:00:00. > :00:00.Britain has never had a champion in the event.
:00:00. > :00:00.But it has yet another in Sir Mo Farah, the greatest
:00:00. > :00:10.In a few minutes, it'll be time for the Film Review.
:00:11. > :00:37.They're ugly, huge and they ruin the landscape,
:00:38. > :00:42.but we do kind of need them to get from A to B.
:00:43. > :00:44.But sometimes a road can be more than just a road.
:00:45. > :00:48.And that's the idea behind a French government backed initiative
:00:49. > :00:53.using the massive space given over to the transport network
:00:54. > :00:59.to also capture the Sun through solar roads.
:01:00. > :01:04.I mean, look at this road, what's it doing right now,
:01:05. > :01:09.And it's estimated that even busy roads can see the sky
:01:10. > :01:13.But it's not all plain... Sunning.
:01:14. > :01:18.The problem with putting photovoltaic cells into roads
:01:19. > :01:23.is the slightest bit of pressure, the slightest bend, and...
:01:24. > :01:29.So the cells are stuck onto slabs and covered with crushed glass
:01:30. > :01:34.At the facility near Versailles, in France, these seven millimetre
:01:35. > :01:37.thick panels are being tested for their strength and durability
:01:38. > :01:39.so they can withstand heavy traffic as well as ensuring
:01:40. > :01:45.We have the cell and on each face we added polymer to increase
:01:46. > :01:46.the stiffness and the durability of the cells itself.
:01:47. > :01:50.So do they bend or are they just resistant to bending?
:01:51. > :01:54.Yes, of course they bend, but just a little bit.
:01:55. > :02:10.Although the panels can be laid over existing roads,
:02:11. > :02:13.this one-kilometre stretch in Normandy covering 2,800 square
:02:14. > :02:17.That's an estimated 4-6 times the price of covering the area
:02:18. > :02:21.Currently, yes, of course the cost is quite high.
:02:22. > :02:29.After concerning the interest it's really a political approach.
:02:30. > :02:32.Critics have questions about the viability of panels
:02:33. > :02:35.on busy roads and the efficiency of laying panels down flat
:02:36. > :02:38.The angle or the tilt angle of the panels will also
:02:39. > :02:50.If we have them lying on the floor, on the road,
:02:51. > :02:52.then we are influencing the tilt angle.
:02:53. > :02:56.One possible advantage of having the panels flat on the ground
:02:57. > :03:01.is that in the future they could be used to charge electric vehicles
:03:02. > :03:05.And charging vehicles as they move is another idea on the horizon.
:03:06. > :03:09.Developed by Qualcomm Technologies, this 100-metre stretch
:03:10. > :03:13.of dynamically charging road is also being trialled in Versailles.
:03:14. > :03:18.I do like the idea that although the road networks have
:03:19. > :03:22.obviously been a major source of the planet's pollution problems,
:03:23. > :03:27.they could also be, in the future, one of the solutions
:03:28. > :03:35.And with the UK Government phasing out diesel and petrol vehicles,
:03:36. > :03:37.renewable transport solutions like this might just be the ticket.
:03:38. > :03:41.Stationery induction charging works like wirelessly charged phones,
:03:42. > :03:45.producing a magnetic field that's converted to DC power.
:03:46. > :03:50.Though this technology has been with us for a while, dynamic roads
:03:51. > :03:56.How accurately do you have to park this thing so
:03:57. > :04:03.At the moment we're talking about an area the size
:04:04. > :04:08.of about a dinner plate, as long as that's aligned on both
:04:09. > :04:13.sides you should be able to send the charge through that.
:04:14. > :04:14.You have a line of these on a road and you simply connect them all up
:04:15. > :04:16.and that would effectively give you a charging road.
:04:17. > :04:17.As long as the car was obviously aligned with that,
:04:18. > :04:22.and the technology was all linked and synced up, the car
:04:23. > :04:27.could actually charge while it's driving along using exactly the same
:04:28. > :04:31.Critics though worry about the infrastructure cost
:04:32. > :04:35.Others point to the rapid developments in electric vehicle
:04:36. > :04:37.battery capacity that may remove the need for electric cars
:04:38. > :04:41.But if solar roads can be made cheaply enough
:04:42. > :04:46.and withstand heavy traffic, this could be one to watch
:04:47. > :04:49.Hello and welcome to The Week in Tech.
:04:50. > :04:55.It was the week that the script for an unseen episode of Game
:04:56. > :05:00.of Thrones, as well as those from other HBO shows, was leaked
:05:01. > :05:14.An new version of Bitcoin was mined for the first time as the crypto
:05:15. > :05:21.And the US Navy's launched its first fighter jet powered
:05:22. > :05:25.The high-tech, high speed, Hyperloop One has
:05:26. > :05:29.A test that propelled this pod through a tube
:05:30. > :05:35.in the Nevada desert at 192 mph, edging closer to its eventual aim
:05:36. > :05:41.of one day transporting passengers at speeds of up to 650 mph.
:05:42. > :05:46.Meanwhile a security researcher managed to hack an Amazon Echo,
:05:47. > :05:50.making it possible to remotely stream audio from someone's device.
:05:51. > :05:54.The attack could only work on pre-2017 versions though,
:05:55. > :05:55.and physical access to the Echo is needed first.
:05:56. > :05:59.And finally the team behind the hand-held spray
:06:00. > :06:03.printer painting device, which we showed you a couple
:06:04. > :06:09.of months ago, have developed a robotic version that made it
:06:10. > :06:13.possible to paint this giant masterpiece on an abandoned power
:06:14. > :06:15.station, using five different colours at once.
:06:16. > :06:21.I'm Scott Helm, here to give you a 101 to Black Hat,
:06:22. > :06:24.BSides and DEF CON, which all happen during one crazy week in Las Vegas.
:06:25. > :06:30.This is a very, very popular course, we've got some of the latest stuff
:06:31. > :06:36.that we've found in our own hacking that we do for clients
:06:37. > :06:41.The good guys have got to learn it because the bad guys already do.
:06:42. > :06:47.I've embedded some code into the page and then when you load
:06:48. > :06:51.the page it puts that message up, that it's not supposed to do.
:06:52. > :06:54.It was a nice introductory level course.
:06:55. > :06:58.So obviously this could be used for harm and the flip side of this
:06:59. > :07:02.is, if you were setting up to be a cybercriminal would you come
:07:03. > :07:04.to a formal conference like this and register to do a training course
:07:05. > :07:10.Or would you go and learn how to do this on the dark web somewhere else?
:07:11. > :07:13.I don't think we would really expect to see criminals coming
:07:14. > :07:16.So we are in the vendor hall right now.
:07:17. > :07:21.This is where all the different companies have their stands,
:07:22. > :07:24.This represents what they do inside your network,
:07:25. > :07:25.in that an attacker now doesn't know where the real target
:07:26. > :07:35.We're in the desert, drink plenty of water.
:07:36. > :07:38.Get a goodie bag and fill it with swag.
:07:39. > :07:50.So we've just checked in B-Sides, I have my bag, everyone that attends
:07:51. > :07:53.the conference gets a little bag of goodies so we're just
:07:54. > :07:57.Got a few stickers here, the little Hawaiian necklaces,
:07:58. > :08:10.It's very corporate, it's very kind of official and formal.
:08:11. > :08:15.This is like a much more relaxed setting, it's much more enjoyable.
:08:16. > :08:18.The opening key note is taking place just behind me,
:08:19. > :08:24.and we're going to go and take a look around the vendors around
:08:25. > :08:29.So, the Wi-Fi network is here is monitored,
:08:30. > :08:31.and the screen behind me shows you things that people
:08:32. > :08:37.So we managed to just get the BBC Click logo and Rory
:08:38. > :08:41.The whole idea is it's analysing the network,
:08:42. > :08:46.and then carving out images real time, and displaying them up
:08:47. > :08:48.So anything that anybody is looking at on the network,
:08:49. > :08:56.I found some ex-colleagues of mine from England.
:08:57. > :09:03.I'm going to the banking on insecurity nets,
:09:04. > :09:11.Yes, so being members of the press at BSides,
:09:12. > :09:16.we can't go into the underground track, which is no
:09:17. > :09:20.Most people don't even use their real names in the schedule,
:09:21. > :09:22.and unfortunately we're banned, we can't go in there.
:09:23. > :09:25.It's a tech conference, it's a hacker conference.
:09:26. > :09:26.People often think it might be less sociable,
:09:27. > :09:31.but this is where most of us do our networking.
:09:32. > :09:32.We're in the middle of filming and somebody has just hacked the PA
:09:33. > :09:40.Effectively, this badge is like a tiny computer,
:09:41. > :09:43.and I can make it do like really cool stuff.
:09:44. > :09:53.Yeah, we have come to the chill out zone just to take a little break.
:09:54. > :09:55.I bumped into an old work colleague and friend of mine, Andy.
:09:56. > :09:58.He's a goon here, at DEF CON this year.
:09:59. > :10:01.Most people probably won't know what being a goon is, so...
:10:02. > :10:04.So being a goon is basically the enforcement of fun.
:10:05. > :10:09.So we were walking the corridors earlier today, and we heard some
:10:10. > :10:13.numbers being thrown around, in the region of 50-60,000
:10:14. > :10:17.attacks a day are launched against the DEF CON network,
:10:18. > :10:20.It's what you would expect of a hacking conference's network.
:10:21. > :10:25.There's no official challenge, but hackers going to hack.
:10:26. > :10:28.Federal agents attend the Conference dressed in plain clothing.
:10:29. > :10:32.It's easy for them to blend in, and there's a running competition
:10:33. > :10:37.every year to try and spot and identify federal agents.
:10:38. > :10:41.My guesses would be they're looking out for people they may
:10:42. > :10:44.need to keep an eye on, and the other side of
:10:45. > :10:47.So we were watching somebody get their first implant.
:10:48. > :10:54.I'm kind of wondering, how much it will hurt.
:10:55. > :11:00.I'm going to apply a little bit of pressure.
:11:01. > :11:03.It was literally like something poking around inside my hand.
:11:04. > :11:06.My front door lock at home, I'm going to replace
:11:07. > :11:12.it with an NFC lock, and it will sense the chip in my
:11:13. > :11:17.When you're at DEF CON, you just never know
:11:18. > :11:26.what is going to happen next, it could be a complete surprise.
:11:27. > :11:35.You will find more on privacy, security, and hacking on our website
:11:36. > :11:38.and social media as part of BBC media's hacking season. That is the
:11:39. > :11:44.short version of Click for this week. The full version is online.
:11:45. > :11:51.Thank you for watching and we will see you soon.