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Duncan Golestani's here at 2 o'clock. | 0:00:03 | 0:00:04 | |
Now on BBC News, it's time to Click. | 0:00:05 | 0:00:07 | |
This week... | 0:00:07 | 0:00:08 | |
Unexpected item in the bagging area. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:17 | |
Giving VR a good kicking. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:19 | |
And, going up? | 0:00:19 | 0:00:20 | |
Err, sideways. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:24 | |
This month marks the 25th anniversary of the self checkout. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:48 | |
The first one was installed in New York on August five, | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
1992, Amy Price Chopper. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:59 | |
1992, in Price Chopper. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:00 | |
So, what does its inventor, Doctor Howard Schneider, | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
remember of it all? | 0:01:02 | 0:01:03 | |
I hadn't gone shopping much, so I went to the supermarket | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
near my house with a stopwatch, and I started looking at people | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
checking out, and my stopwatch went "Click, click" - | 0:01:10 | 0:01:12 | |
it was a mechanical one. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:14 | |
And, you know, I said well, what a great environment. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:16 | |
This is so messy. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:17 | |
Good luck with any machine doing it... | 0:01:18 | 0:01:19 | |
And I said, this would be a great problem to solve. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
And then I started building a machine in my garage. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
I actually spent every cent I had on parts and I got | 0:01:25 | 0:01:28 | |
the first machines built. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:30 | |
See, I love self-service checkouts, but then I'm a control freak, | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
but I do believe they save you time. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
Until they go wrong, at which point they become a right | 0:01:36 | 0:01:39 | |
pain in the bagging area. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:41 | |
The technology in the machines now is less than it was 25 years ago, | 0:01:41 | 0:01:45 | |
using 286 computers, using MS-DOS, 3.3... | 0:01:45 | 0:01:50 | |
I had better technology 25 years ago then what you see now. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:54 | |
Which is the reason for a lot of frustration. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:56 | |
Please wait for assistance. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:58 | |
Unexpected item in the bagging area. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:01 | |
Please remove item before continuing. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
So now people are thinking outside of the shopping basket to try | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
and update the self checkout and reduce the delays further. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:11 | |
In Japan, Reggie Robo takes your basket and bags you're | 0:02:11 | 0:02:18 | |
-- your shopping for you. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:20 | |
The system, which was trialled at the beginning of the year, | 0:02:20 | 0:02:23 | |
scans that RFID tags on all of the items at the same time. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
Since December, the Amazon Go shop has been undergoing | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
testing in Seattle. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:30 | |
Once it is working, shoppers should be able to pick up their items | 0:02:30 | 0:02:33 | |
and simply walk out of the store. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:35 | |
Swedish cafe company, Wheelys, is working on a similar idea. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:40 | |
Although this staff must shop will even come to you... | 0:02:40 | 0:02:48 | |
Although this staff-less shop will even come to you... | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
Here at Canary Wharf in London, something less spectacular but, | 0:02:51 | 0:02:53 | |
which seems to me, more workable and more scalable. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
Grab and Go has been invented by Barclaycard. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
The apps scans bar codes as you grab items off-the-shelf, | 0:02:58 | 0:03:01 | |
and then you just go! | 0:03:01 | 0:03:04 | |
Payment is taken from the card that is linked to the app, | 0:03:04 | 0:03:08 | |
and the receipt is sent to the phone, so you don't have | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
to wait in a checkout queue at all. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:14 | |
But, with all that grabbing and going, are you thinking | 0:03:14 | 0:03:16 | |
what I'm thinking? | 0:03:16 | 0:03:22 | |
In the future, if you're scanning things and putting it in your bag, | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
and then just walking out, and all the doors are open... | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
I can see more people stealing more stuff. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:32 | |
So you can basically very easily pick up some item and then walk out, | 0:03:33 | 0:03:36 | |
but the way you have CCTV, you have a man on the ground | 0:03:36 | 0:03:40 | |
basically monitoring all of that. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:41 | |
It works in exactly the same way. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:43 | |
So it's no more secure than a self scan checkout, | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
but I do wonder how many people would just "accidentally miss" that | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
bar code, and leave with a lot of unpaid staff... | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
Although, even here, technology might be able | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
to spot them. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:55 | |
Supermarket giant Walmart has filed a patent to incorporate facial | 0:03:55 | 0:03:58 | |
recognition, blood pressure and heart rate monitoring | 0:03:58 | 0:04:00 | |
into its stores to try and understand customer | 0:04:00 | 0:04:02 | |
frustration at checkouts. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
It might improve customer service, but previous trials of the tech have | 0:04:05 | 0:04:09 | |
been used to try to spot shoplifters, raising a fuse security | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
concerns along the way. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:17 | |
In fact, only this week, the supermarket announced it is also | 0:04:17 | 0:04:20 | |
trialling a scan and go solution, but this one relies on shop | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
assistant approval before you can leave. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:28 | |
In China, home to several unmanned stores like this one, | 0:04:29 | 0:04:33 | |
you need your face to get in the front door in the first place. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
Like Barclaycard's Grab and Go, customers scan items | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
using their phones and they can even heat up their grub | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
in the microwave inside. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
Speaking of heating things up, a similar Chinese idea, | 0:04:45 | 0:04:48 | |
Bingo Box, ran into problems when one of its glass clad stores | 0:04:48 | 0:04:53 | |
began to overheat. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
As it was unmanned, it wasn't until customers began to complain | 0:04:56 | 0:04:59 | |
that the sweltering temperatures were ruining the food | 0:04:59 | 0:05:01 | |
inside that the shop was shut down. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:04 | |
It is now back up and running, and everything is cool... | 0:05:04 | 0:05:09 | |
So, it's not all plain sailing for these souped up shops, | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
and it will be a while before we buy our weekly groceries in store | 0:05:12 | 0:05:16 | |
without some form of human interaction, or intervention. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
But, as our patience wears increasingly thin in this age | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
of grabbing and going, it's no surprise that Bingo Box | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
plans to open 5000 more stores in the coming year. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:33 | |
Premier League football starts again this weekend, | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
which I'm reliably informed is important to some people. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:45 | |
Seriously, though, fans will be excited to see what their club's | 0:05:45 | 0:05:47 | |
new signings have to offer. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:51 | |
But, how do you know if a new player is going to be right for your team? | 0:05:51 | 0:05:55 | |
Well, one company is using virtual reality to identify talent and also | 0:05:55 | 0:05:59 | |
help players to recover from injuries. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
Here is Carol Hawkins. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:05 | |
I'm in Manchester, home of great football, to check out a small | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
start-up that is joining up with Premier League clubs | 0:06:12 | 0:06:14 | |
for an idea that's only eight months in the making. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:18 | |
I feel like I'm doing pretty good! | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
This VR system helps scouts recruit players by using statistics | 0:06:22 | 0:06:25 | |
from virtual gameplay to decide whether or not the player would work | 0:06:25 | 0:06:29 | |
for a team. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
But separately it is being used to help injured players get back | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
to full fitness. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:36 | |
Mentally and physically. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:38 | |
You have injured players who will often spend anything | 0:06:38 | 0:06:41 | |
from six months to ten months, years out of the game. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
And the scientists, the physios will work with them, | 0:06:44 | 0:06:48 | |
but we do not know what they are going to do in a situation, | 0:06:48 | 0:06:52 | |
what decisions they are going to make. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:54 | |
Now, they can play games, as well as having the treatment, | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
the movement is limited but they can feel part of the squad. | 0:06:57 | 0:07:02 | |
They are using an HTC5 headset, with the usual hand controllers | 0:07:02 | 0:07:05 | |
attached to shin pads. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:06 | |
The kit is wireless, crucial for football drills. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:09 | |
As well as this vision, they are also working on one | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
for goalies, which will require an extra pair of sensors. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:16 | |
Several Premier League clubs are signing up to use the VR system | 0:07:16 | 0:07:20 | |
as it promises to bring players back from the bench faster. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:24 | |
The first question they ask - does it feel like a real ball? | 0:07:24 | 0:07:28 | |
You do feel like you are really hitting the ball, | 0:07:30 | 0:07:33 | |
it is quite strange. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:36 | |
I don't know if it is the sound, or the visuals, but it is very | 0:07:36 | 0:07:41 | |
immersive, and I know people always use that word for VR, | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
but it does feel as though you are hitting it... | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
But, of course you are not. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
And because you are not, it's important players don't try too | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
hard and injure themselves even more, especially when they have cost | 0:07:54 | 0:07:57 | |
clubs millions of pounds. | 0:07:57 | 0:08:00 | |
We had an injured player last week who is not allowed to kick | 0:08:00 | 0:08:03 | |
a physical ball. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:04 | |
He's fit, he could probably run a marathon, but the injury means | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
he cannot do it. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:09 | |
He got in this and it was basically a case of, I feel like I am | 0:08:09 | 0:08:13 | |
kicking a ball. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:14 | |
Psychologically, it is massive. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:16 | |
I am now in the rehab drill and there is a man to my left | 0:08:16 | 0:08:20 | |
who is tracing a S with his foot. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:24 | |
Now, I cannot do that, because my balance on these | 0:08:24 | 0:08:27 | |
prosthetics just is not there, sorry, physios! | 0:08:27 | 0:08:29 | |
But I can see how that would be very useful for injured players, | 0:08:29 | 0:08:34 | |
but not just injured players, in hospitals. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:38 | |
Players will complete a set of exercises and drills | 0:08:38 | 0:08:40 | |
which will be scored, and their fitness can then be | 0:08:40 | 0:08:43 | |
judged by coaches. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:45 | |
Elsewhere in the sport world, American football | 0:08:45 | 0:08:47 | |
is embracing VR quickly. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:49 | |
STRIVR there is a company out of Stanford University, | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
currently working with seven NFL teams to allow players to practice | 0:08:52 | 0:08:55 | |
any time, anywhere, without the same physical tolls. | 0:08:55 | 0:09:00 | |
And in the Netherlands, another VR company, Beyond Sports, | 0:09:00 | 0:09:02 | |
has a contract with both Arsenal and Stoke City for match analysis | 0:09:03 | 0:09:06 | |
and VR training. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:09 | |
But back in the UK, a man who won Premier League titles as a player | 0:09:09 | 0:09:16 | |
and coach with Manchester United thinks the new technology | 0:09:16 | 0:09:18 | |
could really help. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:20 | |
I think it benefits both amateur, professional and grassroots. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
You can put pressure into this situation. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:28 | |
The technology is part of sport now. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:30 | |
Football, possibly, have had a reluctance to use it, | 0:09:30 | 0:09:33 | |
but it is moving in that direction. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:35 | |
But the kit being offered is not cheap. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
With packages starting at ?5,000 and increasing to more | 0:09:39 | 0:09:41 | |
than ?20,000 a month. | 0:09:41 | 0:09:45 | |
But the potential benefits of VR to the football clubs that can | 0:09:45 | 0:09:49 | |
afford it are intriguing, coaches want to train and test | 0:09:49 | 0:09:54 | |
footballers in the most effective way by recreating the pressure | 0:09:54 | 0:09:57 | |
and intensity of performing in a packed stadium. | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
So, what would the manager with the most Premier League titles | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
under his belt, Sir Alex Ferguson, think about it? | 0:10:03 | 0:10:06 | |
He would have a look at it, yeah. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:09 | |
I think he would. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:11 | |
He was open to all that sort of stuff. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:14 | |
As long as it made a bit of a difference, or sometimes | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
it is what people like, you know, players like it. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
They like something new and fresh. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:23 | |
Top clubs are big businesses, and the money in football is only | 0:10:23 | 0:10:26 | |
going to increase. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:27 | |
And, as it does, teams will be looking for any way to improve. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:31 | |
As you watch your team this weekend, remember that last-minute win | 0:10:31 | 0:10:36 | |
or fingertip save might be the result of some hard hours spent | 0:10:36 | 0:10:40 | |
in a virtual world... | 0:10:40 | 0:10:44 | |
Hello, and welcome to the Week in Tech. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:51 | |
It was the week that the US military announced it might shoot down | 0:10:51 | 0:10:55 | |
civilian drones if they fly in a American bases. | 0:10:55 | 0:11:00 | |
civilian drones if they fly near American bases. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
And, the telephone numbers and e-mail addresses | 0:11:03 | 0:11:05 | |
of Game Of Thrones stars were leaked by hackers demanding a ransom | 0:11:05 | 0:11:08 | |
from TV network HBO. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:09 | |
FaceApp has pulled a new feature labelled as "Racist", | 0:11:09 | 0:11:12 | |
which allowed users to edit selfies into Caucasian, | 0:11:12 | 0:11:15 | |
Asian, Indian, or black. | 0:11:15 | 0:11:18 | |
And social networking behemoth Facebook is taking on TV and YouTube | 0:11:18 | 0:11:23 | |
by revamping its video offering. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:26 | |
Labelled "Watch", it would feature specially commissioned shows, | 0:11:26 | 0:11:29 | |
as well as cat videos and clips of people falling over. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:32 | |
And Disney is going to pull its content from Netflix, | 0:11:32 | 0:11:35 | |
after the House of Mouse announced that in 2019 it's launching a rival | 0:11:35 | 0:11:39 | |
video streaming service, dedicated to family friendly | 0:11:39 | 0:11:41 | |
Disney fare. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:44 | |
Don't you worry, pal. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:46 | |
You had a good run! | 0:11:46 | 0:11:49 | |
There's no word yet whether the service will show any | 0:11:49 | 0:11:51 | |
Marvel or Lucas Film content - like Star Wars, which did | 0:11:51 | 0:11:57 | |
Marvel or Lucas Film content - like Star Wars, which | 0:11:57 | 0:11:59 | |
Disney also owns. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:00 | |
And finally, the man who made passwords a massive pain now says | 0:12:00 | 0:12:03 | |
much of what I did, I now regret. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:06 | |
Bill Burr created the US National Institute of Standards | 0:12:06 | 0:12:08 | |
and Technology's guidelines, including things like changing your | 0:12:08 | 0:12:10 | |
password every three months and using complicated character | 0:12:10 | 0:12:12 | |
combinations. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:13 | |
He now thinks this is a waste of time, as people still pick | 0:12:13 | 0:12:16 | |
rubbish passwords which hackers can break. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:18 | |
They are just harder for us to actually remember. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:25 | |
Weather, particularly in Britain, can be changeable | 0:12:33 | 0:12:36 | |
at the best of times. | 0:12:36 | 0:12:41 | |
For all the dramatic change to come over the next 24 hours, | 0:12:41 | 0:12:44 | |
I should know, having spent a decade as a weather presenter before | 0:12:44 | 0:12:47 | |
joining Click, it's not just about knowing the forecast, | 0:12:47 | 0:12:50 | |
you also need to be prepared whatever the weather. | 0:12:50 | 0:12:54 | |
And, if you are not that organised, luckily I found a couple of devices | 0:12:54 | 0:12:58 | |
that should be able to help... | 0:12:58 | 0:13:01 | |
Sunflower, open. | 0:13:02 | 0:13:07 | |
This prototype autonomous sunshade can be voice controlled, | 0:13:07 | 0:13:11 | |
or use artificial intelligence to know what to do, when. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:16 | |
OK, the main function here is probably pretty obvious, | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
and that is to protect you from the sun. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:23 | |
This device aims to be a little bit more clever than that. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:27 | |
As the sun moves throughout the day, the top of the umbrella | 0:13:27 | 0:13:30 | |
will also move. | 0:13:30 | 0:13:31 | |
The panels on it will be harvesting solar power and also making sure | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
that you get maximum protection wherever the sun is. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:39 | |
So some of the other functions in here? | 0:13:39 | 0:13:41 | |
Well, there is a camera and a microphone providing security | 0:13:41 | 0:13:44 | |
when you are out. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:45 | |
There's also the ability to be able to play music I ask it now, | 0:13:45 | 0:13:49 | |
through voice recognition I should be able to do that. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:52 | |
Sunflower, play classical. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:53 | |
CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS. | 0:13:53 | 0:13:59 | |
By launch later this year, it is expected to be able to fully | 0:13:59 | 0:14:02 | |
connected to the smart home, as well as virtual assistants | 0:14:02 | 0:14:05 | |
Amazon Eco or Google Home. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:07 | |
All very well - if a price tag of up to ?3000 does not bother you... | 0:14:07 | 0:14:12 | |
Sorry, hang on, I just need to charge my phone... | 0:14:12 | 0:14:19 | |
And for those moments the sun isn't shining, | 0:14:19 | 0:14:21 | |
well, you wouldn't want your washing getting wet, would you? | 0:14:21 | 0:14:26 | |
So, how about a smart clothes peg? | 0:14:26 | 0:14:33 | |
Peggy is still at prototype stage, but the finished product aims to be | 0:14:33 | 0:14:37 | |
able to track ultra localised weather using these sensors | 0:14:37 | 0:14:39 | |
within the device, as well as pulling data from online | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
forecasts so you know whether you should be | 0:14:42 | 0:14:44 | |
putting your washing out or not. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:49 | |
Handy, if it works. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:53 | |
But for keeping yourself dry, well, a few smart umbrellas, | 0:14:53 | 0:14:56 | |
in all shapes and sizes, have emerged in the last few years. | 0:14:56 | 0:15:04 | |
As much as this umbrella may look difficult to miss, | 0:15:04 | 0:15:06 | |
it is, of course, quite easy to leave your umbrella at home | 0:15:06 | 0:15:10 | |
when it's going to rain, or just to leave it anywhere, | 0:15:10 | 0:15:13 | |
but this connects to your mobile phone so it should stop | 0:15:13 | 0:15:16 | |
you from being able to lose it. | 0:15:16 | 0:15:18 | |
If you move too far away you will receive an alert | 0:15:18 | 0:15:21 | |
and if you wake up in the morning and the Internet says | 0:15:21 | 0:15:24 | |
it is going to rain? | 0:15:24 | 0:15:25 | |
Well, you will get a reminder on your phone to make sure that | 0:15:25 | 0:15:29 | |
you take it out with you. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:31 | |
The problem was, I did seem to get more alerts | 0:15:31 | 0:15:33 | |
than were actually required. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:34 | |
If you are taking a trip to the beach this summer, | 0:15:34 | 0:15:37 | |
then hopefully your issue won't be rain, but it could be thirst. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:41 | |
So, if you've been waiting for a drink delivery service | 0:15:41 | 0:15:43 | |
to bring cold drinks to your sun lounger, | 0:15:43 | 0:15:48 | |
then you are in luck. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:50 | |
Well, at this Estonian resort, anyway. | 0:15:50 | 0:15:52 | |
The Cleveron drone aims to safely drop-off drink orders | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
from two meters above. | 0:15:55 | 0:16:00 | |
I'm not sure I would opt for something fizzy... | 0:16:00 | 0:16:04 | |
The company claims this is the fastest response time ever | 0:16:04 | 0:16:06 | |
for commercial drone delivery. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:11 | |
So whatever the weather has in store for you this summer, | 0:16:11 | 0:16:16 | |
you now know how much better prepared you could be in the future. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:22 | |
I seem to be living in a time when all of the Tech | 0:16:22 | 0:16:26 | |
from my favourite childhood sci-fi films is coming true. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:28 | |
We kind of have Back To The Future hover boards, we do have jet packs | 0:16:28 | 0:16:32 | |
from the James Bond films, and robot vacuum cleaners | 0:16:32 | 0:16:35 | |
from The Jetsons. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:40 | |
And Kate Russell has been to Stuttgart in Germany to uncover | 0:16:40 | 0:16:43 | |
the latest storybook tech turned real. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
The picturesque town of Rottweil, Germany. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:53 | |
Home to fearsome dogs... | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
Chocolate box buildings... | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
And a 246 metre tower housing the tallest observation | 0:16:58 | 0:17:01 | |
deck in Germany. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:06 | |
That this tower isn't just about great views. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:08 | |
Built by elevator company thyssenkrupp, it has 12 lift shafts | 0:17:08 | 0:17:11 | |
running inside of it. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
One is used to transport passengers to the top. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:23 | |
The others to test the latest in elevator technology. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
As buildings get taller, life gets more complicated | 0:17:26 | 0:17:28 | |
for elevator engineers. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:31 | |
If a building is reaching a certain height, it has the tendency | 0:17:31 | 0:17:34 | |
that the wind and the sun brings a certain sway to it. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:40 | |
It's actually a big problem for the traditional elevators. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:43 | |
If the frequency of the ropes equals the frequencies of the building | 0:17:43 | 0:17:46 | |
swayed, you get harmonics and things happened which are not so good. | 0:17:46 | 0:18:08 | |
To counteract this sway, thyssenkrupp have installed a mass | 0:18:08 | 0:18:15 | |
dampener, weighing in at 240 metric tonnes. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:17 | |
It can also be programmed to create sway and test how their tech handles | 0:18:17 | 0:18:21 | |
different weather conditions. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:21 | |
There's also the thorny issue of what happens | 0:18:21 | 0:18:24 | |
when things go wrong. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:25 | |
The tower houses a 250 metre fall shaft, which is used to drop things | 0:18:25 | 0:18:28 | |
from a fantastic height, to see how they break... | 0:18:28 | 0:18:31 | |
Argh! | 0:18:31 | 0:18:31 | |
Whoa! | 0:18:31 | 0:18:31 | |
That's going to -30 into the ground. | 0:18:31 | 0:18:33 | |
That's mad. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:36 | |
That makes me feel quite dizzy. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:37 | |
The tower is also used to test ideas designed to tackle some | 0:18:38 | 0:18:41 | |
of the biggest problems facing high-rise living. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:43 | |
Already today, lifts take about 40% of the usable space of a building. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:51 | |
If you build higher, you need more lifts, | 0:18:51 | 0:18:54 | |
and you are ending up with only lifts, which makes no sense. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:57 | |
So our inside area is in the core of the tower. | 0:18:57 | 0:19:01 | |
And only a few people really have the chance to see | 0:19:01 | 0:19:05 | |
what we have built, and what is running there. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:11 | |
An elevator without any ropes, so this is something revolutionary. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:14 | |
Instead of steel ropes, the cabin is carried | 0:19:14 | 0:19:16 | |
by linear motors. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:17 | |
The same tech that drives Japan's bullet train at 500 | 0:19:17 | 0:19:20 | |
kilometres per hour. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:24 | |
As well as eliminating the speed and height restrictions of today's | 0:19:24 | 0:19:26 | |
tech, it allows passengers to travel sideways as well as up and down, | 0:19:26 | 0:19:30 | |
just like Willy Wonka's fantastical elevator in Charlie | 0:19:30 | 0:19:32 | |
and The Chocolate Factory. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:37 | |
Behind the scenes, behind the car, we change this exchanger 90 degrees. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:40 | |
Get prepared for the horizontal movement while people are entering | 0:19:40 | 0:19:43 | |
and leaving, and as soon as the doors close, we can go | 0:19:43 | 0:19:47 | |
sideways to the next shaft. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:48 | |
This is the most important thing, that we come back | 0:19:48 | 0:19:51 | |
to a circulating system. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:52 | |
So reinventing the Paternoster. | 0:19:52 | 0:20:00 | |
Using this circulating pattern means a lift shaft could hold ten | 0:20:00 | 0:20:03 | |
or more cabins. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:05 | |
Much more efficient than the single up-and-down ride today's elevators | 0:20:05 | 0:20:08 | |
are limited to. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:11 | |
And this will only become more important when we start looking | 0:20:11 | 0:20:15 | |
at elevators reaching perhaps 1,000m or more into the sky. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:23 | |
That was Kate, and that was amazing. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:28 | |
Not that the most impressive innovations always have to be | 0:20:28 | 0:20:31 | |
the highest-tech, of course. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:32 | |
As I've often said, some of the most inspiring innovations are those | 0:20:32 | 0:20:37 | |
in the developing world, that use pretty low technology | 0:20:37 | 0:20:40 | |
to do really important things. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:42 | |
Case in point - Dan Simmons heard about a group of people | 0:20:42 | 0:20:46 | |
who are using a mobile phone to save lives in Nairobi. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:49 | |
I'm on my way to Thika, an hour's drive south of the capital | 0:20:49 | 0:20:53 | |
to see one of the first centres in Kenya using phones | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
to diagnose cancer. | 0:20:56 | 0:20:58 | |
It's essentially a smartphone with a scope offering | 0:20:58 | 0:21:02 | |
42-times magnification. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:04 | |
That allows the camera to be placed a comfortable distance away | 0:21:04 | 0:21:07 | |
from the patient. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:11 | |
A powerful light comes with the system. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:14 | |
Its even brightness is critical to avoid misdiagnosis. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:17 | |
Violet, what is the biggest change that you have seen since this | 0:21:17 | 0:21:22 | |
was introduced to your clinic? | 0:21:22 | 0:21:25 | |
So you show them the picture... | 0:21:57 | 0:21:59 | |
Yeah. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:01 | |
And you say, you tell me which one of these you are? | 0:22:01 | 0:22:05 | |
So they do their own diagnosis? | 0:22:05 | 0:22:09 | |
So they are going to do you out of a job, if they can | 0:22:13 | 0:22:17 | |
do their own diagnosis with a machine! | 0:22:17 | 0:22:19 | |
LAUGHTER. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:20 | |
They are not going to need Violet anymore, are they? | 0:22:20 | 0:22:22 | |
Yeah! | 0:22:22 | 0:22:23 | |
Many women do not go for the screening. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:25 | |
It has been too expensive, and because of a lack of education, | 0:22:25 | 0:22:31 | |
many who do go feel it's a waste of time if they get the all-clear. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:36 | |
That's why Violet's job is to explain as well as test. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:39 | |
I use this to check your cervix... | 0:22:39 | 0:22:41 | |
Scans used to cost $40 to $50 - over half a week's wages. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:46 | |
This scan costs $10. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:49 | |
When a patient comes, you view their cervix | 0:22:49 | 0:23:02 | |
you have an opportunity to address them, you have an opportunity | 0:23:02 | 0:23:05 | |
to talk to them about cervical cancer. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:10 | |
So the hurdle that was previously there was education in relation | 0:23:10 | 0:23:15 | |
to cervical cancer. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:19 | |
But now we have seen an improved attitude | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
toward cervical cancer, and increased screening. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:26 | |
And, with this, we can screen any woman, anywhere. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:29 | |
The system isn't cheap. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:31 | |
It is sold at $2,000 a unit, but it has already seen an 80% | 0:23:31 | 0:23:35 | |
increase in the number of women being scanned at this clinic over | 0:23:35 | 0:23:38 | |
the last year. | 0:23:38 | 0:23:39 | |
If Kenya's new government decides to back the scheme, | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
it could become a major weapon against a major killer. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:44 | |
That was Dan, in Nairobi, and that's it for this week. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:47 | |
Over the next couple of weeks, we're going to give you the chance | 0:23:47 | 0:23:51 | |
to rewatch two of our favourite programmes from the year so far - | 0:23:51 | 0:23:54 | |
the two India specials. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:56 | |
We'll be travelling across the country to meet | 0:23:56 | 0:23:59 | |
the people working hard to change lives, save lives, | 0:23:59 | 0:24:04 | |
and maybe one day discover new life. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:08 | |
I hope you enjoy watching them as much as we enjoyed making them. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:12 | |
Do not forget we are on Twitter and on Facebook. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:16 | |
Thank you for watching, and we'll see you soon. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:19 |