The Gadget Buzz
Episode 1 looked at tech for the outdoors with Joe Donnelly & Laura Wood taking on an outdoor challenge, Along the way they also tested a variety of hiking and outdoors-related gadgets, including backpacks, hiking boots and Go Pro cameras. Keith Nolan & Georgie Gavin, back in studio cover the weeks technology news and speculate on the upcoming iPhone 6 launch while contributor Andy O'Donoghue looks at what other tech can keep you powered up and in-touch when you're in the mountains.
- 2014-2016
- 2 seasons
- News
Episode 1 looked at tech for the outdoors with Joe Donnelly & Laura Wood taking on an outdoor challenge, Along the way they also tested a variety of hiking and outdoors-related gadgets, including backpacks, hiking boots and Go Pro cameras. Keith Nolan & Georgie Gavin, back in studio cover the weeks technology news and speculate on the upcoming iPhone 6 launch while contributor Andy O'Donoghue looks at what other tech can keep you powered up and in-touch when you're in the mountains.
Season 2 Episode Guide
2 Episodes 2016
Episode 1
Gadget Buzz Does: Brewbot & OneWheel
Joe Donnelly visits Brewbot, the Belfast company who make a robot, that brews beer, via your smartphone. It was such a hit with consumers, they've now opened a bar in downtown Belfast. The Gadget Buzz couldn't say no. Fionnuala Conway looks at the world's leading electronic skateboard, OneWheel. Created by a snow-boarder, it isn't just fun but could be ideal for chewing up that commute in the morning, so Fionnuala heads to downtown Dublin with the head of OneWheel Europe Henrik Hellman. Andy O'Donoghue tells Joe Donnelly about Myo, the games controller that's much, much more than a simple device for gaming with it's futuristic gesture control.
Episode 2
Triax & Gravity Light
Concussion in rugby, especially for young players is a topic that's been talked about every week it seems. The Gadget Buzz wondered if tech could help, so Triax, the world leaders in concussion monitoring came to Ireland and put their smart impact monitors on some young players at Blackrock Rugby Club and Fionnuala Conway talks to Chad Hollingsworth, Triax President about what tech can do to help in the concussion debate. Joe Donnelly stops in London at crowd-funding star, Gravity Light's office to see how they are changing things for people living in communities that are 'off-grid'.