23/03/2013
The latest online news from Olly and Helen, technology news with Dan Maudsley, 6 Music's Chris Hawkins' pick of the week, and the best way to buy a second hand car.
Phones with unbreakable screens, the "most useful manmade substance ever", and headphones that decide what music to play based on your mood all feature in this week's Tech Talk. In music news, 6 Music's Chris Hawkins fills us in on Bowie's retrospective at the V&A museum and Shane Meadows' documentary about last summer's return of The Stone Roses. And Steve Fowler from Auto Express tells us the best way to get value out of a second hand car. We get the latest on the disruption being caused by the snow, and get the latest on the unexplained death of Russian exile Boris Berezovsky.
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Music docos, twitter hijacks and mind-reading headphones
Podcasters Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann say Happy 7th Birthday to twitter in our web news, and why the BBC may get an unexpected benefit from having its twitter feeds hijacked.
In technology news, with Dan Maudsley from the T3 podcast, scientists claim to have created the most useful man-made substance – ever. There's the medical gel that can stop bleeding instantly (warning, this video demonstration shows a lot of blood) and he's looking at mind-reading headphones (see picture), from the makers of furry wearable cat-ears that respond to your mood.
Steve Fowler, the Editor in Chief of Autoexpress is here, with concerns that motorists are putting their safety at risk by not replacing worn tyres, and how an unassuming window tinter accidentally revealed one of the most hotly-anticipated cars of the year.
In music, Chris Hawkins from 6 Music can tell us how artists are buying youtube views and non existent followers on facebook and twitter, to try to get into the charts, and as always - his music choices of the week:
Broadcast
- Sat 23 Mar 201320:00BBC Radio 5 Live
