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Could the next flappy bird be somewhere in here? | 9:30:05 | 9:30:07 | |
This week on Click we'll visit the West Bank to check | 9:30:22 | 9:30:25 | |
out its burgeoning tech scene, | 9:30:25 | 9:30:26 | |
we'll also shed some light on the tech rarely | 9:30:26 | 9:30:29 | |
seen on TV as we venture below the streets of London in search | 9:30:29 | 9:30:34 | |
of the world's first smart tunnel, and we look forward to that tiny | 9:30:34 | 9:30:39 | |
footballing event called the World Cup in Webscape. | 9:30:39 | 9:30:43 | |
Welcome to Click. I'm Spencer Kelly. | 9:30:48 | 9:30:50 | |
If you were watching the show last week, | 9:30:50 | 9:30:53 | |
you will have seen some amazing tech from our trip to Israel, | 9:30:53 | 9:30:56 | |
from flying ambulances to smartphone cancer detectors. | 9:30:56 | 9:31:00 | |
There's a real buzz around the area in terms of research | 9:31:00 | 9:31:03 | |
and innovation, | 9:31:03 | 9:31:05 | |
but Israel's not the only location we've visited on our recent | 9:31:05 | 9:31:08 | |
travels, which demonstrated a thirst for all things geek. | 9:31:08 | 9:31:12 | |
Ramallah in the Occupied Territories is being called | 9:31:12 | 9:31:15 | |
the Palestinian Silicon Valley. | 9:31:15 | 9:31:17 | |
You can't visit this region without being aware of the conflict | 9:31:21 | 9:31:24 | |
which defines much of the landscape and that includes technology. | 9:31:24 | 9:31:28 | |
As we saw last week, the military heavily influences Israeli tech. | 9:31:30 | 9:31:35 | |
We saw that with the ambulance drone, | 9:31:35 | 9:31:36 | |
part funded by the Israel Defence Force. | 9:31:36 | 9:31:40 | |
And while Israel leads the world with some of its tech, | 9:31:40 | 9:31:44 | |
just a few miles away in the Occupied Territories | 9:31:44 | 9:31:47 | |
of the West Bank, it's a different story. | 9:31:47 | 9:31:49 | |
Here, Israeli occupation means import | 9:31:50 | 9:31:53 | |
restrictions for Palestinians | 9:31:53 | 9:31:55 | |
and hi tech infrastructure is lacking as a result, | 9:31:55 | 9:31:58 | |
but amid the conflict and the problems it causes, | 9:31:58 | 9:32:01 | |
there are shoots of a tech industry that's starting to grow. | 9:32:01 | 9:32:04 | |
Jane Copestake travelled to the West Bank to find out more. | 9:32:08 | 9:32:11 | |
We're driving into Ramallah | 9:32:14 | 9:32:16 | |
to visit some of the tech start-ups | 9:32:16 | 9:32:17 | |
based in the city. | 9:32:17 | 9:32:19 | |
20 kilometres north of Jerusalem, | 9:32:19 | 9:32:20 | |
it's been touted | 9:32:20 | 9:32:22 | |
as a new tech hub for the Arab world. | 9:32:22 | 9:32:24 | |
'Our first stop is a game of table tennis | 9:32:26 | 9:32:28 | |
'with the chief technical officer of Yamsafer. | 9:32:28 | 9:32:31 | |
'It's a hotel booking website for the Middle East and Turkey. | 9:32:31 | 9:32:35 | |
'It's now one of the most successful start-ups in Ramallah, | 9:32:35 | 9:32:38 | |
'but it faced an early setback - many potential customers didn't | 9:32:38 | 9:32:42 | |
'have credit cards, so they couldn't pay for their bookings online. | 9:32:42 | 9:32:45 | |
'Yamsafer developed a trust algorithm | 9:32:45 | 9:32:47 | |
'to rank people using their site.' | 9:32:47 | 9:32:49 | |
We had a really big problem with credit cards here, | 9:32:49 | 9:32:53 | |
so we just figured it out after we faced the problem that OK, | 9:32:53 | 9:32:57 | |
everything is good, we have good product, | 9:32:57 | 9:32:59 | |
we have good inventory, but the customers can't book | 9:32:59 | 9:33:04 | |
because of the payment method, so it was like about... | 9:33:04 | 9:33:09 | |
It took us, like, about one year to figure out this solution. | 9:33:09 | 9:33:14 | |
'It's a small example of some of the challenges | 9:33:14 | 9:33:18 | |
'that come with working here.' | 9:33:18 | 9:33:19 | |
We said, "Yeah, we'll go with it." | 9:33:19 | 9:33:21 | |
'Khaled Abu Alkheir is co-founder of gaming company PinchPoint. | 9:33:21 | 9:33:25 | |
'They're hoping to find success by making the next flappy bird. | 9:33:25 | 9:33:28 | |
'His company spends weekends brainstorming game ideas | 9:33:28 | 9:33:31 | |
'that they can turn around quickly, like Egghead Runaway. | 9:33:31 | 9:33:35 | |
'Their latest major release is Spermania. | 9:33:35 | 9:33:38 | |
'You play a sperm on the way to fertilise an egg. | 9:33:38 | 9:33:41 | |
'They say these unusual ideas are partly inspired by life | 9:33:41 | 9:33:44 | |
'living under occupation.' | 9:33:44 | 9:33:46 | |
With all the challenges and all the things... | 9:33:46 | 9:33:49 | |
Everything we do is actually with... | 9:33:49 | 9:33:51 | |
faced with challenges so we always have to think outside the box | 9:33:51 | 9:33:54 | |
whether it's a service or it's a game and I think this is what | 9:33:54 | 9:33:57 | |
drives us is that we're not afraid to try something else. | 9:33:57 | 9:34:00 | |
Before developing video games, Khaled was focused on a major hurdle | 9:34:00 | 9:34:05 | |
for Palestinian tech developers - lack of access to 3G networks. | 9:34:05 | 9:34:10 | |
This issue was highlighted | 9:34:10 | 9:34:11 | |
on a recent visit by President Obama. | 9:34:11 | 9:34:13 | |
Signs were telling him not to bother bringing his smartphone to Ramallah. | 9:34:13 | 9:34:18 | |
Israel controls mobile band width in the Occupied Territories | 9:34:18 | 9:34:21 | |
and Palestinian network companies | 9:34:21 | 9:34:23 | |
don't yet have access to 3G networks. | 9:34:23 | 9:34:26 | |
Large payment companies like PayPal don't accept payments | 9:34:26 | 9:34:29 | |
to and from accounts in the Occupied Territories, | 9:34:29 | 9:34:32 | |
but Google recently changed the tag line on its search engine | 9:34:32 | 9:34:36 | |
from Palestinian Territories to Palestine. | 9:34:36 | 9:34:39 | |
This was after a UN vote that gave Palestine non-member state status. | 9:34:39 | 9:34:43 | |
When Google actually recognised Palestine and we got the domain, | 9:34:44 | 9:34:48 | |
it was a huge buzz, | 9:34:48 | 9:34:50 | |
because everyone uses Google. | 9:34:50 | 9:34:51 | |
If Google recognises Palestine as a UN state, then that's it, | 9:34:51 | 9:34:55 | |
you see Palestine on Google and you see it on the maps also. | 9:34:55 | 9:34:58 | |
But Google maps weren't much help on our way to Yata, | 9:35:00 | 9:35:03 | |
80 kilometres south of Ramallah, especially without a 3G signal. | 9:35:03 | 9:35:08 | |
HE ASKS FOR DIRECTIONS | 9:35:09 | 9:35:10 | |
We spend an hour driving around looking for signs to our location. | 9:35:16 | 9:35:19 | |
'It seems an unlikely place to meet Khalil Shreateh, | 9:35:21 | 9:35:23 | |
'but the hacker from Hebron was born and brought up here | 9:35:23 | 9:35:26 | |
'and it's where he lives with his family. | 9:35:26 | 9:35:29 | |
'Khalil became famous around the world when he hacked | 9:35:29 | 9:35:32 | |
'into Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page last year. | 9:35:32 | 9:35:35 | |
'He had hoped to be rewarded by the company's bug bounty program, | 9:35:35 | 9:35:38 | |
'which pays money to people | 9:35:38 | 9:35:40 | |
'who report issues with the site's security.' | 9:35:40 | 9:35:42 | |
Actually I hacked the Facebook twice and not for one time, | 9:35:42 | 9:35:47 | |
er, the one that everyone knows and the last one, | 9:35:47 | 9:35:51 | |
Facebook paid me 5K dollars, 5,000. | 9:35:51 | 9:35:54 | |
-So they did pay you? -The second time, yes. | 9:35:54 | 9:35:57 | |
'Khalil taught himself how to code online | 9:35:57 | 9:36:00 | |
'and saved up for two years to buy his first computer. | 9:36:00 | 9:36:03 | |
'After the Facebook hack, he received many lucrative job offers, | 9:36:03 | 9:36:06 | |
'including from Israel, but he chose to stay in the West Bank.' | 9:36:06 | 9:36:09 | |
I could make more... | 9:36:09 | 9:36:10 | |
a lot of money if I went to travel outside Palestine, but to | 9:36:10 | 9:36:14 | |
work inside Palestine, first it's something loyal and I like my work. | 9:36:14 | 9:36:20 | |
It's a better place here for me than travelling outside. | 9:36:20 | 9:36:22 | |
'There's a lot of talent here in the West Bank, but the limitations | 9:36:22 | 9:36:26 | |
'faced mean much of the development remains small-scale.' | 9:36:26 | 9:36:30 | |
There's a lot of companies here who work with software, | 9:36:30 | 9:36:34 | |
small companies and big companies, | 9:36:34 | 9:36:36 | |
but if you want to make a big product to face the global markets, | 9:36:36 | 9:36:41 | |
you can't fund it, or it's hard to fund it, | 9:36:41 | 9:36:44 | |
because you need money to start it | 9:36:44 | 9:36:46 | |
and here the Palestinian market doesn't have that much money | 9:36:46 | 9:36:50 | |
to start a company and start facing the global market. | 9:36:50 | 9:36:56 | |
'Back in Ramallah, we meet Husni Abu Samrah at the Movenpick Hotel, | 9:36:58 | 9:37:02 | |
'often a meeting place for tech start-ups and entrepreneurs.' | 9:37:02 | 9:37:05 | |
So it gives you the BMI is 20.31... | 9:37:05 | 9:37:08 | |
'His company, MobiStine, creates health related apps for IOS | 9:37:08 | 9:37:12 | |
'for the Arabic-speaking market, which he says is underserved. | 9:37:12 | 9:37:16 | |
'This one tracks your pregnancy, everything from pictures | 9:37:16 | 9:37:19 | |
'of your bump to allergies and medical information. | 9:37:19 | 9:37:22 | |
'It even lets you log how you're feeling. | 9:37:22 | 9:37:24 | |
'The app is designed to link up with your doctor to the cloud, | 9:37:24 | 9:37:27 | |
'so they know your symptoms before you arrive for an appointment. | 9:37:27 | 9:37:30 | |
'It's received backing from various funders to be | 9:37:30 | 9:37:32 | |
'developed in Arabic and English, | 9:37:32 | 9:37:34 | |
'but finding people to work on the technical side | 9:37:34 | 9:37:37 | |
'has been a challenge.' | 9:37:37 | 9:37:38 | |
It's not easy to get technical people | 9:37:38 | 9:37:41 | |
when we started the development for smartphones. | 9:37:41 | 9:37:45 | |
They were almost very few, | 9:37:45 | 9:37:48 | |
very few people, technical people who can develop apps, so we had to hire | 9:37:48 | 9:37:53 | |
and train them for a few months then | 9:37:53 | 9:37:55 | |
to be able to produce or develop apps. | 9:37:55 | 9:37:58 | |
'However, Husni's work has already inspired his teenage son to | 9:37:58 | 9:38:02 | |
'learn how to program apps for IOS. | 9:38:02 | 9:38:04 | |
'Like Khalil in Yata, Diaa taught himself how to program online | 9:38:04 | 9:38:08 | |
'using Google. | 9:38:08 | 9:38:09 | |
'We came for tea at his home in Ramallah and he showed us | 9:38:09 | 9:38:13 | |
'some of the apps he's been working on.' | 9:38:13 | 9:38:15 | |
-This is my first app. -Let's see. | 9:38:15 | 9:38:17 | |
-This is the first one, yeah. -So this is all herbal remedies? -Yes. | 9:38:17 | 9:38:21 | |
-And do you sell these apps or do you... Are they free? -No, sell. | 9:38:21 | 9:38:25 | |
I told him the money you will get from selling your apps, | 9:38:25 | 9:38:28 | |
I'll give them to you. | 9:38:28 | 9:38:29 | |
'Making money through technology is a focus for young developments | 9:38:29 | 9:38:33 | |
'especially in Ramallah. | 9:38:33 | 9:38:34 | |
'Another company, Fadfid, which means venting in Arabic. | 9:38:35 | 9:38:39 | |
They can find a list of therapists here and book a session. | 9:38:39 | 9:38:43 | |
'It's a platform which discreetly connects people | 9:38:43 | 9:38:46 | |
'across the Arab world with therapists | 9:38:46 | 9:38:48 | |
'for confidential online counselling. | 9:38:48 | 9:38:50 | |
'Today, it still feels a long way from Silicon Valley, | 9:38:50 | 9:38:53 | |
'but for those working in this nascent tech scene, the hope | 9:38:53 | 9:38:56 | |
'is Palestinian technology will one day be a global focus.' | 9:38:56 | 9:38:59 | |
We need a success story here in Palestine. | 9:38:59 | 9:39:03 | |
This will excite everyone | 9:39:03 | 9:39:05 | |
and be the reason why many people start working on their own | 9:39:05 | 9:39:09 | |
start-ups, so I think what is missing now in Ramallah is a success story. | 9:39:09 | 9:39:16 | |
Jen Copestake with a fascinating look at life | 9:39:16 | 9:39:19 | |
and tech in the West Bank and if you have any thoughts on that | 9:39:19 | 9:39:22 | |
story or indeed anything else | 9:39:22 | 9:39:24 | |
that we cover, the address as always is... | 9:39:24 | 9:39:26 | |
Next up, a look at this week's tech news. | 9:39:28 | 9:39:30 | |
The UK's National Crime Agency has advised internet users | 9:39:31 | 9:39:35 | |
that they have two weeks to protect | 9:39:35 | 9:39:36 | |
themselves from a major cyber threat called Gameover Zeus. | 9:39:36 | 9:39:40 | |
The piece of malicious software which | 9:39:40 | 9:39:42 | |
phishes around your computer for financial or other sensitive | 9:39:42 | 9:39:45 | |
information has been taken control of by the FBI in America, | 9:39:45 | 9:39:48 | |
but it's estimated that it could be back up and running | 9:39:48 | 9:39:51 | |
in a couple of weeks. | 9:39:51 | 9:39:52 | |
In the meantime, the advice is fairly familiar by now, to | 9:39:52 | 9:39:55 | |
use different, complex passwords | 9:39:55 | 9:39:57 | |
for all the important sites that you use. | 9:39:57 | 9:40:00 | |
Musicians, including singer Billy Bragg | 9:40:00 | 9:40:02 | |
and Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien, have asked the European Union | 9:40:02 | 9:40:06 | |
to intervene in a row with YouTube. | 9:40:06 | 9:40:08 | |
The dispute centres on the rates the video sharing site is said to be | 9:40:08 | 9:40:11 | |
offering small music labels to be included in a new advert-free | 9:40:11 | 9:40:15 | |
music subscription service. | 9:40:15 | 9:40:17 | |
YouTube has refused to comment on what it says are | 9:40:17 | 9:40:19 | |
"ongoing negotiations" with artists. | 9:40:19 | 9:40:22 | |
And London-based Rocksteady Studios' much anticipated third Batman | 9:40:23 | 9:40:28 | |
game Arkham Knight has been delayed. | 9:40:28 | 9:40:30 | |
The Caped Crusader's computerised exploits will now be released | 9:40:30 | 9:40:33 | |
on next gen consoles the PS4 and Xbox 1, along with PC next year. | 9:40:33 | 9:40:37 | |
The Dark Knight detective's development delay is just | 9:40:37 | 9:40:41 | |
the latest in a spate of next gen games which have | 9:40:41 | 9:40:44 | |
seen their release dates postponed due to increased production times. | 9:40:44 | 9:40:48 | |
Now, here on Click we really do like to get to the bottom of every | 9:40:52 | 9:40:56 | |
story, but sometimes to find the most innovative tech | 9:40:56 | 9:40:59 | |
you have to go really, really deep, as Dave Lee discovered | 9:40:59 | 9:41:03 | |
when he descended below these very streets to meet the people | 9:41:03 | 9:41:06 | |
who are getting on top of some very important research. | 9:41:06 | 9:41:09 | |
The Crossrail project being built in London today is the biggest | 9:41:09 | 9:41:14 | |
civil engineering feat in Europe. | 9:41:14 | 9:41:16 | |
It's a completely new train network buried deep under London's streets. | 9:41:17 | 9:41:22 | |
Huge machines weighing 1,000 tonnes each | 9:41:22 | 9:41:24 | |
are digging out 41 kilometres | 9:41:24 | 9:41:26 | |
of tunnel, each one between six and 11 metres in diameter. | 9:41:26 | 9:41:30 | |
Engineering marvel this may be, | 9:41:32 | 9:41:34 | |
but it also brings with it a few problems, because as this map | 9:41:34 | 9:41:37 | |
shows, so much of the ground beneath London has already been tunnelled. | 9:41:37 | 9:41:41 | |
If this vast underground network is disturbed, | 9:41:41 | 9:41:44 | |
it could cause disaster on the surface. | 9:41:44 | 9:41:46 | |
To make sure that doesn't happen, | 9:41:46 | 9:41:48 | |
you need to go down and down and pay very close attention. | 9:41:48 | 9:41:54 | |
More than two thirds of the tunnels in London were | 9:41:54 | 9:41:57 | |
built during Victorian times. | 9:41:57 | 9:41:59 | |
Researchers want to be sure the new construction nearby isn't putting them at risk. | 9:41:59 | 9:42:03 | |
We are 25m below the hustle and bustle of central London | 9:42:04 | 9:42:07 | |
and these tunnels have been here for almost 100 years but less | 9:42:07 | 9:42:10 | |
than 2m below where I am standing a new tunnel is being made | 9:42:10 | 9:42:13 | |
and engineers at the University of Cambridge have filled | 9:42:13 | 9:42:16 | |
these tunnels with sensors to monitor any movements. | 9:42:16 | 9:42:19 | |
This really is the world's first smart tunnel | 9:42:19 | 9:42:22 | |
because we have filled it with so much instrumentation | 9:42:22 | 9:42:24 | |
that we now have the ability to understand | 9:42:24 | 9:42:26 | |
how this tunnel is behaving in a way that was never possible before. | 9:42:26 | 9:42:29 | |
We've got fibre-optic cables that run along the top | 9:42:29 | 9:42:32 | |
and around some of the rings. | 9:42:32 | 9:42:34 | |
Those are used for measuring how the tunnel rings | 9:42:34 | 9:42:37 | |
deform against each other and actually how their shape changes. | 9:42:37 | 9:42:40 | |
We've got some displacement sensors here which, again, | 9:42:40 | 9:42:42 | |
are looking at how the rings move with respect to each other. | 9:42:42 | 9:42:45 | |
And we've got a range of targets here that are being used with | 9:42:45 | 9:42:49 | |
digital camera technology and that enables us | 9:42:49 | 9:42:52 | |
to take a picture right down the length of the tunnel and see how | 9:42:52 | 9:42:54 | |
different bits of the tunnel are moving in respect to each other. | 9:42:54 | 9:42:58 | |
The tunnel is able to create live data about its own health. | 9:42:58 | 9:43:02 | |
Information that can be collected and crunched on-site. | 9:43:02 | 9:43:05 | |
It means the team can keep tabs on the tunnel in real-time. | 9:43:06 | 9:43:09 | |
If anything unexpected happens, they'll know almost instantly. | 9:43:09 | 9:43:13 | |
They've been gathering all this data for over a year now. | 9:43:13 | 9:43:17 | |
It gives them previously unavailable insight into the effect digging tunnels can have. | 9:43:17 | 9:43:22 | |
Until this one was made into a smart tunnel, | 9:43:22 | 9:43:24 | |
experts had to rely on more expensive equipment like this. | 9:43:24 | 9:43:28 | |
Getting data out was painfully slow. | 9:43:28 | 9:43:30 | |
Any small change picked up by the sensors in this tunnel | 9:43:33 | 9:43:36 | |
could signal a potentially major problem above ground. | 9:43:36 | 9:43:40 | |
The effect is not only going to be on the tunnel itself | 9:43:40 | 9:43:43 | |
but that would mean that the soil is moving to move inside. | 9:43:43 | 9:43:46 | |
So the soil is coming from inside which means anything that you have | 9:43:46 | 9:43:49 | |
on the surface could be affected | 9:43:49 | 9:43:51 | |
so it could cause catastrophe, it could cause unpredicted movements | 9:43:51 | 9:43:55 | |
to assets and to structures that are not even close to this tunnel. | 9:43:55 | 9:44:00 | |
Construction teams are working 24 hours a day to make sure | 9:44:00 | 9:44:04 | |
Crossrail is up and running for 2018. | 9:44:04 | 9:44:07 | |
The team from Cambridge will be watching carefully | 9:44:07 | 9:44:10 | |
to make sure everything remains safely on track. | 9:44:10 | 9:44:12 | |
For decades, anyone going to the cinema would be familiar with this... | 9:44:15 | 9:44:20 | |
The sound of film whirring through the projector. | 9:44:20 | 9:44:22 | |
Of course, these days, | 9:44:22 | 9:44:23 | |
for many cinemas that has been replaced by this... | 9:44:23 | 9:44:27 | |
The sound of a happy hard drive. | 9:44:27 | 9:44:30 | |
But what's next in the evolution of the silver screen? | 9:44:30 | 9:44:34 | |
Al Moloney has been taking a look. | 9:44:34 | 9:44:37 | |
'Edison, the late sage of Menlo Park, | 9:44:37 | 9:44:39 | |
'with Henry Ford as he re-enacted filming one of the first movies | 9:44:39 | 9:44:43 | |
'entitled A Man Sneezing Featuring Fred Ott.' | 9:44:43 | 9:44:46 | |
I was the first leading man in the movies. | 9:44:47 | 9:44:52 | |
It created a sensation. | 9:44:52 | 9:44:55 | |
Help me! | 9:44:57 | 9:45:00 | |
Moving pictures have certainly come a long way over the past 100 years, | 9:45:00 | 9:45:04 | |
from giant robots to giant monsters, | 9:45:04 | 9:45:06 | |
the fantastic can now seem commonplace. | 9:45:06 | 9:45:09 | |
Available in our homes and even on our phones, cinemas have had | 9:45:09 | 9:45:13 | |
to find new ways to entice customers to part with their hard-earned cash. | 9:45:13 | 9:45:18 | |
One company hoping to deliver that magic is Canadian firm IMAX. | 9:45:20 | 9:45:25 | |
Known to many for their big screens and auditoriums, they've also | 9:45:25 | 9:45:29 | |
invested heavily in next generation of camera and projection technology. | 9:45:29 | 9:45:34 | |
And this is the company's latest edition, | 9:45:35 | 9:45:38 | |
located in the heart of London cinema district in Leicester Square, | 9:45:38 | 9:45:42 | |
the screen is over five storeys high and almost 90 feet wide. | 9:45:42 | 9:45:47 | |
But any regular cinemagoer will tell you that size isn't essential, | 9:45:47 | 9:45:51 | |
what matters most is the picture and clarity of the image that is | 9:45:51 | 9:45:55 | |
up on screen, which is why the method of projection is so important. | 9:45:55 | 9:46:01 | |
And while cinema may have spent the last few years changing over | 9:46:01 | 9:46:04 | |
to digital systems, | 9:46:04 | 9:46:06 | |
IMAX is betting big on the fact that laser technology is the way forward. | 9:46:06 | 9:46:12 | |
The technology involves replacing the xenon bulbs | 9:46:12 | 9:46:15 | |
traditionally found in digital projectors. | 9:46:15 | 9:46:18 | |
Theoretically, they should use less power, cause less heat, | 9:46:18 | 9:46:22 | |
have to be replaced less | 9:46:22 | 9:46:24 | |
and even cause less noise than current projectors. | 9:46:24 | 9:46:27 | |
It's a good prototype. | 9:46:28 | 9:46:30 | |
It is not reflective of what we would productise. | 9:46:30 | 9:46:33 | |
But what it does do is show proof of concept. | 9:46:33 | 9:46:35 | |
We use it as a test to test how far can we push the limits of the system. | 9:46:35 | 9:46:40 | |
This system involves the lasers generating | 9:46:40 | 9:46:43 | |
and then combining red, green and blue colour channels. | 9:46:43 | 9:46:47 | |
Those colours then get fed through an optical engine | 9:46:47 | 9:46:50 | |
and are projected onto the screen. | 9:46:50 | 9:46:53 | |
The big selling point for consumers is the improved contrast ratio, | 9:46:54 | 9:46:58 | |
that is the difference between the brightest and the darkest colours. | 9:46:58 | 9:47:03 | |
For example, a current digital 4K projector | 9:47:03 | 9:47:07 | |
has a contrast ratio of about 1,600 to 1. | 9:47:07 | 9:47:10 | |
IMAX claim that the laser projector will increase that | 9:47:10 | 9:47:13 | |
to over 8,000 to 1. | 9:47:13 | 9:47:15 | |
What that means is | 9:47:15 | 9:47:17 | |
when you come into the movies the blacks will be really, really black. | 9:47:17 | 9:47:20 | |
If you think about a movie like The Dark Knight Rises | 9:47:20 | 9:47:22 | |
that Chris Nolan directed a year and a half ago | 9:47:22 | 9:47:25 | |
that is really important for him | 9:47:25 | 9:47:27 | |
and the audience to be able to discern between the blacks, | 9:47:27 | 9:47:29 | |
the greys, the silvers, so you're going to get far more clarity on screen. | 9:47:29 | 9:47:34 | |
Laser also allows us | 9:47:34 | 9:47:36 | |
to use far more of the colour gamut that is available | 9:47:36 | 9:47:38 | |
so you are going to see on-screen far more vivid, vibrant colours | 9:47:38 | 9:47:42 | |
than you would ever see with current projection technology. | 9:47:42 | 9:47:46 | |
Currently in prototype stage, | 9:47:46 | 9:47:48 | |
projectors should reach theatres sometime next year | 9:47:48 | 9:47:51 | |
where they will likely be joined by several other brands | 9:47:51 | 9:47:55 | |
all eager to demonstrate that the future for the market is bright. | 9:47:55 | 9:47:59 | |
Of course, you can have the highest quality picture in the world | 9:47:59 | 9:48:02 | |
but if it is not backed up by a story you might be in trouble. | 9:48:02 | 9:48:06 | |
Just ask Adam Sandler. | 9:48:06 | 9:48:08 | |
-Start running fast! -SHE SCREAMS | 9:48:08 | 9:48:12 | |
Al Moloney, a man who, I believe, actually IS allergic to sunlight. | 9:48:12 | 9:48:17 | |
One person who really does never need to venture outside - | 9:48:17 | 9:48:21 | |
in fact she locked herself inside her digital cave about a year ago - | 9:48:21 | 9:48:24 | |
is Kate Russell. Here she is now with Webscape. | 9:48:24 | 9:48:27 | |
I'd probably get out more, Spencer, if I wasn't always hunting | 9:48:29 | 9:48:33 | |
through hundreds of apps on my overloaded handset. | 9:48:33 | 9:48:36 | |
If that sounds like you, Cover Lock Screen can make | 9:48:36 | 9:48:39 | |
an app obsession a lot more manageable by learning which apps | 9:48:39 | 9:48:43 | |
you use in different locations at different times of day, | 9:48:43 | 9:48:46 | |
adding them to your lock screen for easy access. | 9:48:46 | 9:48:49 | |
Giving your phone context depending on where you are is a brilliant idea. | 9:48:56 | 9:49:01 | |
In the morning when you wake up | 9:49:01 | 9:49:03 | |
your news and weather apps could be on screen. | 9:49:03 | 9:49:06 | |
In car mode, which could be triggered using motion detection | 9:49:06 | 9:49:09 | |
or proximity to in-car Bluetooth devices, | 9:49:09 | 9:49:12 | |
you will have quick access to maps and hands-free communication tools. | 9:49:12 | 9:49:16 | |
If you are using KitKat, | 9:49:20 | 9:49:21 | |
this app will even let you control music playback. | 9:49:21 | 9:49:25 | |
And if there are some apps you'd rather keep hidden, | 9:49:25 | 9:49:28 | |
this can all be tweaked in the settings. | 9:49:28 | 9:49:30 | |
Your ringer will even be set to vibrate when at work, | 9:49:30 | 9:49:33 | |
ring when at home | 9:49:33 | 9:49:35 | |
and automatically switch to silent for a peaceful night's rest. | 9:49:35 | 9:49:38 | |
Digital currency Bitcoin has had a turbulent ride this year | 9:49:47 | 9:49:51 | |
but, if it's going to survive, | 9:49:51 | 9:49:53 | |
one thing we really need to know is where we can use it. | 9:49:53 | 9:49:57 | |
That is the goal of open street map project Coinmap, which allows | 9:49:57 | 9:50:00 | |
users and shop owners to add venues where the currency can be traded. | 9:50:00 | 9:50:05 | |
There are a growing number of places you can use Bitcoin, as this map shows. | 9:50:08 | 9:50:13 | |
But the crypto currency has taken some big knocks recently. | 9:50:13 | 9:50:18 | |
China's banks have restricted usage. | 9:50:18 | 9:50:20 | |
In Russia, it is considered illegal, and in March, | 9:50:20 | 9:50:24 | |
the US tax office dealt a massive blow by declaring Bitcoin | 9:50:24 | 9:50:28 | |
to be property rather than currency | 9:50:28 | 9:50:31 | |
which saw it lose 17% of its value pretty much overnight. | 9:50:31 | 9:50:35 | |
If you want to track the price of the digital currency, | 9:50:39 | 9:50:42 | |
Bitcoincharts has a nice open source tracking tool. | 9:50:42 | 9:50:46 | |
NASA has released a new Flickr gallery containing 43 stunning images | 9:50:50 | 9:50:55 | |
which would make an excellent desktop design wherever you are. | 9:50:55 | 9:51:00 | |
# This is Ground Control to Major Tom. # | 9:51:00 | 9:51:05 | |
# Put your flags up in the sky... # | 9:51:06 | 9:51:08 | |
The FIFA World Cup kicks off in Brazil next week | 9:51:08 | 9:51:11 | |
and the BBC's dedicated apps and online content will help you stay | 9:51:11 | 9:51:15 | |
in touch with the touchline action on any device anywhere at any time. | 9:51:15 | 9:51:21 | |
There is live coverage of all the matches, breaking news, | 9:51:21 | 9:51:24 | |
expert analysis and UK viewers can enjoy streaming video | 9:51:24 | 9:51:28 | |
and highlights of every goal. | 9:51:28 | 9:51:30 | |
True football addicts should download the Forza app which lets fans track | 9:51:36 | 9:51:40 | |
live scores and statistics for their favourite teams | 9:51:40 | 9:51:44 | |
from 420 leagues and cups around the world. | 9:51:44 | 9:51:46 | |
Connect to rate players | 9:51:46 | 9:51:48 | |
and share opinions with other footy aficionados | 9:51:48 | 9:51:51 | |
and there are a couple of nice extras being | 9:51:51 | 9:51:53 | |
thrown in for the World Cup, including a live bracket feature, | 9:51:53 | 9:51:57 | |
a real-time updated info graphic showing the potential outcomes | 9:51:57 | 9:52:00 | |
throughout the whole group stages and beyond. | 9:52:00 | 9:52:03 | |
Kate Russell's Webscape and those links, if you missed them, | 9:52:06 | 9:52:09 | |
are all up at our website as usual. | 9:52:09 | 9:52:11 | |
And if you'd like to get in touch with us about anything you've | 9:52:11 | 9:52:15 | |
seen on this week's programme, you are more than welcome. | 9:52:15 | 9:52:17 | |
You will find us on Twitter, Facebook and Google+. | 9:52:17 | 9:52:21 | |
Next week, we have a very special programme from Los Angeles. | 9:52:21 | 9:52:25 | |
It is the highlight of the video gaming year, | 9:52:25 | 9:52:27 | |
the Electronic Entertainment Expo, E3 as it is called, | 9:52:27 | 9:52:31 | |
and I for one can't wait, so I'm going whether you like it or not. | 9:52:31 | 9:52:35 | |
Thanks for watching and I'll see you in LA. | 9:52:35 | 9:52:38 |