:00:05. > :00:14.language towards officers he had previously denied swearing at.
:00:14. > :00:24.Time for Click. Have a guess where we are this week.
:00:24. > :00:38.
:00:38. > :00:41.Welcome to Click. On this programme, we have been lucky enough to visit
:00:41. > :00:46.countries from across the technology spectrum from the
:00:47. > :00:53.richest to the poorest, least developed and most advanced. This
:00:53. > :00:58.week, we are at the cutting edge of the sharp end. This is Japan. This
:00:58. > :01:01.week, we arrived at the Country pass mark if technology
:01:01. > :01:05.extravaganza to check out the latest ultra-high definition
:01:05. > :01:10.screens, the cars that park themselves and the other bizarre
:01:10. > :01:17.devices that could be just a few years down the road. We also hit
:01:17. > :01:26.the streets of Tokyo. All that plus the latest technology news and a
:01:26. > :01:31.chance to get hands-on with science remote meet one Webscape. --
:01:31. > :01:37.remotely. Here we go - off to the future, to a country renowned for
:01:38. > :01:47.its love of technology. Japan lies 9,500 kilometres east of our base
:01:47. > :01:52.in London. Time to such a laugh -- saddle up and write east. Tokyo is
:01:52. > :01:57.a crowded capital city that looks every bit a set from Blade runner.
:01:57. > :02:06.But it is what is going on in neighbouring Chiba prefecture that
:02:06. > :02:09.is interesting us. This is Japan's big technology expert. As you might
:02:09. > :02:14.expect, it is slightly more futuristic than the equivalent
:02:14. > :02:19.shows in the US and Europe. That is because companies don't just use
:02:19. > :02:25.this event to launch new products, they also use it to show off new
:02:25. > :02:31.research that is still many years away from completion. Case in point,
:02:31. > :02:36.this car that is currently parking itself. This is a specially adapted
:02:36. > :02:40.Nissan Leaf fitted with sensors that detect the special white lines
:02:40. > :02:50.painted on the floor. The idea is that once you have drugs and the
:02:50. > :02:55.car to the destination, you can use your smartphone to order it to park
:02:55. > :03:01.to its space by itself -- once you have driven the car to the
:03:01. > :03:05.destination. You can call it back using the smartphone as well. The
:03:05. > :03:08.company says it does not know if or when this concert will actually be
:03:08. > :03:16.put into practice and since the senses and the working areas
:03:16. > :03:21.treated with the reflective white paint, this will be more suited to
:03:21. > :03:31.places like car parks than entire road networks. This is where this
:03:31. > :03:33.
:03:33. > :03:36.amazing Expo happens. This is call one of eight. It is for great stuff.
:03:36. > :03:42.Just as the TV is usually the centre of attention in our living
:03:42. > :03:46.rooms, so it is taking centre stage once again. Rising from the ashes
:03:46. > :03:53.of a lacklustre 3D Renaissance to promise a picture so we'll it has
:03:53. > :03:57.its own its reedy quality. 4 K screens like these are so named
:03:57. > :04:03.because they have 4,000 picture rules -- pixels along the bottom,
:04:03. > :04:08.delivering an 8 megapixel image, as opposed to ordinary HD, which
:04:08. > :04:15.delivers just 25% of that. The effect can be seen on a larger
:04:15. > :04:25.screens bigger than 50 inches. This 80 inch screen it goes on sale this
:04:25. > :04:25.
:04:25. > :04:35.month for a court �20,000. In previous years, all the buzz
:04:35. > :04:41.about TV has been about 3D television. But there was not much
:04:41. > :04:51.interest in that. Instead, 4 K is king. At the moment, there is not
:04:51. > :04:53.
:04:53. > :04:58.much demand for that I said. -- Eva. You can watch YouTube on 4 K. That
:04:58. > :05:07.is already available on the internet. It is already possible to
:05:07. > :05:13.enjoy the content. Toshiba has two 55 inch for case screens on sale.
:05:13. > :05:18.This small but growing number of PC games are 4 K compatible. Just as
:05:18. > :05:23.DVDs can be improved to high- definition, so high-definition
:05:23. > :05:30.content light of Blu-ray discs can be upgraded 24 K. The result is not
:05:30. > :05:35.so that. Well getting hold of complete movies shot in 4 K can be
:05:35. > :05:40.difficult, you can create your own with this for cave movie camera.
:05:40. > :05:44.Sharpe kept things in focus with a screen technology that reduces
:05:44. > :05:50.reflections. The glass surface is uneven and so disperses light that
:05:50. > :05:56.hits it. The light coming through it is seemingly untouched. Away
:05:56. > :06:00.from televisions, your phone screen may be due for an upgrade. This is
:06:00. > :06:07.the first full hi-def five-inch display that we can expect to see
:06:07. > :06:12.in devices next year. With 30% more pixels the chief than Apple
:06:12. > :06:17.iPhone's retina display, you can see every detail close up. Your
:06:17. > :06:23.phone might be looking just as closely at you with this Palmer
:06:23. > :06:28.Scanning app. An on-board camera can identify the true owner and
:06:28. > :06:33.unlock the device. I tried but could not for it. Just as well that
:06:33. > :06:38.his keeper did not use his other hand. This phone users dozens of
:06:38. > :06:43.sensors to detect where and how hard you are squeezing it as an
:06:43. > :06:49.alternative to touch control. You just know this live-action will end
:06:49. > :06:53.in tears. Many manufacturers believe your mobile will be the
:06:53. > :06:59.centre of controlling your home environment as well. From
:06:59. > :07:02.instructing robot vacuum cleaners to making a cup of coffee. This is
:07:02. > :07:07.the $7 solution from one company - a microchip that can be added to
:07:07. > :07:12.most home appliances when they are made to allow wireless controlled
:07:12. > :07:17.by the new Bluetooth. It was that less energy in standby mode so it
:07:18. > :07:22.won't drain your battery. A different technology does Newfield
:07:22. > :07:28.communication - was found in this demonstration. By touching the
:07:28. > :07:32.phone on the microwave, the cooker knows exactly how long to sack her
:07:32. > :07:39.baked potato. If we actually use microwave to cook rather than heat
:07:39. > :07:44.up one or two things, that would be useful. The final gesture to the
:07:44. > :07:49.future goes to Toyota, which showed off a concept car called the insect.
:07:49. > :07:54.It has face and voice recognition and will open the door when you
:07:55. > :08:01.wave at it, thanks to the in-built Microsoft Kinect system. Once
:08:01. > :08:05.inside, it links to its own cloud server to provide mapping controls.
:08:05. > :08:10.Mitsubishi reached for the stars, showing off at this voice-activated
:08:10. > :08:17.elevator that gives an ultra smooth ride. That is important, because
:08:17. > :08:26.you will be moving at 60kph up the world's second tallest building.
:08:26. > :08:35.That is four stories per second. Once they finish building it, that
:08:35. > :08:39.is. First, this week's Technology News.
:08:39. > :08:43.Eight row is brewing over whether Google is breaking European privacy
:08:43. > :08:49.laws. EU Data Protection Commission has looked at Google's new privacy
:08:49. > :08:53.policy, which, since March, covers all of Google's services. It was
:08:53. > :08:58.able to compile a much wider picture of users' habits by cross-
:08:58. > :09:02.referencing what they do with up to 60 services. The report are such
:09:02. > :09:07.Google to give users more control. It is being viewed as a warning
:09:07. > :09:11.before any legal action but Google insists it is not breaking any
:09:11. > :09:18.European law. Supporters of British hacker Gary McKinnon has welcomed
:09:18. > :09:22.the decision by the UK government to block his extradition to America.
:09:22. > :09:27.He has always insisted he was looking for evidence of UFOs. The
:09:27. > :09:32.extradition was stopped after fears that Gary McKinnon, who suffers
:09:32. > :09:36.from Asperger's syndrome, might commit suicide if sent to America.
:09:36. > :09:40.Microsoft has launched a new free music service to compete with
:09:40. > :09:45.iTunes and Spotify. XBox Music streams tax and allows online
:09:45. > :09:50.purchasing across tablets, phones and computers running Windows 8,
:09:51. > :09:55.the operating system expected out in a few days. We will have a full
:09:55. > :10:03.review of the new system in our next episode. Microsoft's is
:10:03. > :10:13.cracking down on users playing a pilot version of Halo 4. It is
:10:13. > :10:17.
:10:17. > :10:21.threatening and -- a lifetime ban. One of the many brilliant things
:10:21. > :10:26.about Japan is that people in this part of the world embraced
:10:26. > :10:32.technology in a way that people in the West just don't. Take robots
:10:32. > :10:37.for example. They are loved here and feared there. Japanese people
:10:37. > :10:42.seem happy to it - technology to absolutely anything, even if to the
:10:42. > :10:48.rest of it, it makes no sense whatsoever. This bakery has all
:10:48. > :10:58.kinds of freshly cooked Japanese produce. Potato cakes, a turnout
:10:58. > :10:58.
:10:58. > :11:04.with a carried a kingside. -- don't out -- cake with thank you in sight.
:11:04. > :11:07.But how will you pay for your groceries? People might be used to
:11:07. > :11:13.standing barcodes but these checkouts scanty food itself using
:11:13. > :11:18.this camera and software that identify as the shape and colour of
:11:18. > :11:22.each item. The developers say that new staff
:11:22. > :11:27.cannot always remember the name of each item and that can cause a
:11:27. > :11:33.hauled up at busy times. Software has to work hard. Not all
:11:33. > :11:37.wholegrain loaves look the same after all. So it has to learn
:11:37. > :11:42.several considerations for each item. A definite match is outlined
:11:42. > :11:48.in green. Anything the computer is not sure about is outlined in
:11:48. > :11:53.yellow. At which point a human has to step in. At that point, the
:11:53. > :12:03.computer adds that image to its memory, which should make it
:12:03. > :12:05.
:12:05. > :12:09.smarter in the future. This system can be expanded to any shop.
:12:09. > :12:16.Technology for a technology's sake, I hear you ask. At least you get
:12:16. > :12:20.some real food out of it. Unlike his next project. I have come to
:12:20. > :12:29.the Tokyo Institute of Technology, where researchers are cooking up
:12:30. > :12:35.something very strange indeed. He is a cooking simulator. Yes, you
:12:35. > :12:41.heard me correctly. Eight cooking simulator. The pan is real but if
:12:41. > :12:46.you look at the action from this angle, the food is most definitely
:12:46. > :12:53.virtual. It is all run from this PC, which is playing a nice sound
:12:53. > :12:59.effects from the speakers and the image is projected from here.
:12:59. > :13:04.These wires attached to the pan. First, they tell the computer which
:13:05. > :13:09.way you are tipping the pan so it can make the food has lied about in
:13:09. > :13:13.a realistic fashion. Also, the motors attached to the fires can
:13:13. > :13:19.give the pan a little tug so it feels like the food is hitting the
:13:19. > :13:29.edge of the pan. A virtual slice - attached to a
:13:29. > :13:31.
:13:31. > :13:36.real handle here, means you can... And a dropped it.
:13:36. > :13:40.This is not actually designed to teach you how to cook, it is
:13:40. > :13:46.designed to teach you about the physics of cooking. Not only can
:13:46. > :13:49.you see the food change colour and eventually ban, if we switch to
:13:49. > :13:55.thermal mode, we can see how different pan techniques changed
:13:55. > :14:00.the texture of different parts of the food. Yes, it is more expensive
:14:00. > :14:10.than practising on a real food, but at least you won't make anybody ill
:14:10. > :14:12.
:14:12. > :14:18.by undercutting the chicken. I thought I would show you
:14:19. > :14:28.something that has to be... (INAUDIBLE) Japanese. Here are the
:14:29. > :14:33.
:14:33. > :14:38.While the audience is their lunch, the performers live these use of
:14:38. > :14:42.the discs around the floor. -- beat performers drive these huge robots
:14:42. > :14:52.around the floor. It is an assault on the senses and something I would
:14:52. > :15:03.
:15:03. > :15:08.We will take a virtual tour now. With buttons to push and levers to
:15:08. > :15:15.pull, the Science Museum is one of the most into active days out in
:15:15. > :15:25.London. Thanks to this website you do not need to use -- leave your
:15:25. > :15:25.
:15:25. > :15:30.sofa to enjoy it. This is part of a five-year experiment. You probably
:15:30. > :15:36.have to wait your turn in the queue to interact live, now I've told
:15:36. > :15:40.everybody about it will probably get a bit longer. Luckily, there
:15:40. > :15:45.are virtual options as well for all the exhibits if you cannot wait
:15:45. > :15:49.your turn. My favourite is the sketch pot. You'll need a web
:15:49. > :15:59.camera to take a photograph as the actors not upload a picture from
:15:59. > :16:00.
:16:01. > :16:06.your hard drive. I also really like the telly Porter, a clever live 360
:16:06. > :16:16.degree window to summerhouse in the world. Right and the world of this
:16:16. > :16:18.
:16:18. > :16:21.busy bakery in Carolina. Keeping track of your cash can be annoying
:16:21. > :16:26.especially when you have more than one bank account or credit cards
:16:26. > :16:30.from various companies. This Act lets you take control through one
:16:30. > :16:33.central hub so you know what is going on with your money and
:16:33. > :16:37.whether your income matches your outgoings before you start getting
:16:37. > :16:42.uncomfortable letters from the bank. Some of you may not feel
:16:42. > :16:47.comfortable handing over your bank account login details to another
:16:47. > :16:50.company. You are not storing anything on the servers. NEWLINE
:16:50. > :16:57.organs are handled by another company which deals with some the
:16:57. > :17:01.biggest banks in America. The security is tight. You are and the
:17:01. > :17:11.granting read-only access to your account. Even if somebody did hack
:17:11. > :17:15.
:17:15. > :17:19.end to your dashboard account they could not do any transactions. This
:17:19. > :17:24.type of service is called an account aggregate of. Your bank
:17:24. > :17:30.will not like giving it access probably. That is becoming less
:17:30. > :17:33.common as the technology grows in popularity. You can set budgets and
:17:33. > :17:37.extract all manner of reporting and balance are limits. The company
:17:37. > :17:42.makes money from commission on sales of additional financial
:17:42. > :17:51.products. Expect to get sold to occasionally when you use the free
:17:51. > :17:56.service. Some of the best things in life are free. Like this coming
:17:56. > :18:01.Android game which was made by a kick you. The object is to collect
:18:01. > :18:11.as many stars as you can without getting your bubble popped. Not as
:18:11. > :18:13.
:18:13. > :18:20.easy as it sounds. Simplicity is often the way to the heart of a
:18:20. > :18:24.good game for me and this takes the box. It was super-fast to download
:18:24. > :18:28.and launch as quickly and there were no dodgy looking commissions
:18:28. > :18:35.to install it. Mainstream at developers could learn a thing or
:18:35. > :18:39.two. The controls are very obvious. Slide to position and tack when you
:18:39. > :18:49.see a window of opportunity. Bunce the bubble of the walls to collect
:18:49. > :18:51.
:18:52. > :18:55.more stars. Czech and to the real world occasionally too. Look out my
:18:55. > :19:00.boss security updated its free Android app this week. You can find
:19:00. > :19:05.your phone even if your factory is dead. A signal pinpoints the last
:19:05. > :19:15.location your phone was before it died. Hopefully helping you
:19:15. > :19:17.
:19:17. > :19:25.retrieve it. That was a web skate. Before we go we have to give you a
:19:25. > :19:29.quick whizz round the Tokyo TEC show. We have been scouting he
:19:29. > :19:34.calls for the coolest kits. Video- conferencing may have gone mobile
:19:34. > :19:40.over the past few years, but this company wants to make it a personal
:19:41. > :19:45.experience. Developing a pair of concept video conferencing set.
:19:45. > :19:51.Inside the glass I've two fish-eye lenses. Let me show you what
:19:51. > :19:59.happens when I put them on. At the moment, what to see is a view of my
:19:59. > :20:03.face. The only real thing is my eyes. The rest is a computer
:20:03. > :20:08.generated avatar. Supercomputer will combine it into a moving image
:20:09. > :20:14.of my face and look more flattering. There are different ways this
:20:14. > :20:20.technology can be advanced. You can imagine somebody wearing these
:20:20. > :20:22.spectacles and having the images projected onto the front. You
:20:23. > :20:28.grandmother could wear a pair of the spectacles and have hit vital
:20:28. > :20:33.signs monitored. And there is the Google project file of projecting
:20:33. > :20:37.augmented reality overlays on to the real world three glasses. You
:20:37. > :20:42.could check out the price of a handbag or project any other kind
:20:42. > :20:48.of real world information. It could be ten years before we see these on
:20:48. > :20:54.the market. They may never appear at all. But they look a lot better
:20:55. > :21:00.than 3D spectacles. The very height of ocular fashion indeed, and this
:21:00. > :21:04.is another device that relies on your eyes. Will -- I imagine you
:21:04. > :21:10.are travelling on a packed commuter train in Tokyo and you want to use
:21:10. > :21:15.your tablet. This is a device which is controlled by looking at it. At
:21:15. > :21:18.the bottom of the tablets are the senses. They are monitoring eye
:21:18. > :21:23.movement with a bit of calibration, we have to look around the screen
:21:23. > :21:28.and it knows what my eyes are looking at. There is a pointer, if
:21:28. > :21:34.I look around the screen, it follows my eye movement. If I open
:21:34. > :21:40.up an application, the Web browser, we have arrows on the screen and I
:21:40. > :21:50.can scroll up and scroll down. And left and right by looking at it. It
:21:50. > :21:56.is not 100% accurate. It does actually work. And on simpler app
:21:56. > :22:01.macros, the image is nice and thick. The device gives a new meaning to
:22:01. > :22:05.the phrase look but do not touch. Proper sense we overload here. It
:22:05. > :22:10.can get really noisy. This is where handset like this comes in handy.
:22:10. > :22:14.It has a vibrating display which means when you get an incoming call,
:22:14. > :22:20.you have not just sound waves but vibrations going straight through
:22:20. > :22:26.into your ear canal. Courtesy of an electric actuator a motor inside.
:22:26. > :22:31.To prove the point, when you put on headphones, I can hear industrial
:22:31. > :22:35.sounds loudly, when the call comes in, I can hear the voice of
:22:35. > :22:40.somebody transmitted and vibrating directly through my tissue into my
:22:40. > :22:45.Ekka now, of allowing the to hear the call. It could be very useful
:22:45. > :22:54.for those hard of hearing in future. But what I like about it is, for
:22:54. > :23:00.the first time in a decade you can talk about voice calls on a mobile.
:23:00. > :23:06.The open road enhanced by an open car or environment. This is a car
:23:06. > :23:13.cockpit concept. It is invented by a Japanese company. It has few
:23:13. > :23:18.controls. The features are driven by this glowing circle here. The
:23:18. > :23:21.whole cockpit is designed for a minimum of driver distraction. With
:23:21. > :23:26.displays and controls only appearing as and when they are
:23:26. > :23:32.necessary. He hand movement over the glowing gearstick indicate
:23:32. > :23:36.which controls they need and then they appear. As well as gesture
:23:36. > :23:39.controls, a heart-rate monitor blending into the seat and cameras
:23:39. > :23:43.and a steering wheel which will go the eyes of the driver. The data
:23:43. > :23:52.from both of these combined to make sure the driver remains a lead in