Ok Smart Ass

OK Smart-ass is a regular look at technology, how we see, use it and the impact it has on our everyday lives.

#49 - Death.. everything you need to know 04/14/2024

#048 - Bing AI has a brain fart, convert your petrol car to electric and get dumber looking at your phone 02/26/2023

#047 - Educational and tasty, learn faster and drop a bombshell 02/12/2023

#046 – Brushing, peeing and robot lawyers while driving a solar car 01/29/2023

#045 – Ryan Tonkin answers the smart and not-so-smart questions bugging the OK Smart-ass team 01/13/2023

#044 – Paragliding in space, a new space station for China, and Kenya’s electric motorcycles 01/01/2023

#043 - No to killer robots, yes to AI Chat Bots and not sure about Neuralink 12/18/2022

#042 - Are squirrels better equipped to go to Mars or perhaps just a frozen head? 12/04/2022

#041 - Thrusting moon rockets, virtual holidays inside a robot and mind reading AI 11/20/2022

#040 - Robots that fold your laundry, steerable needles and speaking to the dead 11/06/2022

#039 – Magic boots, robotic bees, and rollercoaster phone trouble 10/22/2022

#038 – Facially recognise self drving cars with googly eyes 10/09/2022

#037 –Curious questions about China’s DNA collection, Germany’s elderly gas lights, and Amazon’s interest in vacuum cleaners 09/25/2022

#036 – Sugar from thin air, batteries made from crab shells, and a reason to pity cockroaches 09/11/2022

#035 – The music of black holes, ethical banks, happy batteries, and VR without the vomit 08/28/2022

#034 - Talk to the animals with a digital Dolittle after bringing a pig back to life 08/14/2022

#033 - A special guest unravels brain perception and gadgets we can't live without 07/31/2022

#032 – Travel 13.5 billion years back in time, floating cities & hack your body 07/17/2022

#031 – The nuclear powered moon, barring the door against schnauzers, and cars running on sunshine 07/03/2022

#030 – Sentient Chatbots, Taser drones and A.I. Pleasure 06/18/2022

#029 – Spider web clothing, lab-grown tables, virtual murder, and robots with a sense of humour 06/05/2022

#028 – Robots don't have feelings, solar panels that work in the dark and the world's most popular emoji 05/23/2022

#027 – Better chocolate, invisibility cloaks, snail mail memories, and legless artworks 05/08/2022

#026 – lab grown leather, artificial voices and glasses to help the blind explore the world 04/24/2022

#025 – Lungs in a sandwich and brain chips but it’s happening in the lab, not the kitchen 04/10/2022

#024 – Gadgets to make an old car new, aircraft graveyards & dog university 03/27/2022

#023 – Talking pigs and Tassie tigers, virtual aliens and xenotransplants 03/12/2022

#022 – Upgrade you mind with a single pill, but make sure its the red one, not the brown one! 02/27/2022

#021 – What not to do with your hacking skills, even when you're wearing nice pyjamas 02/13/2022

#020 – Diamonds and drones, cameras and concrete, silly water flasks and sexy haptic pants 12/12/2021