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High-tech and mighty

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Rather than being a marketplace for the computer industry's offcasts and seconds, Asian nations are jumping ahead with their own technological revolution. Japan has created innovative telecommunications services, and Singapore's e-communications system is government-controlled and highly organised.

Japan, Asia, Electronic commerce, E-commerce, Technology, Telecommunications, Telecommunication

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Smarty pants

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Research into the use of wearable smart devices is discussed. Possible applications, such as smart clothing which can diagnose health problems and shoes and online jewellery which shows a child's location, are explored.

Product information, Charmed Technology, Intelligent devices, Intelligent machines

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The mouse pad

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Cisco, together with some other technology partners, have fitted out an apartment in Sydney with intelligent technologies to illustrate to architects and electricians how the house of the future might look.

Housing, Design and construction, Dwellings, Technological innovations, Cisco

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