Hi, I'm Cody Gough with a special sponsored podcast episode from Curiosity.com.

And I'm Ashley Hamer.

This episode is sponsored by EMD performance materials, a business of Merck,

KGAA, Dmstadt, Germany.

And it's the fourth episode in a five-part series we're doing

to help you learn about how science and technology are being applied to drive

innovation and change the world.

Today you learn about how a company can develop new technology and innovate while also helping the environment and our society as a whole.

It's all part of a commitment to improving global health, broadening minds, and developing sustainable solutions.

We recorded this conversation live on the showroom floor at CES 2019, the Consumer Electronics

Show in Las Vegas.

Earlier in our podcast mini-series, we talked about liquid crystal windows that were on display at

CES.

They're windows that look like perfectly normal glass, but when you apply an electric field they can go from clear

to opaque in a microsecond. These liquid crystal windows could have huge

implications for sustainability and that's according to our first guest today, Kai Beckman.

He's a member of the Executive Board at Merck-KGAA, Darmstadt, Germany.

You'll hear from a couple other guests today, but let's start with Kais' perspective on how Liquid Crystal Windows could change the world.

Let's see some curiosity.

Here at the CS, you sit in front of one of the big game changes, which is our smart window.

That's the only product that we really display at this booth because everything else is like hidden behind the products of our customers.

And so that I believe that liquid crystal window can be a real

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