tv Click BBC News October 6, 2018 3:30pm-4:00pm BST
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fining t u 4 g figlllly t u m; .. ua f g a pretty chilly and frosty nights away from towns and city centres. a crisp start to your sunday morning. plenty of sunshine around. cloud in northern england and wales later on. outbreaks of rain in scotland and northern ireland. most persistent across parts of scotland. but temperatures are starting to rise and they will rise further into next week. elsewhere, england and wales will be dry, sunny and pleasant. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: now it's time for click. this week we are feeling the love while the robots do the work. and i better start packing for the moon. you want to go? is that really right? if we want to take a quick
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snap these days, we tend to use one of these. but if you're serious about those photos, then this is still the camera of choice - the dslr. of course, it's notjust the camera itself that is bigger. the sensor used to capture the image is also larger, providing the professional standard known as full frame, which is the equivalent in size to the old 35mm film. the mobile phone had clearly ta ken its toll on the compact camera, but the dslr had remained largely untouched until the last couple of years, when a new system, called mirrorless, started to gain traction and respect. digital single lens reflex cameras use a mirror system to bounce
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the light coming through the lens up to the viewfinder, so you can see what you're shooting. but that has a fewer drawbacks. when you do take the shot, the whole mirror system has to flip away to reveal the sensor — that's noisy and can cause vibration. so enter mirrorless. now the light hits the sensor directly, which also handles autofocus and exposure. and, in doing so, it's also able to offer other features, like face or eye detection. the newer full frame mirrorless camera houses larger sensors, capturing more light for a better picture. to do all of this, the viewfinder is no longer optical. it is a tiny screen with a live feed from the sensor, which initially put off some professionals. but is this the moment
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that their dslr has finally met its match? dan simmons has been to the world's biggest photo expo, photokina, in germany, to find out. photography isn't about cameras, it's about taking great pictures. but the introduction from heavyweights nikon and canon in the mirrorless full frame market is turning the heads of pros as well as enthusiast. i am an extreme sports photographer and i had the chance for about two months to test the new eosr. this is canon's new system. on sale from tuesday, it will work with existing eos lenses and offers several big advantages is over dslr. this new camera enables me to shoot scenarios is that they couldn't shoot before. for instance, if i get close to an athlete,
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he is in his zen mode where he prepares for a stance and it's quite critical. if i disturb him too much, he might lose his stance and i might lose my picture. but eosr, i can put into silent mode and then it is really completely silent. it's like there is no noise at all. the only way you can understand that there is a picture being taken is little flash around the viewfinder. i was sceptical about electronic viewfinder. i was scared about how would work. but when the light drops it is a whole new ball game. it is like putting on nightvision goggles because you actually see more with this camera then you can see with your eyesight. you can shoot images and you can create compositions that i could never have done before. canon fans have been waiting for this system for a long time now. they watched sony introduced the world's first mirrorless model back in 2013. so why has it taken canon so long to catch up? well, you know, we come from a digital slr big leadership.
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we had to ensure that we offer people what they want. they wanted this full frame mirrorless camera two years ago, that's when they wanted it. i don't know when they wanted it, but we believe this is the right time. sony had been out for five years with a camera similar this. it was a growing market. are you saying it wasn't worth putting out earlier? it was maybe worth it, maybe not. were you ready to put it out earlier? we are ready today, clearly. but were you ready before? this is canon. if we come up with something, it must be the best. the best in mirrorless is understandably a bone of contention. so let me tell you four good reasons why that might be the best. canon claim the fastest autofocus, at one two hundredth of a second. more autofocus points than any other system —
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more than 5000, if you need them. and the ability to autofocus in darker situations than any other camera in the world — —6 ev if you're interested. for the hard—core, they have a new zoom that is f2 throughout the range. but is the eosr the best? nikon hasn't updated its famous f—mount camera system since it was introduced in 1959 — until last week, when it, too, went mirrorless. the new full frame 26 and z7 models are slimmer and lighter, and adapter allows them to work with existing f—mount lenses, and they sport a visible wider z—mount, allowing more light to hit the sensor. the idea is to create lenses which are as sharp. the new z—mount from nikon is more than 1000 times faster
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than the traditional f—mount. that is the speed the camera talks to the lens, and then the lens can then respond. exactly. to be honest, we are actually not using the speed yet, but that is looking forward. i don't know what we're talking about — in five years to ten years — when you might have a few applications. why could that be useful? basically everything which has to be connected to srtificial intelligence, augmented reality applications, whatever. i don't yet know what the future holds. i would be a rich man if i did. is there any reason why it we should keep dslrs in the future? definitely. dslr are still the ones that have, let's say, the long as battery life. they are — sometimes you actually need the sturdiness and the weight. the mirrorless cameras come there eventually. back in march, i first saw the camera, first handled it,
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and then, along the way, you're getting it — before the rest of the world knows, it is all very exciting. rob whitworth specialises in what he calls flow motion films. while on location, he had to keep nikon's cameras secret with his granny‘s specially knitted cosies. so what does he think? for a lot of the filming, it's a gamble, or there is no way to operate the focus, so you are relying on autofocus. the example in the video was shooting our talent using a 105 millimetre lens at f1.4, so a great depth of field. and it nailed it — reliably and from multiple takes. that is very exciting. this is the first time that i would rely on this feature with nikon cameras. both the canon and nikon offer support one memory card slot, which does not allow pros to backup on the move. i asked nikon's head of marketing what the deal was, and he said they recognised
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the problem and were looking to add a second slot in future models. in fairly low light conditions, itook out the z7 and sony's equivalent, the a73, and they both performed did a decentjob. that's no surprise, as sony created the full frame mirrorless sector years ago. sony cost less than the canon and nikon, and many say it performs the dslrs — especially in video. now, all these cameras shoot in ak but sony has had the time to perfect that. and they provide two memory slots. they have developed eye recognition for reliable autofocus, and now animal recognition. but even as the clear market leader in full frame mirrorless cameras, i found out there's a lot more to come from sony. elsewhere, panasonic announced its full frame mirrorless system,
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on sale early next year. it is lumix brand will partner up with leica and sigma to offer a complete system. eventually it is likely mirrorless will kill off dslr. but remember it is what you should that makes the biggest difference. it may not be the nicest lens or have superfast autofocus, but it is mirrorless. hello and welcome to the week in tech.
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it was the week that elon musk was forced to step down as the chairman of tesla. kim kardashian was named as the most dangerous celebrity to search for online. and the irish data protection commission launched a formal investigation into facebook‘s recent data breach, which affected over 15 million accounts worldwide. it was also the week that microsoft showed off new surface products. and amazon said it would raise wages in the uk and usa. it will affect tens of thousands of employees in the uk, and follows criticism of the company's low wages and warehouse working conditions. and japan's advanced industrial science and technology institute has developed a robot that could make diy at a thing of the past. staying injapan, researchers at the university of tokyo created the world's strongest inbuilt magnetic field, promptly blowing up their own lab.
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none of the team are most as magnetically powered superheroes after the incident, though. finally, there may be famous for their wholesome image, but even disney can not resist the occasional bit of graffiti. disney research in eth zurich have partnered in the creation of a graffiti drone, or, as they call it, the paintcopter. it uses a spraypaint gun and cameras to detect what it is looking at, and researchers hope it could replace scaffolders and ladders on large—scale painting projects. but it may need some practice, first. in a warehouse in silicon valley, what might be the future of farming. a farm that is indoors, autonomous and apparently incredibly productive compared to traditional methods. the man behind it believes he is working on technology that is essential if farming
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families like his are to thrive for generations to come. i grew up in texas and oklahoma. we had a few thousand acres over there. even there, we have the issue of my grandad cannot get enough help. and none of his daughters took it up, so, luckily i guess i am. it is also the cleanest farm you have ever seen. in fact, it's more like a food lab, which is why i need to look like this before i can go in. now i've got my best look on, let's check out the farm. the first thing i can see is this enormous great machine, tell us about this. this is angus, this is our 1000—pound mobile robot. angus. angus can autonomously navigate our farm. angus controls the floor. he is omnidirectional and self driving and knows where he's going thanks to these markers up on the ceiling. he brings the modules which are filled with water over to the second robot in the room.
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the arm is used to harvest, which in this farm means moving the produce from one container to the next to help it have more room to grow. there are lots of technical challenges to overcome here. the arm must pick up each plant but do so delicately, and not damage the other plants in the process. once the harvesting is complete, angus moves it into the light. so just give me a sense of what different food this can grow. these are some of the baby plants. we have some butterhead, red romaine, some really tiny baby red beans there. this is the only iron ox farm so far and it doubles as the company's offices. their business is relying on the fact that not only is their farm supposedly more
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efficient, but the food itself is more consistent, and it means it needs to taste great. genovese basil, what i recommend is tearing it in half first, and smelling it. oh yeah. yeah, right? that is really nice. very, very good. that was dave. now watching this now, you have absolutely no idea what i'm going to say or do next, let alone the ability to control it. but nick wek has been to see some technology that could change that. i've been invited to york's inaugural mediale arts festival to see interactive film called "what is love? " and i hope to find the answer.
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wish me luck. here, the audience is invited to not only view but shape the narrative of a love story. they affect what happens as the video itself changes to complement the viewer's individual responses. how am i feeling today? every so often, floating icons are projected in space in front of the screen, subtly encouraging onlookers to reach out and virtually guide the mood of the production. well, that's the idea anyway. took me a while because we had to interact and do stuff, i didn't understand. i was trying to interact but we couldn't make it work, so we just went along with the flow. it was great, it was different. a leapmotion sensor tracks hand movements and depending on where and when you intervene, different pre—recorded scenes play out. the installation uses a storytelling medium known as object based media. and this is billed as
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the first public airing of the tailor—made tech. basically object based media gives people options. if you like to mix it up and change the camera angle, you can play director. if the character or presenter is simply rabbiting on too much and you want to skip to the next part, then you can simply... or if you have started watching something after the watershed, it can automatically show you stuff a little more adult friendly. a new piece of editing software had to be created to produce the experience. we spent about a year developing some underlying technology. these three groups are all different dialogue choices, and based on the decision that the viewer makes, it go down one of these paths and then it will select from these possibilities. as a director is very interesting because it is a far more exciting challenge to put a story together like this. because you allow the user
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to interact and change depending on what they want out of that piece. and then they will get out of it what they have put into it. that's exactly what broadcasters are working on. netflix is set to broadcast a choose—your—own—dystopian—future episode of black mirror later this year among other interactive experiments. bbc r&d, who helped develop the york installation, have been working on similar projects for a couple of years now. this is our origami frog make—along. if you want to see a different view, maybe you need to see it top—down to get the frog right, you can switch to top down and there's an even closer—up view of his hands. matt and his team have concocted personalised tutorials, weather updates and even some dummy news packages. obm for news is quite interesting. we have got that in—depth analytics in the content that you might expect from multi—player video games, we know where people are losing track or failing or repeating stuff.
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and obviously with that object—based approach you could go back and tweak it. but of course if we over—personalise we could be in danger of the filter bubble effect, of only showing people opinions they already agree with. and also if you flip that idea, maybe we can introduce counterexamples to people. i don't know if it is the opposite of personalisation, but introducing things to their media that provide an opposite point of view to try and make sure we don'tjust reinforce everyone‘s views. but is obm ready for prime time, and are audiences up for it? dr smith foresees an obm in future where artificial intelligence might know what we want and help guide our viewing. if you imagine it kind of like google maps where instead of taking the fastest route from a to b, you get the most interesting route from a to b. and that is where i think the logical form of the artificial intelligence will take,
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but the direct will be providing the map. we will soon see if that map is worth the expedition. that was nick. and apologies, you can't choose who you do or don't watch quite so easily right now, or what they are wearing. this is the zozo suit and generally you would be wearing it in the privacy of your own home. the aim is that it helps create 3d measurements of you so you can order custom—made clothes online. around 400 unique markers are tracked by the phone's app. the company behind the suit, zoonown, although you may not have heard of it, is the biggest online fashion retailer in japan. a business which turned its founder yusaku maezawa, from a drummer in a band into a billionaire. but he may be feeling a little
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distracted right now, as he has bought the first tickets for elon musk‘s 2023 mission to the moon. he doesn't want to travel into space alone though. i met up with the avid art collector at the louis vuitton foundation in paris where his $110 million basquiat painting is currently on show. ever since i was a kid, i have loved the moon very much. after hearing about spacex, at what point did you start to think, yes, i actually want to go and do this? yusaku wants to bring artists along with him, at his expense,
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to see how their experience inspires their work. maybe it will be a musician, a painter, a dancer, a film director, i don't know yet. so right now there are still a lot of things in question, a lot needs to be developed. how likely do you think is that this is going to go ahead? do you trust elon musk, you know him, do you like him, are you friends, would you like him to come? do you trust elon musk,
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i cannot say about that. but huge. hundreds of millions? you're not allowed to say... thank you very much. and safe journey. thank you. you want to go? really? i mean, iwasn‘t expecting an invite! that's it for this week's show. you can keep track of what we are up one facebook and twitter at @bbcclick, and of course we will be back next week. hello. a different sort of weather day tomorrow. good news for those of you who have had a grey, wet day. like our weather watcher in
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kingston. if you are in belfast, you have enjoyed the sunshine today. expect much more cloud to come. clear skies in the satellite image here. slowly pushing south and east but most still under this zone of cloud. east anglia, southeast, channel islands, wet evening and cool channel islands, wet evening and cool. a cool lands to the day elsewhere. but a good deal more pleasant. top and tail of the country, more cloud and breeze. rain for the south—east and channel islands gradually pushing away. eventually arriving towards the hebrides. in between, clearskies, the greens on the map. temperatures widely into single figures. in the countryside, many will wake up to a touch of frost as we stir—up sunday. crisp autumnal start but it will be a day of two halves. scotland and
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northern ireland, a lot more cloud. still some hazy sunshine. occasional rain. most persistent across the west. a windy day with winds touching 4050, maybe 60 mph. england, wales and the channel islands have a vastly improved day. breezy towards the south east corner but for most of us, light winds, clear skies. chance of a shower in cumbria. most will be dry. even after that frosty start, temperatures up before bit on today's values. it remains windy through the night and into monday. continues this weather front in parts of scotland and northern ireland with further outbreaks of rain. minorflooding across ireland with further outbreaks of rain. minor flooding across western scotland. few outbreaks of rain in northern ireland, particularly in the fishing north. scotland dry through monday. much of england and
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wales dry as well. hazy sunshine towards the south and east. temperatures back into the high teens. all of us next week —— next week will feel a lot warmer than this weekend. this is bbc news, i'm lukewasa burak. the headlines at four: division and protests across america, but senators are expected to approve president trump's supreme court nomination later, despite sexual assault allegations. a government review reveals that toxic air pollution is much worse in eight areas of england
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than previously thought. the doctor will see you all now — gps trial a scheme where some patients share their appointments. one of the fathers of british sitcom, ray galton, has died at the age of 88. with his co—writer alan simpson he created classics steptoe and son and hancock's half hour. going, going, actually gone — an original banksy self—destructs moments after selling for more than £1 million at auction.
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