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Digital Planet: 17/11/2009

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17/11/2009

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, 17/11/2009

Josh Harris's web life; phone monitoring; Africa's future mobile phones; digital plaster.

Josh Harris's web life. What is the future of mobile phones in Africa?  There's news of a devise which monitors and locates mobile phone use; and the digital plaster which revolutionises hospital care

The former dotcom millionaire, Josh Harris, talks about the film, 'We Live in Public', which charts how he lost tens of millions of dollars when the dotcom bubble burst and why he sees a future where through technology all our lives will be totally exposed.


Colin Grant reports on a new mobile phone devise which when switched on will be able to locate the mobile phone user to within ten metres of his or her actual location.


The technology consultant, Geoffrey Moore, gazes into the rosy future of mobile phone use and development in Africa.


There's report on the trial of a digital plaster in a London hospital which does away with the need for big and expensive machines by the bedside that monitor vital signs.  The disposable digital plaster has the possibility of revolutionising hospital care.

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