Week in video: Vintage toys and future tech

While our fellow CNET editor was busy opening up a vintage Texas Instruments Speak & Spell and hacking a portable speaker system for his MP3 player, future technology in how we communicate was being shaped.

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Hacked Speak & Spell plays MP3s

CNET's Donald Bell shows off his "Speak-er Spell," a vintage toy he's hooked up to his modded MP3 player. The results? Wait until the end of the video to see everything it can do.

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SF Bay Bridge sliding in new section

Close to our headquarters in San Francisco, a chunk of the Bay Bridge is ready to be destroyed and placed with a more seismically-friendly span. Watch the artist rendition of how the project will be operated as CNET News.com's Daniel Terdiman discusses the logistics.

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New video conferencing technology

And CNET News.com's Dawn Kawamoto talks about the future of video conferencing. Right now, Apple has a snazzy look and feel with iChat, but check out other technologies in the works that look like they come straight out of...well, the future.

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