:00:04. > :00:14.give it its world premiere. Now on BBC News it is time for
:00:14. > :00:41.
:00:41. > :00:48.This week on Click a new lease on life, we look at how technology can
:00:48. > :00:52.be used to live more independently later in life.
:00:52. > :01:02.We meet the building that has feelings on a day-trip to Paris.
:01:02. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:10.We have a round-up of the biggest tech stories of the week.
:01:10. > :01:14.Welcome to Click. Let's face it, none of us are getting any younger.
:01:14. > :01:20.There will come a point when we are too frail to do some of the things
:01:20. > :01:26.we can take for granted now. At that point, what do you do? Move to
:01:26. > :01:31.a care home or stay in your own home? We have been looking at the
:01:31. > :01:34.latest options allowing you to do just that.
:01:34. > :01:37.Caring for elderly relatives and technology do not obviously go hand
:01:37. > :01:46.in hand, some devices are making enjoying those home comforts for
:01:46. > :01:56.longer a reality. Of course there are plenty of active, able over 65s
:01:56. > :02:00.
:02:00. > :02:03.who do not need looking after. As a generation who did not grow up with
:02:03. > :02:09.technology, not everybody is naturally at ease with the use of
:02:09. > :02:11.or the need for a mobile phone. Keeping it simple is a help. This
:02:11. > :02:14.Doro PhoneEasy allows remote configuration to add contacts and
:02:14. > :02:22.calendar details, meaning the user only needs to understand basic
:02:22. > :02:29.functionality. It stores emergency contact information such as next of
:02:29. > :02:39.kin, blood type and medication. It can pinpoint location using phone
:02:39. > :02:41.
:02:41. > :02:48.networks. An activation of the emergency alarm button can also
:02:48. > :02:51.pinpoint position. With 820,000 people in the UK suffering from
:02:51. > :02:55.dementia, for those at the point where 24-hour care can be avoided,
:02:55. > :02:59.a big concern is of the wandering unsafely. This wandering prevention
:02:59. > :03:09.alarm watch works in a similar way to some of the safety devices we
:03:09. > :03:11.
:03:11. > :03:16.showed you a couple of weeks ago on Click. It lets a designated contact
:03:16. > :03:19.keep track of an elderly relative. If they step outside a safe zone an
:03:19. > :03:24.alarm is automatically triggered. The idea of virtual boundaries is
:03:24. > :03:27.employed by the Doro PhoneEasy as well. The universal message from
:03:27. > :03:34.the elderly population is they want to live independently in their own
:03:34. > :03:39.home. We have 150,000 people going into care homes every year. Not
:03:39. > :03:42.many of them go in willingly. We want to keep people alive and
:03:42. > :03:52.successfully living in their own home for as long as possible. This
:03:52. > :04:00.technology offers a bridge forward. Some monitoring is good, but not
:04:00. > :04:03.too much. You need a little privacy. They want me to look after them.
:04:03. > :04:10.would be quite happy if she was monitoring me. Because you just
:04:10. > :04:12.never know what goes on. You need to be online 24 hours a day. If you
:04:12. > :04:18.do not answer your phone immediately, everybody thinks
:04:18. > :04:25.something has gone wrong. While alarms are not new, neither are
:04:25. > :04:28.telehealth systems like this one. It allows those with chronic
:04:28. > :04:36.conditions to update medical data such as blood pressure or blood
:04:36. > :04:38.oxygen levels. After taking a reading the device will
:04:38. > :04:46.automatically update through Bluetooth and go on to send the
:04:46. > :04:51.data to a healthcare professional. In the consumer market there are
:04:51. > :04:57.still a limited number of devices around. This GrandCare System
:04:57. > :04:59.currently available in the US is soon to be distributed in the UK.
:04:59. > :05:08.It incorporates medication and healthcare management, monitoring
:05:08. > :05:17.sensors around the home and easy to use internet access. It will cost
:05:17. > :05:22.between $100-$300 a month. The cost you could save is huge. There is a
:05:22. > :05:26.huge kind of potential with this technology. We will never be able
:05:26. > :05:32.to afford all the human help to do all the care needs that an ageing
:05:32. > :05:36.society is presenting. We have got to try and make this technology
:05:37. > :05:46.work for us. To be acceptable to the older person hoping to use it
:05:47. > :05:47.
:05:48. > :05:51.and their care worker. At any age remembering to take your medication
:05:51. > :05:55.at the right time can be a challenge, particularly if there is
:05:55. > :06:01.a lot of it. There could be a new way of monitoring what you have
:06:01. > :06:05.taken and when you have taken it. It will become a lot more hi-tech.
:06:05. > :06:10.A pilot scheme being launched later this year in the UK will put to the
:06:10. > :06:20.test this digital health check system. An ingestible sensor will
:06:20. > :06:21.
:06:21. > :06:27.relay information to a patch on the body. The information could be
:06:27. > :06:33.shared through Bluetooth on a smartphone. The Proteus System has
:06:33. > :06:39.been approved by the Food and Drugs Administration for use in the US.
:06:39. > :06:42.There are some things that no technology can help with. The use
:06:42. > :06:46.of technology is usually important to older people and their families.
:06:46. > :06:50.It has the potential to improve the quality of life and help families
:06:50. > :06:56.quite stressed about caring. What it cannot do is replace that human
:06:56. > :07:04.contact. That is where contact with family and community groups remains
:07:04. > :07:10.really important. It is for that reason that some may struggle to
:07:10. > :07:12.ever come around to the idea that we need this technology to work.
:07:13. > :07:18.somebody needs monitoring every day of the week, then really,
:07:18. > :07:26.technology can go wrong... Everybody knows that. Computers go
:07:26. > :07:30.down. We should not need all of these things. If we live normal
:07:30. > :07:38.lives and did not put our elders into homes, all this technology
:07:38. > :07:46.would not be necessary. I think it is a pity it has come to this sorry
:07:46. > :07:50.state of af state of afs being left to technology.
:07:50. > :07:55.Let's check the wires and see what is making waves in the technology
:07:55. > :07:58.news. In the midst of a court case between Apple and Samsung over
:07:58. > :08:04.allegations of copying designs for a touch devices, Microsoft has paid
:08:04. > :08:07.Apple to use key design patents in future products. These include the
:08:07. > :08:14.secrets of how the smooth transitions of the touch interface
:08:14. > :08:19.work on the iPad and iPhone. We are most likely to see the results in
:08:19. > :08:29.Microsoft's Surface tablet. The deal prohibits Microsoft from using
:08:29. > :08:30.
:08:30. > :08:34.exactly the same design. Galaxy has released its Galaxy note device. It
:08:34. > :08:38.is pressure sensitive. It will respond to how strong you touch the
:08:38. > :08:41.screen. Facebook is in hot water with a German data protection
:08:41. > :08:47.agency. It has opened an investigation into biometric data
:08:47. > :08:56.usage. Authorities in Hamburg are concerned about a database of
:08:56. > :08:59.photos. Tags are used to name people who are used in each picture.
:08:59. > :09:06.The authorities say the company should seek permission from each
:09:06. > :09:12.individual Facebook user or destroy the database. Facebook says its
:09:12. > :09:15.opt-out system complies with EU data protection and privacy laws.
:09:15. > :09:19.Drivers in the UK are being offered the chance to reduce their
:09:19. > :09:24.insurance premiums if they agree to be tracked. Aviva is asking
:09:24. > :09:26.customers to download a special smartphone app. Their handset sends
:09:26. > :09:33.back information on accelerating, braking and cornering for the first
:09:33. > :09:39.200 miles driven. Aviva is offering 20% off for what it interprets as
:09:39. > :09:44.careful driving. The US military has failed in its attempt to fly an
:09:44. > :09:50.unmanned aircraft at six times the speed of sound. The Mach 6 would
:09:50. > :09:56.take one hour to go between New York and London. It broke apart
:09:56. > :10:00.over the Pacific Ocean on a trial on 15th August. It is the second
:10:00. > :10:05.time in a row the air force have not been able to test the
:10:05. > :10:09.hypersonic prototype. The previous effort was also lost in the Pacific.
:10:09. > :10:15.A group of researchers in Singapore have been able to print an image
:10:15. > :10:21.smaller than the width of a human hair. The image, which has 100,000
:10:21. > :10:31.dots is as small as colour printing will allow. If the pixels were any
:10:31. > :10:37.
:10:37. > :10:40.closer together, the light bouncing Technology is wonderful. If that's
:10:40. > :10:44.all we have established in the last 100 programmes, then I would still
:10:44. > :10:48.be happy. It can tell you what your friends are up to if you are
:10:48. > :10:58.feeling lonely, but after a long day at work, could your house run a
:10:58. > :11:01.
:11:01. > :11:05.bath and put the kettle on? That would be nice. And not that far-
:11:05. > :11:13.fetched either. We have travelled to Paris to meet a sentient
:11:13. > :11:16.building. Convention dictates that we start a feature in Paris with a
:11:16. > :11:19.shot of the Eiffel Tower. There it is. But one slightly less
:11:19. > :11:27.predictable next line is to wonder aloud what the Eiffel Tower is
:11:27. > :11:31.A few miles up the Seine from the tower is one site structure that
:11:31. > :11:33.has been made to tell its visitors exactly that as part of an
:11:33. > :11:36.exhibition. ClickThis old opera house is host to The Building Is...,
:11:36. > :11:46.a combined exhibition and game to give us the impression that the
:11:46. > :11:50.
:11:50. > :11:53.building itself is alive and susceptible to mood swings. Players
:11:53. > :12:00.fill out scorecards to see of their personality is the one the building
:12:01. > :12:05.needs to change how it feels. There are 16 different moods conveyed to
:12:05. > :12:09.us using texts on floor strips, or graphics representing emotions. The
:12:09. > :12:12.building's mood changes depending on what the attendees do. Since
:12:12. > :12:17.everything is interconnected, an action in one room can change what
:12:17. > :12:25.happens in another. On arrival, visitors can leave an audio message
:12:25. > :12:35.for the building. The building is excited. It wants to hear something
:12:35. > :12:36.
:12:36. > :12:40.This is a giant version of an old friend from years ago, hear the
:12:40. > :12:43.tune, play it back. But instead of a few buttons, there is a crowd or
:12:43. > :12:51.48 arcade buttons that light up as you move through the installation,
:12:51. > :12:57.culminating in one very big button. Players are encouraged to push as
:12:58. > :13:00.hard as they can to get a decent score. In its desperation to see
:13:00. > :13:03.everything, the building begs players to use mirrors to bounce
:13:03. > :13:12.light into its camera, but the rather lo-fi light detection is
:13:12. > :13:17.provided by provided bytant. Surely light detection should be easy
:13:17. > :13:23.enough for a machine. We did stuff
:13:23. > :13:26.stuff and it was not sophisticated enough to stand up to gameplay.
:13:26. > :13:30.Gameplay is really dynamic and everything changes very fast. We
:13:30. > :13:35.maybe could have got them out with another year. But in the time that
:13:35. > :13:41.we had, humans were the best solution. Another game, The
:13:41. > :13:44.Building Smells, involves navigating a ball to a giant nose.
:13:44. > :13:50.The architects use a 3D software package to create a design of this
:13:50. > :13:57.air powered crazy golf course. It triggers a pressure pad which
:13:57. > :13:59.triggers a vacuum that sucks up the ball. After hearing me through its
:13:59. > :14:03.telephone exchanges, feeling me through its buttons, smelling me
:14:03. > :14:13.through its air vents and seeing me with its CCTV cameras, the app can
:14:13. > :14:18.
:14:18. > :14:23.evaluate whether I am worthy enough Even this simple app is using an
:14:23. > :14:33.algorithm to generate an effective nickname for me. I am an Angry
:14:33. > :14:36.Jester. What is it that they are trying to achieve? The idea of
:14:36. > :14:42.architecture coming to life and inviting you to play with it. That
:14:42. > :14:45.could go anywhere. We could have dynamic buildings that change shape.
:14:45. > :14:52.We could have coffee shops that charge less money depending on how
:14:52. > :14:55.happy the building is feeling. There are all sorts of dynamic,
:14:55. > :15:01.playful stuff that was in our imaginations as we were making this
:15:01. > :15:04.first show that we were not able to make this first time. Wiring
:15:04. > :15:07.throughout the installation leads to a secret room where the
:15:07. > :15:13.building's mood can be changed, but only a few lucky players are let in
:15:13. > :15:22.if they have the right personality type. The beating heart, complete
:15:22. > :15:25.with proximity centres, awaits the gentle touch of an Angry Jester. I
:15:25. > :15:29.had to put my arms inside this contraption and pluck its strings
:15:29. > :15:32.inside. While this exhibition is clearly about art, objects
:15:32. > :15:40.informing humans of their state gives a glimpse of a future where
:15:40. > :15:43.everything is connected to everything else. But programming
:15:43. > :15:46.our gadgets to appear to our standards in order to do things for
:15:46. > :15:56.us without being asked may require an effective synthesis of empathy,
:15:56. > :16:00.
:16:00. > :16:06.which is difficult enough for some What is your favourite song, right
:16:06. > :16:09.now? Mine changes weekly depending on the mood of what is going on,
:16:09. > :16:17.although the latest one from Carly Rae Jepsen is going out a treat in
:16:17. > :16:27.my house. Kate Russell happens to know a place where that kind of
:16:27. > :16:27.
:16:27. > :16:31.If you had to choose one song that reflects your life, right now, what
:16:31. > :16:34.would it be? That is the idea behind thisismyjam.com, a social
:16:34. > :16:37.platform for music lovers that delivers a different take on the
:16:37. > :16:47.modern playlist by asking its users to choose just one track that makes
:16:47. > :16:53.
:16:53. > :16:56.You can change your jam as often as you like. But you can have only one
:16:56. > :16:59.track active at any one time. I kind of like this limitation,
:16:59. > :17:07.because it means the things that you see will be people's absolute
:17:07. > :17:09.favourite songs of the moment. The site will also recommend people to
:17:09. > :17:14.follow, who have liked similar tracks to you, and there are
:17:14. > :17:20.popular jams to choose from. It creates a wonderfully eclectic and
:17:20. > :17:22.ever-changing playlist accessed through the home screen. There is
:17:22. > :17:25.also integration with Twitter and Facebook, and Last.FM users can
:17:25. > :17:35.also link to Scrobbler and have liked tracks automatically added to
:17:35. > :17:39.
:17:39. > :17:42.With so many ways of connecting to the internet - laptop, desktop,
:17:42. > :17:47.tablet, smartphone - it is no wonder services like Niv.io are
:17:47. > :17:57.popping up on the web. It delivers a Windows desktop directly to your
:17:57. > :17:58.
:17:58. > :18:02.Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Linux and Chromebook computers. Once
:18:02. > :18:07.registered, you will get an email explaining how to log on. It took
:18:07. > :18:14.some setting up. But once completed, you can add whichever applications
:18:14. > :18:19.you want to use. You get to try all the apps for free, for the first 30
:18:19. > :18:22.days, after then you can rent them whenever you need them. This was
:18:22. > :18:25.not released last month when we did our paperless office special, but
:18:25. > :18:30.had it been, it would have been a perfect addition to the mobile
:18:30. > :18:40.toolbox. I have to say this tablet is not quite as comfortable to sit
:18:40. > :18:43.
:18:43. > :18:52.With the desktop installed, you can choose a folder to sync to the N
:18:52. > :18:55.drive. 10 gigs of free space should be enough to start you off. It will
:18:55. > :19:05.ask you whether you want to install the Pocketcloud companion app,
:19:05. > :19:12.
:19:12. > :19:15.which you do not have to, but which Whatever gets your blood pressure
:19:15. > :19:25.up, get it off your chest with a new social platform designed with
:19:25. > :19:27.
:19:27. > :19:31.intelligent debate in mind, You can share your views in public
:19:31. > :19:36.or with a closed circle of friends, who are invited to rate and debate
:19:36. > :19:39.along with you. The makers tell me they picked up 5,000 members in the
:19:39. > :19:42.first ten weeks, which is pretty good for a new social network like
:19:42. > :19:49.this, especially when you are looking for quality and a real
:19:49. > :19:52.desire to join a debate, rather than bulk of numbers. You might
:19:52. > :19:55.argue that the world does not need another place for internet trolls
:19:55. > :19:57.to throw insults at each other, but because of the extra social
:19:57. > :20:03.features, geared towards promoting lively debate, the site seems to
:20:04. > :20:08.have attracted a very engaged and respectful community. Let's hope it
:20:08. > :20:11.stays that way it as it grows in popularity.
:20:11. > :20:14.Google Plus announced on Monday that it is introducing vanity URLs,
:20:14. > :20:23.allowing users to make a more memorable web address for their
:20:23. > :20:33.profile pages. For now, only a handful of high-end pages have the
:20:33. > :20:34.
:20:34. > :20:37.feature enabled, like Britney And a few top flight brand names.
:20:37. > :20:47.But the company says they will be rolling out the feature to more
:20:47. > :20:48.
:20:48. > :20:53.How many times have you clicked the "I agree" button on a website's
:20:53. > :20:56.terms and conditions without actually reading them? It has been
:20:56. > :20:59.called the biggest lie on the internet, but new website tos-
:20:59. > :21:02.dr.info aims to put a stop to this cavalier attitude to our privacy,
:21:02. > :21:05.by making a crowdsourced database highlighting the good, the bad and
:21:05. > :21:15.the downright cheeky, and applying a rating you can see in an instant
:21:15. > :21:27.
:21:27. > :21:31.whether you should be blindly All the links are on our website.
:21:31. > :21:34.You can also find video from this week's show up there as well. If