0:00:05 > 0:00:07This is Technobytes.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Just think of it as Technobabble that has shrunk in the wash,
0:00:09 > 0:00:12but it's definitely not been ruined.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15And that's our randomly-named messaging app with our first
0:00:15 > 0:00:16quality query.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19Vlogster, what will art be like in the future?
0:00:20 > 0:00:24At last, something sensible. Great question, Cameron.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27And I know just the girl to help us out.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31Morning, Maya.
0:00:31 > 0:00:36- Oh, Vloggie, hi, I was literally just thinking about you.- Were you?
0:00:36 > 0:00:41- No. I'm guessing this is business and not pleasure.- Ooh, how rude.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43I just like to keep you busy.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45I've got something for you to investigate.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48One of our lovely Babblers wants to know what art
0:00:48 > 0:00:50is going to be like in the future.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54- OK, perfect. Can I just finish my story first?- Absolutely not.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58- All right, let's do it.- Good. I'm looking forward to this one.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02I'm quite DRAWN to it, in fact. DRAWN to it, as in art.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Oh, I'm funny. Whoa, hey! What are you doing?
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Ow!
0:01:08 > 0:01:11I'm sending Maya off to meet a robot called Paul.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Paul has been designed by a rather clever man called Patrick
0:01:14 > 0:01:17to draw portraits like an artist, a real human artist.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Could you describe to me what each part of Paul does?
0:01:20 > 0:01:25This arm is a little bit like a human arm, for articulation.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28And then it only moves like that. And then...
0:01:29 > 0:01:32And then there's an eye that either it moves like that,
0:01:32 > 0:01:34- so he can look for something to draw.- Mm-hm.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38And then inside there's a computer that processes the information.
0:01:38 > 0:01:44The images from the camera go into the computer and then there is
0:01:44 > 0:01:46a programme that reacts to what it sees
0:01:46 > 0:01:49and it reacts by making movements.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- And how did you make Paul draw? - There's two sides.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56You have to programme it how to see, how to react
0:01:56 > 0:01:59to what it sees and how to move.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02I mean, they draw what I'd like to draw when I was a painter.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Because they do what I like to do.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06You've programmed it to your own personality, basically,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- what you would like to draw. - Yeah, in a certain way.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- Maya, Maya!- Yes, Vlogster. - You can draw, right?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Erm, yeah, I mean, I'm OK.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Dare I say it, I think it might be time for a Technobabble challenge.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Great, I'm up for that. Patrick, would you mind being our model?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- Nope, no problem.- Perfect.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29In the red corner, he's drawn over 10,000 portraits and is ready
0:02:29 > 0:02:33for his next, it's Paul the robot artist!
0:02:33 > 0:02:37And in the blue corner, she once drew a picture when she was
0:02:37 > 0:02:42ten and it was pinned to her mum's fridge for several years, it's Maya!
0:02:49 > 0:02:54Double whammy, double whammy. I've ruined your face.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00I've added glasses for special effect. Oh, no!
0:03:00 > 0:03:03- Totally wrong. - I went for circle ones.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04BELL RINGS
0:03:04 > 0:03:08And that is time. Artists, stop drawing!
0:03:08 > 0:03:12All right, so this is my painting, picture, drawing, masterpiece.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Can I see what Paul has done? Right. Lovely.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18So, Vlog, what do you think of my picture?
0:03:18 > 0:03:23I mean, Maya, that's fantastic, if Patrick was a... What is that?
0:03:23 > 0:03:27The winner of the Technobabble challenge is Paul.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29BELL RINGS
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Right, Vlogster, hold still while I draw a portrait of you.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Make sure you get my best side.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Right, let's see what happens when tech meets art.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43Tech-sperts in the Czech Republic want you to stop sketching on
0:03:43 > 0:03:46flat paper and start drawing in three dimensions.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50To do this, you'll need a 3-D pen, which lets you draw up, down,
0:03:50 > 0:03:53backwards, forwards... You get the idea.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56You can also solder, burn and cut with it,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59opening up loads of creative possibilities.
0:03:59 > 0:04:00Brilliant, Vlogster,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03but you wouldn't want to chew the end of THAT pen.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05I don't have any teeth, so that's not a worry.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Next up, researchers at MIT in America have developed
0:04:08 > 0:04:12a tiny origami robot that can fold itself up from a flat sheet of
0:04:12 > 0:04:17plastic and then walk, swim, climb or carry a load twice its weight.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21This self-folding robot only measures 1cm and
0:04:21 > 0:04:23weighs less than 1g.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27But even smaller versions could be injected into the human body
0:04:27 > 0:04:31to make medical repairs, then dissolve away to nothing.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35That is awesome. Kind of puts my origami hat skills to shame.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Er, yeah, slightly.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40If you've ever wanted to step inside a painting, then American
0:04:40 > 0:04:44artist Mackenzie Cauley has brought that dream one step closer.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49He's transformed Vincent van Gogh's The Night Cafe into a virtual
0:04:49 > 0:04:513-D environment.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54By digitising parts of the original painting into
0:04:54 > 0:04:58some clever computer software, the masterpiece comes alive.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Going to an art gallery may never be the same.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04That's VAN GOGH the chart, Vlogster.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08Hey, Maya, I do the puns around here and I'll let you,
0:05:08 > 0:05:10the viewers, DRAW your own conclusions
0:05:10 > 0:05:12about Maya's arty efforts.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Get in. Right, I reckon it's time for another curious question.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19Vlogster, could we make another Earth?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Let me see what I can find out.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Maths-mad university students at
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, America have already worked out
0:05:28 > 0:05:33what it might take to build a Death Star, a moon-sized world just
0:05:33 > 0:05:37like the one that Luke Skywalker blew up at the end of Star Wars.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40The cost of this man-made Earth would be a bank-breaking
0:05:40 > 0:05:47£541 trillion, which is more than all the money in the world.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51So, what's plan B, I hear you ask?
0:05:51 > 0:05:55Nasa scientists have found the most Earth-like planet ever...
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Catchy name, isn't it?
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Experiments show Kepler is in a Goldilocks zone,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06a bit of space that's just the right temperature -
0:06:06 > 0:06:11not too hot, not too cold for the planet to have water on the surface,
0:06:11 > 0:06:13and that means it could support life.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16But don't get too excited just yet. In our fastest spacecraft,
0:06:16 > 0:06:20it would take almost 25,000,000 years to get there.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25Not even my batteries would last that long. So, here comes plan C.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Closer to home, space scientists are preparing missions for humans
0:06:29 > 0:06:32to live on Mars permanently.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Mars doesn't have much of an atmosphere,
0:06:34 > 0:06:37a bit like one of Uncle Alan's parties.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41It's freezing, with little oxygen and lots of radioactive solar rays,
0:06:41 > 0:06:43so you would have to spend all your time indoors.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47So people are working on terraforming, where you can change
0:06:47 > 0:06:51the atmosphere and environment of a planet to be similar to Earth.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55One far-flung idea is to fire lasers at asteroids,
0:06:55 > 0:06:57making them collide with Mars.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00This would release organic matter and powerful greenhouse gases,
0:07:00 > 0:07:03creating more atmosphere and warming things up.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06But terraforming Mars could take thousands of years.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11If you're lucky, your great-great- great-great-great-great-great
0:07:11 > 0:07:15grandkids' kids might be Martians living on an Earth-like world.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Well, at least that gives me time to save up for the rocket flight.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20They are very expensive, you know.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25And on that note, it's time for me to blast off elsewhere. Laters!