Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson

Camera equipped ear cleaning tweezers. 

Smartphone controlled paper airplane. 

Smartphone connected speed cube. 

Tesla coil USB rechargeable lighter. 

Bond broken plastic devices without glue. 

Create your own reel viewer. 

Levitating plant pot. 

Magnetic levitating lamp with wireless phone charger. 

Insanely cool looking Bluetooth speaker. 

Handheld laser engraver and cutter. 

Illuminated doodle pillowcase. 

Speak more than 36 languages. 

Is it time for a smart ring? 

Palm-sized STEM robot dog. 

Self-balancing cupholder. 

Fly your own Ornithopter. 

Educational robot kit. 

Multifunctional headlamp with motion sensor. 

Cloud-connected ring bound notebook. 

Portable personal gym. 

Video game console for your best friend…your dog! 

Electronic tongue that mimics human tastebuds. 

Some help with keeping you healthy at the office. 

Prosthetic leg that can change gears to help you walk up stairs. 

Mercedes locking in faster acceleration behind a paywall. 

Rolls-Royce testing jet engines that run on hydrogen. 

Tesla Semi finishes 800km tests with a full load. 

7,600 scam e-mails blocked every single minute – just by one carrier. 

Focused on your health? You need a full body scan. 

List of best-selling Electric Vehicles for 2022. 

Tap-to-Pay is so yesterday – say hello to proximity payments! 

Using electric pulses to save the shark population. 

Brainless Robots to help around the office. 

The Leap Second is being scrapped: let future generations worry about it! 

The latest in thin speakers with high-quality sound. 

Lab-grown chicken meat officially declared safe. 

Floating solar farms coming to a body of water near you. 

When looking for you next holiday, have you considered a floating resort with 60,000 of your closest friends? 

Would you like to watch TV for 3 months and be paid $40K? 

A wearable sensor to help pick up signs of a heart attack of dehydration and other conditions. 

VW build the ultimate office chair. 

Improve your swimming form with smart goggles. 

Porsche is set to charge ahead in the EV space with details released of the 2024 Macan. 

Google pays $392 million to settle location tracking investigation. 

Solar panels that function on form before function. 

Real-time localised weather maps…from a taxi! 

Car manufacturers moving to lower-cost batteries. 

Fonzie needed it but does Apple need the word “Hey” anymore? 

Ask for a custom 3D-printed knee joint for your next knee surgery. 

Would you prefer human blood or laboratory-grown blood if you needed a blood transfusion? 

Smartphones can reveal the pending collapse of a bridge. 

Matter is going to help us on the road to a smarter home. 

A new silicone tyre sealant can stop nails in their tracks. 

Some technology to help you refine your soccer skills. 

Instagram has new age verification tools. 

An old train can help with a clean energy future. 

How is Australia Post going to help with mobile phone black spots? 

Why are Uber drivers are taking fewer left turns in the US? 

Starlink will help you while you are on the move from December. 

Apple confirms USB-C for iPhones but details are still scarce. 

How is a solar farm in space going to beam its energy back to earth? 

Which country has just set the record for the longest passenger train in the world? 

A coast-to-coast EV charging network is being funded and built by which government? 

What is next for Twitter now that it has a new owner? 

How would you feel about a job interview – in virtual reality? 

Can you fold laundry faster than the world’s speediest laundry-folding robot? 

The latest toothbrush that is potentially smarter than the user. 

A text scam known as ‘pig butchering’ is costing victims millions of dollars. 

Satellites helping farming become more sustainable. 

Can bubbles help shipping companies save on fuel bills. 

Is nuclear fission ready to give way to fusion? 

Is Toyota re-thinking their entire EV strategy (or lack of EV strategy)? 

Starlink Aviation promises better Internet connectivity to airlines. 

Do you believe those stories that say an electric vehicle is worse for the environment? 

Phone prices are increasing but what would you expect for a $39,000 phone? 

How many mobile phones are going to be thrown away this year? 

Will Motorola’s latest phone be the new ‘killer’ product? 

Will you change your Netflix subscription to the latest offering – with ads? 

Do you need a coat with solar panels to charge your devices? 

How many megawatt-hours is one wind turbine capable of producing in 24 hours? 

Could the aviation industry ever see a 100 per cent sustainable fuel? 

Do you see yourself wearing exoskeleton boots as you age? 

How fast is fast enough when it comes to Internet speeds? 

How do you count your calories? With some microwaves? 

Careful of those prank 911 calls – triggered by rollercoasters! 

Monitor your child’s state of mental health with a dedicated smartwatch. 

Pathology samples are taking to the air. 

Delta Airlines investing big in the home to airport aviation concepts. 

Offers of free money after a hurricane were NOT a scam! 

Energy efficient buildings by photo analysis. 

Electric Utes are about to boom in Australia. 

Ring the bell to locate your bike. 

Cut your own vinyl records – one at a time. 

Use a sweat patch and an app to help you rehydrate. 

Can a gym workout be as easy as strapping on an EMS suit? 

Create GPS Art and improve your fitness. 

Guinness World Record set by Cassie, the bipedal robot. 

European Parliament votes 602 to 13 to adopt a law making USB-C charging port mandatory on small electronic devices by 2024. 

How do you make a submarine invisible to sonar? 

Alice, the electric commuter plane, flies for the first time. 

Smartphones and biosensors used to help prevent suicide. 

3D printing of buildings now involves swarms of drones. 

For those that don’t have time to brush their teeth, thank goodness for microrobots. 

A smart blood pressure monitor to track how unhealthy we are becoming. 

Forget about years of training and an anaesthetist for your next surgery – use VR to numb the pain. 

Tesla complains to the NHTSA about Over The Air updates being referred to as a recall. 

Triboelectric nanogenerators using waves to power our future. 

San Francisco Police now have access to all of your security footage. 

Starlink to connect school buses to the Internet. 

101 million machines can help decarbonise Australia. 

Giving virtual reality objects the feeling of mass. 

Legislation to use technology in cars to save lives. 

Pizza Robots cranking out a Pizza every 12 seconds. 

Blood tests to detect cancer. 

Google AI detecting smells based on molecular structure. 

A name for a mission to Uranus. What could possibly go wrong? 

The rise of the AI artists stirs up debate and threatens livelihoods. 

Volkswagen looking for the Xtreme off-roaders with their latest electric concept car. 

Google’s failed Loon project is being revived by Aalyria and they are using lasers! 

How many people does it take to track the Queen's coffin? About 6 million! 

New masks to protect AND detect coronavirus. 

Face recognition technology for pigs is improving animal welfare. 

Laugh and the world laughs with you – even if you are a robot. 

Closed Captions are for more than just the hearing impaired. 

Better sleep and less stress? Sound too good to be true? 

BMW EVs are cracking the 1,000km barrier. 

AI voice filters are making you sound like anyone – and make anyone sound like you! 

If you have items too small for Bluetooth Trackers, there are now Tile QR labels. 

AI catching people sneaking around with undeclared swimming pools. 

5G radiation risks answered once and for all. 

Superheated dishwasher steam does the job on bacteria in 25 seconds. 

Is that a phone charging cable – or a stealthy hacking tool? 

Twitter’s newest feature may make tweeting less intimidating. 

A plastic hotel key is so yesterday – use your phone instead. 

Mood rings were a fun gimmick but wearables can now detect stress levels. 

Long focal length cameras may no longer need a long lens. 

Power poles and light poles being used to charge EVs. 

Highlights from the latest Apple 'Far Out' event announcements. 

Berlin Radio Show highlights include wearable airbags and huge new TVs plus more. 

Check for breast cancer in the comfort of your own home. 

Remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches are now a reality. 

Use your home scales to measure your nerve and artery health - and your weight. 

Next-gen USB promises to be twice as fast. 

New MG EV pushes the entry price barrier down as the cheapest EV in Australia. 

Mercedes introduces their first AMG EV and it does not disappoint. 

Nude photos of sick kids triggers Google’s abuse filters. 

For the Dad who has everything – a laser guided knife-throwing device! 

Use a Bluetooth tracker…to track your luggage the home of a baggage handler! 

Speak with your loved ones at their funeral – not through a ‘medium’ but with technology. 

Hold your phone in a special way to let it recognise you. 

Wind turbine blades turned in to gummy bears! 

Tesla Bot coming to take care of your household chores for you. 

A green solution to the vinyl record backlog. 

Cyclists rejoice – a self-powered light for your cycling helmet has arrived. 

Pay for items with the palm of your hand. 

New headlights to make driving at night safer. 

The COVIDSafe app is dead but was it ever really alive? 

Drones being used for blood deliveries. 

Robbers tracked by their own trackers. 

United Airlines moving in to Air Taxis. 

REX Airlines looking to convert turboprop power to electric propulsion. 

Quantum dots used for more accurate LED light colours. 

The latest Global EV sales figures for the first half of calendar year 2022. 

The smart home gadget that cures the ironing blues forever. 

Why just swat a fly away when you can zap it at the same time? 

Tourists using holiday booking sites are finding they can be underwhelmed by what they find. 

Look! There on the ground. It’s a train? It’s a plane? It’s a jet-train! 

Netflix needs more gamers. 

Body profiles being built by your smartphone to tell us how unhealthy we are. 

An artificial finger can now identify substances by touch. 

Google tries publicly shaming Apple in to adopting Rich Communication Services (RCS). 

An earphone that can ‘hear’ what you are saying without a noise being made. 

Wearable pet fans to beat heatwaves. 

Starting a global spyware business at the age of 15. 

Trypanophobes of the world rejoice – a new COVID-19 patch is more effective than a needle. 

Bandages that change colour when stretched. 

Wirelessly charge your phone with your notebook. 

Forget electric cars and electric snowmobiles. Now we have electric jet skis! 

Disposable printed batteries may help reduce battery waste. 

Ultrasound stickers can continuously monitor organs for days. 

Graphene is the new super material that can change the world. 

Forget the airlines – track your own luggage! 

Smart locks harvesting NFC power from your phone. 

EV Live from GM wants to educate you about your next electric vehicle purchase. 

Production of jet fuel with solar power, water and carbon dioxide. 

Robots winning the fight with chess players – literally! 

Glassholes may be coming to a face near you. 

Internet issues with leap seconds. 

How different are search results from different search engines? 

All-in-one video doorbell and smart lock with solar power. 

New emojis for 2022: Shaking head and mean goose and 29 others.

A wearable vest to fix your bad posture. 

Do you have Internet Gaming Disorder? 

Amazon targets fake review sites. 

Installing a home battery to generate some additional income. 

Electric passenger planes are being further developed. 

Drone superhighway being created in the UK. 

Will you use a ‘sand-battery’ to heat your home? 

ACT is the first jurisdiction in Australia to ban the sale of ICE vehicles. 

Everything is better with Bluetooth – but now there is a better Bluetooth. 

Heat your car seats for just $18 per month. 

Airbus sets a new record for the longest flight of an unmanned aircraft. 

Enhance your healthcare and run faster with pressure sensing mats. 

Trust us…we are health insurers with lots of data on you. 

Telcos trying to protect Aussies from text message scams. 

Beware the ATMs skimming credit card details. 

Restaurants being extorted with bad online reviews. 

Indian farmers create their own fake cricket matches to dupe Russian gamblers. 

Finally a technology solution to the offside call in soccer! 

Forget fixing potholes – just use a car that scans the road and adjusts the suspension. 

Too much demand for Netflix. 

Scams have cost Aussies over $2 billion in the last year. 

The new Apple watch will reportedly be able to detect a Fever, be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade. 

Spot the robot dog at work in the Snowy Hydro scheme. 

Underwater autonomous drones now being used for drug smuggling. 

Aerial drones risking passengers at Cairns airport while trying to spot Katy Perry. 

Predict crime in advance with lots of data and AI. 

Apparently it is illegal to mislead consumers in advertising. 

Watch out for the ‘Mum and Dad’ scam. 

Hybrid ships on the horizon. 

Augmented reality tools to help you replace furniture in your home. 

Need new friends? Smell here! 

Netflix dropping prices and adding advertisements. 

Hydrogen fuel cells for long-haul trucks. 

Take your satellite Internet service on the road. 

Take your off-the-grid power system on the road as well. 

Internet Explorer dies at 26 – long live the Internet. 

Bill Gates believes NFTs and cryptocurrencies rely on the greater fool concept. 

Identification of plants with your phone. 

Google starts charging for free e-mail. 

Tattoos to monitor blood pressure. 

Toyota faces $2 billion class action after faulty diesel particulate filters used. 

IDs of Aussies on the Dark Web for just a handful of dollars. 

Lime shared electric motorbikes. 

Nuclear desalination ships on the move. 

Tesla Model Y changing the EV landscape in Australia. 

Find fresh air – with Google Maps. 

Plasma Gasification to turn waste plastic in to energy. 

Warning! Medicare scam texts are costing us millions. 

Robotic Surgery is safer and improves patient recovery times. 

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN has had an upgrade. 

Google engineer claims AI is sentient. 

Kate Bush has reached the top of that hill. 

What to do with old EV batteries? 

Get paid just to surf the ‘net! 

Look! Up in the sky. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a…robotic Peregrine Falcon! 

The end may be nigh for fake social media accounts. 

See your pet from every angle. 

EV conversions of classic old cars. 

USB Type-C will soon dominate Europe. 

3D printing human body parts. 

A drone with a taser. What could go wrong? 

Announcements from the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference. 

Why Gen Xers have sore thumbs. 

Aussies spending big on video games. 

Great Scott! DeLorean Alpha 5 EV revealed. 

Singapore filling workforce gaps with robots. 

Dyson creating robots for your household chores. 

US reclaims Supercomputing crown with an AMD powered beast. 

AI helping you see fewer red traffic lights as you drive. 

Apple activates nudity blurring for children in Australia. 

Crypto scams result in more calls for regulation of crypto markets. 

The humble Contact Lens may be the ultimate computer screen. 

Video Games do not destroy the brains of kids – they might even help! 

Put your face on your fridge. 

Smartphone sales plummet. 

COVID-19 changing the modern home. 

Tesla opening up their Supercharger network to other brands. 

Crispr tackling malarial mosquitos. 

Garmin combines a radar, camera and taillight. 

How to conveniently produce white noise. 

Pet ownership has increased along with pet technology. 

If you are sick of plugging in your phone just wear a sweater with wireless charging. 

What is the difference between Netflix Livestreaming and Live Free-to-Air TV? 

Banks keeping up with millennials with 10-minute online mortgage approvals. 

The next solution to EV range anxiety is battery swap stations. 

Gravity batteries to solve our energy storage solutions. 

Google to pay more than 300 EU publishers for their news. 

The Tesla Effect on snowmobiles; boats; mowers; chain saws… 

Solar power generation at night! 

Bringing tennis from the outside world to the inside world. 

Electric supercar for less than 2 grand! 

Smart socks to help people with dementia. 

iPod is no more. 

Roll up your TV. 

Remote control to rev your engine. 

Continuously monitor glucose, alcohol and lactate levels with a lab on your skin. 

NASA’s 747 space observatory reaches the end of its flight plan. 

Portable solar generators to help you be at one with nature. 

Spiders on your lips with ultrasonic mouth haptics. 

Snapchat wants you to use their drone. 

Beijing now has robotaxis with no safety driver. 

A briefcase to turn seawater in to drinking water at the push of a button. 

Scammers steal $730,000 from one person in a property scam. 

16 states in the US sue the postal service over their plan to buy gas-guzzling mail trucks. 

Scientists set to redefine the length of a second. 

How to shoot criminal drones from the sky. 

Qantas will soon introduce the longest commercial flights in the world. 

A robot vacuum that can mop and vacuum and clean itself. 

Fitness mirrors to tell you who is the fairest of them all. 

Automated pram movement device to help frustrated parents. 

EU moves forward with a one charger fits all plan. 

The latest mobile hotspot has C-band 5G; Wi-Fi 6E and 2.5Gbps ethernet. 

COVID-19 breath tests. 

Can meat be grown in space? 

Californian garden landscapers being driven to change to electric mowers and blowers. 

EV news roundup. 

The greatest change in the mouse since...the mouse itself. 

QR Codes instead of Jersey numbers. 

Charging batteries without a charger. 

Airlines to use Starlink's LEO satellite Internet. 

Mercedes-Benz EV with more than 1,000km of range. 

New drones take the skill out of flying. 

Capturing solar energy and storing it for 18 years. 

New records with solar cell efficiency. 

SMS scam filters to slow down the deluge of dodgy text messages. 

Cough once for COVID-19. 

Microchip implants without a vaccine. 

Blur the lines between your bed and your gaming chair. 

FDA clearance for Fitbit passive heart rhythm monitoring. 

How does a cop tell a driverless vehicle to “step out of the car”? 

Puppy fraudsters being sued by Google. 

Why not collect solar power in space where the energy is eleven times stronger. 

The future of bicycles – not just an e-bike but a folding e-bike. 

Lithium-ion batteries are the greatest technology in EV batteries…until they aren’t. What is next? 

Dyson combines pure air and pure sound. 

You may not be able to make your dog immortal, but what about a clone? 

FedEx is now looking to drones for the ‘middle mile’ logistics. 

Great Scott! DeLorean sets a date for its electric resurrection. 

DreamHack is on its way to Melbourne. 

CARS24 pushes all the right buttons for car sales. 

Solar panels come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. 

The future of home energy storage may well be the community battery. 

Hertz charges ahead with 65,000 Polestar Electric Vehicles. 

Scam texts are now coming…from yourself. 

Oxford 16-year-old teen accused of being multi-millionaire cyber-criminal. 

Apple TV+ just won the Oscar for best picture and everything is different now. 

Practice your swing with a new golf simulator. 

Take your 2D photos and create a 3D-rendered scene. 

Sunrise alarm clocks help you rise and shine every day. 

‘The Frame’ can be your TV and your artwork. 

Squid skin could help keep your takeaway coffee warm. 

What sort of car would you build if you had unlimited funds and you wanted to be safe? 

Roboburgers flipping burgers at a vending machine near you. 

Apple don’t want to sell you a phone – they want to lease you one instead. 

Australia needs to play catch-up with EVs or suffer for lack of choice. 

Imagine having solar panels that repelled dust. Imagine no more! 

Do you find a foot-tickling machine a laughing matter? 

Binge while you can! Netflix is cracking down on password sharing. 

Fall asleep in 30 minutes. Guaranteed. Without drugs. 

Optus and TPG pay back $6.5 million to customers because of slow Internet. 

Four-word Facebook Messenger scam to ignore. 

Printable lipstick to perfectly match the colour of your outfit. 

Air raid alerts directly to your phone. 

Play the GENIGMA app and help cancer research. 

Monitor the quality of your indoor air with these devices. 

Airbus powering aircraft with Hydrogen. 

Hang Ten on your surfboard at your nearest inland surfing lake! 

CDs are making a comeback after 17 years. 

Apple’s iOS 15.4 can turn your phone in to an EFTPOS machine. 

Less flower, more power with the modern VW Kombi Van. 

The science behind putting a gorilla in an ad. 

How do you spot a hidden camera in your holiday accommodation? 

Is an electric vehicle a car with technology added or technology on wheels? 

Telstra has signed a deal with satellite constellation provider, OneWeb. 

Electric boats are coming but water can be a real drag. 

Coles delivering your groceries…by drone. 

An electronic device for the bedroom that can save your marriage. 

Type to talk and back the other way. 

Greener fuel options for shipping companies. 

Time to get serious about fun with your water gun. 

If you want to be heard, you need HyperWhistle! 

For your next camping trip, try the solar-powered outdoor oven. 

Use your earbuds to monitor your body temperature. 

The humble wristwatch can now track your arterial health. 

The Hydrofoil electric boat is set to rise above the competition. 

That isn’t a hard drive…this is a hard drive! 20TB of space. 

Google turns off live traffic data in the Ukraine. 

Breaking news…Tasmanians had to talk to each other after the island’s Internet was cut off. 

How green is your thumb? 

Are you sick of checking your tyre pressure? 

Careful where your eyes wander. 

Only Donald Trump has the real answer. 

Future conflicts being fought from a keyboard. 

Selling picks and shovels is more profitable than being a gold prospector. 

Adaptive headlights lighting the way. 

Eye-watering prospect of more renewable power. 

Keep your natural circadian rhythm in check with simulated lighting. 

The high cost of romance. 

For the Superbowl, simple is good. 

B-cycle those old batteries. 

Glamping with the Airstream eStream. 

Oh No! Changes to Wordle by the New York Times. 

V2G and V2H for EVs in OZ. 

Track your toddlers in childcare. 

Is there not enough space in space? 

Portable monitors to keep you productive on the go.

High polluters be aware – your number plate is being tracked. 

Do you have the problem with teenagers tracking your private jet? 

BYD may change the EV world but what does it stand for? Before You Die or Build Your Dreams? 

Porn sites in the UK will be legally required to prove users are over 18. 

Health apps are proving to be effective early warning devices for COVID-19. 

A grossly offensive tweet can land you in jail! 

Lifeline’s new texting service. 

Engineering creates the impossible – a material stronger than steel but lighter than plastic. 

Sell your shares in Square because Apple will let you accept contactless payments. 

Wardle said his blood would curdle if a hurdle was placed in front of Wordle…or has that all changed now?

Don’t forget to charge that battery…on your plane!!! 

And the best-selling Electric Vehicles in Australia in 2021 were… 

What injuries do you need to be careful of when playing online games? 

Lie detection is adding a dose of technology. 

The present for someone who has everything. 

Do you buy items online? Are you prepared to order a car online? 

Would a helicopter drawing by Leonardo da Vinci from 1480 actually fly? 

Charging ahead with wound management. 

Infrared goggles to help the blind see. 

Who can you sue when an autonomous car crashes? 

Boeing investing in flying taxis. 

Tattoos that don’t last forever. 

Amazon craving electric vans. 

Sex in space – strictly for research. 

Can artificial nature help our mental health? 

The New York Mayor is paid in cryptocurrency. Is this a good idea? 

Latest global market share data for smartphones. 

Airbags on the outside of vehicles.

Avoid these passwords!

Aspire to earn the same money as these YouTubers.

Which video just passed 10 billion views on YouTube?

Norway sets new records with sales of Electric Vehicles.

Throw away those plastic straws and suck on a bacteria straw.

Large offshore wind farms are charging ahead.

Google promotes a gift card scam – whoops!

Twitter and Snapchat warn government against online anonymity.

Apple now opens up your Hyundai.

The BlackBerry is dead! Long live innovation. 

Change the colour of your car with the touch of a button. 

Change the colour of your hair with the wave of a wand. 

Use your watch to enter your house. 

Smart locks are so yesterday. Now there is the smart door! 

Google accuses Apple over bullying with exclusivity of iMessage. 

Cash in your old video games for big dollars. 

Robots are now swimming through blood vessels to clear blockages. 

Stop wasting time selecting weights. Just tell Alexa your required dumbbell. 

RIP Professor Michael Gore AO, founder of national science institution Questacon. 

You have your smartwatch. Does your dog need a smart collar? 

Has one company nailed the solution for a solar roof? 

How to harvest electricity from the air. 

Replace your kitchen tap with one that has no handle. 

Use your voice to fill and empty your bath tub – at just the right temperature. 

Silence sleep snoring with a pillow full of air bags. 

Find a Rapid Antigen Test with a new Web site. 

Mining companies are looking to greener transport solutions with hydrogen-electric trains. 

Use bathroom scales to deliver a segmented body composition reading. 

Anti-5G necklace to protect you against…what? 

Gift vouchers being offered to children in online games. 

If you are sick of passwords, consider a USB Biosecurity key. 

GM starts delivering electric Hummers to excited clients. 

Phase shifting substance to keep the heat out and the heat in! 

Keen to try solar but you don’t have roof space? A solar garden may be for you. 

Wireless induction charging for EV parking spaces. 

Designing a robotic hand that grips like a gecko. 

Ford Mustang Mach-E joins New York City’s yellow taxi fleet.