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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Implanting workers

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Implanting workers
Steve Caplin on the company implanting chips into its workers (and then the world), the mind-reading TV remote, the cranes producing 90% efficient energy by hauling up concrete blocks, hologram lecturers and a smart computer for aquariums.
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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: The cyber security minister with no computer

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: The cyber security minister with no computer
Steve Caplin tells us about the cyber security minister who has never used a computer, the launch of electric scooters in London (limited use only), the folding phone more like a brick, why a kilogram usually isn't, the AI news anchor and the collapsible bike helmet (in a good way).
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Steve Caplin

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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Facebook's 3D photos

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Facebook's 3D photos
Steve Caplin on Facebook's 3D photos, on a drone that could be a massive aid in disaster operations, on Amazon's "review factories", on a way to make film ratings more objective, on a self-cleaning water bottle and on a quick stop bike lock for when you just want to "pop in" for something and don't want the hassle of fastening your bike to a piece of street furniture.
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Steve Caplin

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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Potato plastic

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Potato plastic
Steve Caplin enlightens us about a demonstration of what 5G will be able to do, on Amazon extending its Alexa services, of the consequences of mistakes on Google Maps, on autonomous taxis to launch in London in 2021, of the invention of plastic from potatoes, on the world's lightest phone stabiliser, on a concert hologram of Amy Winehouse and on the French navy using albatrosses to track illegal fishing boats.
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Steve Caplin

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Ed Bowsher

Gadgets and Gizmos: New robot vacuum that can empty itself

Ed Bowsher
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Gadgets and Gizmos: New robot vacuum that can empty itself
Our technology expert, Steve Caplin, is excited by Amazon's new version of the Kindle which is waterproof for an hour and can store 4000 books. He also looks at new robot vacuums which can empty themselves.
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Steve Caplin

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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: The car that keeps you fit

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: The car that keeps you fit
Steve Caplin discusses a Saudi-invented car that lets you keep fit with bike pedals as you drive, at robot viticulturists, robot caterpillars that will crawl inside you (for medical reasons), at the moving tail you can control with your phone, a startup that aims to let you live forever, at least in your friends' memories and BAE's wearable cockpit.
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Steve Caplin

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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: The app that sings your words

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: The app that sings your words
Steve Caplin tells Simon Rose about a new app that will sing the words you type - in different musical styles. He also looks at online disasters for Facebook and the Conservative Party, at a bus that cleans up pollution, Amazon's new store, the phone with 5 cameras and an over-complicated, expensive way of cooling drink as you drive.
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Steve Caplin

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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Digital side mirrors

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Digital side mirrors
Steve Caplin goes automotive, looking at the closest driving experience to Formula 1, digital side mirrors, Volvo's self-driving truck and BMW's autonomous motorbike. He also marvels at nifty lights for handlebars, at the comms kit for the security services that fits in the mouth, at an LED solution to hair loss and a ludicrous high-tech ceramic cheeseboard.
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Steve Caplin

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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: The Wrong Trousers Come Right

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: The Wrong Trousers Come Right
Steve Caplin looks at the latest developments in drone technology, explains why he won't be buying the new iPhone but does recommend updating iOS, marvels at the Bristol scientists producing a real-life version of The Wrong Trousers, is impressed by a 3D-printed US army barracks, wants to try a deeper-water snorkel and applauds Carlsberg for fastening its beer cans together without plastic.
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Steve Caplin

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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Robot strawberry pickers

Simon Rose
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Gadgets & Gizmos: Robot strawberry pickers
Steve Caplin looks at robot strawberry pickers, a nail-dispensing hammer, Polaroid's new app-controlled camera, how mobile voice calls are falling, 3D-printed peat houses, a wearable chair and how bad wines might soon be a thing of the past.
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Steve Caplin

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