on thursday and the process will take until september to come up with a winner. i ll be back at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, it s ai tennis, robot footballers and body tracking tech as click serves up a sports tech special. this week, we re at wimbledon to find out if ai can predict the winners, although spencer s concentrating on the more important parts of the event. choose my blanket design. got to get the food sorted first. lara gets her trainers on to put some of the latest fitness devices through their paces. they say that i run like an elephant. the question is, is it true? probably! cheering it s men versus machine as omar and paul kick off against the robots. and we check out the tools hoping to make sports more accessible. it s one of the biggest events on the sporting calendar. the players, powerful. ..light of foot. ..lightning fast. it requires physical endurance and nerves of steel. and that s the reason that every year the crowds spill out to watch wim
it s one of the biggest events on the sporting calendar. the players powerful, light of foot, lightning fast. it requires physical endurance and nerves of steel. and that s the reason that every year, the crowds spill out to watch wimbledon. you see that there? that is centre court and it s been in that spot now for exactly 100 years. a centre court centenary. indeed! nice line. i know how much you love wimbledon, but are you like my aunt, who shouts at the tv for two weeks? i absolutely love it and i absolutely am like your aunt. this is the most stressful two weeks of the year for me. my heart rate goes through the roof and i m just watching the thing on tv. oh, you need one of my activity trackers. i ve got a few to spare to track your heart rate. ah, yes! how did you get on with those? well, i ll tell you and you about that in a bit. right you are. yeah, wimbledon has been at the forefront of trialling new tech, both on and off the court, and we ve been lucky enough
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on thursday and the process will take until september to come up with a winner. i ll be back at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, it s ai tennis, robot footballers and body tracking tech as click serves up a sports tech special. this week, we re at wimbledon to find out if ai can predict the winners, although spencer s concentrating on the more important parts of the event. choose my blanket design. got to get the food sorted first.
parts of northern ireland, north and west scotland as well, some rain for the northern isles where temperatures in lerwick will be around 13 degrees. but down towards central and southern england 27 there towards the london region and it is going to be pretty hot for the women s final at wimbledon today, 27 there. hot and dry though for the men s final tomorrow 29, it could be 30 degrees on centre court. moving through this evening and overnight, a fine, warm end to the day, lots of late sunshine, light winds around. some mist and low cloud forming, particularly around some the irish sea coast throughout the day tomorrow. temperatures ten to m degrees to start the day. sunday promises more of the same, more widespread sunshine, very high levels of uv, high levels of pollen as well. hot and dry, sea breezes along the south coast but inland we could see temperatures between about 21 to 29 degrees. bye bye. now on bbc news. it s ai tennis, robot footballers and body tracking tech, as c