Brenda emmanus, bbc news. And just to remind you, jane hill will be live from the Royal Albert Hall on the red carpet with some very special guests at 5 15. And then we have our results show at 9 30 all here on the bbc news channel. And finally, every year a Small Community in the United States gathers together with music and festivities to watch a small animal emerge from its home which locals believe predicts gathers together with music and festivities to watch a small animal emerge from its home which locals believe predicts the coming weather. Its known as Groundhog Day. During the ceremony punxsy phil
emerges from his temporary home on gobblers knob in the town in pennsylvania. According to tradition, if phil sees his shadow and returns to his hole, he has predicted six more weeks of winter. If phil does not see his shadow, he has predicted an early spring. Groundhog day has been celebrated since 1887 but received worldwide recognition it was featured in the 1993 film Groundhog Day starring bill murray. Now its time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. Hello. A brighter afternoon for parts of england, wales and northern ireland, but some heavy and thundery showers developing. Scotland, though, after that chilly start, as this weather front works its way northwards, a spell of snow which could cause issues over central scotland, particularly over higher routes here, but turning milder to the south later on, and here we could see some thundery showers too. A bit more sunshine, though, through central and eastern areas. The far north of scotland will be dry with some sunshine too. The winds lighter than they have been over the past few days but it stays chilly across the north to finish with. However, that mild air does wend
through during tonight. Any snow turns back to rain. The rain comes and goes through the night through much of scotland, and there will be some showers for northern ireland, Northern England especially, with one or two further south. Many will be dry for the bulk of the night, but temperatures are well above freezing as we start monday morning rush hour. On monday, some southern areas will stay dry with some sunshine. Rain very close to the Channel Islands and some southern coastal counties through the day. Frequent showers in the northern half of the uk. Some heavy with hail and thunder, and then potentially disruptive winds into the west of scotland later. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines 11 britons are landing soon in france, on their way back from the chinese city where the coronvirus originated. They will go into quarantine on the wirral. Meanwhile, the first death from coronavirus outside china is reported,
in the philippines. The Prime Minister reveals his demands for a post brexit trade deal. Well be looking ahead to tonights bafta awards. Joker leads the way with 11 nominations but its the First World War epic 1917 which is tipped to take the top prize of best film. England hope to kick off their Six Nations Campaign with a win against france in paris this afternoon. Now on bbc news its click. This week, high impact smashes. The cgi secrets of youth. And, greenerfashion through clothing hire and pants on fire. Over the last decade or so, fashion has gotten faster. Cutting edge design techniques coupled with a huge reduction in the cost of production and the growing success of Online Clothing sites means new designs and trends can be turned into low cost clothing much quicker than just once a season. As a result, more than1 million tons of clothes are now bought each year in the uk. The thing is, as fast fashion has grown, so has fashion waste. With everyone wanting to update their wardrobes more regularly these days, it means were throwing away hundreds of thousands of tons of clothes every year. As the high street piles them high and sells them cheap,
this place has to do the same. The environments and the waste produced by fast fashion is just one issue facing the industry. Another is how these clothes are made in the first place. In order for us to get such cheap fashion, much of it is made in countries where labour costs are low. Bangladesh is a case in point. It employs millions of people in this industry but has faced regular calls to improve its working conditions. Some now think that adding robots to the factories may help but at what cost to jobs . This is a very live example of the automation versus jobs argument that we hear so much about. Jen has been to bangladesh and has been given very rare access to the industry. Bangladesh is second only to china in producing clothing for the world. Its ready made Garment Industry is critical to the economic success of the country, providing jobs for overfour Million People a majority of whom are women. Mostafiz uddin, is on a mission to transform the future of fashion here, starting with his denim factory in the southern port city of chittagong. The world focused its attention on bangladeshs Garment Industry after the rana plaza disaster in 2013, when 1,131; people were killed when the building collapsed. The eight storey complex housed five garment factories, supplying clothing to international brands. Did you go to rana plaza when it happened . Mostafizs focuses not only on the social well being on his workers but on bringing environmentally Sustainable Technology and innovation to the factory, including a Design Studio where an in house team creates new styles ofjeans to Show International buyers. And, who has visited your lab . This product that we see here would be seen in the uk, the process of distressing denim is laborious, workers here are sanding jeans by hand to create holes and whiskers on the fabric. A high tech alternative to hand sanding is now being used in the factory that requires far fewer workers. A high tech alternative to hand sanding is now being used
in the factory that requires far fewer workers. This laser machine cost 200,000 euros and can be operated by one person in a clean and air conditioned room with no dust. It uses pre programmed designed to automate the work the humans are doing next door, from burning holes intojeans to creating the whisker patterns down the legs. A machine also wont take to the street and protest against low wages or poor working conditions. Last year, bangladesh saw civil unrest from garment workers at other factories, demanding better treatment from their employers. And introducing more automation could have the unintended consequence of moving jobs away from current manufacturing hubs. This is already happening in the United States. Back in dhaka, mostafiz recognises the need to engage International Retailers in these important discussions. And i think the solutions are with us, sitting in the room today. Wejoined him at two of his conferences, the denim expo and the sustainable apparel forum. Technology is a big theme here and companies likejeanologia, have advanced laser machines for garment finishing. And tonello, an Italian Company provides high tech laundry. It has to be a technological industry and not any more a human driven industry. Some think this will open up new possibilities for bangladeshi workers. They can have a betterjob, for example, they can become an engineer and learn how to use the machine. They can become a designer. Do you think it is feasible for four million low skilled workers . Yes, it is going to create other jobs in other industries. For sure, i see it as a positive thing. But others are not so sure. I dont think automation is going to benefit any worker in any industry. Automation is basically a replacement of the worker by a machine which the owners of factories would really love and it stabilises costs. It stabilises working conditions. It solves a lot of problems. And the women who make up the majority of the workers may be disproportionately affected by these advances. So really, you prefer that these women have jobs than automation . Estimates vary as to how manyjobs automation will displace in the industry but some recent reports say up to 80 of simple garment work could be at risk in asia in the next five years. The creation of new machines has brought a once distance prospect of automating workflow in garment factories, sharply into focus. Hello and welcome to the week in tech. It was the week microsoft had a deja vu moment, issuing a second final windows 7 update just days after saying there would be no more patches for the decade old operating system. The uk decided it would permit the use of huawei tech in its 5g networks, despite pressure from the us. Restrictions limit the chinese giants prevalence. And 15 nfl American Football teams
were struck by hacker group 0urmine. The group said it targeted twitter and Facebook Accounts to show that Internet Security was still low. In london, the metropolitan police is rolling out its first live operational facial recognition cameras amidst scepticism from human rights groups. Police say its ai identified suspects wanted for serious crimes with 70 accuracy, yet one watchdog previously warned of a far less accurate result. The british developers, ndemic creations, issued a warning to players of its pandemic game plague inc, after linking a spike in popularity to chinas coronavirus outbreak. The studio reminded fans that while the game is realistic, concerned individuals should turn to real official health authorities, like the world health organization. And finally, retro arcade games like asteroids could be back with a crash, as vintage games maker atari makes an unlikely turn into the hotel business, promising vr and ar spaces alongside
game streaming studios. Who fancies a blast from the past with a side of room service . The idea of renting clothes is nothing new, neither is doing so online. Companies like renttherunway and threadup, have been in the us for over a decade, as has girl meets dress. Com in the uk. But the popularity of many of these platforms has rocketed since the newfound interest in sustainability has made throwaway fashion feel like a bit of a rubbish idea. But the desire for an evolving wardrobe hasnt gone away. So ive been taking a look at a few of the uk start ups that are using an extra bit of technology to bring this idea up a level. By rotation, brings peer to peer
lending to mobile phones, adding a spot of al to the mix. We have got two Machine Learning tools that weve already built. The first one is to ensure when listers or lenders are listing items. They dont go and take retail photos, which are an infringement of copyright laws. The second thing we have built is helping people curate looks. So, if youve rented a black dress, we will match a pair of green shoes and a green bag with it. Next up, the company is working on Machine Learning to overcome the issue of variable sizing. Over 8,000 users or rotators as they are known, like kat here, are already benefiting from earning an extra spot of cash from their barely worn threads or some wardrobe variability themselves. I got into the whole sustainability and renting things and buying secondhand in the middle of last year and then i found there were some rental
platforms and i was like, that is amazing. I have a lot of stuff and all of my friends want to borrow my things for weddings and events and i was like, may as well make some money for it. What percentage of the price of the dress would you be renting it for . There is a suggestion in the app that i usually. I think if the dress is like 330, its between 12 to £15 a day and then you offer a discount for a week or a month. If theyre going away for ages, you can offer them a 50 or 70 discount. By the time youve done that a few times youve made back money. 0ne app hopes to create an entire ecosystem around this idea. Save your wardrobe allows you to create a digital version of your entire wardrobe. To do this, some of it will be a matter of it scanning your e mail for receipts for clothing. Other items you may need to photograph to input. You will also then make a note of how regularly youve worn them. Now, that means that if there are any items in the back
of your wardrobe that you havent touched for a while, it could suggest ideas on how you rent them or sell them. As well as that rental element providing a partnership with by rotation, cleaning companies and garment preparers will also be recommended and linked to. 0ur Competitive Edge is that we create an ecosystem of services as a way to upcycle and extend the life of garments. Logging your whole wardrobe does sound quite time consuming though. We managed to squeeze the time to a few seconds when it comes to e mail scanning. So building a wardrobe through e mails should take a matter of seconds and the Computer Vision is Strong Enough to recognise the category, the colour, the brand. You need to add the size yourself though. So basically we are building on the ai side what spotify is doing with your music or netflix is doing with your movies, learning what your taste is by actually looking at what youre wearing before then
suggesting other things that you might not have in your catalogue. So if the idea of tracking our wardrobes like we track out steps takes off, maybe passing fashions could become a thing of the past. That was lara. And were going to change tack now. This weekend sees American Footballs showpiece event the super bowl watched by millions across the us and around the world. The sport is starting to gain popularity in the uk too. In fact, london plays host to several matches throughout the year. Now, from a tech point of view, this fast paced, aggressive sport is swimming in data and being able to instantly analyse it, whether you are a coach or a player, is key to the action. Earlier in the season, 0mar mehtab went to check it all out when the Houston Texans met the jacksonville jaguars. The National Football league is celebrating its centenary this year. 100 years of nfl, busy reflecting on the history of the sport. But it is also looking to the future, through a partnership with technology giant, microsoft. So alongside the speed, showmanship, violence and beauty of the game, the sport is being transformed by technology. Microsoft has created a purpose built tablet to aid players and coaches with instant tactical information which, in a game that is essentially like chess but with real people, minor adjustments can be the difference between winning and losing. These tablets are standardised for all 32 teams in the nfl. Each team has 25 of them. 13 on the sidelines and 12 in the coaches booth. As you can see you can check out the same play by play at different angles around the pitch. But also, the screen is a lot brighter, and its a bit more rugged just in case tensioned run high and the coaches decide to chuck it down onto the pitch. With more information and Data Available to players immediately on the sideline, how does it affect the game . The tempo is a lot faster. The offence is changing constantly. The defence is doing the same thing cause they have the same tablets on their sideline. And so the speed of the game and really the tempo of the chess match just moves much quicker. Right, up here, we are in the coaches booth and before what they used to do is get a Birds Eye View of things and write it all down on paper, and then take that paper down to the dressing room to be able to communicate with the team. But from up here, they can make the changes on the tablet. At half time, theyll run down, leave the tablet here, pick one up in the dressing room, go to their profile and show the team
the notes that theyve made. And the nfl believe this is really helping teams. When you can make an adjustment in real time, then it becomes the player has to outperform that other player, because now they pretty much know what each player wants to do, on both sides of the ball, so the individual players skill really has to become involved. Technology never stands still, much like the march of sport. Microsoft have added something to the game. It is subjective whether it improves it or not but one thing is certain, technologys drive to improve athlete performance will continue to develop. There is so Much Technology thats being introduced now, to our wearables, so in our uniforms, gps trackers, monitors, heart rate monitors, things like that. A lot of stuff for player safety. Theres technology thats going in helmets to track concussion, and see if theres anything going on with brain activity. So i think in the next 5 10 years, the game
could be completely different. Uniforms and the actual hardware that we wear is changing every year. So i would expect a lot of technology to be integrated into more of what we wear on the field than what we play. Absolutely brutal that sport, isnt it . That was 0mar mehtab. Now, it is 0scar season at the moment and every year we like to look at the visual effects behind some of the awards contenders. This week it is the epic crime drama thats made made Robert De Niro young again these are the secrets behind the irishman. Frank, i want you to meet my cousin, russell bufalino. Better watch, theres a lot of tough guys around here. Did he tell you . Youre not afraid of tough guys, are you . I did not think so. The movie starts with Robert De Niro lets say at, i dont know, 28 or 30, then he goes to 36, then he goes 42, then a7, then 55, then
62, then he moves on. Marty said to me, be careful what you wish for because these actors are not going to want markers and helmet cams or any kind of little cameras in front of them. They also are going to want to be on set, with theatrical lighting, and we are not going to go somewhere else. When we started developing this new way of capturing performances, there was Nothing Available for us. I mean, the only way to capture performances were through a marker system, so we had to find a way to find Something Else beside the markers. We did a test with Robert De Niro in new york, which we recreated a scene from goodfellas. There was a film camera in the centre for the director, and then two witness cameras on the sides. We found out really right away that the software acts better if there are no shadows but, i mean, when you are on set you always have shadows, because generally youre lit
from the side or from back. How do you neutralise the lighting without angering the director or the director of photography . That means that maybe we flood the set with infrared light that the human eye cannot see but the software can. We Work Together to come up with the rig which was a three camera rig. It was important that the witness cameras we part of the director camera. Normally in visual effects, the witness camera dont get ta ken care of. Everyone is in front of them and nobody cares. But if theyre attached to the director camera, wherever the director camera goes, these cameras go, so its like, ok then we get all that information with us and we work with re to get those two cameras to be completely infrared, and then we throw infrared light onto the actors. And the software took a look at all that information, the infrared and the rgb information from the central camera
and created geometry out of that. If you naturally get rid of the markers, then you start seeing Incredible Movement on the face. Things that we did not see before. The micro movements were deforming the geometry that were creating to match the background, the real performance. What you see on the screen are real renders, 3d renders replacements of their faces with minimal involvement with performances. Basically we made them younger but thats it, we did not change a blink, because marty didnt want us to do that. We did it only for the actors. I mean, theres an incredible amount of stuff that we got from it. Even if we, you know, had a bunch of burden all over the production, it did not impact the director because there was nothing that the director did that was stopped by the technology and also the performances were phenomenal. I am here to defend you, right . Right. What do you want to know, you want to know if i did it or not . Wow, i loved that film and we wish it all the best when the oscars are announced next weekend. Talking of which, next week we will be back in la, with an entire programme dedicated to technology and the movie industry. Its going to be a blockbuster. Hope you canjoin us. In the meantime, dont forget that we live on social media, on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter at bbc click. Thank for watching and we will see you back in la. Hello. A brighter afternoon for parts of england, wales and northern ireland, but some heavy and thundery showers developing. Scotland, though, after that chilly start, as this weather front works its way northwards, a spell of snow which could cause issues over central scotland, particularly over higher routes here, but turning milder to the south later on, and here we could see some thundery showers too. A bit more sunshine, though, through central and eastern areas. The far north of scotland will be dry with some sunshine too. The winds lighter than they have been over the past few days but it stays chilly across the north to finish with. However, that mild air does wend through during tonight. Any snow turns back to rain. The rain comes and goes through the night through much of scotland, and there will be some showers for northern ireland, Northern England especially, with one or two further south. Many will be dry for the bulk of the night, but temperatures are well above freezing as we start monday morning rush hour. On monday, some southern areas will stay dry with some sunshine. Rain very close to the Channel Islands and some southern coastal counties through the day. Frequent showers in the northern half of the uk. Some heavy with hail and thunder, and then potentially disruptive winds into the west of scotland later. Good afternoon. 11 more british nationals are being flown back to the uk from wuhan, the chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak. Theyre on a flight arriving in france this lunchtime and will then be brought back to this country for two weeks isolation. Meanwhile, the first confirmed death from coronavirus has been reported outside china, in the phillipines. The disease has now killed more than 300 people. Danjohnson has the latest. In wuhan at the centre of