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Radio 4,16 Aug 2016,20 mins

The watch using haptic technology to help you tell the time. Plus Paralympic swimmer Hannah Russell

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The new generation of watch. Ian Macrae demonstrates a watch which uses Haptic technology and enables you to tell the time by a series of vibrations. Tom Walker goes to Salford to meet Paralympic swimmer Hannah Russell as she makes her final preparations for Rio. She'll be competing in the Fifty and One Hundred metres Freestyle, and the One Hundred metres backstroke. She made her Paralympic debut aged sixteen at London 2012, walking away with three medals. What can she achieve this time round ? And more on the challenges of recording your assessment interviews when applying for things like Personal Independence Payments PIPS). Presented by Peter White Producer Cheryl Gabriel. Editor Beverley Purcell. Guest; Hannah Russell Guest; Ian McCrae.

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