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December 6th, 2004
Abstract:
In 2020, whipping out your mobile phone to make a call will be quaintly passé. By then phones will be printed directly on to wrists, or other parts of the body, says Ian Pearson, BT's resident futurologist.
It's all part of what's known as a "pervasive ambient world", where "chips are everywhere."
Source:
BBC News
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