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[narrator] On Tomorrow's World Today,

we explore the cutting-edge advances

that are shaping four different worlds.

The world of inspiration,

where the wonders of the natural world

amaze and inspire us.

The world of creation,

where ideas come to life from traditional arts.

The world of innovation,

where ideas and inventions move us all forward.

The world of production,

where innovations are mass produced

to improve our lives.

From Inventionland World Headquarters,

here's your host, George Davison.

This door knows me.

You know, everyday as I'm walking into my office

from the floor of Inventionland,

it recognizes me,

knows that I wanna come in, opens

and then closes behind me.

How does progress like this happen?

Semiconductors are getting smaller and smaller.

And because of that,

the possibilities we can use them for

are getting bigger and bigger.

Imagine having a semiconductor

that's the size of the tip of a pen.

And as long as you have it,

anywhere you go,

technology recognizes you.

That small semiconductor

let's you control a door with your phone,

your watch,

or in the future, even your glasses.

You never have to worry about

getting locked out of your house again.

And once you're in your house,

you don't have to worry about a thing.

Smart homes are adjusting thermostats,

turning on lights

and even making the perfect cup of coffee

every morning.

So I'm gonna send Greg to the world of innovation

to explore how one company

is working hard to open the door to the future

for all of us.

Semiconductors are an essential part

of many electrical devices.

And more and more,

those electrical devices are becoming an essential part

of our daily lives.

They make things easier, more efficient are more fun.

That's why I'm here

at the NXP smart home innovation lab

in Austin, Texas,

to find out what they're doing to make our lives better

and make our homes a whole lot smarter.

Let's head inside now and talk to Ron Martino.

He's the executive vice president

of global sales for NXP.

Hey, Ron.

Hey, Greg. Great to see you.

Great to be here. I'm really excited.

This is gonna be a great day today.

We're gonna have a lot of fun. So let's get started.

Fantastic. Well, today we're gonna talk about NXP Semiconductors,

a leader in automotive,

factory automation and smart home.

And, today, I wanna focus on smart home.

And we're gonna talk about how we take semiconductor chips

that are produced on wafers like this

and how we turn those into electronic products

that go on boards that you see

when you take something apart in your home.

And then that creates things like smart speakers

that you use every day in your life.

NXP's purpose is to bring bright minds together

to create breakthrough technologies

to make the world better, safer and more secure.

And we do that by taking semiconductor chips

and turning those into electronics

that go in all the devices around you,

in your car,

in your home,

in factories and retail.

Wow. So, Ron, the house actually knows you're home.

Yes, it does.

And it's using NXP technology,

very cost-effective micro controllers

that we call crossover micro controllers,

and it controls cameras, interfaces.

It also has high security capability

to protect you and your family.

And the security that's in this

is equal to what you use in terms of card payment

when you go to buy something at the store.

Wow. This is actually a lifesaver for someone like me,

whose an absolute expert

at locking myself out of my house.

This is really something that I need to have

on my home right away.

But you mentioned bank card technology.

So this is basically as secure

as using your credit card online

or any of those kinds of technologies

that we use everyday and are very comfortable with.

This will keep your home as safe as that.

That's correct.

And we do this is in a way where our end customers

can customize it to different styles.

So it can really just seamlessly fit into anyone's home.

All right, well, now that the house knows we're home,

let's go see what it has in store for us next.

Great. Let's go in.

Wow, Ron, so the house

really does know that we're here.

And, I'll tell you, anytime I can walk into a room

and Tomorrow's World Today comes on the TV,

I'm a happy guy.

But this seems to be a little bit more complicated

than a regular motion sensor turning on a light.

That's exactly right.

And what this part of the lab does

is it builds capability around anticipating

and then automating the environment around you.

And we do that by leveraging camera technology

that can classify who you are and where you are.

Similar to the door technology but even more advanced.

But if you don't want cameras filming you,

we also have radar technology that can detect the presence

of people within an environment

and then react.

And then, finally,

ultra-wideband technology.

NXP is working with many companies around the world

to integrate it into smart phones

to use its security capability

to have your credentials to say who you are

and give that out when you want.

And then that technology can determine

your position within 10 cm.

That's amazing. And I guess that's really important

because everybody's gonna have a different comfort level

with exactly how they want the system to track

where they are and what they're doing.

Being able to customize that is gonna be really important.

But I wanna learn more about the ultra-wideband technology.

What else can we use that for?

So, if you know your position and who you are

within 10 cm, what can you do?

If you're caring for elderly relatives in your home,

you can use that for their safety

in tracking where they are,

whether they leave the house or they're in the house.

Kids, they get into a dangerous area

and you're distracted,

the house can let you know that a situation is occurring.

You can use it even to have lights modified.

You wake up at night. You wanna get a drink in the kitchen

and you can have dim lights to help you get

to where you wanna go.

And then, from an entertainment point of view,

um, you can have sound following you through the house

so you have a great immersive experience in your home.

Can it let my dog out?

It can. It can.

You could tag your dog

and you can know exactly where it is

and then automatically modify the house

or open a door for the dog.

Great. Well, let's go see what's next.

That's great.

Hey, NXP, play music.

[enthralling music playing]

[Greg] Without semiconductors,

we'd be in a world without smart phones,

video games, medical equipment and computers.

The evolution of semiconductors

over the past 50 years

have made electronic devices smaller, faster

and more reliable.

I'm at the NXP testing lab in Austin

to learn about semiconductors on a more personal level.

Hey, everyone. Great to see you guys.

So, Ron, ultra-wideband technology,

I wanna know more about this.

Great. Let's start with what UWB is.

It is a radar transceiver that is in a small form-factor.

This can get placed into cell phones.

So we work with cell phone manufacturers around the world

to integrate it in.

It can go in a personal device like a PC

and it can integrate into the bevel of the PC.

It can also be an anchor point anywhere in your home.

And together with the multiple radios

and the magic of math,

you can determine your position within 10 cm.

That's amazing. And this is an integral part

of getting all of the devices in your home

sort of working together as a technological ecosystem.

[Ron] Well, it's clearly one of the pieces of information

to then work with other devices.

And to make that all easy to use and easy to fix,

we work together with a number of companies

in the ecosystem

to create a home interoperability standard,

which is called Matter.

You wanna get rid of all those remotes.

You wanna get rid of all those towers.

And then you open up your phone

and you have 20 apps to operate all the devices,

simplifying that, making it easy to use,

easy to fix,

and bringing it together into a single app

running on multiple different end points.

Great. Now, I know that you have a couple of, uh,

specific examples in your test kitchen

that you wanna show me, so let's take a look at that.

Okay, let's cook it up.

Greg, this is Caleb.

He's working on our smart refrigerator.

Hi, Caleb. All right, so tell me, Ron,

what is the benefit for me

having a smart fridge in my home?

So, there's a couple benefits.

One, you can save money. Eliminate waste,

in terms of food that goes bad.

You also can improve the quality in health

of what you feed your family.

And we do this by using technology like cameras,

as we talked about before,

to identify what's in the refrigerator

so you know everything that you have for your meals,

as well as you can determine the age of the food

that's in the refrigerator.

You can also tag the different things that are in your refrigerator

to give your information on age.

So, if lettuce is in there

and it's been in in a time where's it's about to go bad,

the refrigerator can tell you and make a recommendation

on what recipe to use,

so you can make a great meal for your family

and use everything

in the time that you need to cook with it.

All right, so it's gonna help me in the grocery store

and it's gonna help keep the family healthy.

It is. And it's gonna take care of the honey-do list.

Awesome. All right, well, what's next?

We're gonna talk about safety in the home.

This is Joe and he's working on home safety.

Hi, Joe. Well, I mean, that's really important.

The-- you know, the kitchen is one of the rooms where

most injuries in the home happen.

So how's this gonna keep me safe?

So, imagine you're cooking on a big range.

And as you're cooking, you have to walk away and get distracted

and a fire starts,

you can stop that by using the technology

and anticipate what needs to be done

and then automate the reaction to address it.

[Greg] How is the system monitoring this pot right now?

So, we have sensors that are integrated

that can detect the temperature.

You can also have sensors that are detecting smoke.

And then camera-based observation of what's going on

and then seeing what's taking place,

you can react to the different environment

or dangerous condition

and then you can shut it down.

Excellent. All right, well, what do we have to see next?

Well, I mean, we've been here for quite some time,

so why don't we all go and get a cup of coffee?

-Sounds great. -Great.

[Greg] We're just gonna leave this going?

-[Ron] Don't worry about it. -[chuckles] Okay.

Greg, this is Eduardo.

And he's working on smart appliances.

And, in this particular case, coffee machines.

Now, why would I need a smart coffee machine?

I can just as easily hit the button.

Well, as you know, there's many people in the house.

They each have a different preference.

They're all passionate about what's good

and what's bad coffee.

You may have family members that have preferences

of light, medium, dark, with milk, without.

You can have a coffee machine

that knows you and your family.

It can anticipate what you want

and give you your cup of coffee faster

to exactly what your preferences are

without having to go through a whole bunch of settings.

You just walk up to the machine

and you can get your cup of coffee.

Have it recognize who you are.

And then you can start your coffee.

[Greg] So, now, NXP doesn't make coffee makers.

How did this all come about?

We work with companies that create the coffee machine

and we understand the problems that they're trying to solve.

How they wanna create an interface

for the different user.

What type of interaction with voice,

with cameras, with displays.

And then we take that input

and then we work on building both the hardware

and the software that they can easily integrate

and take advantage of this great technology.

Great. Well, I think your coffee's ready.

And one of the things that we talked about when we first met

was you mentioned how NXP is working

in the automotive industry

and I really wanna find out more about that.

Absolutely. Let me grab this coffee

and let's go look at some cool car technology.

Let's go.

[Greg] I'm at the NXP testing laboratory in Austin

to look at how semiconductors

are changing the way we live our lives.

Greg, this is Dr. Mahatme.

And we're gonna talk about electric vehicles.

So why don't you, uh, climb right in?

All right.

So let's talk a bit about how this electric vehicle

integrates with the smart home technologies

that we've been seeing so far.

Yeah, and it's a great topic.

As you know, the adoption of electric vehicles

is increasing significantly.

And just the use of power, uh,

from electricity is increasing.

Terawatt hours of power is being used annually.

And the importance of how you fuel those batteries

as well as how it then relates to the smart home

becomes a very important topic for society

from a sustainability point of view

and a key focus on NXP optimizing the technology.

Right, because, you know, as we talk about

more and more electric vehicles on the road,

homes needing more and more electrical power

for the technologies that are being adopted

and being integrated into homes now,

you know, that's a demand that we've never seen before.

But if you could charge your vehicle via solar power

and then integrate that into your home,

now you're talking about a system

that doesn't require any external energy.

That's exactly right.

And NXP works on each of those elements.

We work on optimizing the management

of the battery in the car to extend its life.

Four years of life is just amazing.

Bidirectional connection to the house

so you can have charge coming into the car.

And you can use the storage of your battery

to then fuel your house if you have a power outage.

And then, finally,

the optimization of how you generate with solar power

and then the efficiency of usage

of electricity in your house

through the technology, our customers

and the optimization of all three together.

Right. So now I've seen all of this in the lab

and it's very impressive.

But I wanna see it in the real world.

Can we take a look at an actual smart home?

Absolutely. Let's go see the real smart home.

Well, Ron, we've seen all this amazing technology in the lab.

But this is our opportunity to see it actually working

in a smart home.

Absolutely, Greg. And here you can see

we have the dashboard that you've seen in the lab.

And we have a home that we retrofit

with all the smart technology that we were discussing.

And that includes the secure access

with a smart door lock.

You can have air quality being monitored and controlled

so that you have the highest level of air in your house

for health and wellness.

Even added water leak detection,

where you can detect that water is leaking

and quickly shut it down before it causes damage.

Then occupancy aware with UWB tracker,

so you know who's in the house and where they are

within centimeters.

Great. So this is gonna help to keep your home both safer

and more efficient.

And then with that common protocol, Matter,

it allows all these devices to work together.

And you can display them on a monitor

in your home, of your choice,

so you have all the information

to see how the house is doing,

make adjustments as necessary

and modify the house to your personal preferences.

Okay, great. Well, now we've seen the dashboard.

Let's see the smart home automation in action.

Sounds good.

Wow, Ron, this is awesome.

So, as you explained in the lab,

the room knows it's you

and this is all set up to your preferences.

That's right.

Occupancy-aware homes are great.

Well, Ron, it's good to see

that you watch Tomorrow's World Today at home,

and not just in the lab.

Yeah, that's right.

Well, I guess we're talking about more than

just automation here.

You're really talking about creating environments

in every room in the house.

That's right.

And that includes changing the lighting

to make it healthier.

So, in the evening, automatic blue light filtering

that can allow for a more restful sleep.

You can also immerse yourself in sound.

And NXP creates technology

that allows a very cost-effective

high-audio-quality and small form-factor speaker system

to allow placement of sound around you

so you feel like you're immersed in an environment.

And you can combine that with entertainment.

Or you can make a more therapeutic environment

to allow you to relax in your house.

Right. And you can even do things that are just fun,

like lighting your fireplace from your couch.

That's exactly right.

All right, well, this has been excellent.

Ron, thank you very much.

I know you're heading off to Inventionland to meet with George,

so let's get on out of here.

Sounds good.

Hey, Ron.

Hey, George.

Welcome to Inventionland.

I'm excited to be here

and tell you about NXP Semiconductors.

And I'm excited to listen

to everything you're gonna tell me today.

Let's start with just describing what we do.

NXP Semiconductors focus on creating breakthrough technologies

from semiconductor capability

to make your life better, safer and more secure.

And we focus on bringing electronics into cars

to make them safer,

to factories to make them more productive,

as well as into your home

to really enhance all aspects of your life.

Can you give me an example?

Here's an example of a smart wearable

that helps those that are managing diabetes.

It has real-time blood glucose monitoring

and automated injection of insulin

all in a wearable pod

that easily gets placed on your body.

Well, I'll tell you, my parents,

they suffer from diabetes.

And, uh, this will give them a lot of freedom.

They can just put this on and go.

-Right? -Exactly.

And what's exciting is

this technology can extend to many aspects of your life.

What's next? What's the next big thing you guys are doing?

So taking this technology and using it for wearables

to measure the condition of fitness,

the condition of sleep,

devices that can improve the quality of the air

or water in your home,

devices that can make your home more efficient

in terms of energy usage.

So there's a lot of semiconductor technology.

You guys are very busy.

I'm thrilled to hear as much as you've told me today,

and just keep going at it.

You have a lot of inventing to do, don't you?

I can't thank you enough for coming in

and taking some of your time.

Well, great. It was great seeing you.

-Good to see you too, Ron. -All right. Take care.