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website. Now, it is time for Click. Taxi! Taxi! Taxi!

Welcome to Click. And welcome back to Japan, a country where everyone

always seems to be in a rush. Well, nearly everyone. Coming up, I will

explain why I was so keen to catch that taxi and I will take a ride

around Tokyo that terminates underground. We will also have a

first look at the Sony PlayStation four. And if you thought technology

was a young person 's game, we will meet the robot assisted pensioners

who say otherwise. All that plus the latest technology news and top tips

for travellers in Webscape. Tokyo, the beating heart of Japan. 9

million souls, one destination. Tomorrow. City of light, city of

vision, city of future. Yes. The wise man takes Tokyo seriously. But

beware. Don't be overwhelmed as you arrive at your breast, weary

traveller, keep hold of those things that are most precious. If it slips

from your hand, it may slip from your mindful top and all will be

lost. Shame, really. That I was not travelling in a taxi like this. It

is running a prototype system which alerts the passenger if they have

left anything behind. The concept is really, really simple. There are

cameras in each of the two foot rolls. There is one back there and

there is one in the trunk. As soon as you leave the cab, these cameras

take photos which they then compare against what an empty taxi should

look like. If the computer sports a difference, it lets you know. Too

late, so, for this poor cat. The next passenger will claim my

souvenir. But lucky for me, this time, it can be replaced. It's hard

to imagine standing here in the middle of Tokyo 's user district

that Japan has the oldest population in the world. Around one third of

its 127 million people are over the age of 60 and that means this

country is the first to face the problem of looking after an ageing

population and keeping elderly people mobile and independent into

possibly their second century on the planet. It may be a Japanese problem

but it has some suitably Japanese solutions.

Harvest season in Watari, four Hours Drive from Tokyo. This man 's Apples

are right for the picking, a job which he will help to do himself. He

will be wearing a new suit. The metalware is not some Japanese

fashion statement. It has been designed by the Tokyo University of

agriculture and technology to give this 68 `year`old his own power arm.

TRANSLATION: The robot helps support my knees by taking away any burden.

This model sports springs, braces and groups to strengthen his

movements and support his posture. The work that demands heavy

lifting, motors and sensors are installed to physically drive his

limbs and joints. But at an estimated $5,000, if this prototype

suit ever makes it into production, it is unlikely to suit every

pensioner 's pocket. TRANSLATION: Yes, it is expensive. But we can

tailor suits with extras like a taste censored to assess the

ripeness of harvested fruit. That is useful if the pickup 's sense of

taste is faded. Or a camera to record each season 's produce and

help sell it to buyers. He relaxes, enjoying tea with his wife. Like 6

million other pensioners in Japan, he insists he does not want to stop

working any time soon. TRANSLATION: Never, not at all. Time is ticking

for Japan. It already has the world 's oldest population and it is one

that is also growing faster than anywhere else. Researchers need to

work out how all sorts of technology could help. Walking through the

streets of Sugamo, a district of Tokyo popular with the elderly, I

can see many making the most of their day. But I cannot help

thinking how many more are unseen, stuck inside and unable to get out

and about. And that is exactly what researchers here at the Tokyo

Institute of technology have been working on. In this and Latin 's

cave, professors and their students test out various ways to improve the

lives of ordinary people `` Aladdin 's cave. How about a trolley that

follows you? Rather than pushing or pulling a shopping trolley, simply

charge of the battery and attach a cable. And on board computer just

the speed of the wheels according to the length of the cable so that the

trolley keeps the same pace that you do. And a clever wheel the duration

means it can even cope with curves. Well, most of the time. My

grandmother suffered from severe lung disease and I lived with her

and I took care of her. So, I understand how heavy an oxygen tank

is and how uncomfortable it was for her. So I decided to develop this.

Here is another idea. This time, to give an upright option for

paraplegics. Here, the central section between the crutches

supports the use 's body for the split second they need to swing the

supports forward and take another step. A small motor powers the

midsection and actually propels the user up with. As far as their feet

are concerned, they are momentarily weightless. It is a design that is

being refined at the moment. Plugging into the mains is something

I sure they are working on. I have come to one of 400 care homes in

Japan designed `` that has a special robot designed not to physically

motivate people are emotionally nurture them. This is a Paro seal.

It is equipped with 13 senses. Two visual, ten for touch and more. It's

on board computer then determines how it should respond. Nurses at the

care home say that the Paro seal sparks conversation where there was

none before, getting residents thinking and caring. Many here say

Paro seal has become so much more than a robot. TRANSLATION: Paro

seal is my friend. I like that he seems to understand human feelings.

These were introduced to care homes across Japan a few years ago and

they are still the most popular robots used on the older generation.

Perhaps it's because they're not metallic and hard but rather cute

and cuddly. They are much easier for us humans to connect with. Using

their expertise in robotics, the Japanese hope to improve life for

their later years. If they achieve that, then everyone in Japan will

sleep more easily. There is plenty more to come on Click in Japan after

a look at this week 's technology news. Google 's wrote a roller unit

has offered a low`cost smartphone offering features more common in

high price offerings. The Moto G will be sold contract free in the UK

and US. The handset has a 4.5 inch high definition screen, a five

megapixel camera and runs the latest version of Android. Analysts predict

the budget end of the smartphone market is set to enjoy huge growth.

Facebook has moved to protect users it suspects of being compromised by

the recent theft of millions of Adobe logins. Any members of the

social network that use the same e`mail and password commendations

for and Adobe accounts are at risk will stop such Facebook users must

answer security questions to access their accounts. Twitter has made it

possible for users to cure rate and share their own tweets streams.

Users can specifically add tweets to their custom timeline. It should

allow for more order from the chaos that can sometimes arise from the

microblogging site, particularly for news organisations wanting to cure

rate tweets from life events. Justin Bieber, the pop star who first made

it big via YouTube, is bankrolling a selfie centric photo sharing

network. He is such a believer in the app, he has thrown $1 million

into the investment pot. In an attempt to capitalise on his

enormous fan base, he hopes to create a new platform to promote the

self`portrait trend. You don't have to go far to witness Japan 's love

of technology. And much of it is so peculiarly Japanese that it never

leaves the country. However, this week sees the launch of what could

become Japan 's greatest export, Sony 's PlayStation four. And

ironically, the next`generation games console has arrived in America

first, one fortnight before Europe and several weeks before its

scheduled Japanese release date. The PlayStation for almost disappears

behind the TV in the living room. And discreet lack box, it's

anonymous it theory hiding and multimedia powerhouse lurking

beneath its rate tangle of exterior. Under the console skin it ain't big

of memory and 500 gigabytes of storage. EPS for Gus the same of a

PC so should be really easy to write games for, certainly much easy are

on the machine it replaces. It was developer friendly. Physically the

console is pretty unfussy, the controller has had a makeover. This

large glowing light on the front of the is used in conjunction with the

PlayStation camera to let the controller nowhere is in

3`dimensional space. This means it can be used as a motion sensor.

Other strings have been added to. This is a touchpad. It can be used

in some games for multimedia features and there is also a speaker

and this is a share button. This allows players to record crucial

moments of gameplay and share them online for showing off when you do

something really weird. Sony has always been key in augmented

reality. What we are seeing here is called playroom. It uses the

PlayStation camera on the motion sensing controller as well the

touchpad. If a swipe the controller like this, little robots up thrown

into the room. And you can interact and play with your robots knocking

them over all... Getting them to waive. Not much game but a showcase

on how it could be used in the future of console. The camera could

also be used to log another user into the console. A feature that has

been added to this console which will be familiar to owners of the

Xbox can. Speech recognition home screen. Star. Unfortunately

comparison to its rival in has a fairly limited vocabulary at the

moment. To get an idea of what games will actually look like on this

console people of this. This is Kills own a science`fiction first

person shooter. It pulls every trick out of the bag to show the velocity

of the machine. The trawler distance is enormous. Look at that meet

rising over the battle. Visually this is very pretty indeed. There is

a nod to the new control as well during gameplay. It is necessary to

use the touchpad. These features do not add massive amount to the

experience they feel a bit tacked on that point to the potential of the

touchpad in games. You can also stream TV shows and browse the Web.

And PS for content can be reviewed and played over Wi`Fi the hand`held

PlayStation beta of you will need a very stable Wi`Fi connection. It

does, broadly, what the reason she did it are the slipper `` flicker

there is the prospect of cloud computing as a sort of thing and

that is all for developers making a next generation next year in. There

are other ways to take on the back of a taxi. In such a crammed in city

where everyone works on top of each other like rats, something is few

and far between stop it is aimed big, subterranean cycle park which

can store hundreds and return each one to its rightful owner in second.

You will need a special ID tag on your fork which you'll need again

when you want the wheels back later in the day. But I bet you were

wondering how does it work inside? Well, since you insist. 11 metres

down metal silo plays host to what is quite a graceful robot dance. It

is unnerving being down amongst it all stop you have absolutely no idea

why this is down there. I've many get back on my bike. That gives him

travel tips from Kate Russell. Is like the rest of the teams you are

headed someone in his thick, they're a plea of great guides you can put

in your pocket like Tripura so. With apps for many things there are free

guides for many years around the world. Check the place you are going

covered. One of the dangers when travelling abroad is that you might

end up hammering your data consumption giving you a nasty

surprise when your phone bill comes in. Tripura post those apps have an

as `` off`line maps now. Seek and find your way around without having

to connect the locations listed include restaurants, cafes and

tourist attractions as well as other essential services like hospitals

and transport. There is even a limited phrasebook and background

nation about the culture and customs to assure you have the best possible

trick. Another it interesting tool for travellers who want to its eerie

and the local vibe rather than stick to the tourist strip is hit with

.com. Choose your destination, then specify details like cuisine and get

an size of the party and the attractive interface will serve up

your options. Analysis rests the wrong. This service is like there to

for eating experiences. Using a peer`to`peer consumption model to

allow newbies to share their passion with other people and earn a little

extra cash in the bargain. Each guest pays the price set by the host

and collect 15% off the top. You can also sign up to be a host, whether

to cooking your own place or offer your services as a guide for it to

the local food markets. The site has a third`party insurance plan so that

host and guest now they are protected if anything blows up.

According to a recent survey, more than half of all professionals would

like to change their job. But finding the right role is vital with

will you make any vital life changing decisions. This is the new

kid on the recruitment lock hoping to bridge this gap with a clever

piece of software that plays matchmaker. There are no shortages

of job boards online. This site is different because it uses linguistic

analysis to let you know there are any jobs you might missed. It also

keeps an eye on any new jobs as they are posted by the detail is the text

and matches it to any cities in the database. This means you do not have

to sit about waiting for a vacant the site will message you are

anything soon was that. Analysing the language it widened research

to, linking the word retail shop is that to make sure that you do not

miss any opportunity. Increase your opportunities in the job by linking

social networks so you have is only available in a few countries

are growing steadily. We thought we would finish the programme at the

top of the tower where at the moment you can just about see the top of

Fiji into the sunset. Also get a spectacular view of things. This is

the tower has seen above and the rest of Tokyo. And we did not hire a

chopper, this intricate model of the city with the buy handful of

planning properties but I the makers never thought they would see it like

this. The data is behind the Tokyo city symphony project wanted to like

the place like never before. The results speak for themselves. The

technique is called 3`D projection, images are projected on to object to

a particular angles and although it looks big and expensive, creation of

this was relatively low`tech. Keating took photos of the model and

then traced around the buildings annually create 3`D data. This would

then be used to tell the project is out to distort the pattern so that

the each building correctly a display like this would normally

need one if you project is to make sure the light the buildings from

all angles but by shooting the sequence from a carefully chosen

angle, this video was made just using two projectors. The show was

filmed in April even now uses from around the world can compose their

own symphony on the project website. Plea keyboard like an

instrument and the cycle will cut together it recorded video and make

your own masterpiece. Either that or you can sit back and enjoy. Pretty

impressive. That is it from Japan, hope you enjoy the programme in July

to watch parts of it again go to our website. This also where you will

find links to some kind of scenes parts of our show. You like to get

in touch with us go through the website. The next time.

Is fairly quiet on the weather front at the moment that there will be

some of thing in the morning across the southern areas the UK and to the

north of London into the West Country. We are going to have a air

frost in rural spots and he will not be as cold. We get your travelling

on Saturday. The fog could linger well into the