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Why not get yourself one of these? Welcome to Click. And welcome to one

of nature 's forces and the tech of the strangest places I have ever

of nature 's forces and the tech know—how that is unique to this

taste for blood? Love is in the Ayrshire, but only if they are smart

phones agree. And I will meet the Ayrshire, but only if they are smart

phones agree. And I will meet the woman who has won much more than

just the trophy for being a prize geek. Time for Click to get up and

go, and this time we are headed towards the top of the world. At

almost 67 degrees north and just nudging the Arctic Circle, Iceland

is home to 320,000 people all living on top of a plume of superheated

rock in the middle of the Atlantic. The volcanic activity that formed

the island 50 million years ago still churns away today, continually

changing a landscape that is both spectacular. The Sassenach here

changing a landscape that is both that too, and if you are not in

changing a landscape that is both hurry they can be programmed to

changing a landscape that is both you out of your way and to take

changing a landscape that is both some of the island's wonders. You

choose from a number of different driving tours and as the Saturn

choose from a number of different of date you added a swan it will

tell you about various points of interest. Also coming up as one

tell you about various points of eight runs richest salmon rivers. It

flows out of the nearest lake. The country's economy has also had a

and purposes an unlimited supply of rocky ride of late. After it acting

and purposes an unlimited supply of heat. Whatever that seeks just a

short distance down into the crust superheated steam and mud. The first

benefit for Iceland is free central capital Reykjavik. It also means

extremely cheap and environmentally friendly power. The high—pressure

steam is used to turn turbines at geothermal power stations hiding

away in the saltiness mess. —— saltiness mess. In fact, the country

is looking towards becoming the first to run completely on renewable

energy. It has so much of the stuff companies to relocate here to have

some of it. In most large companies in the world these days are these

things, computer servers. They are used to store all of the data and do

all of the number crunching. If used to store all of the data and do

do any cloud computing your e—mails and documents will be stored in

do any cloud computing your e—mails centres like this. These things

do any cloud computing your e—mails an enormous amount of power to keep

they use about as much power again just to keep the things cool. That

is what is making most of the noise in here, the fans inside these units

blowing air over the cat. Not only electricity going spare, it has

something else in supply two. Cold air. Will the heat below ground

provides the cheap power, the cool conditions above ground remove the

need for power hungry chillers. conditions above ground remove the

that Iceland is alone in offering Will data centres are moving north

to Chile climates, but recently Facebook chose to build their first

the west, and the volcanoes happen struggle to view at the sensitive

the west, and the volcanoes happen wonderful volcanoes that produce the

geothermal energy, if there was wonderful volcanoes that produce the

be an eruption, the prevailing wind energy, reducing that consumption is

moving higher and higher up the environmental agenda. But in order

to reach its 100% renewable energy target, Iceland needs to tame the

beast that has been around for more than 100 years. The motor car. As

long as Iceland relies on petrol it can't be completely green. The

Icelandic government has pledged that 10% of all transport fuel will

be equal friendly in 2020. It is considering hydrogen cars, meeting

cars powered by the gases that come from rubbish and electric cars which

surely should be the obvious choice here. After all, three quarters

surely should be the obvious choice Reykjavik, and city driving is what

electric vehicles do best. And yet, the grand total of electric vehicles

in Iceland at the moment is 30. the grand total of electric vehicles

is the problem? I went to meet one family who drives a diesel powered

four x four but they have been part of a government experiment and

forgiven and electric and hydrogen car to test out. The hydrogen car

electric car could be charged very was not good because there was not

electric car could be charged very cheaply at home. Why have they gone

back to diesel? They are expensive expensive, small and expensive.

There are two main problems, the expensive, small and expensive.

There are two main problems, the cost of the car when you started,

testing period when I had learnt to cost of the car when you started,

testing period when I had learnt to drive the car and not have the

radiator on when I didn't need it, not listen to the radio when I was

especially, things like that. There alternative fuel cars have not taken

off here. Take a look at what people alternative fuel cars have not taken

off here. Take a look at what people do drive. There is a lot of four by

fours. That is because there is do drive. There is a lot of four by

much off—loading and rough terrain driving to be had here in Iceland.

How many electric SUV 's have you ever seen? One man, at least, is

undeterred. He has an electric fan. As an fanatic, not an actual fan.

Although it was quite windy when I chased MRP hillside on his two

wheeled electric vehicle of choice. He is an entrepreneur who is one of

Iceland's biggest proponents of electric transport IT is adamant

that those concerns about range electric transport IT is adamant

unjustified. Most of the people electric transport IT is adamant

Iceland do not strive more than electric transport IT is adamant

kilometres per day, so why do you thousands of filling stations for

the cars at home. It is my opinion that 90% of the people who can

charge at home overnight, it will be very easy for them. The most popular

alternative fuel car is the meeting cars which runs of rubbish. How

Green is that? Why are the popular? They are more like gasoline cars,

you are burning something and people don't actually understand how can a

small motor take this car even faster than a gasoline car? It is

changing. It will happen. Thank faster than a gasoline car? It is

enthusiasm, and Iceland's endless supply of clean energy, it does

enthusiasm, and Iceland's endless that electric vehicles face as much,

else in the world. Personally, I else in the world. Personally, I

one more Julia 's use of Iceland's exhausting. Time for a soak. Just

well known for having pools like your thermal power. The country

well known for having pools like this for readers to soak their

through the steam has a geothermal strictly natural. Just over there

through the steam has a geothermal power station which is taking the

electricity. Once the steam has cooled into warm water it ends up

here in a man—made but naturally heated within. —— lagoon. This is

Spencer, thanks for calling, I am abroad filming at the moment and

cannot take your call Judy my hectic schedule. It is the boss, you should

be back in the office two days ago! Kolbe! —— call me. And back to

Iceland in a couple of minutes after the tech news, which start with

Microsoft. Its original surface tablets did not sell well, it cost

the company $900 million in written off hundreds. Full. Undaunted, they

have launched new versions of the Windows eight powered tablet. The

surface to, it sports a faster processor, high—resolution screen

and camera and improved battery life. Pricing for the lowest spec

models with 32 gig of storage starts at £359, one of the most expensive

surface tablets costs £1439. 19 so—called reputation and harassment

£219,000 after being touted for writing fake online reviews for

online reception. Charging as little eludes the companies by posing

online reception. Charging as little deployed an army of bloggers online

personas charged with forging the online personas. In the week that

the fingerprint security feature in Apple's new iPhone came out, a new

fake advert has checked people into thinking that the new operating

system on the Apple phones will thinking that the new operating

it waterproof. Many people broke the professional pilot is getting out of

the very expensive fighter jet then you are in good company. Boeing

the very expensive fighter jet then revealed the retrofitted F—16 that

can be flown remotely from the ground. During the test to on the

ground pilots manoeuvred the plane through 90s of exhilaration up to a

top speed of Mach 1.47. That is nearly one and a half times the

speed of sound. The freighter was killed by two chase planes and had a

self—destruct system installed which fortunately was not needed. I have

ditched the car and have decided to explore the capital. It feels more

like a town in the city. Rhetoric may be home to 120,000 people, but

it is not lacking any of the MoD complement a city on the beauty

it is not lacking any of the MoD it hot water tanks, but you can

it is not lacking any of the MoD why it is called the Parole. I'm off

to a university, but I am told the students are not what you would

expect. I have created a new way to teach children how to code from

expect. I have created a new way to age of six. It all started when

expect. I have created a new way to was a child myself. My parents gave

me a computer when I was nine. I can still remember that day when I got

that computer and plugged it into the tape recorder and the television

games. Rakel Solvadottir suffers and started to programme my own

games. Rakel Solvadottir suffers from ADHD and wanted to create a way

way which was especially easy for to pass on her computer skills in a

way which was especially easy for those with conditions which we

learning process. When I saw my traditionally believe hamper the

learning process. When I saw my child, he has ADHD, when I saw him

children to deal with debugging child, he has ADHD, when I saw him

errors, she uses 3—D graphical interfaces, games that help children

understand the basics of what to do. Here, characters, objects and

even the wider online world... do. Here, characters, objects and

different worlds created in just one morning. Called Skema, she mixes

technology, lessons from educational studies and educational psychology.

One golden rule is that everyone needs to be happy, even if they

One golden rule is that everyone starting to smile, we want to smile

more. It is about the cheek muscles. They control the activity in the

brain. These muscles send signs They control the activity in the

the brain and the brain says, OK, endorphins to make you happier.

Within that process, Gateway opens up to the long—term memory, so we to

get the children and ourselves information we are supposed to learn

into the long—term memory. Another children also learn from their

peers, so they begin to teach each other. There are often positive

results. We have 16 employees from other. There are often positive

results. We have 16 employees from the age of eight to 16 and many

results. We have 16 employees from the children who are assistant

teachers have disabilities like has Asperger's syndrome, he was

bullied, he did not fit in. I took him out of the classroom and let him

That was brilliant. He went from being a nobody and a loser, and

That was brilliant. He went from became a winner. After teaching

That was brilliant. He went from international attention. Lessons

begin in Barcelona and in Redmond in the US next month and a new centre

opens in the US next year. With interest from Denmark, Sweden and

Slovenia, this innovative project Iceland's best exports. Iceland

Slovenia, this innovative project be looking outwards, but it has

Slovenia, this innovative project had to look inwards. We may all

Slovenia, this innovative project created differently in this world,

but in this isolated island that is not so much the case. There has

but in this isolated island that is been much immigration here and that

means there is not as much dynastic diversity as there is on a larger

generations, and most Icelanders will find they are related to each

meets girl, girl likes boy, girl and boy bump smartphones, her app checks

of she is too closely related to him and the app says no, so go for it!

This is one Icelanders who has found new ways to use this app to avoid

embarrassing situations. It is very convenient to look at the men you

when you're downtown, you meet someone interesting, look up and see

whether he is related to you. How closely related is too closely

have babies with them. So, third want to marry your third cousin

have babies with them. So, third cousin is just for... Third cousin

the past, the population has dipped is fine. This is Iceland! All the

the past, the population has dipped to 30,000 here, so there is useful

years. The boss of DNA analysts to 30,000 here, so there is useful

schizophrenia, diabetes and many cancers. This effect in Iceland

means that we can trace everyone who relative who lived a few centuries

back, so the reason for the deceased is likely to be the same in most

disease. A large section of the population has given blood to help

the firm assist research. Once these samples are taken, they are not

the firm assist research. Once these kept for weeks or even months, it

makes sense to keep them for as kept for weeks or even months, it

as possible, for research or pattern matching which might happen that

years in the future and that is matching which might happen that

the blood of Iceland ends up here, in this bio bank of half a million

samples. The oldest of this was taken 15 years ago. The reason that

even that sample is still good today is that the temperature in here

even that sample is still good today Collet, mild! As the robots continue

those discovering their personal Collet, mild! As the robots continue

those discovering their personal connection will not get such a

frosty reception. Here we are, playing Cupid, because those two had

you, they did walk off in separate directions. That is one way to use

few more, courtesy of Kate Russell your smart phone, here are quite a

few more, courtesy of Kate Russell and Webscape. You do not need your

own blood bank or shelves stacked with ancient record books to charge

the world, you can go online and with ancient record books to charge

the world, you can go online and have a website do most of the hard

work. —— wherever you are. That have a website do most of the hard

why MyHeritage has over 75 million users who have collectively compiled

almost 30 million family trees, using the simple build and research

interface on their website. As well as searching through millions of

records and completed family trees manually, once you have started

adding details to your own clan technology will automatically start

scanning historic records and other trees for any connections it can

make for you. It might take a little while for the results to come back,

but once they do, who knows what you will discover? The basic features

are free to use including apps for iPhone and Android and you can even

invite your family to collaborate and build the tree together. There

are naturally premium upgrades for more detailed trees and storage

are naturally premium upgrades for historic events, remember when you

first join Twitter? For Click, it was 2007. You can find out your

Twbirthday at the rather nastily named a site of the same name. One

of Twitter's best kept secrets is an experimental account you can follow

anything is happening inside your social graph that you should be

aware of, for example when several of the accounts that you follow

aware of, for example when several notification that I was seized

of air lines with prices updated in recently —— received. If you fancy

of air lines with prices updated in real—time. With apps for every smart

phone that phone. Burka platform this is a great way to stay on top

of travel prices were ever you happened to be and in the Windows

phone apps you can add a tile to your home page to track a particular

flight with the price updating automatically every hour. When you

get there, you can save money with peer—to—peer rental Airbnb apps

get there, you can save money with available free on Apple and Android

devices. Kate Russell with Webscape Iceland. I hope you have enjoyed our

tour of the amazing technology on this tiny island. Everything from

the programme is on our website this tiny island. Everything from

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