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2000: A Portable Computer for Kids? | Tomorrow's World | BBC Archive
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7:01Now PlayingLindsey Fallow joins a group of school children on a field trip to the Birmingham canals, to test out a prototype portable, touch-screen computer that incorporates a mobile phone, internet access, handwriting recognition and even a camera. It's called a Handler, and has been designed for just this type of scenario by a group of engineers at Birmingham University, including Professor Mike Sharples, who is on hand to observe how the children use the techology. What will the kids themselves make of it, and will it help them with their project?
Introduced by Philippa Forrester and Peter Snow.
Clip taken from Tomorrow's World, originally broadcast on BBC One, 12 January, 2000.
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