:00:04. > :00:14.is time for Click. We are now approaching London Heathrow. The
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:00:32. > :00:37.weather is fine. We hope you had a pleasant journey. This week, a
:00:37. > :00:42.slightly more realistic flight simulator, as we get to the heart
:00:42. > :00:47.of the action at the extreme end of the NSE of gaining. A brave new
:00:47. > :00:52.piece of camera technology that should make everything clear. That,
:00:52. > :01:02.plus the latest technology news and the smart phone up that promises to
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:01:09. > :01:12.make use smart as well. Welcome to Click. For years, video games the
:01:12. > :01:18.current and Simulation designers have tried to make players feel
:01:18. > :01:21.part of the action. And the grassy -- graphics and sound have improved
:01:22. > :01:27.and the experience is more realistic. How realistic is it
:01:28. > :01:37.possible to get? In a quest for the ultimate in Messi that simulated
:01:38. > :01:39.
:01:39. > :01:43.experience, we found ourselves scaling new heights. Gains in the -
:01:43. > :01:49.- simulator designers have tried all sorts of tricks to make games
:01:49. > :01:56.as NSE as possible. From elaborate peripheral to 3 D goggles. We have
:01:56. > :02:04.scoured the globe will find the ultimate simulator experience. And
:02:04. > :02:08.our quest begins here, in Coventry. This street looks pretty normal. In
:02:08. > :02:12.fact, it looks like thousands up- and-down Great Britain. Cars parked
:02:12. > :02:18.outside homes. Beans waiting for collection. But inside this
:02:18. > :02:28.particular house, we find something quite unusual. Commentary's very
:02:28. > :02:30.
:02:30. > :02:39.own suburban 747. This is John Davies. His back bedroom has become
:02:39. > :02:45.the scene of some extreme redecorating. A lot of people use
:02:45. > :02:52.their back bedroom as a Home Office or as a spare room. But John Davies
:02:52. > :02:56.has converted his back bedroom into a polling 747 cockpit simulator. It
:02:56. > :03:00.is very impressive. But it did not always look like this. It will
:03:00. > :03:08.start at 12 years ago, with a PC and a copy of Microsoft Flight
:03:08. > :03:12.simulator. It is really a hobby that got totally out of hand.
:03:12. > :03:16.are about five computers running it, with approximately 30 programmes,
:03:16. > :03:20.interfacing with all of the different things. The main software
:03:20. > :03:27.that runs the flight model and the flight displays that you see in
:03:27. > :03:31.front of us it is called Aero links P S one. That just simulates the
:03:31. > :03:36.Boeing seven for 7. And then I am using Microsoft Flight simulator
:03:36. > :03:46.for the visuals only. We have software that takes over the flight
:03:46. > :03:46.
:03:46. > :03:50.model of Microsoft. So we use that for the Bijan and night and day.
:03:50. > :03:54.Fly at simulators have long been the preserve of a joystick and
:03:54. > :04:00.plug-in computer. But the realistic switches and controls quickly makes
:04:00. > :04:09.me forget that time in the back bedroom of a Coventry terrace house.
:04:09. > :04:13.Convincing as it is, it does not improve my flying. We are on the
:04:13. > :04:17.ground. I am clearly going to need
:04:17. > :04:26.veg will passengers are going to make it to the terminal building
:04:26. > :04:30.and one piece. But that is the beauty of the simulator set up. I n
:04:30. > :04:35.2,500 seats in the air again on approach to Heathrow. I wonder how
:04:35. > :04:39.rich is getting on, he is at the other end of the country, trying
:04:39. > :04:44.out a different simulator. That's all well and good, but if you
:04:44. > :04:50.happen to have a spare 10 or $15
:04:50. > :04:53.one of these. Passports at the ready, we are off to New York. This
:04:53. > :04:56.is the British Airways flight training facility near Heathrow
:04:56. > :05:01.Airport. It would be impossible to fix the kit here its way back
:05:02. > :05:06.bedroom. This beast is capable of replicating Maidment as well as the
:05:06. > :05:10.sights and sounds of pilot experiences. How adding the motion
:05:10. > :05:15.and turn and made around just reinforces all of that training
:05:15. > :05:18.that we used to maximum effect. It ok
:05:18. > :05:22.at the visuals and you look like you Attorney and the graphics
:05:22. > :05:26.inside the aeroplane look like you are turning. But if your ears do
:05:26. > :05:31.not tell you, you can get as confusion. In order to make the
:05:31. > :05:36.projected visuals more realistic, the grass set -- graphics have been
:05:36. > :05:39.shifted out of focus. The effect is quite successful. That is
:05:39. > :05:44.incredibly realistic. How do you feel when you are in one of these,
:05:44. > :05:48.do you get into his own? question. You're getting very
:05:48. > :05:56.swiftly. You are getting on with the deep house and it is so
:05:56. > :06:06.realistic that we take the full training process. Mein Yih-Shin
:06:06. > :06:09.
:06:09. > :06:19.ears to land at this vegetable version of a jumbo jet. These back
:06:19. > :06:28.
:06:28. > :06:34.gently. Just told it there. They do say that practice makes perfect.
:06:34. > :06:39.Does easy it back a fraction. was a great landing. That felt a
:06:39. > :06:43.bit better. It was a lot better. You have taking your fing your f
:06:43. > :06:48.You have just seen the advantage of the training. Each approach, you
:06:48. > :06:51.relax more and you have got and better and better. The advantage of
:06:52. > :06:55.repetitious training and Simulation, you have just seen it. Back at
:06:56. > :07:02.Heathrow, after a relatively smooth journey. His you really want to
:07:02. > :07:07.experience the highs and lows and thrills and spills of flying. You
:07:07. > :07:10.need this. That is why we have made this arduous trek to this airfield
:07:10. > :07:20.in southern California. I am feeling the need, the need for
:07:20. > :07:24.speed. They Air is a $5 fine for every Top Gun reference. Air combat
:07:24. > :07:29.pleats would be fighter pilots against one another in a real
:07:29. > :07:37.aircraft. They fully, the combat is simulated. However, everything else
:07:37. > :07:42.is real. Two x the Top Gun pilots will accompany us, taking off and
:07:42. > :07:48.landing the aircraft. In order to help us Channel that, myself and
:07:48. > :07:52.Richard have got to look the part. Adding Lodder zero hours piloting
:07:52. > :07:57.real aircraft, a pre-flight briefing is in order. We will go
:07:57. > :08:01.out and do five dog fights. We're trying to engage somebody from
:08:02. > :08:08.behind the Ling Lin. When you get the gun on them and you shoot, you
:08:08. > :08:13.will see smoke come out of the back end. Breezing over, we received our
:08:13. > :08:19.parachutes, hell lets and pilots call signs. I will be known in the
:08:19. > :08:25.air as Eight years old. And diet will be called At stitch. This is a
:08:25. > :08:29.military trainer. A maximum speed of 287 knots and is capable of
:08:29. > :08:33.achieving a U-turn. If we do Upul that turn up there, I will not be
:08:33. > :08:39.very happy because it really, really will not feel very nice at
:08:39. > :08:43.all. We are essentially playing Laser Tag in the sky. They are
:08:43. > :08:48.equipped with generators, so when I score a direct hit, he will know
:08:48. > :08:58.about it. His plane will be up in smoke. Let's just hope that he
:08:58. > :09:10.
:09:10. > :09:20.makes it back down. Way are false start I am looking forward to this.
:09:20. > :09:44.
:09:44. > :09:54.Bring it right. You need to deflect your wings. I have got you. OK
:09:54. > :09:56.
:09:56. > :10:06.false start --. You have gone into a spin. He well, Bonnie to your
:10:06. > :10:10.
:10:10. > :10:17.right. We are heading back to the airfield. I believe recheck got hit
:10:17. > :10:27.me a few more times than I got him. Seeking permission to pass the hour.
:10:27. > :10:30.
:10:30. > :10:36.That is $25. You have to remember, as every good fighter pilot knows,
:10:36. > :10:46.it is the first deal that counts. It looks as though you have lost
:10:46. > :10:50.
:10:50. > :10:54.that feeling. Any is now $70 that you owe any. That feeling is gone.
:10:54. > :11:00.That is the closest that those two will ever come to wading through
:11:00. > :11:05.the danger zone. A look at this week's technology news. Two men are
:11:05. > :11:10.posted messages on Facebook inciting others to riot have been
:11:11. > :11:15.they'll -- jailed for four years, even though no violence took place.
:11:15. > :11:20.They admitted encouraging crime in Northwich and Warrington during the
:11:20. > :11:25.English Rights earlier this month. Both men are to appeal the decision.
:11:25. > :11:29.Google is forking out 12 and a half billion dollars to buy a Motorola's
:11:29. > :11:34.Mobile Division. It will give Google an opportunity to develop
:11:34. > :11:38.hardware, which should give users of its Andrew Raines operating
:11:38. > :11:43.system, a more integrated experience. Other man said
:11:43. > :11:49.operators welcomed the purges as it brings about 107 -- 170,000 patents
:11:49. > :11:57.which could help good will defend against potential lawsuits. The AA
:11:57. > :12:01.Japanese outfit is giving a helping hand to iPhone for users. It is a
:12:01. > :12:04.case where a seller can hand on the outside. Maybe it is so that you
:12:04. > :12:10.can feel more in touch with your loved ones when they call. If you
:12:10. > :12:16.think that it is a high, here is a video proved. You have got to hand
:12:16. > :12:20.it to them. One of the great things about digital photography is that
:12:20. > :12:25.even if you do take a bad picture, you can usually corrected using
:12:25. > :12:30.software. It is too dark, you can brighten it. It is a level, you can
:12:30. > :12:34.straighten it. You can croc and refrain as well. One thing that you
:12:34. > :12:40.cannot do, not very well, is to correct the focus. The few have
:12:40. > :12:44.shot something and it has turned out Lowery. Until now. Fresh from
:12:44. > :12:48.his aerial dogfight, Richard has been looking at some technology
:12:48. > :12:55.which promises to do something that previously has sounded completely
:12:55. > :12:59.impossible. It is a scene that will instantly resonate for anybody with
:12:59. > :13:04.children. Trying to catch that precious moment through a lens.
:13:04. > :13:08.Memories may be priceless, but all too often, they end up as worthless.
:13:08. > :13:14.Photography has exploded into the mainstream that as it has, skills
:13:14. > :13:18.or lack thereof, has become all the more exposed. And frequently, over
:13:18. > :13:21.or under. And when you are dealing with a tricky scene where your
:13:22. > :13:31.subject just will not sit still, one of the hardest things to get
:13:31. > :13:40.Even compacts can have problems with auto focus, especially if
:13:40. > :13:46.there is a busy background. if you have a digital SLR and do no -- do
:13:46. > :13:50.not know what you're doing, it can get messy. You want to train the
:13:50. > :13:54.eye on the subject of the image and get everything else around it out
:13:54. > :13:59.of focus. It is a principle called depth of field and it is something
:13:59. > :14:06.the pros know all about. Casting an eye all over this London street
:14:06. > :14:12.photography exhibition displays it perfectly. It is a kind of holy
:14:12. > :14:18.grail for amateur photographers and the geographers seeking to emulate
:14:18. > :14:22.the pros. Now there is technology that offers us all the chance of
:14:22. > :14:26.getting creative which allows us to change the focal point of the image
:14:26. > :14:30.even after we have taken the photo and it promises to revolutionise
:14:30. > :14:36.photography as we know it. This is the way his website of a Silicon
:14:36. > :14:40.Valley start-up which recently received a whopping $50 million in
:14:40. > :14:46.funding. Their idea is to develop a consumer camera whose images you
:14:46. > :14:50.can refocus after you have taken them. Clicking around these Flash
:14:50. > :14:57.animations on the website gives you a good idea of what you can achieve.
:14:57. > :15:02.Being able to refocus after you click the shutter is mind-blowing,
:15:03. > :15:11.especially when you can share the experiences with others. People
:15:11. > :15:15.through the Web, mobile phones, will be allowed to experience the
:15:15. > :15:21.whole story of the picture, interact with it and discover new
:15:21. > :15:24.things. The camera itself is available through Reserve before
:15:24. > :15:32.its release at the end of the year but the company is releasing
:15:32. > :15:42.precious few details about what you will buy. What they are sure we
:15:42. > :15:45.knew his the technology behind the camera. The redefinition of the
:15:45. > :15:52.Light Field is the amount of all the light travelling at every
:15:52. > :15:55.direction at every point in space. Literally 100 cameras were plugged
:15:55. > :16:01.into a supercomputer taking many Peters at the same time and then
:16:01. > :16:05.trying to back up his light field in software. My dissertation was
:16:05. > :16:08.how we could miniaturise the room full of cameras into the body of a
:16:08. > :16:14.single camera to make it practical for regular folks to take pictures.
:16:14. > :16:20.In Europe, one German company has in some ways already stolen the
:16:20. > :16:28.march. They had spent the last year selling cameras using similar plan
:16:28. > :16:31.optic technology. It can raise tethered to a PC to process it's
:16:31. > :16:36.the photos but it uses the same light field techniques to capture
:16:36. > :16:41.the photo. Instead of a camera Sensex capturing a single flight in
:16:41. > :16:45.which, thousands of images are captured in a different way, by an
:16:45. > :16:52.array of micro lenses housed in a glass wafer placed just in front of
:16:52. > :16:57.the censor. This thing here is the' lenses. They are so small you
:16:57. > :17:02.cannot see them with the naked eye. You. A laser at it and threw it and
:17:02. > :17:05.then you can see the different focus points of the Micra lenses.
:17:05. > :17:10.These lenses or catch a slightly different views of a scene which
:17:10. > :17:14.software processes to work out the location of each point in space.
:17:14. > :17:24.All that depth information means any pointing images -- point in the
:17:24. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:28.images can be refocused by pointing at different microbe pixels. Screw
:17:28. > :17:33.heads of their production line can be scrutinised to see if they are
:17:33. > :17:39.the same height and the perspective of images can be shifted to. There
:17:39. > :17:45.is drawbacks, most glaring is that the final image resolution is
:17:45. > :17:54.smaller than that of a regular camera. That could be off-putting
:17:54. > :18:04.for consumers. That is why the German company says the Silicon
:18:04. > :18:05.
:18:05. > :18:13.Valley company's ambitions is very -- is a very tall order indeed.
:18:13. > :18:19.When all the' lenses come together, the processing will take longer.
:18:19. > :18:23.Outfits with more resources are also taking an interest. Creative
:18:23. > :18:26.software leader's Adobe make Photoshop, used for years by
:18:26. > :18:31.photographers trying to recreate the hallowed low depth of field
:18:31. > :18:34.effect. Behind the scenes, they have been researching the same
:18:34. > :18:39.technology and policy challenge is bringing a camera to market they
:18:39. > :18:44.are in no doubt as to the impact of the technology. -- while they see a
:18:44. > :18:48.challenge. For we see it as the future of imaging, the next great
:18:48. > :18:53.revolution. It started off been about digitising what you could see
:18:54. > :18:57.and progressively we started getting more information and
:18:57. > :19:01.figuring out ways to run algorithms on what was captured so you can
:19:01. > :19:08.have more flexibility to do things after the shot and this technology
:19:08. > :19:11.takes things to an entirely new level. The creator in Silicon
:19:11. > :19:14.Valley is pleased with the potential. For when you change the
:19:14. > :19:22.perspective, you can see the light refracting through these droplets
:19:22. > :19:32.of water. Not everyone shares his enthusiasm. Critics have called it
:19:32. > :19:32.
:19:32. > :19:37.a novelty and others have pointed out that it will not stop blurry
:19:37. > :19:44.pictures from camera shake. Toby Smith is a professional
:19:44. > :19:49.photographer. He blows post processing could have a real market.
:19:49. > :19:53.From a consumer point of view, photography has shifted from being
:19:53. > :19:59.a print based media took online. For technology to provide a new way
:19:59. > :20:03.of looking at that image could possibly take off. I can imagine a
:20:03. > :20:06.scenario where the latest Facebook posts, the latest online
:20:06. > :20:12.photography group posts have an interactive version and it could
:20:12. > :20:19.become the next must have way of doing a photo-shoot and it could
:20:19. > :20:23.take off in a viral way. If they can get light-filled technology
:20:23. > :20:27.down to a reasonable price and manageable size, we could have a
:20:27. > :20:34.revolution on our hands. Many of us have smartphones these days but
:20:34. > :20:43.does that mean we the owners are smart? Well, apparently having the
:20:43. > :20:48.bright apps may very well improve your intellect and education. --
:20:48. > :20:55.the right. What is the point of having a smartphone if you cannot
:20:55. > :21:05.use it to help prove you are smart? Neurons is a very app that does
:21:05. > :21:09.
:21:09. > :21:16.exactly that. Wait for the like to stop the traffic. -- delight. Then
:21:16. > :21:25.collect your cracked not safely. The streaming content comes from a
:21:25. > :21:33.variety of sources. They are truly enlightening videos which should
:21:33. > :21:39.help get your grey matter nicely lubricated. The interface makes
:21:39. > :21:44.great use of the phones user interface styling and be streaming
:21:44. > :21:49.his great quality, streaming decently over Wi-Fi. Be aware of
:21:49. > :21:59.how much does that the video eats up over 3G and if you tap and hold
:21:59. > :22:01.
:22:01. > :22:06.a thumbnail, you can share items you find with your social network.
:22:06. > :22:13.In this high-speed hi-tech age we live in, it could be easy to forget
:22:13. > :22:17.our roots. Get back to basics with a visit to this website from the
:22:17. > :22:27.Institute of the study of human knowledge maps out the human
:22:27. > :22:35.
:22:35. > :22:40.It is fair to say the website is pretty old-fashioned although not
:22:40. > :22:45.quite as old as 100,000 years. There is no video or interactivity,
:22:45. > :22:49.just words and pictures but it is a fascinating compendium of
:22:49. > :22:54.information about the abolition of humanity. This content offers more
:22:54. > :22:59.than just a timeline of our biological progress. It discusses
:22:59. > :23:05.changes in culture, diet, world- view, perception, social
:23:05. > :23:08.organisation, language, maps and forms of communication. It is all
:23:08. > :23:18.completely fascinating stuff if you ever wondered where you really came
:23:18. > :23:23.
:23:23. > :23:29.I have been making history this week. Really, I have, thanks to the
:23:29. > :23:39.launch of this app for iPhone and Android. It lets you pick historic
:23:39. > :23:43.
:23:43. > :23:47.photos to real world locations. GPS brings automatic location tagging.
:23:47. > :23:57.If you just want to enjoy a random sampling of great historic images
:23:57. > :24:16.
:24:16. > :24:22.from around the world, give your As always, if you would like to
:24:22. > :24:26.suggest an app al website for Webscape, get in touch. E-mail us
:24:26. > :24:32.all get in touch on Twitter. At everything from today's programme
:24:32. > :24:37.is up on our website. You can get all the reports in video and text
:24:37. > :24:47.form and watch the entire programme too. That's it for now. Thanks for
:24:47. > :24:58.
:24:58. > :25:01.If one thing, it will be a mild start to our weekend because we had
:25:01. > :25:06.a weather system working its way southwards across the country,
:25:06. > :25:10.giving us some rain. It tends to grind or hold across central areas.
:25:10. > :25:13.For the north, heavy showers into the north and west and a brisk wind.
:25:13. > :25:18.For the Southend East, dry and brittle whether making its way
:25:18. > :25:22.through the clouds. -- drier and brighter weather. Cloud more broken
:25:22. > :25:27.across the eastern side of England but they could be some mist around
:25:27. > :25:31.as well given the light winds. Similarly across the south-east,
:25:32. > :25:36.the temperatures start mild -- on a mock note. The cloud is quite low,
:25:36. > :25:39.giving me a lot of hill fog already across Cornwall and Devon as well
:25:39. > :25:44.as that wet weather around the coast. That will work its way into
:25:44. > :25:48.the south-east of Wales moving north-east. By morning we will
:25:48. > :25:51.still have that cloud across parts of North Wales but for Northern
:25:51. > :25:55.Ireland it is looking brighter. There are some showers waiting in
:25:55. > :25:59.the wings and they will be frequent and at times heavier cross parts of
:25:59. > :26:04.north-western Scotland blown in by a strong wind here. We will see
:26:04. > :26:07.some showers east of the Grampians but dry and brighter than it was
:26:07. > :26:16.yesterday for Northern Ireland. That heavier rain making its way
:26:16. > :26:20.gradually north-east Woods. South- east of that, we may escape with
:26:20. > :26:23.just an odd shower. Some strong sunshine further north of London as
:26:23. > :26:27.well. That rain will pester North Wales and Northern England, parts
:26:27. > :26:32.of Scotland and possibly Northern Ireland later in the night as well
:26:32. > :26:35.and as it clears across the East on Sunday, we could have some thundery