:00:09. > :00:19.home and abroad. Now, it is time for Click.
:00:19. > :00:32.
:00:32. > :00:36.Would you trust a computer to drive you about?
:00:36. > :00:39.This week, Click hits the road without touching the wheel. We will
:00:39. > :00:43.test drive the travellers technology that could fit into
:00:43. > :00:48.existing vehicles. Is it something that you would trust? It is never
:00:48. > :00:51.too late to get online, so we will look at ways to make technology
:00:51. > :00:55.work for all ages. We have the latest tech news from around the
:00:55. > :01:05.world and we will show you have to find anything you have stuck one of
:01:05. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:12.these two. No matter how much of a tech head
:01:12. > :01:20.you are, there are some things must have this will not let a computer
:01:20. > :01:26.do. Of the 60 million new cars bought last year, none of them came
:01:26. > :01:32.without a steering wheel or similar human control. Several companies
:01:32. > :01:35.are demonstrating cars which drive themselves. Will they ever make it
:01:35. > :01:45.Thank you. We will be back in half an hour. The test track and into
:01:45. > :01:45.
:01:45. > :01:49.the fast lane? City driving is hardly as pleasant
:01:49. > :01:55.as the open road romanticised in most car ads. Hummus a daily
:01:55. > :02:02.commute contains breathtaking views and the odd hairpin turn, you might
:02:02. > :02:05.wish you could drive to work with your eyes closed. But what it
:02:05. > :02:15.vehicles could drive themselves? Request and location and the card
:02:15. > :02:15.
:02:15. > :02:19.as the rest. -- Carte does the rest. The most publicised of recent times
:02:19. > :02:24.comes from Google. It has developed a car that uses mapping data
:02:24. > :02:29.alongside video cameras and radar. The resulting vehicles can drive on
:02:29. > :02:36.their own. The company has looked over 300,000 miles so far in its
:02:36. > :02:40.research. Car makers have already included automated features in some
:02:40. > :02:49.of their models, like Self parking. Ford's automatic stopping system
:02:49. > :02:57.works at speed under 40kph. Three radars at the front of the car
:02:57. > :03:00.detect the speed of the vehicle ahead. The car's on-board computer
:03:00. > :03:06.makes a judgement and in a collision looks likely, the bricks
:03:06. > :03:16.will kick in. It takes over. You have no control over the braking
:03:16. > :03:18.
:03:18. > :03:21.system. It will apply maximum braking force instantly. Parking
:03:22. > :03:31.and bricking are only two aspect of driving. Imagine being able to let
:03:31. > :03:38.go completely in the middle of a journey. Relax and take in the
:03:38. > :03:44.scenery. Imagine driving around here as if your car was on rails.
:03:44. > :03:54.It would be as easy as catching the right tram. A few miles away, that
:03:54. > :03:54.
:03:54. > :04:03.is what is being promised for cars. It is here at a top-secret test
:04:03. > :04:06.track in Sweden that I'm about to get my first hands of experience. -
:04:06. > :04:14.- hence off. This is eroded train. The project has been running for
:04:14. > :04:20.the last three years. -- a rogue train. It allows drivers to take
:04:20. > :04:26.their feet of the paddles and hands of the wheel. Cars travel in
:04:26. > :04:33.private sink. It is as if the Cup throws out a breadcrumbs with
:04:33. > :04:42.information on acceleration and steering so the following vehicles
:04:42. > :04:47.can repeat the same acceleration and steering and follow the exact
:04:47. > :04:55.track but of the League Cup. does it feel to go hands-free at
:04:55. > :05:00.60kph? Is it okay to take my hands off the will? There we go. I have
:05:00. > :05:05.to say, this is an odd experience. Even just turning around to talk
:05:05. > :05:12.you feels utterly unfamiliar. There is a part of me going, keep your
:05:12. > :05:21.eye on the road. I found it surprisingly easy to trust the
:05:21. > :05:29.system what I joined the platoon. In the past a laptop please? You
:05:29. > :05:32.could do pretty much anything. How would this work in real life? The
:05:32. > :05:37.road train is not completely autonomous. There is still a driver
:05:37. > :05:47.at the front. One may indicate or changed lanes, the other cars to
:05:47. > :05:51.
:05:51. > :05:55.the same. -- when they indicate. When you get to a turn-off, you can
:05:55. > :06:02.request to leave the platoon, take back the wheel and continue on to
:06:02. > :06:11.our final destination. Each vehicle saves up to 20% of its feel and to
:06:11. > :06:18.the aerodynamics. That is unless the technology goes wrong. Should I
:06:18. > :06:24.be controlling the vehicle at this point? Thank you. Not exactly
:06:24. > :06:30.relaxing. The technology can't afford to fail. The main challenge
:06:30. > :06:34.technically is making sure it works under all circumstances. On the
:06:34. > :06:41.test track, it has been a challenge but on public roads, the challenge
:06:41. > :06:51.is much bigger. We have to do a lot of verification to understand we
:06:51. > :06:53.
:06:53. > :06:56.can work with unexpected situations. The once the industry has
:06:56. > :07:02.straightened up the technology, they have to convince the rest of
:07:02. > :07:11.us to make it legal. So far, the proposals have enjoyed overwhelming
:07:11. > :07:17.bipartisan support. There has been a bit of hesitancy and concern,
:07:17. > :07:20.firstly from the many factoring community out concern for liability.
:07:20. > :07:28.If the car driving itself as something goes wrong, who is at
:07:29. > :07:36.fault? We have fault-based liability in most states of the
:07:36. > :07:40.worst. But it is the driver that is responsible, provided the injured
:07:40. > :07:47.party can provide some net -- evidence of negligence on the part
:07:47. > :07:54.of the driver. Now, the machinery takes over, and we turn these cases
:07:54. > :08:02.into product liability cases more than cases of individual liability
:08:02. > :08:05.for negligence. This week, the senator's bill was backed. If
:08:05. > :08:10.approved, it will pass into law with a proviso that a licensed
:08:10. > :08:20.driver will sit in the driver's seat in case of emergency for --
:08:20. > :08:21.
:08:21. > :08:29.emergencies. Technology is not the big hurdle. The big hurdle is the
:08:29. > :08:34.legal, liability and perception issues. General Motors dimmest --
:08:34. > :08:39.demonstrated similar technology in its concept video last year. Other
:08:39. > :08:44.companies are playing with the idea of autonomous driving. If all these
:08:44. > :08:53.can't make this can do it, why can't we buy it? They many
:08:53. > :09:00.factories have said there was no existing barrier between the
:09:00. > :09:03.technology available and having these vehicles on the road -- roads.
:09:03. > :09:07.Carmakers and lawmakers may be confident that they are not far off
:09:07. > :09:17.but they will have to persuade humans that -- computers are better
:09:17. > :09:20.at writing than we are. -- at driving.
:09:20. > :09:28.Could you ever see yourself giving control of your whack into a
:09:28. > :09:32.computer? Tweet us. Next, a look at the tech news.
:09:32. > :09:35.Cat that mobile phones will stop working in Kenya from the start of
:09:35. > :09:39.October. The Communications Commission hopes the move will give
:09:39. > :09:46.people a better use experienced and protect mobile payment systems from
:09:46. > :09:54.potential fraud. Worried owners can send a text message with the
:09:54. > :10:00.check if the model is genuine. Samsung Galaxy Tab -- Galaxy owners
:10:00. > :10:05.could see their phones returned to backrower settings by clicking on a
:10:05. > :10:10.specific link. This was demonstrated at a security
:10:10. > :10:17.conference in Argentina. The researcher who found it said the
:10:17. > :10:24.fault lies with Samsung's interface. Samsung encouraged users to
:10:24. > :10:27.download a fix. The measures in addition to
:10:27. > :10:33.existing restrictions prevent Iranians from accessing many
:10:33. > :10:42.western sites. It is not the first assault on Google services in Iraq
:10:42. > :10:45.-- Iran. YouTube has been censored cents bit 2009. All parties say the
:10:45. > :10:49.restrictions will be in place until further notice.
:10:49. > :10:54.A new report sporting six cameras has been unveiled in France,
:10:54. > :10:58.designed to help wine producers maintain their vineyards. Tracking
:10:58. > :11:02.technology, artificial intelligence and mapping capabilities enable the
:11:02. > :11:07.robot to move Trudie veneered, recognising plant features,
:11:07. > :11:12.memorising each vine and pruning is needed. It supplies its owner with
:11:12. > :11:22.valuable data on the help of the soil, fruit and wine stocks. It can
:11:22. > :11:28.
:11:28. > :11:33.As we have said, apart from driving you about, there are many areas of
:11:33. > :11:37.our lives that we are happy to give over to technology. It is easier to
:11:37. > :11:41.stay in touch with friends and family, do your shopping, Bank of
:11:41. > :11:45.line. But ironically the generation of people that would benefit the
:11:45. > :11:50.most from the convenience is also the generation that finds it
:11:50. > :11:54.hardest to use. -- bank online. But there are some ways to make a
:11:54. > :12:04.complicated PC with small icons more user-friendly. We have been
:12:04. > :12:06.
:12:06. > :12:10.Silver service or senior citizens seduced by the allure of the
:12:10. > :12:14.silicon chip. Perhaps an unfamiliar sight. All the people wrestling
:12:14. > :12:18.with the finer details of writing an e-mail or making an online
:12:18. > :12:22.purchase. But as more and more services migrate to the Web, there
:12:22. > :12:26.is a growing need to educate less techs than the members of society
:12:26. > :12:31.about computers and technology. Here, all the people are learning
:12:31. > :12:40.this very skills on a course specifically created for novices. -
:12:40. > :12:45.- all the people. If you want to go anywhere or
:12:45. > :12:49.bought tickets for anything, most of it is online. If you are not
:12:49. > :12:54.online, you are out of everything. I feel as if I am missing out, in
:12:54. > :13:01.the sense that I feel cut off sometimes. Now, there are times
:13:01. > :13:06.when I need to be able to use a computer properly. We run classes,
:13:06. > :13:10.over 100 classes, all over England, helping people learn right from the
:13:10. > :13:17.very basics of how to use the mouse, through to how to make savings on
:13:17. > :13:22.my own and operate a bank account or compare prices online. I use the
:13:22. > :13:26.computer quite a lot and I am OK on word-processing. But there were
:13:27. > :13:32.things... Everything I know, I have picked up piecemeal. At the has
:13:32. > :13:37.been structured. So I wanted to get to know the computer properly. And
:13:37. > :13:42.toured by experts. The in-flight copying and cutting and pasting.
:13:42. > :13:47.Those things I picked up but I did not know how to do it properly. I
:13:47. > :13:52.had to ask somebody to help me. -- things like copying. This
:13:52. > :13:56.particular cause runs for ten weeks. As the students' progress, the
:13:56. > :14:01.world of technology starts to seem less daunting. I am more confident
:14:01. > :14:07.in copying, cutting and pasting, things like that, because I have
:14:07. > :14:13.been taught the correct way to do it. Once you on the computer, there
:14:13. > :14:17.is no stopping you. Training is an important part of introducing
:14:17. > :14:23.technology to all the users but is there anything the technology
:14:23. > :14:28.industry can do to assist? -- elderly users. Operating systems
:14:28. > :14:32.like windows have accessibility settings, which makes the type
:14:32. > :14:36.larger oar mac the five parts of the screen. But could ideas like
:14:36. > :14:39.this be refined into a simpler computing experience? There are a
:14:39. > :14:46.couple of solutions designed specifically for novices. We will
:14:46. > :14:51.take a look at a couple of them. First is this. It is called
:14:51. > :14:55.Simplicity. Simplicity is a complete operating system on a USB
:14:55. > :15:00.stick and comes with instructions and a disc. But the user will have
:15:01. > :15:06.to source a computer themselves. Now cut a her instruction manuals
:15:06. > :15:10.are something you do not see often these days. -- instruction manuals.
:15:10. > :15:15.Many are hidden in parts of the operating system. If you are a
:15:15. > :15:19.novice, that could pose a problem. That is where good old fashioned
:15:19. > :15:25.paper is perhaps more useful. The operating system itself is
:15:25. > :15:29.massively simplified, originally starting life as an awareness. It
:15:29. > :15:37.boots up and looks like an on the lip of the screen. There is
:15:37. > :15:42.oversize type to make it easier to read. Each has the ability to surf
:15:42. > :15:47.the Web all right documents. The idea behind the operating system is
:15:47. > :15:51.that it can be plugged into pretty much any computer. Because it is so
:15:51. > :15:55.simple and stripped down, you do not need a fire-breathing high-end
:15:55. > :16:01.PC. It should work with lower specification and all the machines
:16:01. > :16:06.without any problems. -- although machines. When you get it running,
:16:07. > :16:11.it is pretty straightforward. There are a number of video tutorials.
:16:12. > :16:16.And of course the manual is there to guide new users through the a
:16:16. > :16:26.West. But getting started is part of the problem. Simple operations a
:16:26. > :16:30.rather typical -- OS. The does not include a network options, which
:16:30. > :16:35.for a novice is not ideal. This is the kind of functionality that
:16:35. > :16:40.should be found on the main John Phillips green. Simplicity
:16:40. > :16:47.themselves do recommend the first time set up is performed by
:16:47. > :16:52.somebody who is reasonably techs savvy. -- found on the main screen.
:16:52. > :16:57.And they do offer a comprehensive telephone support. This brings us
:16:57. > :17:01.to a new outfit that had taken a slightly different approach to
:17:01. > :17:06.Simplicity. They have created a hardware and software solution in
:17:06. > :17:12.the form of laptops. This is basically a middle of the road
:17:12. > :17:17.Toshiba notebook. The lack books come in two flavours. 17 and 15
:17:17. > :17:22.inch. This is the 15th. The keyboard has an overlay, making it
:17:22. > :17:27.easier to read. Some have been set up for one key operation, taking
:17:27. > :17:32.the user to e-mail or we can. Upon boot up, the large icons instantly
:17:32. > :17:37.open particular axe. The experience in a -- in using this machine is
:17:37. > :17:41.not as smooth as it could be. Setting up an e-mail account is
:17:41. > :17:46.more complicated than it needs to be. Again, slightly tarnishing the
:17:46. > :17:51.easy to use, easy to set up ethos which underpins this and ever. Both
:17:52. > :17:56.of these options have good ideas at the heart but a let down by some
:17:56. > :18:02.irritating floors. And then you come to the cost. Simplicity is
:18:02. > :18:06.cheaper but you will need a donor computer. This one is about the
:18:06. > :18:16.middle of the road laptop with an operating system and is rather
:18:16. > :18:17.
:18:17. > :18:22.expensive for what it his. Keeping things simple.
:18:22. > :18:27.They can't be many of us who have not at one time or another have
:18:27. > :18:31.gone for our phone only to begin a slack Dance of panic. This is
:18:31. > :18:36.usually followed by a frantic search of your premises and a
:18:36. > :18:40.desperate cry to your friend to call it. We have covered ways to
:18:40. > :18:43.find a lost smartphone on this phone but Kate Russell start this
:18:43. > :18:47.week's Webscape with something that should take the frenzy out of
:18:47. > :18:53.losing almost anything. Two you wouldn't have to panic
:18:53. > :18:58.about losing your valuable items if you attack them at Belongings. This
:18:58. > :19:02.is a global Lost and Found service that uses stickers to mark an item,
:19:02. > :19:08.allowing you to tap it in a database as yours. In the hope that
:19:09. > :19:16.somebody on us will find it, lock onto the website and get it back to
:19:16. > :19:20.you. -- log. Personal users can apply to get sent sheets of
:19:20. > :19:24.stickers like these ones that are right through the post, free of
:19:24. > :19:29.charge, but you are encouraged to make additional payment for could
:19:29. > :19:36.points. Mind up about one week to arrive. When I got them, I started
:19:36. > :19:41.sticking them all over the things I own. Dan? We would not want you
:19:41. > :19:44.getting lost, would we? There is a monthly subscription plan for
:19:44. > :19:49.customers that has a bunch of additional corporate features. The
:19:49. > :19:53.new register the tax, providing contact details and either of --
:19:53. > :19:57.even offering a reward using a credit card or PayPal account.
:19:57. > :20:07.Users are wind-up anonymously so they can organise the return of an
:20:07. > :20:07.
:20:07. > :20:11.item directly. One of the greatest things about
:20:11. > :20:19.modern smartphone technology is enhanced personal security. You GPS
:20:19. > :20:24.data can tell people exactly where you while, even if you can't. This
:20:24. > :20:29.grabs this idea with both hands, to provide a paid app with your safety
:20:29. > :20:33.at its core. With so many apps and services like dating roadsides
:20:33. > :20:38.encourage you asked to step out of the online world and made in 3D
:20:38. > :20:42.space, I can see a real place for an act like this. -- dating website.
:20:42. > :20:46.You would hope to never needed and it should open the door to
:20:46. > :20:56.complacency. But it on that one occasion you do need it, it could
:20:56. > :20:56.
:20:56. > :21:01.To use it, just take a photo of something that can be identified,
:21:01. > :21:08.like a licence plate, St side or bar name we will meet somebody. The
:21:08. > :21:13.photo is stored on the Secure space with your ID, time, date and the
:21:13. > :21:18.GPS location. If something does go wrong, you're nominated contacts
:21:18. > :21:27.can request this information gets passed to the police, saving vital
:21:27. > :21:34.time tracking you down in an If that's all a bit too serious, I
:21:34. > :21:42.have the purse -- perfect thing - the Monty Python silly walks
:21:42. > :21:47.generator. This is childish and you -- if you are not a fan often Monty
:21:47. > :21:57.Python, you probably will not get it. But it's a lot of fun. Who
:21:57. > :21:58.
:21:58. > :22:02.knows? It may even catch on around To make your own much sillier walk
:22:02. > :22:07.than that, pick a background and character. My favourite is the
:22:07. > :22:11.Spanish Inquisition cardinal. Then, mark your moves along the post
:22:11. > :22:16.timeline and adjust the sliders to suit. Once finished, you can save
:22:16. > :22:26.and share or e-mail to a friend. It is sure to crack a small smile when
:22:26. > :22:26.
:22:26. > :22:32.Kate Russell with Webscape. Those links are available at our website.
:22:32. > :22:36.You can also find previous reports from previous programmes on there.