In this week's episode of Tech Girl Energy, Numi and Harriet tackle some of the most buzzworthy topics in technology today. From Google's looming breakup threat by the US government to hypersonic jets promising to shrink New York-London flight times to just 60 minutes, there's no shortage of captivating discussions. Plus, discover how tiny radar chips are helping save our beloved bees—a crucial part of our ecosystem.
TECH GIRL ENERGY: The Weekly Debrief
Episode 6 - Google Break Up, Hypersonic Jets and Bees with Backpacks
Harriet Taylor and Numi Gildert dive into their favourite tech headlines of the week;
1) The US government is considering seeking the break-up of the world's biggest search engine, Google. When a digital product becomes so integrated into the internet how do you go about breaking up that infrastructure?
Google Break Up: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62504lv00do
2) A revolutionary hypersonic jet, capable of flying from London to New York in just one hour, is set to take to the skies for its inaugural test flight in 2025. How will this change the commercial flight industry, and how does development of aircraft like this affect the sustainability movement?
Hypersonic Jet: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/from-new-york-to-london-in-60-minutes-hypersonic-jet-set-for-test-flight-in-2025-6736979
3) A team at The University of Oxford have been investigating how to help declining insect and bird populations by fitting tiny radar chips to bees to track their movements. Will data from studies like this help environmentalists drive change to stop the decline?
Bees with Backpacks: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9jzv27lv2o