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World Service,30 Jan 2002,26 mins

Do We Expect Too Much From Technology?

Global Business

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The challenge of turning promising new technologies into a reality. A report on why it's difficult to get some forms of technology right from the start. New generation mobile phones and bluetooth technologies are just some of the advances which have not met expectations.

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