Have you lost track of the number of logins and accounts you have scattered across your digital footprint? Do you reuse passwords? Could biometric technologies liberate us from the tyrannical grip of password management?
Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury
Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

Episode Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jan/31/the-tyranny-of-passwords-is-it-time-for-a-rethink
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55748964
https://www.idrnd.ai/passive-vs-active-facial-liveness-detection-which-is-best/
https://venturebeat.com/2020/08/27/popids-face-based-payments-pose-privacy-and-security-risks/

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Could commercial graphics cards be the key to unlocking the cure for Alzheimer’s Disease? Do chilis hold the secret to solar energy conversion? And have X-Ray Spex finally been invented?
Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury
Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

Episode Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/27/seen-all-this-before-tourism-nz-says-ditch-influencer-shots-for-something-new
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2266304-video-game-graphics-cards-can-simulate-monkey-brains-on-the-cheap/
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210126-the-richest-human-made-marine-habitats-in-the-world?ocid=global_future_rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=Sendible&utm_campaign=RSS
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264683-chemical-that-makes-chilli-peppers-spicy-boosts-solar-panel-cells/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264636-superhuman-sight-may-be-possible-with-lens-that-makes-uv-light-visible/
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-biden-rocket-dilemma/?utm_campaign=RSS&utm_medium=Sendible&utm_source=rss
https://www.wired.com/story/coffee-talk-game-anniversary-origins/?utm_campaign=RSS&utm_medium=Sendible&utm_source=rss
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20519-reindeer-gained-uv-vision-after-moving-to-the-arctic/

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I want my MTV. That was about as good as it got when Mattsplained was in its infancy. Now, as consumers are simultaneously deluged with viewing choices and experience limited mobility as a result of the pandemic, is it time that movies and cinema, pop culture mainstays for more than a century, moved into a new realm.

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

Episode Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/business/media/netflix-2021-movies.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/business/media/adam-aron-movie-theaters-amc.html 

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2020. So bad they named it twice. As retail, AI and AR start to merge, and open world games start to take over from social media, science and technology have got our back in 2021. 

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

Episode Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54507044

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/technology/personaltech/tech-2021-augmented-reality-chatbots-wifi.html 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/11/video-games-music-youth-culture

https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/travis-scott-fortnite-record-viewers-live-1234589033/

https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/tech-trends.html

https://www.fastcompany.com/90588717/top-tech-trends-2021-post-pandemic-predictions-ai-fintech-health

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2020 showed us how resilient our digital world could be. This week we look at some of the tech and start-ups that failed, and what can be improved for 2021. 

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

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Science doesn’t sleep or take a holiday. Our slick science stories include lab-cultured breast meats, scent projecting pendants and web-slinging medical guns. 

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

Episode Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/04/spider-man-style-medical-gun-spins-out-skin-substitute-for-burns 

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833133-300-can-chemistry-replicate-the-flavour-of-vintage-whisky-overnight/ 

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2134074-artificial-whisky-taster-has-the-palate-of-a-connoisseur/ 

https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/23/17703454/wine-whiskey-synthetic-climate-change-lab-made-ava-winery-endless-west 

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210104-the-reason-why-you-cant-smell-television-shows-yet 

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/18/1013247/biomilq-breast-milk-helaina-turtletree/ 

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2020. Will the pop stars of tomorrow be virtual? Are we heading for a future where machines make all the music? The Mattbot Infinity and the Bradpple Pro explore the eerie sounds of this brave new world. 

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

Episode Sources:

https://app.inferkit.com/demo

https://soundcloud.com/openai_audio

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/nov/09/deepfake-pop-music-artificial-intelligence-ai-frank-sinatra

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2020. The year computers got interesting. There were as many podcasts as people. We spent more time in space. SETI wrapped up and a Bond icon disintegrated. 

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

Episode Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/technology/2020s-hot-gadget-is-the-computer.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/11/ring-lights-for-all/617143/

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/19/small-business-startups-corporate-employees-pandemic

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesian-president-asks-elon-musk-to-study-country-as-venue-for-spacex-launch-site 

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/laser-powered-time-machine

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53518238
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55226099
https://phys.org/news/2020-08-canada-intact-ice-shelf-collapses.html https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/arecibo-telescope-collapses-ending-57-year-run   

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What a year 2020 has been. Or hasn't been, depending on your perspective. In this episode, and for the next few weeks, Mattsplained will look back at 2020 and try to make a little bit of sense of some of the things that have happened in this most unusual year.

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

Episode Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/technology/2020s-hot-gadget-is-the-computer.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/11/ring-lights-for-all/617143/

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/19/small-business-startups-corporate-employees-pandemic

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesian-president-asks-elon-musk-to-study-country-as-venue-for-spacex-launch-site 

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/laser-powered-time-machine

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53518238

 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55226099

 https://phys.org/news/2020-08-canada-intact-ice-shelf-collapses.html

 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/arecibo-telescope-collapses-ending-57-year-run   

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We all hate it when someone tells us how we should feel. It’s going to be a heck of a lot worse when it’s a machine doing the telling. 

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

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Episode Sources: 

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2256925-earphone-cameras-watch-your-facial-expressions-and-read-your-lips/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833092-700-emotion-detecting-ais-are-here-do-they-work-and-how-should-we-feel/

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/11/18/1012259/ai-summarizes-science-papers-ai2-semantic-scholar/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/opinion/amazon-halo-surveillance.html

https://www.wired.com/story/ai-can-run-work-meetings-now-headroom-clockwise/

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