On the russ abbot show, is described as a huge comedy talent. Les dennis said she was a funny, lovely friend. Now on bbc news, its time for click. This week. Angry man tries to open e mail. Hologram takes on human form. And the x factor reaches a new low. Ive had enough. Enough of old tech. Its all going obsolete, or so it seems. Even the days of Desktop Computers are numbered. Right. Lets see what theyve got for us this year. The Consumer Electronics show in las vegas is the place to find out. Its where the new products and concepts are launched for 2018 and some of them might just change the world. One of the highlights of ces for me is always finding out how bendy lg is. Previously, they have been slightly bendy and then quite bendy. This year, i think they have nailed it. Its a 65 inch rollup 4k display and the image quality is really very good. And it does roll completely up into an admittedly fairly chunky box. Its an 0led display the only display tech that can be fully flexible. The circuitry is built on a segmented back so it is a bit like a retractable garage door. You can actually choose how far the screen rolls out. As well as a widescreen tv, it can be used as a thin notification bar, a widerformat 21x9 cinema screen and of course nothing at all. The argument is that you can make use of the space behind it when youre not using it. And in south korea, a lot of people live in high rise blocks. Can you imagine lugging a 65 tv up the stairs, or into a lift . Much easier if you can roll it down into a handy tube. Elsewhere, there are plenty of other things to see and play with here at ces. Here is a phone from Chinese Company vivo that does not have a fingerprint scanner on the back, because it has one built into the screen. The 0led display shines light onto your thumb and an optical scanner buried underneath registers what it sees. Here is the link flow fit 360, a necklace with three cameras that together live stitch to make a 360 video. You can record a true first person view so others can feel like they were truly there too. Now, its important to catch the eye at shows like these which is hopefully what this thing is doing. This is the hypervision display by kino mo and is capable of projecting life size images high above the show floor. All right, sexy, thats enough from you. Here is the science bit. We have 2a rapidly spinning led strips. They are flashing different colours as they go around. It gives you the illusion of a persistent image. In the flesh, i have to say, it does really look rather good. Dont build up your part. Oh, good grief. Enough flimsy flimflam from me. Lets get Lara Lewington now with some of the big announcements from this years show. And what a week it has been with news from techs biggest players. Including the likes of intel saying it will release Software Fixes to repair Security Issues surrounding its chips. Good morning, dave. Weve had press events that have gone wrong with disobedient robots from lg. Chloe is not going to talk to me, she doesnt like me evidently. And sonys robot dog wasnt that responsive either. Aibo is an autonomous robot and will quickly become a member of yourfamily. Right . He ignored me. Meanwhile, a lack of female keynote speakers has caused controversy amongst attendees. A situation which has led to raised eyebrows, compounded by the inclusion of robotic pole dancers at a strip club near the event. And on the show floor, as usual, tvs were everywhere, but this one really stood out. Samsung wall is 146 inches wide and can be made even larger by adding modules. And finally, toyota has unveiled its new autonomous e pallete vehicle, to be used for ridesharing, deliveries or even a moving storefront which comes directly to you. That was lara. Now one of the big things at the moment in wireless charging. That normally means putting your phone on a pad but it is also is possible to send power through the air. One of the problems with wireless power is that that power is sent in every direction at the same time, so wherever your device is, it only receives a tiny fraction of that power. Well, here is a system that gets around that by sending focused beams of power to one particular point. The power transmitter can be built into ceiling tiles, walls, tables or parts of the furniture. All it needs to know is which direction to point the power in. Here is the science bit. To work that out, the device needing the power sends out low power signals in all directions, most of which are blocked by nearby objects. But the signals that do bounce around come and reach the transmitter come in at particular angles. By sending the power back at exactly the same angles, that power bounces about and eventually gets back to the device. The makers told us they can achieve 2 watts of power from a distance of one metre which is impressively about half the power of a smartphone charger. Im using this light to detect the power beams between the transmitter and the blackbox transceiver. Think about your home where you have smoke detectors. It starts beeping at night when it runs out of battery. You can charge it remotely, you never have to charge the battery again. But with high power beams lancing around your home, you have to wonder if it is safe. This technology is entirely safe. We look to get fcc approval for safety, that certifies the technology as safe. If you have accepted wi fi into your home, accepting this technology would be the same. In the future, the power receivers could be made into any shape including that of a aa battery and that means ordinary devices could be converted to wireless power without any modification at all. For a long time, bricks and mortar shops have been trying to keep up with online retailers who have the added benefits of keeping track with customer habits as well as providing very easy ways of paying. Here is one way that we could see some of those features brought into the real world, by retrofitting existing stores. Aipoly uses off the shelf cameras, one up here to track customers and one to take a look at the products and the customers interactions with them but the real work is happening here in the ai algorithms were it is recognising all the products off the shelf and their customers interactions with them. But the ai is using the main camera here to keep track of customers. It can recognise faces, identify clothes and follow their movements. Through the combination of the customers being recognised, and the products they pick up being identified, when they get to the checkout, they dont even need to scan the items. Theyjust need to pay. And if they agree to be remembered for next time, then all they need to do is go and pick up their products and take them away. One thing which isnt making such a big noise this week is. Virtual reality. Is it in the last chance saloon . Billions have been poured into Virtual Reality, but the headsets are not selling in the way the companies hoped. There are multiple problems. The setup is too difficult. The content is not compelling enough. And unless its treated very carefully, the Virtual Reality can and has made me feel sick. The manufacturers are not giving up. The 0culus go is coming out in march. It will be around 200. Htc announced here that they are to release the vive pro later this year, a 3k headset which will keep the product ahead of the field. While 0culus allows three degrees of movement, which is. That way, that way and that way, atc has just released its vive focus in china, which allows 6 degrees of movement, which is that, that, that and three dimensions of movement in space. That is using inside out tracking, which means there are no sensors oi lighthouses telling you where the headset is. The headset works out where it is in the environment. This is the next level for Virtual Reality. Still, with magical leap releasing its product later this year and tonnes of activity here, a cheap flatpack way of building your own headset, Virtual Reality continues to face a tough battle with augmented reality, whichjust seems a bit more ready to make its mark, if you ask me. I feel better for that. Time to move on. Here comes lara with some high tech ways to stop thieves. At this years show, a few anti theft devices have been launched, and i got my hands on some of them. And this is a prototype burglar prevention system. It aims to replicate what a house looks and sounds like when youre home. Through the app, you can preset it with the way you live your life, whether you will play music, watch a film, talking in the kitchen, and when the lights will go on and off. Or you could simply. Quite worried about what is happening in the house. Adding Natural Movement would add to the cost. And this is a smart say. When i received this, i thought it was very light and flimsy and how could it possibly be a safe because you could steal this if you had something valuable insight. It seems that the technology could be used in bigger, stronger safes and this particular model is better for medicine or something you want to keep away from the kids or other people visiting. How it works. Of course, it connects via a smartphone app, which means that you can remotely open the safe, should you wish to actually do that. And youll also receive an alert if anyone tries to tamper with it. Lets set it up somewhere where it can remain in a steady place. This particular model has wings that extends to hold it into place, so if i put it here at the back of the shelf and do this. Let me try and tamper with it and see what happens. At least its quite firmly attached. A little bit more force and i could pull it out. There we go. Im off with the safe. It looks like it could be quite easy to open as well. Anyone got any ideas . Oh, dear let me try and find something that might be a bit better for security. Its not just about the home, though, this bag aims to keep your belongings safe when you are out and about, so if youre on a plane or a train and you have had to leave your bag somewhere else, you might want to activate this tamper alert which uses this rfid card to turn it on and off, so if anybody tries to open your bag. Alarm sounds it sounds like that. If the issue is you forgetting things, this Loss Prevention device aims to come to the rescue. Now, you can attach it to any given item, and the companys software will learn your habits are so what time and where you take that item, and if you do something that seems out of the ordinary, they can send you a reminder before youve even had the chance to forget it. Eventually, they even hope to do things like accessing travel details through your e mails, so you could get a reminder to pick up your passport without running the risk of leaving without it. The device does seem a little big right now, but they are trying to get a smaller version ready ahead of launch. Great if it works, which was generally the theme with most of what i tested. And this is the volocopter, a passenger drone made by a German Company and this one actually has flown. Were constantly reminded that the future of transport will be amazingly here at ces, although theres no guarantee that that is true. Case in point remember the Faraday Future electric car . No . Well, thats show business. Anyway, while faraday gets its future in order, enter byton. Now, this is a start up started by some impressive people who came up with basically a computer on wheels. Will this car actually work . Well, dave lee was given exclusive access to it before and during ces. Now, ill be honest, this wasnt the most thrilling test drive of my life. Worried about being spotted before their big ces unveiling, the team behind the byton car only let us drive slowly around an unmarked warehouse just off the las vegas strip. But it was very interesting. The company has created whats essentially a mobile supercomputer. They say it has more in common with your smartphone than it does a typical car and i agree. For the first time ive been impressed by a car and not because of its performance on the road but because of its operating system. The vision behind byton is we want to be the Company Bringing into the market the first real smart car. The vehicle has been designed and created by a suitably qualified team, made up of former bmw and apple engineers. Inside you will see the dashboard has been completely reimagined. The gesture control system does look a bit imprecise and quite fiddly not ideal when youre driving along a motorway at 70 mph. This looks like a really distracting driving situation. So, isnt this actually quite dangerous, to have this in front of you . So the key is about customisation. When you worry in drive mode, we will actually disable certain features. You wont be able to get in to watch videos, for instance. What we want to try to build is a platform where when there is autonomous driving, all occupants in the car, including the driver, have the ability to interact. Some of the most exciting features of the byton car are actually going to be disabled until we live in a world of fully autonomous driving. So perhaps think of this vehicle as bridging the gap between our dumb driving past. And our smart driving future. Of course you cant reveal a car at ces without an expensive, lavish launch event. This one went by without a hitch and people seemed impressed. Its really interesting idea, but theyre really trying to target it at an affordable price point, 45,000. About half the cost of the model x when that came out. Again, 250 325 miles of range. So theyre hitting all the right marks and adding all this Cool Technology in, so i think theyve got a pretty good message here. If you think all this seems a little familiar you are right. This was the scene at last years ces, when i covered a new car company, Faraday Future. Back then they told us everything was going swimmingly and their big, new factory would be built soon. But in less than a year theirfactory in nevada has been scrapped and, while the company insists it is still pressing ahead, Faraday Future is in serious danger of becoming a thing of the past. So what will happen to byton . The biggest challenge facing them right now is to do with charging. Tesla has more than 8,000 superchargers for their cars dotted all over the world. Byton has none. They think tesla should share theirs. And when it comes to actually making the car, byton are building their own factory in nanjing, china, and they promise their car will be put into production by the end of 2019 and will one day cost 45,000. I guess welljust have to wait and see how that goes. That was dave lee and therell be plenty more transport on next weeks click. In the meantime, im having my nails done. This is the 02 nails printer. Choose any image and they will print it onto your nail. Of course i chose a picture of myself. 0k, Richard Taylor and nick kwek, beat that refreshing this device is actually creating a vacuum in my mouth. Its sucking at my gums and at the same time circulating a flow of water around my teeth. Its intended for users with reduced mobility or people who have difficulty brushing their teeth. It replaces the need to brush and floss too. The guys are working on integrating sensors into future devices so that oral hygienists or dentists will be able to diagnose and treat for gum disease. And its quite tickly too. This is mia and its being marketed as the worlds first smart baby feeding monitor. You put your baby bottle, any baby bottle, into the device, it has a Temperature Sensor to make sure the milk in the bottle is the right temperature for the baby, it has a motion sensor which flashes red if you are holding the bottle at a ridiculous angle. Perhaps the most interesting feature is that its wi fi enabled. If theres a nanny feeding at home and the mums at work, the results of the baby feeding are uploaded via wi fi to the mums smartphone at work so she can tell exactly how much the baby has drunk. Phone rings so what you are seeing here is a magical chessboard by square off. It allows players to play with each other regardless of where they are in the world. So right now someone is playing by their phone and an electromagnetic arm is dragging the different pieces to the correct square. Pretty cool, hey . Ces can really take it out of you and i for one am already pretty sleep deprived. So what i have in front of me here is a device thats packed with all sorts of technology and the claim is it will provide within 20 minutes the equivalent of 2 5 hours sleep. There will be some electrodes that are put behind my ears here, effectively through this device, that are transmitting signals up to my brain. So im going to try this on and ill see you in 20 minutes. Ill tell you what, richards got the right idea. Walking around here, im absolutely exhausted. Im definitely feeling more relaxed than i was, like, 26 minutes ago. Of course i dont know how relaxed i would have felt with just a 26 minute power nap, but im ready to rock n roll ah, vegas. Home to world class talent, and singing superstars. And then theres Richard Taylor and me. This karaoke box uses professional autotune on your voice, which, frankly, makes you sound a bit like cher on a bad night. Sweet home alabama. Next stop, caesars. Lord im coming home to you. Its notjust neon illuminating the strip this week, intel has put on a light show of its own, using 250 custom made led strap drones, obviously. Flying above the famous bellagio fountains, the Unmanned Aircraft dance in sync with the waterjets and music. We caught up with the boss behind this madness on the eve of the performance. So there are few challenges with this space. Its a very tight space. We were only. Were only allowed to fly within the fountains and we actually created a two layer geo fence, so that if the drones were to ever go out the motor stops and the drones fall into the water. Wow, that was a pretty spectacular way to end the show, dont you agree . Dont forget, we live at bbc click on twitter. I hope you enjoyed our show and well see you soon. Hello there. A big weather change on the way for next week, but for most today, if you saw the sunshine, you were very, very lucky. For most, it was grey skies all the way, whether you were in norfolk or the western coast of scotland. And across some parts of western scotland, you also see a little bit of rain so far, coming courtesy of this weather front. It has been sitting across the same areas through this afternoon. It will continue to be so as well. There is not enough wind to push it through in either direction. A gentle south easterly wind may just nudge it a bit further westwards as we go into tonight. But patchy rain and drizzle will continue, turning lighter and lighter, though, as we go through the night, but sitting with plenty of cloud in the skies overhead. Most places will stay frost free. The odd break here and will lead to a total frost, some mist and fog too into sunday morning. But yes, a very familiar sky colour to greet the day for most of you, another grey day, at least to begin with. We will see a few more breaks appear here and there, maybe parts of northern england, wales, the south west, although we do start with lots of cloud and something brighter at times in scotland and Northern Ireland ahead of a strengthening breeze. Slightly cooler day tomorrow compared with today, but temperatures nothing untoward for the time of year. But the big change, i mentioned, it comes courtesy of some very wet and very windy weather spreading across scotland and Northern Ireland through tomorrow evening. We could see gusts of wind across some northern and western areas, 60, maybe 70 mph, strong to gale force winds, still with that band of rain as it reaches the south east of the country as we go into first light on monday morning. But what it is bringing about, 0k, it is sweeping away some of the grey, but it is also introducing much, much colder air and winds that come all the way down from greenland and northern canada. So, here we go, monday, it is going to take a gradual process. We begin wet for the morning commuters across east anglia and the south east. Notjust wet and windy brighter skies will develop some sunny spells, but a scattering of showers, those showers heavy, thundery with hail mixed in, and as cold air starts do take place and push further south and east into tuesday, the showers we can see just about anywhere across the uk, they will be fairly frequent. But in the north and the west, mainly of sleet and snow. And then, we continue with our generally north westerly airflow through wednesday into thursday, but watch this, a bit of uncertainty where it is going to track, but whilst it could bring some snow in the north, some strong winds on the south. 0ne crumb of comfort it will push through very, very quickly. Overall, though, we will have to keep an eye on that one, but for next week, get ready for some colder air, strong winds for much of the week and a little bit of snow too. This is bbc news. The headlines at 4 ministers are urged not to bail out troubled Construction Company carillion, as the bbc understands high level government meetings are to take place this weekend. It cannot possibly just it cannot possiblyjust be allowed the company, because then youre in a position where the private sector is allowed to privatise profits the 922 31 27 4 274 eeqeseeeesesvvseijfl. ,. ee 922 31 27 4 274 eeqeseeeesesvvseijfl. ,. 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