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Patrick wants to hitchkike onboard the biggest rocket in history with his sites set on the moon. Tor is aiming for Mars or maybe Uranus for a fecal transplant.

Most of us are guilty of phubbing so Patrick has the perfect cure, Tor on the other hand has a cure for baldness and the formula for same sex couples to have babies.

Your next overseas holiday might be a virtual one, inside a robot but maybe not a chinese drone.

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In this episode we meet the world's fastest laundry folding robot. We ask how private is your incognito browser - you might be surprised that it's not very.

How paranoid are you about your smart speakers? Patrick's friends made him take Google out of his spare room when they visited.

The evolution of VR could give you super sensitive touch, hot and cold and even smell.

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In this episode, we discover "dishbrain" is not a domestic malaise. It is a brilliant piece of science.

Israeli robotic bees might hold the answer to the world's pollination problems

And we put our music taste to the test when we delve into the best music for work and play.

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In this episode we colourise black and white photos of Tor without pointing out what that says about her age!

Self-driving cars with googly eyes could make our roads safer for pedestrians.

And in the long talked about dream for a personal robot, Patrick admits that a love-bot could sway him over a robot vacuum cleaner that just sucks.

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In this episode, we get curious about why Amazon has bought a vacuum cleaner… Sorry, that should read: a whole company of vacuum cleaners. Why China is collecting so much DNA. And why Germany is still using gas lighting that was first installed in the nineteenth century.

And Patrick gives us a review of his first Beyond Meat burger.

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In this episode, we try to dismiss the idea of an AI, robot CEO, but worry it's only a matter of time.

In food tech, the big story is that one of Coca-Cola's largest bottlers is working on making sugar from thin air.

And a swarm of satellites helps explain the sad tale behind those North Korean ghost ships.

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In this episode we listen to the music of the black hole at the centre of the Perseus galaxy.

An Australian bank promises to stick to EVs when making car loans.

And a new approach to moving about in virtual reality might lessen the famous VR vomit.

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What would you do if you won 100-billion dollars? Tor reckons Patrick just wants to rule the world if he wins.

Is a Facebook friend really a friend or just someone you stalk in your spare time? Patrick admits that he may need an intervention and Tor gloats that she has more social media followers than him.

And, the city of the future may be a sci-fi nightmare in the middle of the dessert.

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We chat to Craig Harper about life, the universe, being a fat kid and navigating the world of technology.

Craig is one of Australia's leading presenters, writers and educators in the areas of health, high-performance, resilience, self-management, leadership, corporate change, communication, stress management, addiction and personal transformation.

We also get up close and personal when we each admit what our dream super power would be.

Check out Craig's amazingly popular podcast 'The You Project'.

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Who needs a time machine when you can travel 13.5 billion years into the past right now.

Patrick does a backflip on scammers admitting he's in awe of Indian farmers who fooled Russian cricket fans when they broadcast a fake test series.

Tor keeps getting teased about how AI thinks she is older that she is and Patrick escapes a swarm of bees.

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