21 Nov. /2020 Roca Around the World Technologies at the service of a touchless world Preventive measures and social distancing to avoid the spread of COVID-19 have enhanced technologies like touchless, contactless or biometric identification, which are based on the activation of devices without direct physical contact Doors that open when we arrive, dryers that activatethis reason, the high hygienic capacity of this when bringing our hand closer, trunks that close withtechnology is now fully appreciated. a movement of our foot, lights that are switched on,Contactless or biometric identification are similar faucets and WCs that activate, soap and gel innovations to touchless. Contactless is basically a dispensers, windows, blinds, air conditioning units,wireless data transmission system to pay your lifts… The touchless technology, mainly based on thepurchases by holding your credit card or mobile integration of movement sensors into daily use phone close to a payment terminal. On the other elements, has been so far synonymous with comfort hand, biometric identification also allows users to and convenience. In some countries it is a fully make payments or access certain spaces without integrated technology in any environment, while inany physical contact: the system “listens to” the other markets it is still related to premium productsvoice, or “reads” the face or iris of the user to identify or spaces. This was the situation until now… him/her and grant access. COVID-19 is also driving One of the multiple revolutions brought by the the use of these technologies and many companies COVID-19 pandemic is the reappraisal of the all around the world are including them in their touchless technology for its ability to help stop theportfolio to respond to a new demand of touchless spread of the virus in public spaces. Indeed, healthproducts and services. authorities insist that the best way to prevent Will the expansion of these technologies continue contagion is social distancing and one of the mainafter the pandemic? Will we integrate touchless recommendations is to avoid direct contact with systems into new everyday products and services? surfaces likely to retain the virus. Those products andWill we stop considering them premium solutions? services equipped with touchless systems allow New unsolved mysteries left by coronavirus… users to carry out actions as common as opening a The L20 collection integrates touchless activation in a modern and door or a faucet without having to touch them. For elegant faucet L70-E electronic faucet, with the option of battery-powered operation or with connection to the mains 3