WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:04.040 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp The 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:10.720 House Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app Welcome Home. 3 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:15.359 I am Dean Sharp the House Whisper. I design custom homes, 4 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:19.199 build custom homes, and I am your guide to better 5 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:22.839 understanding that place where you live. Today on the show, 6 00:00:22.839 --> 00:00:26.039 we're gonna have some fun like we don't always. Yeah, 7 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:30.000 I know, but here's the thing. Something happened a couple 8 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:33.280 of weeks ago. And no, I'm not talking about the wildfires, right. 9 00:00:33.439 --> 00:00:35.840 We've spent a lot of time talking about those and 10 00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:40.399 we will continue to, including today a little bit. But 11 00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:44.880 something happened a couple of weeks ago that happens every 12 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:49.000 year this time of year, and because our attentions were 13 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:52.479 so focused on the wildfires here in southern California, we 14 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:55.159 just kind of skipped right over it. And that is 15 00:00:56.079 --> 00:01:00.439 the big, the one and only, the massive consumer electronics 16 00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:04.280 show that took place in Las Vegas. Does it every year, 17 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:08.959 fills the entire Las Vegas Convention Center. The only show 18 00:01:08.959 --> 00:01:12.359 that is as big as CEES is one that I 19 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:16.920 attend also every year regularly, which is the International Builders Show, 20 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:20.200 which is coming up in like three weeks from now 21 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:25.879 and every year I cover both in terms of specifically 22 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:30.280 the things related to your home. So today we're gonna 23 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:34.519 talk about some practical things mostly let's have admit it, 24 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:39.879 mostly some toys for you from the Consumer Electronics Show 25 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:44.760 cool things for smart home tech. As we go through 26 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:47.200 the show today, I've got a list. You'll enjoy it, 27 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:51.159 I guarantee it. Also, though, I'm actually gonna start with 28 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:56.480 kind of something I didn't quite get to yesterday on 29 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:59.560 yesterday Morning's program or the previous episode. If you're one 30 00:01:59.560 --> 00:02:03.120 of our pots cast listeners, I really have been itching 31 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:07.040 to talk to you about Notre Dame Cathedral and just 32 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:09.319 just briefly, just briefly, and what does that have to 33 00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:16.520 do with your home something? It's architectural design anyway, I 34 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:18.039 just really want to talk to you about it, and 35 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:22.639 we will today as well, So don't go anywhere. What 36 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:24.520 are we serving up for you today? Follow us on 37 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:27.080 social media as always, we only do the good kind, 38 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:32.400 the uplifting, informative, inspiring kind Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, you know, 39 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:36.159 all the usual suspects. Home with Dean is the handle 40 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:38.439 for them all. And of course, if your home is 41 00:02:38.479 --> 00:02:41.840 in need of some personal house whisper attention. Then you 42 00:02:41.879 --> 00:02:45.000 can book an in home design consult with me and Tina, 43 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:48.039 the one and only Tina. You just go to house 44 00:02:48.120 --> 00:02:53.159 Whisperer dot Design. All right, let me introduce our awesome team. Elmer, 45 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:56.639 of course, is on the board. Good morning Elmer, Good 46 00:02:56.680 --> 00:02:59.840 morning Dean. How you doing, Bud good. I'm excited for 47 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:02.960 this episode. Yeah, I know, right, we were talking before 48 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:06.080 the show. You know you're an electronics kind of guy. Yeah, 49 00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:10.039 so I don't know if I'm going to unveil that 50 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:15.360 personal robot that you want. There's a lot of there 51 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:18.199 might be some cool stuff. There will be. There will be. 52 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:20.400 Elmer was telling me before the show. He's like, I 53 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:23.719 really just want a robot, but one that doesn't kill me. 54 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:36.280 It's true, it's a concern, all right. Anyway, exactly exactly, Uh, 55 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:41.000 Producer Richie, he's just sending me weird text messages through 56 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:43.599 the studio wall. So anyway, he's standing by ready to 57 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:46.719 take your calls. And yes, we are also taking calls 58 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:49.680 today as well. Here's the number eight three three two. 59 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:54.319 Ask Dean eight three three the numeral two ask Dean, 60 00:03:54.800 --> 00:03:58.639 and of course Eileen Gonzalez at the news desk. Good 61 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:02.560 morning Eileen, Good morning Dean. How's it going. I'm doing well. 62 00:04:02.719 --> 00:04:05.840 I'm doing well. How are things with you? How is 63 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:09.879 your weekend going so far? Just relaxing, doing no work whatsoever. 64 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:15.919 There's no such thing as that for me on the weekends. Yeah, say, 65 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:19.639 because I Leen, and I work through every weekend weekends, 66 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:21.920 and I work my other job as soon as I 67 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:23.879 get off of this one. So there you go, exactly. 68 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:27.000 So anyway, glad you're here, Bud, Glad you're here. I'm 69 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:29.759 happy to be here. And sitting across the table from me, 70 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:34.399 there she is my better half, my design partner, the 71 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:38.600 co owner and co founder of House Whisper be Whisper 72 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:47.600 Whisperer btw btub uh, there is Tina. Oh, excuse you, 73 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:53.959 welcome home. I wonder if every week we have to 74 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:56.319 explain why there is an elephant sound with your name. 75 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:58.240 I don't think we do. No, we're just gonna leave it. 76 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:00.800 We hit it every once in a while. For people 77 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:02.879 who are brand new to the show, they'll just have 78 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:04.959 to You just have to hang with us for more 79 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:07.319 than a couple of weeks because it comes up. But 80 00:05:07.439 --> 00:05:11.319 there it is all right. Y'all, let's dive into it. 81 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:15.040 When we come back. I want to talk to you 82 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:20.959 about Notre Dame Cathedral, no Tra damn Dame Cathedral, Notre 83 00:05:21.079 --> 00:05:25.839 Dame now Tre Dame. Uh, just a little something that's 84 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:29.160 been on my mind. Yesterday we did we spent some 85 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:33.319 time talking about some architectural and design news here in 86 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:36.680 southern California. Actually only had a chance to kind of 87 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:39.920 do a deep dive into a structure that means a 88 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:43.439 lot to me, Wayfair's Chapel on the Palace Fertes Peninsula 89 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:48.639 that has been subject to the Portuguese been landslide that's 90 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:52.959 happening out there, along with hundreds of homes being subject 91 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:54.920 to it. We had callers call in about it. Anyway, 92 00:05:54.959 --> 00:05:58.399 it was if you missed yesterday's show, definitely catch it 93 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:01.040 because it was a lot of good stuff happening and 94 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:04.000 calls yesterday as well. But I really wanted to talk 95 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:07.399 about Notre Dame as well as part of my you know, 96 00:06:07.519 --> 00:06:09.839 design stuff in the news. So we'll do it. We'll 97 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:12.360 do that first and then we'll get into the consumer 98 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:16.040 electronics show for Homes for twenty twenty five. 99 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:20.639 Right after you're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on 100 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:23.079 demand from KFI AM six forty. 101 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:27.600 Dean Sharp, the house whisper here to help you take 102 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:30.639 your home to the next level. We got a bunch 103 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:32.600 of stuff going on this morning. We're going to be 104 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:37.240 talking very shortly about the consumer Electronics show that just 105 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:40.160 took place a couple of weeks ago in Las Vegas. 106 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:44.199 And what are the implications of what was unveiled there 107 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:48.480 for your home, for any home, for smart tech in homes. 108 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:51.399 There's a bunch of it. We're going to get there. Also, 109 00:06:51.439 --> 00:06:54.560 we're going to be taking calls today as we do normally. 110 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:59.000 Here's the number eight three three two. Ask Dean eight 111 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:02.639 three three the New World two. Pep, ask Dean A 112 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:06.879 three three two. There she goes again, ask Dean. I 113 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:09.360 don't know why that makes Tina laugh. Why does it 114 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:12.759 make you laugh? It's his buddy. Every time I married 115 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:16.160 the right person. All right, But first, like I said 116 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:19.199 before the break, I want to talk to you a 117 00:07:19.240 --> 00:07:23.839 little left over from yesterday's program, where I was hoping 118 00:07:23.879 --> 00:07:27.000 to cover a little bit more, you know, architectural and 119 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:31.000 design news, some local, some not so local. I really 120 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:33.759 really wanted to talk to you about Notre Dame cathedral. 121 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:36.800 Now I know what you're saying, great Dean. What in 122 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:41.199 the world does a Notre Dame cathedral, which by the 123 00:07:41.199 --> 00:07:45.560 way is in Paris not here? What the world does 124 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:49.639 that have to do with anything with my home? And 125 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:53.879 I will tell you this, my friend, an awful lot. 126 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:57.399 Any piece of great architecture, by the way, has lessons 127 00:07:57.439 --> 00:08:01.600 to teach you about any other piece of architecture, which, 128 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:05.360 of course we hope your home will become. Here's one 129 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:07.160 example right in here. Do you know how long it 130 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:11.000 took to build Notre Dame. It's a classic story of 131 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:14.480 many many cathedrals. In fact, this is not the longest 132 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:18.560 time ever spent building a cathedral, by far a European cathedral. 133 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:24.279 But ninety seven years Notre Dame was under construction. They 134 00:08:24.279 --> 00:08:27.639 started building it in eleven sixty three. They finished in 135 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:34.879 twelve sixty, ninety seven years later. Here's the thing to 136 00:08:34.960 --> 00:08:39.480 learn about that. I have been fortunate to have traveled 137 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:43.879 quite a bit around the world, seen some pretty incredible 138 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:48.240 things here and abroad. I will tell you never once 139 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:53.559 have I run across a structure that where time was 140 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:56.919 stretched in order to create it, in which it was 141 00:08:56.960 --> 00:09:00.200 not excellent, and in fact I could flip that and say, 142 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:03.120 never once have I seen a structure or encountered a 143 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:09.879 structure that was built overnight that is heralded as architecturally 144 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:14.120 excellent as they say, right, Rome wasn't built in a day. 145 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:18.480 And I, in our fast food culture and our fast 146 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:25.759 home improvement culture, am constantly encouraging you, exhorting you, begging 147 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:30.639 you to take time. I know you want to get 148 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:33.639 it done yesterday. But if you really want your home 149 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:36.080 to shine, if you really want it to be the 150 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:42.120 excellent thing for decades of your life, that it becomes 151 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:46.639 a partner in living your beautiful life, then by all means, 152 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:50.639 please take the time to do it right. So that's 153 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:53.480 a lesson. And there are other lessons like the volume 154 00:09:53.559 --> 00:09:55.600 of a space like a cathedral, and the way that 155 00:09:55.960 --> 00:10:00.600 volume has a psychological effect on us, and where we 156 00:10:00.639 --> 00:10:06.279 can find volume in height in your home instead of 157 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:09.879 expanding square footage can make a huge difference. It also 158 00:10:10.039 --> 00:10:12.799 save you a lot of money. The use of light, 159 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:18.759 drama story cathedrals are nothing if not gigantic stories to 160 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:23.360 be told. So all of that applies. But mostly what 161 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:25.080 I wanted to share with you is something that you 162 00:10:25.159 --> 00:10:28.279 may or may not have known. I think most of 163 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:31.360 us know that about five years ago, a little over 164 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:35.919 five years ago, Notre Dame caught on fire. And you know, 165 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:39.120 we're very familiar with structures catching on fire here in 166 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:43.399 southern California. Now it's all fresh in our minds. The 167 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:47.720 thing with Notre Dame is that it burnt. It's largely 168 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:50.320 a stone structure, but there's a lot of wood, old 169 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:56.240 oak ceiling across the entire cathedral, and that ceiling burnt 170 00:10:57.360 --> 00:11:03.879 completely and completely collapse in. And then the French government 171 00:11:04.039 --> 00:11:07.960 took a very very wise approach. They took time to 172 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:10.919 figure out how they were going to restore the cathedral, 173 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:15.960 and they decided to restore it in exactitude with the 174 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:20.080 not present building standards, but the way it was built originally, 175 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:24.480 so that it wouldn't be mismatched and have strange stresses 176 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:27.480 on other parts of the structure, which is wise. They 177 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:32.080 also added fire suppression systems, which is also very very wise. 178 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:35.919 But here's the thing, the silver lining, as it were, 179 00:11:36.039 --> 00:11:39.200 that came out of this. Something happened as a result 180 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:46.000 of that fire that has never, in my knowledge happened 181 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:54.120 in the history of ancient European architecture. Something happened that 182 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:59.679 is different about Notre Dame than any other cathedral or 183 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:04.399 you know, eight hundred plus year old structure on the planet. 184 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:06.399 Do you know what that is? We'll talk about it 185 00:12:06.600 --> 00:12:08.159 right on the other side. 186 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:12.519 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 187 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:14.120 KFI AM six forty. 188 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:20.879 Thanks for joining us today. It is a beautiful but cool, 189 00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:25.600 sunny day here in southern California. I hope wherever you 190 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:28.919 are you are feeling good about your weather as well. 191 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:31.480 We've got some rain coming. We could use a little 192 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:34.200 bit more rain, not too much, too fast, because of 193 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:37.720 our fire scars. Somebody asked me, by the way, why 194 00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:43.120 is that a big deal? I mean, they said, I understand, Okay, 195 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:46.720 some plants are gone, so the water moves faster on 196 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:52.200 the surface, But why is it an extra concern now 197 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:55.480 after a fire? And the reason is this, here's the reason. 198 00:12:55.879 --> 00:13:01.679 It's not just that ground cover is missing from open areas. 199 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:06.759 It is in fact that the soil, because of the 200 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:12.159 heat of the flames, has been glassified. Sand content in 201 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:16.799 the soil has essentially melted and hardened the top layer 202 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:20.679 of soil, and so after a fire, immediately after a fire, 203 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:23.360 and this all breaks down. It all, it will all 204 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:26.879 break down, but the heat has kind of tempered and 205 00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:29.399 hardened the surface of the soil. And then if we 206 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:32.320 get a lot of rain right after the fact, I mean, 207 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:36.480 you know, within weeks, like is what's happening now, And 208 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:42.480 then those soils shed water much faster, and so instead 209 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:46.159 of absorbing that water, they shed it off and the 210 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:49.440 water starts moving on the surface, and then we get 211 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:54.080 ground movement, floods and things like that. So just FYI, 212 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:57.240 the more you know, all right, I'm gonna finish up 213 00:13:57.240 --> 00:14:00.960 my thought on Notre Dame Cathedral that I left you 214 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:03.960 hanging with. Did you know, I mean I said right 215 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:07.759 before the break that something historic has happened there that's 216 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:16.679 never before been seen in the history of medieval European architecture. 217 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:20.840 And it is a byproduct, as it were, a silver 218 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:25.759 lining of this disaster. And it was a disaster. And 219 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:29.000 so in no way am I saying that I'm happy 220 00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:36.320 that Notre Dame encountered its devastating fire. But if you 221 00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:38.360 have to find a silver lining, this is it. This 222 00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:42.960 is what happened. The roof at Notre Dame Cathedral was lead, 223 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:49.000 and as it burned, it melted and as it collapsed, 224 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:53.639 and in the burning process, the flames also distributed lead 225 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:57.440 dust everywhere. So it wasn't just a matter of all, right, 226 00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:00.600 let's clean up the roof debris and start rebuild the roof. 227 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:05.200 Every nook and cranny of the interior of Notre Dame 228 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:11.519 Cathedral was covered in soot and ash but also dangerous 229 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:16.200 lead dust content, which meant has met I mean, workers 230 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:18.799 for the last five years have been working with hazmat 231 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:21.320 suits as they restore and clean. So they had to 232 00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:23.919 figure out a way. And by the way, Notre Dame 233 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:28.039 is built primarily other than the wood of limestone, of 234 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:34.919 a local, locally sourced limestone, and that limestone is pretty bright. 235 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:38.879 It's pretty bright. It's got a slight gray, sort of 236 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:41.759 gray tan tint to it, but it's a very very bright, 237 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:45.759 lovely limestone. And so they had to figure out how 238 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:48.240 we going to get it clean without destroying it because 239 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:52.159 limestone is not the strongest of stones, so we can't 240 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:55.240 just you know, pour harsh chemicals all over it. And 241 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:59.639 the last five years have been spent meticulously brushing down 242 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:04.200 and cleaning everything, and then of course repairing what stonework 243 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:08.879 was damaged in a restorative process so that everything goes 244 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:14.919 back the way it was. So it's cleaned and it's safe, 245 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:18.120 and the soot is gone. But guess the soot of 246 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:19.879 the and the ash from the fire is gone. But 247 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:22.720 guess what else is gone? And here is the point 248 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:31.960 that's so exciting. Eight hundred years of candle and oil 249 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:37.720 lamp soot is gone from the inside of Notre Dame Cathedral. 250 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:43.240 In other words, for the first time in European history 251 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:46.879 to my knowledge, and for the first time absolutely in 252 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:50.600 the history of Notre Dame Cathedral. If you visit it now, 253 00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:57.360 you will do something extraordinary. You will see an eight 254 00:16:57.440 --> 00:17:01.759 hundred year old cathedral the way it looked when it 255 00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:06.559 was built eight hundred years ago. Not the old, sooty, 256 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:11.519 dirty building that has survived down through time, but no, 257 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:15.640 a fresh clean So people who have been to Notre 258 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:19.799 Dame before and who have walked in again say, oh 259 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:22.640 my god, what is going on here? Why is it 260 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:28.359 so bright? And they're astounded. They're astounded by what has 261 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:34.480 happened to this cathedral because it has been restored by 262 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:41.000 default by the cleaning process, back to its original condition, 263 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:46.240 not just original structural condition, its original esthetic condition. So 264 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:49.799 if you are so fortunate as to be able to 265 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:53.799 travel abroad and you were thinking about, oh maybe France, 266 00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:57.680 maybe Paris will be on my wishless, I'm just telling 267 00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:59.960 you you have a treat in store. And if you 268 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:03.400 you are unable to travel abroad, then there are a 269 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:08.440 ton of documentaries and videos and things online that you 270 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:11.839 can source out, and I encourage you go check it out. 271 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:14.599 Go check out the documentaries to talk about the whole process. 272 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:18.759 Go look at footage of Notre Dame now and it 273 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:21.960 is reopened to the public, and look at it and 274 00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:27.200 just sort of wonder at how amazing it is that 275 00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:31.039 we have now seen something our generation have seen something 276 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:34.839 that no one else has seen before, which is an 277 00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:38.640 eight hundred year old structure looking the way it did 278 00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:42.680 on day one. Pretty amazing stuff, Pretty amazing stuff. All right, 279 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:45.559 That's all I wanted to share with you. Don't tell 280 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:48.400 me that isn't interesting, of course it is. All right. 281 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:53.400 When we come back, let's dive into something very, very different, 282 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:58.880 which is the stuff that I've gleaned from all of 283 00:18:58.920 --> 00:19:02.559 the hundreds of thousands of things on display at this 284 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:06.279 year's Consumer Electronics Show. Some of the things that are 285 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:10.720 most pertinent to our homes, smart home tech and all 286 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:12.039 the like that's coming. 287 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:16.240 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 288 00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:17.599 KFI AM six. 289 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:24.680 Forty Welcome home. Hey, we're gonna be going to the 290 00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:26.680 phones in just a bit. Just so you know, we've 291 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:29.599 got room on the callboard for you. If there is 292 00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:32.119 something about your home that's got you scratching your head, 293 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:35.640 burning question, you should get some ointment for that, but 294 00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:38.759 I will also help you with it as well. The 295 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:42.480 number to reach me eight three three two Ask Dean 296 00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:47.400 eight three three the numeral two ask Dean A three 297 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:51.599 three to ask Dean. We'll be hitting the phones shortly. 298 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:56.160 Right now, let's dive into the best of the Consumer 299 00:19:56.200 --> 00:20:00.640 Electronics Show twenty twenty five as it relates to your homes. 300 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:03.880 With all of our attention focused on wildfires. The CES 301 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:07.400 show in Las Vegas that happened a couple weeks ago, 302 00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:11.039 came and went without much fanfare from southern California, but 303 00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:14.359 it was a banner year for tech, especially when it 304 00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:17.839 comes to smart home tech. So what is the first 305 00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:23.240 thing you need to know? Reporting on CEES. This shouldn't 306 00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:28.279 surprise you, but it has to be said. AI was 307 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:35.279 the undisputed king of cees this year CES twenty twenty five. 308 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:41.920 Everywhere AI was everywhere like a virus, infecting every bit 309 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:47.440 of hardware, every new concept and methodology. And I'm not 310 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:49.759 trying to be negative about it, That's not my intention. 311 00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:54.319 I'm just saying it was viral. I mean viral. Now 312 00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:57.119 is when I can confidently tell you is when we 313 00:20:57.160 --> 00:21:03.559 are going to begin seeing on regular basis artificial intelligence 314 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:10.480 seeping into everything. Some of it will be silly and ridiculous, 315 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:13.279 and that's always just been the case, all right, that's 316 00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:19.079 not a dis on AI. It's just all smart technology 317 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:21.759 that has ever come out. Some of it is silly 318 00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:25.039 and ridiculous, but other parts of it are going to 319 00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:29.960 be utterly brilliant and some of it downright practical. Here 320 00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:33.839 is Here are a couple of items. The company Tapo. 321 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:40.559 T a Po introduced some home security door locks and 322 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:45.319 cameras that you know, not a new thing again, so 323 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:48.759 what makes them special? AI? AI has added a whole 324 00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:53.519 new flavor to them. I saw a home security entry 325 00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:55.880 lock that you know, what have we had in the 326 00:21:55.920 --> 00:22:00.160 past keyed yes with your key biometric where you to 327 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:02.279 stick a thumb up there and it reads your thumb 328 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:08.559 and unlocks the door. We've seen I locks you know, 329 00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:10.559 based on you know, put your eye up there, you know, 330 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:16.160 very kind of mission impossible esque, right, Uh. But more 331 00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:19.839 commonly it's been the biometric lock, which have been a 332 00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:21.799 little bit hit and miss in the beginning, but now 333 00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:25.240 we're getting pretty dang reliable. But what do we have now? 334 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:32.200 Now we've got facial recognition AI facial recognition where literally 335 00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:35.839 you're just get close enough, stare into the camera for 336 00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:38.519 a second and it's like, oh, oh, Dean, it's you. 337 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:42.200 Of course I'm gonna unlock the door. Uh. And in 338 00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:44.799 addition to that, if that isn't your cup of tea, 339 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:50.759 palm repetition recognition, palm reading not not your fortune, but 340 00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:56.000 apparently a pattern of not only the lines the prints 341 00:22:56.039 --> 00:23:01.519 in your palm, but also a pattern of just under 342 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:04.440 the skin that it is able to detect. So all 343 00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:06.440 you do is just hold your palm up to this 344 00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:09.720 little pad. You don't have to touch it, it's non contact, 345 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:13.079 but just you know, an inch away, and boom, recognizes 346 00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:17.960 who you are and open the door. Goes so very 347 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:24.599 very interesting, these biometric ways of doing security, the camera 348 00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:31.880 side of things, I thought was really creepy. No, no, 349 00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:39.640 useful AI on home security cameras. What does that look like? 350 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:43.480 It's this this product from Tapo. These cameras, and the 351 00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:47.519 cameras aren't any different than you know, every other home 352 00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:50.079 security camera out there. And then, of course, you know, 353 00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:53.240 we've talked about the fact that home security cameras have 354 00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:56.319 gotten every year easier and easier and easier to install. 355 00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:58.480 You buy, when you plug it in, but bom, give it, 356 00:23:58.720 --> 00:24:01.079 give it your Wi Fi work and next thing you know, 357 00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:03.759 you're up and running. You can get alerts on your phone. 358 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:06.920 That's how they work these days, super super easy and 359 00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:08.400 not very expensive anymore. 360 00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:09.440 So. 361 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:16.960 These cameras have intelligent AI commentary. Oh that's great. That's 362 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:20.640 the last thing I need is my camera's commenting on me. No, no, no. 363 00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:24.400 The kind of commentary they mean is informative stuff like 364 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:28.920 instead of you getting a notification person at the front door, 365 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:33.880 here's the notification that you get. Three individuals are conversing 366 00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:39.279 on the front porch. What three individuals are having a 367 00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:43.400 conversation on your front porch before you even get to 368 00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:46.240 the door, and then put your eye against the people. 369 00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:49.400 That's the kind of stuff we're talking about here is 370 00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:52.680 one that I think a lot of parents will find 371 00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:58.880 imminently valuable. Put a camera, one of these security cameras 372 00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:04.200 on a flex arm above a crib in a nursery. Right, 373 00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:06.599 So now we've got a camera watching the little one 374 00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:12.359 as they sleep, and you get a message from from 375 00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:17.240 that camera that says your child's face might be obstructed 376 00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:21.359 by a blanket. You see what I'm saying. That's smart 377 00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:26.200 stuff and that has value, I mean real practical value. 378 00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:32.160 So cameras with the AI commentary in which more and 379 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:37.559 more these AI systems are able to watch and discern 380 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:41.640 certain important things about what's going on in your home. 381 00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:46.240 Along these lines, I think there was one more camera 382 00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:49.400 that I had here. Let me see. Oh Akara the 383 00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:55.880 company Akara, and it's spelled aquar. Akara looks like a Quara. 384 00:25:57.640 --> 00:26:03.759 Akara has a ports camera, again extending the AI intelligence 385 00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:09.160 with what they call package delivery detection and package theft detection. 386 00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:13.200 So in other words, you know, it's not just person 387 00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:15.720 at the front door. Tina and I get that alert 388 00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:17.759 all the time. We get, oh, person at the front door, 389 00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:21.039 and then we say, oh, it must be must be Amazon, 390 00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:24.200 must be ups Because we were expecting something. Well, now 391 00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:27.000 we don't even have to guess at that, because now 392 00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:33.119 the alert comes through with package delivered on the front porch, 393 00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:36.720 a package, not just a person, just to detect the 394 00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:39.400 fact that there's a package there. And then about four 395 00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:44.000 minutes later it'll say package removed from the front door 396 00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:50.319 when it gets stolen. But that's the truth. It has 397 00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:55.319 package delivery and package theft detection. So it is going 398 00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:58.640 to tell you, oh, you remember that package and I 399 00:26:58.640 --> 00:27:01.000 told you about a half an hour ago, got sat 400 00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:03.960 on the front porch. Yeah it's gone. Now somebody just 401 00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:07.160