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floriane has tried the company are keen for to me this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. several exos keleto ns, to experience this from the inside, the headlines at apm: but liked this one so much, and so am i. so in order to try the device, she is now working for the company. i need to be measured for it. three cabinet ministers face a call to resign after going public with a warning these measurements are essential beavers will become a protected to calculate the recommended gait they're prepared to delay brexit species for the first time for someone of my height and weight. rather than leave in new measures announced the eu without a deal. by the scottish government. it is a heavy computing task, farmers have condemned the decision, it's a practically hands—free exo so calculations are actually done if ministers or cabinet ministers after complaints that dams so as well as walking, on a server outside the suit. cannot support the government's she can do this... the results are then position, then they have to resign. have flooded their land. sent to the exoskeleton. beavers have been extinct there's also a surprising clashes in venezuela in scotland for over 400 years, amount of computing going on between soliders and protesters — but were illegally released the device aims to improve movement inside the device. as opposition activists attempt for people with total into the wild in tayside as well as the basic form of motion, to move humanitarian aid several years ago. or partial paralysis and, how it should behave, after 18 months of trials, into the country from colombia. the exo can make its own decisions the latest version is finally ready to sell so if something unexpected happens — here's the scene to rehabilitation centres. live on the border — say, my foot hits the ground too where self—declared late or if someone pushes it — presidentjuan guido says now it's time for a look at the the design that we are trying it works out how to respond. aid is now on its way. weather. is about 6—7 years of work, lean forward, and push up. and they are hoping to release votes are being counted england and wales have seen the whoa. in nigeria after the biggest a personal exo in a couple of years that's. .. presidential and parliamentary or so, and that is currently secret. that's amazing. elections in african history. lion's share of the sunshine today, i can even lean sideways and crouch. it's behind me. the singer r kelly is due i might take a peek. i can also change the direction to appear in court in chicago i move in by leaning my body but a weather front has been through whilst walking. northern ireland and western scotland, bringing rain in places, it has now moved further east. any i'm going to aim towards the right. rain at night will die away, but you yep. can see an area of low cloud, mist oh, i can feel it going that way. oh, yes.
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and fog in the irish sea, northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland. there will be some the start—up has grown mist and fog elsewhere, they could to around 50 employees, many motivated by family members be dense in places into the morning. who are or will soon be unable to walk. south—east england and northern scotla nd south—east england and northern this small remote scotland are likely to see clearer activates the suit. so one of the key things leaning forward at the right speed skies, frost and cold spots, we are working on at the moment and angle activates an accelerometer temperatures just below freezing. on the back. is allowing stroke patients light wind tomorrow, taking a while to get inside the exo this starts the system walking. and retrain their walk with the exo. for the low cloud and fog to clear up for the low cloud and fog to clear up yorkshire may see it in the the more you use it, they slowly regain their ability is it becoming easier afternoon, holding the temperature or was it easy straightaway? to move so you've got to tune down compared to elsewhere. most of the exo down in the assistance us down compared to elsewhere. most of us will come out of the great start, it is easy, because we have it brings over time. get to see some sunshine, a little no pain, not fatigued, the company clearly has brazier towards the western isles, the chance of a few showers or rain, ambitions beyond this, and it's better for my arms its first exoskeleton, and floriane is looking forward but light winds and sunny spells and shoulders because to shaping its future. into the afternoon, temperatures are we have no crutches. still above normal for the time of year. this is bbc news, the headlines: three cabinet ministers face a call to resign after going public with a warning they're prepared to delay brexit, rather than leave the eu without a deal. police fire tear gas on opposition activists in venezuela as they attempt to bring humanitarian aid into the country
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from neighbouring colombia. brilliant. polls close in nigeria, that was lj rich in paris. where millions of people have been now, during our christmas voting in presidential special last year, and parliamentary elections. we showed you the first hands—on the singer r kelly is due with the new flexible phone. to appear in court in chicago created by chinese firm, royole, on a series of sexual abuse charges. its first phone has been five years in the making. one of its tricks is to unfold, in rugby, wales go for a record 12th win in a row creating a tablet. as they face england later, back injanuary, i caught up in the six nations in cardiff. with the firm's boss, bill liu, and asked him how he'd managed to beat the likes of samsung and lg to create the world's first bendable phone. time now on bbc news for click. we focused on the flexpai display because it's so hard, it's so difficult to make it happen. this week — flashy folding phones. from the technology innovation point of view, you have to do a lot of innovations fashion face—off. from the fundamental materials, and fantastic physio. process, device designs, certain design and then later product design, so that is why we invested $1.7 billion in shenzhen, china, to build up the 11.5 million square feet production facility for the mass production of the flexpai display.
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but i'd love to know whether the main problems are the fact that the connections break or the main problem is that you can't get the colours right on the bendy bit as the other bit or obviously you need back in 2016, we visited for replacement glass — the cybathlon in zurich, you can't have glass. a competition where people the most challenging part is you have to manufacture with limited mobility competed millions of transistors, against each other with some of the most sophisticated tiny circuits on top of physical augmentation the super thin flexible film, devices on the planet. and the film is only on trial were robotic arms, robotic several micrometres. it is thinner than prosthetics and exoskeletons, our hair diameter, all being used to tackle some and it has to be very, the most challenging tasks faced very precise positioning. by people with disabilities. at the moment, the royole flexpai is only available to buy in china and a couple of years ago, we saw an exoskeleton but they're not the only helping workers to lift heavy items ones going bendy. at an american hardware store. take a look at this tablet that and now, one company in france folds twice to create a phone. is using the tech to rehabilitate its makers, xiaomi, say it is only and give paraplegic patients an engineering model a chance to walk again. at the moment, though. lj rich went to visit. another chinese firm, lenovo, has also previously teased that it's working on a similar product. for royole, though, this isn'tjust about wearables and phones.
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royole‘s vision is that flexible electronics will change the way we interact with the smart home and technology generally. that is the age of internet of things, so flexible displays, flexible sensors, flexible electronics, break the limitation of the phone factor, of the surface. eventually, all of these things will be smart, will be intelligent. that is where we see the flexible display‘s future. now we've heard rumours of samsung making a flexible phone for some time and this week, we finally got our answer at their latest launch. here's jen copestake. in a big surprise, samsung not only unveiled a folding phone but announced it would go on sale in two months‘ time, at a staggering cost ofjust under $2,000. called the galaxy fold, the phone opens up to make a 7.3—inch tablet display
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capable of running three apps at once. it includes a new type of hidden hinge, which they say can handle thousands of folds and unfolds, with a battery on each side to extend running time. the eye—watering price seems unusual, if not risky, considering the company said the cost of its s9 phones had led to lower—than—expected sales. but they say this is a luxury item, and a new category of device. also launched were the s10 series phones, the mid—range x10, cheaper s10e and the s10 plus. each new model of phone comes with a super—wide camera so you can get 123 degrees of vision, basically the same as a human eye, if you want that. the camera also allows you to use some artificial intelligence capabilities to improve the way you take photos. you can still unlock the phone with facial recognition,
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but samsung have done away with the iris scanner and they say this was to maximise the end—to—end display, which seems to be all the rage these days. the screen is maximised with a hole—punch camera and features a new security option. in—screen fingerprint sensors are becoming more and more popular and samsung says they have got something unique called an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. it's different to a typical optical sensor, which takes a photograph of your thumb. instead, it measures the contours of your thumb. they say this will make it even more secure against spoofing, so it's not possible for someone to take a photocopy of your thumb and use it to open your device. one more surprise was the unveiling of samsung's 5g—ready phone. we didn't get a price, but we can guess it won't be cheap. a 5g—ready phone might give samsung a strategicjump on competitors, like apple, but with widespread roll—out of the network not expected any time soon, they probably won't be flying off the shelves. of course, we're going to be hearing
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much more about 5g and all kinds of other phones next week, when click is at mobile world congress, in barcelona. hello, and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week that politicians in the uk branded facebook "digital gangsters", in a report into fake news. the culture media and sport committee accused the company of obstructing its enquiry and failing to tackle russian interference in elections. facebook said it has already made changes, while mark zuckerberg is to meet the uk culture secretary. meanwhile microsoft said it has discovered hacking attempts against democratic institutions, think tanks and non—profit organisations, across europe. it's offered its tailored cyber security services to affected countries. and google admitted making an error in not revealing that one of its home alarm systems contained a microphone. it was only revealed when an update was announced to make the nest guard devices voice—controlled. remember the self—lacing smartphone—controlled shoes from nike? well, just days after launch,
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updates to the app for android users have stopped the smart capabilities from working. firmware updates, bricking shoes — what a time to be alive. drivers in australia will soon to be able to make their licence plates a little more exciting, thanks to emojis. it was announced this week that from the 1st of march, they will be allowed to add one of five emojis to their registration. insert eye roll here. and finally, we all know that you should never leave dogs in hot cars, so car maker tesla has introduced dog mode to its vehicles. when enabled, it will regulate the air—conditioning as well as displaying a message on the car's dashboard letting passer—by know that the dog's human will be back soon. it's all very well seeing what cloths look like on a model, but if you can't get your hands on them in the flesh then you probably want to know what they are going to look like on you. well, at this year's london fashion week,
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thanks to some new technology, that's exactly what some members of the public are going to be able to experience. seeing themselves model some apparel from clothing brand hanger. here at london college of fashion the perfect setup is being created. the lighting's right, the scene is right, this is where 50 participants have come to have their faces scanned, so that their image can replace that of the model's on the catwalk to see what the clothes would actually look like on them. so naturally i wanted a go, too. firstly, i had to tie my hair back, though, which, i have to admit, did instantly stop me from feeling like me. and i'm not meant to talk. using super personal‘s face swap technology is speedy and simple, although it helps to have a willing volunteer to actually scan you. the results are broken down by neural networks that understand each little movement to be able to recreate your face
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on a believable moving image. it was important for us that the process was very simple. so it only takes 10—15 seconds to actually go through the registration. and also the results come faster — the whole processing takes only 30 minutes right now. but of course, we all come in different shapes and sizes, so the app needs to cater for that. i am certainly not the build of a catwalk model. for this project, only a few models‘ figures have been tracked. so it will choose the one closest to me or the other volunteers, although the eventual aim is to create accurate avatars based on any measurements. this is pretty impressive. the quality of the image, even when moving, really is so realistic. but the thing that really seems odd to me isn't the fact that i am wearing clothes i would never normally put on,
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but it's the way i'm moving. i can tell that's not my body language and they're not my mannerisms. and that's making it really quite peculiar to watch. we believe that this technology is very useful for online shopping, for users to see how they look in different clothes, especially for clothes that they'd never dare to wear or they want to just see how they would look in something a bit different. but also how they would look on something very classic, that they've never tried wearing, and generally exploring more options. and whilst i can totally see the benefits, i wasn't quite convinced on this change of image. vidcon 2019! whoo! yeah! last weekend the world's largest convention for online video makers, vidcon, was held in london, for the first time. and it was crammed full of social media stars.
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to give us a taste of the event, here's your guide, youtuber, savan gandecha. hi, i'm savan, and i run a youtube channel called savanfilms. the videos i post focus a lot about my autism and my experiences. hey, everyone, and welcome to a brand new autism vlog series. when i tell people i have autism most people are surprised, because apparently i don't look like someone who has it. there's no look. what do you feel is the correct way to talk about someone having autism? treat me the same as any person you would treat, as a human being. so i've been waiting for vidcon london to come to the uk since last year. i was really excited to come and see my friends, meet other creators, potentially collaborate with them in future. it's a lot of fun in general. i've always wanted something like this. it's a space where content creators
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can find out about the latest tools to make videos and test them out. hey, everyone, and welcome to savanfilms and also welcome to bbc click. most of the vendors here know that if you want to attract this crowd set up an instagram—worthy photo opp. i'm going to try this. i have always been the creative type, even though that in the past, that's been like suppressed. i see youtube as a hobby, but also i see it as an outlet to create what i want to create. i feel that it's allowed me to be open to the world about what i have. vidcon is also where the fans can meet the people they follow online. many of the social media stars here have hundreds of thousands of followers. hello there, and let me be the first to say welcome back. why are you talking like that?
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i am with my good friend dean dobbs, he's a content creator on youtube. he's part of a comedy duo called jack & dean. how many subscribers do you have? i don't know exact. almost about 700,000. something like that. i put it in, there you go. no worries. it's really crazy, though. there are tons of people who come here. it's crazy because i have to, like, try and be the best version of myself all the time. because, you know, i wouldn't have any of this if it wasn't for people, invisible people on an internet computer watching it. so it is a pretty great thing. it feels more like i belong here. they treat me like a creator, a professional who's actually doing things. despite circumstances i have at the moment, i am trying my absolute best to do things. while i'm happy to be here, it also presents some challenges, being autistic. with my autism it can be very overwhelming. just so much sensory process, various different noises,
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smells, brightness. hello, lovely people... so i ‘vejust metjessica. you are? a disabled youtuber. youtuber we well. indeed. my channel's all about how you can live a fun and fabulous and happy life despite having disabilities and chronic illness, and deafness — all that kind of thing. pointing out that i don't sound deaf is probably the first thing that most people do when i meet them. the media world can seem quite difficult to break into, especially for disabled people. if you have a chronic illness, how are you going to start as a runner and build your way up to doing something? whereas when you're a youtuber you're straight in there. first day you're making a video and you're putting it out there. we have become more open about our issues. the millennium generation grew up with the tech and we mastered it, to an extent, and the next
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generation is doing a betterjob, sometimes. i'll be happy learning new stuff and learning new tech and everything. so that's a rap on vidcon london. hope you guys enjoyed watching. take care, guys, and sav out. thanks, sav. brilliant stuff, that's savan gandecha. now, over the last few weeks, we've been chatting to the visual effects artists behind some of our favourite films of the last year. with the academy awards now upon us, what better way to finish off the series than with a look at the oscar—nominated first man. do you question whether the programme is worth the cost — in money and in lives? what are the chances of you not coming back? it's always tricky. i guess, as a visual effects artist you want your work to be seen. but for something like this, where it's documentary style, it really needs to fit with how the rest of the footage is shot. paul lambert, i worked with him on blade runner, he was invited down to meet with damien chazelle to talk over the show first man.
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and once they decided on trying to keep things in camera, paul brought me on board to try to work out what is the best way to do this. paul came up with the idea of having a giant led screen. we'd get the footage ready, let's say, for the x—15 sequences. get that footage running well. damien wanted it to run as a full sequence, so it was something like 10,000 frames. we ended up using a terragen for the x—15 cloud sequence. i guess it simulates how light reacts in an earth environment, when you're up at the top section of the atmosphere. just as neil bounces off the atmosphere, you get that nice blue line of the horizon, which is mathematically correct for the earth's atmosphere. so it was fantastic for us to be able to use that. because we had the real—world numbers of his flight path and how high he went. so when you are looking through it, that is probably pretty close to what he saw when he was up there.
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we have serious problems. the special effects guys, jd schwam and his team, they had the gimbal motion base. they worked out a way so when the gimbal tilted forward, you can have the correct movement on the screen as well. for certain scenes it was almost like being in a simulator. so the actors got something to work with as well. rather than having a green screen, i suppose, and saying you're diving down towards the earth now, give us a reaction, he's actually there, he's in it and he's tilting forward in it. when you're sat there it actually feels like you're in the plane going down. so nasa gave us access to a lot of archival footage from the apollo programme. so we scoured through most of that. there were a couple of things in there which i don't think have been seen before. there's one in particular which is a sort of mid—shot of the second fired rocket. it's got the blast—off. it's obviously shot
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at a square aspect ratio. we had to expand the sides — left and right — with a rocket thrust, which was quite intricate. it actually came together pretty quickly, once we had the simulation working right, and we just had to match the lighting and the look to the main footage. the main footage in the middle stayed as it was. we ran it through our archival processing set up and then blended it with the cg at the edges. that shot was a great shot to work on and see come together. that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. wow. brilliant. and we wish the team behind first man and all the other 0scar nominees the very best of luck for this weekend's ceremony. that is it for us for this weekend. we are at the mobile world congress in barcelona next weekend. in the meantime, you can follow us on social media. we live on facebook, youtube, instagram, and twitter — @bbcclick. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon.
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hello, it looks like next weekend, oui’ hello, it looks like next weekend, our weather will be cooler and u nsettled. our weather will be cooler and unsettled. until then, it our weather will be cooler and unsettled. untilthen, it is our weather will be cooler and unsettled. until then, it is pretty much as you were. the mornings may start like this, just as they did this morning, but for many of us as we come out of that and see some blue sky and temperatures well above normalfor blue sky and temperatures well above normal for this blue sky and temperatures well above normalfor this time of blue sky and temperatures well above normal for this time of year. satellite pictures from earlier shows we did see some cloud in northern ireland and western scotland. this produced some patchy rain earlier. that has edged further east, but any rain or through this zone will die away into tonight, but
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we are left with an area of cloud, low cloud, mist and fog, with fog patches elsewhere. poor visibility more widespread than recent nights, fog could be dense in places. northern scotland and south—east england seeing clearer skies, and in a rural spots, temperatures will be below freezing with some frost. a fairly chilly night out there. towards the second half of the weekend, high—pressure is in control, but not too many isobars. the wind is light, so it will take a while to shift the low cloud, mist and fog for some of us to start the day. some of the fog may be dense in places, part of yorkshire may hold onto it into the afternoon. when it doesn't clear, that will hold temperatures down compared to elsewhere. you may see patchy rain in the western isles later on, certainly breezier than elsewhere. temperatures down a little bit than recent days, but still sunshine in england and wales, 16—17 degrees. high pressure for most of us into
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monday, this weather front is just lacking close to northern scotland, so lacking close to northern scotland, so with this, you will see some cloud, patchy rain. some fog patches around again to start the day, clearing more readily than recent days, probably lasted to go for parts of eastern scotland and north—east england. away from northern scotland in the northern isles, with the threat of outbreaks of rain, for most of us, it will turn into another glorious afternoon, lifting the temperatures yet again into the warm spots towards the high teens. look at the trend as we go deeper into the week. a downward trend in temperatures, more cloud showing up, that is the change to more unsettled weather. looks like it will take hold next weekend. that is your forecast.
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