Allison interviews Dennis Koehler from Gardena and Matt Cardon from Orbit. Dennis discusses Gardena’s robotic mowers, and Matt describes Orbit’s smart water management devices. Gardena has a long history of supplying robotic mowers to the European market and has begun to tailor their mowers for use in the U.S.. Dennis describes Orbit’s Sileno Flex Robotic […]
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Tech on Travel — the Japan Edition
Whenever Steve and I take a major trip to a foreign country, I like to reflect on what I learned from a tech perspective. I didn’t expect to have many observations about tech in Japan, but I found a lot to talk about. Our trip was on a tour by a company called Odysseys Unlimited, […]
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CES 2025: OnlyCat AI Cat Flap with Prey Detection
Allison interviews Tomas Rosinski, Co-founder of OnlyCat, about their AI cat flap that detects prey in your cat’s mouth. OnlyCat is effective in letting only your cat into the house while keeping bugs, birds, mice, rats, and other pests along with rival cats out of the house. OnlyCat has a device that senses your cat’s […]
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CCATP #813 — Bart Busschots on Quantum Computing & Cryptography
This episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond is going to be a bit different. On the NosillaCast #1042 for April 27th, Bart Busschots and I recorded his usual segment on Security Bits, but the majority of it was a deep dive. The subject was whether cryptography as we know it is doomed because of […]
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Security Bits — 27 April 2025 — Deep Dive into Quantum Computing
Deep Dive — Where are we with Quantum Computing NosillaCastaway @milddemons asked the following in the Podfeet Slack: “I am wondering if you know and can tell us what the security community is up to in regards to quantum computing breaking the encryption that we have now. I just thought about this as Microsoft has a quantum computing […]
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Twelve South PlugBug Travel 120W
In 2001, I traveled to the United Kingdom for work. I remember taking my SLR camera, and a VHS-C handy-cam. I guess I would have had a cellphone, too, but I don’t recall using it. I know I had a single, bulky power adapter from UK to New Zealand sockets. The next time I left […]
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CES 2025: WYBOT Solar Powered Robotic Pool Cleaner
Allison interviews Josè Vailès about their solar-powered robotic pool cleaner called WYBOT. The WYBOT pool cleaner has no cables or hoses attached. It cleans the pool autonomously using battery power, and when it needs more power, it automatically goes to a docking station at the side of the pool. The docking station has a small […]
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Philips Hue Light Strips
Back when I was a user of NanoLeaf smart lighting products, I wanted to use one of their LED light strips on the back of my Apple Studio Display as a backlight. The trouble was how to mount the strip effectively. It is designed to curve, but not in the same plane as the lights. […]
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CES 2025: Lotus Wearable Ring for Home Device Control
Allison interviews Dhaval Patel, founder and CEO of Lotus, about their Ring device, which allows the wearer to control switches in the home without an app, WiFi, rewiring, or an internet connection. To use the Ring, the wearer points their index finger at the device to be controlled and clicks the button embedded in the […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 20 April 2025 (Solo) 🐣
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Rather aptly for this solo show, NosillaCastaway MildDeamons perfectly expressed the reason I much prefer recording with Allison on the NosillaCast Slack when he posted: > “I really enjoy it (and I think most […]
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