Weird Tech
Hey, you wanna hear something weird? Us too! You might have noticed tech is getting a bit dull, stale and dystopian…but there’s so much fun, cool and just plain weird tech out there. So we’re gonna share it with each other - and you. Hosted by technology journalists Rae Johnston (Gizmodo Australia, Queens of the Drone Age, SBS) and Tegan Jones (Gizmodo Australia, SmartCompany, Queens of the Drone Age).
Episodes
Do you wanna hear something weird about colour-changing tattoos?
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music
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Do you wanna hear something weird about doctors 3D-printing you some new bones mid-surgery?
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music
🔔 FOLLOW US:
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Do you wanna hear something weird about mushroom-robot hybrids that can crawl?
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music
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Do you wanna hear something weird about...ice?
Not just any ice, but salty ice. The kind you find on those icy moons hanging around the outer solar system.
Turns out, scientists have discovered that you can actually generate electricity from it - just by bending it. Like, literally squishing salty ice and pulling power out of it like it’s an angry little frozen battery.
And yes, it is precisely as bizarre and brilliant ...
Do you wanna hear something weird about the future (which is now?!)?
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music
🔔 FOLLOW US:
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Do you wanna hear something weird about scientists being able to read your inner monologue?
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music
🔔 FOLLOW US:
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Do you wanna hear something weird about turning woolly mammoth DNA into meatballs and other adventures in lab-grown meat (that Tegan actually ate)?
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music
🔔 FOLLOW US:
See omnystudi...
Do you wanna hear something weird about how Indigenous knowledge is helping solar tech outsmart the weather?
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music
🔔 FOLLOW US:
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Do you wanna hear something weird about quantum computing?
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music
🔔 FOLLOW US:
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Do you wanna hear something weird about hearing aids for feelings?
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music
🔔 FOLLOW US:
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Do you wanna hear something weird about beetles being transformed into mini robots to help in disaster zones thanks to microchipped backpacks?
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music
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Do you wanna hear something weird about the WonderBoy X-100?
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music
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Do you wanna hear something weird about glaucoma?
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music
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Do you wanna hear something weird about being a tradie...in space?
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music
🔔 FOLLOW US:
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Do you wanna hear something weird about how engineers at RMIT University have created a tiny device that sees movement, stores memories, and processes info like a human brain - with no external computer needed?
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by...
Do you wanna hear something weird about a historic beef between Apple and The Beatles?
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music
🔔 FOLLOW US:
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Do you wanna hear something weird about why we all use subtitles now?
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music
🔔 FOLLOW US:
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Do you wanna hear something weird about tech being used to regenerate the Daintree rainforest?
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music
🔔 FOLLOW US:
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Do you wanna hear something weird about infrared contact lenses?
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music
🔔 FOLLOW US:
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Do you wanna hear something weird about the Great Barrier Reef?
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music
🔔 FOLLOW US:
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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