Episode 21

Oh man, did we go off the rails in this episode talking about Brexit! Still - between that, the Lion King and some kooky new tech for talking to yourself, it was a pretty good time! Enjoy!

Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme!
Throw messages at Ben @benjionelung, Tom @bytereview, and be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP

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IN THIS EPISODE:
02:00 Ben's Bad Day
05:22 Tom's Good News
07:30 Our extra listener!
09:30 Trump and Greenland
13:10 Descent into a political rant
20:30 How much do you want to unlock your Tesla with your arm?
29:30 The Note 10 (and a surprising detour with wireless headphones)
41:00 Talking to yourself in VR
47:20 The Lion King
53:00 The Boys

Some things we talk about in this episode:
utrect transforms over 300 bus stops into green-roofed bee stops: https://www.designboom.com/design/utrecht-bus-stops-bees-07-24-2019/
A Tesla owner implanted the RFID chip from her Model 3’s keycard into her arm: https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/12/20800798/tesla-model-3-rfid-chip-keycard-amiedd-video-watch-body-hacking-body-modification
A Sixth Sense For A Wired World: https://www.wired.com/2006/06/a-sixth-sense-for-a-wired-world/
Galaxy Note 10 is BAD VS Galaxy S10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dGxVKns-HY
An experimental study of a virtual reality counselling paradigm using embodied self-dialogue: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-46877-3
Spritz speed reading: https://www.spritz.com
The Lion King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36oE0EBeESM
The Boys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcrNsIaQkb4