Season 5 Rewind (Part 2): Marathon Machines, Grief Tech, AI, Drones, Smartwear & the EV Future.
Tech Talk with Mathew DickersonShow Notes
Marathon Machines: Mechanical Marvels Make Their Move in Beijing. ChatGPT's Commerce Crossover: AI Adds Shopping Smarts. Recording, Reminders and Really Creepy: AI Audio Assistants Arrive. Hyperboot Hype: Nike’s High-Tech Heatwear Hits the Market. Socks, Slippers and Smarts: Saros Sweeps into the Spotlight. Contact Lens Conversions: Flickers, Frequency, and Future Night Vision. Brewed with Brains: Beer, Bots, and Bold New Beginnings. Breath-Based Breakthrough: Biomarker Detection Without Blood or Blades. Final Farewell or Forever Files? The Rise of Grief Tech. Paws, Patterns and Positioning: The Fi Collar Fetches the Future of Pet Tech. Litter Lasso: Leveraging Lenses to Limit Littering. Inked Innovation: AI’s Artistic Advance in Tattooing. Bot Bonds & Binary Brides: The Allure of AI Affection. Delivery Droids and Drone Drops: The Futuristic Feast of Food Fulfilment. Paddle-Powered Progress: Ping-Ponging Towards Practicality in AI. Lenovo’s Limitless Laptop: The Rise of the Rollable “Tallboy” Tech. Ford’s Frugal Future: $30K Electric Pickup Poised for 2027.
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Pilotless Progress: Plane Proves Cross-Country Autonomy. Robot Road Rules: Who Cops the Fine When Driverless Cars Cross the Line? Bin There, Seen That: AI Garbage Trucks Grade the Grass. Simulated Skills: Speeding Up Smarter Robot Training. Festival Fraud: AI Makes Scam Stalls Frighteningly Convincing. Gemini Goes Rogue: Google’s AI Accidentally Hacks the Real World. Bottle Bots: AI Accelerates Plastic’s Path Back to the Fridge. Silicon Style: Tech Titans Turn T-Shirts into Tribal Tokens. Paws, Patrols and Pet Pixels: AI’s New Robotic Rover.
August Amped: EVs Electrify Australian Sales and Overtake Petrol for the First Time. Pocket-Pause Push: Restaurants Reclaim Real-World Relationships. Brakes on the Bots: What an AI Slowdown Would Actually Look Like. Undies, Urinals and Unusual Insights: The Ingenious Ig Nobels. Tomorrow Through Ten-Year-Old Eyes: Robots, Risks and a Remarkable 2050. Algorithmic Arms Race: When Viral Views Turn into Dangerous Dares. Pitch-Perfect Performances: Auto-Tune Takes Centre Stage. Paws on Patrol: Robot Dogs Dig into Digital Farming. Accent Attack: AI Voices Turn Familiar Speech into a Fraudster’s Friend.
Molar Machine Learning: Dyson’s AI Toothbrush Takes Aim at Flossing. Calorie Con: Why Your Smartwatch May Be Fudging Your Fitness Figures. Facial Firewall: Dating Apps Face Up to Fakes with Biometric Checks. Recruitment Ruse: When Dream Jobs Deliver Digital Disaster. Menu Makeover: Artificial Intelligence Is Changing What We See - and What We Eat. Cameras, Cops and Constant Capture: The Surveillance Sitting in Plain Sight. Kicking into the Cloud: Contactless Combat Comes to Competition. Drone-Derived Dustbuster: DJI’s Daring Domestic Cleaning Debut. Sound Gets Smarter: Sonos’ AI Audio Ambition.