Geekshow Helpdesk: Split on AI

About this episode

Tony:

-Carbonation Station: Bucked Up Orange and Dr Bum

-Tony’s Top 10 (no particular order)-

1. Ubiquiti Network Completed

2. Status Pro X

3. Learning that my Sengled Bulbs can just use Zigbee

4. Traeger Woodridge XL

5. Stuff I backed on Kickstarter?… Snapmaker U1 and Eufymake

-Tony’s Festivus List:

1. AI Push and everything that entails

2. RFK Jr is bad for medical science

3. Microsoft in general

-Freed from the shackles of your youth’s gmail name: https://www.howtogeek.com/google-is-finally-letting-users-change-their-gmail-address/

Jarron: 

-Favorite gadgets of the Year

Apple Watch Ultra 3

Amazfit Active 2

Panasonic LUMIX S9

Arctis Gamebuds

-Coolest Tech of the year

Tandem OLED

Pebble comeback

Snapmaker U1

Dyson Pencil Vac

-Festivus List

AI, AI, AI ! ! ! !

RAM Shortage

DJI Ban

Everything about Microsoft

Owen:

-Neuromorphic skin for robots! 

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/12/29/2344207/researchers-make-neuromorphic-artificial-skin-for-robots

-It’s getting desperate out there… DIY RAM

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/russian-enthusiasts-are-building-their-own-ddr5-ram-amidst-the-worldwide-shortage-as-easy-as-sourcing-your-own-memory-modules-and-soldering-them-on-empty-pcbs

-My list of stuff.

1. ChatGPT 4.5 - 5.2, what a ride. 

2. ProxMox Server and self hosting

3. G-Helper

4. Pixel 10 Pro XL

5. Xbox Family Safety

6. Steam Family Sharing

7. ASUS RT-AX86U Zaku II gundam router running Merlin

8. Xbox and GamePass - hear me out here….

9. Infini Mic - specifically grateful to the Patrons

10. My biggest tech inspirations.

Lando:

-The Tech List!!

1. Cancer Vax (Jan) https://gizmodo.com/three-years-after-experimental-vaccine-these-patients-are-still-cancer-free-2000559585

2. ABS System (Got the full go ahead in Sept) (Feb) https://www.robotics247.com/article/robot_umpire_automated_ball_strike_abs_system_debuts_at_mlb_spring_training

3. BYD (March) https://www.theverge.com/news/631552/byd-1000kw-charging-ev-han-l-tang-l-battery

4. Torpedo Bats (April) https://apnews.com/article/torpedo-bats-yankees-6ac6c797ea935941ed1c0d0e51a7d870

5. Crisper Pigs (May) https://gizmodo.com/the-fda-just-approved-the-first-crispr-edited-pigs-for-food-2000597425

6. Airplane Robots (June) https://kslnewsradio.com/colleges-universities/uvu-students-pioneer-aircraft-taxiing/2217924/

7. Stephen Hawking Upgrade (July) https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/a-neural-brain-implant-provides-near-instantaneous-speech/

8. Manipulate AI with peer and social pressure (Sept) https://www.theverge.com/news/768508/chatbots-are-susceptible-to-flattery-and-peer-pressure

9. iPhone 17 (Oct)

10. The Bad Flu (Nov) (Called it) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2dr8gzdz1wo

11. Honorable Mention? New X(Twitter) Features  (Nov) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/23/rightwing-influencers-outside-us-x-twitter-tool

12. Pebble Returns! (Dec)

Uncle Sqinky:

Ubiquiti Home Network - Great way to go

iPhone 17 - Great phone

Snapmaker U1 - Multi color printing with much less time and material waste

bonus not mentioned-5070Ti video card