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Yeah! Huh! Yeah! | 0:00:12 | 0:00:15 | |
Welcome to Click. I'm Spencer Kelly. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:32 | |
And welcome to 2014. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:34 | |
OK, I'm a little bit late but, for us geeks, | 0:00:34 | 0:00:36 | |
the new year only really starts when the doors are thrown open | 0:00:36 | 0:00:40 | |
on the world's most famous consumer electronics show. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
It's a big, brash, colourful, noisy affair. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:47 | |
Guess that's why they hold it here. Welcome to Las Vegas. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:52 | |
Coming up, we'll bring you the biggest, | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
best and brightest from CES 2014, | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
where the tech has been bent, worn and even swallowed. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:02 | |
We'll sweat over fitness gadgets | 0:01:02 | 0:01:05 | |
and chill with the very best of the web in Webscape. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
So this is where CES takes place, | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
at the massive Las Vegas Convention Centre. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:21 | |
More than 3,000 exhibitors cram into the three enormous halls | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
and the surrounding hotels, | 0:01:24 | 0:01:26 | |
hoping to shout to 150,000 visitors | 0:01:26 | 0:01:30 | |
about their brand-new TVs, tablets, gadgets and gizmos. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:34 | |
Personally, this is how I like to get around the show. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
The One Wheel is a skateboard come unicycle, come segway, | 0:01:41 | 0:01:45 | |
which self-balances once you've got the knack | 0:01:45 | 0:01:48 | |
and is steered by leaning in the direction you want to go. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
Eventually, I'll be able to run for about six miles at 12mph, | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
although for now, I'm keeping the tricks simple. | 0:01:56 | 0:02:00 | |
There's a tonne of innovation here, | 0:02:03 | 0:02:05 | |
and who's to say what will take off? | 0:02:05 | 0:02:07 | |
Could it be the digital accordion | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
or the TREWGrip, a rear-facing keyboard for your tablet | 0:02:10 | 0:02:14 | |
which makes data entry oh, so backward? | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
Maybe the Opticwash will change things for specs wearers worldwide. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:21 | |
Yes, it's a carwash for your glasses. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:25 | |
Everyone here wants to make their mark. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:28 | |
And while I leave mine, here's another Marc, Cieslak, | 0:02:28 | 0:02:31 | |
who's discovered that the writing is on the wall for old-style security. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
When it comes to financial transactions, | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
signatures can, of course, be forged. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:43 | |
And PIN codes and passwords can be cracked. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:46 | |
But I'm about to authorise a credit card payment | 0:02:46 | 0:02:48 | |
using one of the most secure methods around. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
It's a system called PulseWallet. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:53 | |
It has an infrared camera in there | 0:02:53 | 0:02:55 | |
which scans the vein pattern in my hand. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:57 | |
That pattern is as unique as a fingerprint | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
and far more difficult to copy. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:02 | |
The technology, developed by Fujitsu, | 0:03:02 | 0:03:05 | |
is already in use in cash machines in Japan and Brazil | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
and it could soon find its way into shops | 0:03:08 | 0:03:10 | |
in the not-too-distant future. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
And Marc will be back later. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:17 | |
Yep, CES is an overwhelming assault on the senses. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:21 | |
Featuring every type of tech under the sun. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:24 | |
Although one in particular always seems to take a starring role. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:28 | |
Some of the most impressive stands at CES | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
have always been from the TV manufacturers, for obvious reasons. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:35 | |
They're always showing off something bigger, | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
thinner and flatter than ever before. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
That said, this year, flat isn't all that. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:43 | |
In amongst those ultra-high def screens | 0:03:45 | 0:03:47 | |
and living rooms made of pure light, | 0:03:47 | 0:03:50 | |
something a bit more curvy is wending its way into view. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:54 | |
And it certainly caught the eye of Dan Simmons. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
It may be slow, but this screen | 0:04:01 | 0:04:02 | |
is actually bending at the touch of a button. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
The Korean outfit, LG, decided that because OLED screens can be made | 0:04:07 | 0:04:11 | |
so thin they're flexible, why not? | 0:04:11 | 0:04:15 | |
This is a prototype. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:17 | |
But what you will be able to buy is this 105-inch monster. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:21 | |
Also curved, its wider 21x9 HK screen | 0:04:21 | 0:04:26 | |
has just over four times the resolution | 0:04:26 | 0:04:28 | |
of our now commonplace high-def tellies. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
These super-tellies look absolutely amazing | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
and the ultra-high definition content being played on them | 0:04:36 | 0:04:41 | |
is needed to maintain resolution, especially for the larger screens. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:45 | |
The curvature, I'm not so sure about, really. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
On the 65 inch, it doesn't make that much of a difference. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:51 | |
It does, though, on the larger screen. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
The 105 inch does look different from a flat-screen telly. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:57 | |
But why do we need curved television sets anyway? | 0:04:57 | 0:05:02 | |
I'm not so sure they need a curved television set. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:05 | |
I think they will want a curved television set though. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:09 | |
It's like being in a movie theatre. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:10 | |
You go into a movie theatre, | 0:05:10 | 0:05:12 | |
some of the very large ones, | 0:05:12 | 0:05:14 | |
whether it's 3D or 2D, | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
you're sitting in the middle, | 0:05:16 | 0:05:17 | |
the screen just kind of envelops you. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:21 | |
Although they perhaps generated the most hype this week, | 0:05:21 | 0:05:25 | |
there is a school of thought which wonders | 0:05:25 | 0:05:27 | |
how well curved screens will sell | 0:05:27 | 0:05:29 | |
while we continue to have non-curved houses. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
Igloo owners, take note. Thanks, Dan. | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
Something else that's really caught the imagination here | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
is the promise of tech so small it can fit into anything. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:45 | |
That's why we are seeing things like pills | 0:05:45 | 0:05:48 | |
that report back your temperature as they pass through your body. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
Smart socks with built-in sensors that monitor running technique. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:55 | |
Activity tracker for your dog. What's not to like? | 0:05:55 | 0:05:58 | |
Farfetched as they may sound, small is the future. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:04 | |
And chip-maker Intel is very keen | 0:06:04 | 0:06:06 | |
on taking the idea to the next level, | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
with tech you can wear and which is self-contained. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:12 | |
Free from the shackles of the current generation. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:15 | |
Namely, a Bluetooth connection to a smartphone | 0:06:15 | 0:06:17 | |
which does most of the thinking for us. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:20 | |
Intel famously missed the boat with smartphones and tablets. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:24 | |
Its chips featuring hardly any modern, portable devices. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:28 | |
And perhaps quite sensibly, it's looking to a future | 0:06:28 | 0:06:30 | |
where your wearable device won't need a companion smartphone. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:34 | |
It is a self-contained, fully-operational computer. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:38 | |
And so it's introducing a processor called Edison, | 0:06:38 | 0:06:41 | |
something that is so small | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | |
that it can be fitted into anything, even a baby's onesie. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:48 | |
Edison is an entire processor the size of an SD card. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:54 | |
And when it's released this summer, | 0:06:54 | 0:06:56 | |
it may lead to a whole host of truly portable thinking devices. | 0:06:56 | 0:07:00 | |
Health monitors, like the one in the baby's clothing, | 0:07:02 | 0:07:04 | |
will assess its vital signs on its own | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
and then communicate directly with other smart devices, | 0:07:06 | 0:07:11 | |
like your coffee mug, which will tell you if the little one's asleep | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
and this bottle warmer, which will learn its feeding habits | 0:07:14 | 0:07:18 | |
and switch on automatically. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
OK. Next up, a round-up of some of the other big things | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
that have caught our eye at CES. Here's LJ Rich. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
Sony announced PlayStation Now, | 0:07:30 | 0:07:31 | |
a service allowing gamers to play classic games from the PS3 | 0:07:31 | 0:07:35 | |
through the internet, without needing to own a console. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:39 | |
The Japanese giant says it will launch | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
a restricted test in the US first, | 0:07:41 | 0:07:43 | |
before for a wider launch later this year. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:45 | |
There's an increasing number of Chinese companies showing at CES. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:50 | |
Electronics giant Huawei introduced its take on biometrics | 0:07:50 | 0:07:54 | |
with the remote control that allows users to log into their smart TVs | 0:07:54 | 0:07:58 | |
using their fingerprint. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:00 | |
That could be us useful when paying for shopping online | 0:08:00 | 0:08:02 | |
or placing parental locks on certain channels. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:05 | |
Or having the TV switch itself to the settings each member of the family | 0:08:05 | 0:08:08 | |
might like the best when they sit down. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:11 | |
And there have been plenty of smartphone add-ons at the show. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:15 | |
We've seen lots of cases which add extra battery life to your phone, | 0:08:15 | 0:08:19 | |
but this also turns your iPhone 5 into a 650,000-volt Taser. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:24 | |
Illegal in many countries but not in most parts of the US, | 0:08:24 | 0:08:27 | |
this crowd-funded device has two safety catches | 0:08:27 | 0:08:31 | |
to stop an accidental discharge in your pocket. Hopefully. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:35 | |
But for those who prefer a warmer view of the world, | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
this tiny camera might just help. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:40 | |
When connected to a smartphone, it detects infrared energy, | 0:08:40 | 0:08:45 | |
converts it to an electronic signal | 0:08:45 | 0:08:47 | |
and then produces a thermal image on your phone screen. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:50 | |
Handy if you want to see like the Predator. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:53 | |
And, let's face it, who doesn't? | 0:08:53 | 0:08:55 | |
You can see anything and everything here at CES. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:03 | |
Over there, there's a live concert going on. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:06 | |
Over here, a spot of tennis. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:08 | |
Helps a chap unwind after a hard day trawling the halls. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
This, of course, is a smart tennis racket. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:15 | |
It's got a sensor built into the handle | 0:09:15 | 0:09:16 | |
which is analysing the impact on the strings | 0:09:16 | 0:09:19 | |
and then talking wirelessly to an app | 0:09:19 | 0:09:21 | |
which is analysing my speed, my spin and my swing | 0:09:21 | 0:09:24 | |
and helping me to become a better tennis player, | 0:09:24 | 0:09:27 | |
which, quite frankly, isn't difficult. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:28 | |
Anyway, that's enough exercise, time for a spot of food. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:32 | |
Vegas is a place of extremes. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:37 | |
So it's no surprise that eating out here can be just that. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:41 | |
The Heart Attack Grill | 0:09:43 | 0:09:45 | |
prides itself on its unhealthy menu, | 0:09:45 | 0:09:47 | |
which includes monstrosities that just go on and on...and on. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:53 | |
And on. Oh, my good grief! | 0:09:53 | 0:09:56 | |
The whole place looks like the most frightening hospital in the world. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:01 | |
The waitresses dress as nurses. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:03 | |
The customers are made to wear hospital gowns, | 0:10:03 | 0:10:05 | |
the wine comes in IV bags | 0:10:05 | 0:10:07 | |
and the whole thing is run by a guy called Dr John | 0:10:07 | 0:10:10 | |
who will let you eat here for nothing, if you're heavy enough. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:14 | |
Looks like I'm paying, then. | 0:10:19 | 0:10:22 | |
I'm actually quite glad about that. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:24 | |
What better place to test out some tech that helps you to stay healthy? | 0:10:24 | 0:10:29 | |
The Spree is a headband containing a sensor | 0:10:31 | 0:10:34 | |
that measures your vitals through the skin on your forehead. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:37 | |
While you work out, it keeps track of your pulse, | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
temperature and movement, | 0:10:42 | 0:10:44 | |
sending the data to your smartphone through Bluetooth. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:46 | |
Apparently, a head-mounted sensor has certain advantages | 0:10:46 | 0:10:50 | |
over the more familiar wrist-worn ones. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:52 | |
For a start, it can monitor movement while you're cycling, | 0:10:52 | 0:10:54 | |
even when your hands aren't moving. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:56 | |
And if you don't have much time or space to do those reps, | 0:10:56 | 0:11:00 | |
the WellShell is a device to help you squeeze in exercise anywhere. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:05 | |
And I mean squeeze because that is what you do. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:11 | |
The accompanying app encourages you | 0:11:11 | 0:11:13 | |
to hold the thing in different positions | 0:11:13 | 0:11:15 | |
and then apply different pressures for different lengths of time. | 0:11:15 | 0:11:19 | |
I know it doesn't look impressive sitting here squeezing a black plastic box, | 0:11:21 | 0:11:24 | |
but it is really difficult to squeeze it hard enough | 0:11:24 | 0:11:27 | |
for some parts of this test. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:29 | |
It's also difficult to maintain whatever pressure it's asking for | 0:11:29 | 0:11:32 | |
for the appropriate time. So it is doing something. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:37 | |
That said, this isn't designed to burn lots of calories, | 0:11:38 | 0:11:41 | |
but more to tone your muscles, rather like yoga or Pilates. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:45 | |
And bear in mind that calories in | 0:11:45 | 0:11:48 | |
are just as important as calories out. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:51 | |
If you want to know what your food is really made of, | 0:11:51 | 0:11:54 | |
well, you need a portable laser spectrometer. | 0:11:54 | 0:11:58 | |
The TellSpec is a crowd-funded project | 0:11:58 | 0:12:01 | |
that's raised three times its target. | 0:12:01 | 0:12:04 | |
And the rather rough-looking prototype I'm holding | 0:12:04 | 0:12:06 | |
will, I'm told, eventually look a lot more like this. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:09 | |
So shine the laser onto your food | 0:12:10 | 0:12:13 | |
and the spectrometer measures the wavelength | 0:12:13 | 0:12:15 | |
of the light that's reflected back. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:17 | |
This data is sent via Bluetooth to your phone | 0:12:17 | 0:12:20 | |
and then on into the Cloud, | 0:12:20 | 0:12:22 | |
where it's crunched and used to tell with atomic precision | 0:12:22 | 0:12:26 | |
which ingredients are actually in your meal. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:30 | |
The app will also give you more information | 0:12:30 | 0:12:32 | |
about any related health concerns | 0:12:32 | 0:12:35 | |
and the number of calories per hundred grams. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:38 | |
More than handy for diabetics | 0:12:38 | 0:12:40 | |
or, since everything you scan is logged, | 0:12:40 | 0:12:43 | |
anyone who wants to keep a track of their intake. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:45 | |
I've always found the list of ingredients on the side of a packet pretty uninformative. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:50 | |
It's difficult to know what those things are and what they might do to you. | 0:12:50 | 0:12:53 | |
I guess this is especially useful for anyone who's watching what they eat while they eat out, | 0:12:53 | 0:12:58 | |
when there is no list of ingredients. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:01 | |
So just one more thing left to do, | 0:13:01 | 0:13:02 | |
and that's to scan the Octuple Bypass Burger. | 0:13:02 | 0:13:06 | |
20,000 calories of... Well, let's find out. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:10 | |
RAPID BEEPING | 0:13:14 | 0:13:16 | |
FLATLINE | 0:13:18 | 0:13:20 | |
Now, back to CES and, as I said earlier, | 0:13:20 | 0:13:23 | |
you can't avoid the TV screens here. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:26 | |
Ultra-high def 4K is the order of the day. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:29 | |
And there's finally hope for anyone who might actually want to watch something on them. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:33 | |
Netflix has announced it will offer a 4K movie-streaming service soon. | 0:13:33 | 0:13:38 | |
And if you have a 4K projector, | 0:13:38 | 0:13:41 | |
Dan has managed to jump the queue on another way to put it to use. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:45 | |
Welcome to Sony's Life Space UX, | 0:13:46 | 0:13:49 | |
their living room of the future. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:52 | |
Basically, it looks pretty normal with the lights on. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
Blank wall behind me, mirror on the wall. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:58 | |
Over here, their kitchen area, | 0:13:58 | 0:14:00 | |
where you might enjoy breakfast at the start of the day. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:04 | |
But this whole area is about to change. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:07 | |
They want to show you what they think the future will look like. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:11 | |
Turn the lights out and the room comes alive. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:17 | |
That wall mirror is a touch-screen panel. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
It can also be synced with the wall | 0:14:20 | 0:14:23 | |
because the wall becomes a giant screen, | 0:14:23 | 0:14:26 | |
thanks to the world's first ultra-high definition laser | 0:14:26 | 0:14:30 | |
home cinema projector. | 0:14:30 | 0:14:32 | |
The overhead lights project the overhead part of the film, obviously. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:37 | |
And suddenly, wherever you look, | 0:14:37 | 0:14:39 | |
it feels like you're on the streets of Paris. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
In the kitchen, the hanging light projects your diary for the day, | 0:14:43 | 0:14:47 | |
all controlled with a swipe or tap. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:50 | |
But apart from the 4K projector, which hits UK stores this summer, | 0:14:50 | 0:14:54 | |
it's all conceptual, meaning for now, Sony's vision is still just that. | 0:14:54 | 0:15:00 | |
While TV makers go crazy about 4K, | 0:15:03 | 0:15:06 | |
it's worth remembering that higher resolution | 0:15:06 | 0:15:09 | |
isn't the only way to get better pictures. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:12 | |
Richard Taylor has spotted something that certainly brightened his day. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:15 | |
Dolby is a name you'd normally associate with sound | 0:15:18 | 0:15:21 | |
but now it's moving into enhancing the visuals too. | 0:15:21 | 0:15:25 | |
It's developed Dolby Vision, | 0:15:27 | 0:15:29 | |
a new technology which, if it takes off, | 0:15:29 | 0:15:32 | |
will dramatically enhance the pictures on our TV sets. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:35 | |
Dolby says the problem is that content we watch through TVs now | 0:15:36 | 0:15:40 | |
loses a lot of picture information. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:43 | |
It's only a tiny fraction as bright or colourful | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
as our eyes or even video cameras can capture. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:49 | |
That's something it wants to change. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:51 | |
Seeing, as they say, is believing. | 0:15:51 | 0:15:54 | |
And you can't fully appreciate what I'm seeing here | 0:15:54 | 0:15:56 | |
because you're looking at this through today's TV standards. | 0:15:56 | 0:16:00 | |
But this monitor, which is also using the standard, | 0:16:00 | 0:16:02 | |
looks dull and lifeless compared to the new system here on the right. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:07 | |
The whites are 40 times brighter than they are on this. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:10 | |
It's a lot more detailed, rich, vivid and colourful an image. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:15 | |
The only caveat being | 0:16:15 | 0:16:17 | |
that on pictures which move very quickly, there is a bit more judder. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
To make it work, you'd need a compatible TV | 0:16:20 | 0:16:24 | |
with a specially-configured array of LEDs powering the backlit display. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:28 | |
Major broadcasters like the BBC have shown interest in the technology | 0:16:29 | 0:16:33 | |
and Dolby has announced partnerships with big TV makers | 0:16:33 | 0:16:37 | |
like Sharp and Chinese giant TCL, | 0:16:37 | 0:16:40 | |
who are showing off prototypes at CES. | 0:16:40 | 0:16:43 | |
Content providers like Netflix are also on board | 0:16:43 | 0:16:46 | |
but significant challenges remain to get it adopted more widely. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:51 | |
The first one is to get creatives interested in this kind of content. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:55 | |
It provides them with a much bigger colour palette, | 0:16:55 | 0:16:57 | |
so they're already pretty much convinced. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:00 | |
The second thing is getting the TV manufacturers wanting to produce that | 0:17:00 | 0:17:05 | |
and provide that information and that quality to consumers. | 0:17:05 | 0:17:09 | |
Again, we have a lot of uptake on that. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:12 | |
The third one is the transmission system. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
That's an area that depends in the broadcast world on standards | 0:17:14 | 0:17:18 | |
but is much easier for things like internet video, | 0:17:18 | 0:17:21 | |
where fewer standards exist. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:22 | |
Thanks, Rich. But it's not all about movies and TV programmes. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:28 | |
As well as Sony's announcement of PlayStation Now, | 0:17:28 | 0:17:31 | |
there's been another big video games launch at CES | 0:17:31 | 0:17:35 | |
and Marc got his hands on it. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:38 | |
Valve is an outfit famous for producing blockbuster video games | 0:17:40 | 0:17:44 | |
and for launching the wildly-successful Steam digital store. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:49 | |
It's now making its first foray into producing hardware, | 0:17:49 | 0:17:53 | |
with the Steambox. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:55 | |
The Steambox is basically a PC designed for the living room, | 0:17:56 | 0:17:59 | |
living beneath the television set. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:01 | |
Valve have made use of an operating system which is limit based, | 0:18:01 | 0:18:05 | |
which they've dubbed SteamOS. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:06 | |
They also seem to have taken a leaf out of the Google Android playbook. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:10 | |
They'll be producing a version of this machine themselves | 0:18:10 | 0:18:13 | |
but have signed up 13 third-party manufacturers | 0:18:13 | 0:18:17 | |
to create these computing crates. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:19 | |
Confusingly, some of these machines | 0:18:19 | 0:18:21 | |
will have different specifications and different prices. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:26 | |
The Steambox will make use of a new and different kind of controller. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:31 | |
Analogue control sticks are replaced with touchpads | 0:18:31 | 0:18:34 | |
that provide haptic, or forced feedback to the user. | 0:18:34 | 0:18:38 | |
The one I'm playing on is a prototype. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:40 | |
The finished controller will also have a touch-screen display | 0:18:40 | 0:18:43 | |
in the space currently occupied by those four square buttons. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:47 | |
If you're used to analogue sticks, | 0:18:52 | 0:18:54 | |
the touch controller takes a little bit of getting used to. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:57 | |
And seems to be really, very, very responsive indeed. | 0:18:57 | 0:19:00 | |
So here they are, the very first batch of third-party Steamboxes. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:08 | |
Some of which look quite sleek, | 0:19:08 | 0:19:10 | |
like they could slip seamlessly beneath your existing kit. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
And some, which, to my eyes, | 0:19:13 | 0:19:15 | |
look a little bit like a minibar fridge crossed with an existing PC. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:18 | |
Very Vegas. | 0:19:18 | 0:19:20 | |
This first batch of machines are priced between 500 and 6,000. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:27 | |
Prototype test units are already in the wild being put through their paces, | 0:19:27 | 0:19:31 | |
with finished boxes likely to be released later this year. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:35 | |
Marc Cieslak. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:38 | |
As with many tech expos, sometimes the most interesting stuff | 0:19:38 | 0:19:42 | |
doesn't turn up in glamorous halls | 0:19:42 | 0:19:44 | |
but, instead, in the seedy back alleys, | 0:19:44 | 0:19:47 | |
where the little innovators set out their stalls. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:50 | |
This is university research, which detects neural impulses, | 0:19:50 | 0:19:54 | |
in this case, the ones controlling my eyebrow muscles, | 0:19:54 | 0:19:57 | |
and then turns them into a pink monkey arm-wrestling game. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:01 | |
Where, at the moment, I am being outwaggled by Nema here. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:04 | |
OK. Back to London now. It's time for Webscape. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:06 | |
And here is Kate Russell. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:08 | |
There are plenty of websites online | 0:20:14 | 0:20:16 | |
where you can browse through thousands of recipes | 0:20:16 | 0:20:19 | |
but sometimes the real gems are easier to find | 0:20:19 | 0:20:22 | |
in a specialised collection, like at greatbritishchefs.com. | 0:20:22 | 0:20:27 | |
Having stuffed yourself silly | 0:20:27 | 0:20:29 | |
with cold turkey throughout the festive season, | 0:20:29 | 0:20:33 | |
surely it's time for a change of menu. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:36 | |
These pages ooze delicious recipes, tips | 0:20:36 | 0:20:40 | |
and how-to-videos from distinctive British chefs | 0:20:40 | 0:20:44 | |
who all cook in their own restaurants. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:46 | |
Recipes are all clearly identified by skill level and prep time | 0:20:46 | 0:20:51 | |
so you can plan the perfect feast for any occasion | 0:20:51 | 0:20:55 | |
using fresh, seasonal vegetables and ingredients. | 0:20:55 | 0:20:59 | |
There are lots of free apps | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
for Apple devices and Windows 8 desktop. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
And if you're following a recipe on your laptop in the kitchen, | 0:21:05 | 0:21:08 | |
you can launch the screen into cooking mode | 0:21:08 | 0:21:11 | |
for full-screen steps that are easy to navigate with floury fingers. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:16 | |
"Turn the pastry around on the work surface | 0:21:16 | 0:21:19 | |
"so that you roll it altogether." | 0:21:19 | 0:21:21 | |
# Come on, skinny love what happened here? # | 0:21:23 | 0:21:28 | |
If all that's a bit rich for you, | 0:21:28 | 0:21:30 | |
here's another specialist recipe site | 0:21:30 | 0:21:32 | |
that should appeal to healthy eaters. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:35 | |
Skinnytaste is all about maximum flavour, minimum naughtiness. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:39 | |
With Weight Watchers-friendly recipes | 0:21:39 | 0:21:41 | |
that should make it a pleasure to eat a healthy diet. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:44 | |
Who's watching you online? | 0:21:50 | 0:21:53 | |
It's a question we've all been pondering a little more seriously | 0:21:53 | 0:21:57 | |
since Edward Snowden blew the lid | 0:21:57 | 0:21:59 | |
on various government activities recently. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:02 | |
And now, thanks to a plug-in for Firefox, | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
you can see a little more clearly | 0:22:05 | 0:22:07 | |
what's going on under your browser's hood with Lightbeam. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
Once installed, the app will track | 0:22:12 | 0:22:14 | |
which websites are talking to your browser. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:17 | |
Even the third-party sites serving up things like ad banners | 0:22:17 | 0:22:21 | |
and tracking cookies to follow you around the web. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:25 | |
This is the part of the internet you can't usually see | 0:22:25 | 0:22:29 | |
and it makes for enlightening observation. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:34 | |
You can explore the information | 0:22:34 | 0:22:36 | |
using one of three data-visualisation tools. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:39 | |
Data is collected continuously as you surf around the web, | 0:22:39 | 0:22:43 | |
building up a picture of how your activity | 0:22:43 | 0:22:46 | |
is being tracked and traced. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:48 | |
# I always feel like somebody's watching me | 0:22:48 | 0:22:51 | |
# Tell me, is it just a dream? # | 0:22:51 | 0:22:53 | |
If you played a lot of board games over the holidays, | 0:22:54 | 0:22:57 | |
you'll probably recognise this bad boy, Connect Four. | 0:22:57 | 0:23:01 | |
Our video of the week this week comes from Numberphile | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
and reveals how you can guarantee a win. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
So simple, it feels almost like cheating. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:10 | |
And it is a mathematical certainty that you will win | 0:23:10 | 0:23:15 | |
if you play perfectly by dropping your opening disc, | 0:23:15 | 0:23:19 | |
or stone, as these are sometimes called, | 0:23:19 | 0:23:22 | |
into the middle column, like so. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:26 | |
Thank you, Kate. Kate Russell's Webscape. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:30 | |
And that rounds off Click in Las Vegas Part One. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:33 | |
After all, there's far too much at CES to cover in just one programme, | 0:23:33 | 0:23:36 | |
so we have been forced to stick around | 0:23:36 | 0:23:39 | |
to bring you more from the show next week. What's a geek to do? | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
Feel free to get in touch about anything you've seen. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
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And you can check out the latest technology news at our website, | 0:23:50 | 0:23:54 | |
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Thanks for watching and we'll see you back in Vegas next week. | 0:23:56 | 0:24:00 |