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 "We are having discussions with Reliance, Intex, Lava and Micromax. We believe Chinese brands like <keyword id="1188106" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Gionee">Gionee</keyword>, Vivo and Oppo would also be interested in such an IRiS-based software for Aadhaar-based authentication," <keyword id="3558093" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="salil-prabhakar">Salil Prabhakar</keyword>, chief executive of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/This-top-executive-from-Ola-has-released-a-striking-app-which-tells-you-how-good-or-bad-the-roads-are/articleshow/53924926.cms">Delta ID</a> told the <keyword id="6474066" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="economic-times">Economic Times</keyword>. 
 
"There is huge interest across the board for it. With Aadhaar <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/This-top-executive-from-Ola-has-released-a-striking-app-which-tells-you-how-good-or-bad-the-roads-are/articleshow/53924926.cms">enrolment </a>in India crossing 105 crore, the potential is immense." 
 
The technology would enable a user to authenticate his Aadhaar details by looking at a phone having a special IRIS camera and LeD. "ActiveIRIS is a powerful biometric identifier and this can be a game-changing feature in phones helping establish the identity of a person. At Intex, we are in talks with UIDAI and are evaluating the same," Intex Director <keyword id="366460" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Keshav-Bansal">Keshav Bansal</keyword> told the financial daily. 
 There are a few other companies which can assemble and market iris scanners in India, which includes US-based <keyword id="3659396" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="iritech">IriTech</keyword>, and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/This-top-executive-from-Ola-has-released-a-striking-app-which-tells-you-how-good-or-bad-the-roads-are/articleshow/53924926.cms">Gujarat</a>-based <keyword id="3183678" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Biomatiques-Identification-Solutions">Biomatiques Identification Solutions</keyword>. 
 "We are working with <keyword id="1660257" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="InFocus">InFocus</keyword> on a smartphone platform and will be launching it soon," <keyword id="3659393" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="prabhu-sridharan">Prabhu Sridharan</keyword>, the executive vice-president at IriTech, told ET.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6385073" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="georgia">Georgia</keyword> just passed a new law that changes voting and elections in the state.</li><li><keyword id="6391475" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="coca-cola">Coca-Cola</keyword>, <keyword id="6383835" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="delta">Delta</keyword>, and <keyword id="201254" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Home-Depot">Home Depot</keyword> all gave statements in support of <keyword id="93452" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Voting-rights">voting rights</keyword>.</li><li>Activists are pressuring the companies to try to force them to do more.</li></ul>Georgia just passed a law with new voting restrictions, and activists opposing the new measures are not satisfied by the broad statements made by companies based in the state.The <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/georgia-new-election-law-means-for-voters-and-officials-explainer-2021-3">SB 202 bill</a> makes changes to nearly all aspects of voting and elections in the state, Grace Panetta reported for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/georgia-new-election-law-means-for-voters-and-officials-explainer-2021-3">Insider.</a> The most controversial aspects of the new law include a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ga-voting-law-bans-volunteers-from-delivering-food-water-to-voters-2021-3">ban on volunteers giving water and snacks</a> to voters waiting in line, more stringent voter ID laws for absentee ballots, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/georgia-new-election-law-means-for-voters-and-officials-explainer-2021-3">"ballot selfies" are banned.</a>Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/investors-cut-corners-due-diligence-fast-paced-vc-deals-2021-3">Some investors cut corners on due diligence to make deals go faster as competition to win deals grows fierce, VCs say</a>Civil rights groups and Democratic elected officials, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-georgia-voting-law-attack-constitution-jim-crow-2021-3">including President Joe Biden</a>, have condemned the law as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/georgia-new-election-law-means-for-voters-and-officials-explainer-2021-3">voter suppression.</a> Civil rights groups <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20532706-sb-202-ngp-vs-raffensperger">including the New Georgia Project</a>, Black Voters Matter, and the Georgia NAACP <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20532707-sb-202-ga-naacp-vs-raffensperger">have filed federal lawsuits against the</a> law as a violation of the Voting Rights Act.Activists have criticized the companies for not doing enough to speak out against the bill. "#BoycottDelta" and "#BoycottCocaCola" were each used in tens of thousands of tweets since March 23, <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/business/delta-coke-face-boycott-campaigns-over-new-georgia-voting-law/ZJUGGDO3HBA3BF2J64WVOQ5YE4/">The Atlanta-Journal-Constitution reported.</a> "Do not fly Delta. Do not spend money with Delta. <keyword id="6359192" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="boycott">Boycott</keyword> Delta. Ruin Delta," <a href="https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1375891703547236353?s=20">commentator Keith Olbermann tweeted.</a>Religious leaders of the AME Sixth Episcopal District of Georgia are among those calling for a boycott of Coca-Cola. If "Coca-Cola wants Black and brown people to drink their product, then they must speak up when our rights, our lives, and our very democracy as we know it is under attack," Bishop Reginald Jackson told <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/business/delta-coke-face-boycott-campaigns-over-new-georgia-voting-law/ZJUGGDO3HBA3BF2J64WVOQ5YE4/">The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.</a>Voting rights groups have expressed anger and disappointment, too."We are all frustrated with these companies that claim that they are standing with the Black community around racial justice and racial equality. This shows that they lack a real commitment to racial equity. They are complicit in their silence," co-founder of Black Voters Matter <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/business/corporate-america-voting-rights.html">LaTosha Brown told The New York Times.</a>Many companies expressed support for racial justice last year, and activists see their actions now as missing follow through on earlier statements."It seems to me perfectly legitimate for Black voters in Georgia to expect them [corporations] to speak just as powerfully and directly about what is an unwarranted attack on the ability of Black voters to participate in the political process" NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/business/corporate-america-voting-rights.html">Sherrilyn Ifill said.</a>On March 15, protestors held a <a href="https://fb.watch/4yXud0LeFZ/">die-in</a> at the World of Coca-Cola against the bill. Coca-Cola addressed calls for boycotts in an online statement: "You may see comments and calls for protests and boycotts of our state and our company. We have never wavered on our point of view and we have and will continue to meet with a wide array of stakeholders inside and outside of Georgia to hear their views, work together, and advocate for greater voting access."Georgia-based corporations have so far only offered broad support of voting rights without addressing many specifics of the bill."We believe voting is a foundational right in America and access should be broad-based and inclusive. Throughout the legislative session, we have been active with the Metro Atlanta Chamber in expressing our concerns and advocating for positive change in voting legislation. We, along with our business coalition partners, sought improvements that would enhance accessibility, maximize voter participation, maintain election integrity and serve all Georgians," Coca-Cola said in a statement to Insider before the bill was signed."Last week controversial Georgia voting legislation was signed into law. While we are disappointed in the outcome, we don't see this as the final chapter," the Atlanta-based company added after it was passed.Delta CEO Ed Bastian gave a similar statement."Delta believes that full and equal access to voting is a fundamental right for all citizens. Over the past several weeks Delta engaged extensively with state elected officials in both parties to express our strong view that Georgia must have a fair and secure election process, with broad voter participation and equal access to the polls. The legislation signed this week improved considerably during the legislative process ... Nonetheless, we understand concerns remain over other provisions in the legislation and there continues to be work ahead in this important effort. We are committed to continuing to listen to our people and our communities, and engage with leaders from both parties to ensure every eligible employee and Georgia voter can exercise their right to vote."Home Depot did not comment on the bill directly at all. "We believe that all elections should be accessible, fair, and secure and support broad voter participation. We'll continue to work to ensure our associates, both in Georgia and across the country, have the information and resources to vote," the company said in a statement to Insider, listing examples of how it carried out a Get Out the Vote campaign.Do you have a story to share about a <keyword id="6354851" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="retail">retail</keyword> or restaurant chain? Email this reporter at <a href="mailto:mmeisenzahl@businessinsider.com">mmeisenzahl@businessinsider.com</a>.

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<div style="padding: 15px; border: 1px solid #999999; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 15px!important; line-height: 25px; overflow: auto; vertical-align: middle;"> This is part of the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/tech-360">"Tech 360"</a> series offering a 360-degree view of the tech industry, from in-depth reporting to weekly posts on what you need to know. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/tech-360">"Tech 360"</a> is sponsored by Delta. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/tech-360">Read more in the series »</a><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/tech-360" target="_blank"></a></div><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image">iRobotiRobot CEO and co-founder Colin Angle</div></div></div>iRobot's autonomous housecleaning robots are already in millions of homes around the world. Spare your sci-fi dreams of humanoid robots fetching your beers for now - this is the only consumer robotics company that matters today.
If you don't know the company name, you certainly know its products. To date, iRobot has sold 10 million housecleaning Roomba vacuums, saving its customers time and effort in one aspect of that thing we all hate so much: housework.
The company is built on much more than vacuums, however - its other consumer offerings will wash your floors, clean your pool, and even clear out your gutters.
iRobot also has an impressive business selling battle-tough bots to military and police - <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/irobot-defense-contractor-2014-4">we profiled that side of its business here</a>. These bots are used for a variety of applications, having been put to work in Afghanistan at the height of the war, and even in Fukushima, Japan after the reactor meltdown.
One of the people at iRobot's helm is its CEO and co-founder, Colin Angle, 46, who recently gave us some time for questions. Here are some takeaways from our conversation, and the full (lightly edited) interview appears below that.
<ul>
<li>iRobot is interested in eventually building robots to help the elderly lead more comfortable lives. We're rapidly aging as a society, so robots might be just the thing to step in and help us out in our twilight years.</li>
<li>Humanoid robots are not practical. Function is more important than form, so a robot's utility needs to come first.</li>
<li>The idea of a "robot uprising" is not really something to worry about. Long before humanity needs to worry about that, we're going to need to solve much more interesting problems. One is to answer the question "What is 'human?'"</li>
<li>The next generation of Roombas will use a superior navigation technology called vSLAM. They're going to navigate around your house more efficiently with help from low-cost cameras that will help them keep track of where they already have and haven't yet cleaned.</li>
</ul>
BUSINESS INSIDER: What got you interested in robotics?
COLIN ANGLE: A passion for building things, and to have those things be more than just a fantasy - to be quite practical.
"Star Wars" was the right movie for me. I watched the <a href="http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/MSE-6-series_repair_droid">MSE-6 droid</a> leading the stormtroopers where they needed to go when they were under attack, and that got my attention much moreso than C-3PO and R2-D2 because we could actually build that.
Robots had so much potential but none of it had been reduced to practice. We were going to make the robot industry real by ignoring all notions of what a robot was "supposed" to be - form that met function. It wasn't about the "cool demo." I had lots of experience around cool demos, especially at MIT. I was interested in the longer term, playing in the space where robots could be in the consumer or commercial world.
BI: Your company's name is a reference to Isaac Asimov's "I, Robot", I assume?
CA: It is, but at the time, the "i" stood for "internet." The original name of the company was Artificial Creatures Inc. Around the late 1990s, I'd become convinced that one of the killer applications of robotics came from connecting robots to the internet. The idea of solving generalized artificial intelligence was still far away, but heck, I could rent brains by hiring operators. iRobot was the name of the company and one of our most ambitious projects, <a href="http://www.irobot.com/filelibrary/ppt/corp/cool_stuff_ppt/img13.html">iRobot LE</a>. It was an internet-connected robot, but it was ultimately not launched.
<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image">iRobot</div></div></div>
BI: Do you have any favorite robot books or movies?
CA: There are many of them. "Star Wars" was an early inspiration. Johnny Five from the "Short Circuit" movies. "WALL-E" is a movie about a trash-collecting robot, so how can I not love that? It celebrates a practical, mundane robot that goes about its life.
BI: In the time since you and your co-founders started iRobot, what have been the most impressive developments in the field?
CA: It's hard not to love Roomba. Roomba had such an amazing impact on the field. When we launched, we asked people, "Is it a robot?" and got an overwhelming no - "robots" have arms and legs, they command data. There was a very strong perception that robots had to look like people. Roomba didn't use the word "robot" other than in the company name on the packaging. The press called it a robot. Now here we are 10 years later. I think, as a result, people are generally willing to imagine robots of all shapes, as humanoid robots are not practical.
The other thing Roomba did was to demonstrate that if you can crack the code and make a robot that delivers more value than it costs, you can sell 10 million of them. The utility of the robot needs to come first. It's business model over technology.
When I was building robots in the early 1990s, the problems of voice recognition, image understanding, VOIP, even touchscreen technologies - these were robotics problems. Now a robot company would be crazy to be working on those types of challenges. The gaming industry has stepped in to solve those problems. The Kinect sensor is perfect for gesture recognition, for example. These advances from the technology side have opened up room for advancement in the robot space. That's exciting because to create new value in the robot space quickly, you need to stand on the shoulders of other technological developments. Starting from scratch can be a five- or ten-year project. If you can leverage a growing infrastructure of rich technologies, you can start to build more useful robots with less capital investment, and that's what's required to succeed.
<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image">iRobotThe 310 SUGV, one of iRobot's military and defense robots.</div></div></div>
BI: This is such a clichéd question, but where do you stand on the robot uprising?
CA: Long before we have a robot uprising, we're going to deal with much more interesting problems. This idea that we're going to build a robot that has human cognition and appreciation for morals and values, that's super-hard stuff. If you think about the incorporation of robotic technology in our bodies, that's much nearer at hand.
There are implants with robotic technologies can restore hearing, and we're starting to have more routine surgery facilitated by robots. We have people who have lost their limbs in tragic situations who now have thought-controlled arm, legs, or ankles incorporated directly into their bodies.
Thus far, this technology is being used in response to traumatic injury, but it's easy to imagine your daughter coming to you one day and saying, "Hey Dad, I was thinking of having my eye removed. An artificial eye is going to give me better sight. Forget Google Glass, let's have the technology built in."
This is plausible and will create new challenges in the world. Having access to this technology gives you advantages over people who don't. The more important question is "What is human?"
BI: How does iRobot decide on what to work on next? Anything cool in the works you can talk about?
CA: We obviously continue to work on extending our leadership in markets we currently serve, but the impact of mobile and gaming asks the question "What is robot technology?" The answer is navigation, manipulation, and implementation of more sophisticated intelligence. The idea that a robot will become more aware of its environment, that telling it to "go to the kitchen" means something - navigation and understanding of the environment is a robot problem. Those are the technological frontiers of the robotics industry.
Where are we going? Extending independent living for our elderly is certainly not the only market for robots - there are robots in oil wells and many other things - but it's in that direction. We are rapidly aging as a society and most developed nations are suffering from the same challenges. In the U.S., there is an 18% gap on healthcare services for those in later life and the average cost of assisted living is well over the cost of a mortgage on a home.
BI: I read that the next generation of Roombas will implement something called "vSLAM." What can you tell me about vSLAM, and how much better will a vSLAM Roomba be than one that relies solely on bumpers and sensors? 
CA: Navigation is a key robot technology so vSLAM is about map-building and visualizing yourself on a map. "SLAM" stands for "simultaneous location and mapping" - the robot drives through an environment and builds a map of its environment. At the same time it keeps a running estimate of its position within that map, and to do it well right now is relatively expensive. It requires long-range laser rangefinders to build this map effectively. It works great in commercial setting, but the big challenge is cost.
vSLAM stands for "visual" SLAM. Instead of lasers, we're using low-cost cameras. The robot moves around just like with SLAM, but the map it makes is based on cameras finding landmarks in its environment that it can recognize from a variety of angles and lighting. Tracking three landmarks means you can triangulate your position very accurately.
The cost of the hardware decreases from thousands of dollars to tens of dollars, and that opens up many new applications for the technology and robots in general. At our <a href="http://investors.irobot.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=193096&amp;p=irol-newsArticle&amp;ID=1924345&amp;highlight=">Analyst Day</a> we demonstrated a system in the lab and used it to move around a building. We're very excited about it.
In practical consumer terms, Roomba will have an understandable map of what it's doing. This means it can spend more time where the dirt is and less time where it isn't. It can cover more square footage in the same amount of time, or the same square footage in less time. You can stop and recharge, then continue where you left off. It's about having the knowledge about what's been done where.

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