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history. That is it for me. Now it is time

for Click. Right, all I have to do is connect this to this and then

pour that India and connect that to that. It's ready. I can change the

That will take a bit of cleaning up. In the meantime, this week, Click

looks to the future with the trip to Switzerland to see what

technology giant IBM has been picking up in research labs where

you can mix water with computer components without frying your

chips. The biggest names of the Year face-off in the battle for

gaining glory. And we learn how to pick up some good habits in West --

Webscape. Welcome to Click. I N Spencer Kelly. Technology companies

don't just have to be ahead of the game, they have to be ahead where

the game is going to be in five or ten years' time. Have you ever

wondered where all the ideas come from? We dispatched David Reed to a

top secret location in Switzerland. It is not bad secret, it is outside

Zurich. It is the IBM Research Laboratory. Technicians have been

showing off their latest breakthroughs. To learn these

secrets locked inside IBM's research lab, you would either need

to steal through the undergrowth in the dead of night or be invited on

a press trip. IBM was showing it all off. How to really hack of

hackers, future feels and wet computers. Let's start there. They

are pretty cool. Normally, computers and what to don't mix.

However, water is a great coolant and with 2% of energy in the US

Eton abided dissenters and 40 % of that wasted in air cooling, water

is finding a new role. Water is a more efficient coolant than a year

by some distance. This cooling system uses air, this, water. It is

designed so water runs through tiny channels or holes edged into wood.

It means of the air space that is currently the of for killing, you

do not need it. We had miniaturised the cooler so it fits into the chip.

You can stack as many chips as you want on top of each other. That

increases the density by more than one million fold. It also increases

the efficiency. That is the key, the driving factor. It means data

centres will become more efficient and much smaller. The technology

could trickle down so we could all have many high-performance

computers tucked under our desks. - - mini. Something else getting the

shrink treatment is the laboratory. There are times we're a quick blood

sample is imperative or a tiny sample is all that is available.

That is where this lap comes into its own. Touch a liquid to a narrow

tube and it will crawl up it. It is called capillary attraction. Here,

it is being used to send a sample of blood plasma on a winding

journey for a variety of tests. The result? A laboratory which fits

into a pen. Something that you can fit into your pocket. For example,

a possible application would be a blood test for pre-natal babies

where there is a sample available which is very small. The approach

will save time and cost. Reagents are chemicals which test for a

disease. Used with this in my school probe, the contest for

cancer on the smallest of tissue samples. Pushed from one tube and

sucked back up through another. It cuts costs, sure. More valuable

still, it cuts the time it takes doctors to diagnose illnesses.

From Lab on a chip to a stick to beat hackers with. Computers are

prone to get infected with malware. This trusted information channel by

patties your computer entirely so you can connect directly with banks

online servers. The device is in operation. But make sure your money

does not get directed into the wrong account. It is under the

control of the present. The device has its own built in cryptographic

capabilities which allow it to connect to the server itself. That

way, the bank can always tell the device what to show, can always

tell the engines but it is really a transaction that is wanted. If so,

you press the green button. But not, you contact support staff because

there might not be some software operating on your PC.

Electric cars don't normally go as fast or as far as petrol cars. The

planet is wheezing with polluting fumes and oil stocks are getting

scarcer. There is the Grand Challenge of solving the issue of

electric car mileage. -- grand challenge. This is the first time I

have driven an electric car. I am making a mess of it. To compete

with petrol, they must compete. -- they must improve. This battery can

over 500 miles. Electric cars use lithium batteries. IBM is trying to

make lithium last for ten times longer than the current charge.

Others are working on this. The electric car race is of imminent.

We started three years ago. We believe in this technology. We made

the first step forward. Additional competition is only a sign that

we're going the right way. This new type of battery is a completely

different chemistry to the previous one. We need to solve many

materials and problems to get the battery working in the right way.

Another future fuel IBM is looking at is this photovoltaic system

which concentrates the rays of the Sun, delivering three electrician -

- electricity with no emissions. Much of the tech that IBM is

showing is under development. They usually guard their secrets

jealously. They were happy to show out of. It makes you wonder what

they've got hidden in the basement. David Reed spilling the beans and

IBM's not so top-secret research facility. What do something else

that is public knowledge a -- public knowledge. This week's tech

news. Windows Live Messenger is due to close next year. Microsoft

announced that it plans to shelve its instant messaging servers in

20th March 13, 14 years after launch. Users will be expected to

shift to delayed his version escape, where messages can be imported.

That is if they are not already Messaging on Facebook, apse what

sup port and so on. Apple was ordered to Beith damages for

infringing another company's pagans. FaceTime infringed patents held by

VirnetX. Apple said the people did take makes Italy played a small

role. Instagram has extended its reach into the web. Until now, it

is used mobile apps. The design resembles pages from Facebook. It

bought the app with this year. It is hoped it will encourage us to

show more of our pictures. Privacy campaigners are concerned it might

make it easier to take other users photos. Barack Obama brought news

of his election victory on Twitter. It highlights how far the platform

has come since his first election in 2008, where it had barely into

the public, jitters. Others with a, his tweet and photo embracing his

wife became the most retweeted post of all time, breaking Justin

This is the time of year the video games industry goes into overdrive

and engages in a mad rush to release its latest blockbusters on

the gaming public. As the current generation of consols reach the end

of their life cycles, the question is - do they have any more to give?

Is it possible to innovate on platforms getting long in the

I'm really sorry to disappoint you, it is not actually meet you are

here to see. It is that person. The Master Chief, seven feet of Super

soldier and the star of the first three halo games. He is now

blasting his way back in Halo 4, vista of a new trilogy of science-

fiction shooters. The series of games that began on the original

XBox are back with the original hero referring -- returning to his

favourite pastime, destroying hordes of alien bad guys. Games

like halo have become entertainment powerhouses, spawning novels, comic

books and toys as well as a live action when series. -- internet

series. The video games sequel has a lot to prove. Fans of the series

will be familiar with the injured Curtly thought outer universe and

with the mechanics of the game. If the player must exterminate aliens

with extreme prejudice. A wide selection of weapons are available

and the host can commandeer a series of vehicles to help him get

from A to B or how can get to a new planet once run by the mysterious

four runners. Each iteration of the game has added new weapons to the

Arsenal and this version maintains that tradition, but this time

around, those weapons belong to a new adversary. The Master Chief

still does battle with his previous adversaries, a combination of

species called the Covenant, but now he is up against a far deadlier

for her, or Prometheans. This is a little bit boring. Their attack

patterns... The game experience is a story of two House. The first

seems lacklustre compared to previous parts of the series. Then

it becomes clear that this was all an elaborate set-up, if win the

second half of the game will ratcheting up the action. The must

achieve has a new team of public Masters claimed his strings. Bungie

have passed the mind will have to end in house Microsoft studio to

343 Industries. -- have passed the mantle. These hast not affected the

overall quality of the game. There is plenty of extra content in the

game, including the episodic Spartan Ops. Halo 4 competes in a

crowded market place, including Medal of Honor: Warfighter and Call

of Duty: Black Ops two. This is company in which this veteran

shooter can hold its head high. Time to another juggernaut, one

that favours magic wands over weapons. Wonder Book is a new

augmented reality peripheral for the PlayStation 3 that makes use of

an Eye camera, move Controller and the wonder Book itself. Open the

book to reveal that the pages are covered in these symbols. When you

place it in front of the camera, the PlayStation can figure out

exactly where the book is in three- dimensional space and if you hook

at the screen, it will add content to be put. In this case, we have an

interactive Harry Potter the title called book of spells. The new

controller at its as a magic wand of while the book itself comes to

life with instruction in the art of wizarding as well as stories that

literally still from the page. It takes a while to get used to

looking at the screen while waving the wander round but the technology

gently guides the player through an entirely different and interactive

form of storytelling. An interesting addition to the

Caribbean of augmented reality apps and, refreshingly, one that

actually works. -- pantheon. This in the week when a certain

gaming legend has announced the return of a much-loved 80s classic.

Can beat is getting a 21st century makeover. -- a Elite. This is a

game with a spaceship and a small amount of money. And you have to

make money by trading goods and the in a pirate. It is an open world,

and you can go where you like and do what you like. This was the

first true three-dimensional game using wire frame graphics. It had a

completely different look to its contemporaries at the time, lots of

a two-dimensional jumping around games. We didn't have a score, we

didn't have three lives, it changed everything. You could play it for

days and weeks on end. -- one end. The world has changed phenomenally.

One of the big changes his online. One thing this will add his online

play. You can play with your friends online or play on your own,

whichever is the choice. But that changes the game dynamic in an

important and exciting way. We have built a lot of technology, we have

been so testing on remote servers. In order to make a game, you need a

lot of technology behind it and we are in place for that now. We have

the facility to make the game as good as we can make it. What we

will do going forward is billed the game on top of that technology so

people can play. You can read more of that and see the rest of the

interview on our website. Time for something for someone --

for anyone who has ever picked up a bad habit, which is anyone.

We all know that we should be exercising more. Or drinking more

water. The kinder to our colleagues. When it comes to picking up good

habits, sometimes we need a lift, which is exactly what these aims to

do. It is a free iPhone app that helps to identify goals and then

tracks your performance. Tat to check-in when you complete a task.

The statistics will reveal how close you are out of forming a

habit. Scrolling through other people's good habits might give you

some ideas but you can search for the specifically. Type in what you

are looking for and if it does not exist, all you have to do is create

it and you will be the first person in that group. Make sure studio

producer brings a cup of tea at the end of every link. That really was

easy! Another free iPhone Apple designed to help you make better

choices is this one, where a business coach talks through the

basics of her simple plan for entrepreneur has to decide whether

a business idea is worth pursuing or not.

For the younger business people, fantasy stock exchange is an into

school educational Trading challenge, pitting the financial

wits of players against each other while they learn the basics of

share trading and fund manager -- managing. Anyone can sign up and

begin trading straight away. You get free funds in your account to

start, both in your trading account and in your bank account, and as

long as you are not too reckless, that should be fine. There is

always the option to and more funds for a small payment. Let's hope a

train to -- training ground like this will show the next generation

of City bankers how to turn a profit ethically.

If you are strapped for cash but need the help of a professional,

this is an interesting new social network that lets you invite people

to meet up for a coffee or a bite to eat in return for a little

advice. Using location data, the website will scour your LinkedIn

contacts and his own registered users looking for a suitable

excellent -- experts. If you see someone used for, for

example, an accountant if you have a question about tax, you can

invite them to lunch at a local venue. You can offer to pay for

lunch or split the bill. You can even suggest they pay for it. But

that might be cheeky if you want free advice. The website was a just

venues and their discount vouchers available. You are not tied to put

you through them. It has been going in the UK for a few months and this

week opened to international members. There will soon be some

smartphone apps. It could be a funny way to network with local

business people. The obvious one is about meeting strangers from the

internet apply. -- obvious warnings. Those links are available on our

website. And that his way you need to go for a host of other resources

as well. To get in touch with us, to get an archive of our previous