Weird Tech
Weird Tech
Hey, you wanna hear something weird? Us too! You might have noticed tech is getting a bit dull, stale and dystopian…but there’s so much fun, cool and just plain weird tech out there. So we’re gonna share it with each other - and you. Hosted by technology journalists Rae Johnston (Gizmodo Australia, Queens of the Drone Age, SBS) and Tegan Jones (Gizmodo Australia, SmartCompany, Queens of the D…Social links:
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Robot Swarms Are Fighting Fires
Want to hear something weird about robots that talk to each other? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFi…
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Inside The Clear Gaming Consoles Used In Prisons
Want to hear something weird about a gaming console that was only sold in prisons? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵 Music: More Than A…
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Scientists Accidentally Explained Ghosts While Studying Office Air Conditioning
Want to hear something weird about a scientific explanation for haunted buildings, which turns out to be significantly more depressing than ghosts? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edi…
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How To Store Data For 10,000+ Years
Want to hear something weird about the future of data storage? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm M…
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The Garfield Phones Mystery, Solved
Want to hear something weird about Garfield-shaped phones that kept washing up on a beach in France for decades? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast…
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The Demon Box
Want to hear something weird about about electromagnetic fields in all your appliances that can make music through something called...the demon box? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Ed…
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A Bracelet That Zaps Your Bad Habits
Want to hear something weird about a wearable device you strap to your wrist so it can electrocute you? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler …
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Spotify Urn
Want to hear something weird about playing music from the afterlife? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵 Music: More Than A Game by Color…
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The Doomsday Seed Vault
Want to hear something weird about an under-ice lair that could save humanity? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵 Music: More Than A Gam…
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Superhuman Vision
Want to hear something weird about a new computer-vision system can spot motion faster than humans can even notice it? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the P…
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