Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson

SPECIAL EPISODE: Season 1 highlights.

Season 1 highlights episode. 

Season 1 has now finished and this episode is the first episode of Season 2. 

Season 1 consisted of 40 episodes with more than 360 separate tech stories with over 26 hours of content. 

This episode has 29 of the stories from Season 1 that generated the most feedback. 

EVs being powered by fried chips, flying cars and using your phone as a hotel key.

Finally the flying car is here with the Jetson ONE. 

If you are sick of losing your hotel keys use your phone instead. 

Love your spreadsheets? Enter the Financial Modelling World Cup! 

Fried chips being used to power EVs across the Nullarbor. 

AirTags are being used by ingenious thieves to steal cars. 

AI will help you read the Terms and Conditions on your apps. 

Ford has over 200,000 reservations for the F-150 Lightning. 

Learn more about your dog with a DNA testing kit. 

Do you like to play video games or watch TV while you drive?

Earth‘s black box, careful the nude household run and which emojis do we love the most? 🤔

Which emojis are we using the most at the moment? 🤔 

What will be the next big thing from Apple? 

Earth is getting a black box so the future can see why we crashed. 

COVID-19 vaccine certificates for sale on the dark web…or are they? 

COVID-19 surveillance robots to the rescue for social distancing. 

Uber surveillance audio…for your safety. 

Think twice before you do that next nude run from the shower to the laundry – someone may be watching you. 

A new option for that big-screen TV you so desperately want. 

Ready to start travelling overseas again? Don’t leave home without this device. 

Antarctica Internet upgrade, Trolls be gone and what your creepy boss is monitoring.

Using technology to stop drink driving. 

Mobile checkout to save time at Christmas. 

Your important certificates officially digitised. 

Trolls be gone! 

Teaching a computer to read an analogue clock. 

First ever 3D printed eye – without the Steve Austin beeps. 

Finally Antarctica will be receiving an Internet upgrade. 

2021 News Corp EV Car of the Year Finalists. 

What can your boss monitor when you work from home? 

5G for Christmas - Great Geek Gadget Gift Guide for Christmas.

Top 20 Gadgets to give to the Geek in your life! 

Coffee mug for lazy stirrers. 

Beer counting bottle opener. 

Invisibility cloak. 

Wireless charging photos frame. 

Smart ball for automated fetch. 

Toothbrush steriliser. 

LED light ring for better selfies. 

Novelty sound effects machine. 

Smart sock. 

Distract annoying dogs. 

Emergency affirmation button. 

Wearable fan. 

Reusable cup with tap to pay. 

Levitating speaker. 

Turtles in Time. 

Thermodynamic hand boiler. 

Project the world. 

Connect to your iPad. 

Personal alarm. 

The Useless Box. The name says it all! 

Wi-Fi with 1km range, maths on pornhub and robot bartenders.

Wi-Fi HaLow announced by the Wi-Fi Alliance with range of 1km. 

What is more important when you buy a house? The number of bedrooms or fibre Internet? 

How a maths teacher makes his living on Pornhub - and no, it isn't what you think! 

Portable EV charger to address range anxiety. 

And for the latest trick by scamsters...blackmailing Insta users! 

Controlling your iPad with your eyes is now possible. 

Twentieth anniversary of the Xbox. Now I feel old! 

Will Hydrogen be the solution to climate friendly aviation solutions? 

Will a robot bartender listen to your woes? 

Cycling over the water, electronic brakes and technology in coffee.

The hydrofoil bike could revolutionise the triathlon: finish the swim and the cycle legs at the same time! 

Nespresso trying to keep you away from imposter pods. 

The latest revolution in stopping your car – electronic brakes. 

When you over-binge on Netflix streaming, there is now Netflix gaming! 

Diesel cars making way for EVs in the UK. 

Fancy your cycling skills? The Defence Force has a role for you. 

Facebook to delete all facial data. 

Video gaming to connect with family and friends. 

VW will bring their ID.3 to Australia sometime after we have some new government policies. 

5D data storage, Squid Game casting for extras and say hello to the hoverbike!

Hoverboards aren’t here yet so would a hoverbike suffice? 

Time may be running out to capture old memories from cassette tapes. 

Toyota is charging slowly in to the EV space. 

Forget about 3D printing a house. Why not 3D print an entire community? 

Storing massive amounts of data in the fifth dimension. 

Is Carbon Capture going to solve our Climate Change problems? 

Want to be a background extra in Squid Game? Just click this link! 

The now ubiquitous QR Code is being used by the wool industry. 

“Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.” A hologram is coming to your board room. 

UK tapping in to the desert sunshine…in Morocco! 

Solar-powered headphones, tablets to clean water and breeding virtual racehorses.

Solar panels on headphones! Really? 

Use this tablet to clean up your drinking water. 

Having trouble getting to sleep at night? Maybe try these glasses before bed. 

Want to own a racehorse but it all seems a bit messy? Go virtual. 

Net zero by 2050 seems a long way off – but it will start right now. 

Driving forward with Electric Buses (EBs) on the streets of Sydney. 

Australia could save half a trillion dollars by going EV. 

Make that next hire car an EV. 

New affordable EVs soon to hit the streets of Australia. 

Smart doorbell legalities, virtual cattle fences and iPod memories.

Classic cars with a new lease on life. 

Keeping cattle in with virtual fences. 

Nokia relies on nostalgia for sales. 

After COVID-19 will we need QR Codes? 

How big is big when it comes to wind turbines? 

Smart doorbells might soon show you the image of a judge! 

Toyota might finally be saying, “if you can’t lick ‘em, jine ‘em.” 

UK schools have come up with a way of stopping bullies stealing lunch money. 

Do you remember your first iPod? It may have been up to twenty years ago. 

 

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Internet censorship, opting-out of scam texts and unbreakable phone screens.

Making millions playing games. 

Mobile phones to control your car systems. 

Internet censorship. Do we want it? 

Cooling down your sweaty mouse hand. 

New third-party in-app payment system for Apple apps. 

Unbreakable glass inspired by nature. 

Smart headbands to help you think about…nothing! 

UK winning the ‘Ashes’ of the renewable energy landscape. 

Should you opt-out of receiving scam messages? 

 

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Squid Game breaking the Internet, DC beating AC and cropping going vertical.

Has ‘Squid Game’ broken the Internet? 

The longest subsea power cable in the world saving the planet. 

Tesla sales bucking the chipageddon trend. 

Is the future of cropping high-rise buildings? 

Episode sponsor Crestron improving the videoconference experience. 

“Where no man has gone before!” William Shatner, at 90 years of age, taking to space. 

Computer monitors to make you look your best on a video call. 

There is USB-C and there is USB-C. New labelling standards. 

Are we any closer to having our very own Rosie the Robot like Jane Jetson had? 

 

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China banning cryptocurrencies, Kiwi tricksters and the end of Facebook community pages.

Europe gangs up on Apple. 

How to lose money with cryptocurrencies - especially in China. 

New Zealand Councillors tricking the world. 

Public backlash for Police trying to find missing people. 

The first step towards mood rings with Bluetooth. 

The real-world equivalent of a Babel Fish for language translation. 

Japan making CRISPR tomatoes. 

US Army 3D printing buildings and bridges. 

Facebook community pages under threat from the High Court. 

 

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LASER powered Internet, forgotten passwords and guns that shoot around corners.

Microsoft recommends you forget about passwords. 

Magical wireless desktop charging. 

New EV to hit Australian shores. 

Loony lasers for Internet access. 

Guns that shoot around corners. 

Lucid Air cracks the 800km barrier. 

COVID-19 immunity tests. 

Potty training cows. 

NASA to launch the James Webb telescope. 

EMF protection stickers, Roomba P.O.O.P. and a spoonful of sugar for your EV battery.

Smart glasses or dumb glasses? You decide. 

Who won the epic battle of Apple V Fortnite? 

Can a sticker protect you from mobile phone radiation? 

Foxtel modernises and removes the satellite. 

Is it an ad or a TV show with product placements? 

Replacement Roomba if it fails to fulfil its P.O.O.P. 

Mitsubishi complaining governments in Australia are doing too much for EVs! 

Everything is better with Bluetooth – including the Rubik’s Cube. 

A spoonful of sugar helps the battery in your EV. 

 

Tech Talk is featured this week as the Podbean 'Podcast of the Week' 

Bicycles with electric generators, coffee table board games and smart toilets.

Fly by wire is coming to a bicycle near you. 

Is it a coffee table or a board game? Can it be both? 

AI creating accents on the run. 

Watches checking temperature; blood sugar levels and sleep patterns. 

Smart toilets to monitor your health. 

World EV Day brings new models from Mercedes Benz. 

Long-lasting disinfectants using nanotechnologies. 

Ferrari with a patent based on comfort! 

Japan is building a 'city of the future' with high-tech and high-hopes. 

Note: Due to continuing lockdowns, this episode was not recorded in a studio but as the first walking talking version of Tech Talk.

BONUS EPISODE: Overview of new Apple products announced on 15 September 2021

0:50 - iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini 

4:23 - iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max 

8:07 - iPad mini (6th generation) 

11:30 - iPad (9th generation) 

13:15 - Watch Series 7 

Noisy air guitars, thorium nuclear power and stuttering weaponry.

iPhones making satellite phone calls. 

Nuclear power plants with thorium. 

Old is new again with Nissan e-Power hybrids solving range anxiety. 

30 seconds for a better toothbrush. 

US Navy weaponry that can make the best orator a bumbling stutterer.  

Air guitar with Bluetooth! Need I say more? 

Global EV sales numbers. 

Nanoparticle bullet-proof vests. 

Bifacial solar cells break all records. 

140-inch TV under $1000, battery swapping EVs and 3-factor authentication.

Would you like a 140-inch TV for less than $1000? 

Oversized Tablets are now hitting 40 inches! 

Forget two-factor. Do we need three-factor authentication? 

Suffer from diabetes? Find out the latest technology solution. 

Forget charging your EV – just swap the battery! 

Nintendo loving lockdowns. 

Car key transponders = more home invasions! 

Promises of an interconnected smart home. 

Sun-reflecting nanoparticle metafabric to solve climate change? Maybe. 

Robot lawyers, lab-milk, subscription overload and watching body fat.

Do we really need automated parking fines? 

Would you drink lab-made milk? 

Watching your body fat (excuse the very bad pun!) 

PSA. Beware the Flubot! 

Record your cough to detect COVID-19. 

Would you trust a Robot Lawyer? 

Mandatory solar panels and batteries. 

Subscription overload. 

Would you buy a car without kicking the tyres? 

11 finger pianists, vaccination proof, NBN speeds and Apple privacy.

COVID-19 vaccination status. 

11 finger pianists. 

Bushfire readiness? There is an app for that! 

Would you fly in a solar plane? 

Biden is going electric and going American! 

Technology to help the novelist inside of you. 

Apple: protection or privacy? 

ACCC hauls the big Telcos to court over NBN speeds. 

Paid enough taxes? What about a bitcoin tax? 

Making a splash with electric boats, free payphones and recycling EV batteries.

Payphones that are free! Huh? 

Tesla sharing their Superchargers. 

Video streaming passwords. 

Make a splash with an electric boat. 

Star Wars Tamagotchis! Why not? 

Latest stats in Tablet sales. 

Digital health insurance cards. 

Zoom privacy = US$86 million. 

Recycling mobile phones into Gold medals. 

What to do with old EV batteries? 

Perpetual motion EVs, chilling eternal life and bloody drone deliveries.

Perpetual motion electric vehicles. 

Drone deliveries to the battlefield. 

Living forever is a chilling prospect. 

Delivery drivers with a universal key. 

Baseball catchers and their modern signs. 

Technologically advanced windscreens. 

E-BIKE subsidies. 

TRUST required to legally fly a drone. 

EV snippets. 

Pregnant man emoji, Pegasus spy software and COVID-19 breath test.

COVID-19 breath test. 

How big is too big when it comes to TVs? 

NASA and their 30-year-old computer. 

'In Good Faith' deals with tech organisations. 

Finalists for new emojis. 

Eye tests on your phone. 

Worldwide sand shortage solutions. 

Energy at your fingertips! 

Do you have Pegasus spy software on your phone? 

Electric Harleys, poo power, lab meat and pollution eating cars.

Winning the space race. 

The power of poo! 

Facing gaming curfews. 

Education under attack. 

Growing lab meat. 

Cars that eat, not produce, pollution. 

Quiet Harleys. 

Robot bees. 

PC market share. 

Jetpacks, flying cars, 6G and the exact time.

Jetpacks finally taking off! 

Race for flying cars gathers speed. 

Vacuum cleaners for super cleaners. 

More ransomware attacks. 

What is in 6G? 

Deep space atomic clocks. 

Bird wheelchairs. 

New iPhone specs. 

Rethinking car ownership. 

Nuclear battery, cryptocurrency investment and water from air.

Windows 11 is here! 

THOR to fry a swarm of drones. 

Water from thin air. 

Space race is on - for tourists. 

Cryptocurrency investment lessons. 

Power from a nuclear battery. 

Quieter flying with graphene based aerogel. 

Naming the new Honda SUV EV. 

Needle free vaccines. 

Cryptocurrency deterrents, doctors playing AR and Land Rover leapfrogging EVs.

Smile! You are at work. 

Expect more widespread outages. 

Land Rover sidestepping the EV revolution. 

New EV tax for NSW drivers. 

A simple solution to trypanophobia. 

Cryptocurrency deterrent. 

Wind energy driving down electricity bills. 

Flying car Grand Prix series. Yes, really! 

Doctors playing with Augmented Reality. 

Irish passwords, watching your blood glucose and dishonour among hackers.

Technology robbing you of sleep. 

There may be honour among thieves – but not among hackers. 

Police revealing passwords in Ireland. 

Mobile phones revitalising ancient languages. 

Watch your blood glucose levels on your...watch. 

The end is nigh for Windows 10. 

Hydrogen or Ammonia for Japan? 

New phone features for the vision impaired. 

Mobile phone? Do you want a vax with that? 

Supersonic flights, Jeff Bezos in space and cost of scams.

Internet connected thermometers. 

Q1 2021 smartphone sales data. 

Supersonic flights post Concorde. 

Stretchable OLED screens. 

Atari gaming console. 

Jeff Bezos in space. 

Cost of scams in Australia. 

E-mobility in Brisbane. 

Zoom meeting transcriptions. 

Fully charged in minutes, snore scores and pilotless flights.

Charge your phone in eight minutes. 

An app to show you how local your products are. 

Detecting your snore score. 

Growing drugs or mining coins? 

Fully autonomous planes. 

A real-world Stargate between Lithuania and Poland. 

More efficient transparent solar panels. 

Green hydrogen in regional Australia. 

Wages in bitcoin. 

 

F-150 game changer, concrete batteries and prison from social media.

Will the Ford F-150 Lightning EV be a game changer? 

Do you like the idea of a big-screen TV but don't like the clutter? 

Batteries can be made from lithium or cobalt or nickel or...concrete? What? Concrete? 

13 years in prison for a photo of your hand on social media. How? 

How do you create a natural sleep cycle when you are live on a submarine? 

Watch out for smishing...but what is smishing? 

Are you one of millions now using a Digital Driver Licence? 

Finally. Which State in Australia is now offering free rego for Electric Vehicles? 

Would you be happy with someone else to pay to control your life? 

VR to cure phobias, future petrol stations and where to store photos.

Can VR technology help with a fear of spiders and needles? 

Can robots be used to comb and untangle hair? 

Why are NBN installations and repairs being delayed? 

How secure are your security cameras? 

Have you ever thought about renting out your driveway space? 

Would you pay a monthly fee to use Twitter? 

What is all the hype about lossless streaming and should you care? 

What options do you have to store your photos? 

What does a petrol station of the future look like? 

Bending light, lasering weeds and Johnnycabs drive off the screen.

How many people does it take to remove the weeds from 8 hectares of onions? 

Can light travel around corners? 

Would you like to try an EV before you buy? 

Tax time = scam time? 

The gentlemen of the cyberattack industry. 

Can a smartphone help you “see” in the dark? 

What is Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer doing at BMW? 

Is Ford about to revolutionise the ‘truck’ market in the US? 

Are you ready to jump in a robotaxi yet? 

Power from skin, smart glass with Krypton and saving the birds.

Is there a technology solution to stop birds slamming in to tall buildings and masts? 

Can we charge our smart watch with body heat? 

Is one Australian state about to encourage residents to purchase Electric Vehicles (EVs)? 

What does it take to be tagged a 'smart' glass? 

The city of Eindhoven, known for innovation, is the first in Europe to do what? 

Apple V Epic Games in a battle over what? 

How do you actually know a QR Code is legitimate? 

Is a spinning propeller blade the most efficient shape for a wind turbine? 

Be careful with your car - thieves are looking for palladium! 

Bluetooth stalkers, Wikipedia wars and jail time from faulty software.

Did the UK Post Office place too much faith in their software? 

Could someone use Bluetooth tracking devices to stalk your every movement? 

What is the topic of the latest Wikipedia editing wars? 

Which major car manufacturer has announced their fossil-fuel end date? 

Fancy a new domain name for your business? 

Are scientists any closer to a truly biodegradable plastic? 

Have we now reached the end of the line for the landline phone? 

Is Airbus about to take a giant leap forward in flying safety? 

Will the US Congress change the landscape for autonomous vehicles? 

Whiter white paint, replacing garbage trucks and Spotify hardware.

Is there a modern alternative to rubbish bins along the footpath? 

Is it possible to create a whiter white paint? 

Why is Spotify about to venture in to the hardware space? 

How has Google fared in the Australian Federal Court? 

Would you be happy to let a smart speaker watch you sleep? 

Green energy is good for the environment but is it good for the economy? 

How can you tell if it is confirmation bias or your phone really spying on you? 

Surveys show Australians want to buy electric cars, so why are sales stalled at around 0.7%? 

Which is the latest US State to put a ban in place for the sale of gas-powered vehicles? 

Losing keys, pet passwords and Queenslanders catching up.

What new feature from Android helps us while we walk down the street? 

Do you have trouble stopping your kids from playing on their phones? 

Keep leaving your keys “somewhere” but just can’t remember where? 

Like the new Xbox? Need a new fridge? Why not combine them both? 

Do you need a CyberLandr with your Cybertruck? 

Segway motorbike. 

To stop using easy passwords people are turning to their pets. 

Do you want a new guitar but you don’t want it to look like a new guitar? 

Are Queensland drivers finally going to catch up to their NSW counterparts? 

A Hummer EV, social media ID checks and drone light shows.

Specs of the new Hummer EV. 

Who is the one person you don’t want to send an X-rated video of yourself to? 

Will it soon be harder to create a social media account? 

How many drones should you use if you want to do a spectacular light show? 

Who is Microsoft going to make AR headsets for? 

Another social media site has had a date breach. Who was it this time? 

How can you check if your data was part of the Facebook data breach? 

Which company has given up on their smartphone business? 

Do you want a way to make a million in a couple of weeks? 

No more flats, fleeceware robbing us and magically enhancing photos.

Sick of punctures on your bicycle? Why not use the same technology that NASA uses on its rovers? 

Have you checked your mobile for ‘Fleeceware’ apps? They may be costing you hundreds of dollars. 

Movie scenes that show a photo magically ‘enhanced’ when an IT expert clicks on a button are just fictional, right? 

Meet Stretch, a new robot from Boston Dynamics. 

Can cows be part of the solution to our electricity needs? 

Chipageddon is having the most impact on what product? 

Fancy going back to the future with a VW Combi? 

How is renewable energy impacting gas pipelines? 

Remember the Apple AirPower that disappeared before it existed? Has another company delivered on the Apple promise? 

Bushfire fighting satellites, EVs beating Tesla and Internet access up in the air.

Are satellites the answer to Australia's bushfire problems? 

Which tiny EV is beating Tesla as the best-selling EV in the world? 

Why has the consumer protection agency in Brazil slapped Apple with a $2 million fine? 

When we can finally fly internationally again, will the Internet on planes be any better? 

Who are sex offenders targeting on dating apps? 

Who will win the battle to put satellite Internet in to your backyard? 

Whoops! Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp down in global outage! How did they inform the world they were having problems? 

Huawei was going to take over the world – until the West intervened. What is its new plan to now generate profits? 

What do you do when the manufacturer of Grand Theft Auto (GTA) won’t fix a known annoying problem?