all, except, 148 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: of course you're not catching birds, you're feeding them. The 149 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: app also contains hints on how to attract more birds 150 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,959 Speaker 1: to the feeder. Uh. And this was an extremely successful 151 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 1: Kickstarter project before they went to c S. Kind of 152 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: reminds me of Pebble in that regard, r I p 153 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: Pebble And Uh. They're now taking pre orders for bird feeders, 154 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: which are, as you might have guessed, pretty expensive that 155 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 1: we're talking two dollars for one, and that's technically a 156 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: fift discount off the what is projected to be the 157 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: final sales price when it does launch. The shipping is 158 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: scheduled for June of twenty twenty two. And yeah, I 159 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 1: ordered one. I know, I know it's crazy in a 160 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 1: way to spend two hundred bucks on a bird feeder, 161 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: But at the same time, I'm like, it's pretty neat. Uh. 162 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: And I like the idea a lot, and I kind 163 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 1: of want to support this company to see what else 164 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 1: they come up with, because I love the idea of 165 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:24,079 Speaker 1: being able to observe nature without disturbing it. That's really 166 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: my go to on this. But yeah, I don't know. 167 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 1: I got a little swept up in it. Well, if 168 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: you were to visit c E S you would know 169 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: or you would soon find out that the North hall 170 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: of the Las Vegas Convention Center is where you see 171 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 1: most of the car stuff. One car innovation shown off 172 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:45,599 Speaker 1: during c e S was BMW's i X flow e 173 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 1: ink tech. Alright, So e ink is the technology that's 174 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: in a lot of your basic e book gadgets, like 175 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 1: think of your old, old, old school kindles before they 176 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: became tablets. So it uses a pretty simple principle in 177 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: which you have els under the screen and they're filled 178 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 1: with electrically charged pigments, typically white and black pigments, and 179 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: you manipulate them with electric fields that either you know, 180 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: that move them to either the surface of the display 181 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 1: so that they're right up against the back of the screen, 182 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: or they're moved back behind it where you can't see it. 183 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: So let's say you've got negatively charged black pigments and 184 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: positively charged white pigments. Well, opposite charges attract, so you 185 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 1: could use a positive electric field to pull all the 186 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: black pigment to the top of the cell and you've 187 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: get yourself a black image on the screen. Well, e 188 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,959 Speaker 1: INK displays consists of tons of these cells, each filled 189 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: with these electrically charged pigments. The i X flow body 190 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: tech with BMW takes this concept and applies it to cars, 191 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,559 Speaker 1: So you can have a BMW that has a body 192 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 1: that can actually change color on demand. The model on 193 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: display at c e S could go from white to 194 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: black and black to white, and could e in display 195 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 1: changing patterns. So you've got a paint job that you 196 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: can change whenever you like. You can even have it 197 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: essentially be animated as you're driving. So this isn't just 198 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: flashy though. It is that it can also be practical 199 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: when you want to do stuff like reflect light or 200 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: absorb more light depending upon weather conditions. BMW also says 201 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: it's working on a color version of the tech for 202 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: future vehicles. I have no idea how well this will 203 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 1: hold up to wear and tear, and I imagine if 204 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: you're in a traffic accident, it could be a little 205 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 1: more expensive to repair than your typical body and paint job, 206 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 1: but it's still pretty neat. We've got some more ce 207 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,079 Speaker 1: S stories to talk about and a couple of other things, 208 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 1: but first let's take a quick break. Okay, we're back now. 209 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: If you've dipped your toe into home automation. You know 210 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 1: that it can get a little bit frustrating if you're 211 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 1: not all in on a single ecosystem. Um the devices 212 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: and systems typically work pretty well within their own system, 213 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,719 Speaker 1: but they don't always play well with each other if 214 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:11,559 Speaker 1: you mix and match. In fact, sometimes they can't communicate 215 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 1: with each other at all, and that gets very frustrating 216 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: when you're trying to you know, kit out your automated home. 217 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:24,439 Speaker 1: We've seen some movement to try and address this issue. Google, Amazon, Samsung, 218 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: and Apple formed a group called MATTER that will launch 219 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:31,439 Speaker 1: later this year. The naimes to standardized technologies across home 220 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 1: automation devices. But to confuse matters a little bit, we 221 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 1: also now have the Home Connectivity Alliance or h c A. Samsung, 222 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: by the way, also joined the h c A as 223 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: well as MATTER. Maybe Samsung can be the liaison between 224 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: the two standards alliance groups anyway. Other members of the 225 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:54,679 Speaker 1: h c A include g E, Train, Residential, and electro Lux. 226 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 1: So we might slowly be moving toward the world where 227 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 1: consumers can just freely choose which components from which companies 228 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: they want to integrate into their automated home set up 229 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: without having to worry if they're all compatible. It's no 230 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: fun if you've got like a dozen different hubs connected 231 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:16,680 Speaker 1: to your Internet system and you have to use like 232 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: three different types of smart speakers to interact with them, 233 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 1: and remember which one controls the lights versus the air 234 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: conditioning and all that kind of stuff. People just want 235 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: their stuff to work, right, That's that's all we want. 236 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,079 Speaker 1: We just want our stuff to work, and we want 237 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 1: to be able to pick which devices go where. So 238 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 1: I think that's a good move. Now, those of it, 239 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,559 Speaker 1: y'all who who know what I look like, you might 240 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: be surprised to hear my next ce S takeaway, which 241 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:47,199 Speaker 1: is the Loureal Color Sonic. This is device used to 242 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: dye your hair from home without dealing with unpredictable results 243 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 1: and all the mess that home dying jobs typically encounter. 244 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: At least that's the sales pitch for the device. Now, 245 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: the device looks a bit like an elect tronic brush. Uh. 246 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 1: They have bristles that oscillate, and in between the bristles 247 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: there are little nozzles. The device also has a space 248 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: where you insert a cartridge of hair dye. Then they're 249 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 1: gonna have something like forty different colors when they actually 250 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: launched this thing, which will be in twenty three. The 251 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: device pushes the hair dye through those nozzles that are 252 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 1: interspersed with the bristles, and the nozzles zigzag while the 253 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 1: bristles oscillate, and you just brush it through your hair, 254 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 1: so you you know, it's like you're doing just a 255 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 1: once over through each section of your hair with this thing, 256 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 1: and then you wait about half an hour, then you 257 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 1: rense it out and voila, says Loreal, you have a reliable, 258 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: consistent home hair dye job. This device is not scheduled 259 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: to launch until twenty three, like I said, and I 260 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: do not know how much it will cost, nor how 261 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 1: much the cartridges will cost. I do know that they 262 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 1: say that for most hair dye jobs, a single cartridge 263 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 1: will be sufficient to do the full job. And for 264 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: a lot of people, you might not even use up 265 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: all the dye that's in a single cartridge, and you 266 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 1: can just hold on to that and use it for 267 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: a future application so that you're not having die go 268 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 1: to waste. Uh. Seems pretty simple, at least as simple 269 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 1: as brushing your hair, which I admit I have not 270 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 1: done in about twenty three years, so it's possible that 271 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 1: it's trickier than I remember. But whatever, Okay, y'all, I 272 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: live in Georgia, and even without the issues of climate change, 273 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: we rarely see significance amounts of snow. You're talking like 274 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 1: maybe an inch or inch and a half. Possibly we 275 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: see more ice than snow, which is way worse. But yeah, 276 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: we don't get a less snow here. And since the 277 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 1: weather this week the first week of January was hovering 278 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: around seventy degrees fahrenheit, I suspect it might be a 279 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 1: while before I get another big snowfall in my life. 280 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: But for y'all who do see snow, maybe you would 281 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 1: be interested in the Moonbike's snowbike. So yeah, it's an 282 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 1: electric bike for the snow kind of like a paired 283 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: down snowmobile. The handlebars steer a ski that's in the front, 284 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: and the whole thing is propelled with a battery powered 285 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 1: snow tread that's in the back half of the snowbike. 286 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised to see something like this in 287 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 1: a James Bond film, only I don't know that it 288 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 1: lives up to Bonds, you know, very demanding specifications It's 289 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: two thirds the size of a normal snowmobile, and according 290 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: to Moonbike's CEO, the bike can hold up to two batteries. 291 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 1: You can mount two different batteries in it, and each 292 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: battery provides up to one and a half hour's worth 293 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 1: of writing time. Again, that's according to the CEO. I 294 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: saw other people suggest that it might be closer to 295 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 1: like forty five minutes, which is a significant smaller amount 296 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 1: of time, like half the time. But I don't know. 297 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: I haven't actually tested these. But unlike a lot of 298 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 1: other stuff at c e S, this is a product 299 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: that's actually launched right now. You can order one here 300 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: in the United States and expect delivery before the end 301 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: of January. Now, if you're wondering how much it costs, well, 302 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: it'll set you back at minimum around bucks. That's eight thousand, 303 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 1: five hundred dollars. That's without adding a second battery or 304 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 1: other options. It also doesn't include taxes, so you will 305 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: be actually paying more than that. But hey, if you 306 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 1: got around you know, like ten grand to burn, and 307 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: you've got a ton of snow to tool around in, 308 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: maybe this could be your new toy. I think it 309 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 1: sounds pretty neat, but it's obviously meant for you know, 310 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: someone else, like not me. And our next two items 311 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 1: are all about virtual reality, and you know, VR has 312 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,639 Speaker 1: had a real slow burn as far as mass adoption goes. 313 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 1: Part of that might be because traditionally VR headsets are 314 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 1: bulky and uncomfortable to wear. In fact, the first time 315 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 1: I ever wore a VR headset, it was supported by 316 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: cables from the ceiling in order to take some of 317 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: the weight off of the user, because otherwise it would 318 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:55,479 Speaker 1: just been too heavy. Plus I think I was like 319 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 1: twelve at the time. It probably would have crushed me. 320 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: I was, I was a wee up of a lad. 321 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 1: But Panasonic is introducing a lightweight headset called the Megan 322 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: X VR glasses. Megan X is really hard for me 323 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: to say. It looks like Megan the name Megan followed 324 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: by X. So if your ex's name Megan, maybe it'll 325 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 1: be easy for you. Anyway. These glasses weigh in at 326 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 1: about half a pound or just over eight ounces. The 327 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 1: glasses look kind of like those sunglasses you see that 328 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 1: have the shields around them that blackout light from the sides. 329 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:34,400 Speaker 1: I always think of Judge Doom from who framed Roger 330 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:40,160 Speaker 1: Rabbit or David Tennant's Crowley from Good Omens, the television adaptation. Anyway, 331 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 1: these obviously do not have transparent lenses because it's a 332 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 1: VR headset, it's not an augmented reality headset. And there 333 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: are speakers embedded in the frames of the glasses. I 334 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 1: don't know if it's bone conduction or if it's just 335 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: regular speakers. Um. And the frames actually do fold, so 336 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:01,360 Speaker 1: the the ears pieces do fold down like a classic 337 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 1: pair of glasses do. And the display in these things 338 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 1: is no joke. It's able to project five point two 339 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 1: K resolution video with high dynamic range a K a 340 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: h d R, which you know, provides those really vibrant, 341 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:17,880 Speaker 1: lifelike colors. And there's some stuff we don't know yet, 342 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: like we don't know when it's going to be launched, 343 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: we don't know how much it are gonna cost. We 344 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:24,359 Speaker 1: don't know whether or not they're going to be wireless 345 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: or if you're going to be tethered to a PC 346 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 1: in order to use them. Obviously, that's another big barrier 347 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 1: to adoption for VR. Most people aren't too keen on 348 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:39,120 Speaker 1: having to be connected to a device. It limits your movement, 349 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 1: so that's you know, the price, the weight, and tethering 350 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: I think are three big barriers to mass adoption, but um, 351 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,159 Speaker 1: you know, this one looks pretty cool. I'm still not 352 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:55,160 Speaker 1: sold on VR becoming mainstream just yet, but this could 353 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: be a look into a future that maybe could see 354 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 1: more widespread adoption, at least among the those of you 355 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: out there who could afford it. I don't count myself 356 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: among those, by the way. And the other big VR 357 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: story out of c e S is the PlayStation VR 358 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: two and the VR two Sense controllers. Uh. This system 359 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:17,920 Speaker 1: is designed specifically for the PS five, which I'm told exists, 360 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 1: but you know, it's still really hard to find one. 361 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 1: The headset provides four K video with HDR and a 362 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 1: one degree field of view. The display is an O 363 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 1: LED display, and Sony says that the frame rate should 364 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:35,120 Speaker 1: be between ninety two one hurts. Frame rate is how 365 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 1: many frames are presented to you per second. Generally speaking, 366 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 1: you want a lot of frames to give a nice 367 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 1: smooth experience. You want around at least sixty hurts typically 368 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: for like the high end gamers, so hurts is good. 369 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,119 Speaker 1: It's also got eye tracking technology built into it, so 370 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:54,160 Speaker 1: not only can the headset track the way you turn 371 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:56,920 Speaker 1: your head, you can also detect what your eyes are 372 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,200 Speaker 1: looking at. That could potentially be useful for future game 373 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:02,959 Speaker 1: developers if they can find ways to incorporate eye tracking 374 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 1: features that are a natural fit for the game. Obviously, 375 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,120 Speaker 1: just throwing it in there to throw it in there 376 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: that never works out. We've seen it fail with stuff 377 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 1: like the connect. But if you can find a way 378 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,439 Speaker 1: to incorporate it in a way that is fun and 379 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 1: makes sense, maybe includes like accessibility features for people who 380 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: otherwise would have trouble playing these things, I think that's great. 381 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,920 Speaker 1: The Sense controllers have haptic feedback. I always just think 382 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 1: of that as a good old rumble pack and adaptive triggers, 383 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 1: so in other words, the tension on the triggers can change. 384 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:38,919 Speaker 1: So Sony said, imagine that you're drawing an arrow in 385 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,879 Speaker 1: a bow. You might actually feel the resistance and the 386 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:44,879 Speaker 1: trigger to represent the resistance you would feel as you 387 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 1: start to draw the bowstring back. Sony will be releasing 388 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 1: a Horizon game for this system called Horizon Call of 389 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:55,119 Speaker 1: the Mountain, and it will be a VR showcase for 390 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 1: this particular system. It was actually developed for VR from 391 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:00,919 Speaker 1: the beginning, so it's not a game that's been adapted 392 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,960 Speaker 1: for VR, but is this often the case with gadgets 393 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: at c e S. We have no release date or 394 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: price for it yet. I expect we'll hear a lot 395 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,959 Speaker 1: more of it later in the year. Sony typically holds 396 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,679 Speaker 1: one or two big events virtual events at least throughout 397 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:17,360 Speaker 1: the year, so I'm sure we'll hear more about it then. 398 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:19,719 Speaker 1: All right, we have a couple more stories to go 399 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 1: before we get to that. Let's take another quick break. 400 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: So it sounds like the metaverse was all over CEES 401 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 1: this year. Actually followed a Twitter thread that was documenting 402 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: different examples of booths that incorporated the phrase or the 403 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: term metaverse in them, sometimes with no real obvious connection 404 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: to anything that you might think of as a metaverse, 405 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,640 Speaker 1: but it is definitely out there in terms of marketing 406 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 1: and buzz. As for anything practical, that's a totally different matter. 407 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 1: But some stuff that frequently gets lumped in with the 408 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 1: metaverse did get shown off at c S, namely n 409 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: F T S. Samsung is the culprit here and they 410 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:10,399 Speaker 1: showed off their two thousand, twenty two connected TVs that 411 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 1: will support art n F T S. N F T S, 412 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 1: by the way, that's non fungible tokens if somehow you 413 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 1: have avoided the term up to this point. And n 414 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: f T I can really represent anything digital. It doesn't 415 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: have to be like a digital piece of art that 416 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: you look at. It could be anything digital. And it's 417 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: kind of like a certificate of ownership. Like if you've 418 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: ever seen those commercials where you can own a star 419 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 1: and you get a certificate that says you're the owner 420 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: of the star. I would argue that n f T 421 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 1: s are pretty much the same thing as that. So 422 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:46,200 Speaker 1: what does this mean practically? That is hard to say 423 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: because digital goods, being digital, are really easy to copy 424 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: and distribute. So you have ownership of something that you 425 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 1: don't actually have. You don't have control over it, you 426 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:58,880 Speaker 1: have ownership of it. It's it's a weird thing. It's 427 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: also you know, it's not like a one of a 428 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 1: kind physical work of art, right where there's only one 429 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: of them that exists. All the rest are copies or 430 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,399 Speaker 1: prints or whatever, but only one true one exists and 431 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 1: it can inhabit a physical space. The tokens just represent ownership. 432 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 1: But Samsung TVs will let you display the n f 433 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 1: T art that you own in your home, so you 434 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:24,119 Speaker 1: can show off those eight cartoons to all your guests 435 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 1: as they walk through your classy high rise penthouse apartment. 436 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 1: That's just the way I imagine enough T people living. Uh. 437 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 1: And then you get to explain to your guests why 438 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: you paid tens of thousands of dollars for eight cartoons. 439 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,920 Speaker 1: More on that later in this episode. Also, apparently you'll 440 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,160 Speaker 1: be able to purchase and sell n f T art 441 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 1: through Samsung's televisions. And can you tell that I hate 442 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: this already? For the record, I don't mind thinking of 443 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,639 Speaker 1: n f T s as a way to support an artist, 444 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 1: at least not, you know, on the surface of it. 445 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:02,119 Speaker 1: But then after artists sells in n f T, I 446 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: don't think you're supporting the artist anymore like that. That's 447 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 1: that one point of sale, right the artist sells an 448 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 1: n f T representing something they've created, they make money 449 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 1: off of it. You have supported the artists. But then 450 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:15,119 Speaker 1: let's say you turn around and you sell the n 451 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 1: f T you bought for, say twenty bucks, and you 452 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: sell it to someone else for a hundred bucks, and 453 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 1: then that person turns around they sell it to someone 454 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 1: else for a thousand bucks. And this keeps on going 455 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 1: until the bottom falls out. Well, the original artist only 456 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: sees that first twenty bucks, right, It's not like they're 457 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 1: getting kickbacks of all these other sales, and so you're 458 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,200 Speaker 1: not really supporting the artist. I would argue, it's really 459 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 1: more of a speculation engine that just keeps going until 460 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 1: it falls apart. At least that's how I see it. 461 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:47,440 Speaker 1: And maybe I'm one of the blind who isn't releasing 462 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,439 Speaker 1: the promise of n f T s. That's how they 463 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:53,919 Speaker 1: come across to me anyway. Uh, Samsung is letting you 464 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 1: show that n f T art on your television and 465 00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 1: we'll let you look at the metadata and everything. Yeah. Uh. 466 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 1: The other reason I'm not super crazy about n f 467 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,719 Speaker 1: t s is they're built on top of the Ethereum blockchain, 468 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 1: and at least as of now, Ethereum is still on 469 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:14,200 Speaker 1: a proof of work model of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency mining, 470 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 1: which means it plays into the conspicuous consumption of electricity 471 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,440 Speaker 1: and thus is a contributor to stuff like carbon emissions 472 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 1: and climate change. Not really crazy about any of that anyway. Yeah, 473 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:29,120 Speaker 1: Samsung TVs are r l in on that. Something else 474 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 1: Samsung did was they finally got into the o LED game. 475 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 1: See Samsung TVs for a while have been based on 476 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,199 Speaker 1: l e ED technology, and they have created their own 477 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 1: tech called q LEAD that stands for Quantum Dot l 478 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: e ED displays. But this year Samsung showed off TV 479 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: screens and computer monitors using oh LAD technology while incorporating 480 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 1: the quantum dot technology with it. With an oh LAD screen, 481 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,880 Speaker 1: every single pixel, that is, every single point of light 482 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,120 Speaker 1: you see on the screen is its own back light, 483 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 1: so you can you can illuminate an individual pixel and 484 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: not illuminate anything else. So oh LAD screens are able 485 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,439 Speaker 1: to show off scenes that have really dark colors like 486 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: true black, in a better way than traditional l e 487 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: D screens can. Traditional l e D s have a 488 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: backlight for the whole shebang. That means that some light 489 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:24,239 Speaker 1: tends to bleed through l e D screens, so you 490 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,439 Speaker 1: can't really display true blacks on screen very effectively. They 491 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,400 Speaker 1: typically come out as more of like a dark charcoal gray, 492 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 1: uh so, so you don't get good contrast with really 493 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:38,359 Speaker 1: dark sequences. I have had really bad experiences trying to 494 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 1: watch Batman movies on l e ED displays because of that. 495 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 1: So I don't know how much these televisions and computer 496 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,640 Speaker 1: monitors are going to cost. My guess is it will 497 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,159 Speaker 1: be a heck of a lot. We're talking on the 498 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:55,920 Speaker 1: premium side of technology, oh lad. Screens are still expensive 499 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 1: in general, much less so than they were just a 500 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:00,440 Speaker 1: few years ago. I mean a few years ago you 501 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 1: were talking about tens of thousands of dollars. It's much 502 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 1: less than that now. But my guess is that the 503 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,120 Speaker 1: q d O LED screens are going to be super 504 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 1: prisy when they first come out and limited to the 505 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 1: real high rollers out there with the crazy home theater setups. 506 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 1: And finally rounding out our c S segments, Sony has 507 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:22,679 Speaker 1: introduced an suv, which just seems like a weird series 508 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,680 Speaker 1: of words to say. Sony is known for its consumer 509 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 1: electronics like televisions and Walkman's and such, but an suv. Well. 510 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:34,520 Speaker 1: Last year, Sony showed off an electric car concept called 511 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: the Vision S, but the company made it clear that 512 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: the car was simply a prototype and it was never 513 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: going to go into production. The company was not going 514 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 1: to get into the car business right then and there. 515 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 1: It was more of a platform upon which Sony could 516 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 1: display numerous technologies that could be incorporated into vehicles made 517 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 1: by other companies. This year, Sony introduced the Vision s 518 00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 1: O two and electric suv. It's also act with Sony 519 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 1: Technology Moreover. This time, Sony exacts say the company is 520 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 1: considering the possibility of going into production with this suv, 521 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,280 Speaker 1: so there's no commitment. So my guess is that the 522 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: chances of Sony actually producing the s O two are 523 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 1: pretty low, but there is a chance. Sony did announce 524 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 1: the formation of a new subsidiary called Sony Mobility Incorporated, 525 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: which will be in the business of developing and producing 526 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 1: electric vehicles. So Sony is getting into the electric car business. 527 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,680 Speaker 1: They have created a subsidiary just for that. So if 528 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 1: the Vision s O two never materializes as a consumer vehicle, 529 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 1: I'm sure we will see cars and SUVs descended from 530 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 1: the s O two is design in the future. The 531 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,240 Speaker 1: prototype that they showed off included sensors and systems for 532 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: autonomous driving, though again I hastened to add, no one 533 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 1: has developed a fully autonomous vehicle yet, but again it 534 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: was kind of a showcase Sony technology. Okay, that's the 535 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 1: c E S round up. Let's talk about some other 536 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 1: news before we conclude. Uh, well, one thing is that 537 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 1: Google continues to give its employees reasons to be angry 538 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 1: at the company. Google is a publicly traded company. That 539 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 1: means that the company has to file documents with the 540 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: Securities and Exchange Commission or SEC in the United States 541 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 1: and include stuff like you know how much revenue they generated, 542 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 1: what their expenses were, what are the executive salaries? That 543 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:24,520 Speaker 1: kind of thing, And a recent SEC filing showed that 544 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 1: Google has given a group of four executives a pay rise. 545 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:30,920 Speaker 1: They went from a salary of six fifty thousand dollars 546 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: a year to one million dollars a year each, with 547 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: a potential bonus of up to two million dollars plus 548 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:41,160 Speaker 1: company shares worth millions more. Now, that alone might not 549 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:44,440 Speaker 1: be enough to upset humble Googlers, except only a couple 550 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: of weeks ago. In the dying days of one, employees 551 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 1: were told that the company was probably not going to 552 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 1: issue employee raises to compensate for inflation, so there was 553 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,760 Speaker 1: not going to be a salary adjustment to help employees 554 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:01,920 Speaker 1: deal with the fact at inflation is a thing. So 555 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 1: your average Google employee isn't getting a raise or pay adjustment. 556 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,520 Speaker 1: But these four executives are seeing their salaries nearly double. 557 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:14,280 Speaker 1: It is not, as they say, a good look. France 558 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 1: also isn't giving good looks towards Google and also Meta 559 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: slash Facebook. French regulators have issued fines for both companies, 560 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,800 Speaker 1: citing issues with the companies using cookies to track user 561 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:31,840 Speaker 1: activities see in France, especially really in the European Union. 562 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:35,240 Speaker 1: In general, citizens are supposed to have full control over 563 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff, over their information. They're supposed to 564 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,160 Speaker 1: be able to opt out of cookies and having their 565 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,760 Speaker 1: data tracked and leveraged, and it's supposed to be easy 566 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 1: and transparent. But the regulators say that both Google and 567 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 1: Meta have failed to meet those standards. In Google's case, 568 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:53,400 Speaker 1: the fine amounts to around a hundred fifty million euros 569 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:57,640 Speaker 1: that's about a hundred sixty nine point five million US dollars, 570 00:31:57,680 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 1: and then a slash Facebook faces a fine of six 571 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 1: sea million euros or around sixty eight million dollars. Moreover, 572 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,719 Speaker 1: the two companies have three months to fix things and 573 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,960 Speaker 1: remove those cookies, or at least give French citizens options 574 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:14,080 Speaker 1: to opt out that aren't buried in settings menus and 575 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: made very difficult to find. If the companies failed to 576 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 1: do that, then they will get find one thousand euros 577 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:26,280 Speaker 1: per day that they failed to meet those standards. Interestingly, 578 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 1: in the United States, there is a move to push 579 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: for data privacy laws that sound to be similar to 580 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 1: the ones under g DPR in Europe. The argument mostly 581 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 1: centers around how social network sites like Facebook have served 582 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:42,080 Speaker 1: as a way to radicalize people and to spread misinformation, 583 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:47,720 Speaker 1: even though presumably that is not the intent of those companies. Basically, 584 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:51,320 Speaker 1: the argument goes like this, These companies collect user data 585 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 1: to determine what to serve to those users to keep 586 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:57,520 Speaker 1: them on the platform as long as possible. The content 587 00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 1: served to users starts to push them to increasingly radicalized 588 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 1: groups and facilitates the spread of misinformation. The platforms scoop 589 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,400 Speaker 1: up the cash because their concern is just keeping the 590 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:11,720 Speaker 1: folks on the sites for as long as possible. It 591 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,280 Speaker 1: doesn't matter to them what is being shown to those 592 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 1: users to make that happen, So, say the advocates, what 593 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:22,080 Speaker 1: is needed are more stringent data privacy laws that would 594 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:25,440 Speaker 1: prevent companies from vacuuming up personal details left, right and 595 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,800 Speaker 1: center and give the power back to the individual to 596 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 1: decide what they want and don't want to share with 597 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:36,800 Speaker 1: these companies and how it gets used now that undercuts 598 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,840 Speaker 1: the entire system and it protects user privacy. This is 599 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: an interesting angle to take see. Over in Europe, the 600 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:46,080 Speaker 1: general message was g d p R is about protecting 601 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 1: citizen privacy and giving them, you know, more agency. Here 602 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 1: in the US, it's being framed more about curtailing radicalization 603 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:59,800 Speaker 1: and the spread of misinformation. Anyway, while there's a movement 604 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,720 Speaker 1: a way to push for those regulations here in the 605 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:03,960 Speaker 1: United States, there are a lot of steps that have 606 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:06,080 Speaker 1: to be taken before we ever see anything like that 607 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:10,320 Speaker 1: actually happened. And then a couple more stories. Russia's space 608 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:13,120 Speaker 1: program had a bit of a whoop see this week. Actually, 609 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:15,920 Speaker 1: the whoop see happened last week, but the ultimate consequence 610 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 1: of the whoop see happened yesterday. Namely, Russia launched an Angara, 611 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,600 Speaker 1: a five heavy lift rocket which was carrying a pur 612 00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:27,200 Speaker 1: Si or per C a p E R S E 613 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:31,879 Speaker 1: I my Russian is non existent. Anyway, They launched an 614 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:35,240 Speaker 1: upper stage booster as a test mission to test that booster, 615 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,880 Speaker 1: and unfortunately the test was a failure. Uh the Angara 616 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:42,200 Speaker 1: lifted off as it was supposed to, but when it's 617 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:45,000 Speaker 1: separated with the upper stage, the upper stage failed to 618 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:48,880 Speaker 1: attain orbit, so it didn't get high enough to avoid 619 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:52,160 Speaker 1: falling back to Earth, which it finally did yesterday. It 620 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:56,879 Speaker 1: launched late last week, but the the the the uncontrolled 621 00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:01,240 Speaker 1: descent of the upper stage happened yesterday, several pieces plunging 622 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:05,120 Speaker 1: into the Pacific Ocean in an uncontrolled re entry, which 623 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:08,880 Speaker 1: is the nice space way of saying a crash. And finally, 624 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:11,080 Speaker 1: I mentioned earlier that we would talk a little bit 625 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:13,600 Speaker 1: more about n f t s. One thing I did 626 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:15,680 Speaker 1: not think we would hear a lot about with n 627 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,400 Speaker 1: f t s would be art heists because it's a 628 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:22,160 Speaker 1: digital token, right, it's a representation of ownership. I didn't think, oh, 629 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:24,840 Speaker 1: this is gonna be a heist thing. And I guess 630 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,839 Speaker 1: you could break into someone's home or their office and 631 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:30,359 Speaker 1: try to steal a physical hard drive that holds the 632 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:33,440 Speaker 1: wallet that contains those n f t s, but then 633 00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:35,200 Speaker 1: you have to figure out how to get access to it. 634 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,960 Speaker 1: Now it turns out I am way too shortsighted. Hackers 635 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:43,560 Speaker 1: using phishing techniques were able to steal fifteen n f 636 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:48,520 Speaker 1: t s from a an art uh gallery owner named 637 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:52,760 Speaker 1: Todd Kramer. These n f T s, which included ape 638 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,839 Speaker 1: cartoons from the board Ape Yacht Club, which is why 639 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:59,319 Speaker 1: I was referencing apes earlier. They were valued at more 640 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:04,320 Speaker 1: than two million dollars because, and I cannot stress this enough, 641 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:11,120 Speaker 1: n f T s are stupid. Anyway, the hackers gained 642 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:14,680 Speaker 1: access to Kramer's n f T wallet through fishing and 643 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:17,360 Speaker 1: then went on to sell those n f T s. 644 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:19,239 Speaker 1: They had control of them, so they went ahead and 645 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:22,520 Speaker 1: sold them. And n f T platform called open c 646 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:26,640 Speaker 1: that's s e A helped Cramer out and froze the 647 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:29,120 Speaker 1: stolen n f T s on the market and helped 648 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:32,120 Speaker 1: him retrieve at least some of them. But even that 649 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:34,880 Speaker 1: action has caused a stir in the n f T community. 650 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:39,920 Speaker 1: See if a platform can intervene and prevent or reverse 651 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:45,600 Speaker 1: n f T transactions, well then that whole decentralized, unregulated 652 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:49,879 Speaker 1: market thing kind of starts to fall apart. So ironically, 653 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:52,440 Speaker 1: the fact that Kramer was able to retrieve at least 654 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:55,560 Speaker 1: some of his n f T s might mean that 655 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,160 Speaker 1: we could see confidence waiver with n f T s 656 00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:02,439 Speaker 1: as a whole, and the value of that collection could 657 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,799 Speaker 1: take a hit. Then again, maybe it won't. Maybe it 658 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:07,799 Speaker 1: really will just go to the moon and the only 659 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:09,960 Speaker 1: person who will be left out will be me. But 660 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:12,160 Speaker 1: you know what, I'm okay with that. I don't mind 661 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:15,160 Speaker 1: if I'm wrong about this. I worry about it. I 662 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:17,359 Speaker 1: worry that a lot of n f t s are 663 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:20,600 Speaker 1: just scams, and that the ones that are quote unquote 664 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:24,480 Speaker 1: legit are just scams in in waiting, like they weren't 665 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:28,280 Speaker 1: necessarily intended to be scams. But I think that I'm 666 00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,600 Speaker 1: I'm worried that there won't be any there there, and 667 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:33,640 Speaker 1: then it will all fall apart and people will lose 668 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,000 Speaker 1: a lot of money. I'm hoping that the people who 669 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:38,520 Speaker 1: lose a lot of money are people who kind of 670 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:40,680 Speaker 1: deserve to lose a lot of money. But my worry 671 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,600 Speaker 1: is that, you know, good people who got suckered in 672 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,879 Speaker 1: will be the victims of this, and I don't want 673 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:50,440 Speaker 1: to see that happen. Okay, that's it. That's the news 674 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:53,879 Speaker 1: for a Thursday, January six two. This was a long 675 00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:56,560 Speaker 1: one for a news episode, but we had a lot 676 00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:58,640 Speaker 1: of ce S stuff to get through. If you have 677 00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:00,960 Speaker 1: suggestions for topics I should over in future episodes of 678 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,080 Speaker 1: tech Stuff, please reach out to me on Twitter. 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