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Gadgets & Gizmos: Data roaming, robot seeing-eye dogs & AI singers
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- Hrkn to .. Gadgets & Gizmos
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- Apr 16, 2026
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- 1577
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Summary
Steve Caplin warns holidaymakers to check their data allowance abroad, having saved a small fortune by using the Roamless app in Morocco. He loves some of the public's names for authonomous cleaning robots. American scientists are experimenting with robot seeing-eye dogs. Skoda, who made bikes before cars, have come up with a bell that works even if pedestrians are wearing noise-cancelling headphones. The singer Eddie Dalton, topping UK music charts, turns out to be AI-generated. There's a crowdfunded gadget that lets you use your vintage lenses digitally, while Steve admires a cheap multi-function pen. And he is impressed that Jeff Bezos's company Blue Origin has found a way to make oxygen from moon dust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices