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Wrist radio dreams move closer to Dick Tracy reality
Woodstock curator Beth Vargo preserves the Tracy legacy while Bell Labs engineers test a microchip wrist communicator. The gadget blends video, voice and computing functions. prototypes shrink to sleeve size, though market appeal remains uncertain. Dick Tracy's famous line echoes as engineers push toward a wearable connected future.
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Beth Vargo
Dick Tracy
Vargo
Chicago
Woodstock
Ill
Tracy
Chester Gould
George Lucas
Gould
Tess Trueheart
Trae
Peter Gammel
Bell Labs
Lucent Technologies
Murray Hill
N.J
National Bureau of Standards
Life
Sanyo
Swatch
Samsung
South Korea
Greg Blonder
At&t Ventures
Blonder
Gammel
Luciano Pavarotti
Boomer Christy
Bedford
Ind
Don Norman