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Towards 2000

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The waves of modern technology are sweeping us towards the turn of the eenturv. What will we do with the tools of this new technology in the home, the office, the factory and the school? How will they change the pattern of life and work over the next two decades?
1: Grains of Sand
The miniature electronic circuit has given us the pocket calculator and the digital watch almost overnight. These slivers of silicon are now changing the way we live and the programme looks at some of the new products abouc t) arrive on the market, and asks how much more change they will bring in the years up to 2000.
Reporter George Lace Producer JOHN EDWARDS long wave only

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Reporter:
George Lace
Producer:
John Edwards
Source: Radio Times

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