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Wired Wednesday: Feeling Fireworks, self-destructing delivery drones & dolphin therapy in VR

ByJohn

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

  • Feeling Fireworks: new tech brings fireworks to the blind (source)
  • Amazon patents self-destructing delivery drones (source)
  • Now You Can Have ‘Dolphin-Assisted Therapy’ in VR (source)

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