A haptic suit fitted with forty sensors can record a living person's heartbeat, sweat patterns, and the exact way they walk. The Digital DNA project wants to feed all of that into a humanoid robot with realistic skin and hair, built to preserve someone the way the Ozzy Osbourne hologram project is preserving his stage mannerisms. Kris Abel lays out who's behind it and why.

 

Before the robots: a privacy failure worth knowing about if you've ever typed something personal into an AI chatbot. A tool meant for private sharing instead pushed real conversations, politics, relationships, all of it, straight into search engine results.

 

Samsung's newest foldables get covered too, from a Fold 8 that splits one screen into two working apps to a Z Flip with a color lineup worth checking before buying off the shelf.

 

Topics: humanoid robot cloning, Samsung Galaxy Fold, AI chat privacy, Digital DNA project, tech news

 

GUEST: Kris Abel | krisabel.com | @realkrisabel

 

Originally aired on 2026-07-28

A haptic suit fitted with forty sensors can record a living person's heartbeat, sweat patterns, and the exact way they walk. The Digital DNA project wants to feed all of that into a humanoid robot with realistic skin and hair, built to preserve someone the way the Ozzy Osbourne hologram project is preserving his stage mannerisms. Kris Abel lays out who's behind it and why.
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Before the robots: a privacy failure worth knowing about if you've ever typed something personal into an AI chatbot. A tool meant for private sharing instead pushed real conversations, politics, relationships, all of it, straight into search engine results.
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Samsung's newest foldables get covered too, from a Fold 8 that splits one screen into two working apps to a Z Flip with a color lineup worth checking before buying off the shelf.
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Topics: humanoid robot cloning, Samsung Galaxy Fold, AI chat privacy, Digital DNA project, tech news
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GUEST: Kris Abel | krisabel.com | @realkrisabel
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Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-07-28

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