Tech that refuses to die
As Japan axes the use of floppy discs for official government business, presenter Chris Vallance looks at other old tech that's still in use.
As Japan axes the use of floppy discs for official government business, presenter Chris Vallance looks at other old tech that's still in use. From magnetic tape to a clockwork interplanetary rover, he discovers some vintage tech with a future. Also in this edition of Tech Life, we test an app that uses artificial intelligence to identify objects and tells us how to recycle them. And we speak to an expert conserving rhinos in South Africa with the help of nuclear technology.
Presenter: Chris Vallance
Producer: Tom Quinn
(Photo: A hand loads a floppy disc into a disc drive. Credit: Stockbyte/Getty Images)
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