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Gadgets & Gizmos: Apple Homeview: an AI mayor & the hacking of French supermarket fridges
Steve Caplin thinks Apple's new Homeview gadget is too expensive for what it does. He is happy to celebrate Japan's Gboard Day, in which local Google…
8 hours ago
Gadgets & Gizmos: Mind-reading AI, two-legged delivery robots & whisky in space
Steve Caplin says that Google Maps will now guide you to find the cheapest – well, less expensive – petrol. With AI prompts often going wrong, scient…
1 week ago
Gadgets & Gizmos: The downside of AI agents, reducing blood pressure and crying robots
Steve Caplin discusses Muse, Meta's "world's first personal AI agent", which you can get in a pendant. However, he also warns of some downsides of AI…
2 weeks ago
Gadgets & Gizmos: Our second brain, a human-mouse hybrid, the latest scam trick & an ambulance for robots
Steve Caplin explains that the latest research shows that humans have not just one brain but two. Scientists at Stanford have created a human-mouse h…
3 weeks ago
Gadgets & Gizmos: The Ig Nobel Prizes, AI's new language and treadmills for chickens
Steve Caplin is moderately impressed with Apple's new phone operating system and with Siri AI but warns of the dangers of searching for cheap iPhones…
4 weeks ago
Gadgets & Gizmos: The folding iPhone, the sound of a Juraasic forest & the amazing Mezmodrop
Steve Caplin is excited by the "gorgeous" folding iPhone Duo, although a little daunted by the price. He's also impressed by new features on the Appl…
1 month ago
Gadgets & Gizmos: Autonomous cars and TVs, WiFi replaces security cameras & 3D-printed biscuits
Steve Caplin explains how difficult it will be to flag down the new self-driving taxis on London streets. However, you can now get a mobile TV that y…
1 month, 1 week ago
Gadgets & Gizmos: Balcony solar panels, 3D-printed banjos and a air-conditioned jackets for dogs
Steve Caplin discovers that balcony solar panels, while a good idea, don't actually appear to be on sale anywhere. He explains how Meta will change i…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Gadgets & Gizmos: Jony Ive's smart speaker, a devil robot & a human washing machine
Steve Caplin is intrigued by top designer Jony Ive's portable smart speaker for OpenAI, apparently a metal doughnut with moving parts but not availab…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Gadgets & Gizmos: Meta Glasses backlash, AI watermarks & a self-playing guitar
Steve Caplin says that although Meta sold 7m pairs of their smart glasses last year, there's a massive backlash against them. The AI Claude is to hav…
2 months ago