0:00:01 > 0:00:07That's all the sport - now it's time for Click.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09This week: Fighting fires...
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Naked navigation...
0:00:11 > 0:00:15And a real-life Rocketeer.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41On Click we often look out for technology which can help
0:00:41 > 0:00:44save people's lives.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49This week: Fighting fires...
0:00:49 > 0:00:52For example, we went to Rwanda to look at how drones were speeding
0:00:52 > 0:00:54up deliveries of blood and recently, closer to home, I looked
0:00:54 > 0:00:57at how the response times of the Air Ambulance in London
0:00:57 > 0:00:58were being improved by better connectivity.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01If you live in the developed world, you will probably take it
0:01:01 > 0:01:04for granted that you can dial the emergency number, someone
0:01:04 > 0:01:07will answer and help will arrive.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Well, in Kenya, that's not the case.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13In the capital, Nairobi, alone, there are more than 50 different
0:01:13 > 0:01:15numbers for different ambulance services and if you need
0:01:15 > 0:01:20a fire engine, well, that's at least a dozen more,
0:01:20 > 0:01:24and even then there is no guarantee they'll be able to get to you.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Well, Kate Russell has been to Nairobi to meet a couple
0:01:26 > 0:01:29of entrepreneurs who have had the great idea of amalgamating them
0:01:29 > 0:01:30all into one service.
0:01:30 > 0:01:37Think Uber for emergency services.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39For most living in a modern metropolis, calling
0:01:39 > 0:01:43an ambulance involves dialling a single short code.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47But in a city of more than 6 million people,
0:01:47 > 0:01:52Nairobi has no functioning central emergency number.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55With five public hospitals and dozens of private hospitals
0:01:55 > 0:01:58and clinics all operating independently, you have to know
0:01:58 > 0:02:02who to call if you need an ambulance here and hope that there's someone
0:02:02 > 0:02:05on duty to pick up.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Caitlin and Maria run a start-up in Nairobi hoping
0:02:07 > 0:02:10to address this problem.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14You just take for granted that 911 exists and we did as well.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Both of us had lived here for years and we never even considered it
0:02:17 > 0:02:19and we'd worked in health and I never even thought
0:02:19 > 0:02:23what I would do in an emergency.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25We just started asking people, have you seen an ambulance before,
0:02:25 > 0:02:28who has an ambulance?
0:02:28 > 0:02:31We would go and meet and find ambulances in parking lots
0:02:31 > 0:02:33and we started a really simple tally of how many ambulances
0:02:33 > 0:02:37we could find.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39We realised there were so many ambulances and nobody has any
0:02:40 > 0:02:43idea where they are.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Flare's aim is to connect emergency response vehicles on an Uber style
0:02:46 > 0:02:48platform that can route calls to the operator that
0:02:48 > 0:02:53can get there quickest.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56When the call comes in I get to know the patient's location,
0:02:56 > 0:03:02I click on the location.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05We see all the vehicles that are within my range.
0:03:05 > 0:03:13I can select our ambulance service, which is six minutes away.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Let's click on the ambulance service I'm going to dispatch,
0:03:15 > 0:03:17it gives me the contact number and their current location
0:03:17 > 0:03:21and the estimated time.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23It also gives me the direct route for them.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26So you've been using this system through states of emergency,
0:03:26 > 0:03:30for example the first elections.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34We used it for the election of 2017, and we also had
0:03:34 > 0:03:39a backup for the radios.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41We had the emergency services covering all the emergency
0:03:42 > 0:03:45situations that had arised.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50Sorry, sorry?
0:03:50 > 0:03:55Laya, emergency!
0:03:56 > 0:04:00A busy city hospital, we left Patrick to his work
0:04:00 > 0:04:03and headed out onto the streets to see first-hand the traffic
0:04:03 > 0:04:07problems that make this kind of operator routeing a lifesaver.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09This was especially important when violence broke out
0:04:09 > 0:04:13during the October elections.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Flare's ambulances were 33% busier attending
0:04:14 > 0:04:19to emergencies in these hotspots.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22The response times we've seen have gone down from 162 minutes,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24which is the average, which is nearly three
0:04:24 > 0:04:30hours, which is insane, to about 15 to 20 minutes.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33So far the platform has 30 ambulances online with a goal
0:04:33 > 0:04:38to reach at least 50 by the end of January next year.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42An annual membership fee gives patients access to the emergency
0:04:42 > 0:04:44hotline and covers the cost of any callouts, which otherwise would have
0:04:44 > 0:04:50had to be paid by credit card before an ambulance is dispatched.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53The fee is currently around $15-20 but Flare say this might change
0:04:53 > 0:04:57as the service matures.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Eventually Flare wants to add more concierge style
0:04:59 > 0:05:00features for its members, like real-time updates
0:05:00 > 0:05:05and treatment information.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07The data being collected might also prove useful to help co-ordinate
0:05:07 > 0:05:13better service across the city.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15One of the things we recently learned is there's a lack
0:05:15 > 0:05:19of ambulances between 7am and 9am and the reason for that is
0:05:19 > 0:05:22that the night team is handing over to the day team so all providers
0:05:22 > 0:05:27are doing that shift change, so there's a delay in that happening
0:05:27 > 0:05:29so then there aren't enough ambulances online to actually
0:05:29 > 0:05:31respond to the emergencies.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35You can use that information and go to all the providers and say,
0:05:35 > 0:05:40maybe stagger your times?
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Completely, or make the handover process more efficient
0:05:42 > 0:05:44so that doesn't even occur.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Fire means even bigger problems for emergency callouts in Nairobi.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49As well as the fractured co-ordination issues
0:05:49 > 0:05:51seen with ambulances, there's a desperate shortage
0:05:51 > 0:05:59of trucks and water supplies.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03Tragedies like this in Nairobi's vast clothes market, Gikomba,
0:06:03 > 0:06:05are all too common and often left burning for much longer
0:06:05 > 0:06:07than they should be because of a simple lack
0:06:07 > 0:06:14of access to resources.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16999 goes directly to the police headquarters,
0:06:16 > 0:06:17to the police control room.
0:06:17 > 0:06:23Once you call the police control room, they start looking
0:06:23 > 0:06:27for the nearest ambulance service or the nearest fire service.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31There's no radio linkage anywhere.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33The phones they have belong to four individuals.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35The fire and ambulance service are controlled separately
0:06:35 > 0:06:38by different players.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40ICT Fire and Rescue is the first firefighting school
0:06:40 > 0:06:44of its kind in Kenya.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47I went to visit them and got to try out some training.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Flare is working with the school to add as many firetrucks
0:06:50 > 0:06:52as possible to their Nairobi coverage, as well as locating
0:06:52 > 0:06:58available public and private water supplies to add to the map.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01There are enough hydrants in Nairobi theoretically,
0:07:01 > 0:07:03they were planned for, but a lot of the hydrants
0:07:03 > 0:07:09have been built on top of so we are surveying Nairobi
0:07:09 > 0:07:12to see where there are publicly available hydrants and where there
0:07:12 > 0:07:18are private hydrants are that we can actually tap into.
0:07:18 > 0:07:24At this stage it's unclear how the membership funding model
0:07:24 > 0:07:26will play out for fire cover as callout costs could be radically
0:07:26 > 0:07:30higher and more variable than ambulance work.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Flare has high hopes of becoming the 911 equivalent for the whole
0:07:33 > 0:07:36of Kenya in the future.
0:07:40 > 0:07:45Kate Russell in Nairobi solving a problem that really needs solving.
0:07:45 > 0:07:50I have to say that's not always the case in the world of technology.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Take, for example, smart cities, which we haven't really proved
0:07:53 > 0:07:58we actually need, so far.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02But authorities in Canada have teamed up with a massive tech name
0:08:02 > 0:08:04to develop a smart neighbourhood that it says will massively improve
0:08:05 > 0:08:06sustainability and affordability.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Paul Carter has been to Toronto to find out more
0:08:09 > 0:08:16about Google's grand designs.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Google's parent company, Alphabet, has its fingers
0:08:18 > 0:08:21in many technological pies, from home automation, to search,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24to life sciences and autonomous vehicles but now the company has
0:08:24 > 0:08:30an even bigger idea - it wants to build a whole new city.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Well, sort of.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Authorities in Canada's largest city, Toronto,
0:08:36 > 0:08:42have announced a partnership with Google stablemate Sidewalk Labs
0:08:42 > 0:08:44to design a new waterfront area known as Quayside.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48Sidewalk Labs say they want to see a city built from the Internet up.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52What does that look like?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Streets will come alive with a vitality we expect
0:08:54 > 0:08:58from sort of the greatest urban environments in a way that has never
0:08:58 > 0:09:02actually been seen before.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04The plans include modular buildings that will automatically
0:09:04 > 0:09:06adapt to wind and rain.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10Robot delivery services, underground rubbish disposal trains,
0:09:10 > 0:09:15heated roads to melt the snow, digital navigation systems,
0:09:15 > 0:09:17smart traffic, self-driving buses.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20So far, so Jetsons, but will any ordinary people actually be able
0:09:20 > 0:09:24to afford to live there?
0:09:24 > 0:09:27What's really interesting when you sit down with the Sidewalk
0:09:27 > 0:09:35people is that a big part of what they want to do and a big
0:09:35 > 0:09:38part of the advertisement they present for themselves is that this
0:09:38 > 0:09:40will lower the cost of living.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42They're trying to find ways to reduce your cost of mobility, so,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45for example, you don't actually have to have a car at all.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48These plans also rely on data and lots of it.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Sensors in all aspects of the development -
0:09:50 > 0:09:52buildings, roads, open spaces - will measure how and when people
0:09:52 > 0:09:56use the environment.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59In a week when it was revealed Android phones were sending location
0:09:59 > 0:10:01data back to Google, should people be concerned
0:10:01 > 0:10:02about their privacy?
0:10:02 > 0:10:06They have a profit motive and a business purpose for existence
0:10:06 > 0:10:09that you have to make sure at all times you safeguard
0:10:09 > 0:10:12the public interest and that's our job on everything we do.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16They made it very clear that even though they are part
0:10:16 > 0:10:20of the Alphabet organisation, which includes other technologies,
0:10:20 > 0:10:26like Waymo is their driverless car autonomous vehicle,
0:10:26 > 0:10:29they are under no pressure or no directive from Alphabet to have
0:10:29 > 0:10:31to use their technology.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33They believe that to fulfil their objectives,
0:10:33 > 0:10:40they want to get the best in class, the most innovative technologies,
0:10:40 > 0:10:42wherever they may be.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Both Waterfront Toronto and Sidewalk Labs now have a year
0:10:44 > 0:10:48to thrash out the finer details of the plan.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Any time you do anything complicated, I was deputy mayor
0:10:52 > 0:10:57of New York for the six years right after 9/11, my responsibilities
0:10:57 > 0:10:59included the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site,
0:10:59 > 0:11:02you're never going to get unanimity, but that's what the democratic
0:11:02 > 0:11:04process is all about, about putting ideas out there,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06getting feedback, adjusting them and ultimately hopefully winning
0:11:06 > 0:11:11over enough people that you can move forward.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15At the moment this smart city of the future exists only
0:11:15 > 0:11:19in drawings and documents.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21City planners and technologists from around the world will be
0:11:21 > 0:11:24watching with interest to see if Google's grand plans ever make it
0:11:24 > 0:11:29from concept to construction.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Hello and welcome to the week in tech.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42It was the week that US prosecutors charged an Iranian man
0:11:42 > 0:11:43with hacking into HBO, leaking scripts for everyone's
0:11:43 > 0:11:46favourite TV show, Game of Thrones, and demanding over £4
0:11:46 > 0:11:50million in ransom.
0:11:50 > 0:11:57Elsewhere, Skype disappeared from app stores in China
0:11:57 > 0:12:00after the government said it did not comply with the local law.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02The long-running net neutrality debate took another turn this week
0:12:02 > 0:12:05as US regulators rolled back the laws that were brought
0:12:05 > 0:12:06in under President Obama.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said
0:12:09 > 0:12:11the changes would stop the Federal government micromanaging
0:12:11 > 0:12:14the Internet.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Critics argue the changes could lead to unequal access to the Internet.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19And humans and machine have once again been
0:12:19 > 0:12:21pitted against each other, this time in the battle
0:12:22 > 0:12:23of the drone pilots.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Researchers at NASA's jet propulsion lab set up a time trial
0:12:27 > 0:12:29between their artificial intelligence and drone
0:12:29 > 0:12:33pilot Ken Loo.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Loo was the winner when it came to speed but was less consistent
0:12:36 > 0:12:38overall than the AI system.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43It wouldn't be Click news without a robot.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47This fine specimen stands at 5'1" and calls itself THRC3.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51The bot is designed to mirror the movements of its human overlord
0:12:51 > 0:12:55and may one day be used in locations too dangerous for humans.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58That's all fine before it gets fed up and goes on strike, citing
0:12:58 > 0:13:08an inhospitable working environment!
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Earlier in the show we saw how a smart city can be
0:13:11 > 0:13:13built from the ground up but you still need to be able
0:13:14 > 0:13:15to find your way around it.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18I've been looking at some of the latest augmented reality that
0:13:18 > 0:13:21aims to help but first, I need to go and find the man
0:13:21 > 0:13:25who knows all about it.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29But he is not the only person I am meeting.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33HotStepper is a way-finding app that uses this scantily
0:13:33 > 0:13:37clad character to guide you to your designated destination.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41It is doing so by combining AR, geolocation data, and mapping,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44and while it is not the only app to overlay directions
0:13:44 > 0:13:48on the real world, it certainly has a unique character.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50He is just doing a dance.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54As people are walking past the pub.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56You must be Luke.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Lara, good to meet you.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59You too.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Why am I following this man around?
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Why have you designed him looking like this?
0:14:05 > 0:14:09After the year we have had in 2017 I think we needed some humour
0:14:09 > 0:14:12so I wanted to make it more interesting to get from A to B.
0:14:12 > 0:14:20There are lots of navigation apps out there, why are people
0:14:20 > 0:14:21going to choose this one?
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Some people find maps on their phones quite
0:14:23 > 0:14:24complicated to use.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28We have also put in gigantic 3D arrows at the end of the roads
0:14:28 > 0:14:30you can follow him and see from the arrows
0:14:30 > 0:14:31where you want to go.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34There are some challenges, we don't actually know where a road
0:14:34 > 0:14:37begins and a pavement stops we have to kind of do our best to calculate
0:14:37 > 0:14:42where we think it is.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44To make it look as believable as possible, what we do
0:14:44 > 0:14:47is try to find out where we think you are, what the weather
0:14:47 > 0:14:50is like where you are, if it is sunny or cloudy and then
0:14:50 > 0:14:53specifically, the location of the sun and if we can work
0:14:53 > 0:14:56out where the sun is, we can render his shadow naturally
0:14:56 > 0:14:57to where it should be.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00But when you are not having fun on foot then maybe you are trying
0:15:00 > 0:15:02to find a place to leave your car.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05AR measuring app Air Measure are prototyping a function
0:15:05 > 0:15:06to help you parallel park.
0:15:06 > 0:15:11Not something you would want any inaccuracy on.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13In the meantime, it can be used for measuring furniture,
0:15:13 > 0:15:16creating a floor plan, or seeing how tall you are.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19But if you are more focused on finding your way around and have
0:15:19 > 0:15:22taken a shine to HotStepper, just don't lose your friend
0:15:22 > 0:15:25or you may lose your way.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28OK, you cannot miss the arrow but where has my man gone?
0:15:28 > 0:15:34Where is he?
0:15:37 > 0:15:41The way we talk online has changed in the last decade and I'm not
0:15:41 > 0:15:43talking about the rise of social networks like Facebook and Twitter,
0:15:43 > 0:15:48but the even bigger explosion in mobile messaging apps
0:15:48 > 0:15:49like WhatsApp, Line and WeChat depending
0:15:49 > 0:15:55on where you are in the world.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Since 2014 we have been using them even more
0:15:58 > 0:16:01than the big social networks.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04And with all of those people spending all of that time chatting,
0:16:04 > 0:16:06rather than browsing, it is not surprising that companies
0:16:06 > 0:16:10are desperate to talk to us too.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12And I can only mean one thing - bots.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Chat bots.
0:16:14 > 0:16:22And plenty of them.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Modern bots promise to connect with us and understand us in more
0:16:26 > 0:16:28ways than ever before and that means they could potentially do more
0:16:28 > 0:16:30than just sell us stuff.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32For example, they may even change lives.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Dave Lee has been looking at a unique project in Seattle
0:16:34 > 0:16:37which is using chat bots to help women working in the sex
0:16:37 > 0:16:42industry to stay safe.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46This is Aurora Avenue, north Seattle, a long,
0:16:46 > 0:16:48straight road full of liquor stores, worn out car dealerships,
0:16:48 > 0:16:53and cheap motels.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57It is known as one of the traps in the area and that means
0:16:57 > 0:17:00it is a popular place where women would come and be involved in street
0:17:00 > 0:17:03prostitution and men come to basically drive up
0:17:03 > 0:17:07and solicit for sex.
0:17:07 > 0:17:13As day passes into night, we see only a handful
0:17:13 > 0:17:17of working women walk by.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Just because this street isn't as busy as it perhaps once
0:17:19 > 0:17:22was doesn't mean this business has gone away and in fact
0:17:22 > 0:17:23it is quite the opposite.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26The scale of the job to save these women who are now behind closed
0:17:26 > 0:17:28doors is incredibly overwhelming.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Like just about every business you can think of,
0:17:30 > 0:17:32the sex trade is now almost completely online.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Powered by listings websites which do little to prevent abuses.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39It makes the women caught up in this dark world much less
0:17:39 > 0:17:45visible than ever before.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47I was in the life for ten years.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51I had a pimp, it was very violent, I have a quota I had to meet every
0:17:51 > 0:17:54day, and if I didn't make the quota, there were punishments for that.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58I stayed sometimes in hotels for weeks, months at a time,
0:17:58 > 0:18:00the same room, not leaving, maybe just to smoke a cigarette
0:18:00 > 0:18:03or go to the vending machine to get a snack.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07Those four walls and I remember the TV playing just so there
0:18:07 > 0:18:11was noise going, right?
0:18:11 > 0:18:13I do remember sitting in there and thinking the whole
0:18:13 > 0:18:17world had forgotten about me.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20And what would have shifted if I have looked down on my phone
0:18:20 > 0:18:23and someone would have said hey, this is Jackie from Rest,
0:18:23 > 0:18:25I used to be in the life.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29I have resources, do you want to chat?
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Real escape from the sex trade, or Rest, is a group that seeks out
0:18:32 > 0:18:36and helps women trapped in the sex industry.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39This is a centre for those taken out of the life.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44It is temporary, safe accommodation.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47The organisation is backing a new initiative developed
0:18:47 > 0:18:49with the help of Microsoft that uses chatbot technology to intercept
0:18:50 > 0:18:54anyone considering buying sex.
0:18:54 > 0:18:59The team places fake sex ads on popular sites.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02When a potential customer texts the number seeking to buy,
0:19:02 > 0:19:07it is a chatbot that replies.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10In this case we have set up the bot so it is simulating
0:19:10 > 0:19:17a 15-year-old trafficking victim.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20This is asking me questions like how old am I, $100 per hour,
0:19:20 > 0:19:21what service are you looking for.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24We work with survivors of trafficking to ask them how
0:19:24 > 0:19:25a conversation like this would go?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27What would you say?
0:19:27 > 0:19:30What are the tipoffs that this would maybe not be a bot but a law
0:19:30 > 0:19:31enforcement officer?
0:19:31 > 0:19:34It has told you it is 15, how does that sound?
0:19:34 > 0:19:36That's where the hammer drops.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37Here's the message.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41Wow.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44That is a really shocking feeling.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Somebody who thinks they are anonymous and can go
0:19:46 > 0:19:49on the internet and buy another human being, it is
0:19:49 > 0:19:50a big wake-up call.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52The bot isn't being used to arrest people.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Instead it is intended to work as a deterrent.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Similar artificial intelligence technology is being used to scrape
0:19:59 > 0:20:02websites and reach women who may be need help.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06Outreach comes via a text message, something that is much easier
0:20:06 > 0:20:12to hide from a pimp than talking to a charity worker in the street.
0:20:12 > 0:20:18With text outreach, we can reach so many more individuals on these
0:20:18 > 0:20:21phone numbers that we are pulling from online ads and when a girl
0:20:21 > 0:20:24gets a text message, she can respond to it in a time
0:20:24 > 0:20:27and a place that is safe for her to do so.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Impressed with what they've seen so far, law enforcement agencies
0:20:30 > 0:20:37in Seattle are now using the tech with encouraging results.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41There are thousands of buyers online at any time of the day or night.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44When we post a fake ad posing as a person involved in prostitution
0:20:44 > 0:20:46we will get 250 responses in the first two hours
0:20:46 > 0:20:49and there is no way that law enforcement has the capacity
0:20:49 > 0:20:50to respond to that.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53A chatbot allows us to connect with and deter all of those
0:20:53 > 0:20:54buyers online at any time.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57We've never able to do that.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Yet this issue needs a more permanent solution to stop websites
0:21:00 > 0:21:01being used to sell sex.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04That is what is being worked on here at the US Senate.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08It is time to say no more.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12New anti-sex trafficking measures have bipartisan support
0:21:12 > 0:21:16here but some tech companies have raised concerns that the new rules
0:21:16 > 0:21:20could be too broad.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24While tech companies and legislators iron out the detail,
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Amanda's work in saving women continues daily.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Just yesterday I had a young woman come up to me who was living
0:21:31 > 0:21:33in our residential programme and she is like, Amanda,
0:21:33 > 0:21:35I have a car, I have a licence, I have insurance.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Like, insurance, legit.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Those are the moments that make it all worthwhile and less
0:21:39 > 0:21:48overwhelming because we know we are making a difference.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51When James Bond used a jet pack to escape the bad
0:21:51 > 0:22:00guys in Thunderball, the world with jet pack mad.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03But the US military designed Bell rocket belt that he used was later
0:22:03 > 0:22:07scrapped due to its high price and limited flight time.
0:22:07 > 0:22:13Almost 60 years on, science fiction is finally becoming science fact.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Several companies and even individuals around the world have
0:22:15 > 0:22:18taken to the skies in recent years to show off their
0:22:18 > 0:22:20versions of a jetpack.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22And recently, I was invited to strap myself into one.
0:22:22 > 0:22:27Fortunately, this was only in VR.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30OK, here we go, we are going up.
0:22:30 > 0:22:36OK!
0:22:36 > 0:22:40The real thing has been built and tested by New Zealand company
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Martin Aircraft which is now being bought by the Chinese
0:22:42 > 0:22:47science company Quang Chi.
0:22:47 > 0:22:54Firstly, technically, it isn't a jet pack.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58Its lifts off using two ducted fans which are powered
0:22:58 > 0:23:01by a petrol engine.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05It is still in testing but the team hopes that by the time it is ready,
0:23:05 > 0:23:08it will be able to fly as fast as 40 kilometres an hour at
0:23:08 > 0:23:09an altitude of 2500 feet.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12On a single tank, it should last for about 30 minutes,
0:23:12 > 0:23:14covering distances of 20 kilometres, carrying about 100 kilos.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18And the company says it will be used for far more than just fulfilling
0:23:18 > 0:23:22the dream of human flight.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24TRANSLATION:What can we do if there are people stranded
0:23:24 > 0:23:26in a high-rise fire?
0:23:26 > 0:23:29This jet pack can reach places a helicopter cannot.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33A helicopter requires space but with a jet pack you can get very
0:23:33 > 0:23:37near and hose the fire down.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Martin Aircraft has been developing flight technology for over three
0:23:40 > 0:23:43decades and previously thought it would start selling
0:23:43 > 0:23:45these by last year.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Now, the company hopes the Chinese financial boost will finally be
0:23:47 > 0:23:49enough to get it off the ground.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Back at my VR demonstration, I am starting to realise I may not
0:23:52 > 0:23:58be the ideal jet pack pilot.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01That is quite enough from us for this week's Click
0:24:01 > 0:24:06but there is plenty more happening on Facebook and Twitter.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10Thank you for watching and we will see you soon.