Gadget Guru

I talk about technology on World Radio Switzerland

The Leman Make Festival 27/28th of June

Gadget Guru is a short weekly radio show on World Radio Switzerland that I do with Tony Johnston.

Here’s the show from June 23rd, 2015:

Links for this show:

Most of the links are in French, but the vast majority of the makers at the festival speak English too (and many other languages – we’re a mixed bunch!)

The Leman Make website and Facebook group.

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Crowd Sourcing Week Summit in Geneva

Gadget Guru is a short weekly radio show on World Radio Switzerland that I do with Tony Johnston.

Here’s the show from May 26th, 2015, live from the Crowdsourcing Week Summit in Geneva:

Here’s the usual set of links & videos from the show:

The Crowd Sourcing Week Summit website

A recap of the conference

Just what is CrowdSourcing? from Wikipedia

We don’t yet have the videos from todays sessions, but here’s a video of highlights from 2014 around the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgFiWyw0G_0

And lastly, thanks to Guy and Caterina at Catalyx for organising this first conference in Geneva

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Google Chrombit and Amazon Dash

Gadget Guru is a short weekly radio show on World Radio Switzerland that I do with Tony Johnston.

Here’s the (breakfast) show from May 19th, 2015:

Here’s the usual set of links & videos from the show:

Google Chromebit

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2893364/is-chrome-os-right-for-you.html

http://gizmodo.com/googles-chromebit-turns-any-tv-into-a-chrome-pc-for-und-1694793903
http://www.cnet.com/products/asus-chromebit/

http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-chromebits-and-compute-sticks-could-work-for-business/
Amazon Dash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMacTuHPWFI

https://www.amazon.com/oc/dash-button

Don’t forget you can meet Pangloss Labs members every month at our networking events. This month it’s in Divonne-les-bains in the Pays de Gex. For more information check out our web site.

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White sticks and solar bike paths

Gadget Guru is a short weekly radio show on World Radio Switzerland that I do with Tony Johnston.

Here’s the show from May 12th, 2015:

Here’s the usual set of links & videos from the show:

Xplor Mobility Cane

http://phys.org/news/2015-05-facial-recognition-cane.html
http://www.bcu.ac.uk/news-events/news/a-pioneering-facial-recognition-cane-for-the-blind

Solaroad:

A bike lane with a surface made of solar panels

http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/11/solar-bike-path-results/

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Sense Your City…

Gadget Guru is a short weekly radio show on World Radio Switzerland that I do with Tony Johnston.

Here’s the show from April 28th, 2015:

Here’s the usual set of links & videos from the show:

The Data Canvas project takes environmental sensor data from across cities and makes it available for use by innovative applications.

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Imagine a cheerful weather history of Geneva

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Or a real time 3D view of each city:

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The winning projects are all available online.

One of my favourites is the Sonic Particles 2.0 application, which turns the real time sensor data into music, so you can hear what the weather is like right now…

You can immerse yourself into this world of data at L’Abri, Place de la Madelaine in the Centre of Geneva on the 28th, 29th of April and the 5th and 6th of May. Everything is in English.

See you next week !

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Fly me to the moon

Gadget Guru is a short weekly radio show on World Radio Switzerland that I do with Tony Johnston.

Here’s the show from April 21st, 2015:

Here’s the usual set of links & videos from the show:

The Parrot Rolling Spider Drone is great for indoors and out. I love it because it charges from USB, the same as your phone, and with the wheels (included) it is a lot less likely to be damaged or to damage your home! It’s super stable. I have the blue one – it’s called Max.

You can buy this online or from shops like 1000 Ordi and Prodimex in Geneva.

The ELF Nanocopter is a Virtual Reality nanodrone live on Indiegogo right now.

This one hits all my buttons. It’s 3D printed, it’s open source hardware and software, and it uses Google Cardboard for the virtual reality piloting (you see what the drone sees). And only $69. Works with both iOS and Android.

And I save the best until last.

Who hasn’t wanted to terrorise people with a remote control Pterodactyl?

This one’s on Kickstarter and is nearly funded at the time of the show with 11 days still to go. Just take a look and tell me you can’t imagine this in the mountains around Geneva…

See you next week!

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