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Hi, everyone. You're live with me, Leah, and on today's Newsround, | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
we're looking at how robots will change the way we live at home. | :00:00. | :00:10. | |
And the amazing story of how elephants can tell the difference | :00:11. | :00:11. | |
between human languages. First, it's straight to the slopes | :00:12. | :00:21. | |
of Sochi, where after her gold medal in the super-G yesterday, Kelly | :00:22. | :00:23. | |
Gallagher took a tumble today midway through the slalom event of the | :00:24. | :00:27. | |
super-combined, and couldn't add to her medal tally. Conditions were | :00:28. | :00:33. | |
tricky for all skiers, but team-mate Jade Etherington, who finished | :00:34. | :00:35. | |
fourth, was promoted to second after another skier missed the final gate. | :00:36. | :00:41. | |
It means if Jade does well in Friday's super-G event, she'll be | :00:42. | :00:44. | |
guaranteed her third medal of the Games. | :00:45. | :00:47. | |
Next, they say an elephant never forgets. Now researchers have shown | :00:48. | :00:51. | |
just how much they remember. Scientists reckon just by hearing a | :00:52. | :00:54. | |
voice, African elephants can tell men from women, adults from kids, | :00:55. | :00:57. | |
and even tell the difference between our languages. Martin has more. | :00:58. | :01:03. | |
Just how intelligent is an African elephant? Researchers in Kenya's | :01:04. | :01:06. | |
National Park used a camouflaged loudspeaker to play the same phrase | :01:07. | :01:13. | |
in different voices and languages. CHILD SPEAKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE. | :01:14. | :01:18. | |
They found that elephants were more frightened and moved away from the | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
sound of adult men, who were more likely to be hunters, rather than | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
women or children. To protect themselves, elephants get into a | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
tight group - babies in the middle right up with their grandmother - | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
and you see them putting their trunks up to check by smell who is | :01:34. | :01:38. | |
out there. They can also tell the difference between the dialects of | :01:39. | :01:41. | |
different tribes. They reacted when they heard the language of the | :01:42. | :01:44. | |
Maasai cattle-rearing tribe, who they compete with for land, food and | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
water, but remained still for other tribes they don't come into conflict | :01:48. | :01:54. | |
with. These gentle giants may be known for their memory, but it turns | :01:55. | :01:57. | |
out they are pretty good listeners too. | :01:58. | :02:01. | |
Next, we're talking robots. You've already sent us loads of amazing | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
robot designs - too many to mention here - but check them out on the | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
website. Today in our special series, Ricky checks out how robots | :02:10. | :02:10. | |
could change our lives at home. This may look like a normal house on | :02:11. | :02:23. | |
the outside, but what is going on inside could change the way we live | :02:24. | :02:25. | |
our lives in the future. ROBOT: Hello, Ricky. Welcome to the | :02:26. | :02:32. | |
robot house. This property in Hertfordshire comes | :02:33. | :02:44. | |
with two robots that are programmed to help us out with everyday tasks. | :02:45. | :02:50. | |
There are lots of sensors in this house. They are in the sofa, in the | :02:51. | :02:54. | |
cupboards, on the doors, in the microwaves. They are all over the | :02:55. | :02:57. | |
place. They are also on the ceiling, and detecting our every single move, | :02:58. | :03:00. | |
our daily habits, where we spend most of our time, and it is feeding | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
all that information into the computer. We have indeed more than | :03:05. | :03:08. | |
60 sensors here, which is quite a lot. What we try to do is find out | :03:09. | :03:13. | |
what a person is doing, and then use the technology we have here, with | :03:14. | :03:16. | |
the robots included, trying to help the person - reminding the person of | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
certain appointments, or to call a friend. So this is the type of help | :03:21. | :03:28. | |
that we have in mind. The sensors are in tune with this computer here. | :03:29. | :03:34. | |
We can see the layout of the house. If somebody opens the microwave, we | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
will see the colour change. It's gone red. It's gone red. Perhaps if | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
it was open for too long, it might alert us to close the door. Yes, | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
absolutely. This technology might also allow old people to stay in | :03:48. | :03:50. | |
their homes for longer. The robots can remind them when to take their | :03:51. | :03:54. | |
medicine, and even when to watch your favourite TV programme. Please | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
remember to watch Newsround. Time for me to put this house to the | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
test. I'll see you in the morning. And head to the website to see how | :04:06. | :04:10. | |
Ricky got on in the robot house. And there's a gallery of your robot | :04:11. | :04:14. | |
designs, from the brilliant Norbat 5000 with fire alarm ears, to one | :04:15. | :04:22. | |
that uses sensors to catch robbers! Now to New Zealand, where a vote is | :04:23. | :04:27. | |
set to take place over whether to change their national flag. As you | :04:28. | :04:30. | |
can see, it currently has a Union Jack - the UK's national flag - in | :04:31. | :04:34. | |
the corner. Their Prime Minister says this is out of date, as the | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
design represents a time when New Zealand was under British rule. One | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
idea is to change it to the white fern, used by their national sports | :04:42. | :04:45. | |
teams. Head to the website, where you can | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
find out how countries design the flags that represent them. | :04:50. | :04:53. | |
I'm out of time. See you at 6:50, where we'll see how Ricky's got on | :04:54. | :04:56. | |
in the robot house! | :04:57. | :05:01. |