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Published 10 February 2025.

Incredible scenes as the co-hosts celebrate the milestone 500th episode of your weekly technology podcast! … or, is it season 5, episode 00?

The team kicks off by thinking back to some of their favourite episodes from the past:

  • Michael M: e060, Bubbly Bubblers – https://gamesatwork.biz/2013/09/08/episode-60-bubbly-bubblers-in-gamified-buildings/ 
  • Michael R: e191, Return of the Piper – https://gamesatwork.biz/2018/01/15/episode-191-return-of-the-piper/ 
  • Andy: e292, Elite British gaming – https://gamesatwork.biz/2020/10/12/episode-292-elite-british-gaming/ 
  • After these reminiscences, the show gets down to reviewing the links from the past couple of weeks, across many of the usual topic headings: AI, Apple technology, Gaming and Making. There’s also a brief discussion of Andy’s recent visit to FOSDEM 2025.

    Let us know what you think of our musings – have your bots 🤖 drop our bots 🤖 a line at @[email protected] (our home for now) and let us know! 

    Selected Links
    AI

    OpenAI’s Operator Agent https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/technology/openai-operator-agent.html

    Apple

    Apple’s ELEGNT robotics https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/elegnt-expressive-functional-movement

    https://www.theverge.com/news/607663/apple-smart-home-robot-research-video

    Downloading personalities http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4482

    AirTags and AirLines https://www.fastcompany.com/91267549/lost-luggage-apple-airtag-airline-share-item-location-united-delta

    Gaming

    Super Mario World in Unreal Engine https://www.creativebloq.com/3d/video-game-design/super-mario-world-got-remade-in-3d-using-unreal-engine-5-and-the-result-is-so-much-fun

    DOOM in..

    • a search bar
      https://www.pcgamesn.com/doom/google-search-bar
    • a Lightning to HDMI adapter
      https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/02/04/doom-can-even-be-played-on-apples-lightning-to-hdmi-adapter 
    • Making / Makers

      uCritter https://www.ucritter.com/

      FOSDEM https://fosdem.org/2025/    

      Pigeon air patrol https://inhabitat.com/pigeons-with-backpacks-are-tweeting-about-londons-notorious-pollution/pigeon-air-patrol/ 

      Hey, I did another thing!!

      Please check out "Harmony," the latest addition to swift-embedded-examples.

      Harmony is a Bluetooth speaker with a builtin ferrofluid music visualizer.

      Everything you need to build Harmony from scratch is either open sourced now, or will be available soon. This includes the embedded swift firmware, the bill of materials, electrical schematics, and the 3d models.

      https://github.com/apple/swift-embedded-examples/tree/main/harmony

      #EmbeddedSwift #Swift #SwiftLang #FOSDEM

      — rauhul (@[email protected])
      2025-02-01T17:59:11.909Z

      Ignite OSS Swift based Site generator https://github.com/twostraws/Ignite  

      Here’s to another 500 episodes! 🥳

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