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membership of the EU. That is the latest news from the BBC. It is now | :00:03. | :00:06. | |
time for Click. 61 tonnes of fast moving metal. | :00:06. | :00:12. | |
Armed with a cannon of the size of a car. And now with the ultimate | :00:12. | :00:22. | |
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From the vanishing tanks to airborne spy bots. This week, Click | :00:36. | :00:42. | |
dons its camouflage to check out the latest defence technology. And | :00:42. | :00:46. | |
we take Siri for a spin to see if the new app can be of any his | :00:46. | :00:53. | |
assistance at all. And, how can you make real life even better? An | :00:53. | :00:59. | |
artist with more than a chip on its shoulder. And the latest Tech News | :00:59. | :01:04. | |
and from defence to attack in Webscape. | :01:04. | :01:10. | |
Welcome. We feature a lot of consumer technology on our program. | :01:10. | :01:17. | |
Stuff that we could buy tomorrow. But for the highest of high tech, | :01:17. | :01:20. | |
you have to look to the armed forces. The kits developed for the | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
military are often years ahead of anything available to us mere | :01:24. | :01:29. | |
civilians. We discover the classified details behind some of | :01:29. | :01:35. | |
the latest defence technology. The deadlock and stalemate created by | :01:35. | :01:39. | |
trench warfare in France during the First World War gave birth to the | :01:39. | :01:47. | |
tank in 1916. It weighed 28 tonnes and carried a crew of eight. It was | :01:47. | :01:50. | |
an armoured vehicle designed to traverse no man's land, taking the | :01:50. | :01:59. | |
fight back to the enemy. The present day Salisbury Plain. 95 | :01:59. | :02:02. | |
years later, the tanks still play an important part on the | :02:02. | :02:12. | |
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battlefield. It is a talented battle tank. It is a fighting | :02:14. | :02:17. | |
vehicle. They are using the Scimitar as well. The Challenger 2 | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
represents the current state-of- the-art in tank technology. It is | :02:20. | :02:28. | |
powered by a 26 litre diesel engine. The top speed on road is 40mph and | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
it is covered in Dorchester armour. This armour is very effective, so | :02:31. | :02:40. | |
its precise make-up is classified. Our job is to be able to use any | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
vehicle to fight any enemy, effectively. We can then apply our | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
skills to any other vehicle, as we have in Afghanistan. | :02:48. | :02:49. | |
contemporary battlefield demands cutting-edge 21st century | :02:49. | :02:55. | |
technology. In the case of the Challenger 2 main battle tank, that | :02:55. | :02:58. | |
means computers aided by assistance and protection from nuclear, | :02:58. | :03:04. | |
biological and chemical warfare. But given its size, it is not | :03:04. | :03:14. | |
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exactly inconspicuous. Helicopter gunships, other tanks and infantry. | :03:17. | :03:23. | |
They all pose a threat to the tank commander. It is a big target but | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
we are trained to use both the ground command control and a | :03:27. | :03:31. | |
helicopter in the sky to conceal us from the enemy. If they cannot find | :03:31. | :03:36. | |
us, they cannot shoot us. 80 miles away, this is the XL Centre that is | :03:36. | :03:42. | |
playing host to the DSEi defence industry trade show. The mantra, if | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
the enemy cannot see you, it cannot hurt you. It has inspired the next | :03:47. | :03:50. | |
generation of tank technology which has been fitted to this prototype | :03:50. | :03:55. | |
tag. It is part funded by the Swedish Military of Defence and a | :03:55. | :04:02. | |
British aerospace company. You can paint hardware to make it more | :04:02. | :04:05. | |
difficult to see but a whole host of modern military technology can | :04:05. | :04:08. | |
target equipment like vehicles with deadly accuracy. So, how do you | :04:08. | :04:13. | |
hide something as big as a tank? Scientists and engineers at BAE | :04:13. | :04:23. | |
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Systems think you don't just need pace, you need pixels. There is a | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
growing threat from infrared systems on the battlefield. Things | :04:27. | :04:31. | |
like night vision goggles and heat- seeking missiles. This technology | :04:31. | :04:38. | |
makes the tank invisible to those systems. So this vehicle has been | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
fitted with special panels. But it is still visible to the naked eye. | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
However, when we see it through an infrared camera, the picture | :04:46. | :04:51. | |
changes completely. The tiles or large pixels on this card can | :04:51. | :04:54. | |
rapidly change temperature to make the tank disappear in the infrared | :04:54. | :05:02. | |
part of the spectrum. And it has cameras that can look at its | :05:02. | :05:08. | |
surrounding environment and try to mimic it. And there are infrared | :05:08. | :05:11. | |
signatures on board so it can pretend it is something harmless | :05:11. | :05:17. | |
like a car. The present system only works in infrared but there are | :05:17. | :05:20. | |
plans to expand its capability. are working on extending the | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
technology to work with the visual spectrum by use of a different | :05:23. | :05:30. | |
display technology that will work with the tiles. And we can make | :05:30. | :05:33. | |
them the radar absorbent to give them stealth across the whole of | :05:33. | :05:39. | |
the spectrum. We are also looking at other technologies to make the | :05:39. | :05:48. | |
tank quiet, almost silent. So when the vehicle is running on battery | :05:48. | :05:53. | |
power, it is almost completely silent. While BAE Systems is | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
investing millions on systems which can hide the cause or equipment, a | :05:56. | :05:59. | |
team of engineers from Middlesex University, working on a smaller | :05:59. | :06:03. | |
budget, are developing a device that can seek out dangers on the | :06:03. | :06:13. | |
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battlefield. It is basically the eyes and ears of the soldier. It | :06:14. | :06:19. | |
allows him to see a position about him, to see into a building, over a | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
wall, basically in context of the operation and patrol. They have | :06:22. | :06:27. | |
developed a palm-sized drone that can be carried around in a backpack. | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
In environments where a soldier may not want to pop his head over a | :06:31. | :06:41. | |
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wall or corner, it can be launched to locate possible threat. It is | :06:44. | :06:47. | |
radio-controlled so we have a radio control unit that flies the craft. | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
It has two cameras on board and they see the pictures through | :06:51. | :06:54. | |
goggles. They have a direct link that has a certain frequency and | :06:54. | :06:56. | |
does not interfere with other control aspects. Drones currently | :06:56. | :07:02. | |
in use cost around �150,000 per unit. The university team are | :07:02. | :07:09. | |
hoping their device will end up costing about �22,000 each. A big | :07:09. | :07:12. | |
saving which will make it easier to deploy devices like this in | :07:12. | :07:22. | |
significant numbers in the future. Next up, a look at this week's | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
technology news. It has been another busy week for BlackBerry | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
makers and not just preparing the back-end systems. After the email | :07:31. | :07:33. | |
catastrophe earlier this month, Mike Lazaridis delivered a | :07:33. | :07:40. | |
perfectly scripted apology. The firm is giving each user more than | :07:40. | :07:44. | |
$100 worth of free apps, although it may not stretch that far and | :07:44. | :07:51. | |
there is also only a limited amount available. But which exec does not | :07:51. | :07:58. | |
enjoy a quick stab at Bubble Bash or the Sims 3? BBX combines the | :07:58. | :08:02. | |
best features of all the platforms and the QNX platform that runs the | :08:02. | :08:12. | |
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PlayBook tablet. Google. Their Smartphone update was small beer | :08:18. | :08:21. | |
compared to that announced by rival Google, which announced its latest | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
and most significant update to the Android. Ice Cream Sandwich, yes | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
you heard me right, was shown up on the flagship Samsung-made Galaxy | :08:29. | :08:31. | |
Nexus. It will harmonise the look and amongst its differentiators, | :08:31. | :08:39. | |
face recognition for unlocking your phone. Yeah, let's hope that works. | :08:39. | :08:42. | |
And Android beams which transfers data by attaching phones together. | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
Now, an eco story from Australia which could never take place in the | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
UK. Speedy solar-powered cars travelling at over 100kph across a | :08:50. | :08:54. | |
3,000 kilometre course from Darwin to Adelaide. The winners, | :08:54. | :09:00. | |
predictably, Japan. Their eco credentials are intact. | :09:00. | :09:09. | |
And finally, a group of German students have showed off this. A | :09:09. | :09:14. | |
camera fitted with 36 two megapixel phone cams. It takes a spherical | :09:14. | :09:17. | |
panoramic image when a shutter is triggered at the highest point. | :09:17. | :09:27. | |
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Sadly, it is not for sale. Now, have you heard there is a hot | :09:28. | :09:32. | |
new personality in the world of tech? He or she, we are not sure, | :09:32. | :09:35. | |
wants to be your very own personal assistant. Voice activated, | :09:35. | :09:38. | |
intuitive and intelligent, Siri helps you do things on the new | :09:38. | :09:45. | |
iPhone. Our reporter has been having a chat with him...or | :09:45. | :09:52. | |
her...or it. Remind me to buy coffee when I get | :09:52. | :09:59. | |
to work. This is Apple's new iPhone 4S. In the UK, Siri, the personal | :09:59. | :10:09. | |
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assistant, has an English accent. Yes. And he will keep asking me | :10:09. | :10:15. | |
questions until he knows what he wants to do. He has put in a | :10:15. | :10:19. | |
reminder so when the GPS in this phone gets close to my workplace, | :10:19. | :10:23. | |
it will come up with a reminder for me to buy coffee. As if I needed it. | :10:23. | :10:27. | |
And it has an American and an Australian version as well. It is | :10:27. | :10:30. | |
also available in French and German. Italian and Spanish are on their | :10:30. | :10:35. | |
way, we are told, probably next year. It has a few downsides. You | :10:35. | :10:42. | |
have to have a connection or it will not work. The good sides are | :10:42. | :10:45. | |
that it can access any of the native apps onboard and control | :10:45. | :10:49. | |
them just by asking it to do different things. It is also | :10:49. | :10:52. | |
intuitive because it uses a search system, an intelligent engine which | :10:52. | :10:55. | |
made the headlines a few years ago, that has algorithms that do not | :10:55. | :10:59. | |
just search in the search terms you say but tries to understand what to | :10:59. | :11:09. | |
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ask. So I could ask, will I need an umbrella tomorrow? It does not look | :11:11. | :11:16. | |
like it will rain tomorrow. I did not ask for the weather | :11:16. | :11:19. | |
specifically but, just in the context of my question, it worked | :11:19. | :11:24. | |
out the information I needed. But it is not always as plain sailing | :11:24. | :11:31. | |
as that. In this phone, I put in my calendar a hot date with Lisa | :11:31. | :11:35. | |
tonight at 8pm. It knows where that will take place. But does Siri? He | :11:35. | :11:44. | |
is behaving almost as if he is jealous. When is dinner tonight? | :11:44. | :11:50. | |
can only look for businesses in the US and when you use US English. | :11:50. | :11:55. | |
Sorry about that. When am I having dinner with Lisa? Your meeting | :11:55. | :12:05. | |
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today is at 8pm. Where? I do not know what you mean by where. It is | :12:10. | :12:18. | |
our first date so any ideas on what I might say? Dan, mate, you really | :12:18. | :12:26. | |
do not stand a chance. Why? Your cheap fragrances, bad attitude and | :12:26. | :12:33. | |
dodgy sartorial sense do you no favours at all. Richard! What are | :12:33. | :12:43. | |
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you doing here? Sorry. Just being Siri. But that aftershave really is | :12:48. | :12:58. | |
something else... It stinks. You can see the full video of Dan's | :12:58. | :13:08. | |
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grapple with Siri on our website. If you've watched Click for a few | :13:08. | :13:12. | |
years, you will know that there are two types of reality for us that | :13:12. | :13:15. | |
matter. Virtual reality, where a computer creates a different | :13:15. | :13:18. | |
landscape for you to explore, and augmented reality, where you get to | :13:18. | :13:22. | |
see the real world around you but the computer will add or tweak | :13:22. | :13:28. | |
certain details. Sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. Well our reporter | :13:28. | :13:31. | |
travelled to Switzerland which is pushing augmented reality to its | :13:31. | :13:41. | |
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Artists might live in the same world as us, but they are | :13:51. | :13:55. | |
determined to see it with a different set of eyes, even if that | :13:55. | :14:02. | |
means they appear eccentric. Jan Torpus is exploring augmented | :14:02. | :14:07. | |
reality. He has developed lifeClipper, a system comprising 3D | :14:07. | :14:12. | |
goggles and apparatus that measures your breathing. LifeClipper makes | :14:12. | :14:15. | |
the park into the stage for an environmental drama where climate | :14:16. | :14:25. | |
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and gravity morph around you. Everything is green and strange. It | :14:40. | :14:50. | |
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is a virtual world. When I regard it, it becomes normal and when it | :14:54. | :15:00. | |
is high it connects to the trees. There is the sound of a frog. Now | :15:00. | :15:10. | |
the storm comes in. It is slowly fading in. I can still see the | :15:10. | :15:20. | |
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ground and my hands. It early gets more and more virtual. You see the | :15:20. | :15:29. | |
sand and the desert. LifeClipper is an augmented reality project where | :15:29. | :15:39. | |
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we add virtual elements to the real park. It is not overlaying things. | :15:41. | :15:46. | |
It is like a parallel world, or something which is behind the park. | :15:46. | :15:55. | |
What we consider to be real is fake and there is another world behind. | :15:55. | :16:02. | |
3D has come in for stick lately. It makes some people feel dizzy and | :16:02. | :16:06. | |
not just at the price. But if it has had its day in the cinema, 3D | :16:06. | :16:09. | |
may come into its own with augmented reality as it allows you | :16:10. | :16:13. | |
to walk into the virtual space of a park, for example. But pulling off | :16:13. | :16:17. | |
this trick of endowing a 3D model with computer graphics and making | :16:17. | :16:27. | |
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them stick is no easy task. That is the challenge for technology that | :16:27. | :16:30. | |
the 3D model with the infrared scanner can make this model | :16:30. | :16:40. | |
congruent on top of the real world. It is when you walk around and the | :16:40. | :16:46. | |
model stays at the same place. That is very difficult. You have to have | :16:46. | :16:49. | |
a very precise notion of where the viewer is and where he is looking | :16:49. | :16:58. | |
from and what he is looking at. are using an extension to GPS. That | :16:58. | :17:04. | |
enhances GPS to a point where you have sub-centimetre precision. GPS | :17:04. | :17:08. | |
only sees the position. It does not show you where someone is looking. | :17:08. | :17:15. | |
So you need an orientation tracker. We used one which is like a compass | :17:15. | :17:22. | |
on steroids. We're using old technologies which have been | :17:22. | :17:32. | |
enhanced to the point where they LifeClipper's cost is cumbersome | :17:32. | :17:42. | |
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The GPS alone costs 10,000 euros and does not compromise on weight. | :17:46. | :17:50. | |
Made for tanks. Very heavy. This system will not be easy to | :17:50. | :17:53. | |
duplicate commercially, but that is not really the aim. The enterprise | :17:53. | :17:56. | |
is artistic, to push the boundaries of technology, perception and | :17:56. | :18:06. | |
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What is really nice is that the system reacts extremely effectively | :18:21. | :18:27. | |
to every movement you make. You do really feel like you are immersed | :18:27. | :18:35. | |
in this other world. There is a cue from an audio effect to warn you | :18:35. | :18:42. | |
that something is happening. Sure enough, a massive sandstorm is | :18:42. | :18:52. | |
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blowing in. Everything has become chaotic. The river is like a Monet | :18:53. | :19:03. | |
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painting. It has a feeling of impasto. It has now gone | :19:03. | :19:13. | |
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psychedelic. There is something really nice about overlaying | :19:13. | :19:22. | |
virtual reality on top of the real world. You know that what you see | :19:22. | :19:32. | |
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is not true but part of you Theatre is described as the willing | :19:34. | :19:38. | |
suspension of disbelief. For lifeClipper to work you have to | :19:38. | :19:42. | |
allow yourself to be pulled into a drama in which you are both | :19:42. | :19:52. | |
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Now, when you were a kid I bet you spent hours on end gluing together | :19:57. | :20:04. | |
plastic kits of model aeroplanes. Hurricanes, Messerschmitts, F-14 | :20:04. | :20:08. | |
Tomcats. It turns out that everyone on the show today was a model | :20:08. | :20:18. | |
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aeroplane maker. We used to watch Bring childhood passions up-to-date | :20:32. | :20:42. | |
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with this modern take on the Airfix model craze. Dogfight on the iPhone. | :20:49. | :20:53. | |
If you do not mind shelling out a download fee you will get lots more | :20:53. | :21:00. | |
planes, tanks and missions to unlock and no advertisements. The | :21:00. | :21:03. | |
flight controls are very sensitive and over-steering is almost worse | :21:03. | :21:10. | |
than not steering at all. The best way to handle it is just tap the | :21:10. | :21:14. | |
control and release so that your dogfighter straightens up on itself. | :21:14. | :21:17. | |
Once you have mastered the art of flying, there are canons to blast | :21:17. | :21:24. | |
through enemy lines. The landscapes can be full of bugs in places. But | :21:24. | :21:27. | |
all in all, a fun app that any classic aircraft enthusiast will | :21:27. | :21:37. | |
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I showed you a place to self- publish free books last week. But | :21:40. | :21:44. | |
if you think you're writing is worth paying for, Kindle has their | :21:44. | :21:51. | |
own self- publishing site. You can throw together the elements of your | :21:51. | :22:00. | |
book and have it on sale through It works on a royalty split model | :22:00. | :22:04. | |
with no financial outlay for the author. It is not possible to | :22:04. | :22:09. | |
publish a free download through the site. When it comes to choosing the | :22:09. | :22:12. | |
right royalty package you are better off reading the terms and | :22:12. | :22:19. | |
conditions. Making the decision between 70% commission and 35%. 70% | :22:19. | :22:22. | |
sounds better but there are delivery charges to take into | :22:22. | :22:28. | |
consideration. It is only applicable to certain countries and | :22:28. | :22:36. | |
you have to set up a minimum price There are lots of other tools to | :22:36. | :22:42. | |
publish your working electronically. There is a free wiki editor which | :22:42. | :22:50. | |
creates a file supported by all eBook readers. It is more | :22:50. | :22:53. | |
complicated to use than the Amazon site but gives you full control of | :22:53. | :22:58. | |
layout, cover image and distribution. If you're stuck for a | :22:58. | :23:01. | |
good design for your cover, check out next week's Webscape when I | :23:01. | :23:11. | |
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will have a site that designs If you like keeping up-to-date with | :23:13. | :23:16. | |
what your friends and family are doing by sneaking through their | :23:17. | :23:20. | |
social media photo albums, this site has something you are going to | :23:20. | :23:27. | |
love. This site extracts all the photos my friends have posted and | :23:27. | :23:37. | |
wraps them up in an interface for I think that photos are one of the | :23:37. | :23:42. | |
few reasons I still bother to log into Facebook. I have long since | :23:42. | :23:51. | |
become bored about status updates You can choose to have the ideas | :23:51. | :23:59. | |
and profile updates as well. Never mind Big Brother watching me I am | :23:59. | :24:08. | |
off to see what my big brother got If you would like to suggest a | :24:08. | :24:15. | |
website for a future Webscape, please get in touch with us. | :24:15. | :24:22. |