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Unfazed by the carbon emissions caused by power-hungry gadgets? Then a dream device for you is launching this summer. The world’s largest LCD flat-screen TV was previewed by Sharp Electronics at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 108-inch (274-centimetre) TV beats Panasonic’s previous record holder by 13 centimetres, and its picture is said to be as clear as any plasma model.

If you get frustrated when characters in TV dramas make bad decisions, help is on the way. ShapeShiftedTV, developed by the European NM2 consortium, lets viewers manipulate the storyline via SMS. The technology analyses multiple…

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