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This week we begin a two-part look at research into automative systems at Lero, the Irish software research centre. In this edition business development manager Joe Gibbs talks about the potential of self-driving cars.

In the first of a two-part special on Internet of Things test bed Pervasive Nation, Niall meets Connect centre director Linda Doyle.

This week Niall and Dusty kick back with some coffee and mince pieces and talk about what they want for Christmas.

Three experts give their views on the technology holding the likes of Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant and Cortana together.

In the first of a two-part look at digital personal assistants we talk to Vincent Wade, director of the Adapt centre for digital content research, about his project Adele.

Where does the science of data end and the art of data begin? This week Niall explores this idea with Jer Thorp, co-founder of The Office for Creative Research, Adjunct Professor at New York University's ITP programme and innovator in residence at the Library of Congress. In other news, Facebook, Google and Twitter get a grilling over Russia.

Can you be tricked into handing over personal information? Have you ever gotten into a concert without a ticket? How secure are help desks? Jenny Radcliffe is an expert in social engineering who knows all about getting what you want through the power of persuasion. This week Jenny got Niall Kitson to devote an entire show to interviewing her.

This week we talk to Carlow Educate Together principal Simon Lewis about how tech is entering the classroom. We also look at how the charity Alone is embracing mobile apps.

How does an experiment in user experience become an international gaming success? Monument Valley 2 designer Lea Schonfeld explains all.

This weekend sees Ireland largest tech meetup 404 take place at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. Niall Kitson talked with featured speaker Katharine Jarmul to talk about put the 'art' in 'artificial intelligence'.

This week we have a less-than-excited response to the iPhone 8, Siro pulls out of the National Broadband Plan, Twitter doubles up, and we interview CIT's Niall Smith about Ireland's contribution to space exploration.

Do you have a licence for that hydraulic hand? Can your employer decide how you shouild be rebuilt after an accident on the job? We explore these ideas and more with legal researcher Shane P. McNamee.

This week Niall and Dusty pick through Apple's new iPhones, Apple TV, Watch and ask why you should care about any of them.

How do we know what our energy needs will be in the future? Is it possible to predict how our actions will put pressure on the national grid? Can energy be treated as a commodity? This week Niall meets Eirgrid head of scenario planning Marie Hayden to find out.

On this week's show Dusty compiles a list of must have tech and their predecessors to see which version has had a greater impact on our lives. Does wired networking still win out over Wi-Fi? Should we be more excited about cryptocurrency than cash? Is Tinder better for us than regular dating? We tot up the scores to see if newer is always better.

This week Niall Kitson talks about this year's Leaving Cert STEM results with BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition co-founder Dr Tony Scott. In other news, Dusty helps pick apart the debate surrounding an anti-diversity manifesto that got Google engineer James Damore fired.

This week Niall Kitson sits down with Dell EMC VP and general manager for Ireland Aisling Keegan to discuss a new report on how we'll be interacting with machines in 2030.

On this Bank Holiday Weekend's show Niall and Dusty give their must haves, nice to haves, and don't needs for the summer break.

The sad story of a French success that became an Irish flop

Niall and Dusty take a tour of mixed reality apps, games and more.

This week Niall meets Fiona Hallinan and Kate Strain from the Dept of Ultimology to talk about why old ideas, even bad ones, should be saved from obscurity.

This week Google gets hit by a record EU fine; ransomware (Not)Petya goes international; and Dusty talks to astronaut Dan Tani as part of Cork Institute of Technology's 2017 Space Studies Programme.

On this week's special interview Niall meets Prof Shannon Vallor, lecturer in philosophy at Santa Clara University and author of Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical guide to a future worth wanting.

On this week's show Niall meets Prof Valeria from the AMBER research centre for material science to talk about the future of energy storage. In other news, we can an eye over the Xbox One X, Dusty gets excited about the end of roaming charges, and Irish consumers vent about the quality of broadband.

In this extended interview Niall Kitson meets Bank of Ireland head of design thinking Lesley Tully to find out how business can benefit from a more creative approach to problem solving.