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World Service,30 Jan 2015,26 mins

Chip and Skin

Tech Life

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Presenter Rory Cellan-Jones visits a new high-tech building in Stockholm, Sweden, where he has a microchip implanted in his hand that functions as security pass, gives you access to your computer and printer, and lets you pay for things in the work café. What do Apple and Facebook's blazing financial results tell us about the companies and the balance of the World economy? Amid worries about whether we can trust companies with increased gathering of our health data, we hear one view on how we fail to make best use of the data we already have, from our special guest Karalee Close from Boston Consulting Group. We learn how children's toys could be an easy target for hackers to make mischief. And, what do you do if your chosen restaurant doesn’t deliver, but you can’t be bothered to go out for food? Reporter Dave Lee finds out. With Jane Wakefield and Leo Kelion from the BBC Online technology desk. (Photo: The BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones has a microchip implanted into his hand.)

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