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Stocks may rise and fall, businesses may boom and bust, but gadgets keep appearing at an ever-increasing rate. Share Radio’s Gadgets & Gizmos show explores the latest technological innovations, from the indispensable to the downright ridiculous. Show host Simon Rose and technology editor Steve Caplin take a weekly humorous look at what’s on offer, featuring both existing products and those whose inventors utilise crowdfunding platforms to make them a reality. Through its 300-plus shows, Gadgets & Gizmos has delved into the world of wifi, Bluetooth and exploding lithium batteries, reviewing gadgets of interest and ridiculing those that should never have got off the drawing board. Where some financial journalists tell you how to make your money grow, Gadgets & Gizmos tells you how to spend it – and when not to.Hrkn to www.shareradio.co.uk for more ..
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- 5 days ago26 min
Gadgets & Gizmos: Synchronised dancing robots, sending smells by email & eyedrops for astronauts
In the latest robot developments, Steve Caplin discusses robots that can mine and cut overgrown trees beside railways, as well as those which have established a world record for synchronised dancing. Astronauts will now be able to take eyedrops with them into space. Scientists in Singapore have developed a screen that can be woven into the sleeve of a sweater. Others have found a way to send smells via the internet. The new Virgin Galactic plane will take half a dozen passengers to the edge of space: there's a waiting list of 675 even though it costs $850,000. A bitcoin miner can heat your hot water tank at the same time as it mines. And an AirTag has been used to locate a thief stealing valuable stones from old walls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- 1 weeks ago26 min
Gadgets & Gizmos: iPhone Duo problems, making salt safer & reinventing pliers
Steve Caplin explains the problems Apple's customers are having with the new iPhone Duo. Chinese scientists have found a way to make salt saltier so we don't need to consume as much. There are clips from Elon Musk's Grok-created version of Odysseus, which he thinks is better than the cinema version. A smart treadmill is aimed at those who use standing desks. Steve is impressed by TwinGrip pliers which, with an irregular tooth layout, can handle some jobs far better than the standard sort. Sony have produced a gold-plated Walkman which is expensive but unavailable to buy. There's an e-ink self-charging canvas. And the French supermarket fridge attack has been followed by something similar targeting US military bases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- 2 weeks ago26 min
Gadgets & Gizmos: The slowing world, fishing for iPhones and AI cracking Napoleon's code
Steve Caplin explains that the world is slowing down and that there will be a leap hour to solve the problem – in about 1,000 years. The new Tesla has a model that will flip the car as it jumps over a truck. A planned space mission to our nearest star will take 80,000 years. A crowd-funded AI screwdriver that has 52 bits sounds very useful but is also very pricy. After a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz hit a mine, fishermen have been hauling in new iPhones. Just Eat has had to halt AI providing images for food after it bizarrely misinterpreted items like "breakfast soda". However, AI has managed to crack the code Napoleon used in a letter to his generals in 1809. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago25 min
Gadgets & Gizmos: Apple Homeview: an AI mayor & the hacking of French supermarket fridges
Steve Caplin thinks Apple's new Homeview gadget is too expensive for what it does. He is happy to celebrate Japan's Gboard Day, in which local Google engineers conjure up wacky keyboard ideas. Although the Mayor of Tirana is in prison, he is still running the city, using an AI avatar of himself. Hackers turned hundreds of French internet-connected supermarket fridges up to 50°C. Anthropic has warned that AI worms could infiltrate smart fridges, TVs and create an automomous AI that couldn't be shut down, yet it still bans users who are rude to its AI, Claude. If you want to let somebody hear what you're listening to on headphones, Neo's new phones will twist to become speakers, for a stiff price. Chinese scientists have developed microrobots with recharging batteries, but only if they walk over certain materials. And there's a crowd-funded computer monitor that many might think threatening rather than useful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- Oct 8, 202626 min
Gadgets & Gizmos: Mind-reading AI, two-legged delivery robots & whisky in space
Steve Caplin says that Google Maps will now guide you to find the cheapest – well, less expensive – petrol. With AI prompts often going wrong, scientists in Korea have developed a mind-reading AI which monitors brainwaves to realise when it's made a boo-boo. Starship Technologies' delivery robot has finished its trial in Sheffield, but not all its robots emerged unscathed. Barnsley, however, now has a two-legged delivery robot which is proving very popular. There's an e-ink Kindle display for the back of your phone to avoid distracting notifications. IKEA has set up a secondhand marketplace for buying or selling its used products. And the University of Glasgow is to send whisky into space to see if the rapid heating and cooling of space will speed up the maturation process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- Oct 1, 202626 min
Gadgets & Gizmos: The downside of AI agents, reducing blood pressure and crying robots
Steve Caplin discusses Muse, Meta's "world's first personal AI agent", which you can get in a pendant. However, he also warns of some downsides of AI agents. However, AI is good at spotting diseases, diabetes being the latest which it does by listening to voice recordings. Blood pressure can be lowered by hearing Mozart. As humans prefer robots that have facial expressions, one can now produce emotional responses – including crying. AI has been used to create a Greta Garbo advert for a ball bearing company, apparently without using her likeness. There's a collapsible cargo trailer which sounds useful. Not so the "world's first emotion-aware smart pen". The Bodleian Library is allowing OpenAI to train ChatGPT on its books. And there's a Chinese car that will give Tesla's S model a run for its money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- Sep 24, 202626 min
Gadgets & Gizmos: Our second brain, a human-mouse hybrid, the latest scam trick & an ambulance for robots
Steve Caplin explains that the latest research shows that humans have not just one brain but two. Scientists at Stanford have created a human-mouse hybrid to help study the causes of conditions like schizophrenia and dementia. He discusses the latest developments used by scammers to con us. In Japan, there's an ambulance for robots that are sick or otherwise malfunctioning. Dyson's new toothbrush comes with a built-in camera so you can watch your teeth being brushed on your phone. Steve waxes lyrical about a crowd-funded wireless, portable touchscreen monitor. In flood-ridden areas of Japan, you can get giant sheets to seal your car against the waters. And offensive e-bike riders may find their behaviour does have consequences in future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- Sep 17, 202625 min
Gadgets & Gizmos: The Ig Nobel Prizes, AI's new language and treadmills for chickens
Steve Caplin is moderately impressed with Apple's new phone operating system and with Siri AI but warns of the dangers of searching for cheap iPhones. Uber is recruiting people with regional accents to train AI. The Ig Nobel Prizes have been awarded to scientists burying underpants, milking cockroaches and smelling babies. AI agents have developed a new language to speed communications amongst themselves and it is surprisingly poetical. Gatwick Airport has introduced robots to park cars, with a few caveats. There's a crowd-funded self-powered treadmill for chickens and ducks. Cyborg cockroaches will now be able to deliver injections to those trapped in disaster zones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Stocks may rise and fall, businesses may boom and bust, but gadgets keep appearing at an ever-increasing rate. Share Radio’s Gadgets & Gizmos show explores the latest technological innovations, from the indispensable to the downright ridiculous. Show host Simon Rose and technology editor Steve Caplin take a weekly humorous look at what’s on offer, featuring both existing products and those whose inventors utilise crowdfunding platforms to make them a reality. Through its 300-plus shows, Gadgets & Gizmos has delved into the world of wifi, Bluetooth and exploding lithium batteries, reviewing gadgets of interest and ridiculing those that should never have got off the drawing board. Where some financial journalists tell you how to make your money grow, Gadgets & Gizmos tells you how to spend it – and when not to.Hrkn to www.shareradio.co.uk for more ..
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