In their book Messrs Bell and Gemmell predict that people with chronic ailments will one day have sensors embedded directly in their bodies that can transmit data about their vital signs wirelessly to other devices such as their phones.

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The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, asked Mr Straw to look at how the privacy afforded to Mary Bell fits with collaborating on a book about the killings.

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So will industry legend Gordon Bell, who co-wrote a book entitled Total Recall about a coming world in which connectivity, cameras, and processing record your life.

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The Home Secretary Jack Straw says he is reviewing the law after it was revealed that child-killer Mary Bell has been paid to collaborate on a book about her life.

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And the government, ever sensitive to the demands of the tabloids, has promised to see if it can legally confiscate Miss Bell's share of the money for the book.

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Jay Bell has drafted a interesting, page-turning book that tours not only the traditional afterlife, but also the afterlives of many different religions as the protagonist, John Grey, works on behalf of Hell to unite all of the varied human pantheons in a war against Heaven to liberate the souls trapped in Purgatory.

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Bell, who, along with fellow researcher Jim Gemmell, is the author of a new book called "Total Recall, " talked with CNN about the advantages and drawbacks of recording one's life in painstaking digital detail.

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