TECH GIRL ENERGY: The Weekly Debrief

Episode 9 - Car Touch Screens, Digital Twins and Reusing Robots

Harriet Taylor and Numi Gildert dive into their favourite tech headlines of the week;

1) Hyundai discussed this week that they have found in focus group testing that people find touch screens stressful to use at times and prefer physical buttons and dials.

Hyundai Touch Screen Testing:

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/12/24294634/hyundai-vehicle-controls-more-buttons-focus-groups-annoyed-touchscreens

2) Over 40,000 detailed images and an AI algorithm were used to recreate historic Vatican church and identify damage invisible to naked eye

Saint Peter’s Basilica Digital Twin:

https://news.sky.com/story/ai-used-to-recreate-historic-vatican-church-and-identify-damage-invisible-to-naked-eye-13252415

3) A startup company, Molg, manufactures and programs precision robots to delicately take apart products and separate still-useable components for reuse, not recycling in an effort to reduce the 60-million ton e-waste problem

Reusing Robots:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-robot-expertly-takes-apart-e-waste-so-their-components-can-be-reused/

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