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Gadgets & Gizmos: Typing by thinking, robot fish and are chatbots conscious?
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- Hrkn to .. Gadgets & Gizmos
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- May 7, 2026
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- 1604
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Summary
Steve Caplin is impressed by the Sabicap, a beanie hat which enables you to type merely by thinking. For the deaf, a vibrating pillow sleeve will alert them in the case of fire or burglar alarms. A study shows that friendly AI chatbots are much less accurate. Richard Dawkins believes that chatbots are conscious. Tokyo Airport is using humanoid robots as baggage handlers. Those wanting hard-to-keep Arowana fish can now get a robot version. There's a robot chess tutor. And Steve has bought a mini icemaker, which he recommends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices