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

December 21, 2025 49 mins

Sustainable Skies Soar: New Zealand’s Next-Gen Nodes of Non-Emissions Navigation. 

Dizzying Drone Delights: The 360° Sky-Surround Sensation Soaring into the Future. 

Glucose without the Gory Gashes: Lightwaves Lead the Latest in Diabetes Detection. 

Pee-Powered Produce: Pioneering a Pungent-Free Path to Planet-Friendly Fertiliser. 

Teen Tactics and Tech Tricks: Teens Take On Australia’s Social Media Shutdown. 

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Brilliant Breville Brings Browning Breakthroughs. 

Blow-Away Buy: The Mini Desk Blower That Clears Crumbs and Keyboards. 

Circuitry in the Kitchen: A Geeky Glass Gadget for Gourmet Gurus. 

Crowd-Connecting Compass: A Festival-Friendly Finder. 

Glowing Gestures or Goading Gadgets? 

Bright and Bold: Bike-Light Boost with Unit1 Smart Light Pro Dual. 

Galactic Gravity-Defying Gadget: Hoverpen Interstellar. 

Glowing GoChess: Guiding Gam...

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Defibrillator Drones: Delivering Death-Defying Doses of Digital First Aid. 

Tactile Tech Takes Touch to Tomorrow: VoxeLite’s Virtual Feel-Factor. 

Mosquito Mouthpart Makers: Necroprinting Nature’s Needle for Next-Gen 3D Bioprinting. 

Taxi Tech Tug-of-War: Robot Rides Rev Up in San Francisco. 

Watchful Woes: Wearable Warfare, Widgets, and the Wild World of Childlike Clout. 

Fungi Feast of the Future: CRISPR-Crafted Cuts for a Protei...

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Electric Edge: Will E-cars Eclipse F1’s Fastest? 

Size-Savvy Styles: Smart Sizing Solutions Streamline Shoppers’ Struggles. 

Hypersonic Hurdles to High-Speed Horizons: Turbulence, Tempests and Tomorrow’s One-Hour Travel. 

Heat in the Hut: Data-Driven Warmth Delivers Dramatic Bill Drops. 

Slicing Synthetic Skin: Xpeng’s ‘Cut-to-the-Core’ Humanoid Causes a Cybernetic Stir. 

Sydney’s Self-Driving Surge: Waymo’s Wheel-Free Wheels Woo t...

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Festive Flashbacks: Tech-Themed Trinkets Bring Nostalgia to the Christmas Tree. 

Keyless Quandary: The Digital Drive to Ditch the Car Fob. 

Cosmic Cameras and Celestial Clues: Snapping Signs of Life Beyond Earth. 

Mindful Microchips: Minute MOTE Monitors Mental Messages. 

Kosmic Knowledge or AI Conjecture? Kosmos Claims to Condense Months of Science into Hours. 

Chatbot Counsellors or Cautionary Companions: When AI Lends an Ear and...

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Domestic Droid or Digital Double? Neo’s Human-Helped Housekeeping Heralds a Humanoid Home Future. 

Powerful Porsche Performance: The Electrifying Evolution of the Macan GTS. 

Solar Sidings and Magnetic Motions: Powering the Future of the Rail Revolution. 

From Food Waste to Flight Fuel: Turning Trash into Turbine Triumphs. 

Solar Stratosphere Soarers: Radical’s Record-Breaking Drone Dares to Outfly Satellites. 

Mega Movers: How the...

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Poop Perception and Potty Precision: AI Flushes Out Clues to Your Health. 

Passport Power: Pocketing Paperwork with Apple’s Digital ID Debut. 

Medical Memory Made Easy: Mirror App Helps Patients Recall Crucial Consultations. 

Badges, Bots and Bytes: Scouts Learn AI the Smart Way. 

Foiling Fossil Fuels: How Hydrofoil Ferries Are Making Waves in Clean Transport. 

Chatbots, Crises and Confusion: When AI Conversations Cross the Mental ...

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Toilet Tech Triumph: Kohler’s Clever Camera Captures Clues from Your Poos. 

Sight Sparks: Smart Implants Shine New Light on Blindness. 

Avocado Algorithms: AI Assesses Ripeness to Reduce Waste. 

Checkout Chatbots: Walmart’s AI Alliance Accelerates Agentic Commerce. 

Cloud Chaos: When Amazon’s DNS Disaster Derailed the Digital World. 

Printing Potable: 3D-Printed Pitcher Pulls Pure Water from the Air. 

Helping Hands or Handy Humans?...

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Holographic Highway Patrol: Seoul’s Spectral Solution to Street Safety. 

Remote Remedy: Robotic Revolution Reaches the Outback. 

Ferrari’s Fast-Track to the Future: Electric Elegance Meets Engine Excitement. 

Shake, Swipe or Shimmy: The Future of Touchless Taps Takes a Turn. 

Artificial Imitations and Internet Intrigue: AI Scammers Spin Synthetic Shopfronts. 

Mirror, Mirror, on My Phone: The Sora Selfie Syndrome. 

Sonic Surgery: Ho...

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Brewery Breach Brings Bitter Blow to Beer Buffs. 

Windowless Wonders: Digital Daylight for the Jet Set. 

Collar Communication: Cows Connect Through Clever, Cloud-Controlled Collars. 

Clever Cameras or Cautious Concerns: Can AI Eyes Really Protect Our Homes? 

Cleaning Conqueror: The Deebot Delivers Dirt-Defying Design and Drive. 

Flash, Fuse, and Frame: Gemini’s Generative Genius Gets a Photoshop-Free Future. 

Talking Tech: Translat...

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Travel Tech Traps: AI Itineraries Inspire Illusions and Ill-Fated Adventures

Pods, Play and Precision: Piloting with AirPods. 

Pulse, Proactivity and Personalisation: ChatGPT’s Daily Dose of Discovery. 

Synthetic Skin Simulation: Stretching Science with Surgeons’ Scalpels. 

Pocket-Proof Protection: Pint-Sized Parasol Promises Practical Portability. 

Tile’s Troubling Tracking: Tags, Trust and the Threat of Technology. 

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Glasses, Guests and Guided Getaways: Disney’s Augmented Adventures. 

Mouse Makeover: Squishy Surfaces Shape Smarter Surfing. 

Forgery Fighters: Fine Art Faces AI’s Freshest Feint. 

Robo-Rescue or Ruff Reality: Redefining the Role of Robot Guide Dogs. 

Stealthy Signals: StrataWave’s Silent Spread for Safer Skies. 

Paper, Pen and Prestige: Montblanc’s Move into Digital Documents. 

Virtual Vibes and Vibrant Venues: Clubbing in Cybersp...

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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. 

Chatbot Caution C...

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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. 

Plug-in Popularity or Progr...

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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. 

Sandy Slip-Ups:...

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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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