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Wired Wednesday: Biolite’s latest, self-driving wheelchairs and Xperia Touch

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

  • Biolite: New camping tech for the great outdoors (source)
  • MIT develops self-driving wheelchair (source)
  • Sony Xperia Touch: Mobile projector turns any surface into a touchscreen (source)

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