WeAreDevelopers Logo WeAreDevelopers
Sign in
For You LIVE
WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Aug 18, 2026

Fake or News: Smart Glasses in Court, Medical Advice Watches & Mushroom Electonics - Jason Torres

Chris Heilmann , Daniel Cranney

Jason Torres proves the line between technological breakthroughs and pure satire has officially vanished. Dive into the bizarre reality of fungal electronics, corporate hyper-surveillance, and modern developer workflows.

Pause
Mute Enter Fullscreen
#1 about 1 min

Repurposed phones as data centers and smart glasses coaching

Evaluating the reality of repurposing retired phones as data centers and using smart glasses for witness coaching.

#2 about 1 min

Elderly lottery winner funds illegal drug empire with jackpot

The bizarre true story of an elderly man using his lottery jackpot for illicit drug manufacturing.

#3 about 2 min

Mandatory AI employee tracking and living fungal electronic devices

Examining the concepts of mandatory AI agents for tracking developers and living electronic devices made of mycelium.

#4 about 1 min

Smart health rings providing real-time AI medical advice

The feasibility of smart rings providing real-time medical advice through built-in AI agents.

#5 about 1 min

AI employee monitoring and intensive hardware durability testing labs

How AI monitors employee manners and the intensive methods used in hardware durability labs.

#6 about 1 min

Tiny self-organizing robots utilizing sound waves for intelligent grouping

Tiny robots that use sound waves to self-organize into intelligent groups.

#7 about 1 min

Audit tools for vibe code and body heat batteries

The emergence of audit tools flagging AI-generated code patterns and charging phone batteries with body heat.

#8 about 2 min

AI slowing human aging and trivia game leaderboard results

Analyzing a claim about AI reducing human aging and reviewing the final trivia game scores.

Matching moments

4:05 min

Evaluating emerging tech headlines in the fake or news segment

Chris Heilmann Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

5:42 min

Evaluating bizarre tech headlines in fake or news segment

Chris Heilmann Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

3:31 min

Testing technology knowledge with real and generated headlines

Chris Heilmann Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

4:10 min

Evaluating technology headlines in a fake news game

Chris Heilmann Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

8:28 min

Testing tech headlines in fake or news

Chris Heilmann Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

7:22 min

Deciphering absurd technology headlines and AI product announcements

Chris Heilmann Chris Heilmann +3 · LIVE

More from WeAreDevelopers LIVE

Fake or News - Claude's DNA Discovery, Quick Cloning & Crime on Insta thumbnail
6:07
5 days ago

Fake or News - Claude's DNA Discovery, Quick Cloning & Crime on Insta

Andrew MacLean, Daniel Cranney, Christian Heilmann

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Playing in Production thumbnail
1:06:40
5 days ago

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Playing in Production

Andrew MacLean, Daniel Cranney, Christian Heilmann

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Is CSS Catching Up to Flash? thumbnail
1:03:33
19 days ago

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Is CSS Catching Up to Flash?

Chris Heilmann, Daniel Cranney, Bramus Van Damme

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Project Chopin: Make Your Team and Agents Play Along thumbnail
1:21:17
26 days ago

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Project Chopin: Make Your Team and Agents Play Along

Chris Heilmann, Daniel Cranney, Krzysztof Cieślak

Fake or News - AI Toothbrushes, Carrier Pigeon Tech & Life on Mars - Krzysztof Cieślak thumbnail
4:23
27 days ago

Fake or News - AI Toothbrushes, Carrier Pigeon Tech & Life on Mars - Krzysztof Cieślak

Chris Heilmann, Daniel Cranney

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Open Source Agent Toolkits thumbnail
1:00:38
about 1 month ago

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Open Source Agent Toolkits

Chris Heilmann, Daniel Cranney, Eddie Jaoude

Related videos

AI Boss Deletes Emails with AI, Stopping Ageing & Battery Life Breakthrough - Kumar McMillan thumbnail
3:54
LIVE • 7 months ago

AI Boss Deletes Emails with AI, Stopping Ageing & Battery Life Breakthrough - Kumar McMillan

Chris Heilmann, Daniel Cranney

Fake or News - AI Music Detectors, Translating Ancient Languages & Tiny Heads in Teslas - Eddie Jaoude thumbnail
6:16
LIVE • about 1 month ago

Fake or News - AI Music Detectors, Translating Ancient Languages & Tiny Heads in Teslas - Eddie Jaoude

Chris Heilmann, Daniel Cranney

Fake or News: AI Agents Hire Each Other, Spider-Man Ads in Cars & RAM Thieves - Marc Plogas thumbnail
5:46
LIVE • about 1 month ago

Fake or News: AI Agents Hire Each Other, Spider-Man Ads in Cars & RAM Thieves - Marc Plogas

Chris Heilmann, Daniel Cranney, Marc Plogas

Fake or News: Coding on a Phone, Emotional Support Toasters, ChatGPT Weddings and more - Anselm Hannemann thumbnail
4:55
LIVE • 9 months ago

Fake or News: Coding on a Phone, Emotional Support Toasters, ChatGPT Weddings and more - Anselm Hannemann

Chris Heilmann, Daniel Cranney

Fake or News: Burrito Drones, Plagiarising Prompts and Eating AI Art - Fake or News - Andrew Burnett-Thompson and David Burleigh thumbnail
3:56
LIVE • 8 months ago

Fake or News: Burrito Drones, Plagiarising Prompts and Eating AI Art - Fake or News - Andrew Burnett-Thompson and David Burleigh

Chris Heilmann, Daniel Cranney, Andrew Burnett Thompson, David Burleigh

Fake or News - AI Toothbrushes, Carrier Pigeon Tech & Life on Mars - Krzysztof Cieślak thumbnail
4:23
LIVE • 27 days ago

Fake or News - AI Toothbrushes, Carrier Pigeon Tech & Life on Mars - Krzysztof Cieślak

Chris Heilmann, Daniel Cranney

Related articles

From learning to earning

Jobs that call for the skills explored in this talk.