Allison interviews Ben Yu, founder and CEO of Monar, about their Canvas Speaker. The Monar Canvas Speaker is a smart device that merges the display of renowned artworks and music playback with live lyrics, creating an immersive audio-visual experience. Monar is made to be hung on a wall just like a piece of art. It […]
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CES 2025: Soliddd Vision Correction for Macular Degeneration
Allison interviews Motti Attia from Soliddd about their technology to improve vision for those suffering from macular degeneration. Soliddd has a new kind of electronic eyeglasses that beam light in parallel rays to the retina. The key here is that the rays illuminate a smaller version of the same image multiplied 64 times in a […]
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CES 2025: Tombot Robotic Puppies for Those Facing Health Adversities
Allison interviews Tom Stevens, CEO and Founder of Tombot, about their robotic puppies designed to comfort those with health adversities. The Tombot puppy, Jennie, is very lifelike with fur, eye motion, body movement, and tail wagging modeled after a 3-month-old Labrador puppy. Jennie stays in the owner’s lap and reacts to petting and stroking through […]
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CCATP #806 — Andrea Jones-Rooy on Being a Data Scientist
Andrea Jones-Rooy is a data scientist, a standup comedian, and a circus performer. Andrea delves into the realms of data science, its significance, and how it is often misunderstood in mainstream narratives. Andrea begins by reflecting on their journey to becoming a data scientist. Andrea was a professor of data science at NYU Center for […]
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Tiny Mac Tips 4 Video Tutorial on ScreenCastsONLINE
If you’ve been following along with my Tiny Mac Tips series in text form or listening to them in the podcast, but you’d like to actually see some of them in video tutorial form, you’re in luck. My latest ScreenCastsONLINE video tutorial just dropped and it’s called Tiny Mac Tips 4. Remember my disclaimer, while […]
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Security Bits — 3 January 2025
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 The recently disclosed massive hack of western telecommunications firms that lead the US FBI & CISA to issue advice to switch to E2EE VoIP and messaging apps like Signal over SMS & phone […]
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In this episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart talks about his job as a cybersecurity specialist. We get a bit silly in our early part of the chat, the reasons for which will become obvious when you listen to the beginning but he successfully gives a flavor of what “a day in the […]
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I’m a Liar
Hi. My name is Allison. I am a liar. Before I explain why, I need to explain the backstory on how I learned I was a teller of untruths. Pride Goeth Before a Fall I started my podcast on May 13th, 2005. When I tell people about my podcast, I usually brag by saying I’ve […]
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Security Bits — 21 December 2024
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 Following the FBI earlier in the month, and following the revelation that 8 major US telcos were compromised by the Chinese government, the US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has joined the […]
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My Smart Home Humidity Journey — by Bart Busschots
Earlier this year I suddenly became very interested in the humidity of the rooms I spend a lot of time in — namely my bedroom, my kitchen, my home office, and my work office. Why? Because I discovered that if you are prone to nose bleeds, dry air is really not your friend. In the […]
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