Africast, Podcast

[htxt.africast] Epsiode 11: Fibre-optic eating sharks, heart monitoring earbuds and the MTN App Awards

Brett Haggard

15th August 2014

Brett retakes his role in the driver seat of today’s Africast and chats with Adam Oxford and Dave Greenway about fibre-optic eating sharks, Intel and 50 Cent’s collaboration on earphones with a built-in heart rate sensor, and the launch of TomTom’s new Cardio range of fitness watches.

The team also discusses a new partnership between Intel and the Michael J Fox Foundation who are using smart watches to collect data on Parkinsons disease from droves of people suffering from the disease, and speak about some of the winning candidates at last night’s MTN App awards.

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About Author

Brett Haggard

Brett is the founder of Hypertext. He's been covering the technology industry for so long, he's seen old technology be 'respun' as the next big thing one too many times. He started Hypertext in 2002 and quite frankly hasn't looked back (although he often longs for the days when a steady salary, sick days and leave were a given). Currently uses: 13-inch Macbook Air, iPhone 12 Mini, iPad 8.