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DJI Osmo Pocket 3 in Steve's hand with display on and camera pointing away in outdoor setting

Replacing a Big-Boy Camcorder with a DJI Osmo Pocket 3 & Mic2

Steve’s Camcorder Setup for Interviews If you’ve enjoyed watching Steve’s videos of our interviews at CES and CSUN’s Assistive Technology Conference over the years, the quality of the video you’ve been watching is due to his Panasonic HC-WXF991 4K camcorder. Its large 1/2.3″ CMOS gathers a fair amount of light but struggles under really low […]

CES 2025: PLAUD AI Voice Recorder

Allison interviews Elina Tsao from PLAUD AI about their new AI note-taking devices: the PLAUD Note and the PLAUD NotePin. The PLAUD Note voice recorder is a credit-card-sized device that is used to record calls, meetings, interviews, lectures, and voice memos. It is MagSafe compatible and is small enough to magnetically attach to the back […]

Oblique view of the Yarbo modular yard robot in its lawn mower configuration. The robot has treads on either side of the Core unit that is low to the turf. Two small antennas protrude vertically from each side of the unit. The rear of the Core units is vertical with two connectors, tail lights, and the company name in yellow on a black background. In front of the unit is attached the mower module that hugs the turf. Both the Core unit and mower module are black with yellow highlights. The Yarbo mower is on an uphill incline of green turf with unfocused trees in the background.

CES 2025: Yarbo Modular Yard Robot

Allison interviews Kathy Zhang about the smart modular yard robot called Yarbo. It can autonomously handle multiple yard maintenance tasks throughout the year including lawn mowing, leaf blowing, snow blowing, liquid spraying, and granular spreading. It even can tow up to 3,500 lbs. Yarbo consists of a Core Unit that provides power, propulsion, and sensing […]

Automation Gives Me All the Feels

March 20, 2025
by podfeet

When Bart and I hatched our plan for him to teach me and the audience how to program, he called it Programming By Stealth for a very specific reason. His plan was to sneak up on us by teaching us a single language first and then when we weren’t noticing, keep adding to our toolkit […]

Front view of a generic car made with a purple fading to orange (top to bottom) outlines of the car’s features. The car’s tires, front grill, headlights sideview mirrors, windshield, and front seats are traced with the outline. Several callouts pointing to various locations on the car are shown including Radar, Cloud Connectivity, Lidar, GPS, Cameras, Embedded Edge Computing Unit.

CES 2025: MOTER Next Gen Car Data for Auto Insurers

March 19, 2025
by Steve Sheridan

Allison interviews Awf Wiswasi from MOTER about their software that collects and processes car data to help drivers, fleet owners, and insurance companies. During a drive, MOTER software collects real-time data from the car using COVESA standards and sends the data to MOTER servers for processing using proprietary algorithms. From the driver’s perspective, MOTER data […]

CES 2025: PlugP2P Peer-to-Peer EV Charging

Allison interviews Anne Campbell, founder and CEO of PlugP2P, about their peer-to-peer EV charging marketplace. PlugP2P safely connects owners of EV chargers and electrical outlets to EV drivers needing a charge. As a PlugP2P host, you can list your EV charger and electrical outlets, set your calendar and price, and accept and decline reservations. The […]

Oblique underwater view of Komatsu’s remote-controlled dredge as it sits on a riverbed. It is yellow in color and looks like a standard bulldozer with treads and a large bucket but is different in the following ways. It has no cockpit to accommodate a driver and it has a tall mast protruding from its roof up to the water surface. The company name is printed in blue on the front of the dredge and the world Electric is on the side of the vehicle. Two additional underwater dredges can been seen in the background also sitting on the riverbed.

CES 2025: Komatsu Underwater Remote Controlled Dredge

Allison interviews Madeline Pearce from Komatsu about their prototype of an all-electric underwater dredge that is remote-controlled. Komatsu is a global manufacturer of heavy equipment, founded in 1921. Their electric dredge is designed to remove debris from the beds of rivers and the base of dams to repair ecosystems or prepare for natural disasters. The […]

Security Bits — 16 March 2025 ☘️

Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 The UK’s secret campaign to compel Apple to break its iCloud Advanced Data Protection feature is reportedly continuing apace (still without official confirmation), with a hearing having apparently taken place in a […]

Deskpad virtual desktop with Mona moving up into it coming up from below

Create a Virtual Display on Your Mac with DeskPad

I’ve got one of the weirdest and head-bendy tool reviews for you today. Let’s see if I can set up a problem to be solved to get you interested first. The Problem to be Solved Let’s say you’re doing a presentation and you need to share your screen. This causes a few challenges, especially if […]

End view of the Zoox autonomous Robotaxi showing a black rounded-rectangular vehicle with red taillights, wheel fenders highlighted in red, a blackened-out window, and a red light bar at the top of the vehicle. Also visible are radar/camera sensors at the top left and right corners of the vehicle and another sensor on the roof. The company name Zoox is visible in the lower left of the window and also on the license plate. The background is black as well.

CES 2025: Zoox Robotaxi Funded by Amazon

Allison discusses the Zoox Robotaxi, an operational vehicle built for riders, not drivers, and funded by Amazon. Zoox is a full Level-4 autonomous vehicle designed to hold four passengers and pick up, navigate, and drop off passengers in a city environment. The seating positions are symmetrical so each rider gets the same level of comfort […]

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