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yeah, we did all that and more last year, and this week we're going to look back at some of our favourite moments, and also look ahead to what we might expect from 2019 — which doesn't quite roll off the tongue yet, does it? 2018 was a great year for sports —

the world cup, formula one and of course, cycling's tour de france, and we delved into the technology behind them all. the sensors on the bike send real—time location data to a nearby vehicle, which then beams it up to a following helicopter. it's then sent to the data truck for real—time analytics. the data truck is where data is analysed, enriched, and visualised for broadcasters and teams. there's even enough data for machine learning algorithms to get to work. the depth of data analytics produced from simply a gps device is staggering. contextual data such as 3—d maps, weather, gradient and rider information is also added to bring the data to life. during the race, riders wear earpieces and, following close behind them, is the data car, where the team analyst is dissecting the data and feeding

them live information. and so what happens in here, it's quite an important place, isn't it? imagine if you have a comms office when you're trying to fly a rocket to the moon, and just feel like we're that place in nasa where all the details come in and they come in from all directions, and then we send out one message to the riders. hundreds of datasets are analysed, from competitor tactics to live course conditions. so we analyse all the climbs, the gradients of the climbs, the road surfaces, the width of the road, any road furniture, anything — you know, coming round a blind corner and there's a pedestrian crossing, all of these sorts of things we try to find. we are in the race. this is happening, this is live. what are we saying to the riders? come on, serge, you have got 250 more metres, hard. around the next corner, the hairpin, it flattens off at 250 metres. you'll get some respite. we have drinks in 400m.

so you're getting hot, cool down, take your drinks, and we've only got ten kilometres to the finish. good lad. keep fighting. yeah, nice. so i can see, automatically, that the psychological impact of that is huge. meanwhile, this lot are busy practising at speed. over 250 of these of trials take place ahead of the season. they make it look easy. but inevitably, it's not, as i can tell you firsthand. oh, no. so loud. and it's meant to be so quick. but i clearly wasn't. meanwhile, spence is already living life in the fast lane. thank you, lara. and by the way, this is how you really do it. laughter. this year, mercedes has

got its pit stop down to an incredible 1.85 seconds. now, that is quicker than it takes to say 1.85 seconds. it's a finely tuned operation that the engineers practice over and over in the days before each race. the human element to this ultrafast manoeuvre is a technology individually developed by each team. even the hydraulically powered wheel guns are a closely guarded secret. and i hear they're quite expensive. they are expensive, and they have a life because they're under an enormous amount of pressure, so we're changing internal a great deal. do i hear about £30,000 each?

i wouldn't know the exact cost, but that sounds quite low to me. at this year's world cup finals in russia, data is set to play a bigger role than ever before. like it or not, data is already an integral part of modern football. you can't watch a televised game without being bombarded by all kinds of statistics. for the first time, fifa are providing an all—in—one technical package allowing coaching staff and analysts to communicate throughout matches in real time. the snappily titled electronic performance and tracking system, or epts, will provide data on player metrics, such as distances run, speed, and positional information. crucially, each of the 32 countries competing in the tournament will be provided with two tablets, one for a data analyst in the stands, who will be able to communicate with the second device user, on the bench, possibly a coach or an assistant manager. level one. lucy staniforth is captain of sunderland ladies and was shortlisted for the women's fa goal

of the year. cheering. the game realism is spot—on. the defenders close to me, it was — i felt real pressure. even just fine—tuning little skills. i think some of my touches went outside the box. i was not happy with that. so even that competitive edge, and sort of working on that, it's all good. another incredible development is being able to put yourself in any position in any game. you're on their level. and i think that there's so much value in actually appreciating what they — the picture that they saw. right, off to japan now, one of the most exciting places that we travel to every year, well, because we don't know what we're going to find there.

yes, robots. of course, robots, but not just robots. you know what it's like, you're stuck behind a car and you can't overtake because, well, you just can't see beyond that vehicle. well, this car might be able to help you. it's fitted with a demonstration of a new technology called xtravue and it means that you can see through the car ahead using its camera rather than yours. the vision at makers valeo is that the live stream from cameras on our cars will be available to everyone within a certain area. the forthcoming 56 cell network will make this tech more workable. imagine not having to guess what it could possibly be that's holding you up. lucky escape. now, another thing that may be of interest to japan's ageing population are these. they may look like normal glasses, but if i press the touch sensor on the side, you may have

seen a little flash, and what that was was liquid crystals inside the glasses shifting orientation and changing the focus, meaning it's easier to see things close up, just like bifocals. now, the upside to these is you can then turn them off, and it goes back to your regular prescription. look up and see how natural these skylights look. up until now, if we wanted a fake window, the fitting would contain either a blue light or blue glass or perspex. there is actually no blue light behind here. it's just two white leds each side, with suspended diffusers, mitsubishi described them as, in between to replicate the way that natural light comes through the atmosphere. they won't give us any more information, and they say it's about two to five years away before something like this could be installed in our homes,

hospitals or even the underground. it's almost like i'm expecting to see outside. 2018 was a big deal for us on click, too, as we took our live show outside the uk for the first time — all the way to new delhi, in india. it was certainly one of the highlights of the year for me. are you well? and for him. but 2018 really does belong to the robot. there were these... cute, huh? ..these. .. this is fusion, my new robot backpack. fist bump. ..and this. deep in the heart of boston's jungle of cables, something stirs. it's a cheetah, and it's off for a prowl.

we're starting to see walking robots like this trotting out of labs around the world. now, the important skill here is not that they can walk a particular route autonomously. they're usually controlled manually, using games controllers. no, the amazing skill here is that they can walk and balance as competently as we can, even on the most unforgiving of terrain. 0k, see, that's impressive. ok, that slipped, lost its balance, and regained its balance. that's the important thing. whoa! you can't hear it, but our

cameraman swore then. and this year, we're going to do it all over again. next week we will be in las vegas, and the world's biggest tech expo, ces, to kick off 2019 with a look at what is coming, from the car world to smarter homes and gadgets galore. we would love you to join us as we try and bring you the highlights of 2019 before they happen. so wish us luck, and we'll see you in vegas, baby. hello, and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed. on our first programme of 2019. has bbc news bought into a government narrative about a migrant crisis which doesn't really exist? and what would you like bbc news to do in the year ahead? the tradition of making new year's resolutions can be useful,

though those january exercise regimes often don't last until the end of the month. so it's easy to make promises on behalf of others, so we invited those following us on twitter to tell us what resolutions they would like bbc news to make in 2019. we will be featuring some of the many responses we got on this programme, starting with these four. more resolutions for bbc news later. but in the meantime, while many of us were celebrating christmas day, a0 migrants are being rescued from small boats trying to cross the english channel from france. since then, more rescues have been reported, and the government, particularly home secretar sajid javit, bbc news, have responded strongly. so too has bbc news, choosing the story as a top headline on a bbc one bulletin on for days over the past week. tonight at 10pm: the number of rising migrants trying to cross the english channel is declared a major incident by the home