:00:04. > :00:12.sport. Thank you.
:00:12. > :00:22.Time for Click. It seems that this is happening more often. What can
:00:22. > :00:43.
:00:43. > :00:52.we invent to help? How will the growing threat of the Single White
:00:52. > :00:57.change the way we live forever -- Super of wet weather. We look at
:00:57. > :01:06.the best way to shoot everything at once. The latest in the Apple-
:01:06. > :01:11.Samsung row. Tigers in Webscape? Oh, yes.
:01:11. > :01:16.If welcome to Click. It seems that many countries around the world are
:01:16. > :01:20.suffering from freak weather conditions. Thailand has been one
:01:20. > :01:25.of the worst hit. Last year, millions of families were hit by
:01:25. > :01:33.the worst floods in a generation. That horror has sparked some home-
:01:33. > :01:38.grown innovation that could be of help to the rest of us.
:01:38. > :01:44.Outside the capital, things look dismal. In six long months this --
:01:44. > :01:49.last year, it rained a lot in Thailand. When the Downs to the
:01:49. > :01:57.north could not cope, the flood waters poured into the south. More
:01:57. > :02:02.than 800 people died as a result of the disaster that followed. It is
:02:03. > :02:11.amazing how precious this is when it is all around you. The Red Cross
:02:11. > :02:15.was able to help in large towns but in outlying areas cut off from
:02:15. > :02:20.roads, there water recycling vehicles were useless. They needed
:02:20. > :02:30.what has since been developed - the SLS mobile water filtration system
:02:30. > :02:31.
:02:31. > :02:37.powered by the sun. The crucial but France in the Six phase filtration
:02:37. > :02:46.was in reducing the size of the cylinder. -- advance. It is coated
:02:46. > :02:51.with no particles of silver, which helped to kill bacteria. -- nine a
:02:51. > :02:58.particles it does not taste too bad either. This unit can produce 200
:02:58. > :03:03.litres of water every hour. That is one of these every ten seconds. The
:03:03. > :03:07.idea is that one will be left with an isolated community that is
:03:07. > :03:11.surrounded by water that they cannot drink. If they have no
:03:11. > :03:18.electricity, they will not need it anyway because there are solar
:03:18. > :03:23.panels on the top. Thailand's cities did not escape
:03:23. > :03:28.the floods either. At one stage, more than 30% of Bangkok was under
:03:28. > :03:32.water. For large buildings like this hospital, these white walls
:03:32. > :03:40.were built overnight in an effort to save them. Of a buildings were
:03:40. > :03:43.not so lucky. This man has been living in his
:03:43. > :03:51.home for more than 70 years and told it has been the worst flooding
:03:51. > :03:57.he has seen. He also says prices for most food doubled. No wonder,
:03:57. > :04:01.as many of the local markets, including this one, were also
:04:01. > :04:07.flooded. Here, you can still see the sand bags used in an attempt to
:04:07. > :04:13.protect the market. We asked the caretaker why the gap was in the
:04:13. > :04:22.wall. Because people used to sleep here, he said. Now it is devastated
:04:22. > :04:26.and all fenced off. But sandbags have their limitations. At
:04:26. > :04:32.Thailand's Manor Tech Centre, researchers have not just been pure
:04:32. > :04:38.flame flood water, they have turned it into a barrier against itself.
:04:38. > :04:42.These can be just as effective as sandbags. When dry, they are about
:04:42. > :04:48.one-twentieth of the weight. That makes them easier to transport to
:04:48. > :04:52.the areas where they are needed. Inside is a mixture of sand and gel
:04:52. > :04:58.designed to absorb water rather than stopped it. When it comes into
:04:58. > :05:08.contact with liquid, it takes five minutes to swell up to this size
:05:08. > :05:11.
:05:11. > :05:20.and form a natural barrier. There are similar things around the world.
:05:20. > :05:29.It is almost impossible to replace sandbags. They cost $30 US takeover.
:05:29. > :05:35.These ones cost $5 US per back. does that compare? It is twice the
:05:35. > :05:40.cost but it will be reusable. centre hopes to catch investors
:05:40. > :05:45.willing to take these ideas on and make them a commercial success, in
:05:45. > :05:51.turn paying for the government's investment in the research. When
:05:51. > :05:56.people look at technology centres and research centres, they think
:05:56. > :06:03.that we are not doing anything related to their lives. Our job is
:06:03. > :06:11.to find hi-tech solutions to everyday problems. Something that
:06:11. > :06:16.matters for them. This mosquito net has also attracted attention.
:06:16. > :06:21.Following floods, the water acts as a breeding ground for mosquitoes,
:06:21. > :06:26.which, in turn, spread viruses and disease. This new net has a
:06:26. > :06:36.pesticide locked into the fabric. Unlike some other nets, it is
:06:36. > :06:36.
:06:36. > :06:44.washable and lasts five years. It kills mosquitoes and protects those
:06:44. > :06:48.inside. While all these innovations by the manner takes centre have
:06:48. > :06:52.been developed in this past year specifically to cope with the
:06:52. > :06:57.affects of floods, others are working hard to find be feasible
:06:57. > :07:02.solution to the problem on a much grander scale. Architects are
:07:03. > :07:07.designing and Viviers homes, living spaces that can adapt to water
:07:07. > :07:13.levels and help us co-exist happily with nature. These tall houses are
:07:13. > :07:17.inspired by both stilts and rafts, with a flotation device just
:07:17. > :07:22.underneath the flooring so that when the water comes in, the house
:07:22. > :07:26.goes up but still stays in the same postcode. Floating houses are
:07:26. > :07:31.already up and running in the Netherlands, a nation that has
:07:31. > :07:37.dealt with unpredictable sea levels for centuries. In Thailand, they
:07:37. > :07:43.have up like the idea to luxury seaside resorts. Then there is this
:07:43. > :07:47.- a grand design from Bangkok based architects. It is a complete
:07:47. > :07:52.floating city. Their design is based on the idea of a Connected
:07:52. > :07:58.Community with numerous floating streets acting as passageways
:07:58. > :08:04.between ocean top of neighbourhoods. With Bangkok among other cities
:08:04. > :08:09.predicted to sink below sea level over the next 100 years and
:08:09. > :08:19.increasingly unpredictable weather, these Virtual visions may offer a
:08:19. > :08:20.
:08:20. > :08:24.flood free future. Time for a look at this week's Tech
:08:24. > :08:28.News. If most of Samsung's best selling
:08:28. > :08:32.Galaxy smartphones could be removed from shelves in America by
:08:32. > :08:36.Christmas. A hearing to decide whether they should be banned has
:08:36. > :08:41.been set for December after a court last week found Samsung had copied
:08:41. > :08:46.aspects of Samsung's -- Apple's design and technology. It was
:08:46. > :08:51.ordered to pay more than $1 billion in damages. This will not affect
:08:51. > :08:56.the latest Samsung model, which was released after the court case began.
:08:56. > :09:01.Samsung had some good news this week, launching an assortment of
:09:01. > :09:06.firms and tablets that are not banned yet. And a new range of
:09:06. > :09:12.malty touch PCs with voice recognition. Third Samsung and Sony
:09:12. > :09:17.are showcasing new altar high- definition televisions. Plus, for
:09:17. > :09:23.Sony, a splash proof tablet with accessories to turn it into a
:09:23. > :09:26.laptop with a Microsoft style keyboard cover. We will have all of
:09:26. > :09:30.the exciting parts of the Consumer Electronics Show next week's
:09:30. > :09:35.episode of Click. Researchers say they have finally shown that
:09:35. > :09:39.listening to loud music on earphones causes deafness, having a
:09:39. > :09:46.similar effect on your order Tory nerves as multiple sclerosis.
:09:46. > :09:50.Scientists in the UK concluded that noise levels above 110 vessels
:09:50. > :09:54.leads to the loss of the myelin sheath protecting nerves going to
:09:55. > :10:01.the brain. But they say that over time, the body can regenerate the
:10:01. > :10:07.protective substance. Finally, an interplanetary hit pop tune. Thanks
:10:07. > :10:13.to NASA's Curiosity Rover, reach for the stars by Wylye and took 15
:10:13. > :10:18.minutes to reach Earth. Not bad for a 106 D 6 million kilometre journey.
:10:18. > :10:23.It is not the first time they have tried beaming face sold back to
:10:23. > :10:28.base. In 2003, British band Blur was set to debut one of their songs
:10:28. > :10:38.also from Mars but the European vessel lost contact and was never
:10:38. > :10:39.
:10:39. > :10:44.seen again. The same cannot be said Over the last decade or so, the
:10:44. > :10:49.world of photography has over gone a revolution. Digital cameras allow
:10:49. > :10:54.us to review shots instantly. Even the most amateur enthusiasts can
:10:54. > :11:02.enhance their photographs beyond a film photographer's while the
:11:02. > :11:07.strains. There is a new fad for doing the rounds. -- wildest dreams.
:11:07. > :11:15.The digital camera and mobile-phone have made photographers all Volvos.
:11:15. > :11:21.Film is a thing of the past. -- of all fours. The physical photo album
:11:21. > :11:26.is a quaint notion. They had been replaced by a digital photographs
:11:26. > :11:30.and even a display walls like this one. The technology inside cameras
:11:30. > :11:35.and the different ways that we enjoy the images that they have
:11:35. > :11:40.captured have evolved rapidly in the last couple of decades. The
:11:40. > :11:45.basic principles of photography remained pretty much unchanged. On
:11:45. > :11:49.the camera has always captured a specific thing that the
:11:49. > :11:54.photographer is looking at. It is now possible to get a much bigger
:11:54. > :11:57.picture and they don't just mean a wider angle. It is now possible to
:11:57. > :12:03.capture every single thing that surrounds the camera. Cameras which
:12:03. > :12:11.can take a 360 degree image can be found in a wide variety of
:12:11. > :12:18.different places. There is Google Street you wish stitch together
:12:18. > :12:26.energies to make images. And -- Panoramas this camera used six
:12:26. > :12:32.divided lens cameras to take a video. You needed a backpack to
:12:32. > :12:39.accommodate the kit. NASA has got in on the act, photographing his
:12:39. > :12:45.own 360 degree images on the surface of Mars using a Marzal
:12:46. > :12:49.Rover called Curiosity. A bit closer to home, some digital
:12:49. > :12:56.cameras and smart phones had been able to take panoramic photographs
:12:56. > :12:59.for some time now. Some apps allow users to take a number of different
:12:59. > :13:05.skills and digitally stitch them together to create a photograph
:13:05. > :13:13.patchwork. However, all of these methods involve piecing together
:13:13. > :13:19.several different still images to create a panorama. There are now a
:13:19. > :13:28.couple of dedicated attachments which can take complete 360 degree
:13:28. > :13:36.images in just one shot. This is the Bubble picks up for the iPhone.
:13:36. > :13:43.It fits over the phone's own camera. It reveals a 360 degree lens under
:13:43. > :13:51.this. You fire up the app and then you can take your own 360 degree
:13:51. > :13:56.photographs. The stock on the bobble scope houses are spherical
:13:56. > :14:02.mirror. This has got optics and the second angled mirror which bounces
:14:02. > :14:08.in the image straight into the lens captures looks like a wheel or a
:14:08. > :14:13.flat tyre. The image is wrapped, allowing the user to go round the
:14:13. > :14:19.Panorama. That is not just restricted to taking still images.
:14:19. > :14:23.If you use the video function, you can capture moving images, as well
:14:23. > :14:30.might. The Panorama function works quite well but the quality of the
:14:30. > :14:36.image it captures is not exactly high definition. Once a Panorama
:14:36. > :14:45.has been created, video and stills can be uploaded and shared on the
:14:45. > :14:50.Webscape. The Bubble Scope itself cost about �69. This works on the
:14:50. > :14:54.same principle. The case housing that it has for your phone does not
:14:54. > :14:57.cover the entire phone and that does not have the stock that the
:14:57. > :15:02.previous device had so what does not have the same degree of
:15:02. > :15:08.movement. You can still capture panoramas with it quite well. The
:15:08. > :15:15.idea behind it is quite interesting. The image quality is still a bit of
:15:16. > :15:22.a let-down. And there are plans afoot to launch versions are both
:15:22. > :15:29.of these devices for Android as well as the iPhone. This is the
:15:29. > :15:34.Spinner 360. It might be more your thing. It uses 35 mm film. It is
:15:34. > :15:42.small and discreet with the low Fidelity solution to generating 360
:15:42. > :15:48.degree images. However, good luck in finding somewhere which can
:15:48. > :15:54.develop the really long photo panoramas that this camera produces.
:15:54. > :15:58.Our correspondent trying to get his head around 360 degree photography.
:15:58. > :16:03.We hear a lot of talk about how technology can change the world.
:16:03. > :16:07.Can the social web really play any meaningful role in trying to save
:16:07. > :16:11.species from extinction? Kate Russell has been looking at the
:16:12. > :16:21.website that was to help in they are's dwindling tiger population.
:16:22. > :16:22.
:16:22. > :16:26.He was Webscape. Tigers. -- here is Webscape. Beautiful, Majestic,
:16:26. > :16:33.powerful and in terrible danger of extinction. There are less than
:16:33. > :16:39.1,800 less in India. Tiger nation .com wants to help you and me
:16:39. > :16:43.protect them. It uses software to identify Tigers by their stripes,
:16:43. > :16:49.literally like a fingerprint. It builds the story of their life and
:16:49. > :16:53.movement. The photographs are taken by park rangers, those living close
:16:53. > :16:57.to the parks and the many millions of tourists that go through every
:16:57. > :17:01.year with their cameras. At least those to those who know about the
:17:01. > :17:06.website. To have your own fault or added to the next, uploaded to the
:17:06. > :17:13.side, someone will identify it and then you spotting, or should that
:17:13. > :17:19.we stripping, will be added to the mix. It is free to follow one tiger.
:17:19. > :17:25.Subscriptions benefit the society if you want to see more. You can
:17:25. > :17:29.Sickert the articles and features. A lot of big cat a drama. It is
:17:29. > :17:35.thought-provoking. -- you can checkout. The Web is a great place
:17:35. > :17:44.to discover a new music. There are interesting new recommendation
:17:44. > :17:53.engines being rolled out all the time. This is a new version. It
:17:53. > :17:56.allows you to tailor make your own YouTube radio station. It has a
:17:56. > :18:00.customise backdrop which you can set up which people will see when
:18:00. > :18:05.they chew into your station. It is a great place to connect with
:18:05. > :18:08.friends because of the social features. It is also perfect for up
:18:08. > :18:16.and coming young groups to connect with their fans and build a
:18:16. > :18:24.following. The site itself is quite young. I was impressed with their
:18:24. > :18:29.response rate when I got in touch. It is linked with Twitter there are
:18:29. > :18:39.no smartphone app so such. Just remember, streaming music will
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:18:45. > :18:51.devour you did a plan if you are -- Your Data Plan. If you enjoyed
:18:51. > :19:01.looking at the 360 this to us, I have one for you that is out of
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:19:02. > :19:08.this world. -- vistas. Take a look at the surface of Mars on this
:19:08. > :19:12.website. Stroll down for the solar date. It is not a 360 City as such
:19:12. > :19:22.but it is pretty amazing and you could use the embed code to put a
:19:22. > :19:26.
:19:26. > :19:36.little piece of the galaxy on your own website or blog.
:19:36. > :19:42.Never mind at the Mas A Rover, this could be more powerful than the
:19:42. > :19:47.first moon landing. It knows how to play a good board game. GT Games is
:19:47. > :19:53.a free app for Blackberry. But as a classic selection of casino eye for
:19:53. > :19:59.style games. Play head-to-head with gamers across the world. That
:19:59. > :20:03.casino-style games. You might not find anyone to play with. There is
:20:04. > :20:08.a simple social side to this app that lets you build a network and
:20:08. > :20:11.chat while you are playing. The games themselves are not exactly
:20:11. > :20:15.ground-breaking or particularly special but I don't think that
:20:15. > :20:21.matters when you have locked horns with somebody in mortal battle at
:20:21. > :20:26.an old classic. You sun, battleship. Luckily there are plenty more
:20:26. > :20:31.battles ships were that came from. And slot machines, card games,
:20:31. > :20:41.roulette wheels... Just don't forget about real life while you
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