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World Service,01 May 2015,23 mins

Energising Tech

Tech Life

Available for over a year

Will Tesla CEO Elon Musk's new idea for home batteries to store solar power catch on? Do the week's torrid financial figures suggest the party's over for Twitter and most other social media platforms? Justin Waller of Vodafone on helping to restore communications in earthquake-hit Nepal. And, the BBC's health editor Hugh Pym reports on the latest ideas for merging technology with medicine. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with special guest Shivvy Jervis, creator and host of the online innovation series Digital Futures. (Image: Rory Cellan-Jones and Shivvy Jervis)

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