0:00:02 > 0:00:03Welcome to Technobabble.
0:00:03 > 0:00:05I'm the Vlogster and I'm hungry and in the mood for a large slice
0:00:05 > 0:00:08of tech with a side of babble sauce!
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Actually, that sounds gross.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12I'll just have silicon chips!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Coming up on today's feast of a show.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34My new friend Myah's here and she's getting all arty.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Hark at her!
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Kimmy-Kim-Kim is back she takes us behind
0:00:38 > 0:00:41the scenes of a gaming festival.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45And newbie Chai is here to show us some amazing tech hacks.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48But for our first course, let's go straight to Niki and Sammy
0:00:48 > 0:00:50as they show you how to prank your friends.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Boys, I can't wait for this!
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Guess what?
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Your smartphone or tablet already comes preloaded with the best
0:00:59 > 0:01:01of pranking apps.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03BOTH: The camera!
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Friends, allow me to introduce you to what I like to call
0:01:05 > 0:01:07"the angle of ugliness".
0:01:07 > 0:01:10I like to pretend that I'm going to show a photo to my friend...
0:01:10 > 0:01:12CAMERA CLICKS
0:01:12 > 0:01:14When, boom! Actually, you've taken the worst selfie
0:01:14 > 0:01:16of themselves they're ever going to see.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19MULTIPLE CAMERA CLICKS
0:01:19 > 0:01:21You didn't think we could do a video on pranks
0:01:21 > 0:01:24and not include the good old "Oh, you've farted!" gag?
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Well, lucky for you, Whoopee Cushion 3,000 does it all...
0:01:27 > 0:01:29BOTH: For free!
0:01:29 > 0:01:32It has everything from a bottom belch to a nasty parp.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Do we really need to show you how it works?
0:01:36 > 0:01:38FARTING SOUND
0:01:38 > 0:01:40- FARTING SOUND - What you doing?
0:01:40 > 0:01:42What's everyone's worst fear?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Smashing your phone screen, of course.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47So why not torment your friends into believing
0:01:47 > 0:01:49they've smashed your phone or their phone
0:01:49 > 0:01:51with the Crack And Break It app?
0:01:51 > 0:01:54So, those were our favourite pranking apps.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57We hope you cause loads of chaos with those at home, at school,
0:01:57 > 0:01:58at your nan's bingo hall.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05Ha-ha-ha! The whoopee cushion!
0:02:06 > 0:02:08BLOWS RASPBERRY Hee-hee-hee!
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Oh, man, they are funny.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14I'll tell you something that isn't funny though, my techno friends,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17downloading apps without permission!
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Let's try and keep laughter in our lives.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Make sure you ask your parents before downloading anything
0:02:22 > 0:02:25and that includes those unfunny inapt purchases.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Smiles!
0:02:28 > 0:02:32That can mean only one thing, a message from a Technobabbler!
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Ugh, OK, what name are we working with this week?
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Babblechat?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Vlogster, what will art be the like in the future?
0:02:40 > 0:02:44At last! Something sensible. Great question, Cameron.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47And I know just the girl to help us out.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- Good morning, Myah!- Oh! Vloggy, hi.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58- I was literally just thinking about you.- Were you?- No.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00I'm guessing this is business and not pleasure?
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Ooh, how rude! I just like to keep you busy.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06I've got something for you to investigate.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09One of our lovely Babblers wants to know what art is going to
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- be like in the future.- OK, perfect.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Can I just finish my story first?
0:03:13 > 0:03:17- Absolutely not.- All right. Let's do it.- Good.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21I'm looking forward to this one. I'm quite "drawn" to it, in fact.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Ha! Drawn to it! As in art? Oh, I'm funny.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28MUFFLED: Oh, hey! Whoa! What're you doing?!
0:03:28 > 0:03:31I'm sending Myah off to meet a robot called Paul.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Paul has been designed by a rather clever man called Patrick,
0:03:35 > 0:03:38to draw portraits like an artist, a real, human artist!
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Could you describe to me what each part of what Paul does?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43His arm is a bit like a human arm,
0:03:43 > 0:03:49so there are four articulations and then it only moves like that.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53And then there is an eye, that moves like that
0:03:53 > 0:03:55- so he can look for something to draw.- Mm-hm.
0:03:55 > 0:04:00And then, inside, there is a computer that processes information.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Images from the camera, go into the computer and then there is a
0:04:04 > 0:04:07programme that reacts to what it sees
0:04:07 > 0:04:09and it reacts by making movement.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13- And how did you make "Paul" draw? - There are two sides.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18You have to programme it how to see, how to reacts to what it sees
0:04:18 > 0:04:22and how to move. I mean, I draw what I like to draw when I was a painter.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24- Yeah.- Because I do what I like to do.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28So you've programmed it to your own personality, basically? What you'd like to draw?
0:04:28 > 0:04:29Yeah, in a certain way.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33- Myah! My-aaah!- Yes, Vlogster? - You can draw, right?
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Um, yeah. I mean, I'm OK.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Dare I say it, I think it might be time for a Technobabble Challenge!
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Great. I'm up for that.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- Patrick, would you mind being our model?- No problem.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45Perfect.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48In the red corner, he's drawn over 10,000 portraits
0:04:48 > 0:04:50and is ready for his next.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54It's Paul, the robot artist!
0:04:54 > 0:04:57And in the blue corner, she once drew a picture when she was ten
0:04:57 > 0:04:59and it was pinned to her mum's fridge for several years,
0:04:59 > 0:05:01it's Myah!
0:05:03 > 0:05:04BOXING ROUND BELL GOES
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- #- Double worry, double worry!- #
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Oh, I've ruined your face!
0:05:17 > 0:05:20I've added glasses for special effect.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- Oh, no!- Totally wrong!- I went for circle ones.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25BOXING ROUND BELL GOES
0:05:25 > 0:05:27And that is time.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Artists, stop drawing.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Right, so, this is my painting, picture, drawing, masterpiece...
0:05:33 > 0:05:37- Can I see what Paul's done? - Yeah.- Right, yeah, lovely.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39So, Vlog, what do you think of my picture?
0:05:39 > 0:05:42I mean, Myah, that's fantastic. If Patrick was a...
0:05:42 > 0:05:44What IS that?
0:05:44 > 0:05:49The winner of the Technobabble Challenge is...Paul!
0:05:49 > 0:05:53Right, Vlogster, hold still while I draw a portrait of you.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Make sure you get my best side.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Right, let's see what happens when tech meets art.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03Tech-sperts in the Czech Republic want you to stop sketching
0:06:03 > 0:06:07on flat paper and start drawing in three dimensions.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11To do this, you'll need a 3-D pen which lets you draw up, down,
0:06:11 > 0:06:13backwards, forwards... You get the idea.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16You can also solder, burn and cut with it.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20Opening up loads of creative possibilities.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Brilliant, Vlogster.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23But you wouldn't want to chew the end of THAT pen.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26I don't have any teeth, so that's not a worry.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Next up, researchers at MIT in America have developed a tiny
0:06:29 > 0:06:34origami robot that can fold itself up from a flat sheet of plastic
0:06:34 > 0:06:39and then walk, swim, climb or carry a load twice its weight.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42This self-folding robot only measures one centimetre
0:06:42 > 0:06:44and weighs less than a gram.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48But even smaller versions could be injected into the human body to
0:06:48 > 0:06:51make medical repairs then dissolve away to nothing!
0:06:51 > 0:06:53That is awesome.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Kind of puts my origami hat skills to shame.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Er, yeah, slightly!
0:06:58 > 0:07:01If you've ever wanted to step inside a painting,
0:07:01 > 0:07:05then American artist Mackenzie Corley has brought that dream one step closer.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09He's transformed Vincent van Gogh's The Night Cafe
0:07:09 > 0:07:12into a virtual 3-D environment
0:07:12 > 0:07:15by digitising parts of the original painting into some clever
0:07:15 > 0:07:19computer software, the masterpiece comes alive.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Going to an art gallery may never be the same.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26That's Van Gogh-the chart, Vlogster!
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Say what you want about Myah, but she's terrible at art!
0:07:29 > 0:07:34I mean, could she draw this? Brings a tear to your eye, doesn't it?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37The quality! And what a handsome subject.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39If I do say so myself!
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Next!
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Hey, guys! I'm here at Birmingham to check out one of the biggest
0:07:45 > 0:07:47gaming conventions in Europe.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51It's Euro Gamer! So let's head inside and check out what's going on.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59So one of the most exciting up-and-coming things
0:07:59 > 0:08:02in gaming at the moment is virtual reality gaming.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05So this is where it's 3-D gaming and it's all around you.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08It's going to be launched next year and it's going to be a big one.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13One thing you can get involved in is some competitive gaming.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16So bring some friends, get down and fight it out!
0:08:18 > 0:08:22A lot of video games are indie games, or independent games developed
0:08:22 > 0:08:25by studios that are run by one-to-two people or a very small group of people
0:08:25 > 0:08:28and the great thing is at EGX, is that you can get your hands on
0:08:28 > 0:08:31the latest indie titles and even meet developers.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35You can even watch Q&As with your favourite gamers
0:08:35 > 0:08:37- while you are at the festival. - APPLAUSE
0:08:37 > 0:08:39- Hello!- Kim, are you excited to be up here tonight?
0:08:39 > 0:08:43- Oh, I'm so excited!- Are there any questions that are off-limits for you?
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- No.- No?- Except cheese. - Except cheese.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48You're not allowed to ask her her favourite type of cheese.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54There's just too much to do!
0:08:59 > 0:09:03I'm not used to having three buttons. But I want more!
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Hello, everyone , and thanks for coming out tonight!
0:09:09 > 0:09:11ONE MAN CLAPPING
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Vlogster, could we make another earth?
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Let me see what I can find out.
0:09:16 > 0:09:22Maths-mad university students at Lehigh University of Pennsylvania in America
0:09:22 > 0:09:24have already worked out what it might take
0:09:24 > 0:09:28to build a death star, a moon-sized world
0:09:28 > 0:09:32just like the one that Luke Skywalker blew up at the end of Star Wars.
0:09:32 > 0:09:39The cost of this man-made earth would be a bank-breaking £541 trillion,
0:09:39 > 0:09:42which is more than all the money in the world.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47So, what's Plan B, I hear you ask?
0:09:47 > 0:09:53NASA scientists have found the earthlike planet ever. Kepler-452b.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Catchy name, isn't it?
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Experiments show Kepler is in a Goldilocks Zone, a bit of space
0:09:59 > 0:10:03that's just the right temperature - not too hot, not too cold -
0:10:03 > 0:10:06for the planet to have water on the surface
0:10:06 > 0:10:08and that means it could support life!
0:10:08 > 0:10:10But don't get too excited just yet.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12In our fastest spacecraft, it would take
0:10:12 > 0:10:15almost 25,000,000 years to get there.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Not even my batteries would last that long.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21So, here comes Plan C.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Closer to home, space scientists are preparing missions for humans
0:10:24 > 0:10:27to live on Mars - permanently.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Mars doesn't have much of an atmosphere,
0:10:29 > 0:10:32a bit like one of Uncle Alan's parties.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36It's freezing, with little oxygen and lots of radioactive solar rays,
0:10:36 > 0:10:38so you'd have to spend all your time indoors.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42So people are working on terraforming, where you can change
0:10:42 > 0:10:46the atmosphere and environment of a planet to be similar to earth.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50One of far-flung idea is to fire lasers at asteroids,
0:10:50 > 0:10:52making them collide with Mars.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55This would release organic matter and powerful greenhouse gases,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58creating more atmosphere and warming things up.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01But terraforming Mars could take thousands of years.
0:11:01 > 0:11:07If you're lucky, your great-great great-great-great-great-great-great grandkids' kids might be Martians,
0:11:07 > 0:11:09living on an earth-like world!
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Chai, take over.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16As I'm sure we can all agree, nobody likes to have a phone that is
0:11:16 > 0:11:18on low battery that is about to become useless to you.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Unfortunately, if you do use your phone a lot, like me,
0:11:21 > 0:11:24your charger can get worn down and it can possibly even break.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Solving this problem is actually pretty easy, you can just take a spring from an old pen
0:11:27 > 0:11:30and use it like this to stop the charger from bending as much.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34The next smartphone hack is actually something I didn't know about before today.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36And actually, I'm wondering how nobody told me.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38If you're using an iPhone and you just typed a long,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41long sentence, but then accidentally deleted it, there is
0:11:41 > 0:11:43actually a way to get that back.
0:11:43 > 0:11:44All you have to do is shake your iPhone
0:11:44 > 0:11:48and then you will get an option to undo or redo what you just did.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51The next trick is for people that like to fall asleep listening to music.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54If you use the hidden "stop playing" timer, then you can choose how
0:11:54 > 0:11:57long you want your music to play for as you drift off to sleep.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59To set this one up, go to your clock
0:11:59 > 0:12:01and click timer in the bottom right of the screen.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Choose how long you want your music to last for
0:12:03 > 0:12:05and then click the option that says "when timer ends".
0:12:05 > 0:12:08When you are at this point, scroll down to the bottom of the menu
0:12:08 > 0:12:10and click "stop playing".
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Then press start on your timer and start playing music from your music app.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17When the timer ends, the music will fade to a stop. If you want to record something onto your computer
0:12:17 > 0:12:20and you don't have a microphone, don't worry, all you need
0:12:20 > 0:12:23is your headphones and then all you have to do is plug it in and record.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26You should now be able to take over the world with your phone tracks!
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Or a least just have something to show your family and friends. See you soon.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Consider yourselves hacked! Thanks, buddy.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Just time for another Babblebuster.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Right, pick a letter, any letter. Q is for "Qwerty".
0:12:40 > 0:12:44I know what you're thinking, it's one of those overpriced, hipster tea blends!
0:12:44 > 0:12:45No, no, no.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Qwerty is the layout of the keys on the top letter row of a keyboard.
0:12:51 > 0:12:58Read the first six keys, left to right, and you get Q, W, E, R, T, Y.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02The qwerty layout was designed way back in 1868 by American inventor
0:13:02 > 0:13:06Christopher Shoals. He invented the typewriter.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08But the faster someone typed,
0:13:08 > 0:13:11the more the mechanical typewriter jammed.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14So Shoals put the most used letters in hard-to-reach spots
0:13:14 > 0:13:16and slowed fast fingers down.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Over the years, people have tried new designs.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21There was the Maltron and the Neo.
0:13:21 > 0:13:27But ironically, the Qwerty keyboard has stuck! Ha-ha! Get it?
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Of course, you could use up my version, the Vlogster.
0:13:30 > 0:13:36Much simpler, only has eight keys. V, L, O, G, S, T, E, R.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39And that's me, signing off. See you!
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Next time on Technobabble.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45Adam's back to give you his top tips on making short videos.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47A simple gag can be easily done for a short video
0:13:47 > 0:13:48to make people laugh.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Frankie finds out how it rainbow-coloured lights can
0:13:51 > 0:13:53give him green fingers.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55This is incredible, I feel like I am in a disco!
0:13:55 > 0:13:59And just for fun, Sam takes a look at some apps that are,
0:13:59 > 0:14:00well, just for fun!
0:14:00 > 0:14:03My favourite apps that I like to play when I'm bored,
0:14:03 > 0:14:06waiting for a bus, when I'm waiting for my pasta...