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Tech Talk with Rick DeMeis

6-25-19 Tech Talk

On The Edge: From Stockbridge To Boston

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6-04-19 Tech Talk

Nissan Murano Proves Stylish And Practical

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5-07-19 Tech Talk

7th-Gen Golf Adopts Jetta Turbo Engine

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4-30-19 Tech Talk

Infiniti QX80 – Enough Luxury To Live In

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3-26-19 Tech Talk

SuperCrewsin’ With The Ford F-150

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3-19-19 Tech Talk

2019 Lexus ES 350 Ultra Luxury

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3-12-19 Tech Talk

2019 Kia Niro for EV-er

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2-26-19 Tech Talk

X-amining the 2019 BMW X4 xDrive 30i

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2-05-19 Tech Talk

Tech Talk Drives Toyota 4Runner

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1-22-19 Tech Talk

Tech Talk Talks Boston Auto Show

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12-18-18 Tech Talk

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  • Ride of the Week: 2019 Ford F-150 4×4 SuperCrew Cab King Ranch
  • Musk Minute: 80-hour Work Week?
  • Israeli Space Industry: SpaceIL Time Capsule To Travel To The Moon
  • Virgin Galactic: SpaceShipTwo Explores Edge of Space
  • Newly Discovered Dwarf Planet: 2018 VG18 Nicknamed “Farout”
  • Appetite Suppressing Implant: Battery-Free Weight-Loss Device
  • 3D-Printed Firearms: PrinTracker Can ID Weapon

11-27-18 Tech Talk

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  • Recap: InSight Mars Landing
  • Un-Ride of the Week: General Motors Announces Closings
  • Musk Minute: Big Falcon Rocket Renamed “The Starship”
  • Rick’s Chevy Volt Teardown Report
Create The Future Contest
  • Grand Prize Winner: Invisible Glass
  • Operating Room In A Backpack: Surgi-Box
  • Advanced Prosthetic Control: Implantable Myoelectric Sensor
  • Signing Translator: U-decipher
  • Aluminum Rod Electric Motor: ISCAD Intelligent Stator Cage Drive
  • Miniskirt Returns: Streamliners Inc. Semi Trailer Fuel Saver 

11-20-18 Tech Talk

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  • Debut: RAM 1500 North Edition
  • NASA: InSight Mars Landing
  • Musk Minute: Falcon Rocket Redesign
  • Idaho Nat’l Laboratory: Drone Energy Usage

11-13-18 Tech Talk

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  • Ride of the Week: 2018 Ford EcoSport SES 4WD
  • Musk Minute: Test Flight of sub-scale Big Falcon Rocket in 2019; Boring Company Test Tunnel, Hawthorne, CA
  • Boeing 737 Max: Angle of Attack Sensor Fault
  • Audio Cassettes: Making a Comeback
  • Life Throughout the Universe: Oumaumau Asteroid Possibly an Alien Probe

09-11-18 Tech Talk

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  • Lexus: LY 650 Luxury Yacht
  • Nissan: 1st Nissan EV built in China for Chinese consumers
  • The Ocean Cleanup: Cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
  • Impossible Aerospace: US-1 electric drone promises two-hour flights

09-04-18 Tech Talk

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  • Ride of the Week: 2019 Subaru Ascent
  • Musk Minute: Electric Semi Tractor Trailer Truck
  • Mercedes-Benz: EQC – First Mercedes-Benz vehicle to be launched under the EQ brand
  • Colorado Smart Road: Integrated Roadways sensors in pavement deduce speed, weight, and direction of vehicle

08-07-18 Tech Talk

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  • Ride of the Week: 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander
  • Top 10 Cars That Owners Keep The Longest
  • Sunita Williams  – Needham, MA Astronaut To Fly To ISS on Boeing Commercial Capsule
  • Musk Minute: Launch & Go
  • MIT: Prosthetics With Artificial Intelligence
  • CityHawk eVTOL Flying Car

07-10-18 Tech Talk

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  • Ride of the Week: 2018 Mazda6
  • WalletHub: 2018 Best & Worst Cities To Drive In
  • Musk Minute: Rescue Submarine
  • Brigade Electronics: Reversing Alarm White Noise Generator
  • Infection Prevention Technologies: UV Room Sanitizer

06-19-18 Tech Talk

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  • Ride of the Week: 2018 Nissan Titan
  • Musk Minute: Tesla Data Breach; Chicago Tunnel to O’Hare
  • Volvo Penta Self-Docking Yacht
  • Space Force

05-15-18 Tech Talk

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  • Ride of the Week: 2018 Ford Expedition Platinum Max
  • Musk Minute: Tesla Flattens Management Structure; Quick Falcon 9 Relaunch Turnaround
  • World’s Largest Electric Dump Truck
  • Space Beer
  • Ford Plans To Jettison Sedans

05-08-18 Tech Talk

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  • Ride of the Week: 2018 Volkswagen Golf GTI SE
  • WheelsTV: Pre-Owned Vehicle of the Year Finalists

05-01-18 Tech Talk

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  • Ride of the Week: 2018 Jeep Compass Latitude
  • Musk Minute: Hyper Loop Cargo Deliveries
  • Hyundai Driver Vision System
  • Audi Vehicle to Infrastructure Communication
  • SkyRider Vertical Airplane Seating

04-24-18 Tech Talk

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  • Ride of the Week: 2018 Mitsubishi Mirage GT
  • Pleistocene Park
  • Longest Single Span Covered Bridge – North Blenheim, NY

04-17-18 Tech Talk

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  • Ride of the Week: 2018 Volvo S90
  • Musk Minute: Mars Rocket Preview
  • Sandia Nat’l Laboratories: CO2 Extractor
  • Lawrence Livermore Laboratory: 3D Printed Glass Lenses

04-10-18 Tech Talk 

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  • Ride of the Week: 2018 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross
  • Musk Minute: Space X Broadband Internet Satellites; Next Test of Hyper Loop
  • University of Maryland Engineered Wood

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