For Tech's Sake

By: Elaine Burke and Jenny Darmody
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  • Elaine Burke and Jenny Darmody have been writing about tech for a long time. Now they’re talking about it in For Tech’s Sake, a co-production from Silicon Republic and The Headstuff Podcast Network. Silicon Republic is a leading source of technology news and views and editors Jenny and Elaine are always learning about fascinating and infuriating new developments. They take a side-eye view of tech, not evangelising or demonising it, but definitely throwing a bit of shade when it’s deserved. Join them as they take a look under the hood of both emerging and everyday tech to examine the good parts, the bad parts, and everything in between. Each episode also features a tech expert to help answer their probing questions. Listen in as they hash out what’s just tech for tech’s sake, and find them online @fortechssakepod to join the conversation. For any sponsorship inquiries contact advertising@headstuff.org
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Episodes
  • FTS x CONNECT: Passports to slow fashion

    FTS x CONNECT: Passports to slow fashion
    Nov 20 2024
    You know we love sustainability so we were very excited to learn about plans for digital product passports, which could slow down fast fashion, boost our right to repair and help shoppers make more informed choices. Explaining this transformative tech for us are Dr Grace Walsh and Dr John Dooley from the CONNECT Research Ireland Centre for Future Networks and Communications. You can check out ForTechsSake.info for links to more resources, or find out more about CONNECT at ConnectCentre.ie and keep up with their research by subscribing to their newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    31 mins
  • FTS x CONNECT: The road to driverless cars

    FTS x CONNECT: The road to driverless cars
    Nov 13 2024
    Jenny and Elaine are back in studio and catching up after Elaine was zooming around San Francisco in a driverless taxi. But how close are we to seeing fully autonomous cars on every road? Will Tesla’s Cybercab have enough in its computer vision system to see where it’s going? And how safe are self-driving cars, really? We put all these questions to Dr Aisling O’Driscoll, a researcher at the CONNECT Research Ireland Centre for Future Networks and Communications. At CONNECT, Aisling is discovering how connecting vehicles to create a vast information-sharing network can help improve autonomous capabilities, as well as overall road safety and transport efficiency. You can check out ForTechsSake.info for links to more resources, or find out more about CONNECT at ConnectCentre.ie and keep up with their research by subscribing to their newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    44 mins
  • Introducing FTS x CONNECT

    Introducing FTS x CONNECT
    Nov 6 2024
    For Tech’s Sake is back with a very special mini-series in partnership with the CONNECT Research Ireland Centre for Future Networks and Communications. Starting from Science Week, we’ll be releasing a new episode every week for five weeks, exploring the intersection of science, art and society with CONNECT researchers. In this preview episode, hear from CONNECT’s director Prof Dan Kilper about what to expect. Find out more about CONNECT at ConnectCentre.ie, and check out ForTechsSake.info for links to more resources. FTX x CONNECT is brought to you by your hosts Elaine Burke and Jenny Darmody, in partnership with CONNECT and The HeadStuff Podcast Network, and produced by Hilary Barry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 mins

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