(air whooshing)
- Any store in America
can be retrofitted to this technology.
Here's what I'm gonna have you do.
Run!
Go, go, go!
We started this channel as a second-grade science project
and a lot of you have been around for that entire time.
Lincoln, how old are you now?
- I'm like, 16, 16 1/2.
- And what grade are you in?
- I'm in 11th.
- He's a junior in high school.
And what's crazy,
is I was doing some numbers today,
and it's been 17 years since I was actually in college.
This kid has grown up to be a junior in high school
and is now thinking about going to college.
That is insane.
- Yeah, and today we are at San Jose State,
which is in Silicon Valley,
kind of like the birthplace of a lot of great technology.
- Over the years,
we have shown you the latest and greatest in technology.
We'll go to two colleges today
and show you some tech that, I think,
is some of the greatest technology
for college students today.
And it might be a little unexpected,
how we find it.
When we talk about unexpected college tech,
it is right here, Ginger Market.
Lincoln, let's show 'em what we're talking about here.
- This store is amazing.
It does not take any cash or credit card,
which is really odd for like,
a store where you go and buy things.
You walk up,
scan your phone,
and you just go into the store and grab whatever you want.
Like say, I want some Hi-Chews.
You grab this,
you walk straight out,
and this will be charged to your phone,
and you're good.
- And that's it.
Frictionless shopping.
You may have seen this in other stores around the world,
but what makes this store unique,
this store has been around for about 15 years,
but it just was retrofitted within the last six months.
There's a company called Standard AI
that is changing the game.
They come into existing stores,
whether it's a convenient store,
an airport store,
a college store like this,
and if you look on the ceiling,
there are cameras everywhere.
This little box right here is a camera
that's looking at a designed specific area.
There's around 50 cameras inside of this store,
all watching and looking at what you're doing.
It creates almost like a stick figure version of you.
And on the back end,
this stick figure shows you walking around,
picking up different things.
When another group of people comes in
the stick figures are a different color,
but whether you grab something and take it with you
or put it back on the shelf,
it's watching you throughout the entire store
on these cameras,
and it's connected,
on the servers,
to you,
so it knows exactly what you are.
That's where the AI part of this comes into is Standard AI.
It doesn't necessarily completely cut out
humans to the equation.
They may still have employees
that actually work inside of there,
but they're mostly just there to help people,
just making things more efficient
and making it more of an enjoyable experience,
for both the worker and the shopper.
Any store in America can be retrofitted to this technology,
without having to build the entire store from the ground up.
And like I said,
I was in college many years ago.
When Lincoln's kids go to college,
just imagine what kind of technology we're gonna have then.
So this is the moment, Lincoln.
Just grab whatever you feel like eating,
or taking.
(upbeat techno music)
- [Lincoln] KIND Bar.
- KIND Bar. - That's a wrap.
- That's so kind of you. - It looks delicious.
(upbeat techno music continues)
- Gummy bears.
- [Daniel] Da gummy bears.
I love gummy bears. - It's-
A little early.
(Daniel chuckles)
- Okay.
- We'll wait, we'll wait.
- [Daniel] Okay, so that is one thing,
we can put things back.
You can grab things,
like, go ahead, Lincoln,
reach in the cooler and grab like,
some drink, like a Gatorade or something,
pull it out,
shut the door.
Great, you got a Gatorade.
No, we don't want Gatorade, put it back.
- Okay.
- [Daniel] Now he's gonna go
and put the thing back on the shelf.
Ohp. Ooh, that was a close one.
Ohp, ooh, that was a close one.
Oh, look at these guys.
What is that?
Look at the guys on there.
Do you like crispy ramen snacks?
- I can try it.
- [Daniel] Okay, Lincoln.
Here's what I'm gonna have you do.
Run outta the store like you stole it.
Go! Go, go, go!
Run!
(mellow music)
I don't see the police coming.
(footsteps clomping)
We're running out.
All right, we sat down.
It did take a minute or two
for the actual receipt to come through,
but we have it.
Here's what's on it.
Check in time, 11:44 am.
Order details.
One KIND Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Bar.
Lincoln, what is your review on this?
- It was delicious.
It was awesome.
- Okay it's 11:44, so this was lunch.
- Yep.
- Bottle of Lifewater.
Lincoln has already downed all of that.
One Baby Star Ramen, Spicy.
How does this taste?
- I haven't tried it yet.
- Well, let's try it.
- Should we try it?
- Okay, we're gonna try it right now.
- Spicy ramen snack.
- Baby Spicy Ramen Star.
(suspenseful music)
It's actually not bad.
- Yeah. That's good.
- Good job, Japan.
- Yep.
- Seaweed Snack. Wasabi.
I have no idea what that is.
These guys are making sushi.
Look at all the sushi they're making.
Sushi inside of here,
that is made,
sushi, sushi, sushi.
Sushi, Just walk out, that's cool.
Honestly, I'm blown away with the tech inside of there.
- Yeah.
- Like, it's incredibly convenient.
I mean-
- It makes sense why you would do that.
It cuts out so much time waiting in lines,
talking to cash register people,
like, you know?
Like, it's amazing.
- If we have the technology in 2023,
why not use it?
University of Houston down in Texas
has the same technology.
We're gonna fly all the way
from here to there in today's video.
And we are here at University of Houston.
We flew through the night,
and it's a little sweatier here in Houston.
Lincoln, what are you looking for
when it comes to a college?
You're about ready to go to college.
- Yeah.
I mean, I think that I would want like,
better weather,
like, somewhere like here.
Like, this place is great.
Even though it's a little humid right now,
it's good pretty much throughout the entire year.
I really like college football.
So, I think that I would want to go to a bigger school
with a good football team.
I think that'd be fun.
- [Daniel] When you say better weather,
you mean you don't want it to be cold and no snowy?
- No.
Yeah, that's what I mean by better weather.
Absolutely.
- So good weather, warm weather,
and also good college football.
Well, University of Houston,
they just joined the Big 12 Conference.
They're about to be big time in football.
(Daniel chuckles)
We're gonna at least check out the best tech
in the United States,
that they have here at their college campus.
This is a big campus.
We just walked across campus to the Bates Law Building
to find the newest store that they have.
They actually have two of them here.
Did you guys go down the stairs or up the stairs?
- [Student] Up the stairs.
- Up the stairs.
Okay, we were in the wrong building.
We were in the old law building
and now we're in the brand new, shiny law building,
which they wanted to put the best of everything
inside of this law building,
and they actually have a store in here
that is very new and nice.
(mellow music)
This is my favorite application
of what this technology can do for a school,
specifically a college campus.
We are tucked away
in the backside of a law school building right now.
- And sometimes you need more than a vending machine.
And that's what this little store right here,
is so perfect for.
- We don't have to go all the way to the bookstore.
We don't need to go to some central place on campus,
this store is just for the Law Center
and for the students that are studying-
- Or at their books.
- Or have 10 minutes in between class,
you just come into this room,
and it's a lot more than a vending machine.
When you walk in the door,
you take your phone and you put it right here,
walk around,
grab your drinks,
and just like we saw in San Jose,
they even have sushi.
In San Jose, we had three items that we got.
We are going to test this one to the max right now.
- Yeah.
- Lincoln is gonna go in and just,
Lincoln, grab as many things as you actually can.
- Okay.
(upbeat techno music)
- [Daniel] Boom, checked in.
All right, Lincoln-
- Oh!
- [Daniel] Get some good stuff,
'cause we have a flight to catch after this.
- [Lincoln] Come on.
- [Daniel] Oh, going for the drinks.
Two at a time.
That's gonna push the,
hey, that's gonna be tricky.
Going in the pockets.
(upbeat techno music continues)
- KIND Bars are really- - KIND Bars are really great.
- [Lincoln] Got a cereal.
- [Daniel] Oh my gosh.
- Beef jerky.
That looks great.
And this. - Gummy bears.
- Mints.
- [Daniel] Some Utz, Utz mints so good.
Seriously. So good.
- All right.
- [Daniel] All right, dude.
I think you got a lot of stuff.
(upbeat techno music continues)
- What else?
I mean,
okay, nuts.
- [Daniel] All right.
- [Lincoln] Get some gum.
- [Daniel] Gum.
- Done. - Boom.
- Hit my limit?
- [Daniel] You look full.
Your pockets are full-
- Yep. - Your hands are full.
Let's head outta the store.
- See you. - Check out time.
- [Lincoln] Got it.
- [Daniel] He's just stealing all this stuff
is what it feels like.
But he's not stealing.
It has his credit card.
(plastic rustling)
(items clunking)
Oh my gosh, that's a lot of stuff.
We're gonna go through this right now
and see which things,
we really don't know if everything accounted for.
So, one M&M Milk Chocolate Candies.
(tape rewinding)
It's right there, look.
(Daniel chuckles)
- There it is.
- Yeah, you see it.
(bell dings)
Okay, one Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.
(bell dings)
- Big Cup.
- Big Cup?
One Planters Peanut Salt.
(bell dings)
One Pringles Potato Crisp, Original.
(bell dings)
- Yep.
- One Lifesaver Gummies 5 Flavors, $2.89.
- Right here.
- Pretty good deal for the gummies right there.
One Minute Maid Lemonade, 20 ounce.
(bell dings)
Well, yeah.
One Jack's Link's Beef Jerky Pepper.
Yeah. Dude, this is good.
(bell dings)
Two KIND Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate.
- I got the two. - Two.
I was worried about this one, honestly.
- I tried to grab one
but I accidentally grabbed two and didn't even realize.
So, I'm surprised that they got both of 'em.
- Albanese Gummy Bears.
(bell dings)
Pink Lemonade, MM.
- I did get the other one. That's good.
(bell dings)
- One Gum Peppermint Cobalt.
(bell dings)
One Froot Loops.
(bell dings)
- Some cereal sounds delicious about right now.
- One Reese's Peanut Butter Crispy Wafers Milk Chocolate.
(bell dings)
- Right there.
- [Daniel] Looks like class is just about out
'cause lots of-
- [Lincoln] This is-
- Very important legal people
are coming into their lockers and down the hallway.
One Skittles.
(bell dings)
And the last and final,
Life Savers Mints.
If you want something like this inside of your college,
click on the link in the description,
and you can request to have this type of store
added into your school.
I love the technology.
Thank you, Standard AI,
for sponsoring this video.
We have a plane to catch back to Utah,
and Lincoln has some decisions to make
on college in the next year.
College. Which college are you going to?
- Can't say that right now.
- [Daniel] He does not know.
- Does not know.
- Football, warm weather.
Two current criteria.
We'll see if that changes in the next few months.
Maybe there's a third element that will come into play.
- Yep.
- All right. Thanks for watching.
See ya!
Froot Loops.
Albanese or Life Savers?
- Those ones.
- Let us know in the comments.
Somebody ate the KIND Bar.
Wasn't me.
- Well, it's not me, either.
- What?
Hunter, behind the camera,
ate the KIND Bar.
Did you do it, Hunter?
- [Hunter] I did.
- Law Building,
Law Building, Law Building, Law Building, Law Building.
Lincoln- - Dad-
- What's your review on this?
- It was delicious. It was awesome.
Oh, whoo!