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MUSIC OVER SPEECH | 0:01:59 | 0:02:00 | |
WHOOSHING | 0:02:08 | 0:02:10 | |
Welcome to Click. I'm Spencer Kelly. And welcome to Oslo in Norway. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
If you are wondering why we have such a spectacular opening shot | 0:02:29 | 0:02:33 | |
this week, well, firstly it never hurts. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:35 | |
Secondly, it's because this week we | 0:02:35 | 0:02:38 | |
are looking at the latest unmanned aerial vehicles. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:42 | |
These are the drones. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:44 | |
Yep, we're up in the air to find out how to fly | 0:02:47 | 0:02:49 | |
and film from drones big and small. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:53 | |
We'll take you to flight school to hone your piloting skills | 0:02:53 | 0:02:57 | |
and we will get the lowdown on the research that could make these | 0:02:57 | 0:03:01 | |
things make themselves. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
All that, plus the latest tech news | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
and the very best of this week's web in Webscape. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:07 | |
Flying high, dipping low. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
Going fast or holding steady? | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
These are the easy to fly, ultra stable radio-controlled | 0:03:20 | 0:03:24 | |
aircraft many of us have been waiting for. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
Coolest of all, they now come fitted with cameras. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:30 | |
In the last couple of years, drones have hit the skies | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
and are already being put to work in all kinds of fields, | 0:03:35 | 0:03:38 | |
from following the action on the pitch to getting that million | 0:03:38 | 0:03:41 | |
pound mansion shot for your property sale. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 | |
Hobbyists are also taking some pretty amazing shots, | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
and giving birth to two new buzzwords in the process. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:50 | |
Forget "Instagram" and the "selfie", | 0:03:50 | 0:03:53 | |
all rise for the "dronestagram" and "dronie"! | 0:03:53 | 0:03:57 | |
Of course, the word "drone" conjures up darker pictures too. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:03 | |
It's also the name given to the much larger remote-control planes | 0:04:03 | 0:04:07 | |
controversially used in warfare, and inevitably even the smaller | 0:04:07 | 0:04:11 | |
helicopters that we are interested in can and have been weaponised. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:15 | |
Like this one, which is fitted with a Taser. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:20 | |
But there is evidence that drones can save lives too, | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
by acting as eyes in the sky in search and rescue ops. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:27 | |
Some can even fly autonomously, following the owner, | 0:04:27 | 0:04:30 | |
as they do things where you really do need both hands on the job. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:37 | |
Looks good... | 0:04:38 | 0:04:40 | |
And of course, they are a godsend for low-budget film-makers, | 0:04:40 | 0:04:44 | |
who can now get the shots that they have only ever dreamt of. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:48 | |
WHOOSHING | 0:04:48 | 0:04:50 | |
-Are you hurt? -Thanks, Superman! | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
And that is where this chap comes in. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:59 | |
This is the Mini Pro, the first of its kind, | 0:04:59 | 0:05:03 | |
a really compact drone capable of carrying heavy stuff, | 0:05:03 | 0:05:07 | |
like professional film equipment. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:09 | |
And this is the kind of thing it can do... | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
This is the city of Trondheim as only the birds have seen it before. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:18 | |
Norwegian production company Fram Film specialises in filming | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
scenery from interesting angles, | 0:05:21 | 0:05:23 | |
and as camera operator Grim Berge explained, | 0:05:23 | 0:05:26 | |
drones give you many different perspectives from one camera. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:31 | |
You can do interesting aerials | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
that a helicopter can't do. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:35 | |
You can go a lot closer | 0:05:35 | 0:05:37 | |
to a subject. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:38 | |
You can follow someone through the park. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
You can go from a close-up of you, for example, | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
and in one shot go up and see this whole park. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:48 | |
It seems it only needs a couple of people to do what previously | 0:05:48 | 0:05:52 | |
would have taken a lot of people. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:54 | |
Even if it is just going smoothly along the ground. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:57 | |
It's replacing a lot of dolly shots and crane shots that usually | 0:05:57 | 0:06:01 | |
would need ten people to do. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:05 | |
It's also something in itself, a completely new thing, | 0:06:05 | 0:06:08 | |
and when something is new it is very exciting visually. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:13 | |
The Mini Pro has eight blades, | 0:06:13 | 0:06:15 | |
two on each of four ultralight carbon fibre arms. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:18 | |
It's carrying a Canon 5D, | 0:06:18 | 0:06:22 | |
the type of stills camera that also shoots high quality video. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:27 | |
And this isn't the only drone that we have come to see. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:32 | |
As pilot Eric Solberg configured this eight-armed beast, | 0:06:32 | 0:06:37 | |
I got the tech breakdown from Grim. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:40 | |
I like this. It looks as if you are going shark fishing! | 0:06:40 | 0:06:43 | |
Yeah! Exactly! | 0:06:43 | 0:06:45 | |
-That's to take the strain off your hands. -Heavy-duty. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
The drone consists of two parts. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
One part is what I call the flying spaghetti monster... | 0:06:50 | 0:06:55 | |
..all these arms with eight propellers, | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
which is giving uplift and flying the drone. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
The second part is with the camera and the legs, | 0:07:02 | 0:07:04 | |
and all these motors and wires and all that. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:08 | |
We can control the camera itself, | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
so we can tilt and we can shift and we can pan, | 0:07:11 | 0:07:16 | |
and do some interesting camera shots. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:18 | |
This is more than a one-person job? | 0:07:20 | 0:07:22 | |
This is basically two separate things stuck together? | 0:07:22 | 0:07:26 | |
It's possible to fly a drone, one man alone, but if you want to | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
do this professionally and you want good results, you need two people. | 0:07:29 | 0:07:34 | |
There's one camera operator, like me in this case, | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
and one pilot, which is Eric. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
And with so much power and weight to control, | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
you can see why you wouldn't want to try and steer the copter | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
and the camera at the same time. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
Oh, my goodness, it's gone! | 0:07:55 | 0:07:58 | |
In fact, they both recently took the drone to Svalbard | 0:08:02 | 0:08:06 | |
to shoot part of the video | 0:08:06 | 0:08:07 | |
for the UK band Clean Bandit's new song, Come Over. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:11 | |
One of the things that makes this work for professional film-makers | 0:08:11 | 0:08:14 | |
is the way it can shoot rock steady shots | 0:08:14 | 0:08:17 | |
even in an unforgiving environment. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:20 | |
As the aircraft tilts and wobbles, | 0:08:20 | 0:08:22 | |
the ultra-high-definition Black Magic camera is kept completely stable | 0:08:22 | 0:08:27 | |
by the auto balancing gimbal that holds it. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:31 | |
And how quickly can the gimbal react, | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
if you're buffeted by some wind or if you want to accelerate the drone, | 0:08:34 | 0:08:37 | |
can it react quickly enough to keep the camera rock-steady? | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
Yeah, absolutely. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
It's, er... 400 times per second it compensates, | 0:08:42 | 0:08:47 | |
so it's not going to be any delay that anyone's going to notice. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:54 | |
Steadier than our cameraman! | 0:08:54 | 0:08:55 | |
Perhaps! | 0:08:55 | 0:08:56 | |
There's plenty more from the skies and the ground in a couple of minutes, after this week's tech news. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:04 | |
In what's said to be the largest data breach ever known, | 0:09:06 | 0:09:09 | |
a Russian group has hacked 1.2 billion usernames and passwords | 0:09:09 | 0:09:13 | |
belonging to more than 500 million e-mail addresses. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:17 | |
Hold Security, a US firm specialising in discovering breaches, | 0:09:17 | 0:09:21 | |
claimed the stolen information came from over 420,000 websites, | 0:09:21 | 0:09:25 | |
including many that it describes as leaders in virtually all industries | 0:09:25 | 0:09:29 | |
across the world. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:30 | |
The firm didn't give details of the companies affected by the hack. | 0:09:30 | 0:09:35 | |
If you don't know your tablets from your phablets, ask a six-year-old. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:39 | |
According to a study by Ofcom, | 0:09:39 | 0:09:41 | |
six-year-olds have a greater understanding of digital tech | 0:09:41 | 0:09:45 | |
than the average 45-year-old. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:47 | |
The report claims digital knowledge peaks around 15 and drops thereafter. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:52 | |
The study also reports that the average British person | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
spends eight hours and 41 minutes using technology every day, | 0:09:55 | 0:10:00 | |
more time than they spend sleeping. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:02 | |
And Europe's Rosetta Probe has become the first spacecraft in history | 0:10:02 | 0:10:07 | |
to be manoeuvred alongside a comet. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:09 | |
The probe has taken ten years, five months and four days to catch up | 0:10:09 | 0:10:14 | |
with Comet 67P, | 0:10:14 | 0:10:15 | |
and it's begun sending back some amazing pictures of its surface. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:19 | |
The probe travelled almost 6.5 billion kilometres on its journey | 0:10:19 | 0:10:23 | |
to reach the comet and will now follow it around the sun | 0:10:23 | 0:10:26 | |
before deploying a craft to land on its surface in November. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:30 | |
Rumours that Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck are leading the mission | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
are, unfortunately, not true! | 0:10:33 | 0:10:35 | |
So we've established that drones are really useful for companies | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
wanting to produce amazing-looking videos. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:44 | |
But the reason everyone is getting so excited about these things | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
is because they are small and affordable enough | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
for almost anyone to muck about with. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:52 | |
They are not, however, quite easy enough to unbox and fly, | 0:10:52 | 0:10:57 | |
and there are rules about where you're allowed to fly them. | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
For example, not near the Norwegian royal palace! | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
And that's why Jen Copestake, Mark Cieslak and I | 0:11:03 | 0:11:06 | |
decided to spend a day at flight school. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:09 | |
Few things compare to the tranquillity | 0:11:12 | 0:11:16 | |
of the countryside in summer. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:18 | |
Tranquillity we're shattering with our drones. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:21 | |
This deserted airfield outside of London | 0:11:28 | 0:11:31 | |
is the perfect location for us | 0:11:31 | 0:11:33 | |
to practise flying three different drones | 0:11:33 | 0:11:35 | |
from three different ends of the spectrum. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
But before taking to the skies, it's worth seeking advice | 0:11:39 | 0:11:42 | |
from an expert radio control aviator. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
Right, so things I want you to check before you fly. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:52 | |
Make sure you control the atmosphere you're flying in, | 0:11:52 | 0:11:54 | |
so check the sun, the wind, | 0:11:54 | 0:11:56 | |
make sure you're safe for emergencies and eventualities, | 0:11:56 | 0:11:58 | |
check transmitter control and any site rules. | 0:11:58 | 0:12:01 | |
If you're flying on public property, | 0:12:01 | 0:12:02 | |
can you control everything in that environment? | 0:12:02 | 0:12:04 | |
If a horse rider was to come through, or a dog walker, | 0:12:04 | 0:12:07 | |
can you make sure you're safely away from them? | 0:12:07 | 0:12:10 | |
A couple of other things to bear in mind - | 0:12:10 | 0:12:13 | |
if you're using drones commercially, you must be licensed, | 0:12:13 | 0:12:16 | |
and even if you aren't flying them commercially | 0:12:16 | 0:12:18 | |
but are using a camera on your drone, | 0:12:18 | 0:12:19 | |
you have to stay 50 metres away from people | 0:12:19 | 0:12:22 | |
not involved in your activity. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:23 | |
Right, so we're ready to go. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:25 | |
I'll be flying the Extreme Flyer's Micro Drone 2.0. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:30 | |
It's a great entry-level option, | 0:12:30 | 0:12:32 | |
and is the cheapest aircraft we're testing. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:35 | |
That's reflected in the quality of the camera, | 0:12:35 | 0:12:37 | |
which couldn't be called HD. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:39 | |
Its controls are designed for real pilots | 0:12:39 | 0:12:41 | |
so it can be difficult to get to grips with | 0:12:41 | 0:12:43 | |
if you've never flown an aircraft before, | 0:12:43 | 0:12:45 | |
but you should be in control with a few hours of practice. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:48 | |
A special algorithm helps you do tricks in stunt mode. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
It's incredibly nimble, perfect if you're filming extreme sports, | 0:12:51 | 0:12:55 | |
and despite its delicate appearance, | 0:12:55 | 0:12:57 | |
it is very rugged, and if anything DID break, | 0:12:57 | 0:13:00 | |
its modular design means it's easy to replace any parts. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:04 | |
Some of them can even be 3-D printed. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:06 | |
One of the most amazing things about it is you can launch it | 0:13:06 | 0:13:09 | |
from the ground or from the air. | 0:13:09 | 0:13:12 | |
I'll be flying the Parrot AR Drone 2.0. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:22 | |
It's fitted with forward and downward facing cameras. | 0:13:22 | 0:13:25 | |
To fly it indoors, there's an indoor hull | 0:13:25 | 0:13:27 | |
with prop guards to protect against spinning blades. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:30 | |
It doesn't need them outside, which helps improve its manoeuvrability. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:37 | |
The AR drone doesn't come with a controller. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:39 | |
Instead, it uses Wi-Fi and an app, | 0:13:39 | 0:13:42 | |
which works with iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:47 | |
Controlling this drone using a tablet is nowhere near as precise | 0:13:49 | 0:13:53 | |
as any of the drones that can be controlled using sticks, | 0:13:53 | 0:13:57 | |
But it does have one advantage. | 0:13:57 | 0:13:59 | |
The cameras that are on the AR drone, | 0:13:59 | 0:14:00 | |
any footage that they record is sent directly to this tablet, | 0:14:00 | 0:14:04 | |
and it's really easy to upload it and share it online. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:08 | |
Owners of Nvidia Shield hand-held | 0:14:09 | 0:14:12 | |
can make use of that device's analogue controllers as well. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:15 | |
The AR drone has been available for quite some time, | 0:14:15 | 0:14:19 | |
and it has a well supported ecosystem of augmented reality apps, | 0:14:19 | 0:14:22 | |
including dog fighting and air racing games. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:25 | |
But at this price point, it's difficult | 0:14:25 | 0:14:27 | |
to ignore the occasional lag that occurs when trying to control it. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:31 | |
A fun toy, but hardcore quadcopter aviators | 0:14:31 | 0:14:35 | |
might prefer our next offering. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:37 | |
Finally, I'll be flying the DJI Phantom 2 Vision Plus. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:44 | |
This one is for more serious flyers, | 0:14:44 | 0:14:46 | |
and it comes with plenty of useful features. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:49 | |
It has indicator lights to tell you from a distance | 0:14:53 | 0:14:56 | |
of any issues with, say, the battery. | 0:14:56 | 0:14:58 | |
There's a dashboard app for your phone, giving you its status, | 0:14:58 | 0:15:01 | |
GPS coordinates, and a view from its camera. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:05 | |
Oh, and it goes like a rocket, really fast and really high. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:11 | |
What's really surprised me about this drone is just how stable it is. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:17 | |
I mean, it's really responsive to the controls, | 0:15:17 | 0:15:19 | |
but if you let go of them... | 0:15:19 | 0:15:21 | |
..it just hangs there. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:23 | |
Which is pretty incredible. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:27 | |
But if you want to talk about stability, check out that camera. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:34 | |
It too has a gimbal, meaning no matter how the drone tilts | 0:15:34 | 0:15:38 | |
during flight, your footage is as smooth as Steadicam. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:43 | |
So, with a bit of practice, | 0:15:43 | 0:15:44 | |
you can shoot video that will knock your socks off. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:47 | |
Now, it is worth mentioning just one more time | 0:15:51 | 0:15:54 | |
how important safety is when flying one of these things. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:57 | |
They can fall out of the sky for no apparent reason. | 0:15:57 | 0:16:01 | |
So, our flight training continues. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
But there is just time for one flight school selfie. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:09 | |
Sorry, dronie. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:11 | |
We've looked at the rules for flying your drones at home. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:23 | |
The aircraft we're filming with in Norway are, of course, | 0:16:23 | 0:16:25 | |
much heavier duty than those you can buy in the shop. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:29 | |
In fact, they're custom-made | 0:16:29 | 0:16:31 | |
by drone pilot and ex-engineer Erik Solberg, | 0:16:31 | 0:16:34 | |
at his Oslo workshop. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:36 | |
I joined him while he was tinkering with the Mini Pro | 0:16:37 | 0:16:40 | |
that we filmed with earlier | 0:16:40 | 0:16:41 | |
to find out what makes him and his drones tick. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:45 | |
And he told me that these things wouldn't be here at all | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
if it wasn't for the mobile phone. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:52 | |
The development in the sensors and gyros, gyroscopes, | 0:16:52 | 0:16:57 | |
and accelerometers, which are actually a part of every iPhone | 0:16:57 | 0:17:01 | |
and every mobile device today, you know, | 0:17:01 | 0:17:03 | |
those that when you flip the screen, it turns it round. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:07 | |
Without those sensors, it wouldn't be possible to do this. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:10 | |
So, if it goes a little bit like this, | 0:17:10 | 0:17:12 | |
it sends a signal to increase the power here, | 0:17:12 | 0:17:15 | |
and decrease here a bit. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:16 | |
So it does about 400 adjustments per second. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:19 | |
What is the thing that you would still most like to do | 0:17:19 | 0:17:24 | |
with a drone that you haven't done yet? | 0:17:24 | 0:17:26 | |
Well, if you look at these big ones... | 0:17:27 | 0:17:29 | |
This one here can lift approximately 100 kilos. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:36 | |
I weigh 75, so my craziest idea is to actually make a harness | 0:17:38 | 0:17:45 | |
similar to those '60s jet packs, have the drone over me, | 0:17:45 | 0:17:50 | |
and, you know, just take off and fly. | 0:17:50 | 0:17:53 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:17:53 | 0:17:55 | |
I find this drone technology fascinating. | 0:17:55 | 0:17:57 | |
I think you can tell that, can't you? | 0:17:57 | 0:17:59 | |
It's already advanced enough to bring us something that can fly | 0:17:59 | 0:18:02 | |
that's this small, and something that can fly that is this big. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:05 | |
But the whole industry is still just in its infancy, and even now, | 0:18:05 | 0:18:09 | |
they're dreaming up new jobs for these things to do. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:13 | |
Here's Mark Cieslak. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:14 | |
Drones or UAVs, unmanned air vehicles, | 0:18:16 | 0:18:19 | |
are already controversially employed | 0:18:19 | 0:18:22 | |
by an increasing number of air forces around the world. | 0:18:22 | 0:18:25 | |
BAe Systems is building what it thinks will evolve | 0:18:25 | 0:18:28 | |
into the next generation of this technology. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:31 | |
Called Taranis, it's an aircraft designed to demonstrate | 0:18:31 | 0:18:34 | |
technological capabilities, from stealth to advanced computers, | 0:18:34 | 0:18:38 | |
which fly the aircraft to and from its missions. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:41 | |
Taranis is designed to have limited autonomy. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:44 | |
Human pilots can still control the aeroplane remotely | 0:18:44 | 0:18:47 | |
from bases thousands of miles away. | 0:18:47 | 0:18:50 | |
The aircraft is designed to be almost invisible to radar. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:54 | |
That drives the shape of the aircraft, | 0:18:54 | 0:18:56 | |
and by definition, that makes it quite difficult to control. | 0:18:56 | 0:19:00 | |
The aeroplane has to fly itself. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
The pilot is too slow when it's on the ground to respond to that, | 0:19:03 | 0:19:06 | |
so what the pilot is doing is, he's commanding the vehicle, | 0:19:06 | 0:19:09 | |
he's actually telling it where to go, | 0:19:09 | 0:19:11 | |
but the detail of how the aeroplane flies is done on board | 0:19:11 | 0:19:14 | |
by the mission system and the computers. | 0:19:14 | 0:19:16 | |
Much of the detail of this project is still top secret. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:23 | |
BAe is more forthcoming about some of its other future concepts, | 0:19:23 | 0:19:27 | |
though, including the transformer drone, | 0:19:27 | 0:19:29 | |
which saves fuel by forming up into an aerodynamically efficient wing. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:33 | |
When the aeroplane arrives at its destination, | 0:19:33 | 0:19:36 | |
it can split into three separate aircraft to perform individual tasks. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:40 | |
There's also the drone with an on-board 3D printer, | 0:19:40 | 0:19:44 | |
which could print parts, equipment or mini-drones | 0:19:44 | 0:19:46 | |
as required while performing a mission. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:49 | |
Concepts like these, though, are still some way from making | 0:19:49 | 0:19:51 | |
the jump from computer-generated animation to reality. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:55 | |
We've pitched this as being a possibility towards the 2040s | 0:19:55 | 0:19:59 | |
Now, we don't imagine that every single | 0:19:59 | 0:20:02 | |
component of one of these mini UAVs to be 3D printed, | 0:20:02 | 0:20:07 | |
but rather where you have common components across a range | 0:20:07 | 0:20:11 | |
of possible UAVs that may be produced, | 0:20:11 | 0:20:14 | |
then we may simply have those pre-fabricated | 0:20:14 | 0:20:17 | |
and select them from a type of carousel. | 0:20:17 | 0:20:19 | |
Some ideas just might be a bit closer to | 0:20:20 | 0:20:23 | |
flying in the not-too-distant future, | 0:20:23 | 0:20:25 | |
using drones to rescue people from remote | 0:20:25 | 0:20:28 | |
or dangerous locations, for instance. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:30 | |
While drones might be able to save people in the future, | 0:20:31 | 0:20:34 | |
they're saving animals lives right now. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:37 | |
SkyCap fly drones of their own design in support of anti-poaching | 0:20:38 | 0:20:42 | |
teams in the Kruger National Park in South Africa. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:46 | |
Kruger are losing a thousand rhino a year, | 0:20:46 | 0:20:48 | |
so brink of extinction stuff is going on. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:50 | |
With the anti-poaching stuff that we originally started with | 0:20:50 | 0:20:53 | |
approximately two years ago, we used fixed wing aircraft to provide a | 0:20:53 | 0:20:57 | |
surveillance up to about 10km range. | 0:20:57 | 0:21:00 | |
We began to realise that you can't land a fixed wing | 0:21:00 | 0:21:02 | |
aircraft in a forest or in dense savanna scrub, | 0:21:02 | 0:21:04 | |
so we wanted to look at a way to use multi rotors to do that | 0:21:04 | 0:21:07 | |
kind of work. But the problem was that multi rotors, | 0:21:07 | 0:21:10 | |
because of battery technology, | 0:21:10 | 0:21:12 | |
can only stay in the air, usually, for about ten or 15 minutes. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:15 | |
So we have created a long endurance quadcopter, | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
which will give us 60 minutes in the air, | 0:21:17 | 0:21:19 | |
carrying a thermal camera of a spectral imager, | 0:21:19 | 0:21:22 | |
so that we can get our anti-poaching teams the time | 0:21:22 | 0:21:25 | |
they need to make an interception, as required, on the ground. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
From military operations to rescuing people and preventing poaching, | 0:21:29 | 0:21:33 | |
it would seem that the skies are about to get an awful lot busier. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:37 | |
Marc Cieslack. And from the open skies | 0:21:39 | 0:21:42 | |
to the open road next in webscape. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:44 | |
Now, if you are of a biking persuasion, | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
you will love exploring the world on two wheels no doubt. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:50 | |
But, apparently, the very next thing you need to do | 0:21:50 | 0:21:53 | |
when you finish each trip is blog about it... | 0:21:53 | 0:21:55 | |
at least, according to Kate Russell. | 0:21:55 | 0:21:57 | |
Not many people get to live out their dream of exploring, | 0:21:58 | 0:22:02 | |
but for photographer Alex Chacon, | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
burning up 125,000 miles on his motorbike was just the start. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:10 | |
You can see the routes he took and enjoy the outstanding photos | 0:22:10 | 0:22:14 | |
and video he shot at modernmotordiaries.com. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:17 | |
The most epic journey Alex has undertaken | 0:22:22 | 0:22:26 | |
so far was a 500-day ride from Alaska to Argentina, | 0:22:26 | 0:22:31 | |
and you can experience the stunning and extreme roads that cross Latin | 0:22:31 | 0:22:36 | |
America, riding along with him in this first person perspective video. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:41 | |
POP MUSIC PLAYS | 0:22:41 | 0:22:43 | |
Other features include around the world in 360 degrees, | 0:22:46 | 0:22:51 | |
a selfie that took three years to film. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:53 | |
It's easy to feel jealous of the amazing places | 0:22:55 | 0:22:58 | |
this adventurer has visited on his motorbike, | 0:22:58 | 0:23:00 | |
but thanks to modern technology, | 0:23:00 | 0:23:02 | |
we can at least experience some of the wonder. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:05 | |
BIRDS CHIRPING | 0:23:10 | 0:23:14 | |
One app that might come in handy after a long motorbike ride | 0:23:14 | 0:23:18 | |
is Brainwave, which is £2 on iOS. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:21 | |
It has a selection of 30 binaural programmes designed to stimulate | 0:23:21 | 0:23:26 | |
brainwave frequencies associated with various states of mind. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:30 | |
You'll need to put on headphones or listen on decent stereo speakers, | 0:23:31 | 0:23:35 | |
then the effect of the tones at similar frequencies | 0:23:35 | 0:23:39 | |
playing into your ears is supposed to promote a third frequency | 0:23:39 | 0:23:43 | |
that can have a physiological effect on your brainwave activity | 0:23:43 | 0:23:48 | |
to do thinks like stimulate your memory, relax for meditation, | 0:23:48 | 0:23:52 | |
or de-stress you after a hard day and boost your motivation. | 0:23:52 | 0:23:57 | |
You can choose to play the binaural tone sequence mixed with | 0:23:58 | 0:24:02 | |
-music from the iTunes playlists... -POP MUSIC PLAYS | 0:24:02 | 0:24:07 | |
..or one of the relaxing ambient background tracks, | 0:24:09 | 0:24:13 | |
like rainfall, ocean waves or the sound of the forest. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:18 | |
Just the ticket to send you off for a restful night's sleep. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:23 | |
Check up the latest update to iOS photo sharing app Lenshare, | 0:24:23 | 0:24:26 | |
which now integrates photos, | 0:24:26 | 0:24:28 | |
sound and text into a simple storytelling layout. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:32 | |
The addition of sound is a lovely touch, | 0:24:32 | 0:24:34 | |
as you can record the atmosphere at an event to let those | 0:24:34 | 0:24:37 | |
who couldn't be there really experience it. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:40 | |
CHILD LAUGHS | 0:24:40 | 0:24:42 | |
The developers tell me an Android version is also in the works. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:46 | |
POP MUSIC PLAYS | 0:24:46 | 0:24:50 | |
If only everything in life was so clearly labelled. | 0:24:56 | 0:25:00 | |
Thank you, Kate. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:01 | |
And that's it for our drones special from Norway. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:05 | |
I hope you enjoyed the shots. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:06 | |
They were a bit more dynamic than normal, weren't they? | 0:25:06 | 0:25:09 | |
For more from us, check out our website. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:11 | |
And, of course, on Twitter we live at @bbcclick. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:16 | |
But that's it. Thanks for watching | 0:25:16 | 0:25:18 | |
and I will leave you with a pretty tasty view of Oslo. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:21 |