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Tech Life discovers and explains the ways technology is changing our lives, wherever we are in the world.

Tech Life discovers and explains the ways technology is changing our lives, wherever we are in the world. We meet the people with bright ideas for rethinking the way we work, learn and play, and get hands-on with the products they dream up. We hold tech giants to account for their huge power to affect our lives, and ask who wins, and who loses, in the technology transformation. Tech Life is your guide to a future being made, and remade, at lightning speed in front of our eyes.

Tech Life: The Apple Watch is Coming

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13/03/2015

The Apple Watch is Coming

BBC World Service - Tech Life, The Apple Watch is Coming

Will the Apple Watch kick-start the wearable tech market? Rory Cellan-Jones presents.

Will the Apple Watch kick-start the wearable tech market? Plus we look at the role of smartphones in medical research and the technology of Formula 1. Rory Cellan-Jones presents.

Apple's smart watch goes on sale next month. Olivia Solon, technology editor of the Daily Mirror, tells us what she thinks, and whether it will revolutionise the wearables market. Dr Max Little from Aston University tells us how smartphones are helping medical research, and Craig Wilson, boss of Williams Advanced Engineering, talks about putting Formula 1 technology into buses and trams. Jane Wakefield and Matt Wall also have the latest news from the online tech desk. Rory Cellan-Jones presents.

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