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# Hey mambo, mambo italiano... # | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
Welcome to Click. I'm Spencer Kelly. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:21 | |
Apologies for the dancing. | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
I promise all will be explained later. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:25 | |
You see, this week, we're in Israel. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:27 | |
It is a really hi-tech place. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
Although admittedly, it's not really the home of the mambo. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:33 | |
This week, we'll get hands-on with some kit and we'll meet the people | 0:00:33 | 0:00:37 | |
who make Israel's technology among the best in the world. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:40 | |
From medicine to security, | 0:00:40 | 0:00:42 | |
from education to transportation. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
And, yes, there will be a flying robot ambulance. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:49 | |
And we also have the very best of the web, in Webscape. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:54 | |
Israel's come a long way since the oranges. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
Its main export used to be shipped around the world | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
from the port of the ancient city of Jaffa. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:08 | |
But since then, it's seen many innovations, including - | 0:01:08 | 0:01:12 | |
would you believe? - the very first USB memory stick. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
Jerusalem-based Mobileye makes the technology inside | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
some of the self-driving cars that we've already seen on Click. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
Right now, take my hands off the wheel. OK. Right now. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
Right...now. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
'Well, I had to give it a go myself, didn't I? | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
'Mobileye is now working on a system which will use | 0:01:36 | 0:01:39 | |
'just one camera and will be able to identify and respond | 0:01:39 | 0:01:42 | |
'to road signs and traffic lights, | 0:01:42 | 0:01:44 | |
'as well as other traffic and pedestrians. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:48 | |
'This is the first time that we've seen an autonomous car | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
'which can handle itself at a junction.' | 0:01:51 | 0:01:55 | |
Israel is packed with start-ups and incubators. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:58 | |
In fact, it calls itself the start-up nation. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:01 | |
It has a higher concentration of research and development centres | 0:02:01 | 0:02:07 | |
and start-ups per capita than any other place on Earth. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
It has more start-ups on the NASDAQ stock exchange | 0:02:10 | 0:02:14 | |
than Europe and India combined. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
One of the reasons it is so hi-tech is the fact that all Israelis | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
have to do military service, | 0:02:24 | 0:02:25 | |
and plenty of innovation comes from the military. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:28 | |
Once the sole possession of special forces, | 0:02:28 | 0:02:31 | |
nowadays, it's all within our reach. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:33 | |
One company that takes military tech | 0:02:33 | 0:02:35 | |
and translates it into commercial applications is Opgal. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:39 | |
It's just launched Therm-App. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:42 | |
This is a thermal-imaging device and it's the first one in the world | 0:02:42 | 0:02:47 | |
that turns an android smartphone into a thermal-imaging camera. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:51 | |
Hi, there. It's useful for anyone who wants to see in the dark | 0:02:51 | 0:02:55 | |
or, more interestingly, anyone who needs to know about | 0:02:55 | 0:02:57 | |
the temperature of their surroundings. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
Look at my handprint on the wall. Guilty as charged. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:05 | |
So, for example, a faulty electrical circuit | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
would appear too warm, | 0:03:08 | 0:03:10 | |
a leak in your ceiling would appear an unusual temperature, | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
and you could even use this to diagnose inflammation | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
or even tumours, because they appear warmer than normal. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:19 | |
Now onto something else with military connections. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
A few years ago, we came to Israel to see a flying car. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
Yes, a flying car. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:27 | |
Jen Copestake has been to see the latest innovation | 0:03:27 | 0:03:30 | |
from Tactical Robotics. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:32 | |
Moving casualties from remote battlefields | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
is an extremely dangerous job for a helicopter pilot. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:42 | |
The landing takes skill and the mission can come under enemy fire. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:47 | |
Tactical Robotics hopes to make the job easier with this, the AirMule, | 0:03:47 | 0:03:51 | |
a prototype ambulance drone. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:53 | |
On our visit, these drones are firmly on the ground, | 0:03:53 | 0:03:57 | |
but the AirMule has flown over 350 test flights. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:01 | |
Over the last 12 years of development, millions of dollars | 0:04:05 | 0:04:09 | |
have been invested into getting the AirMule off the ground. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
The project is being partially funded by Israel's Ministry of Defence. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:17 | |
What makes this one-tonne vehicle unique is its internal rotors, | 0:04:17 | 0:04:21 | |
two rotors taking the place of a helicopter's large external one. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:25 | |
It's controlled by 200 directional air flaps. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
Its top air speed is around 120 knots, which is about 140mph, | 0:04:30 | 0:04:35 | |
and it can reach an altitude of 12,000ft. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:40 | |
The first mission of the AirMule is to pick up injured personnel | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
from the battlefield. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
One cargo bay can fit somebody who's 2m 10 and weighs up to 250kg. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:50 | |
But it still looks a bit of a tight squeeze. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
Using both bays, the AirMule can also be used for cargo transportation. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:59 | |
500 kilos can be carried to bring supplies to remote combat zones. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:04 | |
The Department of Homeland Security in America is looking at the AirMule | 0:05:04 | 0:05:07 | |
as a way to help secure an urban metropolitan area after a dirty bomb. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:12 | |
It could negotiate narrow or blocked streets | 0:05:12 | 0:05:14 | |
and carry a decontaminating material. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
Imagine this aircraft with two robotic arms, | 0:05:17 | 0:05:20 | |
piloted by a remote pilot through cameras | 0:05:20 | 0:05:24 | |
and actually getting into the door of a Fukushima | 0:05:24 | 0:05:28 | |
or a Chernobyl kind of scenario, where nobody would like to go in. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:35 | |
And not just taking pictures of what's happening, | 0:05:35 | 0:05:37 | |
but actually bringing hundreds of litres of water, | 0:05:37 | 0:05:41 | |
or fixing a leak, or doing some work for hours. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:46 | |
A second prototype is being built and will be flown later this year. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:51 | |
If necessary funding is secured, | 0:05:51 | 0:05:53 | |
the AirMule could be in the skies in five years. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:55 | |
Jen Copestake. And how cool was that flying ambulance? My word! | 0:05:57 | 0:06:02 | |
Now to something much smaller, but just as important. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:06 | |
The major cause of cancer death amongst women | 0:06:06 | 0:06:10 | |
in low-income countries is cervical cancer. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
The thing is, if it's caught early enough, it is easy to detect | 0:06:13 | 0:06:17 | |
and it costs very little to treat. But, of course, the medical kit | 0:06:17 | 0:06:20 | |
and the expertise is not that easy to come by. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:24 | |
Well, perhaps until now. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:27 | |
Meet MobileOCT. The OCT stands for | 0:06:27 | 0:06:31 | |
Optical Coherence Tomography, | 0:06:31 | 0:06:33 | |
and this is a 400 hand-held device being developed here in Tel Aviv. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:38 | |
It analyses potential tumours. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:40 | |
The important thing to notice is the part which takes the pictures | 0:06:40 | 0:06:43 | |
of the skin is just a normal smartphone. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
Add a big lens, a handle and a couple of lights | 0:06:46 | 0:06:49 | |
and you've got something that images suspect areas, | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
plus the blood supply to that area, | 0:06:52 | 0:06:54 | |
something that's detected by adding the green light. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
Cervical cancer is the number one cause of cancer death for women | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
of low resource settings, but it's the easiest cancer to treat | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
if you catch it in the first five years. Community health workers | 0:07:02 | 0:07:05 | |
can pick it up and start imaging right away. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
Because the device is built on a phone, you send the images | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
up and down to the cloud, which enables them to receive | 0:07:11 | 0:07:13 | |
peer mentorship from their peers, as well as expert mentorship | 0:07:13 | 0:07:17 | |
from gynaecologists and oncologists worldwide. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:19 | |
So that no matter where you are, no matter what your training, | 0:07:19 | 0:07:22 | |
you can screen for cancer. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:23 | |
Now, the case is 3-D printed. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
That means you don't have to ship them in. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
You just print one wherever you need it. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
Our mission is to enable anyone who has access to a mobile phone | 0:07:31 | 0:07:33 | |
the ability to save their lives and the lives of the people they love. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:36 | |
The best way to do that is to make the hardware open source. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:39 | |
So, until now, we've printed everything using 3D printers | 0:07:39 | 0:07:43 | |
and what we want to do is to enable any person | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
anywhere in the world to be able to create their own devices | 0:07:46 | 0:07:48 | |
and, in doing so, screen those people they'd like to save the lives of. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:52 | |
OK. We'll return to Israel in a couple of minutes. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:55 | |
First, a look at the big stories | 0:07:55 | 0:07:56 | |
that have been hitting the tech wires this week. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:58 | |
Google's joining the auto-auto market, showing off a prototype | 0:08:00 | 0:08:04 | |
without a steering wheel, gear stick or pedals. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
Controlled via the smartphone | 0:08:07 | 0:08:09 | |
and a single stop-go button, | 0:08:09 | 0:08:10 | |
the electric car uses | 0:08:10 | 0:08:12 | |
a combination of cameras, | 0:08:12 | 0:08:13 | |
laser and radar sensors to navigate | 0:08:13 | 0:08:16 | |
and it will initially be limited to a top speed of 25mph | 0:08:16 | 0:08:19 | |
to help ensure safety. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:21 | |
The first batch of 200 | 0:08:21 | 0:08:23 | |
should hit the Tarmac within the year. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
A prolific hacker who faced | 0:08:27 | 0:08:29 | |
more than 26 years in prison | 0:08:29 | 0:08:31 | |
has been handed a year's supervision sentence after swapping sides | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
and helping the FBI catch some of those he once teamed up with. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:38 | |
Hector Xavier Monsegur, | 0:08:38 | 0:08:40 | |
known by his online pseudonym "Sabu", | 0:08:40 | 0:08:43 | |
was one of the core members | 0:08:43 | 0:08:44 | |
of hacking group LulzSec. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:46 | |
The group launched a spate of high-profile online attacks in 2011. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:50 | |
Korean tech giant LG | 0:08:52 | 0:08:53 | |
has entered the smartwatch fray. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:55 | |
Its G Watch runs a version of Google's android operating system, | 0:08:55 | 0:08:59 | |
with some of the functionality of a smartphone. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
Its touch-screen will be able to deliver things like weather forecast, | 0:09:01 | 0:09:05 | |
text or e-mail alerts. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:06 | |
LG's also announced its flagship G3 smartphone, | 0:09:06 | 0:09:10 | |
boasting some of the best specs on the market, | 0:09:10 | 0:09:12 | |
including a quad-core processor, | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
3GB of RAM and a 5.5-inch high-res screen. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:17 | |
Valve's own version of the Steam Machine has been delayed | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
until 2015. The living room PC in a box concept | 0:09:21 | 0:09:24 | |
will eventually see Valve partnering with a host of PC manufacturers | 0:09:24 | 0:09:28 | |
to roll out gaming-focused computers. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:31 | |
The unusual touch-sensitive controller is causing the problems, | 0:09:31 | 0:09:34 | |
although it's not clear whether other outfits will also be delayed | 0:09:34 | 0:09:39 | |
with their versions of the long-awaited Steam Machine platform. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:41 | |
Did you know that you can be identified | 0:09:46 | 0:09:49 | |
simply from the way you walk? | 0:09:49 | 0:09:52 | |
It's one aspect of something called biometrics, | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
which are the things about you which are unique to you. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:59 | |
Fingerprints, iris patterns and so on. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
And it turns out that Israel is making great strides in biometrics, | 0:10:02 | 0:10:06 | |
if you pardon the pun. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:08 | |
David Reid has been finding out why here, YOU could be the key. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:13 | |
Around five years ago, something big happened. | 0:10:16 | 0:10:18 | |
For the first time in history, the number of us living in cities | 0:10:18 | 0:10:22 | |
exceeded those who don't. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:24 | |
3.5 billion of us are squeezing through the same doors. | 0:10:25 | 0:10:29 | |
Our security systems have to cope with letting people in, | 0:10:29 | 0:10:33 | |
keeping intruders out, while avoiding bottlenecks. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:36 | |
One way is biometrics. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:41 | |
Shalom. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:42 | |
FS21, in Tel Aviv, has developed this digital doorman. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:46 | |
It matches up faces with body sizes, | 0:10:46 | 0:10:49 | |
greeting those it recognises with a polite "shalom", | 0:10:49 | 0:10:52 | |
but locking out those it doesn't know. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:56 | |
Actually, the identification of the system is on the visual side, | 0:10:56 | 0:11:01 | |
not taking only the faces, but taking the whole body. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:05 | |
As the body is part of the human, we're actually looking at the body | 0:11:05 | 0:11:09 | |
and looking at the body size. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:11 | |
"Is it the same body size that the same face had yesterday?" | 0:11:11 | 0:11:13 | |
And that's what the system does, trying to imitate | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
the way the human guard would identify people. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:19 | |
This is great if you have the cooperation and biometrics | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
of those you want to ID. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:27 | |
Gathering them among the wider public can be difficult. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:32 | |
The problem with biometrics is that | 0:11:32 | 0:11:33 | |
it can feel really intrusive. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:35 | |
Giving over your fingerprints and having your iris scanned, | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
you can end up feeling like a criminal | 0:11:38 | 0:11:40 | |
and no-one wants to feel like that. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:42 | |
It's why a number of companies here in Tel Aviv are developing systems | 0:11:42 | 0:11:46 | |
based on something as unique as your biometrics - | 0:11:46 | 0:11:50 | |
the way we behave. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:52 | |
You are unique. The way you walk, | 0:11:54 | 0:11:56 | |
the way you talk, the way you do this. | 0:11:56 | 0:11:58 | |
And for that matter, the way you dance. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:03 | |
To go from dance games to security systems | 0:12:03 | 0:12:07 | |
might not be as daft as it seems. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:10 | |
Extreme Reality's dance game tracks if your moves match the dance. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:17 | |
Programme into the system the unique way someone, a suspect, say, | 0:12:17 | 0:12:21 | |
walks, you can find a match. | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
Taking the real-world scenario, | 0:12:24 | 0:12:26 | |
like you want to find a suspect | 0:12:26 | 0:12:27 | |
after some event has happened - there was a terrorist event, | 0:12:27 | 0:12:30 | |
you know where the suspect is - | 0:12:30 | 0:12:31 | |
we will be able to run multiple videos simultaneously | 0:12:31 | 0:12:34 | |
and provide you with a number of suspects that are similar | 0:12:34 | 0:12:38 | |
to this terrorist that you have found in one of the videos. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:42 | |
The way we behave in the online world is also unique. | 0:12:44 | 0:12:48 | |
BioCatch picks up on the idiosyncratic way | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
each of us interacts with a computer or tablet | 0:12:51 | 0:12:54 | |
to identify us for banking transactions. | 0:12:54 | 0:12:58 | |
You drag the green piece until it hits the red. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:01 | |
'I gave it a go. Unknown to me, the tablet's cursor | 0:13:01 | 0:13:04 | |
'is dragging ever so slightly. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:06 | |
'The way I compensate for that creates a unique pattern.' | 0:13:06 | 0:13:11 | |
..A little bit to the left and you compensated | 0:13:11 | 0:13:13 | |
by going a little bit to the right. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:15 | |
That's my pattern. | 0:13:15 | 0:13:16 | |
That's very obviously someone else's. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
Again, I curl in slowly. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:21 | |
Another person jags back sharply. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
The idea is for this to replace the array of security measures | 0:13:24 | 0:13:27 | |
that have simply become annoying. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:31 | |
We talk about secret questions. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:32 | |
There are text messages with one-time codes that are being sent. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:36 | |
There are all sorts of physical tokens that you have to carry. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:39 | |
And the point is that all of this is circumvented today by fraudsters. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:44 | |
They know how to breach these sorts of defences | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
while the real user is just bothered by additional security all the time. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:51 | |
So, that's essentially what BioCatch is trying to solve. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:55 | |
How do you actually increase the security by authenticating | 0:13:55 | 0:13:58 | |
the user's behaviour, responses, cognitive choices, | 0:13:58 | 0:14:02 | |
their subconscious interaction with the application | 0:14:02 | 0:14:05 | |
and, at the same time, reduce that unnecessary friction? | 0:14:05 | 0:14:09 | |
So, this could be the birth of truly smart security technology | 0:14:11 | 0:14:16 | |
that no longer requires us to learn pesky passwords to ID ourselves, | 0:14:16 | 0:14:21 | |
but instead learns about us. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:24 | |
'Innovation starts at an early age in Israel. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:35 | |
'The students here at the IDC Herzliya Media Innovation Lab | 0:14:35 | 0:14:38 | |
'are developing ideas to help people with disabilities.' | 0:14:38 | 0:14:42 | |
-Left foot... -First. Then when you feel stable... | 0:14:42 | 0:14:44 | |
'They've created a game for small children with balance problems, | 0:14:44 | 0:14:47 | |
'using a smartphone's accelerometer | 0:14:47 | 0:14:49 | |
'and a wobbly standy thing.' | 0:14:49 | 0:14:52 | |
Excellent... Ah. I've crashed it. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:55 | |
Five. | 0:14:55 | 0:14:57 | |
'And for older people, how about a dance? | 0:14:57 | 0:15:00 | |
'This Xbox Kinect game keeps you fit and mobile | 0:15:00 | 0:15:02 | |
'by helping you to practise your moves.' | 0:15:02 | 0:15:06 | |
# Hey mambo, mambo italiano... # | 0:15:06 | 0:15:08 | |
'There's much more going on here and one of the professors showed | 0:15:08 | 0:15:11 | |
'Jen Copestake his latest robot. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:14 | |
'And it was quite an emotional experience.' | 0:15:14 | 0:15:17 | |
# ..Mambo italiano... # | 0:15:17 | 0:15:18 | |
It may look like just a cheap desk lamp, | 0:15:20 | 0:15:22 | |
but by picking up on your emotions, | 0:15:22 | 0:15:25 | |
this robot could help you become a better communicator. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:28 | |
The robots were supposed to encourage people's empathy | 0:15:28 | 0:15:31 | |
for each other, and through your empathy to the robot, | 0:15:31 | 0:15:35 | |
it's supposed to make your behaviour to other people better. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:38 | |
And the robot would be very sensitive | 0:15:38 | 0:15:41 | |
and expressing the sensitivity of the relationship, | 0:15:41 | 0:15:45 | |
and if people start talking to it | 0:15:45 | 0:15:47 | |
in an aggressive way, it'll get scared. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:50 | |
The robot is in a calm situation and it's listening to the conversation. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:58 | |
The robot has three emotional states - curious, calm and scared - | 0:15:58 | 0:16:03 | |
and will react depending on the volume | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
and tone of conversation... | 0:16:06 | 0:16:07 | |
He will get curious, | 0:16:07 | 0:16:09 | |
move forward and try to listen more. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:11 | |
So, we're going to try it out now. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:13 | |
Hey! | 0:16:13 | 0:16:15 | |
'..but quickly gets scared | 0:16:16 | 0:16:18 | |
'and shakes when we're angry.' | 0:16:18 | 0:16:20 | |
That was pretty scary, I have to say. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:23 | |
You already feel bad for scaring it. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:26 | |
Your whole body language is like, "Oh, no, I'm sorry." | 0:16:26 | 0:16:28 | |
I think different people have different emotional needs | 0:16:31 | 0:16:34 | |
and different robots could help those people | 0:16:34 | 0:16:38 | |
cope with situations that might be hard for them. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
This is just one direction. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:44 | |
CLANGING | 0:16:44 | 0:16:45 | |
This is an industrial complex in Tel Aviv and the ground floor | 0:16:45 | 0:16:49 | |
is still occupied, as you can hear, | 0:16:49 | 0:16:51 | |
by traditional industry. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:53 | |
The third floor has been taken over by something a lot more hi-tech. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:57 | |
In fact, the companies here need units which offer them space | 0:16:57 | 0:17:01 | |
to do their thinking and development, but also, to do stuff | 0:17:01 | 0:17:04 | |
that's a lot more sciencey. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:06 | |
You never know what you might find | 0:17:06 | 0:17:08 | |
if you peer through the windows. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:10 | |
Gauzy makes the next generation of smart glass. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:15 | |
Unlike the stuff that just flicks between opaque and transparent | 0:17:15 | 0:17:19 | |
when you pass an electric current through, this glass can fade | 0:17:19 | 0:17:22 | |
between the two. You can also have | 0:17:22 | 0:17:24 | |
several independent panels in one pane of glass. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:29 | |
In theory, that should allow for more graceful-looking installations, | 0:17:29 | 0:17:33 | |
whether it's a fridge you don't have to open | 0:17:33 | 0:17:35 | |
to check the contents or groovy privacy screens for public places, | 0:17:35 | 0:17:39 | |
or this enormous display already installed | 0:17:39 | 0:17:41 | |
at the visitor centre in Shiloh. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:45 | |
What's also unusual is, the flexible panel in-between the two panes | 0:17:45 | 0:17:49 | |
can be one of several different shades of white or grey. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:52 | |
In fact, next door, | 0:17:52 | 0:17:54 | |
they're working on introducing a whole range of colours. | 0:17:54 | 0:17:57 | |
And in the future, they might just be able to split the panel | 0:17:57 | 0:18:00 | |
into individual pixels, | 0:18:00 | 0:18:02 | |
allowing text or even graphics to be displayed. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:05 | |
Next up, someone else who's a massive fan of Windows... | 0:18:07 | 0:18:11 | |
and Mac OS X and Linux. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:13 | |
It's Kate Russell, with Webscape. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:15 | |
Yes, Spencer. It's true. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:19 | |
I've spent much of my youth gazing through windows, | 0:18:19 | 0:18:22 | |
mainly playing computer games | 0:18:22 | 0:18:24 | |
like Elite and Wolfenstein 3D. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:26 | |
Those classics didn't need | 0:18:26 | 0:18:28 | |
impressive graphics | 0:18:28 | 0:18:29 | |
and visual acrobatics | 0:18:29 | 0:18:30 | |
to grab our attention. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:32 | |
It was all about gameplay, | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
and platform puzzler Nihilumbra | 0:18:34 | 0:18:36 | |
has that in bucket-loads. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:38 | |
You play a character born of the void | 0:18:46 | 0:18:49 | |
and spend the whole game | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
battling through a hostile landscape | 0:18:51 | 0:18:54 | |
with the empty nothingness of nonexistence snapping at your heels. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:59 | |
The artwork is simplistically stunning | 0:18:59 | 0:19:02 | |
and the puzzles growing in difficulty | 0:19:02 | 0:19:05 | |
as you pick up additional skills to play with. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:08 | |
The darkly chilling script | 0:19:09 | 0:19:11 | |
nags at you throughout | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
to feel hopeless and lost. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:15 | |
The demo can be played free online through your browser, | 0:19:15 | 0:19:18 | |
with the full game available on lots of platforms, | 0:19:18 | 0:19:21 | |
in a number of different languages. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:22 | |
The ongoing craze for self-destructing selfies | 0:19:31 | 0:19:35 | |
has gained another ally with Blink app released for android. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:39 | |
The free messaging app was already popular on iPhone | 0:19:40 | 0:19:42 | |
and lets users send text, photos, videos, sketches, | 0:19:42 | 0:19:46 | |
and even voice messages to friends | 0:19:46 | 0:19:49 | |
that disappear once they've been viewed. | 0:19:49 | 0:19:51 | |
This genre is such a buzz right now, | 0:19:51 | 0:19:53 | |
it's just been announced that | 0:19:53 | 0:19:56 | |
Yahoo has snapped up Blink. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:58 | |
So, who knows what the future holds for this app. | 0:19:58 | 0:20:01 | |
# I really need one But first, let me take a selfie... # | 0:20:01 | 0:20:05 | |
It seems like everyone is doing selfies these days. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:08 | |
The word has even been enshrined in the English language, | 0:20:08 | 0:20:12 | |
appearing in the Oxford Dictionary. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:15 | |
Another addictive habit is caffeine. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:18 | |
Note the seamless segue there. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:20 | |
If you're more of a coffee drinker than a self-obsessed snapper, | 0:20:20 | 0:20:24 | |
this next app could be for you. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:26 | |
UP Coffee lets you add and track your caffeine intake | 0:20:28 | 0:20:31 | |
throughout the day, keeping you informed | 0:20:31 | 0:20:34 | |
about how it might impact your sleep. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:38 | |
# I drink 40 cups of coffee... # | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
If you have the UP band, you can link the apps together | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
to get additional data and correlations | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
about sleep patterns over time. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:49 | |
Music lovers who like to impress | 0:20:58 | 0:21:00 | |
at the pub quiz should bookmark | 0:21:00 | 0:21:02 | |
Google's Music Timeline, which tracks the popularity of musical genres | 0:21:02 | 0:21:07 | |
dating back all the way to 1950. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:10 | |
# I like that old time rock 'n' roll... # | 0:21:10 | 0:21:14 | |
This is 64 years of musical history, | 0:21:14 | 0:21:18 | |
although classical music has been omitted | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
because it's catalogued differently from other genres, | 0:21:21 | 0:21:23 | |
using composition date rather than recording date to determine | 0:21:23 | 0:21:27 | |
where it sits in a timeline. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:29 | |
# ..Still like that old time rock 'n' roll... # | 0:21:29 | 0:21:32 | |
You can explore by genre, | 0:21:32 | 0:21:34 | |
with artists and albums all a click away to view. | 0:21:34 | 0:21:37 | |
And, of course, you can click through to purchase them | 0:21:37 | 0:21:39 | |
from Google's music store too. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:42 | |
# ..Still like that old-time rock 'n' roll... # | 0:21:42 | 0:21:45 | |
Codeacademy has been teaching people to code | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
with free and easy-to-follow online lessons since 2011. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:56 | |
Until now, the only language available was English. | 0:21:56 | 0:22:00 | |
But last week, the academy started rolling out | 0:22:00 | 0:22:03 | |
a global initiative to translate | 0:22:03 | 0:22:05 | |
the lessons into other languages. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:07 | |
Portuguese, French and Spanish translations are already completed, | 0:22:07 | 0:22:11 | |
with more in the works for the months ahead. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:13 | |
Kate Russell's Webscape. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:21 | |
Just before we leave Israel, I have to introduce you | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
to the company which is reinventing the wheel. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:27 | |
Now, if you use a wheelchair, you'll know what a bumpy | 0:22:27 | 0:22:29 | |
and uncomfortable ride coming down steps is. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:31 | |
And if you build a suspension system into the chair, it fights you | 0:22:31 | 0:22:35 | |
as you're rolling along flat surfaces, | 0:22:35 | 0:22:36 | |
which obviously isn't ideal. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:38 | |
Well, this man is using a chair fitted with two SoftWheels, | 0:22:38 | 0:22:42 | |
and this is what he can do. | 0:22:42 | 0:22:44 | |
It's basically an in-wheel suspension system, | 0:22:44 | 0:22:48 | |
but it's only used when it's needed, which means it doesn't fight you | 0:22:48 | 0:22:51 | |
when you roll along the flat. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:53 | |
Actually, this thing could be fitted to, well, | 0:22:53 | 0:22:56 | |
pretty much anything that has a wheel. | 0:22:56 | 0:22:58 | |
Now, that's it from Israel. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:00 | |
Next week, though, we'll be in the West Bank to check out | 0:23:00 | 0:23:03 | |
the Palestinian tech scene. Can't wait for that. | 0:23:03 | 0:23:06 | |
For more from us, check out our website... | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
Thank you very much for watching and we'll see you next time. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:13 |