Talking Tech 28th May 2024

Talking Tech - Vision Australia Radio

Product Minute: EOne Bradley Watch

More than a watch, a classic Time piece.

https://shop.visionaustralia.org/campaigns/eone-bradley-mesh-silver-watch-40mm.html

The Monash Assistive Technology and Society (MATS) Centre is offering two PhD Scholarships. Candidates who identify as having a disability are strongly encouraged to apply.

You can learn about the MATS Centre at:

https://www.monash.edu/mats/about

Emerging assistive technologies have the potential to break down many of the barriers that people with disabilities face at school, university, work and in the social sphere. Our work at the MATS Centre is guided by partnerships with the community to ensure we’re addressing real problems faced by real people and creating a lasting impact. Join us as a PhD Candidate and help to create a world that is more inclusive and equitable.

The successful candidate will explore an area of research focus within MATS and the Faculty of Information Technology. The precise details of the PhD project are open to negotiation, but it should be designed with the aim of making a positive difference to the life experience of people with disabilities.

The successful candidates will be based in the Faculty of Information Technology of Monash University at the Caulfield or Clayton campuses in Melbourne.

For more details, please go to:

https://careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/665632/phd-scholarship-in-assistive-technology-and-disability

Closing Date

Wednesday, 3 July 2024

Microsoft CoPilot Plus PC’s event

Yep, all about AI, and the new hardware to run it on.

https://www.techmeme.com/240521/p17#a240521p17

How to Keep an Old Computer Running

If you just want to use your old computer for mail, web, and perhaps even a media server, then don’t get rid of it.

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-keep-an-old-computer-running/

Where Are Floppy Disks Today, Yes They Are Still Around

I still remember my first 5.25, then 3.5 floppy disk. But as this articles says, they are still around even today running specific equipment.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/where-are-floppy-disks-today-planes-trains-and-all-these-other-places/#ftag=RSSbaffb68

Here is How Many Years Users are Keeping Their iPads

3 years or more seems to be the trend these days, certainly longer than holding on to a smart phone.

https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/15/heres-how-many-years-users-keep-ipads/

Support this Vision Australia Radio program: https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.