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posh cams, invisible speakers and cloning brian eno's brain. today i am in the lead of the wizard who likes decibels, who likes to write a book or two, a wizard called brian eno. do not know if should show you how this works. let's just find the... these are just not bits

of speakers, they are working speakers? yes. on my gosh. and it is sound that these man is best known for. big sound. the former member of roxy music has added production sounds to the biggest acts in the world — sounds to the biggest acts in the world— u2, coldplay and some chap called bali. he is a self—proclaimed non— musician who uses technology to make his art. there it is. sir this essentially never repeat in billions of years. it is constantly generating new images. i mean, sometimes it does things that are so baffling fantastic you think, i never would have thought of that. baffling fantastic you think, i never would have thought of thatm

is love of brandon, generative art that has brought us here. his music is very atmospheric and at the wheel and his regarded as ‘the godfather‘ of ambient music and his new work, reflection, it is rather unpredictable. it is a generative music app which follows rules defined and we find by brian eno but which plays differently every time. 1496 which plays differently every time. 14% of these notes, random, will be pitched down by three semitones. the second is 41% on an octave. pitched down by three semitones. the second is 4196 on an octave. can i just said... scientist. iwould second is 4196 on an octave. can i just said... scientist. i would go further, quantum scientist. probabilities. brian eno has spent weeks, months, tweaking these rules and probabilities which when combined course of these sounds to

bounce, transform or not play at all. these are different types of scripters. i like them. who doesn't! actually, these rules can be applied to any type of music. something more pa cey, to any type of music. something more pacey, there are effects become immediately obvious. we will make that a tedious loop. a lot of music is based just on things like that and it goes on for ever. now i will put in some scripters. first a way of reducing the number of beads. —— beat. it is ali playing 80%. already

it isa beat. it is ali playing 80%. already it is a pretty crappy drama. actually, this is way more interesting than the original drumbeat. will introduce some roles. traditional music, hugh have a piece which locks down but you are not blocking it down. you are taking these and locking that down, the process. i do not mind so much if the piece changes every time. process. i do not mind so much if the piece changes every timem process. i do not mind so much if the piece changes every time. it is a good way of explaining it. i am trying to make a version of me in the software, my taste, if you like. i interested in the edge of buying taste envelope and randomness is a way to find out. mixing things up is

something brian eno is known for. the legendary oblique strategy cards, the imposing a a rule, you reduce the possibility to solve it. if you are working with other people, you get information and derailment. if you are working alone you can easily get into a rut. working at a different speed. that isa working at a different speed. that is a useful one. that could mean a lot of different things. it could change the speed or do things at different speed. work very very quickly all very very slowly. take a minute to get to that guitar. pick it up. put it on. plug it in. have

you thought of a way to copyright the music that comes out? if you sell the app, do they own the music because they have constructed it. all the bits i never the final construction is that there is. it is not easy to make a case for saying it is my music because it sort of is ina it is my music because it sort of is in a modern sense of what composing means. we spent about an hour with brian eno and in the next few days you can see more inside brian eno‘s brain on online. the week in tech, elon musk started yet another company. the company which aims to implanta ait company. the company which aims to implant a ait technology onto the human brain. does this guy never

watch sci—fi films and that it never ends well. and was on the head honcho showed the interior space tourists will see in his origin spacecraft. the second richest man in the world with a net worth of $75 billion. $10 billion behind bill gates, though. how about turning any surface into an interface without the need for a screen? a host of devices that like speakers, lights and thermostats can beat all the remote controls. , in france, a host of teams will outline vehicles built with less than a number of parts. 99

nanometres per hours they will travel. 37 million years to travel a single mile. not exactly formula one. this week, samsung launched its latest mobile phone. just a few minutes to go until the launch start and there is an incredible level of secrecy and there is an incredible level of secrecy here but there is a lot at sta ke for secrecy here but there is a lot at stake for some after the indee park all sat we‘re waiting to see why the 58 all sat we‘re waiting to see why the s8 has in seoul. cold hard facts— phone... well, two phones were born. s8 and s8 plus. not that large

because of the screens on both of them curve over the edges. a lot of hype about these. it does not feel like a big deal, personally but it means you get a screen which is bigger on a smaller size. a fingerprint scanner. iris and facial recognition meaning you should not need a password that still achieved all the security you want. an invisible home button. at as you press it, you can feel some sensation. one thing we have had a lot of talk about is the launch of this... when fully functioning, the system aims to make interact in easier. interacting with apps, controlling other devices and using artificial intelligence to land your

habits and suggests what you might be looking for next. naturally, i wa nted be looking for next. naturally, i wanted test this new personal assistant that there is a substantial problem. it is currently only available in korean. it will be released in american english in many. it may well be great but i cannot tell you about it. in the meantime, the image recognition function is in action. it has varying success. so the head brushing shot —— hairbrush. it thinks my hairbrush is a fork. i have been asking around to see what others think about it. very impressive screen. 18.5 buying nine. that is a big screen in a very small phone. i plan ait inches and i can

fit my hands around it. the court experience has not changed a lot. we have not got the dual camera. users standard samsung apps. i do not think everybody once to speak to standard apps. for the amount of time they made us wait for these perhaps under delivered on standout features we have not seen elsewhere. the phone will be released this month from $650. the company believed they will see explosive sales but let‘s hope not exploding phones! now to cyborgs and when hollywood imagines them look way too

futuristic to become a reality. they did not save your life, they stole it. but are they? a special appointment with a professor at the university of tokyo injapan. i have come to see a professor who is apparently going to turn me into some sort cyborg. it is the first timea some sort cyborg. it is the first time a camera crew has been allowed in to see the process happen and it will take place through this door, he asked. —— here. they have come up with a thin as organic circuit,

lighter than a feather, they could be worn like a second skin. monitoring the body all as the display. we gain to introduce the electronic functions on the surface of the skin without causing any discomfort. this is human and machine coming together. the display they are putting on has taken three days to manufacture serve the research team are being very careful. two to three micros in thickness. the magic is controlled by transparent electrons and conduct us. they are surprisingly resilient. they can scrunch them and on rubber even stretch of them. it still works and that is something i have come to put to the test. the professor has

used schemes to measure heart rate and oxygen levels. could we use these out and about was make can we go running with it? it doesn‘t cause any failure. it doesn't cause any failure. it is flexible. would you expect us to change this every two or three days? yes, that‘s another possibility. if we can manufacture everything very cheap, so after you go to the shower and said delaminate your skin and put the fresh one. i expected that to break by now. and it‘s still very much alive. this isjust to break by now. and it‘s still very much alive. this is just a single digit display today, but what could

this be the future? the second step will be much more digits and then, going to the high—definition display. so we could have baby 1000 pixels? —— maybe. display. so we could have baby 1000 pixels? -- maybe. yes, that's technologically possible. now hand, so we could, what, talk to people now had? yes. this could be a picture of my mum, for example? she would appear on my hand? yes, that would appear on my hand? yes, that would be possible in the future, maybe four or five years. but lifetime will be the biggest issues. this is the start of the rise of the cyborgs. that was dan, wearing some pretty

advanced technology on his person. i‘ve got my own piece of advanced technology here. these are the sennheiser new headphones and would you like to take a guess at what is special about them ? for you like to take a guess at what is special about them? for a start, they cost £54,000! fire up, one direction. no—one direction? ok. so, i‘m nota direction. no—one direction? ok. so, i‘m not a real audio expert. i used to work in the radio so i do know about sound. but i‘m also 43, so i think i‘m slightly deaf. but these are certainly sound very expensive. very, very nice. what‘s interesting is that aren‘t boys counselling —— cancelling and i can actually hear other stuff in a broom. and i‘m not sure whether i would expect that or whether i would expect to be shut

off from the room when i put this on so you can just hear music. wow. off from the room when i put this on so you canjust hear music. wow. for people who are in love, or should i say obsessed with sound quality, it seems that nothing is off—limits. but when those people are injapan, off—limits hits a whole new level. we are used to seeing unusual things injapan, so we were not surprised at all to hear about group of people who would think nothing of spending the whole lot more than the price of these in search of audio perfection. it seems some people don‘t care what their place looks like, as long as it sounds amazing. but if you are into your high end audio but you also want something a bit more inconspicuous, then we‘ve come here to london‘s smart apartment to see some options. these speakers are made by lynn and will cost £12,500

for the pair. they come with a choice of fabrics. you can choose whichever one blends into your decor best. the fabric apparently has been specially developed so it doesn‘t dull the sound. but metre tall speakers are always going to be quite attention grabbing. what if you want your speakers to be heard but not seen at all? so, can you spot the speakers in this room? well... they are actually up there. there are lots of little speakers in the ceiling next to the light fittings. they were installed before plastering, so that they can sit flush with the ceiling. this is what they actually look like and the cost there‘s quite a few of them they don‘t have to be that loud to filter the sound. if that‘s still too conspicuous for you, this room has invisible speakers in that they are in the walls. you can fill them by

the vibration here and here. you can‘t see them at all of course. these ones have been wallpapered directly over. if you are plastering the ball you can get away with two millimetres past only, apparently. and if you are worried that your speakers going wrong, the manufacturers have told us that within 15 years they will come and not only repair the speakers but also make good your decorations. and that‘s it from the smart apartment. follow us on twitter if you would be so kind will stop with plenty of this kind of stuff throughout the week and there‘s more coming from brian soon. thanks for watching and see you soon. hello.

this past week has seen some really varied weather across the uk, but this weekend we‘ll even out the differences. we are all pretty much in the same boat for saturday, in that there will be a fair amount of showers around, some quite heavy. quite a chilly night to come on saturday night. then the vast majority will have a fine and dry sunday, with some sunny spells around. this is what the start of saturday looks like for early risers. looks pretty wet across north—west england. it will take much of the morning before that begins to ease. already through western parts of the uk the showers are getting going, so out and about through parts of south—west england this is the picture at 9am in wales. increasingly into parts of the midlands as well, dotted about are some of these showers. much of eastern england will have a fine morning. the rain, more persistent compared with elsewhere in the uk to begin with. in north—west england, standing water and showers around

in northern ireland through the west and north of scotland. dry to begin within in eastern scotland. it will take much of the morning before this rain in north—west england eases to showers, going into the afternoon. look at the showers breaking out elsewhere. some of them will be heavy. the risk of hail and thunder, fairly slow—moving too. some bright and sunny spells in between. it looks like an improvement gradually through the afternoon in northern ireland, western parts of scotland, western coastal fringes of england and wales. in the sunny spells, at 13—16, not feeling too bad. showers should fade away into sunday morning. looks mainly dry. a ridge of high pressure building in for the second part of the weekend. it means quite a chilly start on sunday morning, compared with recent mornings. a touch of frost in scotland and northern ireland possible and a frost on the ground in the northern half of the uk. but we‘re rewarded on sunday with some cloud around, but some good sunny spells too and the very vast majority will have a dry day, with light winds.

in that sunshine, feeling quite pleasant. again, temperatures mostly at around 11—15. just a few spots getting warmer than that going into sunday afternoon. the races on sunday, so looking fine and quite calm too. the weather shouldn‘t be causing too many dramas. enjoy the action. as we go into the start of next week, there are some weather fronts to come through and here they come. but once they push their way through, they will be weakening further south later on monday and into tuesday, and once they are gone high—pressure builds back in across the uk. so wednesday onwards, much of next week is looking dry and there will be some sunny spells coming through this cloud. a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name‘s lebo diseko. our top stories: protests in paraguay — anger on the streets as senators back a law that could allow the president to stand for a second term.

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