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<v Speaker 1>Let's say good morning now to the host of Rich

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<v Speaker 1>on Tech on KFI. It's KTLA's tech reporter Rich Demiro.

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<v Speaker 2>Good morning, Rich, Hey, good morning to you Amy.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so what's old is new and the old Pebbles

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<v Speaker 1>smart watch is gone and a new one's coming out.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, And the interesting thing about these smart watches is

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<v Speaker 3>that the one of the models is actually using the

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<v Speaker 3>old hardware. So apparently this is leftover hardware from before.

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<v Speaker 3>But the guy who created it said, you know what,

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<v Speaker 3>these things were so good even ten years ago. It's

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<v Speaker 3>still just what we need. And so his whole thing

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<v Speaker 3>has been, let's bring back a simple smart watch that

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<v Speaker 3>has an e ink display. If you remember the original,

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<v Speaker 3>it was like one of the original kickstarters. It did

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<v Speaker 3>really well, and now he's bringing them back. So later

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<v Speaker 3>this year, we're going to have the core To duo

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<v Speaker 3>launching in July for one hundred and fifty bucks, and

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<v Speaker 3>then the Core Time two launching for two hundred and

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<v Speaker 3>twenty five dollars. That's going to be a Pebble but

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<v Speaker 3>with a touch screen. And of course the main thing

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<v Speaker 3>about these watches is that they have super long battery

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<v Speaker 3>life thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>Days and they're going to be less distracting. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, My Apple Watch literally is dead by about eight

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<v Speaker 1>o'clock at night.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, I mean the Apple watches last. I mean

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<v Speaker 3>they're rated for eighteen hours, but that's, you know, not

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<v Speaker 3>very realistic for most people. But yeah, so thirty days

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<v Speaker 3>you have to charge it?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay?

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<v Speaker 2>Nice?

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<v Speaker 1>And does it have a lot of the same features

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<v Speaker 1>or is it pretty much like does it hook to

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<v Speaker 1>your phone and you can take phone calls on it?

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<v Speaker 1>Or I'm not familiar with the pebblewatch.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so the new one, one of them will so

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<v Speaker 3>you can get notifications on these. It sort of depends

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<v Speaker 3>if you're on Android or iPhone, but the whole point

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<v Speaker 3>is more like just a companion where you can glance

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<v Speaker 3>at your wrist see your notifications. The higher end one

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<v Speaker 3>is going to have more modern features. The basic one

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<v Speaker 3>is going to be pretty simple. But the thing they're

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<v Speaker 3>doing here is they're open sourcing the software, which means

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<v Speaker 3>pretty much developers can do whatever they want and make

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<v Speaker 3>these things do whatever they can imagine, as opposed to

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<v Speaker 3>the Apple Watch, where you're very much confined and even

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<v Speaker 3>the Google watches out there, you're confined to what Apple

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<v Speaker 3>and Google allow you to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so Pebble smart watch hitting the market again when

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<v Speaker 1>later this year.

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<v Speaker 3>Later this year July or December, and yeah, should be interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>And then they'll have some of like the sleep and

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<v Speaker 2>step tracking stuff on them as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, cool, this sounds I got to go check this out,

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<v Speaker 1>and you did go check this out. It's a convenience

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<v Speaker 1>store run by robots.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, lots of comments about this one on our YouTube

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<v Speaker 3>page at ktla ven Hub. It's called and it's a

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<v Speaker 3>fully automated twenty four to seven convenience store run by robots.

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<v Speaker 3>So there's two robots inside that basically grab your order

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<v Speaker 3>and place it in a little kind of area for

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<v Speaker 3>you to collect and so use the app to purchase

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<v Speaker 3>the products.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's very simple.

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<v Speaker 3>It's kind of like a seven to eleven, but it

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<v Speaker 3>looks like a shipping container with a clear glass screen

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<v Speaker 3>in front, so you get our window in front so

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<v Speaker 3>you can see everything inside. And it's just kind of fun.

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<v Speaker 3>And they're expecting a lot of these around the not

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<v Speaker 3>only the nation, but the world. They've got companies said

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<v Speaker 3>they have eight hundred pre orders. So North Hollywood, you

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<v Speaker 3>can already go there. It's on Van Owen. If you

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<v Speaker 3>know where the Salsasm beer is, that's where it is,

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<v Speaker 3>and then southern California, Las Vegas, the East coast. And

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<v Speaker 3>the guy who created this for former Amazon guy says

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<v Speaker 3>that the whole point is that lower overhead, open twenty

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<v Speaker 3>four to seven, no employees to worry about, and you

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<v Speaker 3>can run these things from the beach once they're set

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<v Speaker 3>up and going.

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<v Speaker 1>So from the way you describe it, it sounds as

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<v Speaker 1>like it's a big vending machine on steroids.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's that's the best way to describe it. I

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<v Speaker 3>think it's a vending machine, except for the stuff coming

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<v Speaker 3>out by itself.

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<v Speaker 2>A robot arm picks it.

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<v Speaker 3>And then puts it on the table, and then the

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<v Speaker 3>door opens up and you take it out.

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<v Speaker 1>Very cool. Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>By the way, of course, it's instagrammable, so it's fun

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<v Speaker 3>for like people to watch this process as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Exactly. Okay. You say that there are some new tools

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<v Speaker 1>out there that may make note taking by hand up

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<v Speaker 1>colete forever.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, and I've been testing a whole bunch of them,

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<v Speaker 3>and I really rely on a lot of these. This

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<v Speaker 3>voice to tech stuff and transcription has come a long way,

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<v Speaker 3>especially since AI because now not only can it transcribe,

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<v Speaker 3>but it sort of understands what you're saying, so it

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<v Speaker 3>gets it. The accuracy is a lot better and the

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<v Speaker 3>speed is a lot better. So if you've got a

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<v Speaker 3>Google Pixel, you've got an iPhone or a Samsung with

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<v Speaker 3>the latest software, all of those do free transcription. Pixel

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<v Speaker 3>does it in real time, the other two do it

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<v Speaker 3>after the fact. If you don't have one of those phones,

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<v Speaker 3>otter Ai is a great app which is cross platform.

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<v Speaker 3>Get a couple of free minutes every month and then

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<v Speaker 3>it'll transcribe your meetings and all that good stuff. Then

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<v Speaker 3>I've been testing some AI powered digital recorders from a

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<v Speaker 3>company called PLoud Plaud, and these things are really cool.

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<v Speaker 3>Remember the little micro cassette recorders we had while I

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<v Speaker 3>had as a kid, Remember that like radio shack. So

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<v Speaker 3>this is like a digital version of that, but it

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<v Speaker 3>connects to your phone so you can record for hours

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<v Speaker 3>on end. It will transcribe everything, summariz and then they've

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<v Speaker 3>got a pin version, so you can literally just clip

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<v Speaker 3>this to your shirt or wrist and record your whole

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<v Speaker 3>day and then just have AI summarize every single thing

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<v Speaker 3>that you heard.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, which is probably a person like me who

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<v Speaker 1>has a really bad memory, it might be a good thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, that's what they're pitching these as. It's like a

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<v Speaker 3>limitless memory. So there's a bunch of competitors in this space.

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<v Speaker 3>It's continuing to grow, and yeah that it's being pitched.

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<v Speaker 3>Its like, just don't forget a thing like you can

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<v Speaker 3>just why when you have AI and the ability to

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<v Speaker 3>record and it's so cheap, just remember everything. Which I'm

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<v Speaker 3>gonna go to lunch to day with a friend, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>going to record the whole thing and I'll put it

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<v Speaker 3>in this notes. I'll be like, all right, remember about this,

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<v Speaker 3>you know.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So here's a question. Do you have to tell

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<v Speaker 1>people they're being recorded?

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<v Speaker 2>That's a very good question.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I think obviously if you're on the phone, yes,

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<v Speaker 3>because these things can record phone calls as well in person,

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<v Speaker 3>I think that you would have to tell people that

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<v Speaker 3>you are recording. So that's I think that there's also

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<v Speaker 3>sort of like common sense and courtesy that comes in here.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, if you're trying to be nefarious, you know

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<v Speaker 3>you can do that. But you can already do that,

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<v Speaker 3>so yeah, okay. Anyway, for computer users, there's a whole

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<v Speaker 3>bunch of apps that you can do this completely free.

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<v Speaker 3>If you want to transcribe it's used to cost a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of money. It's all free. And then I've got

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<v Speaker 3>a great AI voice typing. This is incredible. It's my

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<v Speaker 3>secret weapon. It's how I send my emails to you. Actually, Amy,

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<v Speaker 3>It's called whisper flow and you just dictate and I'm

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<v Speaker 3>not kidding. It polishes up your words. It is so

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<v Speaker 3>incredibly fast. I can get through my emails so quick.

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<v Speaker 3>And by the way, this is all linked up on

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<v Speaker 3>my website richon Tech dot TV.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, and if you want to see some of these

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<v Speaker 1>transcription tools, that's what you're talking about on KTLA today.

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<v Speaker 3>Right heading over there, right now, Okay, to go show

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<v Speaker 3>some of these things, all right, And as.

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<v Speaker 1>You mentioned on his website, rich on Tech dot TV,

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<v Speaker 1>you can follow Rich on Instagram at rich on Tech,

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<v Speaker 1>and of course you can hear him every weekend right

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<v Speaker 1>here on KFI. It's Rich on Tech Saturdays from eleven

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<v Speaker 1>to two. Thanks you so much, Rich DeMuro.

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<v Speaker 2>Alright, thanks Amy, all Right,