:00:00. > :00:00.for almost six years. More details on the website. Now on
:00:07. > :00:10.BBC News, Click. Technology. One small step for a man
:00:11. > :00:34.but one giant leap for... Welcome to the best of Click 2013,
:00:35. > :00:38.part two. The best technology is not always the stuff that takes you into
:00:39. > :00:44.orbit. Often, it is a specific solution to a specific problem in a
:00:45. > :00:50.specific place. What this week 's programme is all about. The world
:00:51. > :00:55.tour, 2013. We look at the technology that put problems first.
:00:56. > :01:00.From the morning commute to the fashion conscious young in Vietnam
:01:01. > :01:08.to a -- gardening in Japan's older population. The toilet is pinning up
:01:09. > :01:11.in Singapore. Falling in love can be more dangerous in Iceland. Strapped
:01:12. > :01:13.in and fasten your seatbelts. That is when we begin. With a trip up
:01:14. > :01:27.north. Time for Click to get up and go.
:01:28. > :01:35.This time, towards the top of the world. 67 degrees north, just
:01:36. > :01:40.nudging the Arctic Circle, Iceland is home to 320,000 people living on
:01:41. > :01:53.top of a limb of superheated rock in the middle of the Atlantic. The
:01:54. > :01:57.volcanic activity that form the island 50 million years ago still
:01:58. > :02:04.churns away today, changing a landscape that is both otherworldly
:02:05. > :02:08.and completely spectacular. The visitors enjoyed one natural
:02:09. > :02:19.resource. The locals are taking full advantage of another. Iceland has an
:02:20. > :02:24.unlimited supply of heat. Water seeps just a short distance down
:02:25. > :02:31.into the crust, bursting back to the surface as superheated steam and
:02:32. > :02:36.mud. The first benefit for Iceland, free central heating. The warm water
:02:37. > :02:39.is stored in these suitably futuristic looking tanks,
:02:40. > :02:45.overlooking the capital. It also means extremely cheap and
:02:46. > :02:48.environmentally friendly power. The high pressure steam is used to turn
:02:49. > :02:58.turbines at geothermal power stations hiding away in the
:02:59. > :03:01.sulphurous mists. Iceland might be looking outwards but it is also
:03:02. > :03:06.looking inwards. We might be created in strictly in this world but on
:03:07. > :03:12.this isolated island, that is not the case. There has not been much
:03:13. > :03:19.immigration here. There is not much genetic diversity as on larger
:03:20. > :03:22.landmasses. Go back a few generations, most as lenders will
:03:23. > :03:28.find they are related to each other. -- Icelanders. It is the same old
:03:29. > :03:35.story. Boy meets girl, girl like boy, they bump smartphones. The girl
:03:36. > :03:42.checked out if she is the related to the boy. App says no. Go for it.
:03:43. > :03:47.This woman is one based lender who has found new ways to use this app
:03:48. > :03:54.to avoid, shall we say, embarrassing situations? Is convenient to look up
:03:55. > :04:01.the guise you need when you have downtime. You meet a cute guy that
:04:02. > :04:07.is interesting. Looking up. And see whether he is related to you or not.
:04:08. > :04:14.How close are related is too closely related? Third cousin. You would not
:04:15. > :04:24.want to marry the third cousin and have babies. So third cousin is just
:04:25. > :04:34.for... Fourth cousin is fine. Yeah. After all, this is Iceland. Or the
:04:35. > :04:40.information for the outcome comes from the genealogy records. It is a
:04:41. > :04:44.series and other. Accurate records go back to 1703. The book allows
:04:45. > :04:49.people to discover how they are linked to almost anyone else from
:04:50. > :04:54.Iceland. In the past, the publishing dipped to 30,000. There is useful
:04:55. > :04:59.information dating back to over 1000 years. The boss of DNA analysts said
:05:00. > :05:03.the database helps us understand many conditions across the world
:05:04. > :05:12.like schizophrenia, diabetes and cancers. We can trace everyone who
:05:13. > :05:19.has a particular disease to a relative and a few individuals who
:05:20. > :05:26.lived a few centuries back. The recent deceased is like -- is likely
:05:27. > :05:29.to be the same. A large section of the population has given blood to
:05:30. > :05:40.the firm to help it assist research globally. Once these samples are
:05:41. > :05:42.taken, they are kept for weeks, months, for as long as is possible
:05:43. > :05:47.for research or pattern matching that might happen years in the
:05:48. > :05:53.future. That is why the blood of ice land and appear, in his bio bank of
:05:54. > :05:59.500,000 samples. The oldest of which was taken 15 years ago. The reason
:06:00. > :06:05.that even the sample is still good today is because the temperature in
:06:06. > :06:13.here is -26 Celsius. Or as Icelanders call it, mild. As the
:06:14. > :06:16.robots continue to serve up these samples, hopefully, those
:06:17. > :06:22.discovering the personal connections to each other will not get a frosty
:06:23. > :06:28.reception. Avoiding the wedding to your third
:06:29. > :06:31.cousin in Iceland. It is that application of technology which is
:06:32. > :06:40.different in each country that can be so fascinating. As we found in
:06:41. > :06:46.Vietnam. From picking up dinner to picking up
:06:47. > :06:52.a date. It is more than a few steps, you might as well write. This is the
:06:53. > :06:56.ethos of many destinies urbanites. With entrepreneurs on every street
:06:57. > :07:03.corner and motorbikes everywhere, and entrepreneurs on motorbikes,
:07:04. > :07:07.this is Ho Chi Minh City. Over the past year, the government has rolled
:07:08. > :07:15.out a new environmentally friendly eBay Gascoyne. It has selected 30 of
:07:16. > :07:20.its workers to test them out. -- electronic like skin. TRANSLATION:
:07:21. > :07:24.It is light and travels smoothly. Every charge lasts for 40
:07:25. > :07:29.kilometres. It is sufficient because our live near my work. In order to
:07:30. > :07:35.convince the nation, the government has a long journey ahead. The bike
:07:36. > :07:39.is a major status symbol in Vietnam. No one, not even burgeoning middle
:07:40. > :07:43.class with their disposable income, will splash the cash on a green
:07:44. > :07:48.motorbike unless the bike looks the part. What better way to entice
:07:49. > :07:55.tech-savvy consumers than crow barring an iPod dock on the
:07:56. > :08:01.dashboard? You have your computer. The integrated technology offers the
:08:02. > :08:06.rider statistics on the battery life, Mr temperature and fuel
:08:07. > :08:12.efficiency. Any bike is better than no bike. The constant threat of
:08:13. > :08:18.theft hangs over all of Vietnam's 35 million riders. Thousands are stolen
:08:19. > :08:23.each year. A few blocks away, one start-up is addressing this serious
:08:24. > :08:29.problem. It is building a nimble looking device that once installed
:08:30. > :08:34.is invisible to would-be thieves. Essentially, a small computer with a
:08:35. > :08:40.SIM card and a GPS transmitter. When a bike is stolen, it reacts to the
:08:41. > :08:44.location and caused its owner. The owner uses a smartphone app to
:08:45. > :08:48.locate the missing motorbike. The precise location is worked out from
:08:49. > :08:54.GPS co-ordinates and nearby mobile phone masts. Owners can trigger the
:08:55. > :08:59.alarm and flashlights. This can be lost in the city. They can shut down
:09:00. > :09:07.the bike completely, leaving the safe with no option to abandon it.
:09:08. > :09:12.Smart thinking from an increasingly tech-savvy country. City congestion
:09:13. > :09:19.is a problem in the developed world. The UN predicts by 2050, seven out
:09:20. > :09:24.of ten, 9 billion people, will live in cities. Ireland is one country
:09:25. > :09:28.attempting to lead the way in how we might make things flow and little
:09:29. > :09:35.more freely. We have come here, to Dublin. It has
:09:36. > :09:42.plenty of sense is about the place. Traffic cameras, sensors under the
:09:43. > :09:46.time at the attack traffic flow. Bosses report positions back to
:09:47. > :09:51.base. Crucially, the city has volunteered itself to be a testbed
:09:52. > :09:53.to see what happens when you gather information together and to see
:09:54. > :10:01.whether it can be used to predict the future.
:10:02. > :10:05.At IBM's Dublin research centre, any traffic management system is
:10:06. > :10:09.analysing the city's circulation, spotting patterns in the ad and flow
:10:10. > :10:13.of traffic. Incidents, accidents, closures and whether they have
:10:14. > :10:16.knock-on effect is beyond their surroundings and by watching what
:10:17. > :10:20.happens after particular combinations of events, the system
:10:21. > :10:26.can advise officials on how a future problem might affect the city's
:10:27. > :10:30.nervous system. The ultimate goal, to use a city's infrastructure will
:10:31. > :10:36.intelligently rather than expanding it. A train is delayed, the bus
:10:37. > :10:46.outside the station should know it has to wait it does not and the end
:10:47. > :10:50.the next one to be overcrowded. This app in the early stages of the --
:10:51. > :10:57.development uses the addiction algorithms to minimise any time and
:10:58. > :11:03.waiting times between each mode of transport. It will know about any
:11:04. > :11:06.congestion. It is historical data to show how it might affect your
:11:07. > :11:14.journey and make an more reliable estimate of the rubble time. It
:11:15. > :11:20.should know if there is any -- is the art any hiring bicycles
:11:21. > :11:23.available. Getting in the flow of things in
:11:24. > :11:30.Dublin. We moved over to Japan. The land of
:11:31. > :11:34.robots. A place where people are happy to use them in their everyday
:11:35. > :11:39.life. The country has the world's oldest population. Robotics is being
:11:40. > :11:44.used to make the life of Japanese seniors easier. First, the moment I
:11:45. > :11:53.discovered a hidden robotic list for Tokyo's cyclists.
:11:54. > :11:57.In such a crowded city where everyone lives and works on top of
:11:58. > :12:13.each other, bike racks are few and far between. Well, Bob the ground
:12:14. > :12:18.anyway. -- above. A subterranean park that restores bikes and returns
:12:19. > :12:35.each want to its rightful owner in seconds. 11 metres down, this method
:12:36. > :12:43.-- metal silo does a robot dance. It is under them being among it all. --
:12:44. > :12:51.unnerving. You have no idea this is done here. At the top, no sign there
:12:52. > :12:56.are to the bikes underneath. -- 200 bikes.
:12:57. > :13:03.Harvest season. Four a la strike from Tokyo. This meant's Apples are
:13:04. > :13:12.ripe for the picking. A job which he will help to himself. It is the
:13:13. > :13:16.suit. The metalware is not a Japanese fashion statement. It has
:13:17. > :13:20.been designed by Tokyo's University of agriculture and technology to
:13:21. > :13:27.give his 68 -year-old his own power up. TRANSLATION: The robot helps
:13:28. > :13:37.support my knees by taking away any burden. This model has springs,
:13:38. > :13:45.braces and grips to strengthen the man's movements and support his
:13:46. > :13:49.posture. I have come to one of 400 care homes and Japan has a special
:13:50. > :13:57.robot designed not to physically meet older people but the
:13:58. > :14:05.emotionally moved them. This is a seal, with 13 senses. This is with
:14:06. > :14:13.three microphones and knows which way up it is. It is onboard computer
:14:14. > :14:17.determines how it should respond. Nurses at the camp said the seal
:14:18. > :14:26.sparks conversation where there were some before, getting residents
:14:27. > :14:35.thinking and caring. Many say he has become so much more than a robot.
:14:36. > :14:43.TRANSLATION: He is my friend. I like that he seems to understand human
:14:44. > :14:48.feelings. These seals were introduced 80 years ago. And the
:14:49. > :14:56.higher still the most popular robots used by people. Perhaps that is
:14:57. > :15:00.because there are not metallic and hard, but rather cute and cuddly.
:15:01. > :15:05.They are easy for humans to connect with. Using their expertise in
:15:06. > :15:10.robotics, the Japanese hope to improve life for later years. If
:15:11. > :15:17.they achieve that, then everyone in Japan will sleep easier.
:15:18. > :15:24.A dream or nightmare? Japan and its use of technology to help record all
:15:25. > :15:29.political 's. Our travels have taken us to many places over the past
:15:30. > :15:34.year. But none richer than downtown Singapore. There are more
:15:35. > :15:39.millionaires per head in Singapore than any other country on Earth?
:15:40. > :15:44.That is the financial district of the country. But it is not all about
:15:45. > :15:51.making money. There is a flourishing academic scene. This is a
:15:52. > :15:55.technological University, full of Labrador is. Inside the impressive
:15:56. > :15:59.architecture there is some equally impressive thinking going on. The
:16:00. > :16:08.question is, how do you find the research that is going to change
:16:09. > :16:13.lives? One team has a grand plan to make our towns more sustainable. By
:16:14. > :16:18.creating localised waste treatment centres that take all forms of waste
:16:19. > :16:24.from nearby housing and converting it into energy. That is one I find
:16:25. > :16:27.myself staring down a toilet. Researchers have found that pretty
:16:28. > :16:32.much everything that goes down here can be turned into something useful.
:16:33. > :16:40.The process works best if you can keep solid and liquid separate. This
:16:41. > :16:45.has been called the no mix toilet. With divided sections to keep one
:16:46. > :16:53.away from, well, two. Solid waste is mixed with food waste to create
:16:54. > :16:57.biogas that can be used for cooking and generating electricity. And
:16:58. > :17:04.leftover water is used to grow microscopic algae that produces bio
:17:05. > :17:12.diesel. So only one question remains. How would we take to a
:17:13. > :17:18.toilet that requires, shall we say, a little more discipline? The first
:17:19. > :17:31.one has been installed in the University. It is time for me to try
:17:32. > :17:36.it out. While I am in here, Kate Russell will take care of you with a
:17:37. > :17:42.round-up of the best applications and websites of the last 12 months.
:17:43. > :17:45.Getting ready to travel can be a busy time.
:17:46. > :17:47.Keeping up-to-date with your flight status could not be easier with the
:17:48. > :17:54.help of the simple new Twitter account. Just give it your flight
:17:55. > :18:01.number and the free service will send you a series of real-time
:18:02. > :18:11.messages leading up to departure. It will even send a friendly welcome
:18:12. > :18:16.once you land at the destination. This service is simple and
:18:17. > :18:22.brilliant. But it comes with a huge caveat. That is, are you happy for
:18:23. > :18:28.Twitter at large to know that you are potentially going abroad? If
:18:29. > :18:32.there is any chance your account can be linked to an address, for
:18:33. > :18:37.example, if you have publicly posted photographs from home, think very
:18:38. > :18:44.carefully about whether your security is at risk.
:18:45. > :18:50.Few things in life are completely safe. But you can improve your odds
:18:51. > :18:56.against hackers are using an incredibly safe password. Check your
:18:57. > :19:02.secure password creation skills on this website. And then go and make a
:19:03. > :19:12.new one to use that you have not just given to a random website. Just
:19:13. > :19:18.in case. And it seems a lot of us are using
:19:19. > :19:25.ridiculously unset examples. Like 12345 and password. A password
:19:26. > :19:29.generator like this can help when you are struggling to come up with
:19:30. > :19:32.something original. If you are worried about remembering all the
:19:33. > :19:42.details, the password manager might be worth looking into. They offer a
:19:43. > :19:49.safe and secure lock-up for your logins.
:19:50. > :19:56.My name is Ted Ed and I am a symbol for a website with billions of
:19:57. > :20:01.videos free on you Tube. This website lets you turn any video from
:20:02. > :20:06.YouTube into a complete lesson. Adding context, objectives,
:20:07. > :20:15.questions and notes to really engage students. The lesson delivered by
:20:16. > :20:19.the video clip. It has been going since 1984. Originally a conference
:20:20. > :20:25.designed to bring together the greatest thinkers from the world 's
:20:26. > :20:29.of technology, entertainment and design. It has become synonymous
:20:30. > :20:34.with the mind expanding lectures and world changing ideas. This education
:20:35. > :20:40.initiative sits perfectly inside that ideal.
:20:41. > :20:44.Keeping track of your finances and get compensated, especially if you
:20:45. > :20:55.share expenses with friends or flatmates. This is an application
:20:56. > :21:05.that could stop it coming to blows. -- get compensated.
:21:06. > :21:09.When it comes to incentives, most of the fitness and motivational
:21:10. > :21:13.applications I have tested have failed. Sorry, but I grew out of
:21:14. > :21:20.badges, cups and screen pets when I was about ten. It is the
:21:21. > :21:23.applications that make it a game that I have gotten the most out of
:21:24. > :21:32.it. This one plays out an ongoing drama in between tracks your
:21:33. > :21:40.favourite playlist. We need whatever you can find. Kate Russell with some
:21:41. > :21:42.of the best websites and applications from the past 12
:21:43. > :21:47.months. Before we go, there is just time to
:21:48. > :21:52.take you to one more country we visited. Switzerland, famous for its
:21:53. > :22:00.clocks, Army knives, chocolates and, as it turns out, its domes.
:22:01. > :22:10.Welcome to park. A festival dedicated to the projection of
:22:11. > :22:17.light. Forget stages, it is domes that Rainier. And the DJs inside
:22:18. > :22:28.engineer the programmes. What is the fuss about? A near-perfect 360
:22:29. > :22:34.degrees life project had later. A place where music beats visuals,
:22:35. > :22:43.programmes and its performance. Six perfectly aligned project --
:22:44. > :22:51.projections. Each portion adjusted by millimetre precision. It is one
:22:52. > :22:55.vast digital sky. The patterns dance in time to be beat. The colours and
:22:56. > :23:04.intensity during the year to the music. At the helm, the skies. These
:23:05. > :23:15.are specially developed software to develop various elements. It allows
:23:16. > :23:21.them to programme on the fly, so they can design on impulse and go
:23:22. > :23:25.with the flow. And by manipulating existing 3-D animation software,
:23:26. > :23:32.they can create high resolution video files that can be mixed
:23:33. > :23:37.together and displayed. And now the immersive nature of the dome is
:23:38. > :23:43.spreading out onto the main stage, applying the same curve theory to a
:23:44. > :23:51.much wider and mainstream audience. If taken up by headline acts, that
:23:52. > :23:59.could be picked -- big business. Switzerland, proving there is no
:24:00. > :24:06.place like home. I am sorry. -- dome. That is it for our look around
:24:07. > :24:10.the world. But the tour begins in earnest next week. We had to
:24:11. > :24:15.lossmakers for the world's largest technology show. We expect to find
:24:16. > :24:33.everything. I can't wait. -- Las Vegas.
:24:34. > :24:39.It looks as though we are going to see further spells of white and
:24:40. > :24:42.windy weather over the next couple of days. If you have concerns about
:24:43. > :24:43.the flooding