It comes as the head of englands nhs warns that theres mounting pressure on hospitals and staff. I think the facts are very clear and i am not going to sugar coat them. Hospitals are under extreme pressure. And staff are under extreme pressure. Cities across the United States are on alert for possible violent protests, ahead ofjoe biden� s inauguration. In a fresh blow to the Afghan Government and their attempt to maintain security, two female judges have been shot dead in kabul. An engine test for nasas � megarocket� ends early but the space Agency Denies it was a failure. Now on bbc news, its time for click. This week, it is the Consumer Electronics show, but not as we know it, featuring a tv camera crew with a box. Wow a payment chicken. And, in fact, something for all tastes. Perfectly blended. Or not. Not the best choice of ingredients, though every january, the tech world descends on las vegas for the Consumer Electronics show. Its a massive affair where companies launch their products for the year and fight to be seen and heard over the din. And this year. Wind howls. Not so much. Not a casino or Convention Centre in sight its weird, really after going to vegas every january for 15 years, i was so over it. And then, this year, it turns out i really miss it. I know. Ourjanuaryjaunt may not be happening but that doesnt mean that technology is standing still. Of course its not. Every january, the tech world descends on las vegas yeah. Ces is still happening its online only and were gonna try and bring you a sense of what the show is like. And yes, there will be weird gadgets, there will be big announcements, but there wont bejet lag and im still in for a bit of a treat. Im being spoiled this week by having someone film me remotely using something being shown at ces this year. So you may have heard us mention by now that were both self shooting our bits of the show, and that can mean a bit of stopping and starting as were trying to respond to changes in lighting, or tweaking focus if we move a bit all the bits that you never need to know about that can be rather fiddly for us. Ratherfiddly . It drives me up the wall well, i did not need to worry about any of that this week sorry, spencer as i unwrapped crew in a box. Ok, its not literally a crew inside a box, but it is a high end plug and play studio kit in a box, to be operated remotely. Lift the lid and youll find a 6k camera, a teleprompter, a triple led light panel, two microphones and a whole load of leads. Once you figure what goes where, you just power it up and you can meet your remote production team. Award winning director ira was one of a trio of hollywood professionals who co founded the company back in march after realising that production could be disrupted for a while. So i think it was march 17 i think that was the day that we found out that there would be a lockdown in la and i imagine, like a lot of other people in the business, i panicked, thinking when would production ever come back . My first call was actually to dallas. Dallas sterling is a really innovative cinematographer that i have worked with and he is also really great with building things, so i brought him on board and i think within two months, dallas had built a prototype in his garage. As soon as talent receives crew in a box and they plug it in, it immediately connects over bonded cellular, over the internet, to a remote operator. And at that time, the remote operator controls all of main integrated components the box. Outside of the us, it does need a wi fi connection, though. But once set up, i had nothing to think about, other than to sit down and talk. Lets talk through what youre doing to this image of me. So thats off and thats on. Watch your eyes im going to go full blown. There you go, that is full up. And then i have the ability to control the warmth of it, so that is max cool and this is max warmth. It makes me want to move around and cause more bother to give you more work to do. Its challenging. The box comes with a serious price tag of 55,000, but it is mostly intended for rental use. And this is a high production value set up, so you have to think about what its actually replacing. And right now, it maybe just keeping things going. Phone rings. Patrick currently, it does only offer a static locked off shot, though, which does limit its uses but i guess that is not that dissimilar to my at home click studio anyway. Still, its got to help though, hasnt it . Honestly, i am so jealous of you right now. Someone, just someone to come and pull focus for me id kill for that yes it really did make things easier now, as we said, ces has moved online this year, and for the organisers, that has been a massive undertaking, a big risk and a huge unknown. Since 1967, people have been flocking to ces to see the latest innovations in technology. Last year, it attracted more than 170,000 people. These big tech shows can be overwhelming but many, Many Companies feel that they are essential to attend, whether to network, to make deals orjust to get a taste of what is going on in other tech areas. So how do you recreate all of that noise, the excitement and the buzz of being in las vegas when you are forced to go online only . Ces is organised by the Consumer Technology association, and i caught up with its president gary shapiro. So weve adjusted in just about every way you can adjust at this point. And itas not been easy, im not going to lie and, you know, we had concerns about the speed and the pace and the offering. To be honest, i was expecting ces online to be this sd world of Virtual Conference halls, but its not its a directory of exhibitors. The larger of which will have their own flashy micro sites, but the smaller start ups, who usually only have a small booth anyway, well, theyjust get a page to upload their presentations to. We get around i would say 20,000 contacts there, so thats a big fallout if youre not there. We are not so impressed currently, because itjust looks like a big phone book of companies in alphabetical order. So im thinking its really hard to be noticed there, unless someone is specifically looking for you. A lot of people assumed we would go ar, vr, 3d as you mentioned. And we said were not going to do that, were not even going to encourage that because its too high of a reach, frankly. Given the current unknowns, next years ces will be an as yet unspecified mix of real world and online events. The pandemic has shown us that we dont really all need to fly to one city to do business. But i cant help thinking that the need to touch and feel the tech and to look each other in the eye will mean that these big, physical events will be back. Online or offline, ces remains popular for major tech unveils. Lg teased a smartphone with a roll out screen. Its pegged for release this year, but no specs and no price means no promises. Lenovo showcased its latest lightweight smart glasses, capable of supporting sd visualisation and augmented reality guides. And Yves Saint Laurent lodged a smart phone connected lipstick mixer, capable of combining up to three shades. The driverless race car that will compete in a world first high speed race has been revealed. The dallara il is has been retrofitted with radar, lidar and cameras. Its expected to hit around 180 Miles Per Hour at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in october. Samsung showed off a line up of helpful home robots its developing. The one armed bot handy features Computer Vision and could help pick up clothes, load the dishwasher or even wait on you. And finally, cat flaps are so 2020 this smart door uses cameras and sensors to partially open for your pets. Dogs and cats will need to wear a bluetooth colour, though. It also all costs nearly 3000 maybe just give spot a key . In a world where no one wants to touch anything at the moment, it is no surprise that Contactless Payments are now the preferred way to pay. You just tap your card on a terminal to make a transaction. Its done using nfc chips nfc is nearfield communication and you get them in your credit cards, on your phone or in smart watches. But these chips, well, they can be put into anything. Which explains why i have been sent some headphones, a lipstick, and a chicken. Wearables company tappy has partnered with mastercard is to put payment chips into practical accessories like rings, watch clasps and watch straps, and non practical accessories just designed to get media coverage. Hmm. Which works, apparently. But why might you want a payment chip in something other than a nice, small, thin credit card . Lets say if you are shopping in a grocery shop and you are already checking out with a lot of things in your bag. At the same time, you want to take your wallet out all your phone out and pay, you just feel that sometimes, it wont be as efficient. So if it is already on your wrist, it isjust much more convenient, its quicker for the checkout. First, you associate a chipped item to a particular credit card using this cradle and going through a security set up on the accompanying app. And from then on, your whatever it is acts just like a contactless payment card, but with the added advantage that you can activate and deactivate items at will using the app. Now, there are always plenty of weird and wonderful things on show at ces, so lets see what the team have found as they wander virtually around this years show, and were going to start with wearables and omar mehtab. So there are a few devices featuring at ces that can actually help you avoid touching stuff, and im talking work computers, touchscreens, phones, all of that. First up, this wristband by corso. It houses a biosensor that reads muscle movements, so by making gestures, you can control the laptop, the phone, the tablet that you are connected to via bluetooth. It is kind of like using the force. Look. Click on spencer kelly. And weve got spencer. Argh no, i did not mean to do that let let go of the window it does take some getting used to, its a little bit unruly sometimes, but once youve the hang of it, it is actually quite useful. For general use, for gaming, controlling robots, prosthetics and rehabilitation for amputees. Right, that is corso done. Next up. Poof . Is this ring created by a company arcx. Its for your workout, so that instead of getting your phone out, you can control it using this little joystick here. So what that means that ill put this on and then i can control what song im listening to, the volume, i can also take calls and take split times of my exercises. I can then continue my workout and if im saying oh, i want listen to the next track, boom music plays. I can listen to it as i do my press ups. Ooh oh, ok thats enough. Honestly, though, it doesnt work for every exercise. I mean, if i am using the dumbbells, sometimes the joystick will hit the side and do something that i dont want it to do. Another drawback is that it is connected via bluetooth, so if you put your phone in a locker and its quite a big gym, you walk quite far away to do your exercises, this will eventually stop working. But while it is connected, it does work really well. Right, thats for your private devices though. What about for public ones like touchscreens . Well, thats where ultraleap comes into play. Their touch free app allows touchscreens to become touchless. A camera and motion controller are retrofitted to detect and track hand movements, but in set ups with ultraleap built in, they include ultrasonic speakers to enable haptic feedback. They sound waves to create pressure at certain points, like the tip of your finger, to make you feel as if you are actually touching a screen. Well, there you have it a few of the key wearables at ces. And given the current climate, they may actually become quite popular. Up next is lara with the latest home gadgets from the show. With more time than ever spent at home right now, its little surprise to see the tech to better our home lives is taking Virtual Centre stage. Last year, we saw a burst of new sleep text, much of it not just about tracking your slumber at improving it. But maybe rather than fancy headphones and other wearables, its our actual pillows we should be rethinking. Here i have the dozzycozy interactive smart pillow. Its pretty heavy and it does feel a little mechanical to sleep on, especially considering it is plugged in all night. But the idea is that this could track your movement, so it will adjust height according to whether you are sleeping on your side or on your back you just need to wear this small device around your waist. When it actually came to trying to sleep with the pillow, though, i actually felt that the sheep was a bit too boxy and even though it does, in theory, move to the perfect height for you, thats not necessarily how you want your pillow to feel. It can also play white noise or music to help get you off to sleep in the first place, although i did find it slightly disappointing that it played that out loud. I wanted it to be a subtler kind of music straight into my ear through the pillow so it wouldnt disturb the person next to me. This is a prototype ofjust one of the devices the company is launching at ces. Theres also a snore monitoring pillow. If it can tell that youre snoring then it will help jiggle you about a bit to hopefully get you in a better position to stop. If, like me, you cant bear the sight of lots of wires around the place, then how about this . A wireless charger that sits beneath the surface of a table or desk so that you can then put your device on top to charge. That surface does need to be under two and a half centimetres thick, but it can be built into a fitted kitchen, for example. The process of calibrating it did feel a bit like finding a needle in a haystack. We had lost daylight in the process but did, after an hour, find its sweet spot. Using it after this, though, was a lot simpler, as the positioning didnt need to be so precise to charge. Of course, your device does need to support wireless charging, and its only compatible with the newest iphone when used on a thinner surface, so it may not cater for the whole household just yet. Meanwhile, if a smart blender is what youve been waiting for, then meet millo. This wireless, rechargeable device can be used anywhere, and it can make up to ten drinks per charge. Its processor is monitoring its blending in real time, synching to a Smart Phone App to keep track of your favoured settings. Wow a graph of the blending. Im not sure if this is massive over engineering or actually really exciting. Ok, i get that the novelty may wear off. It sounds like its going to take off and if the app is surplus to your blending requirements, then you can just use the touch display. It moves around depending on where you tap it, an inexplicably compelling feature. Maybe thats just the effect of lockdown. I never knew that i wanted a graph of my smoothie making before. Perfectly blended. Im not quite sure about the choice of ingredients, though. But it does come at a pretty high price, so it really depends how much you want to soup up your soup. This cricket bat is designed to be the exact same size and weight as one that you would use on the pitch in a match. Just like in a real game, if you hit the ball, you will feel feedback coming from here. But if, like me, you miss, you wont feel anything. Hit it again i feel like if i didnt feel the bat vibrating i honestly wouldnt even know i hit it. There is a series of sensors around the group that are tracking the bat and headset. Its tracking with submillimetre accuracy though it is important. If there is lag, it can have an impact on the immersive experience. The makers of this cricket bat, centurion vr, say having a headset enhances the experience because everything in the simulation from the height of the ball to the bounce is accurate. That was my First Time Ever playing cricket so i want to apologise to any of the cricket fans out there. But now to a sport that i actually know something about, baseball. This is strike, a smart baseball. It is almost identical to this one, but it is packed with technology to analyse player performance. By the time i finish this sentence, the data from this pitch will be on an ipad, and that ipad is being analysed by the coach. We wanted to test it against the radar gun but my pitching wasnt fast enough to actually register, so i rested my arm while one of the coaches give it a go. We measured it against our spin rate radar gun. The spin rate gun cost about 2000. It held up. The velocity was fairly accurate. The spin rate was fairly accurate. Being as accurate as it was, and as close as it was, is the most important part. It connects to the application via bluetooth. There were a few times are disconnected, which meant that my pitch was not recorded. We were able to track data included in the path, speed, and direction of the ball. There is also release time, slow motion recording, and reports. I have to say this is one of the best uses of integrating technology into something simple. They didnt go over the top. The Company Tells me that the ball can withstand some impact, but, when i asked about batting, they strongly suggested that i did not. Back in the uk, chris foxx has been looking at some of the newest Smartphone Technology from samsung. Chris, catch thank you. This is the Samsung Galaxy s21 ultra. It has been announced a little earlier this year. Sales for samsung dropped last year. It was a year that was weird, but some companies managed to increase their sales. There has been a redesign. The camera has some new tricks, with a new director view which lets you see footage from all the various lenses at the same time, so you can choose on screen which one you want to switch to if you are filming an event. The s21 ultra can also film in super High Resolution 8k video. You can freeze frames from that if you want a still picture. You get 100 times hybrid zoom although at the extreme end, the picture is usually quite grainy. I went into the park to take some photos. Here is a wide shot of the pond with some geese. When i zoomed in 100 times you could make out that it was a goose, but this is not going to win the wildlife photograph of the year. There is another photo i took someone walking a dog. At 100 times, you can see what is going on, but you would probably not put this photo on display. That said, i got some nice shots just using the telephoto lens, the equivalent of ten times optical zoom that is closer in than you will get on the most expensive iphone. A few things have gone from the galaxy s range. You wont find a charger. Apple have done the same, thing was not they say this will reduce pollution with less lorries on the road because of the smaller boxes, and will also reduce e waste. But the s21 ultra can now use the samsung s 10 stylus. You can interact with the phone and draw the screen and write notes. They suggest you could use it for video editing, because the pen lets you get really precise. Typically, the s pen only works on the note range. There is no slot on the phone to store the s pen. While you can store the galaxy note by drawing air gestures, it doesnt work on the s21 ultra, because the pen does not have a battery. The pen is sold separately for £35. But this is bringing the note range and the galaxy s range closer. We havent decided. We certainly have seen as technology has evolved definitely a blurring of the lines between the two. But what we decided with the s21 ultra is more about taking the great tech we have in our note range and bring it to the s series. It has been a hard year for samsung. What do you think needs to change . There are obviously many reasons why last year was a little bit odd and not as a normal year. I think as a company we need to look at what consumers are telling us, and keep giving fantastic value, keep investing in amazing technology, stay ahead of the competition, which is obviously very fit and we welcome. And that was our take on ces 2021. We hope to be able to bring you the latest and greatest from ces 2022 from las vegas itself. I will get on the strip and kiss it i am going to give everyone a big high five good plan. But is it from us for this week. As ever, you can keep up with the team on social media. Find us on youtube, facebook, instagram, and twitter bbcclick. Thank you for watching, and we will see you soon. Goodbye. Hello. Its a perfect sunday for getting outside and enjoying some fresh air. For most of us, it will be a dry, settled and relatively sunny afternoon, but the further north and west you go, a brisk wind driving in some showery outbreaks of rain, with gusts of 30mph to 40mph here. Elsewhere, with some sunshine, the temperatures will peak between 6 9 degrees where they should be for this time of year. Moving into monday, closer to this area of low pressure, it will continue to feed in showers across much of scotland and we will see weather fronts starting to gradually approach from the south west as low pressure edges in from the atlantic. But there will be some drier, brighter weather, particularly in sheltered eastern areas. Generally a little more cloud around than we have seen today. 5 10 degrees the overall high. But from tuesday onwards, it turns increasingly wet and windy across the country. Milder for england and wales, but some of that rain could bring some flooding. Good afternoon. One person is being admitted to hospital with coronavirus every 30 seconds, according to the head of the National Health service in england, sir simon stevens. He says the nhs will be under intense pressure for several weeks to come, despite the vaccine roll out
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