Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson
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S2 Ep 35Global EV sales figures, payments with the palm of your hand and electric aircraft.
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.
S2 Ep 341000km/h in a train, Google texting with RCS and a new way to iron your shirts.
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.
S2 Ep 33Graphene is the new super material, Trypanophobes rejoice and electric jet skis.
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.
S2 Ep 32Glassholes making a comeback, tracking your luggage and jet fuel from H2O and CO2.
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.
S2 Ep 31ACT banning petrol cars, new emojis for 2022 and home batteries generating income.
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.
S2 Ep 30Airbus up in the air, better Bluetooth and scams, scams and more scams.
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.
S2 Ep 29Katy Perry creating drone problems, FIFA using AI and a pothole solution.
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.
S2 Ep 28Hydrogen fuel trucks, augmented reality and ’Mum and Dad’ scams.
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.
S2 Ep 27Cryptocurrencies according to Bill Gates, nuclear desalination ships and what tattoos can do for blood pressure.
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.
S2 Ep 26Medicare scam texts, recycling EV batteries and Kate Bush reaches the top of that hill.
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?