0:00:00 > 0:00:02from Click for their Christmas special.
0:00:08 > 0:00:14It was the night before Clickmas and all through the smart home of the
0:00:14 > 0:00:18gizmo was wearing, not even a drone, the stock is full with gadgets
0:00:18 > 0:00:21galore with virtually realities primed to explore.
0:00:46 > 0:00:53The very next day, you gave it away. This year, to save you from tears. I
0:00:53 > 0:00:59will give it to someone special.And welcome to the Clickmas special!
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Thank you very much to John the excellent rendition to start us off,
0:01:03 > 0:01:08would you believe it, the gang is all here, the are decked with nifty
0:01:08 > 0:01:15gadgetry that it is time to get this party started. That! This is the
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Lyric Speaker, it streams music from your smartphone from Spotify and
0:01:18 > 0:01:25also picks up the lyrics from Spotify and displays it on screen
0:01:25 > 0:01:29you to have a sociable conversation. And if you do want that, you can
0:01:29 > 0:01:35talk about the fact this cost £3600. Does it play Mariah Carey?
0:01:35 > 0:01:41Technically it does but let's not test that.I tell you what, I have a
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Christmas present for you, Spencer. You've always wanted to be a Jedi
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Knight, I know this, you have always wanted to have a light sabre button
0:01:49 > 0:01:53but with this augmented reality Star battling headsets, you can.
0:01:53 > 0:01:59Fabulous. Can I try it? Yes, but you have to go over there because I know
0:01:59 > 0:02:11you and your waiting arms, you will something over. -- waving.While I
0:02:11 > 0:02:17get lost in a galaxy far, far away, Dan is getting lost in his favourite
0:02:17 > 0:02:18videogame.
0:02:22 > 0:02:33Come on, come on, come on. I have just crushed it! It is a stunning
0:02:33 > 0:02:38game, I would love to tell you it is just like driving the real thing
0:02:38 > 0:02:55but... I cannot just yet. This is the Nissan GT-R, it is 4-wheel-drive
0:02:55 > 0:03:00traction control system, it lays down almost all the 550 horses from
0:03:00 > 0:03:04the engine to the tarmac. It is a top speed that would make your nose
0:03:04 > 0:03:16bleed, and goes 0- 60 in under three seconds. I am ready to go again!
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Sorry?
0:03:30 > 0:03:33(BLEEP)! Are (BLEEP)!
0:03:38 > 0:03:49Oh my god! You want to be a little bit... So we've played the game,
0:03:49 > 0:04:03we've driven the car, so how about... We do both. This is a
0:04:03 > 0:04:08full-sized fully expect rent-controlled Nissan GT-R C, it
0:04:08 > 0:04:13has been made by the team at JLP design and is driven by a standard
0:04:13 > 0:04:19PlayStation controller. Four Baz control the transmission, staring,
0:04:19 > 0:04:26throttle and the brakes. The six number crunchers in the Brutt couple
0:04:26 > 0:04:31of my adjustment is 100 times per second. So just to be clear, I'm
0:04:31 > 0:04:37going to be driving that car with this while Rob chases it in the car
0:04:37 > 0:04:47we are in. We don't lose contact, obviously. I know. Bonkers. This is
0:04:47 > 0:04:54£100,000 worth of sports car and I have to say it is twitchy. Just like
0:04:54 > 0:04:58a Grand Prix, a bit of break, there we go, Indigo, there we turn. Just
0:04:58 > 0:05:03take a little bit of. He has gone around the corner, he hasn't
0:05:03 > 0:05:09smashed! Sports car! This car has so much power and are literally have to
0:05:09 > 0:05:20just dab a finger and it moves, I mean, it really does. Incredible.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25Wow! Just be able to control something as powerful as that is so
0:05:25 > 0:05:28much responsibility, actually, but once you get into which you get
0:05:28 > 0:05:32focused on the car, it is just incredible. We should all have one
0:05:32 > 0:05:39of these Christmas, shouldn't we? Oh well. Nice to dream.
0:05:43 > 0:05:52Dan, it's looked amazing. Pointless. But amazing.And terrifying.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57Absolutely terrifying, Spencer. I think we created a new OG.I say!
0:05:57 > 0:06:04Well, good. In an attempt, moving on, in an attempt to add some
0:06:04 > 0:06:08substance to this Christmas debacle, we have decided to cross to a
0:06:08 > 0:06:13familiar friend who is a powerful telepresence, Dave Lee in San
0:06:13 > 0:06:30Francisco.Robots things. -- sings. Dave, nice wheels! A serious upgrade
0:06:30 > 0:06:34of the old telepresence box, I suppose you are now a serious news
0:06:34 > 0:06:39corresponded.Thank you, finally the rubber to grade I have feel like I
0:06:39 > 0:06:44deserve.Tell us about your 2017, you are in the heart of it all in
0:06:44 > 0:06:48silicon valley San Francisco, what is this year be like for you?I feel
0:06:48 > 0:06:52like this year, the things that made the big companies really good and
0:06:52 > 0:06:57profitable and rich is now the same thing that is giving them serious
0:06:57 > 0:07:01headaches. We have seen algorithms fightback, causing all sorts of
0:07:01 > 0:07:08problems. Fake news, propaganda from the Russians, various issues that
0:07:08 > 0:07:12faced -- Facebook and Google and YouTube and all of these companies
0:07:12 > 0:07:16are suffering from and this year has been am trying to deal with but I
0:07:16 > 0:07:20did they have managed it all, frankly.Over here in what I call
0:07:20 > 0:07:24the rest of the world everyone is looking at Silicon valley and it
0:07:24 > 0:07:28almost looks a bit large companies could topple because of these kind
0:07:28 > 0:07:33of scandals. What is the feeling like in Silicon Valley? Are people
0:07:33 > 0:07:38worried or are they getting on with the next new crazy service?I think
0:07:38 > 0:07:42they are more grumpy about this than worried Comey I think Silicon valley
0:07:42 > 0:07:46field but when Washington has a go at them about fake news or when the
0:07:46 > 0:07:50rest of the world thinks they are not doing a good enough job they
0:07:50 > 0:07:54think they are being picked on, is the sense I get from many companies,
0:07:54 > 0:07:58they feel like it is the thing that isn't their fault they will be able
0:07:58 > 0:08:02to fix it but it may take some time or indeed we may just have to learn
0:08:02 > 0:08:06that these networks are going to be perfect all the time. That is the
0:08:06 > 0:08:11sense I get. I think they hope that as we going to Christmas and the new
0:08:11 > 0:08:14year we might move on from this issue and stop talking about it
0:08:14 > 0:08:18quite so much. But I don't think people will forget, I think people
0:08:18 > 0:08:21will be talking about is well into 2018.Or, horror, hope, Mary
0:08:21 > 0:08:28Clickmas!This is my friend, I felt she would bring some fun to the
0:08:28 > 0:08:33table, it recognises me. A low! It is a robot who can say phrases and
0:08:33 > 0:08:37play educational games and it can even do that. But look at what it
0:08:37 > 0:08:40does on the table. Don't worry, it will not eat your chocolate coins.
0:08:40 > 0:08:48But its mind or bitcoin?It mines for chocolate coins.Team, the food
0:08:48 > 0:08:54is nearly ready, 15 minutes. What is this?I know you said not to bring
0:08:54 > 0:08:58you anything and this is no criticism to your cooking but this
0:08:58 > 0:09:02is some 3-D printed Christmas dinner while we are waiting. But looks
0:09:02 > 0:09:08delicious. Beef, brussels sprout, cranberry.Seriously, they are
0:09:08 > 0:09:14different flavours? Yes, that is beefy, oh, God, why do sprout exist,
0:09:14 > 0:09:20and...I am nervous like it is my own cooking and I am worried about
0:09:20 > 0:09:24what it tastes like. Should I?I think you should try that. That is
0:09:24 > 0:09:31just the consistency of beef. So, what you think? That is the sprouts,
0:09:31 > 0:09:37actually. They do look pretty similar. That is definitely the
0:09:37 > 0:09:49cranberry. So this... Must be... The beef. Yeah.How is it?I mean, it is
0:09:49 > 0:09:53genius because it does taste kind of like what you described, the
0:09:53 > 0:09:58consistency not really and it is stone cold.OK, well it was freshly
0:09:58 > 0:10:02prepared for us by dovetail who prepared home 3-D food printers so
0:10:02 > 0:10:05you could even create something like brussels sprouts a taste of
0:10:05 > 0:10:09chocolate. Or you could do with the others wait based on nutrition.Not
0:10:09 > 0:10:15struck up a taste like brussels sprouts, that would be ludicrous.I
0:10:15 > 0:10:18think it may have consumed a few calories here, probably literally a
0:10:18 > 0:10:23phew, just in case you want to burn off those three calories, here is my
0:10:23 > 0:10:28present for you. Happy Clickmas, it is a smart skipping rope.Oh, a
0:10:28 > 0:10:33smart skipping rope.It will shall skip that every time you jump this
0:10:33 > 0:10:39light flashes. Oh, my goodness!So people can see all around how hard
0:10:39 > 0:10:44you are working.Thank you so much. Maybe you could go and have a skip
0:10:44 > 0:10:48and in the meantime you could take a look at how your Christmas groceries
0:10:48 > 0:10:58would be heading to you very soon. This this is a cargo's Hatfield
0:10:58 > 0:11:01fulfilment centre, a place where humans work alongside a process that
0:11:01 > 0:11:19already looks ready automated. But the robots are coming. Wow! This
0:11:19 > 0:11:24grocery picking robot is being tested here and early next year she
0:11:24 > 0:11:28will be making an appearance at one of the warehouses to do the job for
0:11:28 > 0:11:34real. It has been trained to identify 2000 of the company boss
0:11:34 > 0:11:37and 50,000 products using computer vision and as long as those products
0:11:37 > 0:11:41are nonporous, basically anything that would be damaged by being
0:11:41 > 0:11:45picked up by this vacuum, and it can take them out of the picking box,
0:11:45 > 0:11:50take them through the scanner, and place them in the baking area. But
0:11:50 > 0:11:56this isn't the only robot being tested here. I am off to meet a man
0:11:56 > 0:11:59called panels and an arm called slammer.
0:12:03 > 0:12:09Hello. I don't know who's hand shake first. I will go for yours. OK, so
0:12:09 > 0:12:12while this robot looks like its purpose is just have the human
0:12:12 > 0:12:18touch, it can pick things up without damaging them, it does also have
0:12:18 > 0:12:22another skill. What is this what have been taught to do is the same
0:12:22 > 0:12:27thing a human would. So to put your hand on it, and do that. Can you
0:12:27 > 0:12:33help it demonstrates, please?Of course.The movement is quite
0:12:33 > 0:12:43something, it has a few elbows there. But it has grabbed it and it
0:12:43 > 0:12:51has picked it up successfully.It can put it down.Thanks, happy
0:12:51 > 0:13:01Christmas to you, too.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04get a sneak peek behind the scenes to find out a bit more about how you
0:13:04 > 0:13:09try to make a hand seem more human. Zach who has been working on this
0:13:09 > 0:13:13project for a while, what are the challenges you face?One of the main
0:13:13 > 0:13:17challenges is to actually get this handle glove to sense the forces
0:13:17 > 0:13:21that a human concerns. We as humans have a very delicate sense of touch
0:13:21 > 0:13:26so we can handle objects like apples. So we have tried to
0:13:26 > 0:13:30reproduce that by having a sort of electronic skin.So this Apple,
0:13:30 > 0:13:33apart from being a bit squashed, has obviously been approved as being
0:13:33 > 0:13:37good. I don't think I need to do any shopping this week, I am
0:13:37 > 0:13:40disappearing with all your products. Well, seeing as the robot couldn't
0:13:40 > 0:13:47join us for Clickmas lunch, I thought it was only ferret out a
0:13:47 > 0:13:52cracker. Let's see what it makes of it. In what country will you not
0:13:52 > 0:14:00find a vegetarian? You don't know? Turkey. Cue laughter. Does it not do
0:14:00 > 0:14:03laughter?
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Well, I have to say, you get a greater view of London's West End
0:14:16 > 0:14:20from up here. We are on the roof of John Lewis at the moment. These
0:14:20 > 0:14:26aren't any old binoculars. These are made by IQ, and they are basically a
0:14:26 > 0:14:30combination of a lens strapped to a smartphone strapped to a viewer.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34They allow you to record what you are seeing so you can watch it back
0:14:34 > 0:14:42later and share it with friends. Nice. I'm freezing. I say, Bahman.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47Well, hello, Spencer!If it is intelligent's Nick Kwek.How are
0:14:47 > 0:14:53you?Cold. Can you give me something hot?Here you go, a lovely hot
0:14:53 > 0:14:57chocolate. I say hot, because actually that is a smart mug you are
0:14:57 > 0:15:01holding. It connects to your mobile phone with an app, and that works
0:15:01 > 0:15:05like a thermostat. You choose the delight -- desired to bridge of your
0:15:05 > 0:15:10drink and that keeps it warm all day long.All day long!At least until
0:15:10 > 0:15:14your smartphone's battery dies, at which point the power in the month
0:15:14 > 0:15:21goes.I will drink it, then.That will be £80.£80! What's that,
0:15:21 > 0:15:27production? I needed back in the hub.Spencer!
0:15:30 > 0:15:33I hope you are enjoying the show.
0:15:35 > 0:15:41Good to be back inside. Kate, what are you doing with your hand?I am
0:15:41 > 0:15:45making sweet, sweet music. Can you not hear it? It is wonderful. This
0:15:45 > 0:15:50is the remedy digital music glove, and the way that it works, it
0:15:50 > 0:15:54connects to an apple in your phone and these four stencils here turned
0:15:54 > 0:16:00on and off loops. -- sensors. And these four sensors initiates apples.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04So you can choose lots of different musical styles that you want. Drum
0:16:04 > 0:16:11and bass, hip-hop, EDM. Electranet dance music.Yes, I know.You can
0:16:11 > 0:16:18even put a bit of flange on. This is what somebody who with absolutely no
0:16:18 > 0:16:23musical ability whatsoever, I am sure you can tell, can create.Kate
0:16:23 > 0:16:30Russell, everybody. Fabulous. Now it is time for my Christmas present to
0:16:30 > 0:16:34you all. And indeed you at home as well. Now, you might remember, last
0:16:34 > 0:16:41week I got to talk Art with performance art superstar Marina
0:16:41 > 0:16:46Abramovic, and during that chat, we talked about how we immersed
0:16:46 > 0:16:50ourselves and technology every week and sometimes it was difficult to
0:16:50 > 0:16:53tear away from the table of what used to be called a normal life.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57Well, this was Marina's answer to me. I think this is her Christmas
0:16:57 > 0:17:07message to us all.You have to do come to my world, which I create
0:17:07 > 0:17:11some ring called the Abramovic method. You can do it in your own
0:17:11 > 0:17:16home. You decide, one day a week, that you take your phone and your
0:17:16 > 0:17:20computer and switch them off and you don't put them, you don't put any
0:17:20 > 0:17:24electronics around. You do nothing. Doing nothing is being yourself.
0:17:24 > 0:17:35Because all that you do is look inwards. When you are surrounded by
0:17:35 > 0:17:38entertainment you're not being with yourself alone, in silence.So if I
0:17:38 > 0:17:42was to do that, I can tell you, I would sit there and then I would...
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Just wonder what is going on. And then I might get bored.Being bought
0:17:46 > 0:17:53is important.It is?Yes, because the board is a sign that something
0:17:53 > 0:17:57is wrong with you. You have to get bored. You have to go beyond the
0:17:57 > 0:18:02board. Sit for six hours and do nothing and see what happens to your
0:18:02 > 0:18:06boredom. The board goes away. You start seeing that actually, you are
0:18:06 > 0:18:14nervous, you are hysterical, your breathing is raised. Go another four
0:18:14 > 0:18:20hours. You start breeding more slowly. You start relaxing. You
0:18:20 > 0:18:23start getting to the centre of yourself. It takes time. It takes
0:18:23 > 0:18:29effort. To relax, that is huge work. I really use technology to help make
0:18:29 > 0:18:35life more efficient. Which means that messages come in here and I can
0:18:35 > 0:18:38deal with these messages while I am walking somewhere else. So I am
0:18:38 > 0:18:42conscious that I've lost that piece, I've lost the peace and quiet of
0:18:42 > 0:18:47having a walk.The thing is, every email you write, you have done all
0:18:47 > 0:18:51the work, you write all the emails that you have in your computer in
0:18:51 > 0:19:01the morning. You can double back, every email is not important. And
0:19:01 > 0:19:05then what are you doing next week? That is the problem, if one person,
0:19:05 > 0:19:09like me, tries to do it differently, the rest of the world still operates
0:19:09 > 0:19:13at a much higher pace and are still get those messages back, can you do
0:19:13 > 0:19:17this, can you pop this in here.Can you imagine if you have three days
0:19:17 > 0:19:23to live? You would ask all these emails? No. Why don't you take every
0:19:23 > 0:19:29day like the last day of your life? I wouldn't get paid, though.This,
0:19:29 > 0:19:33again, how much we need of this to live, how much supercity can we
0:19:33 > 0:19:39have? It is so important to question everything, how we can create our
0:19:39 > 0:19:43life in a minimal way and how many things we need to adopt. It is
0:19:43 > 0:19:49incredible. That questioning, only when you really put your life, it is
0:19:49 > 0:19:54so important to question everything. Question how we can create our life
0:19:54 > 0:20:00in a minimal way. You know, my generation is Telegraph 's and
0:20:00 > 0:20:08Xerox. -- telegrams. The young generation, the kids who were born
0:20:08 > 0:20:12with the computers in the videogames, these are the people who
0:20:12 > 0:20:17can actually do something about it. This is the target. That is the
0:20:17 > 0:20:26future.That was Marina Abramovic telling us to throw away our
0:20:26 > 0:20:30technology, which is a bit of a downer, especially for Ross, because
0:20:30 > 0:20:34that's all we know.Well, Spencer, I think I've got something that might
0:20:34 > 0:20:37cheer you up. Technology isn't always that bad. We've been going on
0:20:37 > 0:20:42about a hour all the, and Kate, if I could get a hand from you. -- going
0:20:42 > 0:20:48on about AR.What witchcraft is this?This is the AR air measure
0:20:48 > 0:20:53app, creating a painting in AR. You can paintings, measured things, all
0:20:53 > 0:20:58with an AR.And you stick that anywhere in space, and it's not
0:20:58 > 0:21:02really there. It's not really there, everybody! If you are wondering,
0:21:02 > 0:21:06this a photo of the Quick team after we finished our live show in thought
0:21:06 > 0:21:11of a live studio audience. -- flange team. You can see that on TV in a
0:21:11 > 0:21:16couple of weeks. Here is a sneak peek of the end of that show. This
0:21:16 > 0:21:22is the spectacular Star Wars ballet from Propel. In true Click style it
0:21:22 > 0:21:26ended in a fight to the death. The lone survivor from the audience took
0:21:26 > 0:21:30home one of the Star Wars drones. And that reminds me. It is time for
0:21:30 > 0:21:38our Clickmas elfing. Sticking with the team of AR, will be adding a bit
0:21:38 > 0:21:42of augmented reality to the photo year. We have the Into photo printer
0:21:42 > 0:21:45attached to a smartphone. I will need some help here, down. Could you
0:21:45 > 0:21:49take the selfie, please? You are in a better position than me. When need
0:21:49 > 0:21:54to put it on video mode.This is a video selfie?It is. You will find
0:21:54 > 0:21:58out why in a moment. All I have to say right now is that when Dan
0:21:58 > 0:22:01presses the button, make sure you move and make some noise. Happy
0:22:01 > 0:22:09Clickmas, or something is appropriate.Happy Clickmas! More
0:22:09 > 0:22:12moving, more moving...Move in a really unnatural way of all stock
0:22:12 > 0:22:18the more you move the better it will look. So, now we've got a steel that
0:22:18 > 0:22:23looks like that, which we can print. That's unfortunate.It is not a bad
0:22:23 > 0:22:31picture. Let's print that out. Hurrah!There you go, Spencer.Your
0:22:31 > 0:22:37memento.I like the way you framed it.I am sure that is what it was
0:22:37 > 0:22:46designed for.I am going to have to take a selfie of that.That's it for
0:22:46 > 0:22:50this week. Thank you so much for watching. On behalf of the whole
0:22:50 > 0:22:59team, Mary Clickmas! -- Merry Clickmas.The rooftop sees Santo,
0:22:59 > 0:23:03who is laughing with glee. He is trying to fit robots down the
0:23:03 > 0:23:07chimney. He finished the job and the gifts were delivered, around
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Rudolf's next, the GPS triggered. And on Santa's step counter the
0:23:11 > 0:23:16total was high. Three Mac Clickmas to all. Now where's my mince pie?
0:23:16 > 0:23:21Guys, I think I've fallen over. And it told me there was a step. --
0:23:21 > 0:23:40nobody told me.