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Gadgets & Gizmos: The race for Mars

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: The race for Mars
Share Radio's technology editor Steve Caplin looks at the sudden rush of space vehicles heading to Mars. He looks at the vast improvement in fortunes for the bosses of Amazon and Tesla. He considers scientific advances in the animal world and how they affect pigs, cattle and chickens. He unveils Zoom's first bit of hardware. And he coos over a couple of new e-bikes, one of which has a trailer that turns into a boat!
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Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Robot dolphins and Lego Nintendo

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Robot dolphins and Lego Nintendo
Share Radio's technology editor Steve Caplin looks at drive-in cinemas for children, wondering how they will be able to see through the windscreen. He discusses Amazon's smart shopping cart, the Uber boat service on the Thames, Lego's Nintendo set, robot dolphins, groceries in reusable packaging, whisky in paper bottles, a solution to messy soap and how to work from home – in Barbados!
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Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Bootleg Soviet helicopters

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Bootleg Soviet helicopters
Tech guru Steve Caplin looks at staycation scams, at a bootleg Soviet helicopter operations in Moldova, at the internet balloons floating over Kenya, at the failure of the massively-funded short-video platform Quibi, at how windows could be filled with water to control room temperatures, at the OTHER words and phrases that can be used to trigger voice assistants and at a new version of the E-Type Jaguar that would set you back a cool million pounds.
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Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Delivery drones riding buses and self-driving beds

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Delivery drones riding buses and self-driving beds
Steve Caplin takes a look at the latest gadgets and gizmos, which include self-driving hospital beds and a way for drones to extend their range – by hitching a ride on buses! There's also NASA's Lunar Loo Challenge, paper wine bottles, an LED torch to improve eyesight, a waterproof and bulletproof backpack, controlling your Apple Watch through gestures and an electric motorbike that can power your house in the case of a blackout.
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Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Segway R.I.P.

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Segway R.I.P.
Share Radio's technology editor bemoans the demise of Segway and its chequered history. He discusses Apple's new operating system, its switch away from Intel chips and the Apple Watch's way of telling you if you haven't washed your hands for long enough. There's also a tethered balloon ride to space, NASAs $23m space toilet, the Amazon Echo Auto for the car, real-time translation earbuds and a reusable electronic firework.
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Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: A parallel universe with time running backwards

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: A parallel universe with time running backwards
Steve Caplin, Share Radio's technology editor, asks if scientists in Antarctica have found a parallel universe where time runs backwards. He looks at the robot dog now on sale as well as Lego's Super Mario enabling you to play a "real" game. He turns up his nose at an Age of Odour exhibition about smells and discusses the world's biggest liquid air battery, how you can eavesdrop with a lightbulb, 3D print within the human body, put out fires with a vase and stop legged robots slipping up.
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Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: The rise of the robots

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: The rise of the robots
Share Radio's technology editor look at several stories involving robots for publishing news, receiving degree certificates, enforcing social distancing in parks and disinfecting hospitals with UV light. He looks at the revival of the James Bond Goldfinger Aston Martin DB5 WITH attendant gadgets, turning CO2 in the air into petrol, a smart ear-cleaning rod and a dish that solves all the major problems of using butter - only to meet resistance to its purchase at home.
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Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: The ultimate tea machine

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: The ultimate tea machine
Share's technology editor Steve Caplin marvels at Bru, the "ultimate tea machine". He also looks at a USB stick claiming to protect against 5G, the BBC's new voice assistant, Virgin Media closing their stores, the hard-to-read font that does NOT enhance memory, an electric surfboard and an electric Cessna plane and how a fantasy advertised on Facebook went badly wrong.
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Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Virtual crowds for sporting events

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Virtual crowds for sporting events
Technology editor Steve Caplin looks at some C19-inspired gadgets for keeping customers of Burger King and visitors to Florence's Duomo safe. There are also self-cleaning face masks, 5G underpants, virtual crowds for sporting events, a Wallace & Gromit AR app, crowdfunded game Star Citizen, shareable user interfaces and a very nippy e-bike.
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Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Apple & Google's Covid-19 tracing system

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Apple & Google's Covid-19 tracing system
Share Radio's technology editor Steve Caplin looks at Apple & Google's Covid-19 tracing system, at the cyber attack on Easyjet and at Warren Buffett being allegedly misled by a German steel company he bought. He also looks at a new system for e-scooters that aims to reduce pavement clutter, at the delay of new emojis, at sobriety tags, skin-powered fitness trackers, a weird fresh air system for bikes, a board game for cats, a method for saving many gallons of white wine and how blind people might be able to "see" using electrodes.
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Steve Caplin


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