Presented by Aleks Krotoski and produced by Jason Phipps with Samuel Gibbs, Charles Arthur, Shiona Tregaskis and Keith Stuart 

Anki robotics founder Boris Sofman on why it’s a small leap from zippy toys to self-drive cars – podcast

Anki robotics founder Boris Sofman on why it's a small leap from zippy toys to self-drive cars
  
  


This week on Tech Weekly with Aleks Krotoski we discuss the reasons behind a rush by the UK government to get new data laws on the statute before the summer recess of parliament. Aleks speaks to Jim Killock executive director of the Open Rights Group about the dangers of rushing such important legislation and why this might endanger our civil liberties and rights as consumers.

Aleks is also joined by the Guardian tech team in the form of Samuel Gibbs and Shiona Tregaskis to discuss Amazon's recent application in the US to test out its drone delivery system Prime Air and Guardian games editor Keith Stuart give his top five tips for those who have just returned to the world of gaming and are nervous about picking up a controller.

Finally Guardian technology editor Charles Arthur meets Boris Sofman, founder of the robotics company Anki. Boris discusses the recent launch of his Anki Drive toy cars and why the technology running is not so different to the technology behind Google's self-drive car.

 

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