Today’s show was a huge amount of fun. I rang a good friend of mine who moved from Perth back to Melbourne only a few months ago. His new job entails training people the technical details about an air traffic management system, so we spend a short while discussing the gadgets that they use and the layout of the system, from the controllers desk, to the radar systems around Oz. I found it amazing, and am sure it’ll interest a good number of tech people who listen.

Also, in the name of fun, we called some Star Wars fans who have started a line in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles and chat with a lovely Aussie called Caroline.

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The Gadget Show - News 8th April 2005 (46min 55sec)
MP3 - 16.2MB

TIME
00:00 Network Intro.

01:05 Summary.

02:00 Introducing Ben Lyall.

02:20 Ben’s work as a technical trainer on air traffic management systems, the gadgets they have, like 28″ square flat panel monitors (2048×2048 resolution), how it’s based on Linux, and how radar works around Australia.

14:50 New Scientists Mini “light sabres” for cleaning teeth.

17:25 Star Wars Episode III and the line at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.

20:50 Cory Doctorow’s new Crap Hound blog.

22:15 Google Maps + Flickr = Memory Maps.

27:40 Paris Hilton’s PSP.

30:00 Our chat with Caroline in the Star Wars line outside Grauman’s, the LiningUp Website and a bit more about her in the Member Spotlight.

36:20 The Toothing Hoax.

39:20 Xbox 360 to be unveiled 3 days before E3, and how Ben and I use the Xbox.

44:25 Thanks.

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