Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson

List of best-selling Electric Vehicles for 2022. Tap-to-Pay is so yesterday – say hello to proximity payments! Using electric pulses to save the shark population. Brainless Robots to help around the office. The Leap Second is being scrapped: let future generations worry about it! The latest in thin speakers with high-quality sound. Lab-grown chicken meat officially declared safe. Floating solar farms coming to a body of water near you. When looking for you next holiday, have you considered a floating resort with 60,000 of your closest friends?

Would you like to watch TV for 3 months and be paid $40K? A wearable sensor to help pick up signs of a heart attack of dehydration and other conditions. VW build the ultimate office chair. Improve your swimming form with smart goggles. Porsche is set to charge ahead in the EV space with details released of the 2024 Macan. Google pays $392 million to settle location tracking investigation. Solar panels that function on form before function. Real-time localised weather maps…from a taxi! Car manufacturers moving to lower-cost batteries.

Fonzie needed it but does Apple need the word “Hey” anymore? Ask for a custom 3D-printed knee joint for your next knee surgery. Would you prefer human blood or laboratory-grown blood if you needed a blood transfusion? Smartphones can reveal the pending collapse of a bridge. Matter is going to help us on the road to a smarter home. A new silicone tyre sealant can stop nails in their tracks. Some technology to help you refine your soccer skills. Instagram has new age verification tools. An old train can help with a clean energy future.

How is Australia Post going to help with mobile phone black spots? Why are Uber drivers are taking fewer left turns in the US? Starlink will help you while you are on the move from December. Apple confirms USB-C for iPhones but details are still scarce. How is a solar farm in space going to beam its energy back to earth? Which country has just set the record for the longest passenger train in the world? A coast-to-coast EV charging network is being funded and built by which government? What is next for Twitter now that it has a new owner? How would you feel about a job interview – in virtual reality?

Can you fold laundry faster than the world’s speediest laundry-folding robot? The latest toothbrush that is potentially smarter than the user. A text scam known as ‘pig butchering’ is costing victims millions of dollars. Satellites helping farming become more sustainable. Can bubbles help shipping companies save on fuel bills. Is nuclear fission ready to give way to fusion? Is Toyota re-thinking their entire EV strategy (or lack of EV strategy)? Starlink Aviation promises better Internet connectivity to airlines. Do you believe those stories that say an electric vehicle is worse for the environment?

Phone prices are increasing but what would you expect for a $39,000 phone? How many mobile phones are going to be thrown away this year? Will Motorola’s latest phone be the new ‘killer’ product? Will you change your Netflix subscription to the latest offering – with ads? Do you need a coat with solar panels to charge your devices? How many megawatt-hours is one wind turbine capable of producing in 24 hours? Could the aviation industry ever see a 100 per cent sustainable fuel? Do you see yourself wearing exoskeleton boots as you age? How fast is fast enough when it comes to Internet speeds?

How do you count your calories? With some microwaves? Careful of those prank 911 calls – triggered by rollercoasters! Monitor your child’s state of mental health with a dedicated smartwatch. Pathology samples are taking to the air. Delta Airlines investing big in the home to airport aviation concepts. Offers of free money after a hurricane were NOT a scam! Energy efficient buildings by photo analysis. Electric Utes are about to boom in Australia. Ring the bell to locate your bike.

Cut your own vinyl records – one at a time. Use a sweat patch and an app to help you rehydrate. Can a gym workout be as easy as strapping on an EMS suit? Create GPS Art and improve your fitness. Guinness World Record set by Cassie, the bipedal robot. European Parliament votes 602 to 13 to adopt a law making USB-C charging port mandatory on small electronic devices by 2024. How do you make a submarine invisible to sonar? Alice, the electric commuter plane, flies for the first time. Smartphones and biosensors used to help prevent suicide.

3D printing of buildings now involves swarms of drones. For those that don’t have time to brush their teeth, thank goodness for microrobots. A smart blood pressure monitor to track how unhealthy we are becoming. Forget about years of training and an anaesthetist for your next surgery – use VR to numb the pain. Tesla complains to the NHTSA about Over The Air updates being referred to as a recall. Triboelectric nanogenerators using waves to power our future. San Francisco Police now have access to all of your security footage. Starlink to connect school buses to the Internet. 101 million machines can help decarbonise Australia.

Giving virtual reality objects the feeling of mass. Legislation to use technology in cars to save lives. Pizza Robots cranking out a Pizza every 12 seconds. Blood tests to detect cancer. Google AI detecting smells based on molecular structure. A name for a mission to Uranus. What could possibly go wrong? The rise of the AI artists stirs up debate and threatens livelihoods. Volkswagen looking for the Xtreme off-roaders with their latest electric concept car. Google’s failed Loon project is being revived by Aalyria and they are using lasers!

How many people does it take to track the Queen's coffin? About 6 million! New masks to protect AND detect coronavirus. Face recognition technology for pigs is improving animal welfare. Laugh and the world laughs with you – even if you are a robot. Closed Captions are for more than just the hearing impaired. Better sleep and less stress? Sound too good to be true? BMW EVs are cracking the 1,000km barrier. AI voice filters are making you sound like anyone – and make anyone sound like you! If you have items too small for Bluetooth Trackers, there are now Tile QR labels.

AI catching people sneaking around with undeclared swimming pools. 5G radiation risks answered once and for all. Superheated dishwasher steam does the job on bacteria in 25 seconds. Is that a phone charging cable – or a stealthy hacking tool? Twitter’s newest feature may make tweeting less intimidating. A plastic hotel key is so yesterday – use your phone instead. Mood rings were a fun gimmick but wearables can now detect stress levels. Long focal length cameras may no longer need a long lens. Power poles and light poles being used to charge EVs.

Highlights from the latest Apple 'Far Out' event announcements. Berlin Radio Show highlights include wearable airbags and huge new TVs plus more. Check for breast cancer in the comfort of your own home. Remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches are now a reality. Use your home scales to measure your nerve and artery health - and your weight. Next-gen USB promises to be twice as fast. New MG EV pushes the entry price barrier down as the cheapest EV in Australia. Mercedes introduces their first AMG EV and it does not disappoint.

Nude photos of sick kids triggers Google’s abuse filters. For the Dad who has everything – a laser guided knife-throwing device! Use a Bluetooth tracker…to track your luggage the home of a baggage handler! Speak with your loved ones at their funeral – not through a ‘medium’ but with technology. Hold your phone in a special way to let it recognise you. Wind turbine blades turned in to gummy bears! Tesla Bot coming to take care of your household chores for you. A green solution to the vinyl record backlog. Cyclists rejoice – a self-powered light for your cycling helmet has arrived.

Pay for items with the palm of your hand. New headlights to make driving at night safer. The COVIDSafe app is dead but was it ever really alive? Drones being used for blood deliveries. Robbers tracked by their own trackers. United Airlines moving in to Air Taxis. REX Airlines looking to convert turboprop power to electric propulsion. Quantum dots used for more accurate LED light colours. The latest Global EV sales figures for the first half of calendar year 2022.

The smart home gadget that cures the ironing blues forever. Why just swat a fly away when you can zap it at the same time? Tourists using holiday booking sites are finding they can be underwhelmed by what they find. Look! There on the ground. It’s a train? It’s a plane? It’s a jet-train! Netflix needs more gamers. Body profiles being built by your smartphone to tell us how unhealthy we are. An artificial finger can now identify substances by touch. Google tries publicly shaming Apple in to adopting Rich Communication Services (RCS). An earphone that can ‘hear’ what you are saying without a noise being made.

Wearable pet fans to beat heatwaves. Starting a global spyware business at the age of 15. Trypanophobes of the world rejoice – a new COVID-19 patch is more effective than a needle. Bandages that change colour when stretched. Wirelessly charge your phone with your notebook. Forget electric cars and electric snowmobiles. Now we have electric jet skis! Disposable printed batteries may help reduce battery waste. Ultrasound stickers can continuously monitor organs for days. Graphene is the new super material that can change the world.

Forget the airlines – track your own luggage! Smart locks harvesting NFC power from your phone. EV Live from GM wants to educate you about your next electric vehicle purchase. Production of jet fuel with solar power, water and carbon dioxide. Robots winning the fight with chess players – literally! Glassholes may be coming to a face near you. Internet issues with leap seconds. How different are search results from different search engines? All-in-one video doorbell and smart lock with solar power.

New emojis for 2022: Shaking head and mean goose and 29 others. A wearable vest to fix your bad posture. Do you have Internet Gaming Disorder? Amazon targets fake review sites. Installing a home battery to generate some additional income. Electric passenger planes are being further developed. Drone superhighway being created in the UK. Will you use a ‘sand-battery’ to heat your home? ACT is the first jurisdiction in Australia to ban the sale of ICE vehicles.

Everything is better with Bluetooth – but now there is a better Bluetooth. Heat your car seats for just $18 per month. Airbus sets a new record for the longest flight of an unmanned aircraft. Enhance your healthcare and run faster with pressure sensing mats. Trust us…we are health insurers with lots of data on you. Telcos trying to protect Aussies from text message scams. Beware the ATMs skimming credit card details. Restaurants being extorted with bad online reviews. Indian farmers create their own fake cricket matches to dupe Russian gamblers.

Finally a technology solution to the offside call in soccer! Forget fixing potholes – just use a car that scans the road and adjusts the suspension. Too much demand for Netflix. Scams have cost Aussies over $2 billion in the last year. The new Apple watch will reportedly be able to detect a Fever, be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade. Spot the robot dog at work in the Snowy Hydro scheme. Underwater autonomous drones now being used for drug smuggling. Aerial drones risking passengers at Cairns airport while trying to spot Katy Perry. Predict crime in advance with lots of data and AI.

Apparently it is illegal to mislead consumers in advertising. Watch out for the ‘Mum and Dad’ scam. Hybrid ships on the horizon. Augmented reality tools to help you replace furniture in your home. Need new friends? Smell here! Netflix dropping prices and adding advertisements. Hydrogen fuel cells for long-haul trucks. Take your satellite Internet service on the road. Take your off-the-grid power system on the road as well.

Internet Explorer dies at 26 – long live the Internet. Bill Gates believes NFTs and cryptocurrencies rely on the greater fool concept. Identification of plants with your phone. Google starts charging for free e-mail. Tattoos to monitor blood pressure. Toyota faces $2 billion class action after faulty diesel particulate filters used. IDs of Aussies on the Dark Web for just a handful of dollars. Lime shared electric motorbikes. Nuclear desalination ships on the move.

Tesla Model Y changing the EV landscape in Australia. Find fresh air – with Google Maps. Plasma Gasification to turn waste plastic in to energy. Warning! Medicare scam texts are costing us millions. Robotic Surgery is safer and improves patient recovery times. The Large Hadron Collider at CERN has had an upgrade. Google engineer claims AI is sentient. Kate Bush has reached the top of that hill. What to do with old EV batteries?