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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Amazon's Alexa mocking users

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Amazon's Alexa mocking users
Steve Caplin, Share Radio's Technology Editor, looks at Amazon Echo's Alexa apparently mocking its users by laughing at them, iphones spontaneously calling emergency services, the Chinese woman whose toddler managfed to lock her iphone for 47 years (25m minutes) and the 4G network destined for the moon.
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Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Flying phones

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Flying phones
Steve Caplin examines Samsung's idea for combining a phone with a drone, robot cucumber pickers, a new form of light discovered by American physicists, edible QR codes and the app that helps you think you're in a cafe.
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Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Apple's wood-staining speaker

Simon Rose
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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: Apple's wood-staining speaker
Steve Caplin looks at Apple's wood-staining Homepod speaker, the Winter Olympics drones nobody could see, ultra-strong "Super Wood", the LED lantern powered by a tea light, the fake news online game and the app that reminds you five times a day that you're going to die.
Guest:

Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Uber for dogs

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Uber for dogs
Steve Caplin takes a look at a dog-walking service described as Uber for dogs, facial recognition sunglasses for the police, Land Rover's phone, the culture secretary's social network and an Internet of Things burglar deterrent called Kevin.
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Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Elon Musk making flames

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Elon Musk making flames
Steve Caplin marvels at Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket AND his Boring Company's flamethrowers. Naturally, there are also self-parking slippers, the first robot to be sacked, a portable bathing system for dogs and a new keyboard to compete with the old QWERTY one.
Guest:

Steve Caplin


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Ed Bowsher

Gadgets & Gizmos: 360 Degrees Camera

Ed Bowsher
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Gadgets & Gizmos: 360 Degrees Camera
Steve Caplin discusses a neckband wearable camera which can shoot 360 degress video for up to 90 minutes. It's called the FITT360.
Guest:

Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Apple's new Homepod

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Apple's new Homepod
Steve Caplin discusses Apple’s new HomePod device, a rival to Amazon Echo, as well as the Amazon Go store in Seattle where there are no check out tills whatsoever.
Guest:

Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Consumer Electronics Show part 2

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Consumer Electronics Show part 2
A second peek at the CES with Steve Caplin getting his teeth into roll-up TVs, smart toothbrushes, smart fridges, smart showers and motorised roller skates and more.
Guest:

Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Consumer Electronics Show (part 1)

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Consumer Electronics Show (part 1)
A look at the Consumer Electronics Show with Steve Caplin, including an autonomous shop, a knee-high Segway security robot, a robot shopper, a smart toilet and a robot lapdancer.
Guest:

Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Self-healing glass

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Self-healing glass
Steve Caplin discusses Uber's driverless cars, self-healing glass, fuel delivered to your car, earprints and your new car dispensed through a giant vending machine resembling a cat!
Guest:

Steve Caplin


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