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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Huawei or the highway

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Huawei or the highway
Steve Caplin asks whether we should be worried about Chinese telecom manufacturer Huawei's plans to build part of the UK's 5G network following a warning from the US. Steve also takes a closer look at the latest car tech - something that's helped Elon Musk's Tesla to a whopping $100 billion valuation.
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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: The armchair Segway

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: The armchair Segway
Steve Caplin looks at some of the weirdest ideas at the CES, including Segway's 24 mph armchair, augmented reality windscreens, a robotic chef that can't open the fridge and a loo-roll-fetching bear. He also covers a lung kit for snorkelers powered by the swimmer's legs; the Fingerbot for pressing buttons on dumb devices; the headphones that turn into loudspeakers; and how to get a VR theatre experience without leaving home.
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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: The uncomfortable lavatory

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: The uncomfortable lavatory
Steve Caplin looks at a lavatory intended to discourage employees from sitting there for long. He also covers Facebook banning deep fakes for the US election (but not shallow ones); Microsoft's new Xbox; breathalyser strips to test the skin rather than breath; robots painting white lines on motorways; how to stop your drink freezing while ice fishing; and reducing water use in showers.
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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Predictions for 2020 - and beyond

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Predictions for 2020 - and beyond
Share Radio's Technology Editor Steve Caplin gazes into his crystal ball to see what 2020 might bring. He forecasts an end to sim cards, the arrival of 5G, the roll-out of augmented reality in the workplace, the internet of bodies, an iPhone AR headset, more efficient perovskite solar cells and playing computer games without actually having the game. He also explains what we definitely WON'T see in 2020, despite various predictions to the contrary.
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Steve Caplin

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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Review of 2019

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Review of 2019
Share Radio's Technology Editor Steve Caplin looks back over some of the tech highlights of 2019. There's a car that can climb a 5ft wall, the Japanese car to sleep or sing in, the cat feeder with facial recognition, the dimmest bank thief of the year, the fridge dating app and the explanation of why farmers should be painting their cows to look like zebras.
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Steve Caplin

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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: 5G Cyber Tyres

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: 5G Cyber Tyres
Steve Caplin looks at the latest in tech, including Pirelli's 5G cyber tyres, a hologram table, a phone for frogs, a clever bluetooth speak that produces surround sound, a drone for high-flying graffiti artists, the world's first magnetic lightbulb, a coating for toilets to reduce adhesion and the clever way of protecting against mosquitoes.
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Steve Caplin

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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Christmas Gift Guide

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Christmas Gift Guide
Share Radio's Technology Editor Steve "Santa" Caplin produces a variety of gadgety gift suggestions. Among them are expensive - and cheap - bluetooth earbuds, an app that transcribes interviews, Scalextric for cats, an LED wardrobe light, a self-stirring mug, an alarm clock that runs away if you snooze it and a remote-controlled crocodile head.
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Ed Bowsher

Gadgets And Gizmos: Cows With VR Headsets, Hibernating Astronauts & Go Dice

Ed Bowsher
Gadgets And Gizmos: Cows With VR Headsets, Hibernating Astronauts & Go Dice
Steve Caplin tells Ed Bowsher about cows that wear VR headsets mimicking rural scenes, as well as plans by the European Space Agency to put astronauts into hibernation before they travel to Mars.
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Ed Bowsher

Gadgets And Gizmos: Google Stadia, Tesla's New Pick-Up Truck, & Plastic From Fish Waste

Ed Bowsher
Gadgets And Gizmos: Google Stadia, Tesla's New Pick-Up Truck, & Plastic From Fish Waste
Steve Caplin tells Ed Bowsher about Google's new online gaming service: Google Stadia. If successful, the service may kill the gaming console. Steve also discusses Tesla's disastrous launch of its new pick-up truck.
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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Coffee logs more efficient than wood

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Coffee logs more efficient than wood
Steve Caplin looks at the efficacy of Waitrose's coffee logs. There's also the problems Uber's self-driving cars have with jaywalkers, blood donors tracking their blood, Tim Berners-Lee's new browser, magnetising blood cells to cure disease, stretchable electronics, rhino horns made with horse hair to deter poachers, cream to help you learn languages or musical instruments and the world's brightest (multi-coloured) headlights.
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