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Tech Revolution to Inch into What We Wear

Google Glass | Source: Google

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Emma Clark

19 July 2013

"The revolution will be wearable. Only, like most technology revolutions, it will not come as fast or in quite the form that the visionaries predict. That is the safe bet for what is quickly becoming Silicon Valley’s most hyped new claim: that 'smart' devices like watches and glasses represent that next front in personal computing."

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