Episode Description
This is the pilot episode of Technical Tea before we came up with a name for it! We tested it out during Experiment Week on DTNS and your feedback was good enough that it is now becoming a real show!
DTNS Live, Nerdtacular 2026: Science vs. Tech | https://www.youtube.com/live/o_UmCyk1oKU
- A blood test that screens for multiple types of cancer? It may be available soon | https://www.npr.org/2026/06/21/nx-s1-5858691/blood-test-multi-cancer-early-detection-mced
Retro Tech
- ONE35 V2 Camera | https://joinflashback.co/en-us/products/flashback-one35-v2-camera
- The Commodore Callback 8020 Is a Digital Detox Phone That Isn't Dumb | https://www.wired.com/story/commodore-callback-8020-is-a-digital-detox-phone-that-isnt-dumb
Meaning and purpose in the age of AI
- Mission / purpose in the age of AI for software engineers: Why Software Engineers Are Grieving | https://dev.jimgrey.net/2026/06/25/why-software-engineers-are-grieving
- What It Means to Be a Mathematician When AI Does the Math | https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-in-mathematics
- HMD Barbie™ Phone 4G | https://www.hmd.com/en_int/hmd-barbie-phone?sku=1GF030APC1L01
- iNaturalist | https://www.inaturalist.org
- Merlin Bird ID | https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org
Poem by Joesph Fasano
https://poets.org/poem/student-who-used-ai-write-paper
Thanks to Amos for editing and Roger Change for Producing, and to the whole DTNS family for letting us test out the show!
Hosted by Nicole Ackermans and Huyen Tue Dao
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“Headbutting goats self-inflict traumatic brain injury”: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.26.734585v1
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