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Gadgets & Gizmos: 5,300-year-old sourdough bread, 747s going floppy & the problem with AI and plastic surgeons
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- Hrkn to .. Gadgets & Gizmos
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- Jun 4, 2026
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- 1576
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Summary
Steve Caplin tells Simon Rose that scientists have extracted yeast from the 5,300-year-old Ozti the Iceman to make sourdough bread. Next, they plan to produce beer. Boeing 747-400s apparently update their maps with a dozen floppy discs. If you're welathy, it will soon be possible to visit your greenhouse with a VR headset. Nvidia's new AI chip apparently "could replace the mouse and keyboard". The Helios robot might be used for manual tasks in space, having no legs but 2 pairs of arms. There's a crowd-funded desk-mounted robot arm, but nobody knows what it can be used for. If you're too warm, there's a solar-powered cap. Scientists say they've found a way to put solar cells in windows. And cosmetic surgeons are finding clients are asking the impossible – to be made to look like an AI-generated version of themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices