28/11/2011 Blue Peter

Today we're bringing you the amacing new technology that turns

the T-shirt you're wearing into a video game. And barney meets the

performers who can turn the oddest stuff into musical instruments!

Hello and welcome to Blue Peter. As you can sigh o see Barney is not by

my side. He's working very hard in pantomime. I think he's playing

dress up. Look at this picture he sent me. I can't look. I'm not

sailing this ship alone. I'm joined by CBBC's newest Action Man. Rav

Wilding is a full-bodied Action Man. He uses his investigating skills on

the BBC show Crimewatch and goes out as a roving reporter for The

One Show. You joined Blue Peter's extended family, we thought you can

-- Did such a good job, we wanted you to to come and fill Barney's

shoes. I have have to ask you about the adventure show you did the

Arctic. It was really, really hard. We were out in the Arctic, swimming

in the icy sea. What was the hardest thing? I think it was the

swim we had to do. It was a few, it was chunks of eyes next to us. It

was pretty cold. You did that, but you were nervous about wearing that.

It's not mine. It's a special T- shirt. It's a treat having Rav with

us for the day. We thought we would let you ask some questions. If you

are watching live, e-mail us a question for Rav. You can ask me

anything. Anything you want to ask, what it's like presenting Cop

School. Or maybe what I want to have for Christmas! Helen take note.

If you find yourself in a bit of trouble there are lots of places

and people you can turn to. One of them is a free 24 hour phone line

called ChildLine. Over the last years, ChildLine has helped 2.6

million children. They have high profile supporters. This is Marvin

from JLS. I'm lucky enough to be in one of the best bands ever. We have

had five number one singles and won Brit awards. When I was 12 years

old I was bullied. It really got to me. I know how important it is when

you need someone to talk to. That's why I support these guys. ChildLine

launched in 1986 and started as a freephone line for children to talk

to. ChildLine is still being inunnated with calls... These days

there are more than 1,000 trained council -- Counsellors working for

ChildLine Does it get upsetting for you? It is. But we're pleased they

have been brave and get in touch. There are trained councillors. Why

did you contact ChildLine. I felt lonely and isolated. Nobody to talk

to. Did you feel confident that everything you told them was

confident and -- Confidential and private. At first it was strange

talking about my problems. But a councillor was comforting and

helped. When I was younger I used to get bullied as well, if I had

not spoken to my parents about it. It might have been more of a

serious problem. You have trained as a councillor, things have

massively changed for you? started to train last year and

completed before Christmas. You are taking phone calls from people, who

were like yourself, getting bullied I'm checking out the bullying

thread on the ChildLine website. I remember writing this two years ago.

I was explaining to the guys that come on to the bullying thread

there's always someone who will listen to you, and so you should

never be squared to pick up the phone or go on the messaging board

and get it off your chest and know there's a voice for someone to

listen to you. They bully me because I have a packed lunch and

like reading and writing, and they tease me because I walk to school.

Two boys physically hurt me, and hope she did something about it.

And hopefully it stopped now. No matter how big or small you think

your problem may be, it's good to get it off your chest. Almost time

to ask. Before I go, here are guys on tour of ChildLine. They are here

to see what goes on behind the scenes. They don't know I'm here.

I'm Marvin from JLS. I will give you a hug for having a JLS bag. So

you're a fan? Yeah. Who is your favourite member? You! Great answer.

I used to get bullied 4 when I was younger for wearing glasses. People

used to call me all sorts of names. When was important, I learned I

needed to talk to someone. No matter how big or small you think

it is, know there's always someone to listen to you, if you have got

any problems. It has been fantastic meeting the young people and

meeting David and his amazing story. He has become a councillor, so it's

inspwraigsal. ChildLine does amazing things. Thank you Marvin.

And that is a fantastic organisation. It really is. I had a

tough time when I was at school and kids tried to bully me. To know

there's an organisation where kids can phone in, and there will be

someone 24/7 to listen to them it's a great thing. If there's anything

a great thing. If there's anything you want to talk to ChildLine about,

you want to talk to ChildLine about, you can call or head to the website.

Still to come before Christmas, Pixie will be performing her latest

single live in the stoofplt And we'll be behind the scenes when

barney went to film the Christmas celebrityy sing along. And we'll

sprou you to -- Introduce you to a boy in Scotland who makes his own

board games and gets them produced. You may have nltsed knees things.

These are called QR codes. You can read them using a Smartphone or a

tablet. You hold your device up to a code and it reads it and sends a

lot of information to your phone. They're on adverts in in newspapers,

and local busses and on ads on bus stops. Your device can read the

combination of black and white squares and uses apps to decipher

them. We have been talking about your T-shirt. These things are

complicated but they're very, very cool. The technology means you can

play a game by looking at your T- shirt. That's the reason you made

me wear the T-shirt. Your T-shirt has the codes in that we're talking

about. I have got this tablet. It is a flat T-shirt to the naked eye,

through this it comes alive. I have to disappear the aliens. This is

what you're looking at. To my eye more fun for you than me. It looks

like it's alive. I think it's time to -- To introduce the brains

behind it. Jack McConnell is -- Connell is the creator. I said it's

a funny device. How does it work. It recognises the image on Rav's T-

shirt and when it sees it, it can produce the game and interact with

it. The image on the T-shirt is programmed in the ap or the phone.

We clear it up with the image, and we design the game and put it into

the app and that is what happens. It's not a special Smartphone, it's

about the ap:. The app runs on lots of mobile phones. Can you reg your

scores. We don't have leaderboards at the moment but you can take a

photograph and show your friends. Can you do it with your phone.

can both be playing off Rav's T- shirt. What happens if you're

playing and Helen gets in front of me. Once the ap:can't see the T-

shirt the game no longer happens. We set you a challenge. We gave you

the Blue Peter log yo, what can you do with the logo? We set our artist

on the task. We'll use the logo we have on my card. Absolute normal

card. I will hold that. You'll zoom I can't even do that in real life!

That is really, really clever. Basically the ap:has turned that

into interactive. How long does it take to create? It took two or

three hours to put together. Potentially can it work on any

image. Potential blily any image. We have about 20 designs at the

moment and all have something different on them. What about the

future? We have loads of exciting things planned. They're top secret

at the moment. I'm sure you'll hear about it before Christmas. You hold

him down, I'll get it out of him! The future holds more creative tee

shirts like that. You guys at home make music by playing the piano,

and the recorder, and violins... And don't forget computers. Go back

20 years, things were different. A new theatre group came on to the

scene and started making music out of all things. Dustbins, and plan -

- Pans and mops. It's an anniversary of -- For them. He

challenged them to make music from whatever they can find. They bank,

and slap and stomp. They can make music out of everything from

dustbin lids and to cars, they're called stamp stamp -- Stomp. Stomp

is a nuclear combination of peraccusation and movement and

visual comedy. The show has played over 15,000 performances worldwide

and has been seen by over 14 million people. They can stomp with

almost anything, enter -- Any where. A -- Including this place. They

have been pounding and pounding and tapping on stage for 20 years. Luke

has been around from the start. Can you take us back to the beginning.

I started as a street performer as a drummer. I could not carry a drum

kit. When you set up to play, you would find something to play.

you have to be a drummer. I think anyone can do stomp, it's about

using imagination, and making rhythms. Your hands make different

sounds. There's loads of things you can do. You have to experiment and

play. We have brought you to a breaker's yard with your cast for a

reason. We have a challenge for you, to see if you can make a tune or

rhythm out of anything you have got. We want to go around the yard and

find the bits you need. And put it together for a performance. They

have only got two hours to get themselves sorted. Don't try this

at home! With a drum kit you have want to do, you want a base drum

sound and a snare sound. Make exhausts... Tire rims, car doors.

That's a great sound. The different parts of the metal give different

sounds. This has a ring to it. If I let it go, it rings a little more

than if I hold it. You're on a stage in a theatre normally with

lights and microphoneed. Is it that different. You still play scrap

metal on stage. It's all about objects you can find. Even those

these are oilier, and dirtier, we'll be playing these kinds of

things. The last time I was here there wasn't anything set up apart

from a few cars in the background. It looks amazing. It has taken very

little time to what I image is your stage. Like the old days. You have

the variation sections, through to the base, and the snares. Are you

trying to recreate that. That could be a snare tkwrum and a base drum.

We're working out different rhythms. What the colours are. And how to

put it together. She is working out how to slam doors... I 14 -- Should

probably let them get on and rehearse. I've always wanted to

have a little bit of a play on the drums. I link down something simple.

I'll play four beats, one, two, three, four As easy as that. Can

you make music out of anything. I'll leave it to the professionals.

You have heard what a couple of items sound like. What about when

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds

MUSIC : MUSIC. APPLAUSE. HOW AMAZING WAS THAT. THANKS TO THE

TALENTED CAST OF STOMP. A LOAD OF OLD RUBBISH CAN SOUNDS Amazing. We

performed at the do together last night and they didn't turn my

microphone up! That's true. Barney is here, because he's rehearsing

for a musical. He's musical. Oh no he isn't. You offended the dogs. If

he could, he would have his fingers in his ears. We have had loads of

questions in from our viewers. We have had loads of posts off the

back of the pet show, lots of drawings from the -- Of the dogs.

As barney has run away, I'll show you a picture from -- Of barney,...

And now it's time to put the viewers' questions to you. Amy says

what was your favourite subject at school. PE. How did it feel when

you were -- Won 74 degrees north from Adam. That was really good.

What do you want for Christmas. be a Blue Peter presenter ever day!

How did you get involved in the army and why? I did it because I

wanted to get into the police later on, I thought a few years in the

Army, and then into the police. That's what I did. What has been

your most difficult challenge. could say working with you, that's

not true, the eyes swim. Do you have secret talent. I have very

bendy thumbs! That's bizarre! -- Eyes swim. How did you prepare for

the Arctic swim. I knew I did not want to go home first. I just

nuclear yeled down. You were in the final with two girls. My army and

police mates would have killed me if I lost to two girls. Would you

rather eat Maggots or spiders and if so dead or alive? Lovely choice,

marginally dead Maggots! Spiders would wriggle around. You would not

want either in your tummy. If you had one wish? To fly. What is the

most dangerous thing you have ever done. Arctic swim? Yeah. What did

you want to be when you were younger. A stuntman. You never

know! I'm freaked out by your thumbs. Equally impressed. I can't