The Boredom Index: Pricing Your Downtime
What price boredom? A new economic indicator, the Boredom Index, could quantify and commoditise our downtime. And decide that we’re more valuable the less engaged we are.Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard...
2 Mar 202128min
Access Denied: The Problem with Passwords
Have you lost track of the number of logins and accounts you have scattered across your digital footprint? Do you reuse passwords? Could biometric technologies liberate us from the tyrannical grip of ...
22 Feb 202126min
Science is Slick: Game Brains
Could commercial graphics cards be the key to unlocking the cure for Alzheimer’s Disease? Do chilis hold the secret to solar energy conversion? And have X-Ray Spex finally been invented?Hosts: Matt Ar...
8 Feb 202126min
MSP156 [] CineMattic: The Future of Film
I want my MTV. That was about as good as it got when Mattsplained was in its infancy. Now, as consumers are simultaneously deluged with viewing choices and experience limited mobility as a result of t...
2 Feb 202128min
MSP155 [] Thin Air, Money and AR Changing Rooms: 2021 in 20 Minutes
2020. So bad they named it twice. As retail, AI and AR start to merge, and open world games start to take over from social media, science and technology have got our back in 2021. Hosts: Matt Armitage...
1 Feb 202128min
MSP154 [] Fixing Fails: Technology that Missed the Mark in 2020
2020 showed us how resilient our digital world could be. This week we look at some of the tech and start-ups that failed, and what can be improved for 2021. Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Pro...
21 Jan 202125min
MSP153 [] How do I smell? Synthetic Scents & Cultured Breast Milk.
Science doesn’t sleep or take a holiday. Our slick science stories include lab-cultured breast meats, scent projecting pendants and web-slinging medical guns. Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury P...
21 Jan 202127min
MSP152 [] That’s EntertAInment: Machines, Music and Mattbots
2020. Will the pop stars of tomorrow be virtual? Are we heading for a future where machines make all the music? The Mattbot Infinity and the Bradpple Pro explore the eerie sounds of this brave new wor...
20 Jan 202125min
