Has adapted quite well. Unsurprisingly, a lot of innovators have leapt at the chance to invent a whole range of video call accessories. And my good friend Lara Lewington is sporting one now. But can you spot it . What could possibly be . No idea. These are the periphery smart earrings. Not only do they help you get your top half dressed up for a video call, but they also provide sound directly into your ear from behind the earring, and there is a microphone just here as well. It means you can make phone calls or video calls and communicate through these. Im no expert, i would say they are a little on the big side, but they do match your frock. Almost, and they come in different designs. But, as you say, they are chunky and could do with being made smaller. The idea is not bad. And talking about not bad ideas, how about this . Whats that . This went viral a month or two ago. It turns out one of the most awkward parts of a Video Meeting is trying to leave it. I dont know if you have been there, but everybody waves, and with their other hand they hit the leave meeting button, then it turns out that you havent left the meeting, and then you need to click to confirm that you want to leave. This inspired one creative technologist to create the zoomout. To leave a meeting, i pull this. Hes gone. You know when youre talking to somebody and you say goodbye in person, and then you end up walking in the same direction . I hate that. Exactly. Its like that, but every hour, when youre doing calls all day. You are trying to leave and you say goodbye, and youre fumbling for the leave button. This is brian moore, who created the zoomout. Of course we had to make our own. So Stephen Beckett downloaded the plans that brian put on github, got handy with the printer, and here is the result. Here you go. A pull cord connected to a bluetooth enabled Circuit Board that sends a message to your computer to end the call. Simple and effective. Its a race. One, two, three, go. You dontjust have to make these things for yourself, you can share them with the world on the internet so you can go viral with these things. I feel like really good comedians, they make a joke about something that everybody thinks is just something that they experience, but then they love it, because, well, everybody experiences it. The same thing goes with this. I didnt think that many people would, this is certainly something that i experience. It turns out that millions of people who watched this felt the same way. I never know ill make something and put it out in the world, and one person will see it, and then sometimes, i will make it and put it on the web, see what happens, and suddenly it blows up and im like wow, i cant believe it. Itjust struck a chord no pun intended. What are some of the other crazy things that you have built . I built a scooter that is powered by screaming. Its powered by anger. It was for angry birds. It was a scooter with a microphone on it. The throttle didnt work unless you screamed. So, the louder you screamed, the faster it went. The thing i am working on that i have not mentioned is this, which is a polaroid. When you take a photo of somebody, it actually prints out a reverse Image Recognition photo of them off the internet, which is terrifying. Its a really scary thing. I tried taking a photo of my wife and i printed out a photo i had taken of her seven years ago, because it was on the internet somewhere. Brian, can you keep these dumb projects coming, please, because theyre brilliant. Try. Its all ive got in covid. Im doing this sitting here at home and making these things. Ive been working from home now for almost a year, and ive done a lot of slouching. And i started getting worried i might be doing myself some harm. Ive also been bombarded with instagram ads for this gadget that makes you sit up straight, so i thought id give it a go. This is the upright go 2, and you wear it at the top of your back. It comes with sticky pads so that you can stick it to your skin, or you can wear it on a neckband. I prefer the glue. Once its in place, you tap the button twice to calibrate. Then, if you lean forward, it will vibrate, reminding you to sit up straight. Thats all there is to it. The application records how long youve been slouching and how long you have been upright. There were times where i completely forgot i was wearing it. At least once i showered with it on. Thankfully, it still works. After using it a few times, those stints where i was wearing it, i was managing to get 80 90 of the time upright. Im lucky i have never had serious neck or back pain, but i wonder if there are Health Benefits to this. The Company Makes no Health Claims on its ads on instagram, but it does make Health Related comments on its website. So, i spoke to ashleyjames from the uks Charter Society of physiotherapy to ask if there is anything wrong with slouching. Absolutely not. There is nothing wrong with slouching in moderation, just as the same there is nothing wrong with sitting up perfectly straight. What we know is there is no right or wrong position to sit in. There are only positions that are held for too long. Ive seen those posts on social media that see if you use your phone too much or you sit badly in a chair, you are permanently changing the shape of your necks and spine. Is that true . Yeah, no, there is no good evidence that sitting in any one position will permanently change the position of your spine. The key thing is movement and not to be sat in any one position for too long. The Companys Research shows that people do sit up more when they use it. No surprise there, because it buzzes every time you slouched. One thing i notice is it doesnt if you lean backwards. Position like this are not ok, but you can sit really badly back in a chair and it will never vibrate. From my Point Of View i have enjoyed wearing this, i see in the shops with the mirrors, i see myself hunched over. But now, when the pandemic is over and i get to go to a posh event, i might wear this to remind myself to sit up straight and keep my shoulders back. Meet marguerite, who lives in surrey. I have six grown up children and 18 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Some of them live far away. Others are working all day and they cannot always come and visit me. But life can be isolating, especially in these days of lockdown or restrictions. So one of marguerite� s daughters went looking for a professional companion for harris. Companion for her. Now, meet sue, a freelance Script Writer who lives close to marguerite. It was marguerites name that kind of caught my attention. I asked her about her name and she started telling me her history and mentioned that she had once upon a time been a professional ballroom dancer. History and mentioned that she had once upon a time been a professional ballroom dancer. Yeah, i was very interested in her life and she was interested in what i was saying to her. The application was originally launched to provide face to face short spells of company from pre vetted companions for an agreed fee. It may have been the start of a beautifulfriendship, though. During lockdown times, many like sue and Marguerite Have chosen to switch to the apps Online Meeting space. One of my hobbies is writing. So Hearing Stories is fascinating for me. I love it. Sometimes you can open up to people and not tell your family certain things, which i think is very enlightening. Companions is not the only platform that can help you meet people for a bit of conversation at the moment. Quarantine chat launched last year and the idea is that it randomly puts two people together from Anywhere In The World for a i to i phone chat. We are about to connect to someone else, somewhere in the world. Hello . Hi. Hows it going . I am doing pretty well. There was a big Film Festival two weeks ago, and a lot of my friends went. The restaurant can seat at 25 capacity. Im craving wide spacej at the moment, so big mountains, and so on. I found somebody was at the party who had just tested positive. Putting it to the test, a few of the calls i signed up for did not happen, but i did manage to make a friend in japan. What has been the greatest high for you . Mostlyjust reading books. And im interested in people. The app matches you with someone who speaks the same language and is awake at the same time. Operating via another app called dial up, no personal information is shared and calls are made using data. It has 10,000 users globally, and although they are not pre vetted, there is a Feedback System to report anything untoward. How interesting. Something new for everyone to try. Feels like we have all tried something new this week. That is it from us for now. As ever, you can keep up with the team on social media. Find us on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter on bbcclick. See you soon bye bye bye bye. So far it has been snow across northern parts of the uk but things are set to get worse overnight as we head into tomorrow. By tomorrow there will be much colder and stronger easterly wind and thats going to be more snow more widely across the uk. This is the last few hours. The blue is the rain, the white is the sleet and snow continuing in Eastern Parts of scotland but turning snowy in northern england. That towards sweeps wales and the South West Rain comes later and starts to turn to snow later on in the night. We will blow in more snow showers of the north sea as well. Temperatures close to freezing and icy conditions, notice all the white stuff towards the south east. Here we are closer to storm darcy, this was named by the dutch met institute, that is providing the moisture, that is engaging there getting colder and colder. We can trace the air back to the baltic sea towards the arctic. Quite easy to see what will fall out of the sky will be snow and thats come to be heavy snow in these areas throughout sunday and sunday night. This is the Amber Snow Warning from the met office, this is where we will find the heaviest snow, could be over ten centimetres in places. It will fall widely throughout the day and further north with bitter winds we will find snow showers driven not see all the way across scotland, northern england, north wales and even northern ireland. Should glebe dry across the South Of England but the wind will be stronger. Particularly towards the south, drifting in blizzards likely. Temperatures lower than today. Just above freezing. Add the strength of the wind and it will feel much colder, perhaps 7 out there. We have this run of easterly wind continuing, all that cold air coming in over the relatively warm north sea. That combination provides the cloud that brings in the snow. Darcy will be gone but the snow showers are of the north sea, chiefly for the eastern side, some will get blown further west but it will be drier across the western side of the uk. A bit of sunshine coming through, not going to help much but add on the strength of the wind and it will feel much, much colder. Probably more snow to come in the east on tuesday but by mid week it should be less windy, somewhat drier, still on the chilly side. This is bbc news. Im lukwesa burak. The headlines at 7pm a leaked document appears to reveal plans to reverse reforms made to nhs england and it would mean the Health Secretary would have more direct control. 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