Smart Tech

Are you so lazy that you put a snooze button on your smoke alarm? Or do you have a friend to buy gifts for that falls into that category? Then this show is for you. We explore 13 inventions for ridiculously lazy people. Yes folks, when technology works with us to help us die young!

Pokemon is sweeping the globe ... again. Have you seen more people than usual with heads down, walking seemingly aimlessly all over town? You are watching the world's largest virtual reality game happen all around you. In fact, more people have logged in to play at times than log into Twitter, the most logged into service, until now. What is this all about. Are you missing out on the time of your life or is it just a waste of time? In this episode I explain Pokemon Go.

For Americans, this episode is being released during Independence Day Weekend. This is a holiday where Americans have traditionally got into their cars and headed for the open road. But, even with the recent dip in gas prices, driving can be an expensive proposition. In this episode we look at the website and App, Gasbuddy and discover how it can help us save 20% or more on fuel costs by alerting us to the lowest gas prices in the area.

Imagine you are lost in the wilderness, no water, at least yet. What if your water bottle could extract moisture from the air and make fresh drinking water for you? Well that fantasy is a reality with the Fontus water bottle. In this episode we introduce the product and tell you how it works.

Brian and Jason from the YouTube sensation called "The Modern Rouge" explain to us how to hack the Taco Bell phone app to save up to 50%

Anonymous social media apps are being used for cyberbullying, intimidation and embarrassment of other students. The problem is, it is really difficult to trace a photo or comment to a particular person, although not always impossible. OGLE is a campus-oriented platform which allows users to anonymously post comments, photographs, videos and to exchange messages, themes, and chat with others in the application. Users are able to post anonymous content to a campus without requiring the user to be in proximity of the campus. As you can imagine, this had led to bullying and even child pornography. In this episode we look at what a parent or teacher can do about this cyber-threat.