0:00:01 > 0:00:06That is it from me. Duncan will be here at two a.m.. But now on BBC
0:00:06 > 0:00:08News it is time for Click. Goodbye.
0:00:08 > 0:00:18This week, we're talking emojis with weather stations, Xbox, and Andy
0:00:18 > 0:00:44Serkis. If it feels like the weather is getting weirder, that is because
0:00:44 > 0:00:51it is. In many parts of the world, meteorological records seem to be
0:00:51 > 0:00:58coming year after year. And as gets more erratic and extreme, the need
0:00:58 > 0:01:04for accurate forecast becomes vital. This is the BBC's weather centre at
0:01:04 > 0:01:07new broadcasting house. This is where they take their best guess at
0:01:07 > 0:01:11what the next two days will look like. We kind of thing at the
0:01:11 > 0:01:15granted, these days, but as you would expect, there is an awful lot
0:01:15 > 0:01:18of numbercrunching that goes on. That is what that is doing right
0:01:18 > 0:01:22now. Hello Ben. You might recognise them from the television. Ben is
0:01:22 > 0:01:26taking raw data from the Met Office on the screen and then it into
0:01:26 > 0:01:30something more akin to what we see on the television. It all goes to
0:01:30 > 0:01:38make other familiar weather map that we and love. In the UK, each four
0:01:38 > 0:01:40kilometres square gets its own individual forecast from the Met
0:01:40 > 0:01:47Office. But sling around to Africa, and it is a very different story.
0:01:47 > 0:01:53Here, we are working at much lower resolution. Squares here are only 25
0:01:53 > 0:01:57kilometres across. One of the reasons is because data is
0:01:57 > 0:02:01particularly keen on the ground here. Over the coming month or so,
0:02:01 > 0:02:05we will be looking at how technology is changing this continent. To start
0:02:05 > 0:02:09our journey, Dan Simmons has travelled to Tanzania to meet a chap
0:02:09 > 0:02:15who used to work here, but is now on a mission to improve the forecast
0:02:15 > 0:02:28for Africa. Sub Saharan East Africa is lush. The soil is rich. It is the
0:02:28 > 0:02:33end of a very wet rainy season. Two wet for some farmers, who saw their
0:02:33 > 0:02:43crops rot. Angus and Asha farm here. They say climate change has made it
0:02:43 > 0:02:47difficult to predict the seasons. They have gone from drugs to flood
0:02:47 > 0:02:52in recent years, and have lost harvests in both. Next door, Peter
0:02:52 > 0:02:58has been planting a type of runner bean which can take as little as six
0:02:58 > 0:03:04weeks to grow.In September to October. The rainfall than is very
0:03:04 > 0:03:10harsh. It rushes the topsoil down there.But last season, he lost his
0:03:10 > 0:03:16entire crop to sudden heavy, early rains. The farmers here know what
0:03:16 > 0:03:20they are doing. They just don't quite know any more what the weather
0:03:20 > 0:03:29is up to. Former BBC weather presenter and Dean Gardner, Peter
0:03:29 > 0:03:34Gibbs, wants to do something about that, and he has found a pretty neat
0:03:34 > 0:03:40way to explain it to me.I think you are like this.The big reveal... Oh
0:03:40 > 0:03:51my word! Wow! Look at this!Is that grand or what?That is huge! That
0:03:51 > 0:03:56goes on forever, doesn't it?This gives you some idea of the scale of
0:03:56 > 0:04:01Africa. The drop here is about 1000 metres from where we are. No, no,
0:04:01 > 0:04:06no, that is close enough! From the West Mountains where we're standing
0:04:06 > 0:04:13down to the mass I plan. We are looking at hundreds of square
0:04:13 > 0:04:17kilometres. -- Masai Plain. Lots of whether going on. You can see clouds
0:04:17 > 0:04:22building over in the distance.Most of its fund, as well...Exactly.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26There are a lot of people farming there, but no weather station you
0:04:26 > 0:04:29can see. So how do you do a good forecast for here without the
0:04:29 > 0:04:34information? That is incredible. Back in the UK, you would have, at
0:04:34 > 0:04:39least, half a dozen, Vaas 15 weather stations in that sort of area.So
0:04:39 > 0:04:46you can see the problem. -- perhaps 15. The satellites can do some of
0:04:46 > 0:04:50it. They can pick up some of the clouds, but can only estimate the
0:04:50 > 0:04:54rain how much each plant can produce. You need those measurements
0:04:54 > 0:04:59of the ground. Was the other parameters, like temperature,
0:04:59 > 0:05:03humidity, and pressure... You know, it is like any commuter programme.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08Garbage in, garbage out. Peter is advising a start-up that wants to
0:05:08 > 0:05:14pepper Africa with these. They are fully automated self reporting
0:05:14 > 0:05:19low-cost weather stations. They can be monitored from anywhere, looking
0:05:19 > 0:05:25up to Africa's extensive mobile cell network. They place their first
0:05:25 > 0:05:28station last year, and will have more than 100 operating by
0:05:28 > 0:05:35Christmas. So what do we get on our fully automatic weather station?
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Well, we have a bucket up here, which measures rainfall. There is a
0:05:39 > 0:05:43little seesaw device out there which goes backwards and forwards for
0:05:43 > 0:05:48every drip that comes through. That tells us how quickly the rain is
0:05:48 > 0:05:52falling, as well as how much rain is falling. And an anemometer a bit of
0:05:52 > 0:05:56giving us the wind speed and direction by the then there at the
0:05:56 > 0:06:03top. -- vane. This is the solar panel which powers the whole thing
0:06:03 > 0:06:09and is cleverly used to tell us how much such an we're getting. Just
0:06:09 > 0:06:13behind this high kind of affair is the temperature gauge. It also
0:06:13 > 0:06:17measures humidity and it is stuck in there so it cannot be affected by
0:06:17 > 0:06:20direct sunlight or more heat coming from the ground, which is dissipated
0:06:20 > 0:06:25by this housing. All of that data need to be collected by a panel
0:06:25 > 0:06:30round at the back, which is sent to this communications unit. It has a
0:06:30 > 0:06:35sink that works in every African country. What some of us would do
0:06:35 > 0:06:39for one of those... And then it uses this transmitter to send it all back
0:06:39 > 0:06:43to base. That goes back to Europe, and then from the guys in Europe,
0:06:43 > 0:06:47they will produce a model, which will give people back here a more
0:06:47 > 0:06:55accurate weather forecast. It is already making a difference. Farmers
0:06:55 > 0:06:59like Peter Gant daily text alerts, giving them a steer as to what to
0:06:59 > 0:07:06expect. This farmer told us his texts have helped him decide when to
0:07:06 > 0:07:16add pesticides. -- Peter get.Up to 80% yield increases. That makes the
0:07:16 > 0:07:19difference between eating to stay alive and sending your children to
0:07:19 > 0:07:23school.And it is not just the personal impact. Health agencies can
0:07:23 > 0:07:28use forecast to predict outbreaks of malaria or cholera. And insurers
0:07:28 > 0:07:41want to know they need to pay out on policies. The Coco Belt in Africa is
0:07:41 > 0:07:49shifting. Investors want to know where to and by how much.Across the
0:07:49 > 0:07:55whole of Africa at the moment, there are around 500, just 500, reliable
0:07:55 > 0:08:01reporting weather stations. To get good coverage, or you need to get
0:08:01 > 0:08:10down to something closer. This is fantastic to me that I feel I can
0:08:10 > 0:08:13make use of that experience, to actually make a difference to
0:08:13 > 0:08:21people's lies.That was Dan Simmons with Peter Gibbs in Tanzania. We
0:08:21 > 0:08:24will have more reports from the African continent later this month
0:08:24 > 0:08:37on Click. Microsoft boasts its new XBox one X is the most powerful
0:08:37 > 0:08:44games console in the world! They have stopped short of calling it the
0:08:44 > 0:08:49most powerful console in the Galaxy. I suspect they are saving that
0:08:49 > 0:08:53accolade for the machine comes after this one. But there is good reason
0:08:53 > 0:08:57for this talk of power. And that is down to what lurks under the hood of
0:08:57 > 0:09:08this console. It has an eight core processor. It has a fork a Blu-ray
0:09:08 > 0:09:14player thrown in as well. -- this means that the machine can throw out
0:09:14 > 0:09:264k graphics in high-definition. What those numbers and specs mean is that
0:09:26 > 0:09:33it can generate better graphics than the old XBox one S, which had a
0:09:33 > 0:09:43maximum resolution of 1080p. What it does mean is that there is an
0:09:43 > 0:09:51incredible level of detail in the graphics. Look at this Porsche I am
0:09:51 > 0:09:56driving in Porsche. I have bumped and grace of a couple of times, and
0:09:56 > 0:09:59you can see every single debt and Dean, every single bit of chipped
0:09:59 > 0:10:13paintwork. It is very detailed. -- Matt Abood. Some titles will be
0:10:13 > 0:10:17enhanced, like Rise of the Tomb Raider. He has would be
0:10:17 > 0:10:24standardised. Microsoft says it is up to developers to choose how they
0:10:24 > 0:10:29will use the brunt. -- Rise of the Tomb Raider. This new digital
0:10:29 > 0:10:41virtuosity is great if you own a 4k TV. But how do they achieve these
0:10:41 > 0:10:49graphics? Witchcraft? Or more precisely, super sampling, a
0:10:49 > 0:10:54technique that allows all the detail and information in a 4k image to be
0:10:54 > 0:11:01scaled down to fit into a 1080p screen. It is a form of silicon
0:11:01 > 0:11:06sorcery. The new machine should enjoy fast to load times and, unlike
0:11:06 > 0:11:28its 4k rival, the PlayStation four Pro, is very advanced. This might be
0:11:28 > 0:11:36the biggest hurdle for the XBox one X! Its price. And, as he gave the
0:11:36 > 0:11:39machine plays are essentially the same as those on its most powerful,
0:11:39 > 0:11:47older sibling, the XBox one S, this will probably appeal only to those
0:11:47 > 0:11:55with spare cash burning a hole in their pocket, or those with a 4k TV.
0:11:55 > 0:12:04That casts gloom over everything, doesn't it, lads?Hello and welcome
0:12:04 > 0:12:09to the week in Tech. It has been a bad week for Tesla as they reveal
0:12:09 > 0:12:13that they are months behind schedule of production on a new model three.
0:12:13 > 0:12:18WhatsApp allowed a delete messages for everyone function to allow users
0:12:18 > 0:12:22to retract comments after they have said that. And Bitcoin reached a
0:12:22 > 0:12:31record high of one Bitcoin worth over £5,000, up 8000% in the last
0:12:31 > 0:12:37year. Facebook and Twitter face a grilling this week from US Congress,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40over possible Russian interference in last you's election. It firms had
0:12:40 > 0:12:52to explain why they failed to prevent foreign posts. I use it in
0:12:52 > 0:12:58comfortable in? Ford's new robot certainly is. This contraption tests
0:12:58 > 0:13:05cast is by moving like a passenger by getting in and out of a vehicle.
0:13:05 > 0:13:13It sits thousands of times to create the same wear and tear as achieved
0:13:13 > 0:13:26after ten years of use. This robopup comes with artificial intelligence
0:13:26 > 0:13:31to learn what makes its own is happy. The original can under
0:13:31 > 0:13:37scanned ten years ago to save the Japanese giant cash.
0:13:50 > 0:13:56Whether you love them all loathe them, it looks like imagine is I
0:13:56 > 0:14:06hear to stay -- emojis. So we have been investigating the future of
0:14:06 > 0:14:11emojis. In case you missed it, the new iPhones have been released this
0:14:11 > 0:14:18week but was it may be seen hard to comprehend how a phone is worth
0:14:18 > 0:14:24$1000, it does bring with it are quirky feature that says a lot about
0:14:24 > 0:14:32the way we will communicate in the future. Emojis allows users to
0:14:32 > 0:14:38animate the expressions of a chosen emojis. It tracks over 50 muscle
0:14:38 > 0:14:43movements to create the appropriate expressions of and they are clearly
0:14:43 > 0:15:02not the only company that I thinking in pictures. Action emojis... What
0:15:02 > 0:15:09has happened to good old-fashioned words? Every day, six billion emojis
0:15:09 > 0:15:14yes. They have come a long way since these, created by Japanese phone
0:15:14 > 0:15:24company in 1999. There are emojis to satisfy your every need. Apple and
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Google seem to be struggling what order burger ingredients should be
0:15:28 > 0:15:36loaded in. Surely the meat at the bottom! And on tender, you can throw
0:15:36 > 0:15:43a virtual drink on someone. While some gestures are universally
0:15:43 > 0:15:49understood, not everybody interprets every picture in the same way.It is
0:15:49 > 0:16:00like a friendly keys.That is whistling. That is a bit confusing.
0:16:00 > 0:16:12Can you pout for me?A kiss. Something.A secret.I have nothing
0:16:12 > 0:16:23to say. Keep an eye out.So is facial recognition the future of the
0:16:23 > 0:16:32humble emojis. A new social app certainly hope so. Let's see the
0:16:32 > 0:16:40options. That is a pretty weird. Wow. It also uses artificial
0:16:40 > 0:16:47intelligence to map facial expressions, allowing them to
0:16:47 > 0:16:54respond with emojis replicating their facial reactions. Snapchat
0:16:54 > 0:17:03action emojis were launched a few months ago. It combines GPS location
0:17:03 > 0:17:07and their tracking of our fast they are moving to guess what they are
0:17:07 > 0:17:12doing at that moment and that will now be placed on what they call the
0:17:12 > 0:17:18snap map. There is even a film, raising over $211 million worldwide.
0:17:18 > 0:17:26There is also a world emojis day. Depending on context, what seems
0:17:26 > 0:17:31like a harmless picture could cause offence. Something Instagram is
0:17:31 > 0:17:38trying to overcome. Nearly half posted comments contained emojis
0:17:38 > 0:17:44said they had been listed a machine to block anything they believe to be
0:17:44 > 0:17:50offensive. That is not to say they can provide a bit of fun. What film
0:17:50 > 0:18:00title is?The lying King.Apple time... Pitch time...Clockwork
0:18:00 > 0:18:09Orange.So maybe they will have the last work after all. That is
0:18:09 > 0:18:20amazing! Does this phrase look familiar? How about this one? These
0:18:20 > 0:18:25are some of the most iconic car is in a modern cinema. All of them
0:18:25 > 0:18:30created using groundbreaking performance capture technology and,
0:18:30 > 0:18:36although they do not look like it, they are all the same face. And the
0:18:36 > 0:18:42circus is himself the world 's most iconic performance capture actor.
0:18:42 > 0:18:52His latest role breathes an astonishing amount of emotion into
0:18:52 > 0:18:58these character, calling for an Oscar nomination by some. The
0:18:58 > 0:19:05release of a new Sony PS for platform extends the world 's of the
0:19:05 > 0:19:09planet of the apes. It is a decision based game that plays out more like
0:19:09 > 0:19:15a cross between a movie and a choose your own adventure. I sat down with
0:19:15 > 0:19:21them and behind the mask. You kind of art the king of performance
0:19:21 > 0:19:26capture. To you believe that? You have a movie coming out you have
0:19:26 > 0:19:31directed, videogames is not a love it.It is the most extraordinary
0:19:31 > 0:19:39tool for the 21st century actor, to embody all play anything across
0:19:39 > 0:19:43multi- platforms. It is the end of typecasting. It is the most
0:19:43 > 0:19:51egalitarian form of a thing. A creature, a character, a humanoid.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Bringing them into existence. The art of transformation becoming, to
0:19:54 > 0:19:59me, and different at this act in different ways, but it drove me as
0:19:59 > 0:20:09an actor. This technology allows you to do that to the nth degree. It is
0:20:09 > 0:20:13climbing deeply inside a character, being that character and it can be
0:20:13 > 0:20:25as extreme as King Kong.You him, you overseas.I fight only to
0:20:25 > 0:20:32protect the AIDS.Is the performance that I am looking at what you gave
0:20:32 > 0:20:42on the day?If you look at modern filmmaking now, the amount of times
0:20:42 > 0:20:48that you can take a blink out, you can add it here is somebody is
0:20:48 > 0:20:55supposed to be crying and they did not manage to do it in the tag.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59Augmentation is at a crossover of what you think you are seeing is
0:20:59 > 0:21:06being real and in this day and age visual effects are read every single
0:21:06 > 0:21:09shot of every movie, apart from low-budget movies who cannot afford
0:21:09 > 0:21:18it. When we are being directed, the director takes my performance and
0:21:18 > 0:21:32then he cuts it with Woody's that is what he lives with. They even start
0:21:32 > 0:21:39testing movies with the faces in them. It has to live or die on the
0:21:39 > 0:21:47performance. The performance is not created after the fact, it is the
0:21:47 > 0:21:50manifestation of the performance after the fact which is obviously
0:21:50 > 0:21:56incredible visual effects and artistry. Matt lives with the cut of
0:21:56 > 0:22:06the entire movie.Of all your performance captured Ross, which
0:22:06 > 0:22:17stand out as something monumental happened here?I have a very soft
0:22:17 > 0:22:25spot for:. With Caesar, they have played apart from birth all the way
0:22:25 > 0:22:32through to death and not only just growing older but the character
0:22:32 > 0:22:38evolving from one thing into another. Going from a pure
0:22:38 > 0:22:44chimpanzee to almost human. The technology that allows any actor to
0:22:44 > 0:22:54do that is all right by me.The legendary Andy circus. Before we go,
0:22:54 > 0:23:00we have a tongue of click contact on our Facebook page throughout the
0:23:00 > 0:23:05week like this, showcasing research from Switzerland which built a
0:23:05 > 0:23:12curved concrete roof using new building techniques. Algorithmic
0:23:12 > 0:23:19calculations means less concrete and fewer support structures are needed.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24The researchers said the manufacturing process uses a minimal
0:23:24 > 0:23:27amount of concrete and support structures of meaning less waste and
0:23:27 > 0:23:33reduce the environmental impact. The whole prototype weighs 20 tons with
0:23:33 > 0:23:39just 100 kilograms of supporting cables and textile.They think with
0:23:39 > 0:23:47resources disappearing and having only one planet, we need to design
0:23:47 > 0:23:51better and, as a structural designer, I care about exactly that
0:23:51 > 0:23:56and also showing that actually we can make quite a big difference and
0:23:56 > 0:24:01make exciting buildings that are not wasteful but actually quite the
0:24:01 > 0:24:07opposite. That do things much better, much thinner, much more
0:24:07 > 0:24:12integrated, much more efficient.And you can see more short stories from
0:24:12 > 0:24:18the world of tack on our Facebook page. Thank you for watching and we
0:24:18 > 0:24:20will see you soon.