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Wired Wednesday:

ByJohn

This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I spoke about these tech topics for Wired Wednesday with Ben Wilson:

  • Let your ‘hot’ body charge your wearables (source)
  • IT Bed: Your bed now knows how well you slept last night (source)
  • Google Trips: Let Google help plan your next trip (source)

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