23/11/2013 Click

phone their relatives they can pinpoint the ringtones. That is all

for me. Now is for Click. Let us see, and got my wallet,

smartphone, khakis, jackets, all ready for a night out. Good, that is

better. From custom`made facial hair to an

entire limbs, this week, Click looks at 3`D printing. We will visit the

world's largest 3`D printing factory in America and find out how to print

a house, a car, and even your own name on toast.

We are also one omission to find out if the new Xbox one games console is

out of this world. All that, plus the latest technology news and the

apps that claim to be good for you. Welcome to Click. I just lie would

take a breather before we start this week. It is going to be attacked

programme here at the 3`D printing show in London. 3`D printing is all

the rage at the moment. This technique of creating unique objects

by building them up layer by layer, using a 3`D printer. Observe this

3`D printed bedroom wall, HA, and a 3`D printed car. `` a chair. The

rhetoric goes that in the future you will be able to 3`D print almost

anything. Certainly, the show is packed with printers jiggling away,

printing complex designs in a variety of materials. There is talk

of a future where 3`D printing a work for your wardrobe and those who

believe that beauty is on the inside. At the moment, most 3`D

printed models are just decorations and novelties. The technology has

not quite come of age yet. For example, although the shell of this

car has been 3`D printed, it allows the design to between 20 customer,

it would be much more expensive to mass produce identical engine parts

using this technology, instead of established methods. So, will be all

be driving around in custom, 3`D printed cards in the future? All

will 3`D printing always remain a novelty, rather than the spark for

the next industrial revolution. We went to America to find out.

We are off to Minnesota, the blend of beautiful scenery, retail and

leisure opportunities is renowned across the country. It is not just

lakes, golf courses that make this the best place to live, it has one

of the highest average family income is around. It is apparently because

of this. This is the largest 3`D printing factory in the world. The

machines here are printing projects for various industries including

aerospace, medical, and even some top`secret defence project. 3`D

printing is often described as the future of manufacturing. Here, 100

printers are already churning out thousands of design stay and night

for companies around the world. We call this technology stereo

lithography, or 3`dimensional printing. The technology is not new.

Additive manufacturing was developed in 1983. Applications are radically

evolving. One of the exciting areas to me is materials. Right now we

have 13 different types of plastics that we can run on a machine. There

is over 77,000 thermoplastics available out there. There is a wide

range of materials out there. As we bring more offerings, it will open

up more opportunities for different applications. NASA is using the

technology in its next rover project, with 70 parts 3`D printed

on its latest space vehicle. They are only going to build one of

those, maybe two. To go and do tooling for specialised components

would be very high cost. It may cost $50,000 to create a tool to produce

one part. This technology is perfect for that. We only need one of

something. It is very unique. Closer to home, the 3`D printing revolution

may help some of America's struggling cities. This is a town in

Ohio, 100 miles south of the factory. It was at the heart of

America's steel industry the decade. The industry collapsed years ago,

and many people left. Now, 3`D printing is bringing you have to the

city. The area has been renamed the technology belt. President Obama has

committed to building the 3`D industry here. Last year we created

our first technology Institute in our higher. A state`of`the`art lab

where scientists are mastering 3`D printing. It is hard to imagine a

revolution when you see it from the outside. This building was an

abandoned furniture factory, now reimagined as a factory floor where

people can come to learn about 3`D printing and Manufacturing. This

first machine is from 3`D systems. This white material is a nylon

material. It has all the mechanical properties of nylon 11. What would

you make with this? Is useful for airspace, medical. The White House

has invested in this project. $40 million has been invested by 80

companies and universities. The project is managed by the National

Centre for defence manufacturing and machining. So manufacturing 3`D part

of the military is top of the agenda. Lockheed Martin is looking

at putting some large titanium additive manufactured parts on the

aeroplane. The main motivation is cost. We can use less material, we

can source them faster. A large product that can take months to

source, being aborted or in weeks is an advantage. 3`D printing is

expanding rapidly at the consumer level. This is the make`up of

factory in New York. It recently moved into a 50,000 square feet

space. We are all about inspiring the next industrial revolution.

People make things, and they do runs of 1000 or a few thousand things.

For me, it is about empowering people to be able to make things,

and really getting back to the basics in terms of manufacturing.

Anybody would make a buck can a jump spot `` with AFL. Canon get a

jumpstart. This is what the future of manufacturing could look like.

Meanwhile, back here at the show in London, I have finally found my

outfits for our fancy dress ball. I am going as Lady Gaga. Next is the

latest technology news. TV company LG is investigating allegations that

some of its TV Centre details about viewing habits back to the

manufacturer, even if the user has activated a privacy setting. A US

blogger has realised his TV with sending data. It was also sending

information about the contents of his USB stick. And LG spokesman said

it is planning to release a firmware update which should correct the

problem. The latest controversial site to surface from the dark Web is

an assassination market. A crowd funding service allows people to

contribute towards the assassination of a bleak figures. So far the

rustic fence proposal aside, with the chairman of the US Federal

reserve being the highest price target, with over $70,000 against

his name. The list also includes Barack Obama and the director of the

National Security Agency. Both the US Secret Service and the FBI

declined to comment. Finally, take a close look at this

music video. It is a new interactive video from Bob Dylan's 1965 song

like a Rolling Stone. Throughout the song, you can flip through the

channels to your hearts content. The matter which one you want, everyone

seems to be saying exactly the same thing. A really nice idea. I just

wish I had thought of it. If you buy a new tablet or smart

phone today, the chances are it will be out of date before the end of the

year. If you had bought a new Xbox 360 or PlayStation three when they

were first released, he would have got a Hughes out of it before it was

superseded. However, that time is now upon us. We have a velvet roped

off section under the TV, saving space for the next generation.

This is all really rather embarrassing. Please excuse me while

I slip into some aim a little bit more comfortable. `` something.

Physically, the XBox One is not quite a lunar monoliths, but it does

take up a fair amount of space. However, it's not just a game

console. It has serious designs on taking over the living room. TV

set`top boxes can be plugged directly into the device. The

console can then control the set`top box and its features and functions.

And depending on the country you live in, the XBox One can access a

host of OnDemand TV and movie services. Under its rather 1980s

looking plastic skin lurks a dual core processor, 500 gigabytes of

storage and a Blu`ray player. It has slightly less processing grunt than

its rival, the PS4. We don't yet know if this will make any

difference to games in the long`term. Unlike the machine it

replaces, the XBox One has been designed with a Kinect motion

sensing device on the ground up. And the connect itself has undergone a

number of improvements. It is a lot more accurate, can recognise a far

greater number of articulation in my body, which helps with accuracy. And

it's this device that really put some clear water between Microsoft

's console and Sony rivals. Microsoft claims the Kinect camera

is so precise it is capable of analysing a user's heart rate by

looking at and detect the micro fluctuations in their skin, a

feature which will be put to use in fitness titles. It is also used to

recognise users to log into the console. After which, they are

greeted by the user interface, which unsurprisingly, has a very Windows

eight yield to its. The Windows eight layout might frustrate on PCs

but makes a lot of sense for the Xbox. It's clear, simple and easy to

navigate. One intriguing feature carried over from the old Xbox onto

the new is speech recognition. The user can say a limited number of

words to the device and it will recognise and react to them. The

newer version of that has a much larger vocabulary. For example...

XBox, go home. And it can open up almost anything on the home screen

simply by talking to it. XBox, Call of Duty ghosts. It's this wider set

of instructions that can be barked at the XBox One that makes it feel a

little bit more like a next`generation console. When it

works. As far as the games are concerned, visually, there are some

obvious improvements. There is now a greater number of lighting effects

and dust particles. Overall, there is just more detail in all the

on`screen images and graphics feel smoother and slicker, as you would

expect. Could some of the XBox One's exclusive launch titles exist

on the current generation of machines? Possibly but they would

not look anywhere near as pretty. There's a lot of discussion about

the future of TV in the living room. OnDemand TV services, downloaded

games and movies, web browsing controlled with a wave of a hand or

a user's voice. The XBox One combines all of these elements right

now, making it feel for better or worse a little like something from

science fiction. Looking at the future of home

entertainment. Now, earlier, I showed you my 3`D printed bedroom

wall. This machine is a reminder that you don't just have to 3`D

print in plastic or powder was present. You can print in a variety

of different substances. This is printing a model of a house in clay

and in the future, the project behind this wants to build a massive

version of this thing and actually 3`D print full`scale homes of

structures that could be done in just a matter of days. That's a

pretty interesting vision of the future, if you ask me. Talking of

which, we have been to Barcelona to see a 3`D printer that is making

something even sweeter. If you thought your eye scorching

blender was the hottest thing in tech, meet the new guy on the

counter. This is a 3`D cooking guide. You may have seen 3`D

printers crafting chocolate into unlikely arrangements and while this

is not ashamed of its sweet tooth, the creators want to bring something

a little different to the table. We are looking to go beyond chocolate

or space food. We are looking at everyday food you would eat. From

ravioli to pastor, decorating toast that might have for breakfast. The

idea is to save you time making those fiddly foods without cutting

corners on quality. One example is ravioli. When you make it, you have

to put a layer of pastor, filling and then passed again. I don't know

about you, but I have not made home`made ravioli in ages. I don't

have the time. But with this, it takes all the hard work for me. This

prototype can only print with one ingredient at a time, so if you want

to make something more ambitious like a hamburger, you have to

construct in a few steps. This all looks very, located but I'm told

that the finished version will be much simpler. We have just had

Halloween, so here's the design for a ghost made out of spinach

ricotta. All I have to do is click print. This ghost has been printing

for about five minutes and it's just going around, adding layers and

making it bigger. I'm told you can eat this straightaway or put it in

the oven and bake it. Costing around 1000 euros, it's pretty expensive

for a time`saving device, especially if it just ends up in the back of

your cupboard. The finished product has been designed to look more at

home next to your toaster. That is of course if it does not replace

your kitchen entirely. Another area that could benefit

greatly from 3`D printing is medicine where it becoming possible

to custom print instruments, assistive aids and even prosthetics

that perfectly match the patient's. And we stick with a medical theme as

we had to Webscape. There are already loads of apps out there to

diagnose and treat you if you are not feeling too well. The question

is, are they really any good for your health? Kate Russell has some

answers. A 3`D printing is not new and healthcare. In fact, hearing

aids are almost entirely produced using additive manufacturing. With

more than 10,000,003`D printed units in circulation today. The other

health tech sector that booming right now is smartphone apps. It's

believed the mobile health market could be worth $26 billion in 2017

but you should never just trust the claims of a developer when it comes

to medical advice. This library of smartphone apps is worth a look.

It's been put together by the NHS to vet and review any apps claiming to

be good for your health full up this is one of those real peace of mind

services, especially when it comes to apps offering advice and support

for illnesses and conditions you might be getting medical treatment

for. Obviously, no app is a good replacement for visiting your doctor

if you have serious concerns. From conditions like diabetes, cancer and

Parkinson's disease to healthy living categories covering diet,

exercise and giving up smoking. There are already dozens of

resources listed and the database is growing all the time. Wherever you

live in the world, this is a great list to check before trusting any

apps with your health and well`being. If you're still looking

for a good replacement for Google's now to fund reader, News alert is

worth a look. It has a gimmick interface that can help you teach at

what stories you like so that you can filter out the noise. It has a

free version and a premium upgrade and a premium upgrade with more

features. If you are sitting there wondering what on earth is an RSS

feed, it stands for Rich site summary. It's a way for a website

deliver a standardised feed of regularly updated information like

daily blog posts or news stories and a way for readers to collect those

summaries using one piece of software rather than having to run

all over the internet visiting sites individually. Now, how about some

content for your new RSS feed? Visual news is one of my favourite

blogs as it delivers double eclectic posts everyday that are driven by a

really strong image. Another firm favourite for a different take on

the news of the day is choose their dot`com. This blog is all about the

writing and a starkly simple design that does not ring any bells or

whistles to detract from the expert commentary. If you haven't

discovered the blogging world yet, where have you been living? There

are hundreds and hundreds of millions of blogs. Admittedly, some

are a lot more readable than others. If you want to consider yourself a

genuine fan of the genre, though, there is one blog you absolutely

have to bookmark, the Ground Zero of the blogging phenomenon on. This is

the Alpha blog. Set up in 1998 before the word blog was even

coined, it is one of the longest continuing running blogs on the web.

It's not fancy to look at but the range of content and stories is mind

going. An old school blog roll where the content is definitely king and

it's actually quite fascinating dating back to the archive to see

what they wrote about through the years. Of course, if you have missed

those links, you will find them all on our website. And if you would

like to get in touch about any of the things you have seen this week,

please do. We would love to hear from you. E`mail or get hold of us

on Twitter, Facebook or Google+. That's it from the 3`D print show in

London. Thank you for watching and we will see you next time.

Not much wet weather to worry about for this weekend. Looking fine and

dry for many of us. If you are venturing out through the early

morning or have perhaps just come in, you will know that it is pretty

chilly out there. Frost and fog. These are the temperatures that will

greet you as you step outside during the early hours. Close to freezing

and even one degree or so below in the countryside. Over the weekend,

there won't be much change in the forecast. Chilly by day and by

night. Saturday morning in Scotland will be a fine and I started the

day. Drive but