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<v Speaker 1>A wave that unlocks a video and the future of

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<v Speaker 1>rum but in doubt, we turned to Mark Saltzman. The

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<v Speaker 1>machines are getting smarter.

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<v Speaker 2>This is tech Talk, brought to you by Skynet.

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<v Speaker 1>It's pretty crazy, Mark but anchor the maker of just

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<v Speaker 1>about everything technology. I think I have a bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>their their rechargeable batteries and yeah, they're power banks, power banks. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they've announced through their UFI. Is that how you say.

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<v Speaker 2>It's That's how you say it. It's e u f y,

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<v Speaker 2>That's how it's pronounced.

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<v Speaker 1>They have a bunch of smart home products, and they

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<v Speaker 1>have a lock that uses your palm. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if I like this.

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<v Speaker 2>It's meant to be more secure. They sent it to

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<v Speaker 2>me to play around with. It's pretty wild. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>called the UFI Familock S three Max and it's a

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<v Speaker 2>video door lock, so it's also a video door bell camera.

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<v Speaker 2>But we'll get to that in a second. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>the unique feature is that it uses pun vein scanning technology,

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<v Speaker 2>So it's an infrared light IR light that illuminates the

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<v Speaker 2>palm when you wave it over the sensor, it looks

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<v Speaker 2>at the blood flow in your palm and in the veins,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is a unique identifier. It's what we call

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<v Speaker 2>biometrics technology. It's not unlike using your face to unlock

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<v Speaker 2>your iPhone or a fingerprint or something. It is another

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<v Speaker 2>way to securely identify you. The company claims it's ninety

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<v Speaker 2>nine point nine percent accurate and you can program up

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<v Speaker 2>to fifty palm prints. So your family, your friends, whoever

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<v Speaker 2>you want access to your home. So the idea is

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<v Speaker 2>that you don't need a mechanical key. It uses either

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<v Speaker 2>a keypad, but even more convenient is holding up your hand.

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<v Speaker 2>It's may it be this is gonna sound macabre? Can

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<v Speaker 2>I know what you're gonna say? Yeah, cut somebody's hand off.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't you kill them?

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<v Speaker 2>So if someone killed you to get into your home, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's looking for blood in the veins. And

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<v Speaker 2>if I don't know how, I don't know how fast?

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<v Speaker 2>How fast you need to hold the hand up after

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<v Speaker 2>it's severed for it. It's a really it's a macob question. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>had a low red cell blood counts, you're really My

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<v Speaker 2>thinking is if somebody wants to get in your house,

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<v Speaker 2>they're going to get in your house. I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>one way or another. So it does work. It's pretty wild. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I was a latchkey kid when I was younger. I

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<v Speaker 2>had like a mechanical key on a shoe string around

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<v Speaker 2>my neck. Like that's old school. So this also works

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<v Speaker 2>with Alexa or Google. You can use your voice to

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<v Speaker 2>lock or unlock the door when you're inside. And it

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<v Speaker 2>does have an integrated two K camera, so that's to

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<v Speaker 2>see deliveries for example. And on the inside of the

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<v Speaker 2>door is the screen as well. There's an app, but

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<v Speaker 2>there's a screen that will show you who's at your door. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's going to be coming in April. It's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be three ninety nine, and there's a seventy dollars

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<v Speaker 2>off co at the website at uf dot com. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>kind of neat. I've been kicking the tires on that. Everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>I know a lot of people who have roombus. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know everybody who uses them on a regular basis

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<v Speaker 1>because there is some upkeep involved. Quick question, if you're murdered,

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<v Speaker 1>does your roombus still work?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? If you're if your Helen is still going to

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<v Speaker 2>do her job, she puts the she puts hell in hell.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't spell hella without hell. Yes, so yeah, the

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<v Speaker 2>roombas and other floor vacuuming robots are still popular, but

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<v Speaker 2>the company I Robot may not be around. It's funny

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<v Speaker 2>they ironically announced a half a dozen new models this week,

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<v Speaker 2>but they in the same breath told investors yesterday that

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<v Speaker 2>it has and I quote, substantial doubt about it or

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<v Speaker 2>our ability to continue. The company is in trouble. What

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<v Speaker 2>happened was a year ago Amazon was going to buy them.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a one point seven billion dollar acquisition that

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<v Speaker 2>was called off by Amazon because of regulatory hurdles, mostly

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<v Speaker 2>out of Europe. That's not unusual. The EU has very

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<v Speaker 2>strict regulatory compliance rules and all that. So I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what the issues were with privacy and all that,

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<v Speaker 2>or it was maybe deemed monopoly. But what has happened

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<v Speaker 2>since is that there are these brands that have come

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<v Speaker 2>out of nowhere, seemingly that are giving comparable performance in

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<v Speaker 2>a robotic vacuum and mop combo in one as low

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<v Speaker 2>as ninety dollars, Like, how do you compete with that?

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<v Speaker 2>So if you go to Amazon, you'll find brands, some

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<v Speaker 2>you'll recognize, some you won't. Dream Robo Rock, Shark, Shark

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<v Speaker 2>you probably know like Shark. Ninja Ufi is another one

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<v Speaker 2>the same company as the video door bell lock with

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<v Speaker 2>the palm scanning and you can now get comparable quality.

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<v Speaker 2>So even though the company has a half dozen new models,

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<v Speaker 2>they're also just catching up with light ar sensing instead

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<v Speaker 2>of other technologies to navigate around your home. Light ar

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<v Speaker 2>is more efficient. It can clean your home better in

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<v Speaker 2>a shorter amount of time. By learning your home. You

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<v Speaker 2>probably know that there's an app that will show you

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<v Speaker 2>a map of your floor that you can name, like

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<v Speaker 2>that's my kitchen, that's my family room, and then you

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<v Speaker 2>can tell the smart speaker or the app clean in

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<v Speaker 2>front of my stove. Things like that get very specific.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, so I Robot's got to catch up. But

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<v Speaker 2>who knows, I'd be worried about buying an eye robot

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<v Speaker 2>just because you don't know if the company's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be around. But they did announce some new they're in debt.

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<v Speaker 2>They're still paying off a two hundred million dollar bridge loan. Wow, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>not looking good.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, and if if I Robot goes under, then whatever

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<v Speaker 1>Isaac Asimov books are, they're not going to be true anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Yeah, yeah, right, you know they were the Ogs

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<v Speaker 2>Room Bod back in two thousand and two. Right, it's

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<v Speaker 2>not the same I Robot as asim of the same name. Sure, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't. I didn't know if I should even acknowledge that. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>it was good. It was a good movie with Will Smith. Though.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a great mind love.

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<v Speaker 2>I like that movie. I was kind of underrated. But yeah, no, Ruba,

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<v Speaker 2>they're the ogs. I Robot came out in two thousand

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<v Speaker 2>and two, in September of twenty two. But so it's

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<v Speaker 2>a shame if they go under because they kickstarted this

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<v Speaker 2>whole robot fact thing that cats like to sit on.

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<v Speaker 1>We like to watch kat. I don't think they like it,

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<v Speaker 1>but we like to watch them sit on it.

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<v Speaker 2>Mark, thank you and to you. Talk to you next week.

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<v Speaker 1>You bet Mark Saltzman follow Mark on x m arc under.

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<v Speaker 1>Mark didn't think my dark humor was funny. He's just

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<v Speaker 1>got a higher level of humor acuity.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we set the bar high.