Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson

A Call to Remember from Fifty Years ago.  Hackers Drive Tesla to Victory at pwn2own.  Hyundai’s Ioniq 6 Outshines Predecessors with Aerodynamic Elegance.  Robotics are a Window to a Cleaner Future.  Navy’s Gecko Robot Inspects Billion…

Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder and famous for Moore’s Law, moves to Silicon heaven.  Electric planes transform pilot training.  Smart bandage electrifies the process of healing wounds.  3D printed cheesecake. Mmmm. Cheesecake.  If you like your…

Mobile Nanogrids power homes and provide clean water during disasters.  NSW Schools consider prison tactics to curb mobile misuse.  Ikea drones elevate stock-counting game.  Scam toll texts drive Aussies to lose money.  Look inside with X-Ray vis…

Toothpaste dispenser keeps your hands free.  Listen up! New headphones clean out earwax.  Vinyl sales overtake CDs for the first time since 1987.  Niche robotics to measure the corn leaf angle of plants.  Guilt free watching of Formula 1 races wi…

Beverage printer lets you customize your drink: one molecule at a time.  Aussie cardboard drones fly high in Ukraine.  Sound-alike scammers swindle seniors using AI clones.  Floppy disks: still spinning, still winning!  AI hits the slopes and win…

X-Ray vision to help you locate missing items.  Remote kissing over the Internet for long-distance relationships.  Opera singers help develop new device to monitor vocal fatigue.  Apple’s top-secret E5 feature to be a sweet deal for diabetic…

Ikea’s new air quality monitor is a breath of fresh air.  The Smart Box to help you unplug and experience life beyond the screen.  Birds of a feather drone together.  F-16 fighter jet takes on aerial battles with AI at the helm.  Meta intro…

Alphabet stock plummets by $144 Billion due to Google AI error.  Australia’s first electric Ute launches.  Scientists use facial expressions to tell whether drinkers like their pints.  Data centres race to cut energy use to save the planet.�…

Infrared wallpaper heats up the competition for radiators.  Hydration Biosensor for the athletes who like to sweat on the details.  Driven to distraction with 3D printed cloned number plates.  Touching the future: Ultrasound illusions puts a new s…

Cartier rings in the future with its AR technology.  The future of heavy industry may be fuelled by clean energy.  New scales help put a spring in the step of the elderly.  Solar panel cleaning robot soars to new heights while dusting off the comp…

What does the data show for the progression of EV sales around the world?  Do we have a new garbage bin that is about to be our best friend in the kitchen?  Do you want your chair to tell you to “sit up straight”?  Would you like to hear from …

Which EV has ended the 28-year reign of the Toyota Camry as the best-selling sedan in Australia?  Would you be happy to fly on an Airbus that requires fewer people in the cockpit?  If you use Dr. Google, maybe Dr. AI is for you?  Which tech produc…

LG debuts Zero Connect TV with cordless technology.  Go one step further than a cordless TV with just a power cord – no power cord!  The first smart deadbolt capable of wireless charging.  England just made gigabit Internet a legal requirement f…

How much would you pay to have a toilet you could have a conversation with? $11,500?   SCAM ALERT: myGov scams doing the rounds.  Tyre manufacturers are reinventing wheels from the ground up for EVs.  Japan’s capital Tokyo harnessing the power …

Take a pee on the latest urine analysis technology.  Adding AI and cameras to your oven to bake it perfect every time.  Pedal while you work at your new workstation.  Hydrogel sheets could soon replace paper towels.  Your new 10-second toothbrush…

Anti-5G necklace to protect you against…what?  The BlackBerry is dead! Long live innovation.  Avoid these passwords!  Sex in space – strictly for research.  Wardle said his blood would curdle if a hurdle was placed in front of Wordle…or has…

Top Google searches by Australians in 2022.  Most listened to music by Australians in 2022.  Smartphone tips to avoid tipsy texting and posting.  Sydney to Hobart sees first entry of an electric yacht.  Gold can prevent fogged-up glasses.  Solar…

Camera equipped ear cleaning tweezers.  Smartphone controlled paper airplane.  Smartphone connected speed cube.  Tesla coil USB rechargeable lighter.  Bond broken plastic devices without glue.  Create your own reel viewer.  Levitating plant pot…

Video game console for your best friend…your dog!  Electronic tongue that mimics human tastebuds.  Some help with keeping you healthy at the office.  Prosthetic leg that can change gears to help you walk up stairs.  Mercedes locking in faster a…