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Simon Cox with the latest developments and issues from the world of IT.

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Episode 2: The next silicon city and the granny cloud

Series 8

The next silicon city and the granny cloud

BBC Radio 4 - Click On, Series 8, The next silicon city and the granny cloud

Creating the next silicon valley, and meeting part of the granny cloud, with Simon Cox.

Rupert Goodwins and Simon Cox go on fact-finding missions to Silicon Glen and Silicon Fen to see what lessons have been learnt for the proposed East London Tech City.

Silicon Fen, in Cambridgeshire, is a great success. Silicon Glen, in the Scottish central belt, has many empty lots. Can the government really create the next Silicon Valley in East London? Simon and Rupert find out.

With an ageing population many people are at work trying to find ways to protect our elderly selves in the home, in the least invasive way possible. Simon discovers some of the innovative developments.

And how Newcastle University set up the 'granny cloud' to teach children in developing countries, from their own living rooms.

Producer: Lucy Lloyd.

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