:00:00. > :00:07.funeral on Sunday. Stay with us on BBC News. The next
:00:08. > :00:10.programme is Click. Is this the sound... That could save
:00:11. > :00:35.your life? This week on Click, from lasers to
:00:36. > :00:39.airbags, we check out the most improved road safety for those on
:00:40. > :00:44.two wheels. Could these designs be the must have fashion item of 2014?
:00:45. > :00:49.We will try on some wearable gadgets. The strangest way to make
:00:50. > :00:53.your smart phone louder that I have ever seen. All that was the latest
:00:54. > :00:59.tech news and we will find out what happens when reality gets augmented
:01:00. > :01:07.in Webscape. Welcome to Click. What comes to mind
:01:08. > :01:10.when you think of London? Buckingham Palace, Piccadilly Circus, those
:01:11. > :01:17.guys in the crazy costumes at the Tower of London, and of course, the
:01:18. > :01:22.traffic. It is not all buses, cars and lorries. More and more Londoners
:01:23. > :01:26.are cycling around the B stays. The problem is, although it is
:01:27. > :01:31.technically the healthy option, it is not the safest.
:01:32. > :01:36.London has experienced a real surge in popularity in cycling, the number
:01:37. > :01:41.of journeys has doubled since the year 2000. But this brings its own
:01:42. > :01:45.dangers. Recently, six cyclists were killed in the space of two weeks
:01:46. > :01:52.among the roads. It brought the total number of cycle related deaths
:01:53. > :01:55.to 14. Nine of them involved a heavy goods vehicle. Several of those
:01:56. > :02:00.accidents happened when the vehicle was turning left, the site furthest
:02:01. > :02:04.away from the driver. The problem is, as the front of a long vehicle
:02:05. > :02:09.starts to turn left around the corner like this, the rest of the
:02:10. > :02:14.body of the vehicle gets closer and closer to the curb. If there happens
:02:15. > :02:19.to be a cyclist, even if they stop, there is nothing they can do if the
:02:20. > :02:24.large vehicle starts to cut across a corner. However, we have been
:02:25. > :02:32.looking at Suntec that may just make the drivers blind spot a thing of
:02:33. > :02:35.the past. So many people all eager to reach
:02:36. > :02:43.their various destinations as quickly as possible. As a cyclist,
:02:44. > :02:47.you can feel vulnerable. It is easy for me to see a bus but not so easy
:02:48. > :02:55.for them to Sydney, and can appear on expert legal is a bad is where
:02:56. > :03:02.the Cycle Eye comes in, created by Fusion Processing, it could hold the
:03:03. > :03:07.key to making our roads safer. The drivers are often overloaded with
:03:08. > :03:11.information. They can either Mr cyclist, either because they cannot
:03:12. > :03:15.see them, because they are in the blind spot, or simply because there
:03:16. > :03:19.is much or is going on that day attention is drawn elsewhere. The
:03:20. > :03:24.cyclist may be coming up alongside them very rapidly and they have not
:03:25. > :03:28.had time to notice. This prototype device uses a camera and date depth
:03:29. > :03:36.sensing radar to detect exactly where objects are next to the bus.
:03:37. > :03:41.That is the easy part. The really clever thing is figuring out whether
:03:42. > :03:48.or not that indiscriminate blob is a pedestrian, a car, all in deed, a
:03:49. > :03:52.cyclist. Using artificial intelligence and image processing,
:03:53. > :03:55.Cycle Eye detects incoming bikes and immediately alert the driver to a
:03:56. > :04:03.cyclist they may not have had the chance to see. Cyclist left. It can
:04:04. > :04:06.also work at night time and in bad weather. Transport for London
:04:07. > :04:11.recently commissioned a trial including this device. Three days of
:04:12. > :04:17.testing, even through rush-hour conditions, proved it to be 98.5%
:04:18. > :04:20.accurate. It only takes a few both meant in the drivers seat to
:04:21. > :04:25.understand how much there is to keep your eyes on. -- a few moments.
:04:26. > :04:30.Their role passengers to let on and off the bus, and of course you are
:04:31. > :04:35.driving down a road, so I can certainly see the benefits in audio
:04:36. > :04:41.alert to allow you to know that a cyclist is about to pass. Driver
:04:42. > :04:46.response has been positive. They are very pleased that it does not give
:04:47. > :04:50.false alerts, such as a big problem with previous attempts. We want to
:04:51. > :04:55.see this on all buses, all trucks, because we believe that it will save
:04:56. > :05:00.lives and reduce injury. While there is no replacement for a responsible
:05:01. > :05:04.driving and cycling, this kind of technology used on buses and even
:05:05. > :05:10.HGVs could go some way to providing safer streets aboard those on two
:05:11. > :05:15.wheels. There are several ways that cyclist
:05:16. > :05:19.to make themselves more visible to motorists, such as bright coloured
:05:20. > :05:27.clothing, and how about this one? A laser project on your handlebars.
:05:28. > :05:32.It is called Blaze, a prototype device that projects the image of a
:05:33. > :05:36.bike onto the road ahead, something which the makers hope will alert
:05:37. > :05:40.drivers onto the oncoming cyclist and prevent them from turning across
:05:41. > :05:43.their path. Because it has been tested and certified as a type of
:05:44. > :05:50.laser you should not look directly act, it has an inbuilt safety device
:05:51. > :05:57.to stop it working. It does not come cheap. It is 125 pounds. He can do
:05:58. > :06:01.nothing to help you if you are actually involved in an accident.
:06:02. > :06:06.That is where your cycle helmet comes in. Although in the future,
:06:07. > :06:13.you may not notice it is there, until it is needed. This is
:06:14. > :06:17.Hovding, the so-called invisible cycle helmet. It is actually an
:06:18. > :06:22.airbag for cyclists. It is the result of several years spent
:06:23. > :06:28.studying the different types of head injury suffered. It has been
:06:29. > :06:30.designed in response to current accident statistics, protecting the
:06:31. > :06:37.entire head while leaving the field of vision opened. It is the
:06:38. > :06:47.brainchild of Anna Haupt, and to raise Al sting. -- to raise Austen.
:06:48. > :06:51.Why did you invent this helmet? It took 20% of our adult cyclist to use
:06:52. > :06:59.hedge protection when they are cycling. It is obviously an airbag.
:07:00. > :07:03.What if it is not as safe as a normal helmet? It has shock
:07:04. > :07:09.absorbers that is more than three times better. The protection for
:07:10. > :07:15.your brain and for your skull is superior. It has to inflate before
:07:16. > :07:21.your head hit something. How fast does it inflated and you have any
:07:22. > :07:27.evidence that something can happen faster than that? It inflate in a
:07:28. > :07:36.tent of a second, which is very quick. We have reenacted all known
:07:37. > :07:41.bicycle accidents with our product in corporation with the experts and
:07:42. > :07:44.cycle accidents and goal injuries. In order to optimise the trigger
:07:45. > :07:47.function in the product and make it inflate when it is supposed to, and
:07:48. > :07:56.not inflate when it is not supposed to. There is something that we call
:07:57. > :08:04.direct hit to the head. If you should go directly with your head
:08:05. > :08:10.into a beam, or where there is no movement within your body, before
:08:11. > :08:20.IMPAC, that is the kind of accident that it would not be able to be
:08:21. > :08:24.protected. But it is extremely rare. Certainly one of the trends at the
:08:25. > :08:30.moment is wearable technology. Microelectronics are getting so
:08:31. > :08:39.Michael -- Micro that it is possible to sow them into fabric or smeared
:08:40. > :08:46.onto a contact lens. This is the familiar face of
:08:47. > :08:53.wearable computing, Google Glass. His enthusiasm is infectious. This
:08:54. > :08:58.is brilliant. He has warned wearable computers since 1993 and says he
:08:59. > :09:02.never misses a bit. To be able to get an SMS in and respond that
:09:03. > :09:15.quickly, my students like the fact that I can. He was guest of honour
:09:16. > :09:26.at the International Symposium on Wearable Technologies at the Swiss
:09:27. > :09:29.Federal Institute of Technology. The institute itself is researching
:09:30. > :09:35.smart fabric made up of flexible transistors. This armband measures
:09:36. > :09:38.the heartbeat and blood oxygen levels, so that doctors can remotely
:09:39. > :09:45.monitor patients and get a heads up if any change happens. One step is
:09:46. > :09:50.this incredibly flexible membrane, which is also coated with thin film
:09:51. > :09:55.transistors and five of a human hair. It is a new take on boldly.
:09:56. > :09:59.Often smacked hope that it could remotely monitor crops or even
:10:00. > :10:07.redeployed on a contact lens, and be implanted inside the body. They can
:10:08. > :10:15.adapt to the shape. They also get to the movement of the human body.
:10:16. > :10:20.Smart fabrics are also making stylish inroads into fashion. We all
:10:21. > :10:25.know that technology has gotten clever, but it has gotten much
:10:26. > :10:28.smaller and more elegant. It is so small that it can be discreetly
:10:29. > :10:36.integrated into fashion, such as this. No, I am not going to put the
:10:37. > :10:39.dress on. They have eliminated designs on their surface, so that
:10:40. > :10:47.you can control it with your smart phone. The therapeutic pubs are for
:10:48. > :10:52.smoke --/ victims to mirror their working hand to regain movement that
:10:53. > :10:56.they have lost in the other. They mapped the movements to the affected
:10:57. > :11:04.hand, so it gives visual feedback through these LEDs, and haptic
:11:05. > :11:08.feedback through vibrating motors. Wearable technology can also monitor
:11:09. > :11:12.our body's movements where we are in a crowd, when we scurry off for
:11:13. > :11:19.lunch. Apparently we walk on the same site as we drive. The lab has
:11:20. > :11:25.been taking a Birds Eye of crowd behaviour. Everybody who is moving
:11:26. > :11:34.south is coloured in red, everybody who is moving west is coloured in
:11:35. > :11:41.blue. Researchers analyse signals to create dynamic maps of visitors to
:11:42. > :11:46.the annual festival in Zurich. Streams of humans crossed each
:11:47. > :11:51.other. Turbulence can be dangerous because it is unpredictable and can
:11:52. > :11:57.lead to a crush. But safety experts can anticipate these crushes to
:11:58. > :12:01.prevent them. It will be far safer. What if I can predict within five
:12:02. > :12:11.minutes, maybe, where a crush will be. That will have some interesting
:12:12. > :12:17.information. What we saw when we observed the cameras and the density
:12:18. > :12:24.maps, that two minutes, a lot of stuff can happen. Wearable computing
:12:25. > :12:30.does throw up some issues. Are we controlling the tech or is it
:12:31. > :12:34.controlling us? In a competitive world where everyone is getting a
:12:35. > :12:38.performance edge, we will all have to use this. The question for the
:12:39. > :12:50.next decade, will we have a choice overall where we end and the machine
:12:51. > :12:54.begins? It is not just us humans who are in
:12:55. > :12:59.love with extremely portable technology. There was the case last
:13:00. > :13:04.week of an Australian Eagle which took a liking to a camera and flew
:13:05. > :13:09.off with it. Wildlife rangers set of the camera to film crocodiles, but
:13:10. > :13:13.the Eagle picked it up, took it for a trip, and then abandoned it, but
:13:14. > :13:18.not before taking what could be the world's first heard a selfie.
:13:19. > :13:22.Next up, time to take a look at the other tech stories.
:13:23. > :13:27.Microsoft is warning owners of this new Xbox One of an internet prank
:13:28. > :13:31.that could rule on their consoles. The fake advert on the 4Chan website
:13:32. > :13:37.claimed a hack could enable the console to play games made for its
:13:38. > :13:41.predecessor, the Xbox 360. Microsoft said the new device will not play
:13:42. > :13:47.older games. It uses followed the bogus instructions, you could stop
:13:48. > :13:49.their consoles working. Intelligence agencies are reported
:13:50. > :13:54.to have in full trade online games played by millions of people. They
:13:55. > :13:58.have been trying to identify terrorist threats. The revelations
:13:59. > :14:03.by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden shows documents that agents
:14:04. > :14:07.infiltrated games such as world double craft.
:14:08. > :14:13.Spot a fight is to join a growing number of music apps in offering a
:14:14. > :14:20.device to mobile users. They will be able to build playlists, that will
:14:21. > :14:23.only be able to build them -- play them in random order. It is also
:14:24. > :14:28.dropping its ten hours a month usage count.
:14:29. > :14:32.Google has announced new tools to create 360 degrees tours of a
:14:33. > :14:37.location using an Android smart phone. Earlier this year, they
:14:38. > :14:45.dispatched teams too hard to reach locations with backpack mounted
:14:46. > :14:48.cameras. Now go public can get similar results by capturing several
:14:49. > :15:00.photosphere is on their Android phones and then uploading them to
:15:01. > :15:03.Time for Christmas present ideas. If someone in your life is always
:15:04. > :15:10.boasting that their smartphone can do anything, they're clearly haven't
:15:11. > :15:15.seen this. Peripheral manufacturers see smartphones as a blank canvas on
:15:16. > :15:18.which to plant their own vision of mobile phone perfection by creating
:15:19. > :15:27.devices that plug into a bolt onto them in order to improve a feature.
:15:28. > :15:31.A dedicated hand-held games machine like Nintendo 's three DS or the
:15:32. > :15:35.PlayStation beat is always going to trump a smart phone as far as games
:15:36. > :15:40.are concerned, mainly because of buttons and pads and analog sticks.
:15:41. > :15:46.These are more responsive and accurate than matching your fingers
:15:47. > :15:55.against the touchscreen. -- mashing. That's where this comes in.
:15:56. > :16:00.Plugger phone into the shell and it adds buttons and shoulder bumpers.
:16:01. > :16:04.It also acts as an additional battery, extending the phone 's
:16:05. > :16:09.power reserves. However not every iPhone game will work on it. At the
:16:10. > :16:13.moment about 45 games are compatible, but that list is set to
:16:14. > :16:17.grow. When you do find a compatible game it does a pretty good job of
:16:18. > :16:23.transforming a telephone into a hand-held games machine. This
:16:24. > :16:27.controls are responsive and feels like your playing a game iPhone.
:16:28. > :16:37.Smartphones can also play music and there are many docks and speakers
:16:38. > :16:44.which phones can plug into. The HTC one has these speakers mounted on
:16:45. > :16:55.the front. Combined those with this 3-D printed contraption called a
:16:56. > :16:59.gramahorn. It's basically like old-fashioned gramophone speaker.
:17:00. > :17:04.Old School technology with a cutting-edge 3-D printed twist. And
:17:05. > :17:08.a pricetag of ?999. They are not cheap. However, if the 3-D printed
:17:09. > :17:18.versions aren't cutting it for you they are available in steel for the
:17:19. > :17:22.princely sum of ?4999. Ouch. At this time of year it's not uncommon for
:17:23. > :17:27.to overindulge. But while eating too much simpler leads to an expanded
:17:28. > :17:31.waistline, 22 much alcohol can have more immediately dangerous effects,
:17:32. > :17:36.especially for anybody considering getting behind the wheel of a car.
:17:37. > :17:40.Well, android and IOS smartphone users who are not sure if that had
:17:41. > :17:46.won too many can this device into their phone. Download the app that
:17:47. > :17:52.goes with it, plug this box into the phone by the headphone jack and blow
:17:53. > :17:54.into it. In a few seconds, the box analyses the user is priced to
:17:55. > :18:02.measure their blood alcohol level and an on-screen readout. It can
:18:03. > :18:05.also keep track of users blood alcohol over the course of the night
:18:06. > :18:09.and monitor is it's going up or down. And if the alcohol level was
:18:10. > :18:20.too high, it is user will definitely need to get a cab or sober
:18:21. > :18:23.designated driver. Next week mark will be looking at
:18:24. > :18:31.Christmas present options for the three printer fan in your family. --
:18:32. > :18:35.3-D. As well as that, another trend we expect to see more than 2014 is
:18:36. > :18:41.augmented reality. That's when your view of the physical world is
:18:42. > :18:51.enhanced by computer generated content of some kind, such as
:18:52. > :18:55.graphics or sound. This year, the amount invested and
:18:56. > :19:00.augmented reality out will be the same as it would cost to make 5000
:19:01. > :19:04.of the original angry bird games. And what better used to put this
:19:05. > :19:09.cutting-edge tech than entertaining children? Colour outturns for
:19:10. > :19:13.colouring book on its head with a collection of printable drawings
:19:14. > :19:22.that can be coloured in and when viewed through the app they will
:19:23. > :19:25.spring into life. I love that the augmented reality scene in use as
:19:26. > :19:30.the actual colouring in job that you did on the paper. It's incredibly
:19:31. > :19:34.clever. It really makes you feel connected to the animation.
:19:35. > :19:39.Colouring in as carefully crazily as you like, and then watching your
:19:40. > :19:47.creation life. Another great range of augmented reality toys comes from
:19:48. > :19:54.this company. They have impressive collection. What's especially nice,
:19:55. > :19:58.given the target demographic, is that they are all open-ended,
:19:59. > :20:03.non-competitive and non-violent. The apps are not free but once purchased
:20:04. > :20:08.there are no nasty in app surprises. I favourite is helicopter taxi. What
:20:09. > :20:12.little kid won't love flying a helicopter around the home, making
:20:13. > :20:21.zooming engine noises along with the apps. I love a good presentation and
:20:22. > :20:25.there is really no excuse to bore your audience to death with a plain
:20:26. > :20:32.death of slides. This website lets you spice up your visit all is using
:20:33. > :20:38.a range of premade templates -- visuals. You can insert video and
:20:39. > :20:46.images and change the elements as you go. Once finished, you can play
:20:47. > :20:52.the presentation from your account page or downloaded as a stand-alone
:20:53. > :20:57.file that will run on any computer as an HTML file. Do forget to make a
:20:58. > :21:01.private if you don't like their default public setting. The platform
:21:02. > :21:09.supports all languages and right now is free and in beta. There are hints
:21:10. > :21:13.of an annual subscription fee once they are fully open. You can also
:21:14. > :21:32.invite others to collaborate on a presentation from your dashboard.
:21:33. > :21:39.This company has now launched an online app allowing low-cost calls
:21:40. > :21:44.to mobiles and landlines. Costs will vary, but they claim there will be
:21:45. > :21:49.significantly lower cost than the competition. The role that the
:21:50. > :21:52.Philippines last month to aid relief work in the aftermath of the
:21:53. > :22:05.devastating typhoon. It is now available through Android, ILS and
:22:06. > :22:09.desktop apps. There are over 1 billion profiles now featured on
:22:10. > :22:18.Facebook. That's an insane number of faces. This applet in the wall on a
:22:19. > :22:24.single webpage for you to explore. It's a fuzzy mass of coloured pixels
:22:25. > :22:28.when you load it up, but one click and you zoom straight into a page of
:22:29. > :22:34.thumbnails from some of the 1.2 billion profiles which is now in the
:22:35. > :22:39.system. And you can go all the way back to where it all started,
:22:40. > :22:55.patients zero. Mr Zarco berg. Back before he was a multibillionaire. --
:22:56. > :22:58.Zuckerberg. The faces are delivered in chronological order and no
:22:59. > :23:02.private information is stored, so it's just a pastiche of personality
:23:03. > :23:05.stretching back for Facebook 's timeline. If you want to find out
:23:06. > :23:14.where you enjoy friends appear on the timeline, just sign in with your
:23:15. > :23:17.Facebook account. If you can find my profile photo
:23:18. > :23:21.amongst all those pictures, you really need to get out more. All
:23:22. > :23:26.those linked on our website if you mist them. Please drop us an
:23:27. > :23:55.e-mail. The weather is about to get very
:23:56. > :23:59.windy in many areas during the course of Saturday. Wet, too. It's
:24:00. > :24:01.not going to be too bad very early in the morning on Saturday,
:24:02. > :24:03.especially across