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Strap on your smartwatches and adjust your metaphorical lab goggles. This Radiothon episode is all about the speculative future of wearable tech and dramatic science explainers. From continuous glucose monitors quietly live‑streaming blood sugar, to speculative glasses that let us see UV patterns in nature, heat leaking from our houses, or live subtitles for reality, we ask: when does “assistive” become “enhanced”… and who gets to decide?
Join Dr Cat and Clayton Wimshurst to chat science and speculation. We’ll invite you to design your dream body upgrade, and explore how augmented senses could help (or haunt) our communities. All while raising funds to keep JOY’s very real community signal loud, proud and on‑air. Science with JOY – because curiosity is our favourite wearable.
As an added bonus, Dr Cat DID end up jumping into 10°C waters in Launceston after raising enough funds during this episode.
Originally aired 15th June, 2026.
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