# Kris Abel

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NEW - The E-Bike With a Rear View Camera and 911 Built In

A tech news roundup opens with word that Samsung is heading into humanoid robot production, starting with industrial models before the company looks at bringing robots into everyday homes. The timing lines up with Samsung's own unpacked event unveiling its next round of consumer devices. From ther…

NEW - They Want to Clone You Into a Robot, Heartbeat Included

A haptic suit fitted with forty sensors can record a living person's heartbeat, sweat patterns, and the exact way they walk. The Digital DNA project wants to feed all of that into a humanoid robot with realistic skin and hair, built to preserve someone the way the Ozzy Osbourne hologram project is …

NEW - A Robot Slides Under Your Car And Parks It For You

South Korea has one of the worst parking shortages in the world, and Kris Abel explains the strange, genuinely clever fix Hyundai came up with. A flat robot slides underneath a parked vehicle, lifts it off the ground, and carries it away to store it, no driver required and no wasted space for openi…

NEW - 2,056 Robots Just Competed in Their Own Olympics

Google just launched its Pixel 11 lineup alongside a new AirTag rival called the Pixel Tag, but the recommendation on whether it's worth the upgrade this year is not a simple yes. The folding phone race between Google and Samsung has also shifted, and the numbers behind who's actually pulling ahead…

NEW - Humanoid Robots Are Breaking Records. They Also Fall Down

Kris Abel joins to break down how humanoid robots are now setting world records once held by human athletes, and the way they're doing it is what makes it worth a look for anyone who follows tech or sport. A luxury phone company has already started taking pre-orders for a phone that doesn't exist …

Shiftheads - A Rescue Robot That Might Also Terrify You

Imagine you're trapped under rubble after an earthquake, injured, and the first thing that reaches you is a cockroach wearing a tiny electronic backpack, followed by a second one carrying a hypodermic needle loaded with medicine, all part of a very real rescue plan researchers are calling paraborgs…

ICYMI - Has Apple Lost It’s Way

Tech expert and journalist Kris Abel joins us to share his thoughts on the new iPhone duo. And questions the path that Apple is on not only from the name, not following typical conventions, but the price point and how expensive it is Kris is not the only one that's flagged to the concerns about wha…

NEW - AI Ran the Radio. Would You Keep Listening?

AI radio stations can choose songs and introduce them. But what happens when each AI decides it knows exactly what the audience wants to hear? Kris Abel has audio from two stations whose introductions took peculiar turns. Would either one survive your commute? Now picture a shark where you did not…

NEW - Kris Abel New Smart Glasses - Your Music Without the Earbuds

The robot bartender Kris Abel describes gives you a reason to reconsider what automation does to a job. The customer sees a machine, but the opportunity it creates depends on a human connection you might not expect. You want music on your walk, but your earbuds won’t stay put. Glasses could offer …

NEW - Tech Gone Wrong? AI Hiking Advice, Star Wars Props and Robot Magicians

AI hiking advice puts a confident answer against the demands of an actual trail. Kris Abel uses a rescue story to explain why real-world directions deserve scrutiny before becoming a plan. What happens when an apparently useful route leads somewhere the hiker cannot get out of? A Star Wars collect…