As we move to a world in which practically everything can be networked to everything else, we see more and more opportunities for innovation.

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And because the whole system can store so much information, back-up copies of everything in it can be made internally in more than one brick, meaning that such a failure destroys no data.

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"If they don't give you more, then everything that can be done has been done unless you know that there should be more to the story, " Fuentes said.

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London has conclusively shown that by being more realistic in ambition, everything can be done without the heartache and angst of previous games.

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