11/03/2014 Newsround


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Hi, everyone. You're live with me, Leah, and on today's Newsround,

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we're looking at how robots will change the way we live at home.

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And the amazing story of how elephants can tell the difference

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between human languages. First, it's straight to the slopes

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of Sochi, where after her gold medal in the super-G yesterday, Kelly

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Gallagher took a tumble today midway through the slalom event of the

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super-combined, and couldn't add to her medal tally. Conditions were

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tricky for all skiers, but team-mate Jade Etherington, who finished

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fourth, was promoted to second after another skier missed the final gate.

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It means if Jade does well in Friday's super-G event, she'll be

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guaranteed her third medal of the Games.

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Next, they say an elephant never forgets. Now researchers have shown

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just how much they remember. Scientists reckon just by hearing a

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voice, African elephants can tell men from women, adults from kids,

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and even tell the difference between our languages. Martin has more.

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Just how intelligent is an African elephant? Researchers in Kenya's

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National Park used a camouflaged loudspeaker to play the same phrase

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in different voices and languages. CHILD SPEAKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE.

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They found that elephants were more frightened and moved away from the

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sound of adult men, who were more likely to be hunters, rather than

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women or children. To protect themselves, elephants get into a

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tight group - babies in the middle right up with their grandmother -

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and you see them putting their trunks up to check by smell who is

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out there. They can also tell the difference between the dialects of

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different tribes. They reacted when they heard the language of the

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Maasai cattle-rearing tribe, who they compete with for land, food and

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water, but remained still for other tribes they don't come into conflict

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with. These gentle giants may be known for their memory, but it turns

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out they are pretty good listeners too.

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Next, we're talking robots. You've already sent us loads of amazing

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robot designs - too many to mention here - but check them out on the

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website. Today in our special series, Ricky checks out how robots

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could change our lives at home. This may look like a normal house on

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the outside, but what is going on inside could change the way we live

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our lives in the future. ROBOT: Hello, Ricky. Welcome to the

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robot house. This property in Hertfordshire comes

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with two robots that are programmed to help us out with everyday tasks.

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There are lots of sensors in this house. They are in the sofa, in the

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cupboards, on the doors, in the microwaves. They are all over the

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place. They are also on the ceiling, and detecting our every single move,

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our daily habits, where we spend most of our time, and it is feeding

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all that information into the computer. We have indeed more than

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60 sensors here, which is quite a lot. What we try to do is find out

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what a person is doing, and then use the technology we have here, with

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the robots included, trying to help the person - reminding the person of

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certain appointments, or to call a friend. So this is the type of help

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that we have in mind. The sensors are in tune with this computer here.

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We can see the layout of the house. If somebody opens the microwave, we

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will see the colour change. It's gone red. It's gone red. Perhaps if

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it was open for too long, it might alert us to close the door. Yes,

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absolutely. This technology might also allow old people to stay in

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their homes for longer. The robots can remind them when to take their

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medicine, and even when to watch your favourite TV programme. Please

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remember to watch Newsround. Time for me to put this house to the

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test. I'll see you in the morning. And head to the website to see how

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Ricky got on in the robot house. And there's a gallery of your robot

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designs, from the brilliant Norbat 5000 with fire alarm ears, to one

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that uses sensors to catch robbers! Now to New Zealand, where a vote is

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set to take place over whether to change their national flag. As you

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can see, it currently has a Union Jack - the UK's national flag - in

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the corner. Their Prime Minister says this is out of date, as the

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design represents a time when New Zealand was under British rule. One

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idea is to change it to the white fern, used by their national sports

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teams. Head to the website, where you can

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find out how countries design the flags that represent them.

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I'm out of time. See you at 6:50, where we'll see how Ricky's got on

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in the robot house!

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