Hrkn to .. Gadgets & Gizmos

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  • 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 & Gizmos has delved into the world of wifi, Bluetooth and exploding lithium batteries, reviewing gadgets of interest and ridiculing those that should never have got off the drawing board. Where some financial journalists tell you how to make your money grow, Gadgets & Gizmos tells you how to spend it – and when not to. Hrkn to www.shareradio.co.uk for more ..
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Episodes
  • Gadgets & Gizmos: Quantum computing chips, trifold phones & how to find an ice cream

    Gadgets & Gizmos: Quantum computing chips, trifold phones & how to find an ice cream
    Mar 3 2025
    Steve Caplin celebrates Photoshop coming to the iPhone, as well as Microsoft producing its first quantum computing chip, apparently powered by topological qubits. Amazon is launching Alexa+, creating your own trusted assistant. It costs but, bizarrely, more than Amazon Prime, which offers it free. If you're looking for a coffee stand or ice cream van, there's a new app to guide you. Huawai has a trifold phone. Tech trekking poles contain a folding tent. Over 1,000 artists have produced an album of silence to protest the Government's plans on AI & copyright. And walnuts could boost your brain, if you eat enough of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    26 mins
  • Gadgets & Gizmos: Save 10 years with AI, the Super Bowl ad gaffe & Italy gets tough with fake reviews

    Gadgets & Gizmos: Save 10 years with AI, the Super Bowl ad gaffe & Italy gets tough with fake reviews
    Feb 20 2025
    Steve Caplin says that in 2 days, AI solved a problem that took Imperial College scientists 10 years. But it also caused a massive gaffe in a staggeringly expensive Super Bowl ad. He discusses new e-ink developments including outdoor posters, a tablet, a minimal phone and a gaming console. The BBC's Radiophonic Workshop output has been digitised. There's a high-tech bookmark. Italy is getting tough with fake TripAdvisor reviews which are damaging tourism. You should take your tablets with milk not water in future. And Gen Z is having problems hearing, but it's neurological and caused by noise-cancelling headphones say audiologists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    25 mins
  • Gadgets & Gizmos: Wifi giant barbecue, bike touchscreen display & a mobile 1-bed flat in a box

    Gadgets & Gizmos: Wifi giant barbecue, bike touchscreen display & a mobile 1-bed flat in a box
    Feb 13 2025
    From the world of tech, Steve Caplin talks about the perfect way to cook a boiled egg and a giant barbecue that is controlled by your mobile. There's a touchscreen display for a bicycle, a camper van for an eBike and a one-bedroom flat that fits into a trailer and can be set up by one person in an hour with all – or at least most – mod cons. Glasses are to have hearing aids built into them to reduce discomfort, an ePaper frame will display your photos on the wall and you will soon be able to touch up your old videos and Super-8 movies and massively improve them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    26 mins

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