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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.