06/02/2016 Click - Short Edition

This week, we are snowed in in Zurich, Switzerland's largest city

nestled away on the northern edge of the country and famous for its

Fs, finance, Fifa and the Federal Instituate of Technology, but here

it is known as ETH, that's the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule

ETH is Switzerland's most prestigious university.

Its number one in Continental Europe and it's in the top ten

in the world and in my humble opinion, right now it's

ETH is Switzerland's most prestigious university.

Yes, and genuine applause is much deserved here because researchers

at ETH have been awarded a respectable 21 Nobel prizes

Here's one laureate you might recognise.

Yes, Albert Einstein walked these halls as an undergrad

and then professor while ruminating his theory of general relativity.

100 years later, we are here to meet some of the researchers who may one

You know what they say, it doesn't have to be big to be beautiful.

So prepare to be amazed by something you can't even see with

Wow. That's incredible.

So that's 0.27 of a millimetre? Yes.

This is the world's highest resolution inkjet printed image.

made it using quantum dots just for us.

That's real, I just knocked it a tiny bit and it's gone.

So you've got 1000 pixels per millimetre?

Here under the microscope you can see that image being built up

To the human eye, the printer itself doesn't look

It doesn't really look like a printer to be honest.

It's the result of six years of research.

But Patrick hasn't invented this so you can just run off

One field where it could already be interesting is

It's creating something that you cannot fake.

You could print stuff that would look a bit like a hologram

And with improvements in the print speed, this could be

a way of printing incredibly fine and complex electronic circuitry

And you know how sometimes you find yourself inventing side projects to

aid your research that then become cool in their own right?

Well, here's Patrick's homegrown replacement

It's a smart phone attachment controlled by an app

Yes, it offers lower magnification but it also only costs 175 euros.

It's amazing how hypnotic something so tiny can be.

I get the feeling in the next few years this could be massive.

And just down the way, something else that's about to blow my mind.

The latest home security gadgets are closer to another pair of eyes

Many have remote access via the Web and some even add a spot of

Myfox is one way of simplifying the whole home security experience.

As soon as you enter your house, this key fob will connect via

bluetooth to the home security system and automatically disarm it.

Up to four cameras can be used at once, and if you are at home

and want a spot of privacy, you can simply close the shutter.

There are also these sensors, that can be attached to doors or

A clever algorithm will tell whether it is just, say, a ball

hitting the window, or someone trying to force their way in.

This latest prototype camera comes complete with a floodlight,

and also aims to spot suspicious signs ahead of any problem.

Its software can decipher between people, cars and animals,

so it will provide alerts of only relevant incidents.

You can also watch videos back via the app at a later date.

As well as the LED light, it also has night-vision,

so there is no risk of missing anything taking place at night.

If the camera gets stolen, the footage on the card can only be

viewed with the phone the camera has been synced to.

There is also the option of backing up all

With over half of UK break-ins quite surprisingly occurring

at the front of houses, it makes sense to be focusing on that area.

This HD video doorbell allows every member of the family to receive

an alert each time someone comes to the door, so as long as they have

internet connection, wherever they are in the world, they can remotely

answer the door, see who's there, speak to them, and if they have

an electronic door lock, they can let them in, which could come in

an electronic door lock, they can let them in, which could come in

I will be there in a couple of minutes.

The camera's face recognition will identify members of the family, or

if a person seems undesirable, you can sound an alarm and shine a light

For something a bit different, this remote control robotic ball is

It also records sound, and it means instead of setting up

actually setting up various cameras throughout

your home, you can just move this to whatever you want to look at.

There will be an app available soon when it is released.

Right now, you have use a fiddly website.

But it is fun once you see the camera up and running.

The prototype is tricky to control, but the finished product should be

If you don't want to shell out on a full-scale device,

one option is using an app that will re-purpose an old smartphone

All you need to do is make sure the device is connected to the home

Wi-Fi, then you can log into it anywhere in the world via the web.

Presence works this way, and after a successful launch last year,

sensors and even smart bulbs can now be integrated into the system.

Manything is another, also free to download and easy to set up.

When you open it, you'll be presented with the option

of continuous recording or just recording motion.

of continuous recording or just recording on motion.

If you have something like a window in shot or a fish tank

that will set off alerts too often, then you can set up a detection

Of course, watching your home from a distance does not make

But this tech could give that extra peace of mind to rest

We'll finish our trip to ETH in a giant hangar,

Meet Project Skye, an inflatable drone that

the team are hoping will entertain and film audiences at concerts

and other large indoor venues.

Is it wise to have it fly over there?

It is not wise, but it is not a problem.

Full of helium and protected from punctures by a double-layered

hull, this is being billed as a heck of a lot safer than a normal drone.

It is ever so slightly heavier than air,

which means if it loses power, there is no high-speed crash.

And this does, in my mind at least, qualify as a drone rather than just

a blimp, because if you give it a push, it intelligently maintains

If it were outside and armed with GPS, it could also

I have only ever seen three crashes and two of them were my fault.

I have only ever seen three crashes and only two of them were my fault.

So it turns out you fly with a 3-D mouse that is usually used

for computer-aided design, and delicate movements are the order

Just like any drone, it is important not to panic and jam the thing

Apart from that, if I'm honest, it is just plain fun.

If you can't tell by my face, I have.