Cybertech: Cybertech

It was a boom year for America. That means lots of people were buying lots of expensive stuff they didn't really need. In other words, it was a bumper year for gadgets. If it wasn't electronic, we made it electronic. If it was already electronic, we combined it with something else electronic, made it smaller and taught it how to play Edelweiss. And somewhere in there we managed to build technologies that will change the way we live, work and relate to one another. It was a great year to be a geek.

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