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00:00And welcome back! Nice to see you.
00:03How is everyone? Well? Good?
00:05Yes, give me a thumbs up? Happy?
00:08Not so many of you, so we have to get it going, get it moving.
00:11Especially, for my next startup here,
00:13who go by the name of Beo.
00:15So they have a technology to create light from plants.
00:20Which sounds pretty, yeah, interesting.
00:23And also I think much needed, particularly in the developing world.
00:26Here to tell you more about their technology is Victor.
00:41Hello, good afternoon.
00:43So I am Victor working for Bio.
00:45Bio is a Spanish company created in 2015.
00:50And actually that company was created from a dream.
00:56The CEO, Pablo Vidarte, dreamed one day of connecting nature with technology.
01:02It was not the first one for sure, but the idea was using nature, plants, soil as a source of
01:08energy.
01:09So what we do from Bio is we power nature in two different ways.
01:16The first one, we use the plants.
01:19I will speak more about that after.
01:21And we also use the soil as a source of energy.
01:28I will directly go to the two kinds of technologies we are offering.
01:32The first one I told you is the plant.
01:35The plant has a frequency and has a conductivity.
01:39Using both, what we can do is change them into switches.
01:44So instead of having plastic, we have a real plant.
01:50And when you touch it, as a human body, you also have a frequency and a conductivity.
01:55So you will change it and you will generate an electric pulse, which will be able to turn on the
02:02light.
02:04So this is very simple.
02:07I touch it and I change the switch on, switch off.
02:11Switch on, switch off.
02:13So this is the kind of application we can do with the plant, but you can do many.
02:17For instance, we also do some event activating videos.
02:22You can do the same with several plants and you can decide which videos you want to activate on a
02:26TV.
02:27Imagine if you go to your hotel and everything, all kind of switch you are using for air conditioning, for
02:32TV, are using plants.
02:34So this is, our main idea is reconnecting people with nature using simple things and technology.
02:43So the second solution we are offering, it's a bit different.
02:49That one is something.
02:51I don't want to make confusion between electricity from nature and switch from nature.
02:55This is switch from nature.
02:56The second technology we have, it's electricity from nature.
03:00What does it mean?
03:01In the soil, in normal soil, no modification, you have bacterias and you have organic substances.
03:08What bacteria does inside, they eat, they eat the particles, they eat the substances, and when they do so, they
03:16generate two things.
03:17The first one is water, and the second one is electricity.
03:21It's electricity in a very, very small amount.
03:24But if you manage to harvest it, you can use it as a source of energy.
03:30In our case, what do we do?
03:31We use it to sensor, for instance, to power, sorry, sensors of humidity, temperature, for gardens, park, and also agri
03:40-tech.
03:41Coming from Spain, in the south of Spain, for people that have been there, you have many, many greenhouses.
03:47You have tomatoes, salads, that require a lot of irrigation system.
03:51And when you need to put water on it, you also need to know how you can save the water.
03:57So if you have sensors everywhere, you will be able to know if you need irrigation or not.
04:02In our case, what we do, we change the battery that is powering the sensors that are today lithium battery
04:11into biological battery.
04:13So with our technology, what we do, we are using the soil to power those sensors.
04:19The idea is just avoiding pollution, and also it's a source of, let's say, saving,
04:25because you will not have to send people to the field every two or three years to change the battery.
04:32So the idea is changing totally the philosophy of the way we are acting, using technology one more time, and
04:38nature.
04:38So this is what we are offering.
04:41If you are interested in trying the product, the Biolux, you can also come to our booth.
04:46We are just there, and we have several kind of switches that you can try.
04:50I will show you one more time, and after, if you have questions, go ahead.
04:56Thank you.
05:02Yep, don't go away.
05:03Good, good, good.
05:04So we have over three minutes left, so let's have a question from the audience.
05:08Anyone have any questions about this particular tech, the lamp?
05:13Don't be shy.
05:15Come on, it's Friday.
05:17Let your hair down.
05:19You can ask us in Spanish or French.
05:22It's international even.
05:23I'm not in Spanish.
05:24It's okay.
05:26Actually, I have a question.
05:27So, all right, so this technology, this is a lamp that would be used around the home, right?
05:32Yes.
05:32So it could be like a bedside lamp?
05:33Domantic, yes.
05:34Okay.
05:35But, so are you designing for lamps which could be used on a more urban level?
05:41So, for example, you know, I can't help thinking when I look at this technology, you know, for lighting in
05:48countries, for example, in Africa or in Southeast Asia where sometimes electricity can be more limited.
05:54And so, you know, lighting markets at night, is this kind of market viable for you?
06:00Yes.
06:00So in some countries, what we need to make the bacteria working well and providing energy, we need them to
06:08be with water first and also with good temperature.
06:11It's like if you take something from your fridge, you put this outside, in few hours, it will be already
06:16bad because the bacteria will change the aspect of the product.
06:20So the idea we have also, it's in some garden, in some green area, for instance, in Paris, you have
06:25many parks, many growths on the floor in some parts.
06:29And this is not used for anything.
06:31It's just green and nice to see, but it's not used as a technology.
06:34In our case, what we offer, it's pouring also the parks using little pots in which you have this technology,
06:42you put it under the ground and you will be able to turn on the light in the park.
06:47So it's light points.
06:48It's not an alternative to electricity, nuclear electricity or this kind of electricity, but we are pouring, providing a small
06:56amount of electricity to do some things.
06:58I mean, also, sorry.
07:00Okay.
07:01You know, actually, I have houseplants in my home.
07:04And that's amazing.
07:05They're like, I've managed to keep them, all six of them alive for three years now, which is quite incredible.
07:11So if, like, you don't water it though and it dies, do you have to buy a new lamp or
07:16you just change the plant?
07:18No, no, you can put water on it and you can also change the plant.
07:21If you don't like it anymore, please don't throw it.
07:23Plant it another way, but you can change the plant also.
07:26Okay, okay.
07:27So basically, when we buy it, we buy it with a plant, but we could also change the plant if
07:31we wish.
07:31Actually, we don't want to, when we sell the product, we don't send the plant from Spain to Germany.
07:38It doesn't make sense.
07:39So we ask people, just choose the plant you want and put it in the pot.
07:42It's your plant.
07:43Okay, so it's like batteries not included, plant not included.
07:46Is that it?
07:46No, actually, this is not working with the soil.
07:51It's not the electricity from the soil.
07:53It's two different products.
07:53This one is the switch.
07:55Okay?
07:56Yeah.
07:56Yeah.
07:57So this is nice.
07:58As you can see, this is on the grid.
08:00It's not coming from the soil.
08:01Okay.
08:03Right.
08:03Okay.
08:04All right.
08:05Yes, we have a question.
08:06Thank you.
08:08For the second technology, how difficult is it to retrieve electricity from the ground?
08:15Actually, we started in 2015 and we started to sell the product this year.
08:22So maybe it's helped you to understand how it's difficult.
08:26From now, now we are 15 people, yes, working in the company.
08:30And until now, we are only doctorate people.
08:33I'm not doctorate, but only doctorate people are working, R&D.
08:38Actually, I didn't speak about that, but we have been invited by the European Parliament
08:42and also by Google and others to explain our technology.
08:46And for people, engineering part, if you're interested, we also publish a lot
08:51and recognize in the scientific world also this technology.
08:56Okay.
08:57Victor from Bio, thank you very much.
08:59Thanks.
09:03All right.
09:06We need a bit of hand to remove the plant.
09:10Thank you.
09:11Thank you, guys.
09:14All right.
09:15So our next startup hails from London.
09:18She's actually a designer and she has this great new tech to help part of the solution
09:25to remove pollution from the air of urban cities.
09:28So obviously, there are many, many different solutions and applications we can try and introduce.
09:33This one in particular is for bicycles.
09:35So without any further delay, I'd like to introduce Kristen from Goarolo.
09:46Hello, everybody.
09:47Ding, ding.
09:50Ding, ding.
09:54Thank you.
09:55A little slider.
09:57All right.
09:58Hello, everybody.
10:00My name is Kristen.
10:01If I'm not speaking loud enough, it's because I've lost my voice.
10:04So please let me know.
10:06So I am from Goarolo.
10:09I'm the founder of Goarolo.
10:10And I am based in London, but I am French.
10:14Je suis Française.
10:15So happy to be here in Paris.
10:18So let's speak a bit about air pollution.
10:21I know it's really boring, but let's see what we can learn.
10:24All right.
10:25So this is a beautiful street.
10:27Any of you would, I think, would like to be walking down the street?
10:30I would as well.
10:31And, I mean, really, what could be the problem here?
10:35What's happening?
10:36So if we look behind the scenes, when we see a street in an urban environment with buildings
10:43on the side, let's say 10 meters and up, what happens with air is that it gets recirculated
10:50because it gets trapped, a bit like if you were to put a fan in a box, right?
10:54And so instead of air pollution escaping and mixing with the rest of the air,
10:59it just goes into a giant turbulent swirl.
11:02Now, particles are a bit heavier, and so they get trapped at a one meter,
11:07around one to two meter and lower height.
11:10All right.
11:12So what is Goarolo?
11:14Is it a bicycle?
11:16Is it a wheel?
11:16It is neither.
11:17It is actually just a disc or an apparatus that clips onto existing bicycles or bicycle wheels
11:25to filter air pollution.
11:27So there's no electronics.
11:28It's purely mechanical.
11:31And as you move forward, as the cyclist rolls forward, air comes around the wheel
11:36and enters the cavities to filter air pollution.
11:40Okay?
11:41So I'll show you a bit how it works in a minute.
11:43So since this is a tech show, I'll walk you through the backstage prototyping from day one.
11:48At first, we thought about doing an actual wheel, which was really efficient, but it would be too expensive,
11:55too many standards to apply, really complicated.
11:59And who wants to buy a new wheel for their bike, really, right?
12:03So this is that full wheel being tested with a HEPA filter.
12:07We made a cool effect with a blue light and had some incense being dragged in.
12:12So then we went towards a retrofitted attachment, but it was really complicated because bikes don't look like it,
12:19but they're actually quite complicated in all different sizes, different angles, etc.
12:25So this is the latest prototype that we're unveiling here at Viva Tech.
12:29And it's quite easy to understand.
12:31It works like gills on a fish or on a shark.
12:34As you move forward, the air enters the openings, the apertures,
12:38and behind there, there's a set of filters.
12:40So to stick with the sustainability theme,
12:45we are using sheep's wool filters that are designed for air filtering purposes.
12:50And when you need to change the filters after a couple of months,
12:54they can be recycled to use in other sectors, such as insulation for the walls.
13:00So what's the benefit of this?
13:02Why would anyone buy it?
13:04One is to offset emissions.
13:06We're not going to save the planet with this, but it is a step in the right direction,
13:10and hopefully there's a lot more innovation in that step.
13:14Raise awareness.
13:16Most of us don't really understand what kind of pollution is in the air.
13:19So here we're trapping particles that are bad for us,
13:22but not many people understand what that is.
13:25And then we're looking at producing inclusive products that are cheap,
13:30easy to deploy, retrofitted,
13:32so that they can be deployed in all socioeconomic areas,
13:36areas of a city or different cities and countries.
13:41Now, everyone wants to be rewarded.
13:43So per market demand, we also made a prototype of an app
13:46that would reward you per kilometer cycled with credits towards partners of ours.
13:54Now, our target market, as you probably guessed it, is city bikes, right?
14:00Your Paris Vélibre of the cities.
14:03And they benefit from branding area, which is quite lucrative.
14:08As well as city bikes, we also have delivery bikes,
14:11such as delivery type of bikes and cargo bikes.
14:15Now, down the line, once that's all going forward,
14:19we would also like to offer it to consumers through retailers.
14:25Looking down the line, I'm sure all of you would ask,
14:27why not cars?
14:28We are looking into it.
14:30It's a thousand times more complicated due to regulations, temperature, etc.
14:35And after that, we would also look at metro stations or tubes underground
14:39because they're extremely polluted
14:41and they have a lot of air that is passing through inherently.
14:45So in conclusion, this is innovative clean tech.
14:49Actually, this is low tech, no tech,
14:51compared to most of what you see here today.
14:54It has a high social impact,
14:56including particulate matter capture and awareness.
15:00and the scalability of the product and the company is massive.
15:04So today we are looking,
15:06we have interest for pilots with commercial partners
15:09and we're mostly looking for an investment.
15:11Thank you.
15:14Okay. Thank you.
15:15Thank you very much, Kristen.
15:16Let's have some questions from the audience.
15:19Did anyone have a question here for Kristen about the tech,
15:23about the design, about the bike?
15:24Yeah, we have a question. Great. Thank you.
15:28Can I speak in French?
15:29Bien sûr.
15:31Okay.
15:32So, la roue, est-ce qu'elle est fabriquée de façon écologique aussi?
15:39Est-ce que la fabrication elle-même,
15:41les produits utilisés, les matériaux utilisés
15:43permettent de l'écologie aussi?
15:45Oui. Donc on a 100% ça en tête, disons.
15:50Should I answer in English or French?
15:51Yeah, I answer in English.
15:52So, the question is, are the materials used sustainable?
15:56So as far as the filters, they're the most sustainable
15:58that we could possibly find.
15:59Sheep's wool, compared to HEPA filters,
16:02they're beyond sustainable.
16:04As far as the hardware itself,
16:06you want to be sustainable,
16:08but also resist outdoor elements,
16:10resist people kicking it.
16:12Otherwise, they're just going to end up
16:13on the side of the street,
16:14not viable.
16:15So, we're looking at, right now,
16:18plastic that's 70% recycled,
16:2130% virgin,
16:22and then reinforced with natural fibres.
16:25Thank you.
16:26Thank you.
16:27Great.
16:29Another minute.
16:29Yeah, we have another question.
16:31Good.
16:31Keep them coming.
16:33Yeah.
16:34Thank you.
16:35Really speaking to the mic,
16:36so we can hear you.
16:37Yeah.
16:37Can you hear me?
16:38Yeah.
16:38Have you estimated the significance
16:41of the particle capture there will be,
16:44let's say,
16:44if every bike in London
16:45is using your technology?
16:48Because, yeah.
16:49Have you been estimating it?
16:51So, we're still in prototyping and testing,
16:53so what we've managed to do
16:55is estimate that it catches
16:56about two milligrams
16:57per kilometer cycled of particles.
16:59So, now,
17:00we're working with a university
17:01to analyze
17:02what is in that two milligrams.
17:04It's a metal,
17:05a couch,
17:06a rubber,
17:07a dust,
17:08et cetera,
17:09in order to answer your question
17:10and see how many bikes
17:12it would take
17:13to change
17:13a certain percentage
17:14of pollution in the city.
17:17Yeah, speaking of particles,
17:18you talked about
17:19the London Underground.
17:20Oh, my goodness.
17:21The air is so dirty down there.
17:23What kind of particles
17:24are we talking about?
17:27I don't know
17:27if I'm really allowed to say,
17:28but on the Underground,
17:29I have a friend who did a study.
17:30It was 80% Ferris,
17:32so metal.
17:33So, definitely wear a mask
17:35in the Underground.
17:36Okay.
17:36Oh, my goodness.
17:37Yeah, so that's where
17:38we really need those
17:39kind of ceiling fans
17:40to take some of that stuff out.
17:42There you go.
17:43So, thank you very much, Christian.
17:44Really, really interesting.
17:45Round of applause, please,
17:47for Gorolo.
17:49Thank you, everyone,
17:50and we're right here
17:51next to the stage.
17:52Yeah, just over there.
17:58Okay.
18:01So, thank you.
18:02All right.
18:04next up,
18:06we have
18:07this gentleman here
18:09from
18:10a company called
18:12La Grandgette.
18:13La Grandgette.
18:14La Grandgette.
18:15Which is,
18:17if I could put that
18:18in a nutshell,
18:19it's
18:21the
18:22opportunity
18:23for everyone
18:24to grow
18:24the finest salads
18:26in their own kitchen.
18:27Exactly.
18:28Ladies and gentlemen,
18:30La Grandgette.
18:31Thank you.
18:33So,
18:34we started
18:35La Grandgette
18:36that you can have
18:37a look later
18:38and come to meet us
18:39just in the corner
18:40right here.
18:41We started
18:41five years ago
18:42by the meaning
18:43that every kitchen
18:44in 10 years
18:46will be equipped
18:47with some
18:48home farming
18:49appliance system.
18:50That's,
18:51one day,
18:51it's happened
18:52with fridges,
18:53oven,
18:54a washing machine,
18:55and the next thing
18:56is,
18:57you know,
18:58home farming
18:58inside your kitchen.
19:00So,
19:00five years ago
19:01it was just
19:01kind of crazy idea.
19:04Right now,
19:04we know that
19:05it's not anymore
19:06the future.
19:06Right now,
19:07people like LG
19:08or Miele
19:09are already selling
19:10this kind of product.
19:12And
19:12why we do that?
19:14Because
19:14there is really
19:15an aim
19:16of developing,
19:17you know,
19:18good food
19:19for your health.
19:20We take care
19:21of our health
19:21and we want to take care
19:22of both our environments.
19:25and we know
19:26that food distance
19:27traveling
19:27from the harvesting
19:29in our plates
19:30is 1,500 kilometers,
19:34which is just,
19:34you know,
19:35huge.
19:36And in organic,
19:3730 kilometers,
19:37Negranggette is zero.
19:39That's why we are here
19:40at the low carbon park
19:41because,
19:42you know,
19:42we have the best,
19:45you know,
19:45CO2 emission
19:47calculation
19:48for the agriculture.
19:49We are complementary
19:50to the other type
19:52of agriculture.
19:53We don't want to say
19:53we want to change,
19:54no,
19:55because we need
19:55more food
19:56for the population
19:57which is growing.
19:58That's why
19:59there is a good sense
20:00to this mission.
20:02We don't use,
20:03of course,
20:03herbicides,
20:04pesticides.
20:05We use 90% less water
20:07that's traditional agriculture
20:09because the water
20:10is recycled
20:10inside the Granggette.
20:12And,
20:13of course,
20:13we don't use plastic,
20:16no packaging,
20:17no waste.
20:18You just take
20:18what you need
20:19inside your plate.
20:20and the tastes,
20:21honestly,
20:22you can come
20:22to smell the plants,
20:24they just,
20:24you never smell
20:25and taste as good plants
20:27because you just harvest
20:28them before eating them.
20:30This is just the secret,
20:32which is simple,
20:32you know,
20:33when you cut a plant,
20:3448 hours after,
20:36the plant lost 50%
20:38of its nutrients
20:39and vitamins.
20:42So what to say
20:43that is the reason
20:44why we went then.
20:45How we made it happen?
20:47Well,
20:48we start about,
20:49we speak about plants.
20:50We don't speak
20:50about technology.
20:52The technology
20:52is coming after
20:54around the plants
20:55to make the plants
20:56healthy and growing.
20:58So basically,
20:59we developed
20:59by our own this
21:01in the last four years,
21:02we tested
21:04more than 1,000 plants
21:06from the seed industry,
21:07our partner
21:08of the biggest seeds
21:09company in the world
21:09because they know
21:10this is a new market
21:11coming really soon.
21:13So we tested
21:14in R&D on the plants.
21:15We took 1 million
21:15data points per plant
21:17to make the growth,
21:18you know,
21:19the growth scale
21:20of the plants.
21:21So we can predict,
21:23make an algorithm
21:24with machine learning
21:25and we can predict
21:25for the user
21:27to know when your plant
21:28is ready on your app.
21:29Basically,
21:30our app is kind of
21:31the Netflix
21:31of the fresh greens.
21:33You know,
21:34we have a support,
21:36like Netflix
21:36has got a screen,
21:37it's got series,
21:39movies,
21:39we've got appliance,
21:42we've got seed pots.
21:43Our job is
21:44to make the seed pots.
21:45We will never do
21:46the appliance
21:47that you see here.
21:48Here is,
21:48this is a Mona Lisa
21:50of the home farming
21:50that you will find here.
21:52Right now,
21:53we are developing
21:54small,
21:56you know,
21:57appliance
21:57with partners
22:00in co-developments.
22:02Like people
22:03from the home
22:04appliance industry,
22:05the major one
22:05which we are working on,
22:07we are dealing
22:08with the size
22:09of the oven,
22:11which is easy
22:12to include
22:13in your kitchen.
22:14You know,
22:15our home appliance
22:16is already too big
22:17if you don't
22:18to go in every kitchen
22:19and we want
22:19to be used everywhere.
22:21So right now,
22:22we work on this size,
22:23like the oven size.
22:24You want one,
22:25two,
22:25three,
22:26whatever,
22:27you know,
22:27and you can grow it
22:28for a family.
22:29You know,
22:29it's just not a gadget
22:30like a tabletop
22:31that you have
22:32on the table,
22:33which is good,
22:33you know,
22:33to make it starting
22:34this new area
22:36about food.
22:38But here,
22:39it's really,
22:39it's not a gadget anymore.
22:41So right now,
22:43we are co-developing.
22:44In two years,
22:45we'll be selling
22:46La Grangette,
22:47the seed pots.
22:48We are kind of
22:49the Nespresso,
22:50you know,
22:51of the greens,
22:52you know,
22:53at the capsule
22:53for Nespresso.
22:54Our capsule
22:55is fully eco-friendly,
22:57of course.
22:59And yeah,
23:00basically,
23:01thank you.
23:01You know,
23:02this is what
23:03we are aiming.
23:03this is not a dream,
23:05this is not the future,
23:06this is a very close future.
23:08You know,
23:08two years,
23:09you will find
23:10in every shop
23:11like Darty,
23:12Boulanger in France,
23:13and you will pick up
23:14the, you know,
23:15the capsule
23:16in Carrefour
23:17or Champs-Leclerc.
23:19Thank you.
23:25You're done?
23:26Okay.
23:27All right.
23:27Let me have a microphone
23:28and we can have
23:29some questions.
23:30I've got to pay attention.
23:32All right,
23:33this is good,
23:33though.
23:33It keeps it interactive
23:34so we have some time
23:35for some questions.
23:36It's better like that.
23:37We share.
23:38Exactly,
23:39exactly.
23:39And people get the answers
23:40that they really,
23:41really want.
23:41So,
23:42please,
23:43any questions
23:43from anyone
23:44in the audience
23:45about what you've just seen?
23:46Yes,
23:46thank you.
23:49Yeah.
23:50How many types
23:51of plants
23:51can you actually grow
23:53and how many types
23:54of seeds
23:55do you have
23:56that are already
23:57on the app?
23:57so now we selected
24:0055 varieties
24:03of plants
24:03right now.
24:05Leafy greens
24:06with aromatics,
24:08salads,
24:08and healthy
24:09like kale
24:10or bok choy,
24:10very superfood,
24:12good for your body,
24:13basically,
24:14for your health.
24:16and right now
24:17we are working
24:17in R&D
24:18with fruits
24:19like tomato cherries,
24:21strawberry,
24:22blueberries.
24:23We make it grow
24:23so this is the next step
24:25after the leafy greens
24:26with the fruits,
24:27basically,
24:28small fruits
24:29and it takes
24:30between three
24:31and six weeks
24:32to grow
24:32depending on
24:33the varieties
24:33of the plants.
24:35You want to buy one,
24:36right?
24:38Okay,
24:39I have a question.
24:40I'm just curious,
24:41so one of those things
24:42in your kitchen,
24:42I mean,
24:43what I like about it
24:43is quite aesthetic,
24:44you know,
24:44because I presume
24:47it's lit all the time
24:48so you get this
24:49sort of ambient
24:49kind of forest window.
24:51it's very cool
24:52and it's lit.
24:52it looks nice.
24:53It's kind of meditation
24:54as well,
24:55to be honest,
24:55bonsai.
24:56Okay,
24:57but how many,
24:58I mean,
24:58how much salad
24:58can you get out of it?
25:00I don't know,
25:00how do you
25:01like quantify that?
25:02How much salad
25:03can you get out
25:03for example one week?
25:03I will quantify it
25:04for you,
25:05of course.
25:05Here,
25:06what you see here
25:07is a shelf
25:08of 16 plants.
25:09Okay.
25:10So you can basically
25:10grow 16 salad a month
25:12for one person.
25:14So you have two,
25:1442,
25:15you know,
25:15et cetera.
25:17So,
25:17you know,
25:17it depends what you want
25:18to do.
25:18I will not recommend
25:19about salad
25:20because salad,
25:21you can find it,
25:21you know,
25:22at the shop downstairs.
25:23Yeah,
25:23if you're in an apartment
25:24downstairs in Monoprae,
25:25yeah?
25:25if you come,
25:26you can smell
25:26like the lavender
25:27from Japan,
25:28you can smell
25:29some mint,
25:30pin,
25:31ananas,
25:32pineapple mints
25:33there as well
25:33and something
25:34that you will not
25:35find in the shop.
25:36Kale is not so easy
25:37to go for good
25:38of fresh kale
25:39basically.
25:40Okay,
25:40so basically you can
25:41prioritize stuff
25:42that is actually
25:42probably quite expensive
25:43to buy locally
25:45and yeah.
25:47Yeah,
25:47yeah,
25:47sometimes you cannot
25:49find it.
25:50Just,
25:50you know.
25:52All right,
25:52good.
25:53One more question
25:53from anyone?
25:54Yeah.
25:57I have just
25:58one question.
26:00What is the average
26:01price of the capsule?
26:05So,
26:06so a meat price
26:07is 1 euro 0.5,
26:091 euro 50 the capsule.
26:11You know,
26:12when you know
26:12that salad in the market
26:14is approximately 1 euro
26:15but basil will be 3 euro
26:17so basically
26:18it's kind of a normal price
26:20that you find
26:20for the capsule
26:21and the,
26:23the product
26:24the home appliance
26:25here is less
26:26than 1,000 euro.
26:30Okay,
26:32that's all the time
26:32we have.
26:32Thank you.
26:33Thank you very much.
26:34Thank you.
26:35La Grandgette,
26:35ladies and gentlemen.
26:45All right.
26:47So I'm just taking
26:48a little pause right now
26:50on stage.
26:51It's been a long day
26:52actually.
26:52You guys have a good time?
26:54Yes?
26:54Enjoying VivaTech?
26:55See lots of cool things?
26:57Yeah?
26:58See your head nodding?
26:59No one shaking their head
27:00saying no,
27:00no.
27:01Nothing,
27:01nothing interesting
27:02for me here.
27:04Of course not.
27:06All right.
27:06Well,
27:07we have a great pitch here
27:08from a startup
27:09London based in Battersea,
27:11I believe.
27:12And now these guys
27:12are called
27:13Pentiform
27:14and they have
27:15and they have a really cool
27:16little computer
27:18which sounds to me
27:20like a very promising
27:21market potential
27:22in developing countries.
27:23Here to tell you more
27:25is the founder
27:26of Pentiform.
27:28Stage is yours.
27:43Hi,
27:44good afternoon everyone.
27:45My name is Jun.
27:45I'm one of the co-founders
27:46of Pentiform Computers.
27:48So basically what we do
27:49is we make
27:51eco-conscious computers
27:52compressed into a keyboard
27:54starting from £120.
27:56Thank you very much
27:57to our investors
27:58and partners
27:58to make this possible.
28:00So our journey
28:01really started
28:02because we believe
28:03that in the information age
28:04access to
28:05access to digital tools
28:07is a basic human right.
28:09From computers
28:09we had
28:10everything
28:11from the internet
28:12to services
28:15we use every day
28:16but despite this
28:17half the world
28:18still doesn't have
28:18access to computers.
28:20That's why we wanted
28:21to completely rethink
28:22what a computer can be
28:23by therefore
28:25decreasing the cost
28:27and the eco-footprint
28:29by 10 times.
28:31So if you look
28:32at the digital divide
28:34we believe that
28:35we initially thought
28:36that this was only happening
28:37in developing countries
28:38and we were targeting
28:39mainly in places
28:40like Indonesia
28:41and stuff like that
28:42but what we realized
28:43is that this is happening
28:44everywhere
28:44including even in the west.
28:47So for example
28:47one stat I read
28:48was that
28:48even in households
28:50one third of the households
28:51in France
28:51during coronavirus
28:52had to share a device.
28:54So the kids
28:55in poor areas
28:56didn't have access
28:57to computers
28:57etc.
28:59So one of the ways
29:00we really want to
29:01reduce e-waste
29:02is through size.
29:03By making the computer
29:04much smaller
29:05and compressing it
29:07into size of this keyboard
29:09you can reduce
29:11the amount of packaging
29:12that is used
29:13the e-waste
29:14and the energy
29:14that is dispensed.
29:16So just to break it down
29:17so although we reduced
29:19a lot of the excess components
29:22it has everything
29:23that you would need
29:23including bluetooth,
29:25wifi,
29:26everything like that
29:27and then people
29:28might be asking
29:28where's the screen?
29:29So the idea
29:30is that 95% of people
29:32already has some sort
29:33of display
29:34mainly to do with TVs
29:36so we made it
29:36compatible
29:37with all forms
29:38of TVs.
29:39So by compressing
29:41the whole thing
29:42into the size
29:44of a deck of cards
29:46we essentially
29:47reduced the whole
29:48computer into this
29:49so this enables you
29:51to basically
29:52reduce e-waste
29:54and amount of energy
29:56dispensed.
29:57So if you break it down
29:59so we use the same
30:00amount of energy
30:00as a light bulb
30:01and reduce e-waste
30:03by 22 times
30:04which is responsible
30:05for a lot of lead
30:08and neurotoxic chemicals.
30:10So just to summarise
30:11we want to bring
30:12the magic and privilege
30:14of computing to everyone
30:15so that in the new
30:16information age
30:17everyone can be
30:18participants
30:19in the new economy
30:20and we want to do
30:21this sustainably
30:22because there will be
30:234 billion people
30:24coming online
30:24and we want to
30:25this is our first product
30:27and we want to
30:27continue to produce
30:28new tools
30:29so everyone can
30:30participate in the
30:31magic of computing.
30:34and this is a short video.
30:56Yeah, let me know
30:57if you have any questions.
30:58Thanks.
31:02All right.
31:03I hope they do
31:04because that was
31:07almost an elevator pitch.
31:08Good.
31:09Let's have some questions
31:10from the audience
31:10about that device.
31:13We have...
31:13Oh, this is good.
31:14Okay, who was first?
31:15I don't know.
31:16I got a microphone.
31:17I just got one
31:18about repairability.
31:20We've seen on one
31:20of your slides
31:21a lot of fixing
31:22and repairing tools.
31:24Did you during
31:25the making process
31:26and design process
31:27think about repairability
31:28of the device
31:29in case you need
31:29to upgrade,
31:31maybe upgrade components
31:32to make it last longer
31:33or replace an effective
31:34part, for instance?
31:36Yeah, because you
31:36can't do that
31:37with a MacBook, can you?
31:39So the idea
31:40is that we will
31:41take these in
31:42and then repair it
31:43ourselves
31:43and because I think
31:46the majority
31:46of the consumers
31:47that we are targeting
31:48are just general consumers
31:49so the sort of more
31:51the tools you saw
31:52are more for tinkering
31:53because it's applicable
31:55for...
31:55We have a GPIO
31:56so it means
31:57that it's one
31:58of the few boards
31:59that has an Intel
32:00processor with the GPIO
32:01so you can do it
32:02for any kind of
32:02robotics projects,
32:03et cetera.
32:05Okay, so it's really
32:06making not only
32:10using a computer
32:10more accessible
32:11but also more accessible
32:12for those who would
32:13potentially want to
32:14go into programming
32:14and actually even
32:16take it apart
32:17and...
32:17Yeah, we just want
32:18to give everyone
32:19the same chance
32:19to participate
32:20so whether that's
32:22sort of with
32:23computing, coding
32:24or like
32:25to do with robotics
32:27so everyone
32:27has the same chance
32:28because like
32:29during coronavirus
32:30there's this kid
32:31in Africa
32:31called Emil
32:32who managed
32:32to create
32:33life-saving
32:35cars that delivered
32:37supplies to hospitals
32:39on a car
32:40and I think
32:41something like that
32:41could happen everywhere.
32:43Great.
32:43Okay, great.
32:44Very inspiring.
32:45Yeah.
32:46Another question, please.
32:50So performance-wise,
32:52how is it performing
32:54and what's the limit?
32:55For example,
32:56can it do a video game?
32:57Can it do high refresh rates?
32:59So it comes
33:01with a cold-cold processor
33:02so you can basically
33:03do everything
33:04to do with like
33:05to do with like
33:07browsing, video
33:08but like if you want
33:09to do anything
33:10very computationally heavy
33:11what we foresee
33:12is that you will use
33:13something like
33:13cloud computing
33:14so we integrate it
33:16with the VM
33:16so you rent
33:18a supercomputer
33:18because there's
33:19no reason why
33:20you need a thousand,
33:22two thousand,
33:22three thousand dollar
33:23computer when you can
33:24just rent it
33:25from the cloud
33:25and then there are
33:26people already
33:27who are using it
33:28like they just
33:28are better testers
33:30who are already
33:30doing that
33:31so I think
33:32that's how we see
33:33the future
33:34of computing evolving.
33:35Yeah.
33:37All right.
33:38So I think
33:38some of your competitors
33:39there who have
33:40three thousand dollar
33:41computers might be
33:42disagreeing with you
33:43but...
33:43Yeah.
33:47It's all in the
33:47out of a million
33:48of course.
33:49Yeah.
33:49All right.
33:50Any other questions?
33:52Yeah.
33:52I mean
33:54we're just
33:55in the store behind
33:56so if you want
33:57to try the computer
33:57feel free to come by
33:58and we're also launching
34:00on Kickstarter
34:00in two weeks
34:01and we sold out
34:02our first batch
34:03so...
34:04How many units
34:05did you ship?
34:05We already sold
34:07500 since launch
34:09so hopefully
34:11we'll be doing well
34:12once we launch.
34:14Okay.
34:14Well this is Jun.
34:16Remember his name.
34:16This is Jun
34:17from Pentafor.
34:18Yeah.
34:18Thank you guys.
34:19They're going to do
34:20good things.
34:21Thank you.
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