Show overview
Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 204 episodes. That works out to roughly 180 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 232nd season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 48 min and 55 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 19 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Mathew Dickerson.
From the publisher
Technologist Mathew Dickerson speaks with James Eddy to give a weekly summary of the latest technology developments from around the world. Send questions to [email protected]
Latest Episodes
View all 204 episodesAI TVs, Robot Athletes, Hologram Goodbyes and Caring Bots – Tech That Thinks, Trains and Comforts.
EV Savings Surge, Robot Runners, Mind-Control Tech and AI Twins – Future Tech Changing Everything.
Sonic Knives, Electric Trucks, AI Fumbles, Gamer Controllers and Solar Rain Power Breakthroughs.
AI Note-Taking, 5-Minute EVs, Money-Making Cars & 450Tb Internet - Plus Skull ID and Box-Shrinking Bots.
S6 Ep 15Pizza Politics, Deepfake Doubt, Robot Runaways and AI Heat – Tech’s Wild Week Explained.
Pepperoni Peace: Pizza Picker Puts Topping Tiffs to the Test. Fashion’s Fluid Future: The Colour-Changing Carryall. Deepfake Doubt: Digital Doppelgängers Disrupting Definitive Identity. Rogue Robots and Runaway Routes: Delivery Droids’ Dangerous Detours. Puff, Proof and Privacy: The Biometric Battle Behind Better Vapes. Heat Havoc: How Hungry AI Hubs Are Heating Our Habitats. Drone Drama Defied: DJI’s Daring 360-Degree Dynamo Delivers Dazzling Detail. Wristband Wizardry: Wearable Waves Wake a New Wave of Robotic Control. Alexa Ascends: Amazon’s Assistant Awakens with AI Ambition.
S6 Ep 14AI Pools, Robotaxis, Ocean Power and EV Taxes – Future Tech Turning Homes, Roads and Energy Upside Down.
Splash, Sprint and Smart Streams: AI Swim Jets Stir the Backyard Pool. Wave Whirl Wonders: Spinning Systems Set to Supercharge Sea Energy. Robotaxi Revival: Autonomous Ambitions Accelerate Again. Pedal to Prestige: Prodrive’s Premium Simulator Pushes Play into Pole Position. Retro Rewind Revival: Video Store Vibes Virtually Revisited. Electric Equity or EV Expense? Taxing the Transport Transition. Leather Luxe or Lightning Loss? Hermès’ High-Fashion Charging Conundrum. Algorithmic Ambitions: AI Aims to Augment Scotland’s Services. Bot Butler Boom: Buying a Bipedal Buddy Before the Bugs Bite.
S6 Ep 13AI Toys, Robot Rescues, Scam Pets & Apple’s Neo Notebook - The Wild Tech Shaping Tomorrow’s World.
Playtime Peril or Plush Potential: AI Toys Tangle with Toddlers’ Trust. Blaze-Busting Bot: Firefighting’s Fearless Frontline Future. Paw-sitively Perilous: AI Pet Scams Prey on Panic and Photos. Gemini Gets Going: Google’s Groundbreaking Grab at Gadget-Driven Tasking. Bipedal Bots Bring Blue-Collar Boosts. Vape Voltage Venture: From Trash to Torque on Tiny EV Streets. Pokémon-Powered Paths: Pixelated Players Pave the Way for Pizza-Delivering Robots. Paws, Proteins and Personalised Precision: AI-Powered Pet Vaccine Pioneers Cancer Cure. Neo Notebook Nirvana: Apple’s Budget Breakthrough Blows Up the Laptop Landscape.
S6 Ep 12Fuel Fears, Blade Batteries, Rogue Robots and Price Tricks: The Tech Quietly Reshaping Everyday Life.
Petrol Price Pressure: Fuel Fears Could Fast-Track Electric Vehicles. Battery Breakthrough: BYD’s Blade Battery Promises Lightning Charging and Long Range. Drone Detection: AI Agriculture Takes Aim at Weeds. Dynamic Discounts or Digital Deception: Supermarkets Test Smart Price Tags. Sensor Surveillance: Hidden Car Signals Could Track Drivers. Cloud Collapse: Why Internet Outages Are Becoming So Common. Rogue Robots: When an AI Bot Started Secretly Mining Cryptocurrency. AI Assistants Aim to Fix the Frustrating Smart Home. Laser Lookouts: New Tech Aims to Detect Predatory Behaviour in Public Spaces.
S6 Ep 11Brain-Reading AI, Smart Privacy Screens, Passenger Drones and Foldable PCs – Plus Microscopic QR Codes.
Screen Shield & Smart Systems: Samsung’s S26 Signals a Safer, Savvier Smartphone Shift. Folding Frames and Flexible Firepower: Lenovo’s Legion Goes Large. Sphere Savvy: Supercharging Social Stories with the Insta360 X5. Pumped-Up Portability: The Pint-Sized Power of the HOTO Air Pump Pocket. Mind to Machine: AI’s Astonishing Inner-Thought Translation. Face Facts: The Visual Vigilance That Foils Fake Faces. Pothole Pummeller: Powerful Patcher Promises Pavement Perfection in a Flash. Microscopic Matrix Milestone: Ceramic Codes Carve a Colossal Data Future. Drone Dramas: Battlefield Lifts and Border Breaches in the Age of Passenger Quadcopters.
S6 Ep 10From Fart Trackers to Folding Robots, Smart Specs and Fashion Rentals – Future Tech Unpacked.
Gas Gauge Gadgetry: The Flatulence-Focused Fitness Frontier. Pixelated Pages: Paper-Thin Playable Tetris Turns Print into Play. Pickle’s Peer-to-Peer Parade: Fashion Freedom Without Fast-Fashion Fallout. Robot Roulette: Rogue Remotes and the Vacuum Vanguard. Privacy-Preserving Parenting: Smart Sensors Safeguarding Seniors. Folded Futures: Weave’s Whirr into the World of Home Help. Spatial Specs & Spectacle: Rokid’s Reality-Rewriting AR Revolution. Bot Boosting Blunders: How a Blog Post Bamboozled the Big AIs. Yoto on the Go: Mighty Mini, Massive Imagination.
S6 Ep 9Olympic AI, Smart Skis, Robot Chess and Laser Gloves: The Tech Transforming Sport, Safety and Sound.
Precision, Performance and Persistent Drones: The Olympics’ Tech Takeover. Smart Skis and Sensor Specs: The Goggle Guidance Giving Jumpers a High-Tech Lift. Magnetic Mastery: The DIY Chessboard That Thinks and Thrusts. Radio Reflections: Radar Reinvented for Roadside Risks. Royal Revival: Robotic Wind Sails Strengthen Submarine Security. Seeing, Feeling, Sharing: Sound Reimagined at the Deaflympics. Algorithmic Appearances: AI’s Audible Mirror for the Blind. Framed Fidelity: Samsung’s Stylish Sound Statement. Laser Light Levity: Festival Fingertips Fire Futuristic Flares.
S6 Ep 8Beds That Think, Pets That Snitch and AI That Remembers the Dead - Tech Gets Personal, Weird and Powerful.
Bed, Bytes & Back Support: Bryte’s Balance Brings Boutique-Hotel Bliss Home. Poop, Prints & Pawsuits: The Surveillance Sniffing Out Modern Pet Care. Brainwaves and Bypass: Biofeedback Boosts (and Tests) Pilot Training. Deathbots & Digital Déjà Vu: When AI Won’t Let Us Say Goodbye. Zeal in the Canal: Oticon’s Tiny Tech Tackles Hearing Big-Time. Pixels, Perception and Photo-Perfect Phone Memories. Luce, Light and Love: Ferrari’s Future Feels Like an Apple That Never Fell. Pocket-Sized Percussion: The Drum Kit You Can’t See but Can’t Ignore. PeopleSense Precision: Counting Crowds without Cutting Corners.
S6 Ep 7Drone Umbrellas, Robot Lattes, Vibe Coding and Bear Face ID – The Future Gets Weird...Fast!
Hovering Help: When Umbrellas Take Off. Clear Cases, Cloudy Futures: The Transparent Tech Throwback. Vibe Coding Viral: Claude Code Turns Typers into Tech Builders. Mechanical Mochas: When Robots Pour a Pretty Perfect Latte. Beasts of Battle: Bio-Inspired Bots and the New Face of Warfare. Chatbot Comfort or Digital Dependence? Gen Z’s Lonely Loop. Bear Biometrics: When AI Gets Nosey with Nature. Silent Screens, Speaking Walls: The Smart Canvas That Turns Talk into Timeless Art. Scale, Scan and Heart-Plan: The Pricey Promise of Full-Body Fitness Tech.
S6 Ep 6Rogue Robot Hands, Memory-Making Glasses, Self-Building AI Coworkers and Music’s Wildest Machines.
Creepy Crawlers & Handy Havoc: When Robot Hands Go Rogue. Remembering Reality: Remarkable Specs Supporting Senile Sight. Stitched by Software: When Algorithms Enter the Atelier. Swallow, Signal, Succeed: MIT’s Smart Pill Solves the Silent Slip-Up. Bin There, Seen That: AI Eyes Take on Britain’s Rubbish Rebels. Paint, Perfume and Predictions: AI Accelerates the Assembly Line. Mind Over Matter: Mapping Movement with Mental Muscle. Coworker Code: Claude’s Self-Building Bot Breaks the Boss Barrier. Bizarre Beats and Bonkers Bows: Music’s Maddest Machines of 2026.
S6 Ep 5Thinking Robots, Speed Drones, DNA Tapes and AI Ads: The Future of Work, Wheels and the Web.
Thinking Before They Pick: Tomato-Tackling Robots Take a Smarter Turn. Packages, Pallets and Precision: Figure AI’s Factory-Friendly Humanoid. Silent Servants, Smarter Services: How Service Robots Are Reshaping Everyday Work. Peregrine Pace-Setters: Pushing the Limits of Drone Speed. Hydrogen Horsepower: Toyota’s Thirst for Fast, Clean Freight. Cassette Comeback: DNA Data Delivers Decades of Digital Storage. Subscription Shift: Tesla’s Self-Driving Sell-Off. Inbox Inferno: Gemini’s Grand Gmail Gamble. Prompt, Pop-Ups and Profits: ChatGPT Courts Commercials.
S6 Ep 4CES Special: Lego That Listens, Lollipops That Sing, Folding Phones, Brainy Headsets and Solar Robots.
Brick by Brick Brilliance: Lego’s Smart Play Sparks a Smarter Toybox. Sweet Sounds & Sugar Shocks: The Lollipop That Listens Back. Twist & Shout: The Headphones That Refuse to Stay in One Lane. Triple the Trouble, Triple the Tech: Samsung’s TriFold Teases the Future. Refresh-Rate Revelation: Xreal’s Rapid Reality Rethinks Smart Glasses. Soulmate Silicon: The Desk-Bound AI That Thinks It Belongs With You. Solar, Strollers and Stored Sunshine: Jackery’s Power Play Pushes Portability Forward. Rolling the Dice: Lenovo’s Expanding Experiment in Laptop Design. Mind Over Mouse: Brainy Beats Boosting Gamer Brilliance.
S6 Ep 3Season 5 Rewind (Part 3): AI Delusions to Droid Housemates, Digital IDs and Death-Defying Drones.
Plushy Pals with Personality: Play-time Meets Programming. Wildlife Watch: Ring’s Rip-Roaring Ring-In of Aussie Animals. Bin Bots, Battery Bins and a Better Bin-Day. Bifocal Breakthrough: Crystal-Clever, Click-to-Focus Specs. Chatbot Chill or Chatbot Chill-out: Confronting the Crisis of AI-Fuelled Delusions. Glasses, Guests and Guided Getaways: Disney’s Augmented Adventures. Pods, Play and Precision: Piloting with AirPods. Collar Communication: Cows Connect Through Clever, Cloud-Controlled Collars. Holographic Highway Patrol: Seoul’s Spectral Solution to Street Safety. Avocado Algorithms: AI Assesses Ripeness to Reduce Waste. Passport Power: Pocketing Paperwork with Apple’s Digital ID Debut. Domestic Droid or Digital Double? Neo’s Human-Helped Housekeeping Heralds a Humanoid Home Future. Keyless Quandary: The Digital Drive to Ditch the Car Fob. Electric Edge: Will E-cars Eclipse F1’s Fastest? Defibrillator Drones: Delivering Death-Defying Doses of Digital First Aid.
S6 Ep 2Season 5 Rewind (Part 2): Marathon Machines, Grief Tech, AI, Drones, Smartwear & the EV Future.
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.
S6 Ep 1Season 5 Rewind (Part 1): Body Heat Power, Moon Energy, Numberless Money & the Wildest Tech Futures.
Power from the People: Body Heat Fuels Future Wearables. Gentex's Glare-Free Game Changer. Piano Precision Powered by Robots: Finger Speed Revolution. Card Credentials Concealed: Mastercard's Move to Numberless Payments. Magnetic Momentum: The March of Qi2 Wireless Charging. WikiTok Wonders: Swiping Away Doomscrolling with Random Knowledge. Crafting Captain America's Kinetic-Conquering Shield: A Materials Marvel. Radiant Roofs: Fluorescent Films for Year-Round Comfort. Savouring Simulations: Scientists Serve Up Virtual Flavours with e-Taste. Cultivated Cuisine: Cell-Cultured Creations Coming to UK Consumers. Snap's Spectacles: Augmented Advancements Amplify AR Ambitions. Spellbinding Speech: SpellRing Signals a Silent Shift. Samsung's Smart Suckers: Vacuuming Meets Virtual Calls. Moon Dust to Moonglass: Pioneering Perovskite Power for Lunar Living. Sky-High Screens: Smart Glass Soars into Aviation.
S5 Ep 52Weed Robots, Watch Drones, Disney AI and a Teen Ban Blindspot – Plus Tesla’s $350 Paddle.
Ban Blindspot: Gaming’s Gaping Gap in the Great Aussie Online Clampdown. Paddles, Premiums and Publicity: Tesla Takes a Swing at Pickleball. Blood, Bands and Behaviour: How Whoop Is Blending Wearables with Wellness. Mickey Meets Machines: Disney Dances with Generative AI. Wrist Wizards and Wayward Wings: DJI’s Drone Takes Orders from Your Watch. Carbon Strings, Classic Soul: Printing the Future of the Cello. Hallucinations on the Help Desk: Librarians vs Lying Language Models. Weighty Wants: When Cable Control Costs a Pretty Penny. Rolling with the Wind: The Tumbleweed Tech That Travels Further on Less Power.