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Hrkn to .. Gadgets & Gizmos
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…
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Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Underwater bikes, robotic shoes, Bill Gates' unused megayacht & knifeless knives
Steve Caplin delves into the world of gadgets. You can swim faster with an underwater bike or the thrusters of the Jetdrive Pro. You can speedwalk with…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Superfood from thin air, anti-ageing drugs & 3D-printed houses
Steve Caplin enlightens Simon Rose as to the new protein superfood that can be made from thin air with little environmental impact. In California, human trials…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: A one-in-a-billion-year event, the Thermonator & an omnidirecitonal bicycle
In a once-in-a-billion-year happening two lifeforms have merged into one organism, says Steve Caplin. Post Office staff are using Google to tell if stamps are…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Avoiding kangaroos, various-legged robots & a crow imitating a siren
Steve Caplin on the latest tech. VW have developed a kangaroo scarer for cars. A home security device can fire paintballs or tear gas. There's a three-legged…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Recharging drones, tea & post robots, DNA in air conditioners & vegan leather
Steve Caplin admires a Singapore company offering electric rental vans. In Denmark, they are developing drones that can recharge from power lines. Japanese…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: A timezone & crops for the Moon, AI nurses & Unidentified Submerged Objects
Tech expert Steve Caplin explains to Simon Rose why NASA believes the Moon should have its own time zone. NASA also plans to grow crops there in two years'…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Brain chips, AI film and song-generation, a stair-climbing vacuum & railways on the moon
Steve Caplin marvels at the success of Elon Musk's Neuralink brain chip, enabling a paralysed man to control a computer. He thinks filmmakers and song writers…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Robot space binmen & baggage handlers, flying taxis & maglev trains
Steve Caplin heralds the development of robot rubbish collectors in space and driverless baggage handlers at Gatwick. After two weeks of being plugged into AI…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Is Perplexity the new Google, Google's wifi problem & bionic eyes
Steve Caplin and Simon Rose marvel at new search engine Perplexity which they both feel knocks Google for six in its usefulness. You can try it at…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Will world run out of electricity, transparent laptops, hospital beeps & a mood app
Steve Caplin looks at the latest tech. Elon Musk thinks the world will run out of electricity next year because of AI. Lenovo has a concept transparent laptop…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Project Titan cancelled, why Odysseus fell over & sterilising mosquitoes en masse
Steve Caplin delves into the world of tech. The once officially-secret BT Tower has been sold to a hotel group. The Odysseus lunar lander fell over because…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Amazing Sora video, drying out phones & wooden satellites
Steve Caplin discusses the amazing advances in AI Sora videos. It transpires that rice is NOT the best way of drying out wet phones. With a shortage of guide…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: The US returns to the Moon, Darwin online, safer lithium batteries & Taylor Swift and CPR
Steve Caplin discusses the US returning to the Moon for the first time since 1972, entirely in private hands rather than equipped by NASA. There's an electric…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Apple Vision Pro, healing broken bones, driling straight & dinosaur feathers
Steve Caplin enviously discusses Apple's Vision Pro's features, still only available in the US. Korean scientists believe electric bandages will heal bones…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: 1st chipped human, Google Lumiere, Rabbit phone-tapper, networking video doorbells
40 years after Apple introduced the Macintosh computer, Steve Caplin points out the company has overtaken Samsung in the number of smartphones sold. Elon…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Segway-style wheelchair, electric skis, perfect parking & saving hedgehogs from lawnmowers
Steve Caplin digs up the latest from the world of tech. There's a Segway-style two-wheeled wheelchair which rises to the upright position, electric all-terrain…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Autofocus glasses, a washing bot, a smart coffee table & a 1000-year photograph
Tech guru Steve Caplin discusses some of the devices at the Consumer Electronics Show incuding a bus with AR windows, autofocus glasses, a washing bot and an…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: The VIBES slimming pill, beating Tetris and Pasadena's robot restaurant
Steve Caplin talks tech with Simon Rose. There's a vibrating pill to help you get thin, which has been proven to work on pigs. Amazon Prime will soon be…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: 2023 review with bizarre TVs, remote stroking, powdered beer, AI and more
Steve Caplin takes Simon Rose through some of the highlights of the tech year, with trouble for Apple, WeWork, Buzzfeed & the FAA, while AI boosted the likes…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Electric penny farthing, batteryless e-bike, iPhone security & the lost space tomato
Steve Caplin wows Simon Rose with the latest in the world of gadgets. Dr. Who at Christmas reduces the death rate. There's an electric penny farthing, a cargo…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: The latest wonders of AI and an e-scooter the size of a briefcase
Steve Caplin delves into the latest AI developments. Google's Gemini AI can work with text, audio, images, video or even hand-drawn pictures. The forthcoming…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Christmas gift guide 2023
Steve Caplin takes Simon Rose through a cornucopia of techie Christmas gift ideas. Among his favourites are the crowdfunded Linka Lasso bike lock and the Hover…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Wearable stethoscopes, phasing out DAB & Deliveroo and electronics
Steve Caplin delves into the world of tech. Sitting in traffic really does raise your blood pressure, it transpires. A wearable stethosope is being developed…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Sam Altman & OpenAI, Microsoft's Azure avatars, eating shipworms & a walking app
Steve Caplin takes Simon Rose through the drama of OpenAI's Sam Altman being sacked and then reinstated. Microsoft have an animated avatar that may make…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Plastic that turns into fish food, improved weather forecasts & a drunkenness app
Steve Caplin talks Simon Rose through the latest tech. A white dwarf predicted to hit the earth now apparently won't. Google's new weather prediction computer…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Telepresence robots, video conference fun & virtual tourist visits
Steve Caplin discusses the latest tech. On the latest Apple computers there are new ways to enliven video conferencing. An AI security camera can describe what…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Bunny hops in the garage, haptic gloves & electric car troubles
Steve Caplin discussses the latest tech with Simon Rose. Mountain bikers can practise bunny hops in their garage with the Garage Bunny. Haptic gloves should…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: A 2-wheeled car, an AI chicken coop & an ultrasonic kitchen knife
Steve Caplin delves into the world of tech. The Hoverboard inventor has designed a 2-wheeled balancing car. For £2m, you can get a 15-foot high transforming…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Nasa's mining mission, Twitter's fees & Amazon drone deliveries
Steve Caplin dazzles Simon Rose with the latest tech news. NASA are using SpaceX to visit an asteroid worth $10 quadrillion. Twitter is to introduce an annual…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: AI traffic lights, Prada spacesuits & wheelchairs for stairs
Steve Caplin talks tech with Simon Rose. Manchester is to trial AI-controlled traffic lights, Prada are to make spacesuits to go to the moon while there's a…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Alexa upgrade, Meta's smart glasses, Medieval murders & AI art copyright
Steve Caplin talks tech with Simon Rose. Alexa is to become more conversational while Meta has launched smart Ray-Ban glasses with AI. A website will show you…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosFlying cars & mass-produced humanoid robots, a desk bike & a folding e-bike
Steve Caplin celebrates the arrival of a flying car, though with a slow terrestrial speed. He also looks at modular jets, how electric planes could be powered…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: New iphone and watch, Duolingo does music & an off-road e-unicycle
Steve Caplin waxes lyrical about the iPhone 15, with a camera he's dying to get his hands on and an EU-enforced change to the charging slot. There's also a new…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: AI assistants for meetings, tear-powered contact lenses & CAPTHA's accuracy
Tech maven Steve Caplin discusses the non-TFL ULEZ websites, the AI speed camera catching misbehaving motorists, sending AI assistants to meetings for you, AR…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Toilet-cleaning robots, cocktail makers, vegan spare ribs & an AI cat flap
Steve Caplin laments the end of Wilko's while marvelling at a toilet-cleaning robot for offices, a tech toilet brush, a sophisticated cocktail maker…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: eBike caravans, smart glasses, 3D vegan seafood and an electric wheelbarrow
Steve Caplin takes Simon Rose on a voyage through the latest tech. There's a hoist to lift your eBike onto your car roof, a cargo eBike and an eBike caravan…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: AI comes to computer games, writing music with your brain & storing electricity in concrete
Steve Caplin tells Simon Rose about the latest tech developments. There's a demo of AI computer game characters who can interact realistically with players…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Electricity without heat, Meta's Lincoln chatbot & Steve's best of the year
Steve Caplin delves into the latest tech. He is excited about a room-temperature superconductor, producing no heat, which could have extraordinary…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Twitter, Delaying ageing, dementia & Parkinson's and a less-than-cuddly robot dog
Steve Caplin on the latest tech news. There's Twitter rebranding, scientists working out how to reverse ageing and ward off dementia and Parkinson's, the…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: $190,000 for a useless iPhone, AI to annoy cold callers & music for cows
Steve Caplin marvels at the $190,000 paid for an original, unopened iphone, at AI helping conquer the world record for juggling and defeating cold callers, at…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Threads, the UK's first hands-free car & a robot dog with built-in flamethrower
Share's tech editor, Steve Caplin, discusses Wimbledon's AI commentary, Meta's Twitter rival Threads, the Pope's Ferrari, the UK's first legal hands-free car…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: AI Wimbledon commentary, jet pack pizza delivery & a water refill app
Share Radio's tech whizz Steve Caplin tells Simon Rose how Wimbledon will be serving an AI-powered commentary this year. There's also an app to tell you where…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Frying chips in space, AI and The Beatles & mining asteroids
Steve Caplin talks tech with Simon Rose. Greek scientists have been working out how to fry chips in space, there's an ultra-wide gaming monitor, a TV you can…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Apple's AR headset, pedestrians and driverless cars & AI reads the small print for you
Steve Caplin guides Simon Rose through the latest tech developments, majoring on Apple's new AR headset bringing "spatial computing" to the world. But at…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Driverless car rental, Robot sweaters and smart white canes for the blind
Steve Caplin delves into the world of tech where driverless car rental has just been introduced in Milton Keynes, the cars being delivered by a remote…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: A dog airline, AI does 3D modelling, AR laptop projection & a Spanish housework app
Steve Caplin enlightens Simon Rose on the latest tech. Which? says that facial recognition on cheap smartphones can be unlocked by photos. Disney is shutting…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Eels on Saturn's moon, Zombie defence, drinkable sea water & a free telly
Steve Caplin updates Simon Rose on the latest tech. NASA have developed autonomous EELS to see if there's life on one of Saturn's moons. There's an extinction…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Google's folding phone, booking flights with Uber & rock music – from rocks
Steve Caplin discusses the latest tech with Simon Rose. Google have a folding phone (pricey) and a new tablet (reasonable), while Uber's app now lets you book…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Sneaking war news into Russia, AI innovatios, bike radars & cultivated fish
Steve Caplin delves into the latest tech, with a computer game that's found a way to sneak censored war news into Russia. ChatGPT is apparently more empathetic…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Inflatable drones, bikes with square wheels & edible batteries
Steve Caplin discusses tech with Simon Rose, lamenting the end of BuzzFeed news and explaining Twitter's blue tick problem. The Russians have beaten Tom Cruise…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: AI songs, cassette sales soar and a backpack for carrying your off-road bike
Steve Caplin delves into the world of tech, with AI creating a photo that won a big photography competition, composing a popular song that has now been banned…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Speed cameras on drones, creating shooting stars & AI robot massages
Share Radio's technology editor Steve Caplin explains why Getty Images is suing an AI art maker. Devon & Cornwall Police are putting speed cameras on drones…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: AI interior design, coconut & lemon insulation & punchbags that fight back
Tech obsessive Steve Caplin demonstrates to Simon Rose just how impressive text-to-speech has become and why AI should really be AGI. There's the UK's first…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: AI websites, powdered beer, 3D cheesecake & smart socks
Steve Caplin uses AI to build a website in just 30 seconds but 1,000 AI experts have called for a halt to the AI race. German monks have made the world's first…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: A reactor on the moon, bricks on Mars, AI on your PC & a batteryless doorbell
Steve Caplin takes Simon Rose through the latest tech. Samsung's phone takes amazing moon photos (by cheating), the UK is to put a nuclear reactor on the moon…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Bing hallucinating, a paint revolution, an eternal battery & streaming classical music
Steve Caplin tells Simon Rose of the latest tech innovations. A startup has worked out how to use data processing centres to heat swimming pools which cool the…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Tesla woes, exploring Mars's caves & a rolling bridge
Tech expert Steve Caplin discusses Tesla's non-Ford assembly line, Musk's dull investor day and a setback for his Neuralink. Breadcrumbs will be the key to…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: Remote stroking & kissing, electronic bandages and a self-building igloo
Steve Caplin delves into the latest tech, with the Chinese coming up with ways to stroke and kiss loved ones when not together. ChatGPT has been banned in…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: The best book title ever, AI authors & self-cleaning touch screens
Steve Caplin discusses the latest tech with Simon Rose. Apple's most famous designer has produced Charles III's Coronation logo, Microsoft's Bing AI doesn't…
Hrkn to .. Gadgets & GizmosGadgets & Gizmos: RIP Internet Explorer, AI getting too frisky & autonomous fighter jets
Steve Caplin astounds Simon Rose with tales of the latest tech. Microsoft are killing off Internet Explorer, AI can change the style of video footage and…