Merry Clickmas Click - Short Edition

of ways. It does seem like not the

wake to be spending cash.

Superstar

today on the Sunday express. 40

million hit the sales early.

Terrible. An enormous shopping date

shock. An estimated £1.67 billion...

How do they work that out? I

actually have not done all my

Christmas shopping.

You will have a

busy day tomorrow.

The great thing is that the majority

of the money

The great thing is that the majority

of the money was spent on High

Street, not online.

Actual physical

shops. Aren't you too late to buy

online? Oh, not for sale is not for

Christmas presents.

And at the

beginning of the market was down 10%

and everyone was worried so it

actually brilliant news the high

street.

You can spend it twice, you

need to spend it today or after

Christmas but you may get some

bargains. Take your sharp elbows

with you. Let's finish with the

express. Eat, drink and be merry.

Why? Good news, easy, convenient

answer to a obesity is on the way!

If this story is to be believed, an

injection has been invented, we are

told, or it has been invented by

university in Israel, that can stop

the sites that usually turn flat

into, our bodies burn them instead,

so the trial has been successful and

that could be on the market in two

years. Sir we can eat all the mince

pies we want.

We shouldn't applaud

this, should we?

We should show

restraint. Except we do exist in a

culture where there is food

everywhere the whole time and I

think we need to address culture to

make it easier for people, and also

so much is unhealthy and packed with

sugar and all sorts of things, it

makes it hard, I can see the need

for a magic cure and we will wait

and see...

We don't need new years

resolution, we can just have an

injection.

That is the papers.

Rosamond, Claire, good to see you,

thank you for coming in and a happy

Christmas and New Year. Coming up

next, its click.

T'was the night before Clickmas

and all through the smart home not

a gizmo was whirring,

not even a drone.

The stockings were full

with gadgets galore,

with virtual realities

primed to explore.

# The very next day you gave it away

# This year, to save me from tears

# I'll give it to...#

And welcome to

the Clickmas special!

CHEERING

And thank you very much

to John Culshaw for that excellent

rendition to start us off.

Would you believe it?

The gang's all here,

the halls are decked with nifty

gadgetry, and it's time

to get this party started.

Ooh!

Look at that!

This is the Lyric Speaker,

and it streams music

from your smartphone from Spotify,

and it also picks up the lyrics

from Spotify and displays it

on the screen for you all to stare

at, rather than having

a sociable conversation.

And if you do want something to talk

about, you can talk about the fact

that this costs £3600.

Wow!

Yes, so there we go.

Does it play Mariah Carey?

Technically, it does,

but we can't afford the licensing.

Well, I tell you what,

I've got a Christmas present

for you, Spencer.

Fabulous.

You've always wanted

to be a Jedi Knight,

I know this in my heart.

Yes.

You have always wanted

to have a lightsabre battle.

Oh, yes.

With this augmented reality

Star Wars battling headset, you can.

Fabulous.

Can I try it now?

Yes, but you're going to have to go

over there, because I know

you and your waving arms,

you're going to knock something

over.

OK.

While I get lost in a galaxy far,

far away, Dan is getting lost

in his favourite video game.

Come on, come on!

Come on!

Come on, come on, come

on, come on, come on!

I've just crashed it!

It's a stunning game,

and I'd love to tell you it's just

like driving the real thing but...

..I can't just yet.

This is the Nissan GT-R.

Its four-wheel drive

traction-control system lays down

almost all the 550 horses

from the engine to the tarmac.

It has a top speed that

would make your nose bleed and been

clocked from 0-60 in

under three seconds.

I am ready to go again!

Sorry?

Oh, BLEEP!

Oh, BLEEP!

Oh, my...!

Yeah, you want to be a little bit...

So we've played the game,

we've driven the car,

so how about...

..we do both?

This is a full-size,

fully-specced remote-controlled

Nissan GT-R/C.

It has been made by the team at JLB

Design and is driven by a standard

PlayStation controller.

Four robots control

the transmission, steering,

throttle and the brakes.

The six number-crunchers in the boot

calculate my adjustments 100

times a second.

So just to be clear,

I'm going to be driving that car

with this, while Rob chases it

in the car that we're in,

so we don't lose contact, obviously.

I know.

Bonkers.

This is £100,000 worth

of sports car, and I've got

to say it's twitchy.

Just like the Grand Prix,

a bit of brake, there we go,

in we go, in we turn.

Just take a little bit of kerb.

He has got it round that corner!

He hasn't smashed the sports car!

This car has so much power,

and I literally have to just

dab my finger and it moves -

I mean, it really goes.

Incredible.

Wow!

I mean, just be able to control

something as powerful

as that is so much responsibility,

actually, but once you get into it,

you get focused on the car,

it's just incredible.

We should all have one of these

for Christmas, shouldn't we?

Oh, well.

Nice to dream.

Dan!

That looked amazing!

Pointless!

But amazing!

Yeah.

And terrifying.

It was absolutely terrifying, Spen.

I think we created a new emoji

when we filmed that.

Oh, I say!

But we flushed it away,

it's OK, it's fine.

Right, well!

Ho, ho, ho!

Merry Clickmas!

What have you got there?

This is my friend, Anki.

I thought it would bring some fun

to the Clickmas table.

Look, it even recognises me.

Hello, Anki!

And it's a goading robot!

It can say phrases, it can play

educational games and it can

even do that.

Let's have a look at what it

gets up to on the table.

Don't worry, it's not going to eat

those chocolate coins of yours!

Does it mine for Bitcoins?

It mines for chocolate

coins, at this moment.

Robots are the best!

This is Ocado's Hatfield

fulfilment centre -

a place where humans work alongside

a process that already

looks pretty automated.

But the robots are coming.

Wow!

This grocery-picking robot

is being tested here,

and early next year she'll be making

an appearance at one of Ocado's

warehouses to do the job for real.

It has been trained to identify

2,000 of Ocado's 50,000 products

using computer vision.

And as long as those

products are non-porous -

so that means basically anything

that won't be damaged

by being picked up by this vacuum -

then it can take them out

of the picking box, take them

through the scanner,

and place them in the bagging area.

But this isn't the only

bot being tested here.

So I'm off to meet a man called

Panos and an arm called SoMa.

Hello!

Oh, I don't know whose

hand I shake first.

I'm going to go for yours.

OK, so whilst this robot looks

like its purpose is just

to have the human touch,

so it can pick things up that

are softer without damaging them,

it does also have another skill.

What this one has been taught to do

is the same thing a human would.

So to put their hand on it,

roll it along and do that.

Panos, can you help it

demonstrate, please?

Of course.

Wow!

That arm movement

is quite something.

It's got a few elbows there.

But it's grabbed it, and it has

picked it up successfully.

It can put it down.

Oh!

Thanks, happy Christmas to you, too!

Wow, I have to say, you get a great

view of London's West End

from up here.

I'm on the roof of John

Lewis at the moment.

These aren't any old binoculars.

These are made by IQ,

and they are basically a combination

of a lens strapped to a smartphone

strapped to a viewer.

And they allow you to record

what you are seeing so you can watch

it back later and share

it with friends.

Nice.

I'm freezing.

I say, barman...

Well, hello there, Spencer!

If it isn't TV's Nick Kwek.

It's me!

How are you?

Cold.

Can you whip me up something hot?

Here you go, Spen.

It's a lovely hot chocolate.

I say hot, because actually

that is a smart mug you are holding.

It connects to your mobile phone

via an app, and that works

like a thermostat.

You choose the desired

temperature of your drink,

and that keeps it warm all day long.

All day long!

That is, until your smartphone's

battery dies, at which point

the power in the mug goes.

I'll drink it, then.

That will be £80.

Say what now?

£80.

£80!

What's that, production?

I'm needed back in the hub?

Spen!

I hope you're enjoying the show.

It's time for our Clickmas elfing.

Sticking with the theme of AR,

we'll be adding a bit of augmented

reality to the photo this year.

We have the photo printer

attached to a smartphone.

I will need some help here, Dan.

Could you take the selfie, please?

You are in a better

position than me.

We need to put it on video mode.

This is a video selfie?

Well, it is.

You will find out why in a moment.

All I have to say right now is that

when Dan presses the button,

make sure you move

and make some noise.

Happy Clickmas, or something

else appropriate.

Three, two, one!

ALL: Happy Clickmas!

So now we have still that looks like

but that we print.

That's unfortunate.

It's not a bad picture.

Let's print that still.

Hurrah!

There you go, Spencer.

Your memento.

Your memento for having us.

I like the way you framed it.

I'm sure that's what

it was designed for.

I'm going to have to

take a selfie of that.

That's it for this week.

Thank you so much for watching.

On behalf of the whole

team, Merry Clickmas!

The rooftop sees Santa

who is laughing with glee.

He is trying to fit

robots down the chimney.

He finished the job

and the gifs were delivered.

Around Rudolph's neck,

the GPS triggered.

And on Santa's step counter

the total was high.

Merry Clickmas to all!

# Now where's my mince pie?

Guys, I think I've fallen over.

No-one told me there was a step.