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Welcome to the 21st century, Sussex County Council

Projectors, out. Tablets, in.

We hope Sussex's projectors weren't this old. (Photo by Flickr user Steve Wilson, used under a Creative Commons license)

In today’s encouraging, if laughable, news: Sussex County Council has left its 1990s technology behind in exchange for some more “modern” equipment.
The earth-shattering news is reported by local beach paper the Cape Gazette, which itself jests, “A ceremony may be in order marking the demise of the projector and pull-down portable screen that for years have been used to show images in Sussex County Council chambers.”
As the paper reports, staff can now use a smart tablet instead of relying on a projector and display boards and the podium has been updated to accommodate wheelchairs. Read more about how Sussex is attempting to get hip to the times below.
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