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Ukraine: World tech giants helping war effort Jan 06, 2023

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Exclusive interview with Ukraine’s Vice PM: Mykhailo Fedorov explains how big tech firms like Grammarly and Uber have been supporting his country. Samantha Renke discusses L’Oreal’s accessible make-up tech at CES. Better Dairy CEO Jevan Nagarajah on how to make vegan cheese taste like real cheese? In this episode:

Virgin Orbit’s UK mission due to launch on Monday
Whatsapp offers proxy server option
PlayStation reveals custom controller for disabled gamers
Fears glaciers will vanish in race to beat 4C heat rise
Could jet mask silence noisy phone chatters?

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CES 2023: New EV revealed Jan 05, 2023

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Sony & Honda team up for new EV and Samsung’s screens get even wilder. Evening Standard Tech Journalist Simon Hunt discusses CES 2023 so far. Amazon axing 18,000 jobs worldwide. How an Apple AirTag helped a passenger track down her lost luggage. Also in this episode:

Evolution of first vegetarian dinosaurs revealed
Meta fined for forcing users to agree to personalised adverts
MPs call for 'war effort' on insulation
Fight Club’s Edward Norton discovers he’s a direct descendant of Pocahontas

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Europe winter heat records smashed Jan 04, 2023

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Climate Scientist Ella Gilbert on Europe’s snow-less ski resorts and record temperatures. FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to fraud. Are we a step closer to the drone super highway? The mini robots looking for leaks in water pipes. Also in this episode:

Tributes paid to last surviving Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham
Robotic therapy helps dad walk again after crash
World celebrates Braille Day 2023
Matt Hancock ditches his own app to focus on TikTok

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Could robots soon smell diseases? Jan 03, 2023

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The tiny sensor that can ‘sniff out’ disease in our bodies at CES Unveiled. Tributes paid to YouTube star Ken Block who died after a snowmobile accident. Why social media ‘doesn’t work’ for older generations. Extinction Rebellion ‘quits’ public disruption. Also in this episode:

Genetic patterns could help predict chances of developing pancreatic cancer
Cybercrime intelligence company Hudson Rock links Piers Morgan twitter hack with major leak
Man with terminal cancer cleared of disease thanks to UK drug trial
Return of Le Fax? French post office tries web-to-letter service

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Review of the Year 2022 Dec 30, 2022

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Elon buys Twitter, Google finally makes its own smartwatch, and Netflix sees the first drop in subscribers. Tech reporter Alan Martin discusses some of 2022’s highlights from the world of consumer tech. In this episode:

How Elon Musk stole the headlines
Why so many big tech firms have let staff go
Google finally enters the smartwatch game
EU legislation forces changes to the iPhone
Netflix’s plans to crack down on password sharing

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Can this tech fix climate change? | Special Dec 29, 2022

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How about driving a solar panel-powered electric car with 4x longer range than an EV? Stealing electricity from plants, or propping up a wind turbine in your garden?

Well, we’ve taken a trip around the world to look at some of the next-generation technology aimed to help climate change, and our cost-of-living crisis.

Take a listen to hear about what’s coming soon…

This episode is a re-run of one of our Tech & Science Daily special episodes from September 2022.

In this episode:

The solar panels you can PRINT by the University of Newcastle in Australia
New World Wind’s “Wind Trees”: the turbines you can put anywhere
Eco Wave Power: How tidal energy could power the planet
Sono Sion: The Solar-powered EV that doesn’t cost the earth
Stealing electricity from plants, with the University of Cambridge

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Exploring a 'hidden world', astronaut Jeremy Hansen | Special Dec 28, 2022

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This is a re-run of our special episode to mark Earth Day 2022: We explore the hidden secrets beneath the world’s surface with astronaut Jeremy Hansen, from the Canadian Space Agency.

As part of Jeremy’s cave training with the European Space Agency, he has ventured deep underground rocky caves in Sardinia.

The skill and equipment required means not everyone can experience this mysterious place… until now.

Jeremy relives his journey through the caves, explains their relevance for astronaut training and how this -along with space travel- can help protect our planet.

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Secrets behind Avatar: The Way of Water Dec 23, 2022

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CGI water in almost every scene, new facial animation techniques, and using AI. The secrets behind the Avatar sequel revealed, after a decade of work, and an estimated production cost of $350million. Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett from Weta FX explain the challenges they faced and the tools they used in the making of Avatar: The Way of Water. In this episode:

How CGI water was made so realistic
Making the audience forget they’re watching VFX
Challenges behind the different states of water
How directors saw live-action and CGI together in real time
James Cameron ‘always looking for perfection’
Using a neural network to determine the best facial animation
How does the VFX compare with Marvel’s superhero movies?
Will the VFX be better for Avatar 3 & 4?

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The last white Christmas? Dec 22, 2022

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In a special festive episode of Tech & Science Daily, we’re looking at all things snow.

Vikki Thompson, Senior Research Associate at the School of Geographical Sciences and Cabot Institute for the Environment, University of Bristol, explains the science behind white Christmases and whether they’re in danger from climate change.

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Start Me Up: UK's first space launch Dec 21, 2022

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Virgin Orbit has secured licences for the UK’s first space launch and we hear from the lead scientist who uncovered the ‘first record of a dinosaur eating a mammal’.

Plus, Musk says he will step down as Twitter CEO once he finds ‘someone foolish enough’ to replace him.

Also in this episode:

Nasa’s Insight Mars lander goes dark after 4 years on Red Planet
Queen’s ‘hedgehog’ mushroom among new discoveries recorded by Kew Gardens in 2022
Archaeologists pinpoint ‘tomb of Jesus’ midwife’ in Israeli forest
Star Trek-style detector 'could spot alien spaceships’ in the Milky Way
Rolls-Royce completes build of UltraFan demonstrator engine designed to run on sustainable fuel
Messi's World Cup photo beats egg to be the most-liked picture ever on Instagram

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