0:00:01 > 0:00:05Now on BBC News, it's time for Click.
0:00:08 > 0:00:19This week, Uber the top. Old art meets the new. And smile, we're in
0:00:19 > 0:00:23Dubai.
0:00:45 > 0:00:51This is how a self driving cars seized the world. Lidar sensors feed
0:00:51 > 0:00:58the car with a continuous 360 degree view of its surrounding, a long with
0:00:58 > 0:01:01crucial depth information. It is the key technology for a successful
0:01:01 > 0:01:10autonomous drive. And this week in the US, a mighty court case has
0:01:10 > 0:01:14begun which may take this key away from Uber, stalling its progress
0:01:14 > 0:01:21towards the self driving revolution. It all revolves around this man,
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Antony Lewandowski, who left Google's autonomous spin-off and
0:01:25 > 0:01:32joined Uber a couple of years ago. Weimo alleges he took 14,000 secret
0:01:32 > 0:01:38files with him and that these were used to develop Uber's technology.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42We expect the courts to take about three weeks to decide on the case
0:01:42 > 0:01:47and what impact that may have on Uber's plans to taxi as a round
0:01:47 > 0:01:52without a driver. But undeterred, Uber continues to look to the future
0:01:52 > 0:01:57of transportation, which in just a few years may look very different to
0:01:57 > 0:02:07the way it looks now. Dan Simmons has been looking up. Even self
0:02:07 > 0:02:12driving cabs will get stuck in jams, so this is Uber's vision. When
0:02:12 > 0:02:18you're type full time, go buy a. It is ambitious and so is the
0:02:18 > 0:02:24timescale. -- go by air.Algol lives by launch our first demonstrator
0:02:24 > 0:02:30flights in Dallas and LA to show that as a concept this can work and
0:02:30 > 0:02:35then work to scale by 2023 and 3025, so we are providing commercial
0:02:35 > 0:02:40flights to a lot of providers, giving them a new way to travel.One
0:02:40 > 0:02:45of Uber's partners has showed off its design for a four seater cabin
0:02:45 > 0:02:54which could include a pilot. Here is that 360 view with the alternative
0:02:54 > 0:02:58setup, four seats, four passengers. It is electric with a range of about
0:02:58 > 0:03:0760 miles, they say. We've seen other designs for air taxis of late,
0:03:07 > 0:03:10including this Chinese firm's one which risibly shuttled actual people
0:03:10 > 0:03:19in this autopilot had grown. -- drone. And this air cab by a German
0:03:19 > 0:03:23firm uses 18 brokers and nine separate battery packs, just in
0:03:23 > 0:03:31case. While NASA and the FAA are working on new traffic control
0:03:31 > 0:03:37systems for these types of craft in the US, the FAA will have to be
0:03:37 > 0:03:41convinced self piloting electric air cabs are safe.We will ask the ad
0:03:41 > 0:03:47can to come forward with the engineering proposals and what test
0:03:47 > 0:03:51they will propose to do so that we can ensure that if there's a fire or
0:03:51 > 0:03:55a Short or that something goes wrong on the flight that they can safely
0:03:55 > 0:03:59land and get away from that aircraft before it does damage to the people
0:03:59 > 0:04:06onboard, or on the ground for that matter.So will it work? Here is
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Uber's case study. We've landed in LA, traffic is a nightmare and a
0:04:10 > 0:04:14taxi would take us 80 minutes, whereas the air trip to the sky
0:04:14 > 0:04:18port, plus a small transport, is less than half an hour and Uber said
0:04:18 > 0:04:24it could end up costing about the same amount. OK, there are many
0:04:24 > 0:04:29reasons why self flying electric taxis sounds like a good idea, but
0:04:29 > 0:04:33when you are saving less than one hour were Uber's dream will need to
0:04:33 > 0:04:36run smoothly to deliver.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Apologies, Dan Simmons, very busy airspace right now. Its blade to
0:04:52 > 0:04:59blade up there. Unfortunately the weather is causing it. We are not
0:04:59 > 0:05:05quite sure we will be able to get you in the night. -- tonight. Really
0:05:05 > 0:05:13sorry. We are just bringing out the cabin. You are two kilos over, I'm
0:05:13 > 0:05:21afraid. We are just recharging your taxi at the moment. It will be a
0:05:21 > 0:05:28while.At least that last one shouldn't be too much of a problem.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Uber have teamed up with a specialist and are predicting a
0:05:32 > 0:05:39four-minute juice up time. That would be special!Sorry, you are
0:05:39 > 0:05:45running 17.5 seconds later. Please do book again via the Alp.Perhaps
0:05:45 > 0:05:49the most challenging part of this project is to get us, the public,
0:05:49 > 0:05:53comfortable with the idea of taking an air taxi.When we think about
0:05:53 > 0:05:59consumer option and new technologies, this is not a problem
0:05:59 > 0:06:02that's unique to travel. We saw this with elevator is when they first
0:06:02 > 0:06:06came out and actually in order to get consumers comfortable with it
0:06:06 > 0:06:13and L of -- and elevator operator would remain in the elevator, even
0:06:13 > 0:06:17when it was made electronic, just to give consumers confidence. We are
0:06:17 > 0:06:21going to be doing the same with autonomous vehicles now, as we have
0:06:21 > 0:06:26safety drivers staying in the car, explaining the technology, two
0:06:26 > 0:06:30writers, and the same will be true with our pilots. We will be
0:06:30 > 0:06:33launching pilots who will serve not only as the operators of the flight
0:06:33 > 0:06:38but as an ambassador to get ride is comfortable with this new mode of
0:06:38 > 0:06:41transport, so soon enough they'll forget about its novelty and be back
0:06:41 > 0:06:45to taxing and making other use of their time while in transit --
0:06:45 > 0:06:53texting.Just like the Waymo court case over who owns the specialist
0:06:53 > 0:06:59tech, the creation of the flying cab will no doubt have its own
0:06:59 > 0:07:03dogfighting court. Taps that's another reason why Kuta is keen to
0:07:03 > 0:07:09get early. -- perhaps. The first place we are expecting
0:07:09 > 0:07:13these flying cab to take to the air is of course the city of Dubai,
0:07:13 > 0:07:18which always promises to foster and allow trials of new technologies.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23Although when we visited last month it soon became clear that flying
0:07:23 > 0:07:28taxis there are still a few years off. But one big change that is
0:07:28 > 0:07:32being unveiled is not to do with aircraft but with its airports. Kate
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Russell has been looking at what's new in arrivals.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Dubai on ten at an all is the world's busiest airport for
0:07:40 > 0:07:45international passengers. Nearly 90 million people went through it in
0:07:45 > 0:07:49the last year in the next couple it plans to expand annual capacity by
0:07:49 > 0:07:55one third again.This airport has two runways, it has three terminal
0:07:55 > 0:07:59buildings and for major concourses, but we have room for no more. So
0:07:59 > 0:08:06whatever growth takes place, it has to do within the existing
0:08:06 > 0:08:10infrastructure.So it has decided if you can't get bigger you have the
0:08:10 > 0:08:14get smarter. I was invited for a peek inside its brand-new airport
0:08:14 > 0:08:19command and control centre, just before it becomes fully operational.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22This airport has been kitted out with the latest camera equipment to
0:08:22 > 0:08:27help staff predict the flow of passenger traffic.The technology is
0:08:27 > 0:08:31cool. It uses 3D cameras on the ceiling and looks for the outline of
0:08:31 > 0:08:36humans on the floor, moving around, and track them through the whole
0:08:36 > 0:08:40process.Airport staff can get this information on smartphones and
0:08:40 > 0:08:44tablets, which helps them to direct the crowd, open new gates and even
0:08:44 > 0:08:48tell passengers where there that it is. While all this data helps keep
0:08:48 > 0:08:53the airport moving, the amount being collect it is also causing some
0:08:53 > 0:08:59issues.Already there are 7 billion datapoints and we've yet to connect
0:08:59 > 0:09:02it up to everything, so we've got baggage and passenger data but we've
0:09:02 > 0:09:06yet to put in things like energy consumption and water consumption.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10As we bring back together we can really optimise the airport and make
0:09:10 > 0:09:14it more efficient and drive for even more passengers.So, what do you do
0:09:14 > 0:09:19when you need a data centre in a hurry? Well, ill thing one inside
0:09:19 > 0:09:24shipping containers is definitely one solution. -- ill thing. As Dubai
0:09:24 > 0:09:30prepares to play host to a massive world Expo in 2020, the airport had
0:09:30 > 0:09:33to do some thinking to be able to handle the extra 10 million
0:09:33 > 0:09:37passengers a month.Dissolution could just over 12 months to build.
0:09:37 > 0:09:44A traditional date centre would normally take about 2-3 years.Next
0:09:44 > 0:09:47on the list of high-tech upgrade is face recognition, to clear
0:09:47 > 0:09:53immigration quickly, AI to project seasonal fluctuation and demand and
0:09:53 > 0:09:57assistant to tell passengers when their baggage will hit the carousel.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01All great news if you are passing through the airport, there is a
0:10:01 > 0:10:05solid if this case for these upgrades too.The more passengers we
0:10:05 > 0:10:09can put through this site, the more profitable this airport will become,
0:10:09 > 0:10:14so it's better for the city and the economy. We are working hard to make
0:10:14 > 0:10:18sure we maximise the use of the divide international site. -- Dubai.
0:10:18 > 0:10:24With aviation set to contribute nearly 40% of the wealth in Dubai in
0:10:24 > 0:10:27the next few years, this airport will continue to be a vital part of
0:10:27 > 0:10:38the economy. Flying high isn't fun for everyone.
0:10:38 > 0:10:45Agoraphobia of the of heights is one of the most common phobias, but
0:10:45 > 0:10:53these virtual reality system hopes to help. This man can confidently
0:10:53 > 0:10:57fly a plane, but when it comes to heights in general it's a different
0:10:57 > 0:11:08story.I've got to move! Grbac, are back. I can't do it. Comeback. I
0:11:08 > 0:11:15can't move while I'm up there. I couldn't go up a ladder. Just
0:11:15 > 0:11:22couldn't go up a lot. I couldn't go behind bridges. If I went to Wales I
0:11:22 > 0:11:28would go the long way. But I can jump on an aeroplane fine. That's a
0:11:28 > 0:11:39completely different environment, in my head.Welcome back.God! Stack.
0:11:39 > 0:11:47How are you feeling?Anxious, sweetie. Nervous.Even though you've
0:11:47 > 0:11:54been through the process before? You feel the same level of anxiety?Or
0:11:54 > 0:11:59has it reduced? I've got way more confidence than I did the first
0:11:59 > 0:12:04time. On holiday with friends they were going on the rollercoasters and
0:12:04 > 0:12:10I talked about this VR thing we were doing and they said I should be able
0:12:10 > 0:12:15to go on the road. So I watched my family and friends go round a couple
0:12:15 > 0:12:19more times and then thought, I can do this.If you look to your left
0:12:19 > 0:12:26you will see a basket of lightbulbs. What I need you to do is throw them
0:12:26 > 0:12:31down.I think VR can treat pretty much any type of view of OBR. It
0:12:31 > 0:12:39might be a fear of a cat or spider or dogs. What VR can do is relearn
0:12:39 > 0:12:43that you are actually safe in those situations. The beauty of it isn't
0:12:43 > 0:12:47the disconnect, when you are there you know you really in that
0:12:47 > 0:12:50environment and that enables you to do things you wouldn't normally do
0:12:50 > 0:12:54in the real world. But all the science shows that learning you make
0:12:54 > 0:12:59in VR transfers to the real world. In this programme you are going to
0:12:59 > 0:13:03try a series of tasks.Earlier this month it was announced the UK's
0:13:03 > 0:13:07national health service has invested this idea of using virtual reality
0:13:07 > 0:13:10therapy to battle severe mental health issues are by putting
0:13:10 > 0:13:13sufferers in a virtual environment they would struggle within the real
0:13:13 > 0:13:18world. This innovative approach, plus the availability of virtual
0:13:18 > 0:13:24therapists, could more readily provide more therapy to more people
0:13:24 > 0:13:30at a lower cost.At the heart of a lot of health problems are
0:13:30 > 0:13:34difficulties with interactive with the world and with VR we can put
0:13:34 > 0:13:38people back in situations that troubled them and coach them. We've
0:13:38 > 0:13:45got to test it and make sure things work.The potential is enormous.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54Hello and welcome to the week in Tech. It was the week police in
0:13:54 > 0:13:58China donned special glasses to catch criminals using facial
0:13:58 > 0:14:01recognition tech. Facebook, Google and Twitter went to Washington to
0:14:01 > 0:14:09talk tech. And customers were banned from buying a Bitcoin with their
0:14:09 > 0:14:13credit cards. The currency had another fall this week, falling to
0:14:13 > 0:14:20as low as $1000 before recovering. It was also the week that a SpaceX
0:14:20 > 0:14:26rocket blasted into space. Elon Musk sold it off with his -- sent it off
0:14:26 > 0:14:32with his old cherry red sports club, at ease the roadster, and the David
0:14:32 > 0:14:40Bowie soundtrack on repeat. -- a Tesla roadster. It says it is
0:14:40 > 0:14:44addressing production issues with its model T car and finally, a
0:14:44 > 0:14:4614-year-old has created an app to help people with Alzheimer's
0:14:46 > 0:14:52disease. It uses facial recognition technology to help people remember.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56They can scroll through photos of friends and family and the app lets
0:14:56 > 0:15:00them know who the person is and how they are related to them. You can
0:15:00 > 0:15:04also take a picture of someone you don't recognise and the Apple try to
0:15:04 > 0:15:10identify them. Now, if you are a film fan, you know that it is awards
0:15:10 > 0:15:15season and over the next few weeks, will be chatting to some of the real
0:15:15 > 0:15:18heroes behind the movies nominated for the best visual effects Oscar.
0:15:18 > 0:15:27First up, they'd run at 2049 and spoiler alert, if you have not seen
0:15:27 > 0:15:32the film, you might want to go and make a cup of tea for the next four
0:15:32 > 0:15:36minutes or so. -- Blade Runner. Still here? Well, good. If you have
0:15:36 > 0:15:40seen it, you will know that the character from the original movie
0:15:40 > 0:15:44makes a surprise appearance, looking exactly like she did in 1982. We
0:15:44 > 0:15:45found out how.
0:15:51 > 0:16:01I had your job once. I was good at it.Things were simpler than.A lot
0:16:01 > 0:16:05of the works we do in visual effects is kind of very broad and very
0:16:05 > 0:16:10strong, think about the monsters screaming towards camera. This was
0:16:10 > 0:16:16the complete opposite, it was very subtle stuff. It is all in like the
0:16:16 > 0:16:21micro details of the face.So the biggest challenge is the emotional
0:16:21 > 0:16:25performance and in this case, she was talking, so she was delivering
0:16:25 > 0:16:31lines. We did three shots from the original movie, that was kind of
0:16:31 > 0:16:38like a proof of concept that we did. We thought it was good enough and we
0:16:38 > 0:16:42showed it to the Director and the studio, and they could not really
0:16:42 > 0:16:47tell the difference, and then, or you know, they had to struggle to
0:16:47 > 0:16:52see if one was digital. That is kind when we knew we had it in the bad
0:16:52 > 0:17:01and that it was good enough to go up on the big screen. We had her onset
0:17:01 > 0:17:06in Budapest, we did scan her and get a photographic reference of her as
0:17:06 > 0:17:10well. What that allowed us to do was to fit a digital skull inside the
0:17:10 > 0:17:15digital model we had of her. When you age, obviously your soft tissue
0:17:15 > 0:17:20drops down with gravity and you get wrinkles and so on, be as skull as
0:17:20 > 0:17:24not change, so your skull is pretty much the same. And what that allowed
0:17:24 > 0:17:32us to do was that we had a digital skull and we can build our
0:17:32 > 0:17:3823-year-old character from 1982 around that skull, so the chip runs,
0:17:38 > 0:17:42the forehead, the chin and nose, so on, we could kind of fitted around
0:17:42 > 0:17:48the digital skull, which was a valuable reference for us. In that
0:17:48 > 0:17:51kind of ensured that we had a physically correct model to her real
0:17:51 > 0:17:58skull. We also captured the performance, so it is her body that
0:17:58 > 0:18:09is used in shops. -- a body double. We waited around a computer, from
0:18:09 > 0:18:18all angles. When it could not do an actual performance, it was all hand
0:18:18 > 0:18:23animated because basically, the director, he wanted to basically
0:18:23 > 0:18:26direct a normal performance, like you would do onset with a regular
0:18:26 > 0:18:34actor. -- he would do. We can make a still image look very, very photo
0:18:34 > 0:18:38real but getting that believable animation, that is still the biggest
0:18:38 > 0:18:47challenge.I know you are here.A great film and next week, we'll be
0:18:47 > 0:18:52talking to the Oscar-nominated visual effects supervisor of
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Marvel's space epic, guardians of the Galaxy volume two. All I can say
0:18:56 > 0:18:58is, I am gripped.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Back in Jabbar, I'm really starting to see how determined this young
0:19:11 > 0:19:18country is to lead the world in everything smart. I have already
0:19:18 > 0:19:23seen it a high-tech police force in action, met the Robocop is, and join
0:19:23 > 0:19:29unit that will watch over everything from the sky. Now, I am meeting the
0:19:29 > 0:19:31world's First Minister for artificial intelligence, and his
0:19:31 > 0:19:37ambitious about what comes next. One of my favourite sayings from the
0:19:37 > 0:19:40tech industry is Larry page of Google said almost every time we do
0:19:40 > 0:19:44something crazy, we make progress. Do you find the same thing?Many of
0:19:44 > 0:19:51the ideas, many of the top tech companies from around the world,
0:19:51 > 0:19:55whether it is from the UK or China, the common denominator is that they
0:19:55 > 0:20:00do not fear something that is seemingly impossible. They come up
0:20:00 > 0:20:05with an idea that might seem crazy at first. So with that mentality and
0:20:05 > 0:20:12with that idea, the brightest ideas from around the world come.How do
0:20:12 > 0:20:17you make sure that you bring all of the people of the UAE along on that
0:20:17 > 0:20:24journey for digital change and innovation?UAE is very unique. We
0:20:24 > 0:20:28have very young population, that population can be retrained and
0:20:28 > 0:20:31repurposed in positions that are being created in the future. We
0:20:31 > 0:20:36understand the opportunity for us to lead the future. We are teaching 1
0:20:36 > 0:20:41million people how to code. It is the language of the future. We think
0:20:41 > 0:20:48making these people coding experts is going to be difficult challenge,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51but training someone who does not have any understanding when it comes
0:20:51 > 0:20:56to that language. So think about what Apple has done for the iPhone
0:20:56 > 0:21:03and what Google has done for search, that is what the UAE is going to do
0:21:03 > 0:21:08for horrid.The buyer is a place not scared to adopt new ideas or fail
0:21:08 > 0:21:12trying, so it is throwing all of its might behind leading edge
0:21:12 > 0:21:16innovations, concepts that may look outlandish elsewhere are all welcome
0:21:16 > 0:21:22here. And the Dubai future accelerators programme is what the
0:21:22 > 0:21:27government hopes will take these ideas from page to stage. The
0:21:27 > 0:21:32government can drive the vision of where Dubai goes next, I guess more
0:21:32 > 0:21:37like a company than a country. After all, monarchy needs little in the
0:21:37 > 0:21:44way democratic input.A majority this can fail, the moment -- the
0:21:44 > 0:21:51moment you create one success story, as long as you have that kind of
0:21:51 > 0:21:55mindset, a ton of this will be a write-off, but once you have that
0:21:55 > 0:21:59success, the whole world will talk about it and we will become a
0:21:59 > 0:22:04platform. We believe regulation or amending regulations in favour of
0:22:04 > 0:22:12innovation is a must. Or they will struggle a lot to show their new
0:22:12 > 0:22:15technologies and whatever they work on, and to have those
0:22:15 > 0:22:21decision-making individuals and the government working with them to
0:22:21 > 0:22:27disrupt makes life and the growth process much, much faster.So Dubai
0:22:27 > 0:22:31may just have the recipe to pull it off, and accommodating leadership
0:22:31 > 0:22:37and a lot of cash. This may be the perfect place to fail and come back
0:22:37 > 0:22:40smiling, especially as the government is committing to make
0:22:40 > 0:22:47Dubai the happiest city in the world, alongside the smartest.
0:22:47 > 0:22:52Visiting the Dubai smart office, I was suitably welcomed by Farah.Your
0:22:52 > 0:22:58host is waiting for you.They took me to meet one of the leading
0:22:58 > 0:23:01technology champions in the country and despite the reputation the
0:23:01 > 0:23:05country has on the outside, it may be very happy to discover she is a
0:23:05 > 0:23:10woman.Technology is not the end of our journey, it is only means will
0:23:10 > 0:23:16take us to improve people's lives and make them more happier. By
0:23:16 > 0:23:22having artificial intelligence agents embedded in our government
0:23:22 > 0:23:28services, by having robots like owl receptionist, this is the future,
0:23:28 > 0:23:35but yet we keep challenging ourselves. What is next?Whether all
0:23:35 > 0:23:40this works or not, you can see Dubai is dreaming big, this is a dynamic,
0:23:40 > 0:23:46modern city, built from the desert up. Maybe its motto should be if you
0:23:46 > 0:23:48don't try it, you don't succeed.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58That was Kate in Dubai and that is it from us for this week. Don't
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0:24:03 > 0:24:06much for watching and we will see you soon.