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0:00:53 > 0:00:56Wowzers! I bet you can hardly believe it. I certainly can't.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Who'd give me a second series?
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Coming up today...
0:01:02 > 0:01:06New girl Lucy is here, and she's playing football - robot-stylee.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08- Goal! - LUCY LAUGHS
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Aoife's back, and she's gone all competitive.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14I guess I'll see you on the battlefield, if you're good enough.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16And Niki and Sammy have joined the tech party
0:01:16 > 0:01:18and are playing The Emoji Challenge.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22- Sour, lemon? You're a lemon? You're an apple?- You need the sound.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24But, before any of that nonsense,
0:01:24 > 0:01:28my lovely new boy Sam is here, and he's talking music apps.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29Sam, go.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Hello there, people. I'm going to be showing you my favourite music apps
0:01:34 > 0:01:37for your phone. So there's no way I'd be able to do this video
0:01:37 > 0:01:39without first mentioning the iconic Shazam.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41This is literally one of my favourite apps,
0:01:41 > 0:01:42and is probably the app on my phone
0:01:42 > 0:01:45I use the most. You know when you're at a party, on the dance floor,
0:01:45 > 0:01:47you're doing your thing and you hear a song.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49What do you do? Get your phone out and Shazam it.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51By clicking on the Shazam button on your phone, your phone
0:01:51 > 0:01:54will then listen to the music that is being played around you,
0:01:54 > 0:01:56it'll find the name of the song and where you can get it from.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59We now move on to Piano Free with Songs.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01So if you're a musical genius like me
0:02:01 > 0:02:03and you'd like to improve or maybe start learning
0:02:03 > 0:02:06some piano skills on the move, then this app
0:02:06 > 0:02:08is perfect for you. This app allows you to play the piano
0:02:08 > 0:02:10to music that is provided within the app.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Sing Karaoke by Smule.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13Small? Smule?
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Now, I am actually banned from this app by my flatmates,
0:02:17 > 0:02:19because, apparently, I'm just too good at singing
0:02:19 > 0:02:20and they just have to get jealous of me.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22- HE SINGS BADLY - But, essentially, it is
0:02:22 > 0:02:25a karaoke app that lets you see the lyrics to your favourite tracks.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27In addition to this, you can invite your friends,
0:02:27 > 0:02:30if they have the app, to come and sing a duet with you.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31And that is all the apps we have time for.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Thank you so much for watching. I will see you all very soon.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Thanks, Sam. Hasn't he got lovely hair, viewers?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40I've been thinking about a new 'do for a while now.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Do you think I'd suit Sam's style?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Anyone? Anyone?
0:02:45 > 0:02:46OK, suit yourselves.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Technobabblers, while I have your attention,
0:02:50 > 0:02:54let's just remind ourselves of that good old-fashioned rhyme.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Don't download an app without permission.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Otherwise you'll be in...
0:02:59 > 0:03:00HE MUTTERS
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Listen, you'll get in trouble, and no-one can be doing with that,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07so don't do it. Just get permission!
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Right, it's time to check my informator.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Oh, I don't like that at all.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14What a terrible name. Who thought of it?
0:03:14 > 0:03:15Oh, I did.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- THEY CHANT: - Who are ya? Who are ya?
0:03:17 > 0:03:18Who are ya? Who are ya?
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Oi! Rascals, that's what you are.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Surely someone wants to ask something about tech?
0:03:24 > 0:03:28In the future, will robots take our jobs?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Now, there's a question, Lucy, and something of a coincidence,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34because I'm going to need a bit of help with this one.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Time to bring in the big guns. The big new guns.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39The big new Lucy guns!
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Looking good, Luce.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49It's Lucy, actually, but thanks, Vlogster!
0:03:49 > 0:03:50How can I help?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Do you fancy some lunch? There's a chippy around the corner.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Yeah, why not.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Really? I thought you'd say no.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Oh, I'll need to wash and find something to wear.
0:03:59 > 0:04:00But first I need your help.
0:04:00 > 0:04:01Go on, I'm listening.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03I need you to find out some information
0:04:03 > 0:04:05for one of our delightful babblers.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Great, well, I'll just get myself out of my kit and I'll head off.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09Goodo!
0:04:09 > 0:04:11You'll get a real kick out of this one!
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Ah-ha-ha! "Kick", as in "kick a ball".
0:04:14 > 0:04:16We're doing something football-related, right?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Oh, you got it. I thought I was being mysterious.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21I'm sending Lucy to a university
0:04:21 > 0:04:24to check out their football team - of robots!
0:04:24 > 0:04:28She's going to meet up with Dr Daniel Polani, the team's founder,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31to discover more about this interesting take on the sport.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33So why robot football?
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Robot football looks fun, but it's incredibly difficult to do,
0:04:37 > 0:04:41when you actually have to explain to a robot how to do it.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44So how do you get a robot to play football?
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Well, that is a lot of work.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48I mean, this team, for example, contains the work
0:04:48 > 0:04:52of three years of coding, of writing software.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56A team of around four people basically write the software
0:04:56 > 0:04:58to make these robots do what they do,
0:04:58 > 0:05:01because the first thing you have to do is recognise what's the ball.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05So you see that as a blob - in our case the ball is still red.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07So if you have a red shirt and you have, for example,
0:05:07 > 0:05:09a kid sitting outside of the field with a red shirt,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11you have to understand this kid is not the ball.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13- LUCY LAUGHS - It'll chase the kid!
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Exactly, and that has happened.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17So what happens during a live match, you know,
0:05:17 > 0:05:20are programmers inputting data in real time, during the match,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22or is it all pre-programmed?
0:05:22 > 0:05:23Very good question,
0:05:23 > 0:05:25because you are not allowed to do anything to the robots
0:05:25 > 0:05:27while they are in the game.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30So, basically, you can take a time out for the robots,
0:05:30 > 0:05:32when you can fix stuff
0:05:32 > 0:05:34but, when they are on the field, the only person
0:05:34 > 0:05:37that can give a command to the robot is the referee,
0:05:37 > 0:05:40saying start, stop, whatever.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Do you think this is the future of sport?
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Well, it depends what the audience is.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Some audiences will be interested in doing sports themselves
0:05:49 > 0:05:51and watching humans do it, of course.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Other audiences will be interested in the technological aspect.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57So where do you see the future of robots in football?
0:05:57 > 0:06:01The grand vision, of course, is, in 2050,
0:06:01 > 0:06:06have a robot footballer team play against the world champions and win.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09But, of course, the goal is to improve artificial intelligence,
0:06:09 > 0:06:10to improve robotics.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Now, can I be a little bit cheeky. I fancy myself as a bit of a Beckham.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Please can I have a go?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Well, go ahead. Boot it like Beckham.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Ooh, he's fast, this one.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25He just knocked me on the floor!
0:06:25 > 0:06:27This way, this way.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29That is so cool, the way he dribbles.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34I'm setting you up for a goal here.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Goal!
0:06:38 > 0:06:40LUCY LAUGHS
0:06:40 > 0:06:42What do you think, Vlogster? Fancy a kickabout?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44You might not have noticed, Lucy,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46but I don't have any legs, so no.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49But it does look like robots could soon replace humans
0:06:49 > 0:06:51in all kinds of jobs.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56First, meet Robear, a Japanese nursing-care robot.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Robear is designed to lift patients out of bed
0:06:59 > 0:07:00and into a wheelchair.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02With extending legs to stop from toppling over,
0:07:02 > 0:07:06this bear bot can also support people who need help to stand up.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09He's a gentle giant. What's next?
0:07:09 > 0:07:12It's time to take out the trash.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15A European team of techsperts has developed robots
0:07:15 > 0:07:17to help with household chores.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Controlled using a tablet,
0:07:19 > 0:07:23the domestic robot, apartment robot and outdoor robot work together
0:07:23 > 0:07:27to complete jobs around the home, like putting the rubbish out.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Go on, amaze me.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32Japanese shoppers of the future might get to meet AicoChihira.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Dressed in a kimono, smiling and helping with directions,
0:07:35 > 0:07:39she's getting a tryout in a Tokyo department store,
0:07:39 > 0:07:41but Aiko isn't your usual assistant.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46She's a humanoid robot, who uses 43 motors to move and interact,
0:07:46 > 0:07:48just like a real person.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51I wonder if she could help me make some shopping decisions.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Right, Aoife, you're up next.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55What you got, my Irish buddy?
0:07:57 > 0:08:01If you've got a competitive streak, then these are the games for you.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03If you love squids, and making a mess,
0:08:03 > 0:08:05you're going to love Splatoon.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08In Splatoon's main game mode, a four-versus-four battle
0:08:08 > 0:08:10called Turf War, two teams battle it out
0:08:10 > 0:08:12to cover as much of the map as possible
0:08:12 > 0:08:14in their brightly coloured ink,
0:08:14 > 0:08:17while making sure the other team doesn't, literally,
0:08:17 > 0:08:19cover more ground in their colour.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28While it's tempting, remember that in this mode
0:08:28 > 0:08:31hunting down opponents on the other team doesn't net you extra points
0:08:31 > 0:08:33at the end of the match, so it's best to just focus
0:08:33 > 0:08:36on painting over every surface you can find.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40Plants vs. Zombies have moved their battleground from the touchpad
0:08:40 > 0:08:43to good old home consoles with Garden Warfare.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45HE PLAYS BADLY
0:08:45 > 0:08:47HE CHOKES
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Though it's a mode based around helping other players
0:08:49 > 0:08:51rather than fighting them,
0:08:51 > 0:08:53you should start with a few rounds of Garden Ops
0:08:53 > 0:08:54if you're new to the game.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57It'll give you room to get to grips with the different classes,
0:08:57 > 0:09:00as well as how best to cooperate and communicate with other players,
0:09:00 > 0:09:03before you move on to a more competitive mode.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05You can't go wrong with a little bit
0:09:05 > 0:09:08of the unbelievably fun Towerfall Ascension.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12"As our world crumbles and splits into chaos,
0:09:12 > 0:09:14"the demons and monsters spread among us."
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Up to four players go head-to-head in the tiny two-dimensional arenas,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21where the aim is to use arrows to take out your enemies.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24If your timing's perfect, you can snatch arrows out of the air
0:09:24 > 0:09:28using the right trigger and send them back to whoever fired them.
0:09:28 > 0:09:29Well, are you feeling lucky?
0:09:29 > 0:09:32I guess I'll see you on the battlefield.
0:09:32 > 0:09:33Thanks, Aoife. Whoa!
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Some kind of warning wouldn't go amiss.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Will we always use money in the future?
0:09:38 > 0:09:39Ker-ching!
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Right on the money there, Benji.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Money has been changing hands for thousands of years,
0:09:44 > 0:09:46but it hasn't always been coins and notes like today.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Lots of things, from sea-snail shells to chocolate,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52have been used to pay for stuff.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Most current banknotes are made out of cotton paper,
0:09:54 > 0:09:58but the Bank of England has announced it will soon replace ours
0:09:58 > 0:10:02with plastic polymer versions, starting with the £5 note.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04That'll definitely make it harder to blow me nose.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05SNEEZING
0:10:05 > 0:10:09The plastic notes are longer-lasting, harder to forge and won't fall apart
0:10:09 > 0:10:12if you accidentally put them through the washing machine.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17Across the UK, there is £57 billion of printed money in wallets,
0:10:17 > 0:10:19cash machines and under mattresses.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21But people are starting to use other ways to pay each other,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23without the need for cash at all.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Sweden is likely to be the first cash-free country
0:10:26 > 0:10:28in the world by 2030.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30And Denmark is letting shops decide
0:10:30 > 0:10:33if they take cash or not from next year.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Most new credit and debit cards now have...
0:10:35 > 0:10:38IN POSH VOICE: ..near-field communication technology -
0:10:38 > 0:10:40that's contactless to you and me - so you can pay for things
0:10:40 > 0:10:43without even having to remember your PIN number.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Smartphones are using smart tech, too,
0:10:45 > 0:10:47adding extra security by using biometrics,
0:10:47 > 0:10:52like fingerprint recognition that identifies you from someone else.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Or facial scanning for online shopping,
0:10:54 > 0:10:59where you confirm a payment on your phone just by blinking at the screen.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03And then there's virtual money, crypto currencies,
0:11:03 > 0:11:05like Bitcoins and Dogecoins,
0:11:05 > 0:11:07which have never physically existed at all.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11They're a digital currency that people can trade person to person,
0:11:11 > 0:11:15and using phones or computers people can also pay for things
0:11:15 > 0:11:18with these digital coins across the world,
0:11:18 > 0:11:21as some shops are now starting to accept them.
0:11:21 > 0:11:26Now, not last and not least, we have newbies to the Technobabble scene.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28I present Niki and Sammy.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29Boys, do your worst.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Hey, guys. So today we're going to do
0:11:33 > 0:11:37a good old-fashioned vlog challenge. Niki, what are we going to do?
0:11:37 > 0:11:38The Emoji Challenge.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41So this one is all about getting the height
0:11:41 > 0:11:44and spiralling it around...
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- I already know who you are.- Look.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- You're the poo emoji. - PING!
0:11:49 > 0:11:51- Poo emoji!- Well, well done.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53I guessed the emoji, but not through anything you did -
0:11:53 > 0:11:54it was just brown.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57It's my turn now. This one's super-simple.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00You can see it, Sammy's going to get it in milliseconds.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- Sassy face? - PING!
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- It's the sass?- Yeah. - It's, like, the sassy girl.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08Three, two, one.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Er, hungry? Burger? You're eating a burger?
0:12:12 > 0:12:14You are a hamster. You're a mouse.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- No!- You are...
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- shouting?- It's still...- You're...
0:12:18 > 0:12:21It's the shock-expression emoji with the blue face.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23- PING! - That's what I did!- No, that'd be...
0:12:23 > 0:12:25No. That's what I did!
0:12:25 > 0:12:27- You went...- I went...
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- Here we go. Here we go. - HE POUTS
0:12:31 > 0:12:32Er, sour? Lemon? You're a lemon?
0:12:32 > 0:12:34- You're an apple?- You need the sound.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35HE POUTS
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Ew.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Er, you are a fish. Fish? You're a fish?
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Fish? You're a fish? You're a fish?
0:12:41 > 0:12:42It's the blowing kiss emoji.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- PING! - Right, right.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46I got that. I was very close to having that one.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48I hope that inspires you guys to go and let loose your inner emoji.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Don't be afraid to let it be a bit sassy, too.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Go and practise those faces.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Ha! Don't they look similar?
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Anyone would think they were twins.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00But we all know they don't exist.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Finally, it's time for a new section of the show called...
0:13:03 > 0:13:04Babblebuster!
0:13:04 > 0:13:06HE SINGS # It's Babble...Babblebuster! #
0:13:06 > 0:13:07Join in the chorus!
0:13:07 > 0:13:09# Babble, babble. #
0:13:09 > 0:13:10Oh. That's right.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Come with me as we go on a fact-finding mission
0:13:12 > 0:13:15to discover the coolest words in tech.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19F is for Firewall.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20Not, as you might think,
0:13:20 > 0:13:24a death-defying circus act performed by the Flaming Satsuma Brothers.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28A firewall is a security programme that protects your computer
0:13:28 > 0:13:30against attacks from the outside world.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32The firewall controls everything coming in
0:13:32 > 0:13:36and going out of your computer, to and from the Internet,
0:13:36 > 0:13:39to keep nasty viruses and programs out.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Right, that's it for today.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44A triumphant return, if I do say so myself.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46I'm loving being back! Cheery-bye.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Next time on Technobabble...
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Me old pal Marcus is here, and he's brewing up a cup of coffee power.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55I'm going to name this "the Marcus coffee."
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Lizzie will be giving us some of her favourite Minecraft tips.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Today, I'm going to be showing my top five tips
0:14:01 > 0:14:03on how to play the game even better.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Adam's here, and he's animated.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Hello, and welcome to Technobabble.