:00:11. > :00:17.and kicked by troops. The biggest topics of 2011, the
:00:17. > :00:27.hottest trends of 2011. Forget those, these are the best clicks of
:00:27. > :00:38.
:00:38. > :00:41.2011. This week, we are looking back at
:00:41. > :00:45.some of our favourite reports from the last 12 months. We will ask if
:00:45. > :00:49.plans to bring the internet to some of the poorest and most isolated
:00:50. > :00:52.areas on earth can succeed. We will also check out a brand new piece of
:00:53. > :00:57.camera technology which should make everything clear, even after you
:00:57. > :01:01.have taken the shot. If you are in no mood for a song and dance, we
:01:01. > :01:06.will take you on a tour of some of the best places to get your music
:01:06. > :01:16.online. There is an glimpse into the future, with a sneaky peek at
:01:16. > :01:16.
:01:16. > :01:23.tomographic TV, and we will round up the very best apps of the year.
:01:23. > :01:26.Welcome to the best of Click 2011. We start the year with a trip to
:01:26. > :01:32.Africa, to find out what happens when the internet suddenly arrives
:01:32. > :01:35.in one of the most remote parts of the world. Dance Simmons was in
:01:35. > :01:40.Zambia, to discover have going online create a vibrant mix of new
:01:40. > :01:44.technology and old traditions. This village is a long way from
:01:44. > :01:50.anywhere, but it is home to a pioneering scheme to bring the
:01:50. > :01:56.internet to do for out of five Zambians also a living outside the
:01:56. > :02:01.cities. Zambians like Fred, who like his father, has lived and
:02:01. > :02:06.worked on his family farm since he was four. -- since he was born.
:02:06. > :02:11.When we met up, one of his cattle was built. The vet is hundreds of
:02:11. > :02:15.miles away, but the village has had a mobile signal for some years. But
:02:15. > :02:20.there is another way too. With Supreme Council of the Armed Forces,
:02:20. > :02:30.I just contacted him, and he was able to respond within two minutes.
:02:30. > :02:35.Skype Mac. We will get connected to scrap, and a veterinary officer can
:02:35. > :02:44.talk to us. In the past year, Fred has also got the radio station back
:02:44. > :02:48.up and running, giving locals something local to listen to. It is
:02:48. > :02:54.a chance to preserve African culture. Local bans use the studios
:02:54. > :03:00.to record songs, which I then uploaded to the web but to share.
:03:00. > :03:05.Not your typical African village, then, so how did it become Zambia's
:03:05. > :03:08.technology showcase? The satellite link came with the local malaria
:03:08. > :03:13.research centre, but what has made a difference here is the way that
:03:13. > :03:19.link has been shed, showing ordinary Zambians had the internet
:03:19. > :03:23.can help them. -- shared. The water tower is the village's highest
:03:23. > :03:28.point, and he's used to relate a signal across wife back hot spots
:03:28. > :03:32.which have been connected to create a mesh network. There is now
:03:32. > :03:42.wireless internet in the restaurant, across many homes, and at a
:03:42. > :03:43.
:03:43. > :03:46.cybercafe where anyone can drop in. Teachers and now children from the
:03:46. > :03:55.age of four are given weekly computer lessons starting from
:03:55. > :03:59.scratch. It seems this entire village has gone PC crazy. There
:04:00. > :04:03.are over 100 computers connected to the internet here. But there is
:04:03. > :04:07.another lesson being taught as well, and that is that nothing in life is
:04:07. > :04:15.free. When the generous foreign donors leave, this village wants to
:04:15. > :04:20.be able to pay for itself. So, six months ago, a voucher system began.
:04:20. > :04:24.Everybody needs a voucher, even the nursing college. But can this
:04:24. > :04:33.unique experiment be used to connect other outlying villages.
:04:33. > :04:38.Ones that did not get their head start that this one did? At this
:04:38. > :04:45.village, there is no land line, no mobile signal, and no electricity.
:04:45. > :04:49.Until six months ago there was no internet. Now, a British chatter a
:04:49. > :04:55.-- charity, computer aid, has installed Zambia's first solar
:04:56. > :04:59.internet hub. There is just one PC inside, hidden at the back. To save
:04:59. > :05:06.power, the other 10 screens are virtual desktops running off it,
:05:06. > :05:10.and sharing their 128 kilobit per second connection. It is hoped that
:05:10. > :05:15.the blueprints which have already been rolled out to seven villagers
:05:15. > :05:18.will Cup connect hundreds more. But whether this works for the rest of
:05:18. > :05:26.the country will depend on whether ordinary Zambians think the web is
:05:26. > :05:30.worth it. Since we first ed that report back
:05:30. > :05:34.in January, computer aid have delivered another 500 computers,
:05:34. > :05:39.and another solar-powered Internet cafe to the village.
:05:39. > :05:44.Now, the internet is a great way to discover, listen to and by music.
:05:44. > :05:49.In fact, it is now bent main way that people buy individual singles.
:05:49. > :05:53.So if you have been thinking about getting into listening online, you
:05:53. > :05:56.need to hear are essential diet that we aired earlier this year.
:05:56. > :06:04.The internet is brimming with music, thanks to thousands of radio
:06:04. > :06:08.stations sharing gas streams. Live, 365 .com and iTunes all have
:06:08. > :06:13.extensive listening stations from various corners of the globe. But
:06:13. > :06:20.do not forget traditional broadcasters like yours truly, ABC
:06:20. > :06:23.and NPR. But here, it is the stations which picks the tunes.
:06:23. > :06:28.They pandered to that audience and there is every chance you will get
:06:28. > :06:33.fed up of their small player lists. When that happens, it is time to
:06:33. > :06:36.ditch the DJ and head for the internet. The next generation of
:06:36. > :06:43.radio stations offer personalised streams with played this you
:06:43. > :06:48.control. Simply fire up your browser and pick a genre to get
:06:48. > :06:52.started. It is all legal, but the music is interrupted every now and
:06:52. > :06:56.then with an advertisement you cannot skip. It is also difficult
:06:56. > :07:02.to choose the exact sites -- songs you want to hear, because some
:07:02. > :07:06.sites limit the number of tracks that you can skip. Last dot FM is a
:07:06. > :07:11.website that analyses the music you this and took to create a profile.
:07:12. > :07:17.Then it acts like a social network, making it easy to spot trends and
:07:17. > :07:20.plain you some of their favourites. It is supported by a lot of
:07:20. > :07:24.handsets and music players, so you can add lots of information to your
:07:24. > :07:34.profile even when you are listening to your collection. Groove that
:07:34. > :07:36.
:07:36. > :07:43.Sharp offers similar features to other websites. -- Groove Shark.
:07:43. > :07:46.Mix Cloud is focused on DJ sets, some of them an hour long. The
:07:46. > :07:52.stuff of the highest quality should filter to the top. Not sure what
:07:52. > :08:01.you fancy? You can pinpoint your state of mind and get a playlist
:08:01. > :08:04.suited to your mood. To discover something new, try this 61. Here,
:08:04. > :08:12.unsigned artists cannot sign up a track and listeners can vote with
:08:12. > :08:18.their clicks. Pandora is a streaming service which uses humans
:08:18. > :08:24.to categorise the genes of each track. Each artist and Sybil --
:08:24. > :08:30.single is picked to match. It is free, but due to licensing it can
:08:30. > :08:37.only be heard in the US. So, what about taking music to your mobile?
:08:37. > :08:40.Last dot FM can come with you on your mobile, as can seven. Paying
:08:40. > :08:50.for a premium subscription gives you access to the same library of
:08:50. > :08:52.
:08:52. > :08:58.millions of songs on an iPhone or Android handset. It is possible to
:08:58. > :09:03.listen for free, but a premium subscription removes the ads and
:09:03. > :09:08.lets you transfer music to your mobile. So, plenty of options to
:09:08. > :09:13.get tunes at your fingertips, but be warned. As most services stream
:09:13. > :09:17.live, if you are without a solid connection, you may find the
:09:17. > :09:25.buffering frustrating. At the start of the year, we were
:09:25. > :09:30.all being told that 2011 a would-be MBA year of 3D television. -- would
:09:30. > :09:34.be the year of 3D television. Still a while to go, but in the last 12
:09:34. > :09:37.months we have come across a couple of other technologies which are
:09:37. > :09:45.capable of capturing and presenting 3D images in a completely different
:09:45. > :09:49.way to normal 3D television. First, from February, this.
:09:49. > :09:54.3D displays make your eyes worked in an unnatural way. When you look
:09:54. > :10:00.at objects in the real world, your eyes will focus on. All converge at
:10:00. > :10:04.the same point. But when watching 3D images, although your eyes. At
:10:04. > :10:09.objects that are supposedly in front of or behind the screen, they
:10:09. > :10:17.remained focused on the screen itself. This is true of the greedy
:10:17. > :10:22.that works with and without glasses. -- true of 3D. Critics are saying
:10:22. > :10:26.that too much 3D content, or 3D Webber depth is too much, and the
:10:26. > :10:29.viewer could get eyestrain and headaches. But some critics have
:10:29. > :10:35.suggested an alternative to the current 3D technology which will
:10:35. > :10:44.not cause eyestrain. They say that the only way to do three D properly
:10:44. > :10:50.is with holograms. This is a holographic television. At the
:10:50. > :10:53.moment, it is still an early, early prototype. The image is dim and
:10:53. > :10:58.flickering, and that is just when you are running it in one colour.
:10:58. > :11:02.Full colour is even worse. But it can cope with either computer
:11:02. > :11:10.generated images, or video that has been shot using existing 3D
:11:10. > :11:13.technology. And it does look greedy when you sit in front of it. --
:11:13. > :11:18.looked a 3D. It uses the same principles as holographic photos
:11:18. > :11:21.which she may have seen over the last few decades. The image itself
:11:21. > :11:26.is stored on film, or in this case displayed on the screen, as an
:11:26. > :11:29.intricate set of interference patterns. They only formed the
:11:29. > :11:34.desired image when you dude from the right ankle and eliminate it
:11:34. > :11:37.properly. For each object in this scene, the light is being projected
:11:37. > :11:43.out of the screen to converge at the point where the object would be
:11:43. > :11:47.if it were really there. That means that my eyes can converge and focus
:11:47. > :11:51.on the same point, which is what your eyes did in the real world
:11:51. > :11:53.when they are looking at real 3D objects. It is not what they do
:11:53. > :11:57.when they are looking at traditional 3D, where they always
:11:57. > :12:02.have to focus on the screen but then swivel to somewhere in front
:12:02. > :12:05.of the screen. What that means is that with holographic TV, you can
:12:05. > :12:11.bring the image way forward to the front of the screen or way back to
:12:11. > :12:15.hide it without causing ice cream. Unfortunately that last seen was a
:12:15. > :12:19.mock up of what I can see from my position. The problem is that in
:12:19. > :12:22.order to view a hologram from any angle, television would be to
:12:22. > :12:27.display many more interference patterns, and that would take an
:12:27. > :12:31.enormous amount of data. This system gets around that by tracking
:12:31. > :12:35.the viewer's eyes with two cameras, and only creating the interference
:12:35. > :12:38.patterns for the point that you are looking from. Although this
:12:38. > :12:42.severely limits to concede a hologram, the system is capable of
:12:42. > :12:47.tracking up to four pairs of eyes at once, and projecting images to
:12:47. > :12:52.each of them. Although this is just a first generation prototype, it
:12:52. > :12:55.already generates a convincing 3D image. The next generation will get
:12:56. > :13:00.rid of the flicker, and let you watch full-colour video. It will
:13:00. > :13:04.also be a lot thinner, because this has been built from old medical
:13:05. > :13:09.equipment. All the teething problems have to be sorted out by
:13:09. > :13:13.the end of 2012, because that is when the developers hope that
:13:13. > :13:19.holographic TV will go on sale. So it is still at least a year away,
:13:19. > :13:23.but something for the makers of the greedy TV sets to think about.
:13:23. > :13:26.The second technology which brought something new to the 3G sphere this
:13:26. > :13:30.year was a new type of camera, which captures images in a very
:13:30. > :13:35.different way. They can do some pretty incredible things your
:13:35. > :13:39.pictures, after they have been taken.
:13:40. > :13:45.It is a scene which will instantly resonate for anyone with kids. Try
:13:45. > :13:53.to capture that precious moment through a lens. Memories may be
:13:53. > :13:57.priceless, but all too often they end up as worthless. This is the
:13:57. > :14:04.website of a Silicon Valley start- up which recently received a
:14:04. > :14:08.whopping $50 million funding. That idea is to develop a consumer
:14:08. > :14:13.camera whose images you cannot refocus after you have taken them.
:14:13. > :14:18.Clicking around these Flash animations on the website gives a
:14:18. > :14:21.good idea of what you can achieve. Being able to refocus post shutter
:14:21. > :14:26.click is quite mind-blowing, especially when you can share the
:14:26. > :14:29.experience with others. Three social networks, through the
:14:29. > :14:33.internet, through mobile phones, people will be able to receive
:14:33. > :14:37.pictures from people that have one of these cameras and interact with
:14:37. > :14:47.it to experience the whole story of the picture. Interact with it to
:14:47. > :14:52.focus on why they want to see and The camera will be released at the
:14:52. > :14:57.end of the year. Precious few details have been released. They
:14:57. > :15:07.are showing the science behind the camera. It is built on the
:15:07. > :15:10.principle of light fields. It was developed in the 1990s.
:15:10. > :15:17.definition of the light field is about all of the likes travelling
:15:17. > :15:21.in every direction at any point in space. It can be captured with
:15:21. > :15:30.literally 100 cameras plugged into a supercomputer in taking millions
:15:30. > :15:34.of photographs at the same time. It is interesting to tried to put the
:15:34. > :15:39.room full of cameras into one single camera to make it possible
:15:39. > :15:44.for people to take this type of picture. One company has already
:15:44. > :15:53.stolen a march. Matrix has spent the last year selling cameras using
:15:53. > :15:57.similar technology. A PC does the software processing. It is captured
:15:57. > :16:02.using the same light field techniques. What is happening is
:16:02. > :16:07.that instead of a camera sense of capturing a single flat image,
:16:07. > :16:12.thousands of images are captured in a different way by an array of
:16:12. > :16:18.micro lenses housed in a glass away for placed in front of the censor.
:16:18. > :16:22.This will help capture different views of the scene. Then, the
:16:22. > :16:26.location of these point in space is walked out. This means that any
:16:26. > :16:34.image can be focused by combining different pixels of the micro
:16:34. > :16:38.lenses. There are drawbacks, though. The most glaring is that the final
:16:38. > :16:48.process resolution is only a fraction of that scene in a regular
:16:48. > :16:50.
:16:50. > :16:55.car -- camera. Adobe Make a programme that has been used by
:16:55. > :17:01.camera enthusiast for years. They see challenges in bringing a camera
:17:01. > :17:06.to market but they are in no doubt as to the impact of the technology.
:17:06. > :17:10.We think this is the future of imaging. It is the next great
:17:10. > :17:15.revolution in digital imaging. It used to be about digitising what
:17:15. > :17:19.you could see. Then we started to capture more information and for
:17:19. > :17:24.you did ways to run algorithms on what was captured so we could have
:17:24. > :17:29.more flexibility to do things after the shot. This takes that to an
:17:29. > :17:35.entirely new levels. The creator is passionate about his new camera's
:17:35. > :17:40.potential. As we change the perspective, you can see the light
:17:40. > :17:44.reflecting a through these droplets of water. Some critics are deriding
:17:44. > :17:49.it as little more than a novelty that will be confined to unleash
:17:49. > :17:58.audience. Others are pointing out that an in Focus shop will not
:17:58. > :18:02.prevent bloody picture taking resulting from cameras shaking. The
:18:02. > :18:07.artistic direction of taking a photograph could also be a
:18:07. > :18:12.compromise, according to this man. He still thinks there could be a
:18:12. > :18:18.real appetite for its. Photography is shifting away from print based
:18:18. > :18:24.media to something that we do online. This could possibly really
:18:24. > :18:29.take-off. I can imagine a scenario when the latest Facebook posts, the
:18:29. > :18:33.latest online photography posts have a version. It could be the
:18:33. > :18:39.next must have way of viewing photographs on the market. If it
:18:39. > :18:44.does, it will take-off in a viral way. Since we first showed that
:18:44. > :18:49.report, we have got our first glimpse of the camera. This is what
:18:49. > :18:53.it looks like. It is very unconventional. It is simple and it
:18:53. > :18:58.does not have very many buttons. Over the last 12 months, tablets
:18:58. > :19:03.and smart phones have continued to get ever more popular. The number
:19:04. > :19:08.of apps available for them has continued to explode. Kate Russell
:19:08. > :19:15.takes a look at some of her favourites and it the best of
:19:15. > :19:20.Webscape. This time last year, I would have struggled to pick out a
:19:20. > :19:24.handful of really stand out smart phone apps. Smart phones have
:19:24. > :19:34.become such an important part of everyday life since then. I am
:19:34. > :19:34.
:19:34. > :19:40.going to bring you my favourite apps for 2011. When it comes to
:19:40. > :19:50.picking up around town, location based check in apps are all very
:19:50. > :19:50.
:19:50. > :20:00.well. Your friends need to use them. Ecole They call turns the model on
:20:00. > :20:01.
:20:01. > :20:08.its head. -- EchoEcho. You send your friends a request when you
:20:08. > :20:13.want to know where they are. You can use it straight out of the box.
:20:13. > :20:17.This app was recommended by a viewer who is an actress in Los
:20:18. > :20:22.Angeles. For her, it is being able to grab an impromptu coffee with
:20:22. > :20:27.her friend without putting her privacy at risk by doing an online
:20:27. > :20:33.check-in that is the real draw of app. I have to say, I totally agree.
:20:33. > :20:40.It helps you find a good local venue close by. If you contact does
:20:40. > :20:48.not want to download the app, you can view it on an online version.
:20:48. > :20:56.This is a breath of fresh air. Hands up if you've ever fallen
:20:56. > :21:00.asleep on the train, over a shot just station and ended up a bleary
:21:00. > :21:06.eyed and confused trying to find your way home? It can happen to the
:21:06. > :21:11.best of us. With his app, you do not need to worry. It is such a
:21:11. > :21:21.simple concept. You just said what should you want to be cut by and
:21:21. > :21:28.your phone's GPS -- you just set what location you want to be cut at
:21:28. > :21:33.and your phone's GPS will trigger a wake-up alarm when you get there.
:21:33. > :21:38.The Android version is free. You will have to pay for the iPhone
:21:38. > :21:44.version. If your destination is in a connection dead spot, there is
:21:44. > :21:52.still a chance you could miss you spot. At least you want a cup at
:21:52. > :21:58.the end of the line. Smart phone app builders are
:21:58. > :22:02.springing up all over the Web at the moment. This has to be it the
:22:03. > :22:08.ultimate in phone Customisation. In this case, nor heavy programming
:22:08. > :22:13.language to learn either a. This is one that you will have to read the
:22:13. > :22:17.manual for. They have made it so you can create really complex
:22:17. > :22:22.programmes as well as simple ones. The interface can look a little
:22:22. > :22:29.daunting. Use the tutorials to get the basics and you will soon be
:22:29. > :22:38.able to get your head round this logical, progressive system.
:22:39. > :22:48.I first showed you at this app in 2009. If you Mr Deng, shame on you.
:22:48. > :22:57.You should take a look now. -- if you missed it and then. The iPhone
:22:57. > :23:03.app let you search for images online, and it is applied through a
:23:03. > :23:09.3 the interface wall. The graphics have been toned down a bit for the
:23:09. > :23:14.iPhone version to make it more data efficient. You can use that tilt
:23:14. > :23:19.feature to sweep backwards and forwards across the image wall. The
:23:19. > :23:24.iPhone app lets you search for images online through a scrolling
:23:24. > :23:29.wall. You will have to go into preferences and punt on tilt
:23:29. > :23:39.control if you want to use it. This will lead you use all of the other
:23:39. > :23:47.features as well. Clive Shea is another app that is available. --
:23:47. > :23:51.Live Share. It lets you see your contact as they appear. It is great
:23:51. > :23:56.for music festivals. That is it for this week. Next week