Episode 19 Pioneer It Up
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Episode 19: Pioneer It Up
Sunday 11th January 2026 / 21st Rajab 1447AH 14h00 - 15h00 (CAT)
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Episode 19: Pioneer It Up
Sunday 11th January 2026 / 21st Rajab 1447AH 14h00 - 15h00 (CAT)
Transcript
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To dear listeners, it's just past 200 p.m. right here in South Africa. It's our favorite day of the week, Yomul Aad.
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It's the 21st day of Rajab, 14:47 AH, which corresponds to Sunday the 11th of January, 2026.
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I'm Zad Plachies and with me are my co-hosts Nabia and Issa Plachis. Welcome to Level Up where we listen, learn, and
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grow inshallah with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's guidance and we break down the week's news and talk about what really matters to young Muslims today.
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Our WhatsApp line is open. The number is 0727861548.
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You can call in on 01854702 or DM us on.com.
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That's I ov z a c o m.
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Today in the program we are talking all about tech from local Guinness World Records to the latest camera from Fujifilm.
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After the half hour, we are discussing some of the highlights from the biggest tech event in the world, CES 2026.
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But right now, let's take a look at some of the top stories this week.
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Okay, so Western Cape Father and Son team has made South African engineering history by creating the world's fastest
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battery powered drone, reaching speeds that would make most cars jealous.
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Luke Bell and his father Mike Bell have officially earned their place in the Guinness World Records after their
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customuilt quadcopter named Peraggreen 2 achieved an average top speed of 480.23
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km per hour which is fast enough to travel 142 m in a second.
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The achievement comes after months of meticulous design, testing, and overcoming significant technical challenges.
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And their journey began with the original perag green model, which reached an impressive 397 km per hour,
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but was never officially recognized by Guinness World Records.
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Unfaced by this, Luke and Mike went back to the drawing board. According to the official record de documentation,
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the path to success wasn't smooth with several malfunctions during testing, including wires and batteries
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overheating to the point of causing electrical fires. To meet Guinness World Records strict criteria,
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Peraggreen 2 had to complete two successful flights in opposite directions to eliminate the effects of wind conditions.
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During these official runs, the drone actually peaked at an extraordinary 510
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km per hour. Though the official record reflects the average speed across both flights,
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the drone holds official title for fastest ground speed by a battery powered remote controlled quadcopter.
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The record-breaking drone features a lightweight carbon fiber shell that was 3D printed at a local workshop.
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The Bells worked alongside aeroothermal engineer Chris Rosser to perfect the drones aerodynamics and control systems,
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combining high-tech motors and batteries with a completely redesigned streamlined shape.
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This technical this technological triumph builds on an already impressive family legacy in engineering and design.
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Mike Bell, an accomplished architect, designed the iconic Mumbella Stadium in Nelspra, which hosted four matches
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during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. And Luke Bell has established himself as a content creator regularly, reviewing
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drones and cameras on his YouTube and Instagram channels. He also serves as an ambassador for Sony, bringing his
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technical expertise to a wider audience through digital platforms. For drone enthusiasts and engineering fans wanting
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to follow Luke Bell's future projects, his content can be found on YouTube and his Instagram page where he continues to
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showcase show um cutting edge technology and innovation. Wow, that's so interesting.
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Alhamdulillah. Here right here in South Africa, we um breaking Guiney's world records. They they actually it sounds like they set
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the world record but it wasn't really set and then they broke their own record.
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How how cool is that? That that's actually something that you know we all need to strive for to better ourselves.
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So they basically they they they did it and then they bettered themselves and it helps that the surname is um Belle.
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I was going to say that I was I was going to say I wonder if they related to Alexander Graham Bell. Um so it's like
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in their in their blood. We don't know if if if they're related to, but yeah, but I mean maybe maybe it's in in the surname.
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So that's amazing.
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Yeah. I mean um what is it? 400 and what over 400 km an hour. That's like crazy speeds.
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Yeah, it was I think is it 480.23 km per hour.
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480. So almost fast enough to travel 142 m in a second. Sure.
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Oh, but uh um it's very impressive because it just it it shows the capability of those. I mean, that's a
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remote control drone. So, it's like a normal drone that you would use that's obviously being modified. So, um
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imagine the amount of uh content you can capture with that. No, but I mean besides the content because obviously they're talking about uh the sun as a
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content creator but uh imagine like for farming and that type of thing if you can modify those type of drones I mean delivering of
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packages uh medical supplies all those things that could uh I mean if it's going 400
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kilometers it could go into like war torn countries and you know like probably go faster than than the the gunfire or whatever.
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True.
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So, alhamdulillah, I think that's that's that's really a good step and it's a um a good step for 2026, for the new year,
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alhamdulillah. Um for the bells and we wish them all the success, inshallah.
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Amen. Um one of the other big stories this week was Fujifilm. So um I think it
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was last year sometime I had the opportunity the privilege alhamdulillah to go to Fujifilm's head office. Um was that not for a printer?
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Yeah well we have been doing a bit of work with them with Instax. Um we did a few reviews of their uh cameras as well
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but this was for their printers. They have new printers which um you should check on our website iav.com
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because there's printers for home. Um so if you're running a small business or even you know like you're doing homeschooling or something um
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especially now in the beginning of the year and you want to check out you know what's good what type of uh printers are good for you to use.
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Yeah. Yeah. So they've got black and white, they've got color. Um they've got bigger printers for your office as well.
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Um they've got rental options as well because obviously these these printers are very expensive.
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Um and it makes more sense to rent a printer than to buy it outright because
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the thing is um it come you know like there's a lot of maintenance that's involved. They probably um the stores
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that that it's not through Fujifilm, but I mean through their service providers, they probably have some um you know
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deals where you get paper for free or discounted rate or whatever. Yeah. So, so it's something to look at. Um that's
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their whole new range, but I'm not going to go into it right now. Um like I said, you can visit our website.com. There will be some um articles there.
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There's some pictures as well, some videos on our social media as well of the printers and how they work. Um, fantastic printers. You can just uh
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actually send an image from your phone, which which we did as well. And within seconds, it prints it out. Cool.
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So, I mean, you don't have to even have a laptop anymore. You know, before you you had to copy it onto a USB drive and
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put it onto your laptop and then email it or print it or whatever it was, but now you have an app, send it from your phone and you can, you
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know, keep keep those memories or or print those documents making it instant, more instant, which is good.
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And talking about instant, that's the big news from Fujifilm. So, uh, earlier this week, well, actually a few days
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ago, um, in, uh, Tokyo, uh, on the 7th of January, Fujifilm
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unveiled a new Instax camera that blends instant prints with short video clip. So, it's a basically a hybrid Instax.
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Please say that again. They they a camera that blends instant prints. Yes. With short video. How does that work?
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your your print your picture your photograph has a video in it.
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No no no. So um so think of it so think of an Instax right which is instant prints. So you can take a picture and then you can print it out immediately.
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But now this camera has the capability.
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So that's all that it could do. You could take a picture and it prints it out immediately. Right? So there's no storage. There's no memory. There's
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nothing but once once you take the picture it's not stored anywhere. You can't retrieve the image. Yes. Okay. Now I understand. Okay. Okay.
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Now this um because obviously short videos, reals, all these things are a
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trend. They have the capability of taking short video clips as well on this camera.
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Okay. And then it gets stored, I'm assuming. Yeah.
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Okay. Because you definitely can't print that out. So, so they're saying adding a playful twist to it traditional still stills only lineup of compact cameras.
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So, yeah. So, um yeah, I don't think you can print the the the video out.
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Um yeah. So, so basically that's that's that's what it is. So, it's the Instax Mini Evo Cinema is the latest model in
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Fujifilm's Evo series of hybrid instant cameras. Okay, that's cool.
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Yeah. So, we're not only having hybrid cars, we're having hybrid cameras as well. Okay. It captures both stills and video, but its standout trick is turning
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a moment from a video, wait for it, into an Instax print that includes a QR code linking back to the full clip. Ah, okay.
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So, it does print out a picture and then on the picture would be a QR code that you can that links it back to that
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actual video that you made in your on your Instax. That's interesting.
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So, it's it's basically like a um like a thumbnail.
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You print out a thumbnail and then it's got a QR code to to link to the video to continue watching. Okay.
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Okay. So, the camera also So, this this is just like a fun camera. It's got so many neat tricks.
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The camera also leans into nostalgia with a new eras dial which applies effects inspired by different periods of
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film and video history. I think um for the listeners that can Google it because it looks so cool. It's got this little
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um dial on the side and it has different um years almost like a filter.
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Yeah. So it's it is a filter but it goes like 1960 to 1970.
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So you can get that black and white sepia kind of.
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So the way we used to take pictures in the '90s say you can take a picture like that on Instax. So there are 10 era
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styles to choose from ranging from a 1960s 8 mm film look to a 1970s TV style effect. Each adjustable in strength.
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Cool. Why didn't you show me this beforehand? Now I'm going to have to be like a listener. Well, they you you guys can go and Google it now while we're talking. So, I have to Google it while
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um after after the show. But yeah, it sounds cool.
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Yeah, it looks it looks quite cool. And it's it's also um it looks like those handheld video cameras as well.
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Oh, okay. That we used to have a lot of nostalgia.
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So, some even add subtle sound effects while shooting, making the experience feel more like using an old movie camera than a modern gadget.
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So cute. I think there's a lot of these like um retro gadgets that are coming out now. Everyone's feeling nostalgic.
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Yeah. I think it's it's just our age group and who are who are making these products making these things and and and like
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reminiscing on a world that has gone and Yeah. And want to bring bring that back.
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Yeah. So that retro theme continues in the design. And the mini evo cinema features a vertical grip like I said
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inspired by Fujifilm's classic single eight movie cameras from the 1960s.
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I wonder how um what are they? Gen Z and Gen Alpha. I wonder when they look at these things that you know sort of are
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reminiscent of our past. I wonder what they think. You know send us a a comment
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um on in on our social media channels or you know WhatsApp us. So, but at the
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moment I think rather send us on on on the social media channels. Let us know what you think about these retro um type
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of equipment. You know what? How does it make you feel as a kid using these things? Because obviously you won't have
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that same uh nostalgia feeling, you know. So, do you think you know these things are cool? Do you think um
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I think a lot of them do cuz I mean if you look at uh with Issa as well when he finds like some of our old equipment and
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stuff like a Game Boy or Sega Mega Drive or whatever then he himself is like wow because it's something different you
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know and for them to see like um you know like they don't have to go online and they have these little cartridges that they use or uh tapes or you know
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like like those things I I think they advocating more or publicizing more these retro things than we are. Like
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it's our generation that's building it, but it's the younger generation that are using it and um publicizing it
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and you and you find that they like it more. So, let us know, Gen Z, Gen Alpha, if you don't know if you fit in one of
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those. Um, anyone under 30, anyone born in the 2000s.
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So, yeah. So, along with the physical dials and a print lever that gives it an intentional hands-on feel. A companion
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smartphone app lets users edit clips, stitch short videos together, and print images straight from their phone. So,
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the camera can also be used as a portable Instax printer. Oh, cool.
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So, you can like we were talking about their new printers, you can print other pictures on your Instax. Wow.
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So, we just waiting for confirmation from South Africa um what the pricing will be, when it will land, and we'll
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hopefully share that those details with you inshallah. Amen.
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If you would like to join the conversation, our WhatsApp line is 0727861548.
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You can call in on 0185472 or you can DM us on.com
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on social media. That's I l a m. Um we on Instagram, Facebook X,
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LinkedIn, YouTube, Tik Tok as well as threads. Let's go for a break and when we get back we will look at some of the
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new products which were showcased at CES 2026. Inshallah tutoring, mentoring, homeschool
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assistance, concessions, facilitation and more visit after grant academy the dawn of
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excellence and welcome back to level up. If you've
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just tuned in, we have been talking all about the Guiney's world record drone in South Africa and the new Fujifilm Instaxs.
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But right now, we are going to look at the highlights from CES 2026. If you would like to join the conversation, our
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WhatsApp line is open. The number is 0727861548
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or you can call in on 0118547022 or you can even DM us on iil.com that's
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i o v e z a c o m. For those who are hearing us say CES throughout the
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program and are not sure what it is, it is the Consumer Electronics Show, which
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is an annual trade show where major tech companies and startups unveil new products and innovations.
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Industry professionals, media and tech enthusiasts, not the general public, attend the show,
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which is primarily hel primarily held in Las Vegas. Let's look at some of the products announced at the 2026 show.
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I like the way he says not the general public. Um, so what is it? an exclusive
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Issa. Was Issa there at the thing? So, this happened this week, the 6th to the 9th of January. It
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normally happens at the beginning of uh January and it is the biggest tech show I think in the world.
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Yeah. Okay. So, Issa, tell us some of the products.
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So, the paper battery by Flint is a bioderadable, non-toxic, and nonexlosive battery made from zinc and manganese.
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This is a great example of amana stewardship of the earth. How can we
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support green tech that doesn't harm the planet?
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I like that because um you know lately we've been talking a lot about stewardship which is actually it actually means accountability
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um and that you know that basically says like the question you asked how can we support green tech that doesn't harm the
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planet. So these paper batteries doesn't have you know toxic materials that are harming our planet which is you know you
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know if we harm our planet we're obviously harming the future generations. So, it's basically, you know, holding ourselves accountable to
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make sure that we're looking after our planet.
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And I think also, um, the fact that it's batteries and batteries are used quite a lot, number one, and number two, they
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are very harmful like you said. Um, besides the fact, um, that it has those those chemicals, the chemicals leak sometimes.
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Um, yeah, I've heard of that. And they always say don't dispose it um just in your your your bin. You must dispose of
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it. Um what are those things called those? Um they have they have special things for that, isn't it?
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Yeah. So it's electronic waste. Yeah.
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Yeah. So a lot of us don't realize how harmful our batteries actually are.
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Yeah. So it's a it's it's a huge improvement. And this is just some of the stuff that um CES showcases.
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Yeah. And like there's even like other types of batteries like you get your normal batteries that you use all the
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time for stuff and then like there's other batteries. Um I think they're even making uh rechargeable batteries now.
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Yeah, rechargeable batteries have been around for a long time.
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But are those also um harmful? The rechargeable the same concept. It's just the fact that um you can use it for a longer
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period as opposed to normal not single use but um you know like um yeah not
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rechargeable and um these paper batteries did you read anything about them also including um rechargeable paper paper batteries?
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I don't think they've reached that stage yet. Um it's a fairly new concept and I think um you know as technology gets
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adopted the most important thing is it needs to get adopted um people start needs to start using it and then they
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can put more research and development into it. Um, but I think if it's a paper
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battery, I don't think you'd want it to be rechargeable um, in the sense that uh, you know, like
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you would want it would be like a single use in inverted commas type of battery.
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U, but it's it's interesting to see and yeah, we'll we'll see hopefully next year inshallah we'll have more updates
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on it. Maybe there there's some new improvements on it inshallah.
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Algae Cloid and humanoid robots. Algae and Nvidia
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debuted physical AI robots that can fold laundry and assist around the house.
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Do you think these robots will help us spend more time with family or just make us lazier? Definitely
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more time with family definitely not make us lazier. This is exactly what we were talking about.
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Yeah, we spoke about it just just a few weeks ago in fact and I said once AI can start doing these things which algae and
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Nvidia or Nvidia however you say it have come together and they've made this
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humanoid called cloid. Um and it can do fold laundry. I mean that's the task that we want them to do.
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Exactly. It's not about making us lazier. No, we can also do these things.
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But the thing is these are the dare I say mundane things that for most of us
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you know like we still have this to do and if we're if we're not doing this then it's just going to pile up and we
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have to do it some some other time because we have other things that needs to get done or you know I mean a lot of
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people you know dismiss this but spending time with family you you shouldn't really put a clock on that.
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No, you shouldn't. And um it literally piles up the washing like you say. So if that that can be done, it will save a
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lot of time. And I think we are moving into this generation and it's the now
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gen what are they alpha or we by beta um the ones who are born are beta.
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Okay. But the the new generation are moving to spending more quality time. So they are looking at ways at which we can
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and obviously um the people who are inventing these things or manufacturing these products they are also looking at
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ways of how to make it so that we spend more quality time with our families inshallah.
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Samsung Galaxy Z trifold a massive 10 in folding display that fits in your
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pocket. This is the everything device from studying Quran to editing videos on the go.
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Sure. Alhamdulillah. I don't know uh so much. I'm not going to comment on Samsung and their folding technology because
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we know that it's biased and in biased in the way that you do not like it. um
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the fold was not a good idea because you the the fold that you had um does not
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work at all now and you you've actually read many reviews about so no you you should actually say something because
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there's people out there okay maybe there are some good stories about those who have folds but a lot of the people
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who have fold and flip phones especially from Samsung tend to um they had that creep in the middle. They don't work properly.
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Yeah, I think we we did do some honest reviews and we were supposed to do phones, but we just never got to it. So, I think in another episode we will touch
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on phones. Um we're talking all about CES. We're talking about innovation and um you know, let's let's stick to that and not um dampen the mood, not give our reviews on that. Okay.
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Okay. Um but yeah, I think um the the most important thing like Issa said is
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uh we don't think about uh you know like the halal environment you know you think of what what can your
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phone do but there's stuff like you know you have your Quran you have your prayer times you have um a tasby counter you
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have all these things that you can do with a phone um and obviously the bigger the screen or um the more compact
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whatever you you like to do um you know you can do this now on your devices. So
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I think that's that's a very important thing especially looking at these tech shows um these new devices and gadgets
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and stuff is how do we fit it into our lifestyle our Islamic lifestyle how how
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do we make it in inverted commas like Isa says halal.
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So yeah I I think it was nice that he touched on that um Quran uh what did he
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say? he said, uh, studying the Quran from it and editing videos.
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Lego smart play system, bricks with tiny sensors that react to motion and sound.
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Lego is re-imagining play in a digital age without losing the tactical feel of traditional toys.
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That's actually tactile. tactile is um something that you feel.
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Yeah. Um so I think Lego as well. So even so it's not only just gadgets, it's
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toys as well um that showcased at at CES and I I think Lego has
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been innovating a lot lately. They've um been pioneering a lot in the um toy space or uh what what do we call it?
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play space I would say. Yeah.
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Yeah. Um and uh you know there was a time where where they they they took a
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dip and uh they just reinvented themselves and now with all the collabs that they do like with F1 and all that
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let's put them back on the map and they're obviously um spending more in research and development in looking at
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other ways in which to connect. I mean I know one of the things Issa now with with your Lego is they have an app as well.
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Yes. It's called Lego Builder app. So um let me just tell you like a few things that's in the app. So like they have
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like different sets, right? But you know those like sets where they just have like a packet? They don't have like
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those type of like like they don't have like any smaller sets. They only have like the bigger sets with the boxes. And
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so I've tried it like on a few like sets like the F1 ones.
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And um it it's actually quite cool, but like sometimes if I don't know how to
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use something, I just go back to the normal thing, the normal instructions that come in the the book.
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Yeah. Oh, but I like to use the app cuz then it's like a 3D like instructions.
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Okay, that's nice.
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I thought the whole point of Lego was to build something from your own imagination, you know, like you don't have to always follow the instructions.
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You know, sometimes just use your imagination and imagine like maybe um a wing where a beak should be or something.
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when you kept on saying imagine, I was like imagine imagining um it's time for
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macro. But um yeah, it it is I think you can um have imaginative play as well
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with Lego, but I think it's a more for the enthusiasts that want to build specific um that's why Issa said it's
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the the bigger bigger sets. So like the F1 set um you know you get these ones where you have like the Taj Mahal and
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the London Bridge and all that. So you you don't want it to look like something else. Um, so it's mainly for those and I
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think the 3D like isa said with the app where you can actually you know like see different sides of it where um it's just
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2D in a book so you can't really see you know like if you made a mistake cuz lots of us do we um skip without even
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thinking a step and it could change the whole design of of the um thing. But
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that's a lot of Lego that you're talking about.
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No, but I also wanted to just go back to what he said. Um, Lego smartplace system that was showcased at the CES. Um, so
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they mentioned this um what was it? Uh, tiny sensors that react to motion and sound. And that's actually very good
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because nowadays you know like um basically it's in inclusivity.
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It's including children who have um certain uh um disabilities, you know, so
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that would help them to to to you know have that motion and who would need that motion and sound um sensors. Yeah.
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Yeah. No, alhamdulillah. A lot of these um innovations in the tech uh that come out of CES are really looking at how
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they can better society and better the world inshallah.
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The other thing I also wanted to say on the Lego thing, I don't know if you noticed like if you go to Lego Santin
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City, they have this thing where you can take like a a box and then show it on
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like this this screen and then it um it like makes it like real life kind of
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thing like make the bricks move and stuff like that. Right. Okay. That's interesting.
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Let's take a deep dive into the biggest theme of 2026. AI moving from screens
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into the real world. Nvidia's Reuben platform, the the successor to
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Blackwell designed to power the next generation of AI. Nvidia's Nvidia
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CEO Jensen Huang talked about a genic AI
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AI that doesn't just answer questions but performs tasks for you.
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Yeah. So uh I don't know if you can remember Nabia but um at Singularity or even ISSA Singularity U South Africa
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Summit they spoke a lot about agentic AI um and that's basically um an agent an
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AI agent. So, a lot of these like virtual assistants, you know, um AI that's doing tasks for you. Um and I mean not humanoids like folding laundry.
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Um but you know, like just um you know, scheduling your day. Um you know, reminding you that you have some
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meetings or um booking appointments for you or whatever it is. Uh tasks like a personal assistant basically. and they
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call them um that's now called Agentic AI.
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AI for accessibility wheel move and add on that turns manual
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wheelchairs into smart power assisted vehicles.
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Subtle voice buds, earbuds that can transcribe speech in a noisy room or even a whisper.
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That's actually that is very interesting. um transcribe speech in a noisy room.
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I just saw Anabia's eyes light up because I know um she
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uh likes those type of things where um she could just whisper something and then it starts transcribing.
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No, I actually I I I used to tell you that I wish that uh I had something that would just take all my thoughts from my
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head without me even having to say anything or type anything and have my thoughts being transcribed. But I mean even a whisper would be fine.
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Yeah. So um we we're moving ahead. Let's say we're moving ahead. Alhamdulillah.
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Alhamdulillah. But also that um manual wheelchairs that um are power assisted that's very good.
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Yeah, it's um I think you know something that that that's needed because not everybody has the assistance
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um to help them when they have a wheelchair. So sometimes, you know, you by yourself and um
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this add-on that turns the manual wheelchairs into smart power assisted vehicles um is something that that is
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needed in in a lot of places and alhamdulillah we hope that you know like it it continues and it is a success inshallah.
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So, um, talking about AI as an agent, I think, you know, if if they're going to start making decisions for us, and we
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spoke a little bit about it earlier, is it needs to be in an in a halal environment.
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So, we have to think about, you know, like how they're going to tell us um to buy and and I've seen it, you know, I've seen it. I think I'm not sure if it was
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Mr. D or Uber Eats, one of the apps. I think it was Mr. if I'm not mistaken where you know you set it on halal
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and they actually had a non-halal store under halal. Oh gosh.
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Yeah. So a lot of us say so say for example um we know that uh there's two halal
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spurs say right uh that are in the area but um there's a third spur that's
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non-halal but it's also in the area and they pick that up thinking that all three of the spurs are halal
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and yet you set it to halal. So everyone basically we we need to always just be aware all the time. So be aware. I mean,
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if it sells um those products that you know are not halal, go for it. Go check it out first. Check out the entire menu.
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Check that it definitely is a halal place. Um don't just blindly follow. And that goes with everything as well. You
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know, when you go into a store and you um look at products, don't just immediately get something. Go check the ingredients. You you know I noticed I
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can't remember if I heard it somewhere or I read it somewhere that they say you know you are a Muslim when you are the one always always checking ingredients from a product.
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No but you have to check and I think um you know like we we we think that it's um funny or you know like um it's
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something that doesn't need to be done but these AI things actually tell you that they can make mistakes. Yes. You know, yes, they do say that
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and you must fact check and we have to as Muslims, we have to fact check. We have to make sure that these things that we are consuming are not harmful.
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Um they're not um you know like like like for example, you want to open up a
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bank account, right? and you ask this AI to do it and they choose an account that has rebar that has interest in it or
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you're making some you know some financial decision and you go with it because you've put in your specs of what you want but um they make a mistake.
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Yeah. So, and it can be detrimental because you go and and and you then sign these documents or whatever and you get into this contract and you don't realize
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that you shouldn't have been in it in the first place. Should always wear the fine print.
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So, yeah. So, so there's a lot of things that we have to as Muslims um take cognizance of especially with this new
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agentic AI and that includes your simple things that you don't even realize like a lot of the people use um Uber Eats and Mr.
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Delivery and all these other apps. You set it to halal but you still have to be careful. You see halal stamp on a product but you still have to read the ingredients. I mean always just check.
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Yeah. No, definitely.
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Okay. So, um I think uh focusing on where we spend most of our time, it's our homes, right? And IKEA
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has a smart home debut, right? So, you know, IKEA uh you build everything from from scratch. There's
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always these memes about um things that you have to build with IKEA, but I think it's quite quite a good concept. Anyway,
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so AKA released um 21 matter compatible devices, including $6 smart bulbs and
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magnetic remotes, making smart homes affordable for students and young families. That's cool. That's very good.
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Yeah. I mean, um you know, you want to have a smart home. It looks cool. It, you know, everything is connected and everything. Um but now they're making it
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uh affordable. Another product is privacy first tech. So it's called punct MCO3. It's a new smartphone designed to
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eliminate tracking and profiling and we know in Islam privacy is is very
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high on the list. And I think um it's about time we start giving our data away for free on these apps. And just you
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know I I try my utmost to put location off. So, because I don't know if you've noticed, but Google will always send you
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something. You've never you don't even type it in. You don't even put it in maps or anything. And they'll say to you, um, you visited Nisamia today. How was it? Please rate it.
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You know, and okay, how do you know that I was there? My location is off. Um, I didn't use my phone. It's not connected
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to the internet or anything when I'm going there because I'm going there to make salah and you asking me how asia.
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So already that that is um you know questionable.
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Um so I mean a phone that eliminates tracking and profiling I think alhamdulillah it would be good um for
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our Muslim brothers and sisters inshallah.
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Wireless power willow alignment free wireless charging that powers devices
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over the air. No more tangle cables on your desk.
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Okay, there was other uh products. So, there's a lot to get through and I think we're not even going to get through half the stuff today. Um, one of the things
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was I think it was HP that released a keyboard that has a builtin mini CPU. So
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you can now instead of carrying around a laptop, you carry around this keyboard and you can connect it to any screen and then just start working. Um so that was
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one of the things and then um another thing uh was the AI in cars. So
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it's more than just self-driving. Now, the cars have not have digital cockpits that monitor your health and stress
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levels while you drive, which a lot of them do because they do tell you to take a break as well.
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Yes. No, but imagine the stress level for those who are road rages. Yeah. I can Can you just picture it?
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I can because as it is, you know, sometimes when we're driving a lot, then you have that you've driven for too long, take a
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break, take a coffee break or something like that. But now it'll be like you're getting too stressed out. Go to pull over.
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Even like like let's say you yawning and then it it says you tired take a break from driving or something.
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Can you imagine that you you know they they basically just want you to pull over where you are. You know you know
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when they detect that you're feeling tired or you know you've been driving so for so long. wherever you are, they want you to just pull over and take a break.
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Can you imagine?
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Yeah. They're going to start pulling over for you. And that's going to be um you know, something that we'll get get
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to that in in another episode because there was a whole Whimo thing where the power grid was off and they just created a whole jam traffic.
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And I believe you said there's a lot more for the CES. Maybe you should, you know, continue it in another episode.
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No, we definitely will because um we didn't even talk about, you know, we were talking about halal uh consideration and there's there's
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companies, food companies as well um that have halal certification, but I think uh technology is a tool um not a
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master. We must remember that. And CS 2026, we saw the future is faster and smarter, but also needs a moral compass.
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Um, so as young Muslims, our role is to be the producers of ethical tech, not just the consumers of it. Inshallah,
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very, very, very important. Like we said, don't just be a follower, be someone who is aware, don't you think?
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Yes. Inshallah.
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Inshallah. Amen. Okay. So, once again, if you'd like to join the conversation during the week, you can do so on our
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to read all the articles and all of the things that we've spoken about as well.
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Just to our dear listeners for joining us on this lovely Sunday afternoon. Keep
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healthy, rest well, and all the best for this new week ahead. Inshallah, for all of those who are starting work again,
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school again, and all of that, inshallah. Join us every Sunday, inshallah, from 2 to 300 p.m. right here
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