- At the “Design You Can Feel” event at Design Week in Milan, I catch up with visionary Studio INI founder Nassia Inglessis on her latest installation, Willful Wonder
- At the same gallery, I sit down with Galip Fu from ASUS to discuss the inspiration for this installation – and it’s tied to the Zenbook and its exclusive material called Ceraluminum
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:24):
Hey everyone, welcome to check it Out. Episode three eighty nine.
I hope you're all doing great today and choo from Italy.
I'm here in Milan for Design Week this year, focusing
on the theme of Mondi Konesse or Connected Worlds, featuring
collaborations between design leaders and fashion brands, architects and furniture companies.
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Really interesting, really cool stuff. But technology also proved to
be a pillar at this year's Design Week, the sixty
third annual event. In fact, it shined a light on
the convergence of digital and physical experiences, including global tech
companies that were showing off their wares at various events
and installations across the northern Italian metropolis. A Sus, a
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global computer manufacturer best known for its zen Book laptops,
was a key exhibitor here hosting a showcase called Design
You Can Feel at Galleria Meravigli. It's a historic, century
old gallery in the heart of the city. And so
to kick off today's tech it Out, I'll chat with
a designer and engineer and founder of a UK based
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studio called Eni. Her name is Nasia Iglesias and she
worked with a SUS to create an installation that is
super cool. Hard to do a justice with a radio
show or podcast, but we'll do our best to describe
this installation. And after a quick chat with Nasia, we're
going to talk with gallup Fu from a SEUs to
chat about Design Week again. Asus's en book laptops were
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an inspiration for this installation, and these laptops have a
proprietary material called Sarah aluminum, and we're going to chat
about that, as well as some laptops that emit fragrances
into the air, kind of like an oil diffuser wild stuff.
Also on tech it Out today, we'll learn about Huskavarna's
latest robotic lawnmowers called the IQ series, and tech expert
(02:20):
Mario Armstrong will join us to chat about Adobe AI
and how it can help you understand contracts summarize them
for you, and a lot more very cool stuff.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
All of this and more on an all new.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Tech it out powered by Visa. Securing the world's payments
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new show with our first interview. All right, So I
wanted to start today's tech it Out with an interview
with designer and engineer Nasia I Glessis. She's the one
who created Willful Wonder, that huge installation at Milan's Design
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Week with her UK based company called Studio Inny, and
it was inspired by Asus zen Book laptops, known for
its innovative lightweight design and proprietary Sarah aluminum material to
create a to create a very cool, almost living sculpture.
It kind of looked like a narrow catwalk and when
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you walk down at these silver like blades or wings
open up to let you pass, and they kind of
curve to your body closely. As you walk past them.
You can touch those wings as well, made with Sarah aluminum,
that same again hybrid of ceramic and aluminum found in laptops.
And when you're finished walking down this installation, an AI
generated video is created based on how you interacted with
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this living sculpture as you walk down its spine. Really surreal.
And so here's a quick chat with Nazia from studio
inny while in Milan to chat about her project with Asus.
So Nazia, this is a beautiful exhibit. Is this the
first time you've collaborated with a technology company, a computer
company and what was the impetus for this collaboration.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
Well, we shared a lot of common values in wanting
to innovate in how we craft with materials to create
very unique experiences. In my practice, I basically use technology
in a way of what I call creating an embodied
intelligence and intelligence which is embodied in the material. It's
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embodied in the structure to create a new experience in
our physical reality. It feels very analog, but the technology
is really embedded in how the materials have been crafted.
And in a similar way, Asis with a seb aluminum
which they innovated on aluminum to ceramicize it, how they
blended in the design.
Speaker 5 (04:43):
Of their product.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
It brought all those elements to coincide and how they
consider and work with eartficial intelligence computation and in a
way that then is manifested in a very experiential manner.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Was overlap or and what emotions were you looking to
evoke from.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Participants or even spectators.
Speaker 5 (05:05):
Well, there's an element of surprise.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
You have complete agency of what is happening. It's all
emanating from your body. There's a seamless connection between the
human and its physical environment. But also a notion of
this a very sin soil notion and the tactility of
touching this so aluminum.
Speaker 5 (05:25):
But in the visual element of.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
This duality between the public space and the private. So
in a way, it's an amplifier of your presence. Once
you walk through, it's almost like a megaphont in your presence,
but when you're within it, you feel very concealed and
within a cocoon. So I think we all live through
this experience of between the private and the public, the
reflective and the willingness to connect, and we're playfully This
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physically basically manipulates a fabric of the architecture of the
space to wander between those two states, and the galleria
metavically is means Galleria Wanda.
Speaker 5 (06:06):
Hence the peace wild for wonder as well.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Is it a coincidence that it's design Week and part
of the installation feels or looks like a catwalk.
Speaker 5 (06:18):
Well, it isn't it is? It was, It was not intentional.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
There is a corridor catwalk like to it.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
I think the.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Intention is more this sense first of all working with
the symmetry of the space itself because it's created for
the space, but also the sense that you are creating
your opening up the path for yourself.
Speaker 5 (06:44):
You're creating space where there isn't space.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
It's almost like a metamorphosis, if I may, Yes, yes,
it is. It is, and it almost to feel it's
so close to your body and and it's now way
and you're opening it up to feel almost like an extraskeleton,
an extension of the human body, and sort of thinking
about architecture more as really an extension of ourselves and
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something that's imposed and we need to fit into.
Speaker 6 (07:11):
I like that.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Thank you so much for your time. Wonderful to meet you,
chat with you.
Speaker 5 (07:14):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Next up on check it Out, I chatted with gallup Fu.
He is the marketing director for a SEUs globally when
it comes to consumer PCs, and I also spoke with
him at Milan's Design Week in the back area of
this gallery where this installation that you just heard about was.
And so without further ado, here is more about this
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artistic piece, what's new in laptops and the importance of
design in computing.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
So I'm here with gallup Fu.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
He is marketing director for Asus Consumer PCs. Pleasure to
see you here at Milan. This is a wonderful event
you're hosting.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
How are you.
Speaker 7 (07:52):
Oh, I'm good, Thank you, Mark. Great to see you again.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Likewise, Yeah, it's been about nine months since I saw
you in Berlin at IFA. So let's talk about this
a bit and then how it's tied to asues.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
So what are we doing here at this gallery.
Speaker 7 (08:05):
Yeah, so we're having our design you can Feel Word
two in Milano. So we started this World two since
last September in London. Now we bring the exhibition with
a lot of new elements, especially the installation by Studio
in Me. That's the spotlight of the show which you
just saw. So that's something new that we bring to
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Milan least time, so the designer can feel exhibition it's
all about to explore and to explain our philosophy in design,
especially in technology design area. So because over the past years, right,
people know that asues you know, we are a great
PC manufacturer from motherboard, from monitor, from gaming PC to laptop.
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Over the year we've been telling people and try to
explain to people how we make our product, right, But
then a lot of media and also a lot of
community they also rose the question about, you know, how
we design our product, especially how we design you know,
specifically laptop product because for them, for most of the people,
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actually this is the area that they normally you know,
cannot access this type of information easily. That's the I
think that's our initial inspiration and motivations to start this
Design can Field World two really to showcase in a way,
you know that people can really not only touch you know,
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BONI can see Boney, can hear or even smell, and
to really understand the process and also the design philosophy
of our age design thinking.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
All right, So it's called design you can feel. That's
the name of the campaign if you will, or this
art exhibit here at this gallery in central Milan in
partnership with a London, UK based design.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Studio called the Studio Idy.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
You've mission this interactive and multisensory exhibit. Because this is
radio or podcast, can you explain what we're seeing. It
takes place inside a long gallery. It is almost like
a cat walk, if you will, like you would see
at a design or fashion show, but it has these
wigs that move with the body.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Please explain.
Speaker 7 (10:21):
Well, it's really difficult for me to do this through
through words. But then I think the initial inspiration is
from Mimosa the planet, and the inspiration of Imoza is
also part of our inspiration of zen and also zen
Book because for zen Book it's a very delicate design machine.
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And also when it comes to privacy, you know, for
a personal computer, it's also important. Mimosa is like you know,
when you touch the mimosa close, it clows.
Speaker 8 (10:52):
Up like that.
Speaker 7 (10:52):
Right, So we discussed with Studio any Nazia, you know,
and how to integrate this type of concept, you know,
into her artwork. Then she came out with these masterpiece
you know, which we were I mean just simply wow wow.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Indeed, if you're online, do a search for a SUS
which is as US Milan Design Week and you're going
to be able to see this installation or with gallup
fou from a sus when we returned on tech it Out, stay.
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Speaker 3 (11:40):
Welcome back to check it Out.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
I'm here in Milan in northern Italy at Design Week,
sitting down with Gallup. Fou He is with Asus, a
renowned computer company. They were the inspiration behind an artistic
installation at a gallery here for Design Week, created by
Studio Any in the UK. The event is called Design
you Can Feel, and the installation itself is called Willful
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Wonder and it's kind of like a catwalk that you
can walk down, but there are these wings or blades
that open up as you walk past and then almost
hug your body as you walk past them, and then
they close behind you. It's really magical. And before the
break we heard from Nasia, the designer on this piece.
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And now we've pivoted and we were chatting with Gallop
about the connection to computers in this material called Sarah
Aluminum that blends ceramic and aluminum. So let's continue that
chat with Gallup in Milan.
Speaker 7 (12:37):
If you look at not only the sea away and
also the overall shape of the installation, but also the
details of the of the design of the installation is
actually it's just a craftsmanship of mechanical engineering, you know,
just like our laptop. So we feel that with that installation,
you know, it's a great way for people to really
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experience the type of Zen design and also Zen philosophy
just through the installation. So we feel that it's a
great partnership and we are really really honored to work
with her and also Dzing, you know, to come up
this great exhibition for people to understand our design thinking.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
At the core of much of your design, at least
here at the show is a proprietary material called sarah lubinum.
This can only be found in AESUS computers. Could you
explain what this is and what is unique about this material?
Speaker 7 (13:30):
Yes, you know, I try to keep it simple and sure.
But then the technical term of the aluminum is called
peo plasma electric oxidation. Basically, you know, we put the
single piece of aluminum into the oxidation process and during
the process, you know, we use seven hundred voltage of
current to make it, and also during the process we
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add some of the ceramic elements into it. So that
the outcome. You know, it's just like its name. You know,
it's a minium plus ceramic, so it is as doable
and also light just like aluminum. At the same time,
when you touch and feel it, it's just as delicate
as a ceramic. So we want to bring the best
part of two world together and for the end user
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to carry around.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
All right, So this is already available on many of
your end books. It's also smudge and scratch free, and
you also have these exclusive color variants as well, which
is not using paint. From what I understand, how do
you achieve color without paint? Well through the depoxidation process
right correct?
Speaker 7 (14:34):
With the different level of control of the upsidation process,
then we can then try to find you in the
different level of colors. You know that you can see,
but it's really not easy. So for example, for the
aluminum special edition that just saw, there's four.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
Right, but then signature edition you unveiled here at the show.
Speaker 7 (14:54):
Yeah, yes, and and the process is really really it
took a lot of effort, in know, around one year
for our design center to really to try and experiment
all the possible process to come up with those colors.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Why is designed important?
Speaker 2 (15:11):
To a sus like you touched on, there's always been
so much focus on power or security. Now AI is
the big buzzword. Every computer company is saying, we are
that we have the smartest, the fastest laptops.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Why is designed important?
Speaker 7 (15:25):
Yeah, that's a very good question. But I think that
the question should be why not? Because come on, I
mean laptop, you know, it's it's a very very personal device,
right require personal computers, So it's it's supposed to be
very personal. It's something that no matter what is what
is your job or you know, what is your age,
it is something that you will carry around with you
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a lot of time, just like your phone.
Speaker 8 (15:49):
Just why not?
Speaker 7 (15:50):
So why don't we just make it prettier and also
to match your style?
Speaker 2 (15:55):
You know?
Speaker 7 (15:55):
I think that is also the part we cannot figure
out because we know that in these industry you know,
or some of our competitor they just don't focus on
this part of innovation, you know, for a long time.
But from our point of view, we just love it.
You know, it's supposed to be good looking, and over
the years, you know, we also try out some different materials,
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you know, to meet that purpose. Like decades ago, you know,
we have the bamboo edition. You know, we also try
out the bamboo material on the laptop and also now
to throw a luminum it's our and there is journey
you know in this exploration.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Yeah, and then finally in the Chinese market, you also
have PCs that have smell or sense.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
Please tell us a bit about that.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
That's also here in Milan, but I've seen it at
the Consumer Electronics show as well. Please explain to our
listeners how you've incorporated sense or aroma inside of these
computers or laptops.
Speaker 7 (16:54):
Because in asues in our design thinking philosophy, you know,
we want to really to under understand, you know, what
people may need, you know, even though it can be
a little bit niche you know, but just like like
I mentioned earlier, right then why not because I think
for this part of market, especially in Chinese for young female,
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there's a certain part of demographic you know, who pay
attention to the type of design details. So we were
brainstorming about then, in this very competitive market, then how
can we do a little bit more, you know, to
to to provide something special and something that no one
has tried before. So we came up with this idea
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and we we thought that, why don't we, you know,
try to integrate some of the fragrance, you know, onto
our laptop. You know, the idea, the concept of it
is actually easy, right, It's a simple idea.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Why not? All right?
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Gallup Fu, marketing director for as Who's Consumer PCs.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
Great to see you here in Milan, and I hope
you have a wonderful rest of your show. Thanks for
your time.
Speaker 7 (17:56):
Yeah, I think you might hope to see recent.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Laptops that are like oil diffusers who would have known
aces in China?
Speaker 3 (18:03):
Anyways? Very cool.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
When we return on tech it Out, we're going to
learn all about robotic lawnmowers with the leader in this category, Huskvarna.
Stick with us, We'll be right back with more check
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Welcome back to tech it Out. We cover cybersecurity a
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of your home, more and more homeowners today are investing
in a robotic lawnmower for outside your home. On what
separates Huskvarna from the pack and to tell us about
the all new husk Varna Automower IQ series, which just
debuted We're joined on the line by Chris Price. He's
senior robot engineering manager at husk Varna. Thanks for your time, Chris,
(20:03):
Thanks for having me Mark. I was at the husk
Varna headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina about two years ago.
It was awesome to see your facility there. So tell
us about husk Varna and it's fora into the robotic
mowing category thirty years ago, which I think a lot
of people would have a hard time believing it's been
that long.
Speaker 6 (20:22):
Yeah, people are often surprised by that. It's pretty cool
journey for us. Huskvarna has actually founded in sixteen eighty
nine in Sweden, so we've been around a very long time.
And over the years of the centuries really we've been around,
we've we've always been kind of a world leading manufacturer
of different types of innovative products, you know, ranging from
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all manner of things. You know, most recently are our
core focus is around outdoor power products, lawn and garden
park green space management, and that's kind of what led
us into robotic lawnmowers. In the nineties, you know, we
launched our first edition of the automower.
Speaker 8 (20:58):
I think it was nineteen ninety five, kind of.
Speaker 6 (21:00):
The first to enter this space and been the world
leader for a very long time, you know, kind of
always innovating with that in the robotic mower space. We
started out in the late nineties, and then I think
over the years we've seeing this massive growth of popularity
starting in Europe and now really starting to pick up
in North America.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
You've held onto that dominance as there's been more and
more competition, let's face it, you know, over the last
couple of years especially, so what would you say separates
husk Varna from the competition, And then let's pivot and
then talk about the new automower, which is your consumer
brand of husk Varna robot lawnmowers and the new IQ series.
Speaker 6 (21:37):
So we've been the world leader, like I said, for
thirty years. For a long time, the kind of core
technology was what we call this boundary wire system. And
so what that means, in a really short summary, is
that you've got to be able to tell the mower
where to go. You want to keep it on your grass,
you don't want it off mowing your flowerbeds, you don't
want it running into the road.
Speaker 8 (21:58):
And so for years what we did was we.
Speaker 6 (22:01):
Had a wire buried in the ground around the perimeter
of your grass. And this is a very reliable system,
was very elegant in its kind of technology level, required
very little processing power of the mowers, very little intelligence,
and it was very reliable to keep the mowers inside.
But the downsides of that were obviously that it's labor
intensive to put this.
Speaker 8 (22:19):
Wire in the ground.
Speaker 6 (22:19):
It means you have to have it in the ground,
which you know for different long care practices could be problematic.
That was a real barrier for a long time, I
think to grow the market at a really large rate.
And so the big innovation in the space came a
few years ago. We were the first company to launch
RTK based mowers at scale and so rtk's real time
(22:40):
kinematics is basically very high accurate satellite navigation based movement
and so E we call it our EPOS system. That's
our proprietary term for it. RTK is general technology. We
launched that twenty nineteen, twenty twenty. Our first models hit
the market globally and that really revolutionized the whole space
because it means that we no longer needed the wire
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in the ground to define the boundary.
Speaker 8 (23:02):
It's all done virtually, so.
Speaker 6 (23:04):
You map the whole area with the robot itself. It
saves it based on satellite positioning. And that also enabled
a lot of really cool features in the machines because
now we have two centimeters precise accuracy of where the
mower is. So previously the mower had GPS in it,
but it was really more for asset tracking.
Speaker 8 (23:21):
It was like your typical GPS that.
Speaker 6 (23:23):
Has you know, three to six foot a couple meter accuracy,
so you knew if somebody stole it, but it couldn't
tell a difference between your lawn and your flower bed.
And now we can, and so we can map out
things really precisely. And a huge benefit is we can
actually mow in systematic patterns, meaning we can mow stripes
with a very precise overlap across your yard, whereas we
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used to move randomly. The main benefit there is it's
obviously a much more efficient way to mow, but of
course now you have the added benefit of look that
everybody is always chasing in the yards as perfectly striped lines.
That is something that we rolled out a few years ago.
It is now pushing across our entire product lineup and
across the whole industry at large is moving this way
and so that's been a huge i would say catalyst
(24:05):
and the growth of robotic mowers over the last couple
of years.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
All Right, so no longer needing a perimeter wire or
boundary wire. You can now create patterns you want it
to have, like stripes like a baseball diamond, go for it.
Speaker 3 (24:18):
Really cool.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
And there's also the ability to handle multiple lawn shapes
and sizes and steep slopes and obstacles like flower beds
and garden gnomes. All so, I know Apartad does a
really good job with all those extra little things that
those details that some other robo lawnmower companies may overlook.
Speaker 6 (24:40):
Yeah, and that's one of the things that we get
with thirty years of experience is that we know everything
about the yard and you know what are the challenges
that robot faces. You know that even though now we
have all of this extra technology, the environment is still
the same, and so we really have a deep understanding
of what does it take to operate in these spaces
and what does it take to make a liable and
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durable machine that delivers the quality of cut that people
are looking for.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
Just to be clear, there's no bag like a lawnmower
that you would push manually, even if it's like a
you know, electric lawn mower. This cuts or trims the
grass and it leaves it on top to fertilize the lawn.
Even further, Is that fair, Like it just cuts the
top of it and you can adjust the height, but
it doesn't collect the grass in clippings that you have
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to then dispose of.
Speaker 6 (25:27):
Yeah, that's totally correct, and it's a very common question
we get.
Speaker 8 (25:31):
What I like to tell people is that what we
really call this.
Speaker 6 (25:34):
Is a maintenance mower more than a lawnmower. What that
means is that because it's a robot, because it's fully automated,
it charges itself, it runs on its own schedule. You
don't have to be responsible for telling it to go
out and cut. There's no real downside to it cutting
more frequently than you would normally if you were actually
doing it.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Yourself, even at night, because it's quiet, right, it's electric,
You can't hear it.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Like a gas based lawnmower. Your neighbors are not going
to like that at two in the morning. If it's
a gas spacebover.
Speaker 8 (26:01):
Yeah, and with this they'll never know more.
Speaker 2 (26:03):
With Huskvarna. When we return, we are learning about the
new IQ series, the automower IQ series of robotic lawnmowers.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
And what's new.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
We'll continue learning about its new features, how it stacks
up against the competition.
Speaker 3 (26:17):
So stick with us. We'll be right back with more.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
Check it out, breaking down GeekSpeak into street speak. Check
it out. Closted by Mark Saltzman.
Speaker 2 (26:35):
Welcome back everyone, you're listening to check it out if
you're just joining us now, I'm chatting with Chris Price,
senior robotics engineering manager at Huskvarna.
Speaker 3 (26:44):
We're learning all about the four hundred.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
Year old company's latest automobile IQ series. So these are
robotic lawnmowers that will autonomously cut your grass for you
wire free, no longer needing that ground wire or perimeter
wire to be installed under your line. It does its
thing via GPS. We're learning how it can handle steep slopes,
large properties, and just before the break, Chris was telling
(27:08):
us how because it's electric, it can even run at night.
It's super quiet, and so Chris, what does that mean?
Speaker 3 (27:14):
Exactly?
Speaker 6 (27:15):
What that means is that we can run as often
as we need to, and generally with the automobi line,
we say, you know, it should run a few times
a week. And the main benefit there is, obviously you
have you know, a your lawn is always cut. So
that's the beautiful thing about this is that you don't
have where Okay, you mill your law on Saturday morning.
It looks awesome on Saturday and Sunday, and then as
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the week goes on it gets longer.
Speaker 8 (27:37):
We actually kind.
Speaker 6 (27:39):
Of continually run and depending on which type of grass
you are, where you are in the world, what kind
of climate you have, you know, to kind of dictate
how often you need to mow, and of course how
big the area is. But generally we have people running
these minimum three days a week up to seven days
a week, and that is what leads to the fact
that we don't need to collect because you're never really leaving.
Speaker 8 (28:00):
You've never really taken off that much of the grass.
Speaker 6 (28:02):
You know, it's always an eighthivid inch, a couple of
millimeters however you want to say it, like you say
that drops into the ground, those small clippings actually dissolve
and return the nutrients to the soil very quickly. You know,
it's the same concept you get from a mulching system
on a typical lawnmower, but we call this like micro mulching,
right because it's it's such a you know, frequent and
small amount of clippings. And the main you know, great
(28:25):
benefit of that is that's it's not very stressful on
the grass. Like when you go and you only mow
every seven to ten days, you know, you you're taking
off a lot of organic material from a living thing
and it can be stressful for it. And so this
is actually giving nutrients back and fertilized constantly and also
not stressing it as much.
Speaker 2 (28:43):
Yeah, I remember learning about that at Huskvarna HQ in
Charlotte tell us a bit about the app.
Speaker 3 (28:48):
It is called the husk.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
Varna Automo or IQ, so it suggests intelligence, so you
can just set it and forget it, but you can
also use your smartphone or a smart speaker to control
it too, if that's correct.
Speaker 6 (29:01):
So the app that we use the interface with the
IQ series and with all of the automowers, it's called
the automor Connect app, and it is you know, it's
really part of the product. This isn't kind of a
companion app or anything like that. It is your main
interface with the machine. And especially now that we have
our EPOS technology, this this boundary wire free. Now the
(29:23):
virtual setup process is all done through your app, and
so that's the main functionality of it, is this initial
setup and install and then of course any modifications you
want to make along the way. So let's say when
you first map it, you have something in your yard,
you know, you have a flower bed or something, and
then you get rid of it later in the map.
You can go in and edit it on your phone
and you can just get rid of it. You know,
(29:44):
you can delete that area when you're ready to mow
it again, or vice versa. But of course, you know
this is your interface to the machine. To set the schedule,
to set the cut height. You know, you have complete
control over the machine from anywhere. So all of our
IQ series is has cellular connectivity and Wi Fi. So
if you know you are far away from the machine
(30:05):
and the machine's far from your house doesn't have Wi Fi,
it still has cellular connectivity. So if let's say you
know you have somebody coming over, you have a contractor
coming over, you want to park the machine, and it's
out mowing, whip out your phone, you say go ahead
and park, or you're out, you know, like hey, I
want to make sure my lawn's cut. I got friends
coming over tonight, or I just want to start the
mower so they can see it. You can from anywhere
in the world. You can go ahead and start it up,
(30:25):
and then you can interface, like you say with the
smart home systems. You can set it to you can
have your whatever smart home system of choice. You say, hey, Automo,
or start monding my lawn or pausey Automo or stuff
like that, and so it is really connected device top
to bottom.
Speaker 3 (30:39):
All right.
Speaker 2 (30:39):
You know, there's so much we didn't even get to,
but I know the website Huskvarna dot com has a
lot more things like the safety features that are baked in,
the fact that it's weather proof, it can operate in
the rain, how big of a property it can handle.
Speaker 3 (30:53):
I know with the IQ.
Speaker 2 (30:54):
Series it could be up to two acres, which is awesome.
And of course there's some attachments and optional accessories that
you can go with.
Speaker 3 (31:00):
It's all at Huskvarna dot com.
Speaker 8 (31:03):
Yep, that'll get you where you need to go.
Speaker 2 (31:04):
All right, again, it's the Huskvarna Automower IQ series brand
new debut in April. We've been chatting with Chris Price.
Thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 3 (31:13):
Chris.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
Congrats on the launch of the Automobile IQ series and
continued success with this what almost four hundred year old company.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
Thanks again, Thanks Mark.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
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SanDisk dot com slash creator. Coming up next on tech
it Out, we talk with tech lifestyle expert Mario Armstrong
about a new Adobe AI feature that will not only
break down a contract for you in plain English, but
summarize it for you so you know what you're signing. Now,
that sounds handy. More check it out coming right up
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after this shortbreak.
Speaker 1 (33:11):
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to check it out whenever you want.
Speaker 3 (33:27):
Have you ever skipped reading a contract's fine print? Well,
most of us have.
Speaker 2 (33:31):
Even if you did take the time to read it,
chances are you didn't understand the legalese anyway. A new
survey by Adobe reveals that nearly seventy percent of us
signed contracts without knowing what's inside.
Speaker 3 (33:43):
But there's help.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
Adobe announced new intelligent contract capabilities in Acrobat AI Assistant,
which uses the power of artificial intelligence to summarize, simplify,
and highlight key details in your contracts to break it
all down for us. We're joined on the line by
Didit A Lifestyle expert Mario Armstrong. Hey, Mario, thanks for
your time today. Please tell us how this works.
Speaker 10 (34:05):
Well, look, man, thanks first off, Mark for having me
on the show. I really appreciate it and I'm excited
to be working with Adobe on this announcement. So how
this works is contract intelligence in AI Assistant. It really
does simplify contracts. I use this myself, and what it
does is it can give you a quick overview, It
can answer your questions, it can simplify tricky legal terms,
and you can even compare different versions of contracts. You
(34:28):
can spot like important details, things that you may not
normally catch that would save you time and potential surprises.
And it also includes a citation, so like if you
see a citation, you can then click on that to
go deeper into the agreement or the contract where that
is to verify the response or dig in to read more.
Speaker 9 (34:45):
It's kind of like having this personal assistant.
Speaker 10 (34:47):
That helps you understand and simplify your everyday contracts.
Speaker 2 (34:51):
All right, So Adobe Acrobat as the software, an AI
assistant is a feature within it.
Speaker 3 (34:57):
And who would you say then could benefit from this
primary I.
Speaker 9 (35:00):
Mean, honestly, just about anyone talked about this.
Speaker 10 (35:02):
Seventy percent of people sign contracts without fully understanding them,
but get this marked. Most are caught off guard by
the terms after signing.
Speaker 5 (35:11):
Now.
Speaker 9 (35:12):
I don't know about you, but I'm gonna be honest,
that's me.
Speaker 10 (35:14):
Like, there have been plenty of times when I've signed
some things and then I thought about it after the fact, right,
So these new capabilities are perfect for people who really
want to save time or feel more confident about what
they're actually signing.
Speaker 9 (35:27):
Now, I want to caution people, this isn't something.
Speaker 10 (35:28):
That will replace an attorney, but it's perfect for everyday
things like for example, right at the top of the
new year, a lot of people are signing up for
gym memberships they want to get fit, or maybe they're
signing up for a new cell phone plan for the family.
Speaker 9 (35:42):
Those kinds of agreements, they're long.
Speaker 10 (35:44):
They can be complicated. Who feels like reading all that stuff?
With the new contract intelligence, you can quickly spot those
hard to find details, things like initiation and cancelation fees.
Speaker 9 (35:54):
Or like when's the renewal coming up for this? What
are my renewal terms?
Speaker 10 (35:57):
And plus one of the things I really like too
is that you can compare the contracts. So maybe you're
looking at different gyms and you're debating on which one
to go with, or different wireless carriers to figure out
which one is best for you and your family. The
fact that you can compare contracts is something that I've
never seen before. And even if you're doing bigger investments
like buying a car, you could compare financing contracts from
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different dealerships and flag extra charges like warranties or service
ad ons. And if you're looking to buy home, mortgages
or loan agreements, those things are long, lots of pages,
and it can clarify the interest rates, the payment schedules,
the penalties.
Speaker 9 (36:33):
Which would really just help you avoid surprises.
Speaker 10 (36:35):
My biggest thing, I say, maybe two things that I
really like after I was using it was I love
the one click summaries just summarize the whole thing for me,
and then I love the easy comparisons.
Speaker 9 (36:45):
Those were my two foo.
Speaker 3 (36:46):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (36:47):
It sounds like there's a lot of applications for this.
I did think of wireless carriers as I was introducing
this topic with you, but yeah, so many others buying
a home. I mean, really our work contracts that we
have Mario, you know with our clients.
Speaker 9 (36:59):
Yep.
Speaker 10 (36:59):
I mean I was even looking at proposals, so I
was looking at vendors to hire. So maybe you're having
a wedding and you're looking at vendor agreements. So so
many different reasons why you could say, let me compare
this and let me look at the fine print, and
have this really help me be able to do this.
Speaker 2 (37:15):
We're learning about the new intelligent contract capabilities in Acrobat.
This is a popular piece of software from Adobe Digital
lifestyle expert Mario Armstrong is explaining it to us, and
this kind of begs the question though, I love that
it can parse through the data and it can give
you summaries and simplify all this legalies and all that,
but what about the data itself? What about the security
(37:37):
and privacy? These could be confidential contracts, for example, what's
being done with this information?
Speaker 10 (37:42):
Yeah, I'm glad you brought this up because obviously this
is going to be paramount and security and privacy are
non negotiable for Adobe. Your data stays fully protected and
it's never used to train their AI models, which is great.
Speaker 3 (37:55):
All right, Mario, So how can people get started?
Speaker 2 (37:57):
So if they already have Adobe Acrobat, as I have it,
for example, installed on my computer, this AI assistant, is
it something that you have to download on.
Speaker 3 (38:04):
Top of this software or is it already built in?
Speaker 10 (38:07):
Yeah, it was already built in when I'd use Acrobat,
It's already there. So if you really want to understand
how to verify information in your contracts faster and easier,
all you got to do is go to Adobe dot
com slash Acrobat.
Speaker 2 (38:20):
All right, Adobe dot com slash Acrobat. Mario, always great
to chat with you. Thanks so much for breaking this
all down for us.
Speaker 9 (38:26):
Yeah, thanks for having me Mark. I hope this helps
a lot of people.
Speaker 2 (38:29):
I suspect it will. Thanks Mario, all right, and thank
you to you. Check it out listeners across the country
for tuning in, whether it's on your local.
Speaker 3 (38:38):
Talk radio station or in podcast form. I'm thrilled to have.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
You along hopefully each and every week as we do this,
and we will return next week with brand new interviews
and content.
Speaker 3 (38:48):
But signing up from Italy in Milan, I'm Mark Saltzman.
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Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the ever changing world
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for every listener, Mark tackles the latest news, reviews, and
how toos to help you understand what's hot, what's not
(00:22):
and why.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Hey everyone, welcome to check it Out. Episode three eighty nine.
I hope you're all doing great today and choo from Italy.
I'm here in Milan for Design Week this year, focusing
on the theme of Mondi Konesse or Connected Worlds, featuring
collaborations between design leaders and fashion brands, architects and furniture companies.
(00:47):
Really interesting, really cool stuff. But technology also proved to
be a pillar at this year's Design Week, the sixty
third annual event. In fact, it shined a light on
the convergence of digital and physical experiences, including global tech
companies that were showing off their wares at various events
and installations across the northern Italian metropolis. A Sus, a
(01:11):
global computer manufacturer best known for its zen Book laptops,
was a key exhibitor here hosting a showcase called Design
You Can Feel at Galleria Meravigli. It's a historic, century
old gallery in the heart of the city. And so
to kick off today's tech it Out, I'll chat with
a designer and engineer and founder of a UK based
(01:33):
studio called Eni. Her name is Nasia Iglesias and she
worked with a SUS to create an installation that is
super cool. Hard to do a justice with a radio
show or podcast, but we'll do our best to describe
this installation. And after a quick chat with Nasia, we're
going to talk with gallup Fu from a SEUs to
chat about Design Week again. Asus's en book laptops were
(01:57):
an inspiration for this installation, and these laptops have a
proprietary material called Sarah aluminum, and we're going to chat
about that, as well as some laptops that emit fragrances
into the air, kind of like an oil diffuser wild stuff.
Also on tech it Out today, we'll learn about Huskavarna's
latest robotic lawnmowers called the IQ series, and tech expert
(02:20):
Mario Armstrong will join us to chat about Adobe AI
and how it can help you understand contracts summarize them
for you, and a lot more very cool stuff.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
All of this and more on an all new.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Tech it out powered by Visa. Securing the world's payments
is priority one. I'll tell you more about Visa's anti
fraud efforts shortly, but let's officially kick off a brand
new show with our first interview. All right, So I
wanted to start today's tech it Out with an interview
with designer and engineer Nasia I Glessis. She's the one
who created Willful Wonder, that huge installation at Milan's Design
(02:57):
Week with her UK based company called Studio Inny, and
it was inspired by Asus zen Book laptops, known for
its innovative lightweight design and proprietary Sarah aluminum material to
create a to create a very cool, almost living sculpture.
It kind of looked like a narrow catwalk and when
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you walk down at these silver like blades or wings
open up to let you pass, and they kind of
curve to your body closely. As you walk past them.
You can touch those wings as well, made with Sarah aluminum,
that same again hybrid of ceramic and aluminum found in laptops.
And when you're finished walking down this installation, an AI
generated video is created based on how you interacted with
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this living sculpture as you walk down its spine. Really surreal.
And so here's a quick chat with Nazia from studio
inny while in Milan to chat about her project with Asus.
So Nazia, this is a beautiful exhibit. Is this the
first time you've collaborated with a technology company, a computer
company and what was the impetus for this collaboration.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
Well, we shared a lot of common values in wanting
to innovate in how we craft with materials to create
very unique experiences. In my practice, I basically use technology
in a way of what I call creating an embodied
intelligence and intelligence which is embodied in the material. It's
(04:24):
embodied in the structure to create a new experience in
our physical reality. It feels very analog, but the technology
is really embedded in how the materials have been crafted.
And in a similar way, Asis with a seb aluminum
which they innovated on aluminum to ceramicize it, how they
blended in the design.
Speaker 5 (04:43):
Of their product.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
It brought all those elements to coincide and how they
consider and work with eartficial intelligence computation and in a
way that then is manifested in a very experiential manner.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Was overlap or and what emotions were you looking to
evoke from.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Participants or even spectators.
Speaker 5 (05:05):
Well, there's an element of surprise.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
You have complete agency of what is happening. It's all
emanating from your body. There's a seamless connection between the
human and its physical environment. But also a notion of
this a very sin soil notion and the tactility of
touching this so aluminum.
Speaker 5 (05:25):
But in the visual element of.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
This duality between the public space and the private. So
in a way, it's an amplifier of your presence. Once
you walk through, it's almost like a megaphont in your presence,
but when you're within it, you feel very concealed and
within a cocoon. So I think we all live through
this experience of between the private and the public, the
reflective and the willingness to connect, and we're playfully This
(05:52):
physically basically manipulates a fabric of the architecture of the
space to wander between those two states, and the galleria
metavically is means Galleria Wanda.
Speaker 5 (06:06):
Hence the peace wild for wonder as well.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Is it a coincidence that it's design Week and part
of the installation feels or looks like a catwalk.
Speaker 5 (06:18):
Well, it isn't it is? It was, It was not intentional.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
There is a corridor catwalk like to it.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
I think the.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Intention is more this sense first of all working with
the symmetry of the space itself because it's created for
the space, but also the sense that you are creating
your opening up the path for yourself.
Speaker 5 (06:44):
You're creating space where there isn't space.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
It's almost like a metamorphosis, if I may, Yes, yes,
it is. It is, and it almost to feel it's
so close to your body and and it's now way
and you're opening it up to feel almost like an extraskeleton,
an extension of the human body, and sort of thinking
about architecture more as really an extension of ourselves and
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something that's imposed and we need to fit into.
Speaker 6 (07:11):
I like that.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Thank you so much for your time. Wonderful to meet you,
chat with you.
Speaker 5 (07:14):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Next up on check it Out, I chatted with gallup Fu.
He is the marketing director for a SEUs globally when
it comes to consumer PCs, and I also spoke with
him at Milan's Design Week in the back area of
this gallery where this installation that you just heard about was.
And so without further ado, here is more about this
(07:38):
artistic piece, what's new in laptops and the importance of
design in computing.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
So I'm here with gallup Fu.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
He is marketing director for Asus Consumer PCs. Pleasure to
see you here at Milan. This is a wonderful event
you're hosting.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
How are you.
Speaker 7 (07:52):
Oh, I'm good, Thank you, Mark. Great to see you again.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Likewise, Yeah, it's been about nine months since I saw
you in Berlin at IFA. So let's talk about this
a bit and then how it's tied to asues.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
So what are we doing here at this gallery.
Speaker 7 (08:05):
Yeah, so we're having our design you can Feel Word
two in Milano. So we started this World two since
last September in London. Now we bring the exhibition with
a lot of new elements, especially the installation by Studio
in Me. That's the spotlight of the show which you
just saw. So that's something new that we bring to
(08:26):
Milan least time, so the designer can feel exhibition it's
all about to explore and to explain our philosophy in design,
especially in technology design area. So because over the past years, right,
people know that asues you know, we are a great
PC manufacturer from motherboard, from monitor, from gaming PC to laptop.
(08:51):
Over the year we've been telling people and try to
explain to people how we make our product, right, But
then a lot of media and also a lot of
community they also rose the question about, you know, how
we design our product, especially how we design you know,
specifically laptop product because for them, for most of the people,
(09:13):
actually this is the area that they normally you know,
cannot access this type of information easily. That's the I
think that's our initial inspiration and motivations to start this
Design can Field World two really to showcase in a way,
you know that people can really not only touch you know,
(09:34):
BONI can see Boney, can hear or even smell, and
to really understand the process and also the design philosophy
of our age design thinking.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
All right, So it's called design you can feel. That's
the name of the campaign if you will, or this
art exhibit here at this gallery in central Milan in
partnership with a London, UK based design.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Studio called the Studio Idy.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
You've mission this interactive and multisensory exhibit. Because this is
radio or podcast, can you explain what we're seeing. It
takes place inside a long gallery. It is almost like
a cat walk, if you will, like you would see
at a design or fashion show, but it has these
wigs that move with the body.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Please explain.
Speaker 7 (10:21):
Well, it's really difficult for me to do this through
through words. But then I think the initial inspiration is
from Mimosa the planet, and the inspiration of Imoza is
also part of our inspiration of zen and also zen
Book because for zen Book it's a very delicate design machine.
(10:42):
And also when it comes to privacy, you know, for
a personal computer, it's also important. Mimosa is like you know,
when you touch the mimosa close, it clows.
Speaker 8 (10:52):
Up like that.
Speaker 7 (10:52):
Right, So we discussed with Studio any Nazia, you know,
and how to integrate this type of concept, you know,
into her artwork. Then she came out with these masterpiece
you know, which we were I mean just simply wow wow.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Indeed, if you're online, do a search for a SUS
which is as US Milan Design Week and you're going
to be able to see this installation or with gallup
fou from a sus when we returned on tech it Out, stay.
Speaker 9 (11:22):
With us listen to check it out.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
Whenever you want to find the check it Out podcast,
did I too, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Welcome back to check it Out.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
I'm here in Milan in northern Italy at Design Week,
sitting down with Gallup. Fou He is with Asus, a
renowned computer company. They were the inspiration behind an artistic
installation at a gallery here for Design Week, created by
Studio Any in the UK. The event is called Design
you Can Feel, and the installation itself is called Willful
(12:05):
Wonder and it's kind of like a catwalk that you
can walk down, but there are these wings or blades
that open up as you walk past and then almost
hug your body as you walk past them, and then
they close behind you. It's really magical. And before the
break we heard from Nasia, the designer on this piece.
(12:25):
And now we've pivoted and we were chatting with Gallop
about the connection to computers in this material called Sarah
Aluminum that blends ceramic and aluminum. So let's continue that
chat with Gallup in Milan.
Speaker 7 (12:37):
If you look at not only the sea away and
also the overall shape of the installation, but also the
details of the of the design of the installation is
actually it's just a craftsmanship of mechanical engineering, you know,
just like our laptop. So we feel that with that installation,
you know, it's a great way for people to really
(12:58):
experience the type of Zen design and also Zen philosophy
just through the installation. So we feel that it's a
great partnership and we are really really honored to work
with her and also Dzing, you know, to come up
this great exhibition for people to understand our design thinking.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
At the core of much of your design, at least
here at the show is a proprietary material called sarah lubinum.
This can only be found in AESUS computers. Could you
explain what this is and what is unique about this material?
Speaker 7 (13:30):
Yes, you know, I try to keep it simple and sure.
But then the technical term of the aluminum is called
peo plasma electric oxidation. Basically, you know, we put the
single piece of aluminum into the oxidation process and during
the process, you know, we use seven hundred voltage of
current to make it, and also during the process we
(13:53):
add some of the ceramic elements into it. So that
the outcome. You know, it's just like its name. You know,
it's a minium plus ceramic, so it is as doable
and also light just like aluminum. At the same time,
when you touch and feel it, it's just as delicate
as a ceramic. So we want to bring the best
part of two world together and for the end user
(14:15):
to carry around.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
All right, So this is already available on many of
your end books. It's also smudge and scratch free, and
you also have these exclusive color variants as well, which
is not using paint. From what I understand, how do
you achieve color without paint? Well through the depoxidation process
right correct?
Speaker 7 (14:34):
With the different level of control of the upsidation process,
then we can then try to find you in the
different level of colors. You know that you can see,
but it's really not easy. So for example, for the
aluminum special edition that just saw, there's four.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
Right, but then signature edition you unveiled here at the show.
Speaker 7 (14:54):
Yeah, yes, and and the process is really really it
took a lot of effort, in know, around one year
for our design center to really to try and experiment
all the possible process to come up with those colors.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Why is designed important?
Speaker 2 (15:11):
To a sus like you touched on, there's always been
so much focus on power or security. Now AI is
the big buzzword. Every computer company is saying, we are
that we have the smartest, the fastest laptops.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Why is designed important?
Speaker 7 (15:25):
Yeah, that's a very good question. But I think that
the question should be why not? Because come on, I
mean laptop, you know, it's it's a very very personal device,
right require personal computers, So it's it's supposed to be
very personal. It's something that no matter what is what
is your job or you know, what is your age,
it is something that you will carry around with you
(15:47):
a lot of time, just like your phone.
Speaker 8 (15:49):
Just why not?
Speaker 7 (15:50):
So why don't we just make it prettier and also
to match your style?
Speaker 2 (15:55):
You know?
Speaker 7 (15:55):
I think that is also the part we cannot figure
out because we know that in these industry you know,
or some of our competitor they just don't focus on
this part of innovation, you know, for a long time.
But from our point of view, we just love it.
You know, it's supposed to be good looking, and over
the years, you know, we also try out some different materials,
(16:19):
you know, to meet that purpose. Like decades ago, you know,
we have the bamboo edition. You know, we also try
out the bamboo material on the laptop and also now
to throw a luminum it's our and there is journey
you know in this exploration.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Yeah, and then finally in the Chinese market, you also
have PCs that have smell or sense.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
Please tell us a bit about that.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
That's also here in Milan, but I've seen it at
the Consumer Electronics show as well. Please explain to our
listeners how you've incorporated sense or aroma inside of these
computers or laptops.
Speaker 7 (16:54):
Because in asues in our design thinking philosophy, you know,
we want to really to under understand, you know, what
people may need, you know, even though it can be
a little bit niche you know, but just like like
I mentioned earlier, right then why not because I think
for this part of market, especially in Chinese for young female,
(17:15):
there's a certain part of demographic you know, who pay
attention to the type of design details. So we were
brainstorming about then, in this very competitive market, then how
can we do a little bit more, you know, to
to to provide something special and something that no one
has tried before. So we came up with this idea
(17:36):
and we we thought that, why don't we, you know,
try to integrate some of the fragrance, you know, onto
our laptop. You know, the idea, the concept of it
is actually easy, right, It's a simple idea.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Why not? All right?
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Gallup Fu, marketing director for as Who's Consumer PCs.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
Great to see you here in Milan, and I hope
you have a wonderful rest of your show. Thanks for
your time.
Speaker 7 (17:56):
Yeah, I think you might hope to see recent.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Laptops that are like oil diffusers who would have known
aces in China?
Speaker 3 (18:03):
Anyways? Very cool.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
When we return on tech it Out, we're going to
learn all about robotic lawnmowers with the leader in this category, Huskvarna.
Stick with us, We'll be right back with more check
it out.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
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of your home, more and more homeowners today are investing
in a robotic lawnmower for outside your home. On what
separates Huskvarna from the pack and to tell us about
the all new husk Varna Automower IQ series, which just
debuted We're joined on the line by Chris Price. He's
senior robot engineering manager at husk Varna. Thanks for your time, Chris,
(20:03):
Thanks for having me Mark. I was at the husk
Varna headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina about two years ago.
It was awesome to see your facility there. So tell
us about husk Varna and it's fora into the robotic
mowing category thirty years ago, which I think a lot
of people would have a hard time believing it's been
that long.
Speaker 6 (20:22):
Yeah, people are often surprised by that. It's pretty cool
journey for us. Huskvarna has actually founded in sixteen eighty
nine in Sweden, so we've been around a very long time.
And over the years of the centuries really we've been around,
we've we've always been kind of a world leading manufacturer
of different types of innovative products, you know, ranging from
(20:43):
all manner of things. You know, most recently are our
core focus is around outdoor power products, lawn and garden
park green space management, and that's kind of what led
us into robotic lawnmowers. In the nineties, you know, we
launched our first edition of the automower.
Speaker 8 (20:58):
I think it was nineteen ninety five, kind of.
Speaker 6 (21:00):
The first to enter this space and been the world
leader for a very long time, you know, kind of
always innovating with that in the robotic mower space. We
started out in the late nineties, and then I think
over the years we've seeing this massive growth of popularity
starting in Europe and now really starting to pick up
in North America.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
You've held onto that dominance as there's been more and
more competition, let's face it, you know, over the last
couple of years especially, so what would you say separates
husk Varna from the competition, And then let's pivot and
then talk about the new automower, which is your consumer
brand of husk Varna robot lawnmowers and the new IQ series.
Speaker 6 (21:37):
So we've been the world leader, like I said, for
thirty years. For a long time, the kind of core
technology was what we call this boundary wire system. And
so what that means, in a really short summary, is
that you've got to be able to tell the mower
where to go. You want to keep it on your grass,
you don't want it off mowing your flowerbeds, you don't
want it running into the road.
Speaker 8 (21:58):
And so for years what we did was we.
Speaker 6 (22:01):
Had a wire buried in the ground around the perimeter
of your grass. And this is a very reliable system,
was very elegant in its kind of technology level, required
very little processing power of the mowers, very little intelligence,
and it was very reliable to keep the mowers inside.
But the downsides of that were obviously that it's labor
intensive to put this.
Speaker 8 (22:19):
Wire in the ground.
Speaker 6 (22:19):
It means you have to have it in the ground,
which you know for different long care practices could be problematic.
That was a real barrier for a long time, I
think to grow the market at a really large rate.
And so the big innovation in the space came a
few years ago. We were the first company to launch
RTK based mowers at scale and so rtk's real time
(22:40):
kinematics is basically very high accurate satellite navigation based movement
and so E we call it our EPOS system. That's
our proprietary term for it. RTK is general technology. We
launched that twenty nineteen, twenty twenty. Our first models hit
the market globally and that really revolutionized the whole space
because it means that we no longer needed the wire
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in the ground to define the boundary.
Speaker 8 (23:02):
It's all done virtually, so.
Speaker 6 (23:04):
You map the whole area with the robot itself. It
saves it based on satellite positioning. And that also enabled
a lot of really cool features in the machines because
now we have two centimeters precise accuracy of where the
mower is. So previously the mower had GPS in it,
but it was really more for asset tracking.
Speaker 8 (23:21):
It was like your typical GPS that.
Speaker 6 (23:23):
Has you know, three to six foot a couple meter accuracy,
so you knew if somebody stole it, but it couldn't
tell a difference between your lawn and your flower bed.
And now we can, and so we can map out
things really precisely. And a huge benefit is we can
actually mow in systematic patterns, meaning we can mow stripes
with a very precise overlap across your yard, whereas we
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used to move randomly. The main benefit there is it's
obviously a much more efficient way to mow, but of
course now you have the added benefit of look that
everybody is always chasing in the yards as perfectly striped lines.
That is something that we rolled out a few years ago.
It is now pushing across our entire product lineup and
across the whole industry at large is moving this way
and so that's been a huge i would say catalyst
(24:05):
and the growth of robotic mowers over the last couple
of years.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
All Right, so no longer needing a perimeter wire or
boundary wire. You can now create patterns you want it
to have, like stripes like a baseball diamond, go for it.
Speaker 3 (24:18):
Really cool.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
And there's also the ability to handle multiple lawn shapes
and sizes and steep slopes and obstacles like flower beds
and garden gnomes. All so, I know Apartad does a
really good job with all those extra little things that
those details that some other robo lawnmower companies may overlook.
Speaker 6 (24:40):
Yeah, and that's one of the things that we get
with thirty years of experience is that we know everything
about the yard and you know what are the challenges
that robot faces. You know that even though now we
have all of this extra technology, the environment is still
the same, and so we really have a deep understanding
of what does it take to operate in these spaces
and what does it take to make a liable and
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durable machine that delivers the quality of cut that people
are looking for.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
Just to be clear, there's no bag like a lawnmower
that you would push manually, even if it's like a
you know, electric lawn mower. This cuts or trims the
grass and it leaves it on top to fertilize the lawn.
Even further, Is that fair, Like it just cuts the
top of it and you can adjust the height, but
it doesn't collect the grass in clippings that you have
(25:25):
to then dispose of.
Speaker 6 (25:27):
Yeah, that's totally correct, and it's a very common question
we get.
Speaker 8 (25:31):
What I like to tell people is that what we
really call this.
Speaker 6 (25:34):
Is a maintenance mower more than a lawnmower. What that
means is that because it's a robot, because it's fully automated,
it charges itself, it runs on its own schedule. You
don't have to be responsible for telling it to go
out and cut. There's no real downside to it cutting
more frequently than you would normally if you were actually
doing it.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Yourself, even at night, because it's quiet, right, it's electric,
You can't hear it.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Like a gas based lawnmower. Your neighbors are not going
to like that at two in the morning. If it's
a gas spacebover.
Speaker 8 (26:01):
Yeah, and with this they'll never know more.
Speaker 2 (26:03):
With Huskvarna. When we return, we are learning about the
new IQ series, the automower IQ series of robotic lawnmowers.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
And what's new.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
We'll continue learning about its new features, how it stacks
up against the competition.
Speaker 3 (26:17):
So stick with us. We'll be right back with more.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
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Speaker 2 (26:35):
Welcome back everyone, you're listening to check it out if
you're just joining us now, I'm chatting with Chris Price,
senior robotics engineering manager at Huskvarna.
Speaker 3 (26:44):
We're learning all about the four hundred.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
Year old company's latest automobile IQ series. So these are
robotic lawnmowers that will autonomously cut your grass for you
wire free, no longer needing that ground wire or perimeter
wire to be installed under your line. It does its
thing via GPS. We're learning how it can handle steep slopes,
large properties, and just before the break, Chris was telling
(27:08):
us how because it's electric, it can even run at night.
It's super quiet, and so Chris, what does that mean?
Speaker 3 (27:14):
Exactly?
Speaker 6 (27:15):
What that means is that we can run as often
as we need to, and generally with the automobi line,
we say, you know, it should run a few times
a week. And the main benefit there is, obviously you
have you know, a your lawn is always cut. So
that's the beautiful thing about this is that you don't
have where Okay, you mill your law on Saturday morning.
It looks awesome on Saturday and Sunday, and then as
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the week goes on it gets longer.
Speaker 8 (27:37):
We actually kind.
Speaker 6 (27:39):
Of continually run and depending on which type of grass
you are, where you are in the world, what kind
of climate you have, you know, to kind of dictate
how often you need to mow, and of course how
big the area is. But generally we have people running
these minimum three days a week up to seven days
a week, and that is what leads to the fact
that we don't need to collect because you're never really leaving.
Speaker 8 (28:00):
You've never really taken off that much of the grass.
Speaker 6 (28:02):
You know, it's always an eighthivid inch, a couple of
millimeters however you want to say it, like you say
that drops into the ground, those small clippings actually dissolve
and return the nutrients to the soil very quickly. You know,
it's the same concept you get from a mulching system
on a typical lawnmower, but we call this like micro mulching,
right because it's it's such a you know, frequent and
small amount of clippings. And the main you know, great
(28:25):
benefit of that is that's it's not very stressful on
the grass. Like when you go and you only mow
every seven to ten days, you know, you you're taking
off a lot of organic material from a living thing
and it can be stressful for it. And so this
is actually giving nutrients back and fertilized constantly and also
not stressing it as much.
Speaker 2 (28:43):
Yeah, I remember learning about that at Huskvarna HQ in
Charlotte tell us a bit about the app.
Speaker 3 (28:48):
It is called the husk.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
Varna Automo or IQ, so it suggests intelligence, so you
can just set it and forget it, but you can
also use your smartphone or a smart speaker to control
it too, if that's correct.
Speaker 6 (29:01):
So the app that we use the interface with the
IQ series and with all of the automowers, it's called
the automor Connect app, and it is you know, it's
really part of the product. This isn't kind of a
companion app or anything like that. It is your main
interface with the machine. And especially now that we have
our EPOS technology, this this boundary wire free. Now the
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virtual setup process is all done through your app, and
so that's the main functionality of it, is this initial
setup and install and then of course any modifications you
want to make along the way. So let's say when
you first map it, you have something in your yard,
you know, you have a flower bed or something, and
then you get rid of it later in the map.
You can go in and edit it on your phone
and you can just get rid of it. You know,
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you can delete that area when you're ready to mow
it again, or vice versa. But of course, you know
this is your interface to the machine. To set the schedule,
to set the cut height. You know, you have complete
control over the machine from anywhere. So all of our
IQ series is has cellular connectivity and Wi Fi. So
if you know you are far away from the machine
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and the machine's far from your house doesn't have Wi Fi,
it still has cellular connectivity. So if let's say you
know you have somebody coming over, you have a contractor
coming over, you want to park the machine, and it's
out mowing, whip out your phone, you say go ahead
and park, or you're out, you know, like hey, I
want to make sure my lawn's cut. I got friends
coming over tonight, or I just want to start the
mower so they can see it. You can from anywhere
in the world. You can go ahead and start it up,
(30:25):
and then you can interface, like you say with the
smart home systems. You can set it to you can
have your whatever smart home system of choice. You say, hey, Automo,
or start monding my lawn or pausey Automo or stuff
like that, and so it is really connected device top
to bottom.
Speaker 3 (30:39):
All right.
Speaker 2 (30:39):
You know, there's so much we didn't even get to,
but I know the website Huskvarna dot com has a
lot more things like the safety features that are baked in,
the fact that it's weather proof, it can operate in
the rain, how big of a property it can handle.
Speaker 3 (30:53):
I know with the IQ.
Speaker 2 (30:54):
Series it could be up to two acres, which is awesome.
And of course there's some attachments and optional accessories that
you can go with.
Speaker 3 (31:00):
It's all at Huskvarna dot com.
Speaker 8 (31:03):
Yep, that'll get you where you need to go.
Speaker 2 (31:04):
All right, again, it's the Huskvarna Automower IQ series brand
new debut in April. We've been chatting with Chris Price.
Thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 3 (31:13):
Chris.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
Congrats on the launch of the Automobile IQ series and
continued success with this what almost four hundred year old company.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
Thanks again, Thanks Mark.
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SanDisk dot com slash creator. Coming up next on tech
it Out, we talk with tech lifestyle expert Mario Armstrong
about a new Adobe AI feature that will not only
break down a contract for you in plain English, but
summarize it for you so you know what you're signing. Now,
that sounds handy. More check it out coming right up
(33:09):
after this shortbreak.
Speaker 1 (33:11):
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Speaker 3 (33:27):
Have you ever skipped reading a contract's fine print? Well,
most of us have.
Speaker 2 (33:31):
Even if you did take the time to read it,
chances are you didn't understand the legalese anyway. A new
survey by Adobe reveals that nearly seventy percent of us
signed contracts without knowing what's inside.
Speaker 3 (33:43):
But there's help.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
Adobe announced new intelligent contract capabilities in Acrobat AI Assistant,
which uses the power of artificial intelligence to summarize, simplify,
and highlight key details in your contracts to break it
all down for us. We're joined on the line by
Didit A Lifestyle expert Mario Armstrong. Hey, Mario, thanks for
your time today. Please tell us how this works.
Speaker 10 (34:05):
Well, look, man, thanks first off, Mark for having me
on the show. I really appreciate it and I'm excited
to be working with Adobe on this announcement. So how
this works is contract intelligence in AI Assistant. It really
does simplify contracts. I use this myself, and what it
does is it can give you a quick overview, It
can answer your questions, it can simplify tricky legal terms,
and you can even compare different versions of contracts. You
(34:28):
can spot like important details, things that you may not
normally catch that would save you time and potential surprises.
And it also includes a citation, so like if you
see a citation, you can then click on that to
go deeper into the agreement or the contract where that
is to verify the response or dig in to read more.
Speaker 9 (34:45):
It's kind of like having this personal assistant.
Speaker 10 (34:47):
That helps you understand and simplify your everyday contracts.
Speaker 2 (34:51):
All right, So Adobe Acrobat as the software, an AI
assistant is a feature within it.
Speaker 3 (34:57):
And who would you say then could benefit from this
primary I.
Speaker 9 (35:00):
Mean, honestly, just about anyone talked about this.
Speaker 10 (35:02):
Seventy percent of people sign contracts without fully understanding them,
but get this marked. Most are caught off guard by
the terms after signing.
Speaker 5 (35:11):
Now.
Speaker 9 (35:12):
I don't know about you, but I'm gonna be honest,
that's me.
Speaker 10 (35:14):
Like, there have been plenty of times when I've signed
some things and then I thought about it after the fact, right,
So these new capabilities are perfect for people who really
want to save time or feel more confident about what
they're actually signing.
Speaker 9 (35:27):
Now, I want to caution people, this isn't something.
Speaker 10 (35:28):
That will replace an attorney, but it's perfect for everyday
things like for example, right at the top of the
new year, a lot of people are signing up for
gym memberships they want to get fit, or maybe they're
signing up for a new cell phone plan for the family.
Speaker 9 (35:42):
Those kinds of agreements, they're long.
Speaker 10 (35:44):
They can be complicated. Who feels like reading all that stuff?
With the new contract intelligence, you can quickly spot those
hard to find details, things like initiation and cancelation fees.
Speaker 9 (35:54):
Or like when's the renewal coming up for this? What
are my renewal terms?
Speaker 10 (35:57):
And plus one of the things I really like too
is that you can compare the contracts. So maybe you're
looking at different gyms and you're debating on which one
to go with, or different wireless carriers to figure out
which one is best for you and your family. The
fact that you can compare contracts is something that I've
never seen before. And even if you're doing bigger investments
like buying a car, you could compare financing contracts from
(36:19):
different dealerships and flag extra charges like warranties or service
ad ons. And if you're looking to buy home, mortgages
or loan agreements, those things are long, lots of pages,
and it can clarify the interest rates, the payment schedules,
the penalties.
Speaker 9 (36:33):
Which would really just help you avoid surprises.
Speaker 10 (36:35):
My biggest thing, I say, maybe two things that I
really like after I was using it was I love
the one click summaries just summarize the whole thing for me,
and then I love the easy comparisons.
Speaker 9 (36:45):
Those were my two foo.
Speaker 3 (36:46):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (36:47):
It sounds like there's a lot of applications for this.
I did think of wireless carriers as I was introducing
this topic with you, but yeah, so many others buying
a home. I mean, really our work contracts that we
have Mario, you know with our clients.
Speaker 9 (36:59):
Yep.
Speaker 10 (36:59):
I mean I was even looking at proposals, so I
was looking at vendors to hire. So maybe you're having
a wedding and you're looking at vendor agreements. So so
many different reasons why you could say, let me compare
this and let me look at the fine print, and
have this really help me be able to do this.
Speaker 2 (37:15):
We're learning about the new intelligent contract capabilities in Acrobat.
This is a popular piece of software from Adobe Digital
lifestyle expert Mario Armstrong is explaining it to us, and
this kind of begs the question though, I love that
it can parse through the data and it can give
you summaries and simplify all this legalies and all that,
but what about the data itself? What about the security
(37:37):
and privacy? These could be confidential contracts, for example, what's
being done with this information?
Speaker 10 (37:42):
Yeah, I'm glad you brought this up because obviously this
is going to be paramount and security and privacy are
non negotiable for Adobe. Your data stays fully protected and
it's never used to train their AI models, which is great.
Speaker 3 (37:55):
All right, Mario, So how can people get started?
Speaker 2 (37:57):
So if they already have Adobe Acrobat, as I have it,
for example, installed on my computer, this AI assistant, is
it something that you have to download on.
Speaker 3 (38:04):
Top of this software or is it already built in?
Speaker 10 (38:07):
Yeah, it was already built in when I'd use Acrobat,
It's already there. So if you really want to understand
how to verify information in your contracts faster and easier,
all you got to do is go to Adobe dot
com slash Acrobat.
Speaker 2 (38:20):
All right, Adobe dot com slash Acrobat. Mario, always great
to chat with you. Thanks so much for breaking this
all down for us.
Speaker 9 (38:26):
Yeah, thanks for having me Mark. I hope this helps
a lot of people.
Speaker 2 (38:29):
I suspect it will. Thanks Mario, all right, and thank
you to you. Check it out listeners across the country
for tuning in, whether it's on your local.
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Talk radio station or in podcast form. I'm thrilled to have.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
You along hopefully each and every week as we do this,
and we will return next week with brand new interviews
and content.
Speaker 3 (38:48):
But signing up from Italy in Milan, I'm Mark Saltzman.
Speaker 2 (38:52):
Hit me up on social media if you want to
say hi, or if you have any tech questions or anything.
You can find me on virtually all platforms. It's Mark
with the C Saltzman with the Z Chow. Everyone be well,
but bye for now.
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