Tony is a Geek

 AgroTech - probably not a term you've heard of? it's pretty simple: Agricultural Technology (yes, I know the "o" replaced the "i", I didn't make the rules) Why am I interested in this?  Well. I like technology. No sh!t sherlock :-) I am also reaching a point in life where I am no longer being pushed / forced to adhere to Corporate World dictatorship, ie. the push for selling products / services and technologies for maximising profit.   Yes, I've worked in IT for over 30 years now, for over 100+ companies in a vast array of Industries, but now I'm looking at "give back", what can I do to help the world, help people, help communities, help the next generations to live & by live, I don't mean being slaves to a Corporate driven World run by Tech Bro's or multi-million dollar software companies that emulate the Pharma companies (they don't want to solve the problem as there is no money in that, but to keep the ball rolling a...

These people are looking into doing some smart stuff with robotics brains: https://www.pi.website/ Watch this video for a bit of an insight: Yep, it's been a few years since robotics was going to be the "next big thing", I believe that this year will be the year it starts to make real progress. Do I want to do what these people are doing? NOPE?! But, I would like to use what they are building and apply it in different and novel ways. That is the bit that interests me.  Watch this space, there is going to be a LOT more focus on robotics, AI and how to do novel and creative things and maybe some education training along the way too.  Inspiring others and seeing them get creative & come up with things you haven't thought of is so rewarding, I'm looking forward to 2026 and where it is going to lead to. https://ifr.org/ifr-press-releases/news/world-robotics-2026 https://brightpick.ai/resources/predictions-for-2026-whats-next-for-robotics/ https://standardbots.com/b...

This was a kickstarter that I backed ages ago... I am actually glad they didn't rush and output something just due to cost / speed as it would have been an "and also" type robot device. Whereas this robot has evolved, changed and updated as new technology has come along - now, I know very well, that keeping on adding the latest new & shiny can sometimes mean you don't ever have a complete "thing" and there is a point in time where you just have to "go with what you've got", but I'm glad they are taking their time with 'Little Sophia' Have no idea what I'm talking about?  Check out the latest video here: In fact it was due to this little robot that I ended up finding out about a tiny little STT / TTS audio chip that is amazingly small & amazingly powerful and REALLY cheap, something like £2 each - now that sort of technology was something I played with about 10 years ago and was about 10 times the size and 10 times lower ...