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Hosted by Angharad Yeo, Tegan Jones, Rae Johnston and Amanda Yeo, Queens of the Drone Age is a peek at the insider conversations happening amongst some of Australia’s top technology experts.
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In this deep dive special from the archives, the Queens reveal some fun egg facts, the science behind Century Eggs, and share an Australian scientist who has defied nature itself...by inventing a gadget that unboils eggs.
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In this episode, Rae tries out a "cosplay fireplace" aka the Dimplex Ritz Portable Electric Fire with Optiflame Log Effect Heater and Tegan gets behind the wheel of the 2022 Mustang.
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Anyone who follows us on social media knows we are keen hikers, and we love our hiking tech - so we thought we’d share with you all a few of the latest gadgets, gizmos and gear we’ve been testing out.
Rae went along to the Blue Mountains Climbing School to complete a course all about old-school map and compass navigation. She also picked up a pair of gaiters for bushbashing - and found the fitting process harder than expected.
Meanwhile, Tegan gives a long-term review of the Sea To Summit collapsable lightweight cookware, and the $35 lantern everyone falls in love with.
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In this gadget chat, Rae looks at the Brydge 12.9 Pro keyboard for iPad, and Tegan reviews an $18 Kmart spice/coffee grinder.
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In this gadget chat Tegan hits the road with the new Turo app, while Rae settles in for an evening with Sony's new TV range.
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Introducing Droning On, a new interview-based Queens episode where we chat to fascinating experts about their jobs and relationship with tech.
Our first guest is Alden Rose - the Lead Sustainability Designer (Next UX User & Customer Experience) at Lenovo.
Tegan chatted to Alden on a recent trip to North Carolina, where she takes us through some of what her team does in the sustainable design space, including rewards and challenges.
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Sustainability is not just incredibly important keeping the planet alive, it's also a fun corporate buzzword. So when tech companies say they are making it a focus - we look at how.
In this deep dive special, we focus in on sustainable design, and who is doing it well.
Tegan travels to North Carolina to see what Lenovo are bringing to the table with product and packaging design, while Rae explores what Aussie scientists are doing to replace rare earth minerals used in everyday products.
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In this episode, Rae reviews a pair of solar-powered headphones while Tegan plays a Megagame (kind of a cross between live action roleplaying and model UN).
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In this catch up, Rae heads to gaming paradise (AKA Fortress Sydney), while Tegan tries out shiny new Uber features in the most unlikely (but coolest) of places.
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In this episode, the Queens take a look at Space Tech - things in our lives that exist because of space exploration, travel, or the agencies that look after star stuff.
There are cool new innovations constantly happening in this industry - but there are also everyday objects we owe to space research, so we take you through our favourites!
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