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Jan 2025
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The Future of Gifts: The cutting-edge te...

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In this special episode of Third Angle, we’re looking back at some of the innovative tech, toys and gadgets we have featured on the podcast. From model kits that contain life-like details of fighter jets, to ear buds with 360 degree spatialized sound, to top-of-the-range electronic keyboards, to interactive robotic toys, we are celebrating the future of gifting.

We head to Copenhagen to talk to Morten Urup, the VP of Consumer Devices at communications company Jabra, then to the HQ of consumer electronics company Casio in Wembley, London to hear some beautiful music from their latest Privia keyboard range. We then hop across the pond to Rhode Island for an inside look at the magical world of Hasbro and their innovative Furby toys, and finally to Airfix’s HQ in Kent, UK, where Product Designer Chris Joy tells us about the work that goes into their model kits.

Find out more about Jabra here.
Find out more about Casio here.
Find out more about Hasbro here.
Find out more about Airfix here.

Your host is Paul Haimes from industrial software company PTC.

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This is an 18Sixty production for PTC. Executive producer is Jacqui Cook. Sound design and editing by Clarissa Maycock. Location recordings by Lærke Sivkjær, Hannah Dean and Georgia Wright. Music by Rowan Bishop.

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