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Gadgets & Gizmos: Keeping cool in hot weather, an affordable robot and singing mushrooms
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- Hrkn to .. Gadgets & Gizmos
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- May 28, 2026
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- 1464
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Summary
Steve Caplin offers some solutions for keeping cool, including Sony's wearable air conditioner, a neck fan and an umbrella with a built-in fan and water misting facility. There's a humanoid robot at a supposedly affordable price. In Shanghai there's now a robot training school. LaGuardia has a life-size AI hologram offering help for travellers. The first Ferrari electric car has been universally condemned, except by the Pope, who launched it. There's a crowd-funded AR HUD system for bikes, though it's not without its drawbacks. A Chelsea Flower Show designer has made mushrooms sing. A statue forger was trapped through carelessness with a font. And there's advice on the best way to protect yourself from a bomb blast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices