About this podcast
The HyTech Podcast, spelt H-Y, is where Rob Hygate explores the technology shaping the real world.
Rob is the founder and CTO of eWATER Services and has spent his working life building and applying technology across software, embedded systems, IoT, mobile payments, communications, infrastructure and water technology.
Each episode cuts through the hype to look at what’s actually changing, from AI and software development to connected devices, automation, engineering and the technologies transforming how organisations operate.
HyTech is about practical technology, real-world implementation and the ideas worth paying attention to.
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Episodes
- When is Ai not Ai · 14 minThis episode explores why people react differently to art once they learn it was made with AI. Using examples from music, images, and recent industry moves at Deezer, SoundCloud…
- Scarcity Is a Choice: AI, Pointless Jobs and the Case for Abundance · 19 minThis episode argues that AI will not simply create a new jobs crisis, but will expose a long-standing economy built on scarcity, pointless work and badly measured unemployment…
- Solving the World's Water Crisis with AI Data Centres · 19 minThis episode explores how AI’s biggest constraint may no longer be chips or model quality, but electricity. Using Microsoft’s cancelled UK data centre deal and the wider scramble…
- Hytech Sailing · 17 minThis episode looks at how rapid advances in satellite communications, positioning, onboard cameras and autonomy are reshaping sailing, especially for boats far from help. Drawing…
- Made in Kenya · 18 min · Episode 3This episode looks at what “made in Kenya” really means for electronics and hardware. Using examples from Nairobi and Seoul, it explains the difference between kit assembly…
- App Builders · 15 minThis episode examines the latest wave of AI app-building tools from Replit, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, and argues that the real issue is no longer how fast people can make…
- AI in eWater · 14 minIn this inaugural HyTech episode, Rob Hygate reflects on a week of major AI announcements from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google, focusing less on benchmark gains and more on what…
