Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson

Tech Talk with 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

Episodes

September 28, 2025 61 mins

Cushioned Crashes: Can Cocooning with AI Create Safer Skies? 

Chatbot Chill or Chatbot Chill-out: Confronting the Crisis of AI-Fuelled Delusions. 

ChatGPT’s Changing Chat: From Career Companion to Casual Confidant. 

Hallucinations in the Halls: AI, Accuracy and the Administration of Justice. 

Silicon Surge: Slimmer, Stronger Batteries Shaping Smartphones. 

Television Time Travel: The Curious Comeback of Cathode-Ray Classics. 

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Bifocal Breakthrough: Crystal-Clever, Click-to-Focus Specs. 

Toilet-Time Tech Troubles: Smartphone Scroll & Stalk Swells Your Sit Risks. 

Pulse-Fi: Wi-Fi’s Wonderful Wave of Wear-free Wellness. 

Heart-Smart Horizons: Digital Twin Tech Taking Ticks to Tomorrow. 

Stain-Stopping Spot+Scrub: Dyson’s Determined Dirt-Detecting Dynamo. 

Sharent or Share-Not? School-Day Shots, Sextortion, and the Smarts to Stay Safe. 

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Smart Stethoscopes: Sounding Out Silent Heart Struggles. 

Bin Bots, Battery Bins and a Better Bin-Day. 

Future-Proof Fuse: The ‘Pornography-Proof’ Phone for Persistent Protection. 

Modem Mayhem Meets Mega-Mbps: Navigating NBN’s Next-Gen Upgrades. 

Pivoting Project Pivo: The Portrait-Portrait-Powerful Prototype. 

Anguilla’s .ai Alchemy: From Island Identity to AI Income. 

Icy Innovation: Ice-Battery Breakthroughs for Cooling Tomorro...

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Wildlife Watch: Ring’s Rip-Roaring Ring-In of Aussie Animals. 

Vacuum’s Vivid Vanishing: Robo-Runner Runs Rogue. 

Power Packed Performance: EcoFlow’s Rapid Recharge Revolution. 

Dissolvable Designs: 3D-Printed PCB Prototypes for Plastic-Friendly Prototyping. 

Spreadsheet Showdown: Spreadsheet-Savvy Stars Scrutinise Excel Excellence. 

Robot Rhapsody or Human Hands? Hyundai’s High-Tech, Human-Hearted Hub. 

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Polestar’s Polished Performance: Polestar 3 Pushes Past Predicted Range. 

Power Paywall: VW’s ID.3 Performance on Permission. 

Dubbing's Digital Dawn: AI Brings Blockbusters Beyond Borders. 

Plushy Pals with Personality: Play-time Meets Programming. 

Sim-Sized Speed: Mini SSD Makes Moon-Sized Moves. 

Sweat-Smart Saris: Bacterial-Cellulose Jacket That Thins for Thermal Tune-Up. 

Bot Bonanza: Beijing’s Bumbling Bot-Battles. 

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Ford’s Frugal Future: $30K Electric Pickup Poised for 2027. 

Hydrogen Hype Halts: The Fading Fuel Furore. 

Battery Boom Bumps Battery-Behemoth. 

AI Aids Authority: Jersey’s Justice Jumps Ahead. 

Stimulation Solution: Southampton’s Smart Sleeve Soothes Stiffness. 

Chatbots Checked: Illinois Checks AI in Counselling. 

Brainwave Beacon: Breakthrough in ICU Brainwave AI. 

Titanium Tech Triumph: Tailored Tanks Take Off. 

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Lenovo’s Limitless Laptop: The Rise of the Rollable “Tallboy” Tech. 

Robotic Rosey Rolls In: Clunky But Clever Cleaning Companion Created in China. 

Helmet-Hunting Hardware: How AI and Altitude Aided a Hiker’s Discovery. 

Dragon Drones and Fiery Flights: Fighting Flames with Flying Fireballs. 

Sun-Powered Sentinels: Stealthy Solar Drones Spark Shift in Battlefield Strategy. 

Sniffing Smarts: The Scent-sational Surge of Synthetic Sm...

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Penalty Prediction Precision: AI Outsmarts the Shot-Stoppers. 

Paddle-Powered Progress: Ping-Ponging Towards Practicality in AI. 

Sky-High Skydweller: Soaring Solar Surveillance Soars into the Stratosphere. 

Geraldine Goes Digital: Council Captures Care with Clever Chatbot. 

Search Shake-Up: Google's Gemini Gambit Goes Global. 

Buzzing with Big Brother: Amazon’s AI Bracelet Bet. 

Printed Plates from Potato Peels: Food Waste Finds a...

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Snackbots on the Subway: Shenzhen’s Smart Stocking Solution. 

Delivery Droids and Drone Drops: The Futuristic Feast of Food Fulfilment. 

Page-Turning Precision: Preservation Powered by Puffs. 

MegaShark and WasteShark: Robotic Rubbish Removers Revolutionise River Rescue. 

Robot Rivalry: The Road to a Robo World Cup. 

Slumber Surveillance: Smartwatches Spot Sleep Struggles. 

Password Pitfalls: Protecting Businesses from Cyber Catast...

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Bot Bonds & Binary Brides: The Allure of AI Affection. 

Cultured Curds: The Coming Clash of Casein Creations. 

Steering Shift: Lexus Leads the Leap to Lever-Less Driving. 

Scalpel, Sensors, Success: Surgical Systems Step Up. 

Sun Safety Simplified: Sun Day Sparks Skin-Smart Solutions. 

Hyper-HDMI: The High-Speed Home Theatre Hype. 

Pill Power: Profiling Physiology with Precision Pills. 

Perverse Profits: The Proliferation of AI...

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Foldable Frenzy: Samsung’s Slim, Stacked, and Snazzy Smartphones Spill. 

Inked Innovation: AI’s Artistic Advance in Tattooing. 

Sirens on Smartphones: September’s Safety Signal. 

Solar Sabotage: Smart Inverter Infiltration Threatens Power Stability. 

Radiation Rebellion: Rethinking Renewable Rules. 

Grok’s Growing Gaffes: Musk’s Politically Incorrect AI Push. 

Methane Mishap: Missing Satellite Sparks Space Setback. 

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Litter Lasso: Leveraging Lenses to Limit Littering. 

Golden Gains: Greener Gold Grabs from Gadgets. 

Speed Surveillance Shake-Up: NSW’s New Camera Crackdown. 

Future Frames: Xiaomi’s Smart Spectacles Step Up. 

Audio Adventures: Ami Amplifies AirPod Adventures. 

Da Vinci’s Drone Dream Delivers. 

Minutes Made Magical: Municipal Meetings Meet Machine Minds. 

Squishy Sentinels: Soft Robots Reboot Our Robo-Expectations. 

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Paws, Patterns and Positioning: The Fi Collar Fetches the Future of Pet Tech. 

Specs and Sound: Spectacular Synergy or Sensory Shortcut? 

Performance-Packed Prisms: Meta and Oakley Make Smart Specs Sporty. 

Seismic Signals: Smartphones Shake Up Earthquake Safety. 

Bright Bulbs and Better Burglar Busting: Wyze’s Watchful Wonder. 

Vacuuming Victory: LG’s Latest Launch Leaves Dust in the Dust. 

Sweating Structures: Cement Coating Cool...

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Backyard Blockbusters: Big Screens, Budget Setups and Bug Spray. 

Brawling Bots: Beijing's Boxing Breakthrough. 

Final Farewell or Forever Files? The Rise of Grief Tech. 

Diagnosis Delivered: AI as a Co-Pilot in Cancer Care. 

Snooze-Saving Sound: Soundcore’s Snore-Silencing Sleep Solution. 

F1 Filmmaking with Apple: Custom Cameras, Chipsets and Cinematic Speed. 

Flesh Feel for Future Figures: Synthetic Skin Sensation Sparks Robotic...

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Dazzling Displays and Drone Delights: A Sky-High Shift in Spectacles. 

Tractors, Troops and Tech: The Voltrac Versatility Venture. 

Breath-Based Breakthrough: Biomarker Detection Without Blood or Blades. 

Salmon Solutions: Safe, Sustainable, and Served Raw. 

Rings, Readings and Resilience: The Ultrahuman Upgrade to Wellness. 

Perilous Pages: Poison, Pigments and the Perils of Victorian Volumes. 

Bias, Bots, and Belief: The Search S...

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Brewed with Brains: Beer, Bots, and Bold New Beginnings. 

Palm Power: Precision Performance with the Pricey but Potent Rocc. 

Scooter Surge: Segway’s Sleek, Smart, and Sturdy Solution for City Commuters. 

Towering Technology: The Swiss Spiral Soars with 3D Precision. 

Sugar Sense or Sensor Senselessness? Stelo, Stats, and the Self-Tracking Surge. 

Gas from Glass: Turning Thin Air into Tank Fill. 

Forecasting the Future: AI, Access,...

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Contact Lens Conversions: Flickers, Frequency, and Future Night Vision. 

Drone Drop Drama: Florida Fisherman Flies to the Rescue. 

Three-Dimensional Takeoff: The Glasses-Free Gaming Gamechanger. 

Brawling Bots: Battle for the 'Iron Fist King' Begins. 

Sonic Surge: Supersonic Charging Breakthrough Beneath the Surface. 

Purdubik Power: Puzzle-Pulverising Purdue Prototype Pummels Previous Record. 

Sipping Sunshine: Solar Sponges and t...

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Pillow Power: Portable, Personal, Planet-Friendly Heat. 

Brushing Breakthroughs: The AI Approach to Oral Automation. 

Socks, Slippers and Smarts: Saros Sweeps into the Spotlight. 

Trucking Towards Tomorrow: Volvo’s Vision for a Cleaner, Cleverer Commute. 

Peering Past Plaster: FBI’s Futuristic ‘Find-Through-Walls’ Tech. 

Suiting Science: Stimulating Solutions for Spasticity. 

Sensors, Speed and Smarts: Ducati’s Data-Driven Dominanc...

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Airborne Ambitions: The Costly Climb of Car-Plane Crossovers. 

Philips Prints the Future: Fixables, Files and Facial Hair Fixes. 

Hyperboot Hype: Nike’s High-Tech Heatwear Hits the Market. 

Flailing Frontiers: From Inflatable Fads to Functional Footwork. 

Block by Block: Building Brilliance with LegoGPT. 

Mars Mission Mock-up: Highland Highlands Host Humanoid Hardware. 

Deepfake Defendants and Digital Declarations: AI’s Ascent in t...

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Skype Signs Off: Shifts, Sentimentality and the Software Switch. 

Recording, Reminders and Really Creepy: AI Audio Assistants Arrive. 

Buffalo’s Bold Bones: A See-Through Spin on Storage Solutions. 

Physical Intelligence Powers a New Phase: Pi-Powered Personalised Housework Helpers. 

Cash Comeback: Contactless King Uber Courts Coins in the UK. 

Waymo’s Widening Wheels: Robotaxis Roll into New Realms. 

Recycling Revolution: Robots, ...

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