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Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson

Mathew Dickerson

Technologist Mathew Dickerson speaks with James Eddy to give a weekly summary of the latest technology developments from around the world. Send questions to ask@techtalk.digital

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49:20

Glassholes making a comeback, tracking your luggage...

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/08/07

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

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53:54

ACT banning petrol cars, new emojis for 2022 and home...

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/07/31

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.

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46:26

Airbus up in the air, better Bluetooth and scams,...

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/07/24

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

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49:55

Katy Perry creating drone problems, FIFA using AI and...

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/07/17

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

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42:48

Hydrogen fuel trucks, augmented reality and ’Mum and...

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/07/10

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.

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44:41

Cryptocurrencies according to Bill Gates, nuclear...

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/07/03

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.

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50:32

Medicare scam texts, recycling EV batteries and Kate...

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/06/26

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?

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48:42

3D printed ears, robotic Peregrine Falcons and fake...

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/06/19

Get paid just to surf the ‘net! Look! Up in the sky. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a…robotic Peregrine Falcon! The end may be nigh for fake social media accounts. See your pet from every angle. EV conversions of classic old cars. USB Type-C will soon dominate Europe. 3D printing human body parts. A drone with a taser. What could go wrong? Announcements from the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference.

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45:22

Gen Xers with sore thumbs, robots galore and crypto...

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/06/12

Why Gen Xers have sore thumbs. Aussies spending big on video games. Great Scott! DeLorean Alpha 5 EV revealed. Singapore filling workforce gaps with robots. Dyson creating robots for your household chores. US reclaims Supercomputing crown with an AMD powered beast. AI helping you see fewer red traffic lights as you drive. Apple activates nudity blurring for children in Australia. Crypto scams result in more calls for regulation of crypto markets.

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50:12

Smartphone sales plummet, Contact Lens computer...

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/06/05

The humble Contact Lens may be the ultimate computer screen. Video Games do not destroy the brains of kids – they might even help! Put your face on your fridge. Smartphone sales plummet. COVID-19 changing the modern home. Tesla opening up their Supercharger network to other brands. Crispr tackling malarial mosquitos. Garmin combines a radar, camera and taillight. How to conveniently produce white noise.

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43:27

Solar power at night, gravity batteries and wireless...

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/05/30

Pet ownership has increased along with pet technology. If you are sick of plugging in your phone just wear a sweater with wireless charging. What is the difference between Netflix Livestreaming and Live Free-to-Air TV? Banks keeping up with millennials with 10-minute online mortgage approvals. The next solution to EV range anxiety is battery swap stations. Gravity batteries to solve our energy storage solutions. Google to pay more than 300 EU publishers for their news. The Tesla Effect on

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48:13

Supercar for under 2 grand, lab on your skin and...

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/05/22

Bringing tennis from the outside world to the inside world. Electric supercar for less than 2 grand! Smart socks to help people with dementia. iPod is no more. Roll up your TV. Remote control to rev your engine. Continuously monitor glucose, alcohol and lactate levels with a lab on your skin. NASA’s 747 space observatory reaches the end of its flight plan. Portable solar generators to help you be at one with nature.

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52:40

Beijing robotaxis, ultrasonic mouth haptics and...

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/05/15

Spiders on your lips with ultrasonic mouth haptics. Snapchat wants you to use their drone. Beijing now has robotaxis with no safety driver. A briefcase to turn seawater in to drinking water at the push of a button. Scammers steal $730,000 from one person in a property scam. 16 states in the US sue the postal service over their plan to buy gas-guzzling mail trucks. Scientists set to redefine the length of a second. How to shoot criminal drones from the sky. Qantas will soon introduce the

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53:23

EU backs USB-C, meat in space and EV news roundup.

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/05/08

A robot vacuum that can mop and vacuum and clean itself. Fitness mirrors to tell you who is the fairest of them all. Automated pram movement device to help frustrated parents. EU moves forward with a one charger fits all plan. The latest mobile hotspot has C-band 5G; Wi-Fi 6E and 2.5Gbps ethernet. COVID-19 breath tests. Can meat be grown in space? Californian garden landscapers being driven to change to electric mowers and blowers. EV news roundup.

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50:09

SMS scam filters, building a better mouse and...

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/05/01

The greatest change in the mouse since...the mouse itself. QR Codes instead of Jersey numbers. Charging batteries without a charger. Airlines to use Starlink's LEO satellite Internet. Mercedes-Benz EV with more than 1,000km of range. New drones take the skill out of flying. Capturing solar energy and storing it for 18 years. New records with solar cell efficiency. SMS scam filters to slow down the deluge of dodgy text messages.

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44:28

COVID-19 cough detection, microchipping humans and...

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/04/24

Cough once for COVID-19. Microchip implants without a vaccine. Blur the lines between your bed and your gaming chair. FDA clearance for Fitbit passive heart rhythm monitoring. How does a cop tell a driverless vehicle to “step out of the car”? Puppy fraudsters being sued by Google. Why not collect solar power in space where the energy is eleven times stronger. The future of bicycles – not just an e-bike but a folding e-bike. Lithium-ion batteries are the greatest technology in EV

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49:59

Hertz charging ahead, cloning your pet and the...

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/04/17

Dyson combines pure air and pure sound. You may not be able to make your dog immortal, but what about a clone? FedEx is now looking to drones for the ‘middle mile’ logistics. Great Scott! DeLorean sets a date for its electric resurrection. DreamHack is on its way to Melbourne. CARS24 pushes all the right buttons for car sales. Solar panels come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. The future of home energy storage may well be the community battery. Hertz charges ahead with 65,000 Polestar

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46:31

Scam texts from yourself, sunrise alarm clocks and...

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/04/10

Scam texts are now coming…from yourself. Oxford 16-year-old teen accused of being multi-millionaire cyber-criminal. Apple TV+ just won the Oscar for best picture and everything is different now. Practice your swing with a new golf simulator. Take your 2D photos and create a 3D-rendered scene. Sunrise alarm clocks help you rise and shine every day. ‘The Frame’ can be your TV and your artwork. Squid skin could help keep your takeaway coffee warm. What sort of car would you build if you had

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54:04

Roboburgers flipping burgers, dust-repelling solar...

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/04/03

Roboburgers flipping burgers at a vending machine near you. Apple don’t want to sell you a phone – they want to lease you one instead. Australia needs to play catch-up with EVs or suffer for lack of choice. Imagine having solar panels that repelled dust. Imagine no more! Do you find a foot-tickling machine a laughing matter? Binge while you can! Netflix is cracking down on password sharing. Fall asleep in 30 minutes. Guaranteed. Without drugs. Optus and TPG pay back $6.5 million to customers

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49:44

Hydrogen powered aircraft, air quality monitors and...

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson ·

2022/03/27

Printable lipstick to perfectly match the colour of your outfit. Air raid alerts directly to your phone. Play the GENIGMA app and help cancer research. Monitor the quality of your indoor air with these devices. Airbus powering aircraft with Hydrogen. Hang Ten on your surfboard at your nearest inland surfing lake! CDs are making a comeback after 17 years. Apple’s iOS 15.4 can turn your phone in to an EFTPOS machine. Less flower, more power with the modern VW Kombi Van.

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