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it is time for Click.

Welcome.

Hello, welcome.

Welcome, how are you?

Hello...?

Welcome, welcome...

Second script - "How are you?

How are you?"

Hello, everybody!

I am literally being built

from the skin out, currently,

by these two lovely ladies

who are going to try to make me look

like my publicity photograph.

All right, then.

We are all good to go,

Brendan, you happy?

So what we're going to do

is go to silence, please,

and go to black.

Lose the house lights.

VT10 next.

ANNOUNCER:

This is BBC Click Live.

Please welcome your

host, Spencer Kelly!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Erm...right!

There.

Hello!

Welcome.

My own floor!

Welcome to Click Live,

and have we got a show for you!

Have we got a show for them?

We have, we're ready to go.

LAUGHTER

We have some really amazing

things for you tonight.

We've got some things that noise,

we've got some things that fly,

we have some things

for you to taste.

Some of it won't work, OK?

LAUGHTER Bear with us,

because hopefully the stuff that

does work - fingers crossed,

and a lot of it has in rehearsals -

it is a world-first,

and you won't see this anywhere

else, and no-one has

seen this before you.

Before any of that, I have

to introduce you to the other half

of the show.

Please welcome to the

stage Kate Russell.

APPLAUSE

Brilliant, isn't it?

When they said I'd have my name

in lights, I was expecting more

Broadway than boardwalk -

but it's a start!

It's going to be a really,

really crammed show.

And I don't want you getting too

comfortable, because there's a lot

of audience participation.

So I hope you're ready to take part.

Do you want to see some tech?

CROWD:

Yes!

Good stuff.

I don't believe you.

Do you want to see some tech?

CROWD:

Yes!

I think so.

All right, so first of all,

we need you to settle down,

because our first guest

tonight is very mysterious.

His name is Psychic Joe,

and I'm told things

are about to get very strange...

EERIE MUSIC PLAYING

Hello.

Computers are a wonderful thing,

but we're going to put them to one

side just for the moment.

I'd like to introduce

you to the power of your own mind.

Breathe slowly and gently,

and I'll discover more about you,

with just a candle.

Now, I sometimes get some powers

and signals through,

and sometimes I get things wrong.

But most of the time, it's right.

So stay with me.

I might just get pieces

of information that come...

I'm starting with a "G".

Let me just put this

down for a moment.

There's a "G" - so I'm

going to start to pull something out

of the audience.

Hopefully it's one of you.

I'm getting a "G".

Let's start with "G" - Gareth?

I think this is him.

Because those are two

different sites.

Hello, Gareth.

How are you?

We have Joe, and he's

going to identify some people

in the audience, and he's

going to pretend to read their mind

by telling them things about them,

by reading information from them.

It's actually us researching these

people online and feeding that

to him through a hidden earpiece.

Les?

Les...?

It could have been a man,

but I won't make wild assertions.

Is there a Les?

Leslie?

Welcome to the show.

Glad you've got

a microphone with you now.

What can I tell you about yourself?

Um, you have - appropriate that

I'm dressed like this,

because you've lived

with a priest, haven't you?

LAUGHS Have you lived with a priest?

I have, yes.

You've actually lived with a priest?

She's right here.

You don't look like

a priest at all, do you?

What's your name?

Andrea Priest.

Andrea Priest.

LAUGHTER

Oh, right...

So we're researching

some of the people in

the audience right now.

The gentleman who's just sat

down in front of us -

I've just found the address details

of somebody who sat down

at the front with her

partner as well.

So we're researching as much

as we can about the people that

are in front of us.

Do you have children

called Jack and Sasha?

Um...we have cats

called Jack and Sasha.

Oh, it's close!

It's close, isn't it?

I've set up a free Wi-Fi network.

Most people quite happily

click "free Wi-Fi".

It says please type

in their name, click "connect",

and that is how we start.

We then have their name.

It's the first thing to work from.

Fortunately, as well,

because it's quite a big event,

people will like the Facebook page.

People will say, "I'm at BBC Click."

We can see that publicly and openly.

Is this legal?

Completely legal, yes.

That's a question

we get asked a lot.

We're just looking at

information people have

made available themselves.

But congratulations on your

four-year anniversary.

A round of applause please.

APPLAUSE

There's two main lessons -

be careful what you're

signing up for.

The biggest thing that's helping us

the most right now -

people's social media profiles

are open and public.

We're not saying not to use it, just

check that your profile is private.

I'm a complete stranger

to everybody in this audience,

but so far I've been able to go

onto all of their profiles and look

at where they were born,

their pictures, their statuses.

As a total stranger,

you probably don't want me

reading that information.

So just - we're not

saying don't use it -

just make it private

so only your friends can see.

That would protect you from all

of the things we've found out

so far, actually.

We listen to radio, to TV, to music,

to podcasts, using speakers.

Big speakers in your house and small

speakers that you wear in your ears

or that are built

into your smartphones.

So I'm just choosing the perfect bit

of coffee for the levitation.

It has to be both kind of small,

but also regular, and I don't think

they normally make coffee beans

with levitation in mind.

One of the things that

Steve has been working

on is ultrasounds, OK?

And we've got a few

ultrasound demos here.

So I'll tell you what -

rather than explain more about it,

shall we, uh...just give it a whirl?

So I'll tell you what -

who's getting something there?

Raise your hand if you can hear

this, then drop your hand as soon

as you can't hear it again.

So this is unusual for a speaker,

because usually when you switch

a speaker on, everyone can hear it.

Right now, we're getting

a really narrow beam.

Really focused beam of sound.

So if you imagine this

is a lot like a flashlight,

imagine I'm pointing

a torch around the room.

You'd only see certain parts of it.

This is the same idea,

except with sound.

So we're focusing the sound

and we can focus all that energy,

all that sound energy,

in a specific place.

Wow!

This is the weirdest and slowest

and most continuous Mexican wave

I've ever seen...

I have no idea what you're hearing,

because he's never pointed it

in my direction.

BEEPING Whoa!

Seriously?

Sorry, it's quite

unpleasant, isn't it?

It can make normal sounds as well.

So ultrasound is really

high-frequency sound,

and then you're tying

other stuff into that,

which you're then

sending around the room?

So ultrasound is out

of the range of human hearing,

is pretty much the definition.

We can hear up to 20,000

hertz, and anything

above that is ultrasound.

We can't hear ultrasound,

but this is an ultrasound wave

that's been combined or modulated

with an audible signal.

I tell you what - this is not

just the only ultrasound

weirdness we've got.

It gets even weirder.

Pop that down, for goodness's sake.

This looks like it's landed

from another planet.

This is incredible.

Stephen, for the second time

tonight, what on earth is going on?

So, if we can in here,

you can see there's quite a regular

pattern on some of these.

I can't get too close because it

disrupts the sound field.

But maybe you can see

there's a few balls -

a bit of a gap.

So how are you using ultrasound

to actually make stuff levitate?

Well, these speakers are producing

a big ultrasound signal,

that's making a standing wave.

And in between the gaps

of the standing wave,

the balls can get trapped

and they get kept in the same place.

Oh, wow!

Well, that's fantastic.

In fact, that's so amazing, Steve,

I think we deserve a drink.

Would you mix us one?

Yes, of course, Spencer.

Fantastic, right.

This is the weirdest drink...

We rehearsed that, could you tell?

What is this, Steve?

We've got a lovely, lovely

delight for you today.

It's a single grain of coffee

with a, uh...drop of milk,

all levitating in

the middle of the air.

It's a latte.

LAUGHTER

You have to

have it in, though.

You can't have it

to go, unfortunately.

Right, so I'm going to try this.

My tongue's not long enough...

Really slowly...

LAUGHTER Oh!

You got it!

APPLAUSE

That's really...coffee-y.

That's like really, really strong.

Is that supposed to be that strong?

Yes, yeah.

That's what we've found.

Sugar tastes sweeter,

and coffee's bitter.

Fantastic.

Sri, Steve, thank you very much.

A round of applause for Sri,

Steve and the ultrasound latte!

APPLAUSE There were so many amazing

demos and displays in the show

that we just can't fit

into this program.

Here's a look at some

of the other highlights

from our evening of delight.

We transformed our tech-loving

audience into musicians,

as Kate and I conducted the biggest

ever micro:bit processor orchestra.

Let's have some more micro:bits

over here in the air.

OK, let's have a few at the back.

Hold those up.

Oh, great.

I can see them all in the sky.

We are still waiting

on the Guinness Book of Records

to get back to us, though.

We explored the potential of AR,

with our lucky audience members left

cowering as a full-scale aircraft

suddenly appeared over their heads.

Hello, world!

300,000 people joined us

on Facebook Live during the evening

as we asked them whether

robots should feel pain.

Edward Nemil, thank you for this

question on Facebook: "Sacrificing

a robot for the greater

good might be necessary.

Why would you want it to feel pain?"

If we're going to keep having

a servant class of robots,

then we shouldn't go

down that route.

But the aims of increasing

intelligence may make that

impossible.

We watched drones that study

the landscape and drones that dive,

as we looked at how

they could help in the future.

Hello, everybody.

I'm an environmental scientist.

I'm interested in how landscapes,

in particularly plants, function.

We use what we call

remote-sensing techniques -

we fit cameras to drones

and aircraft, and even use

satellites, to monitor

the health of ecosystems.

We use thermal imaging on these

drones to monitor the status

of the hydrological

status of ecosystems.

And it's not a Click Live

without a little bit of magic -

using artificial

intelligence, of course.

My name's Tom London.

I'm a magician,

hacker and programmer.

With technology, machines can think

a thousand times faster than we can.

And, because of this,

I've worked out a way how

to accomplish a thing I've

wanted more than anything.

To my right here, I've

got a Creoqode Nova,

an AI machine you can purchase

and learn to build AI

using something called OpenCV -

an open-source library that allows

you to create AI.

That's hooked up to the cloud

through the internet,

which allows me to use multiple

instances of service to do a large

amount of computing

in just a second.

On the other end, I've got an Alexa,

which I'm sure you're

all familiar with.

I'll try and see if we can get it

to read someone's mind.

Who would like to

have their mind read?

Immediately, this gentleman

over here is like, "Yes,

I definitely want to

have my mind read."

Do you want to give this gentleman

a round of applause as he comes

onto the stage?

APPLAUSE

Hi, there.

What's your name?

Mark.

Mark, Tom.

Lovely to meet you.

I need to calibrate Alexa.

In order to do that,

I want you to look into the camera

and say that for me.

Alexa, ask your mind

to calibrate colour.

ALEXA:

To calibrate,

please look into the camera.

Think of the colour red.

Think of the colour red.

Now think of the colour black.

Think of the colour black.

Think of the colour black.

Calibration complete.

Fantastic.

The calibration is now completed.

Hopefully what should happen now

is you should be able

to get this right.

To make this more visual,

I've got a pack of cards over there.

Can you grab those for me?

Open them up.

Never before does the magician ever

give the cards away to a spectator.

It's kind of rule one

in the magic world.

Because I'm not doing any magic

today, I have no problem

with doing this.

Do you want to take them out,

give them a little shuffle?

Yeah, you can leave them over there.

I don't want to see it.

They're all normal,

just playing cards.

I wanted to have a really visual aid

of the colour you're thinking of.

Pick a card, put the rest

of the cards down, then head over

to my AI.

Fantastic.

If you can just stand over here and,

once again, look at the camera.

Fantastic.

I want you to read this out

for me, nice and loud.

We'll see if we can

get this to work.

Ready?

Go for it.

Alexa, ask your mind -

"Am I thinking of red or black?"

ALEXA:

You're thinking

of the colour red.

Can you please show the card

to the camera over there?

Ladies and gentlemen, it is,

in fact, the colour red.

APPLAUSE

Because I have all this

computing power at my hand,

we can actually try

something a lot more daring.

Would you like to pick a card?

Any card you like.

It's up to you.

Same thing again.

And you can - yeah, go for it...

Before we do this, just stand

in front of the camera and -

just a little bit closer

so I can see you...

I want you to read this

out nice and loud.

Alexa, ask your mind

to calibrate playing cards.

ALEXA:

To calibrate,

please look into the camera.

Think of the following -

Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7...

Think of the number 7,

8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen,

King.

Calibrated.

OK, a little bit nervous.

It had to do 7 twice.

Can you look into the camera

for me and, nice and loud,

read out that statement?

Alexa, ask your mind -

"What card am I thinking of?"

ALEXA:

I'm not quite sure how

to help you with that.

LAUGHTER

Alexa, ask your mind -

"What card is he thinking of?"

ALEXA:

You're thinking

of the 6 of Clubs.

Mark, please show

the card to the camera.

It is, in fact, the 6 of Clubs.

Can we have a massive

round of applause, please, for Mark?

Thank you so much.

I'll take those.

Take a seat.

Did anyone try the drones

in the media cafe before

you came in?

Anyone have a go at

flying those drones?

If you've earnt your wings

and you were given a gold badge

with wings on it, I'd

like you to come to the front.

You've got a chance of winning,

later on in the show,

and be part of our finale...

MUSIC PLAYS

So, um, the psychic career

didn't last very long?

Not very long, no.

I made a few mistakes.

I thought I'd change it

for something more profitable.

Kate's decided that she wants

a butler, and they can make a lot

of money in London, so I thought -

"We'll change, and we'll see

if I can get more

comfortable as a butler."

But I've got cards, so I know

who I'm talking to this time.

They're definitely going

to be at the table.

DOORBELL RINGS

PIANO PLAYING

Announcing Ms Kate Russell

and Dr Vaiva Kalnikaite.

APPLAUSE

Thank you, Simmons.

Do take a seat, Viva.

We have set a very special table

here in the Click Live studio -

we've invited some very special

guests to talk about future food.

Simmons, be a good chap and deliver

some simple morsels to the audience.

Now, we are delivering to you some

raspberries to taste.

Please, if you have food allergies,

do not taste them -

they may not necessarily

be raspberries.

If you have no food allergies,

please help yourself to a sumptuous

fruit and see what you think.

You're doing a terribly

good job there, Simmons.

Now, quick - just a nod.

Do you like it?

Is it tasty?

So, what are they eating, Vaiva?

They're eating

3D-printed raspberries.

It's not just any raspberry -

this raspberry has a special recipe.

And we print it with this little

printer called nufood.

We load an interesting recipe that

have interesting ingredients -

for example, raspberry -

and we design a shape on an app,

and when we press "play"...

Let's start building a raspberry!

This is the kind of device that one

could, in the future,

expect to have in one's

kitchen, perhaps?

Exactly.

We've designed it so it's

very easy to clean -

it takes very little

space on your counter.

And you can load any ingredient,

any kind of liquid ingredient.

It can be savoury, it can be sweet,

it can be even alcoholic.

Oh, now that's an idea!

Now, what about the nutritional

implications of having 3D-printed

food capabilities in

the kitchen at home?

I mean, could we help solve

the nation's obesity

crisis, for example?

Brussel sprouts -

who likes brussel sprouts?

I mean, I do.

But if you can make brussel sprouts

taste like chocolate cake,

surely that's going to be

a good thing, right?

Exactly.

You can make things taste really

delicious with the flavours

you like, but you can also tailor

nutrition to make sure that you have

all the right vitamins and nutrients

in every single bite.

So imagine having breakfast

where you just take a superberry

that has all the vitamins

and nutrients for your day in a very

tiny, very tasty flavour bite.

So I'm going to try my own

3D-printed raspberry...

Mm!

Oh, gosh.

It's quite hot.

It's given me sucking-cheeks effect.

That's brilliant, and absolutely

fascinating that it literally built

it here on its own.

I'd like to introduce

you to our head pilot

for the evening.

This is Jack Bishop.

Jack, welcome.

Thank you.

OK, so, can you...

..we're going to fill the drone cage

in a second with six

Star Wars-themed drones?

Yes.

OK.

We've got three TIE

fighters and three X-wings?

Correct.

Can you explain why we're

showing these drones,

why they're easy to

fly and fun to watch?

Sure.

We're from Propel, and we've created

a set of Star Wars drones.

These drones aren't just toys -

they actually have some

of the latest and greatest

technology that's available

to us today.

They're super, super easy to fly

with the help of a barometric

air-pressure sensor,

which knows how high the drone is,

and maintains that height.

We've also built an app

that teaches you -

if you're a brand new drone pilot

that's never flown before -

from a complete beginner

to an advanced drone battle pilot.

That's without using the drone,

so you don't crash it?

Correct.

We use a Bluetooth connection

to your Android or Apple device.

There's virtually zero latency -

it's 98%, 99% accurate to flying

a drone in the real world.

The barometric pressure keeps

it a specific height.

And they also do one

other fun thing...?

They fire lasers.

They fire laser beams!

That's what we're going to do now.

To demonstrate this...

How are you feeling?

Nervous.

Like, really nervous.

I feel...

..I don't know, I'm just nervous.

How's your pilot training going?

It's good.

Excited?

Yeah.

We've got our six specially trained

- and they now have been trained

in the five minutes

since they've left -

specially trained pilots

to have a battle to the death.

The pilots are ready.

Without any further ado,

let's get this battle started...!

MUSIC PLAYS

These guys have taken off,

and they're firing their lasers...

These guys are actually scoring

points against one another.

Currently, we have Pilot 1

in the lead with two points,

and Pilot 2 also with two points...

Remember to keep your drone

facing away from you.

So these guys are all

shooting at each other.

When you see a drone shake

in the air like this,

that means that it's been

hit - it loses a life.

After you lose all three lives,

your drone will automatically

turn and go.

Drones 1, 2 and 4 all with the same

amount of points right now.

It is all to play for!

The Imperial pilots

are doing awfully right now.

The Rebel pilots are doing

well, and now shooting

against one another.

Still Pilot 1 and Pilot

2 in the lead so far.

We've got one still in the air,

which means our winner

is a Rebel pilot!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Congratulations for that,

Rebel pilot - staying in the air

for the most amount of time.

You are the winner!

I think nearly everything worked,

as well, but that is it for tonight.

I've had a ball.

Have you had a ball?

It's been absolutely amazing.

Have you had a good time?

CROWD: Yes!

Thank you very much for watching,

and we will see you soon.

Bye.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Cut it.

Well done, well done, well done.