seriously overcrowded so companies have had to get a little bit more creative today. take a look at that's, it looks like one speaker and it is in this form, you call this party mode but you can also separate them into two and paste them up to 22 feet apart to create stereo sound. plus take a look inside and you've got a pair of true wireless earbuds. each pa rt true wireless earbuds. each part of the speaker has six hours battery life and the buds can be recharged when they are sitting in the speaker. i had a bit of a problem with getting earbuds to fit and stay in my ears. as i have said before it could be because i have strange yea rs could be because i have strange years but these ones actually fit very well. they are great for strange years. this isn't the most amazing audio i've ever heard but for something so versatile at this price point, i don't think i complain. and now something for a quieter life. cocoon relax are claimed to be the world's first sleep

aid headphones so they hope to help you get a better night's sleep but they could also give you a little bit of relaxation during the day. probably do it here, can i? yes, i got to rest on thejob again. here, can i? yes, i got to rest on the job again. they use cognitive behaviour therapy methods to provide relaxation as well as being full of biometric sensors. the device eeg sensor aims to track brave waves along with monitoring motion and heartrate, combining them with info on the user pots environment. this allows them to personalise the programme. for example, change the audio when you have fallen asleep or if there is some background sound, then add some white noise. you do of course have to buy into the idea that you would want to sleep in a pair of headphones. admittedly they are extremely comfortable it is just that if you try to move away from your back, it is quite hard to keep them in place. also i do sleep pretty well and to be honest i don't really have much desire to

relax which may be means i actually need to. so i'm not sure i'm really their target market but the thing i can see them being useful for market but the thing i can see them being usefulfor would be an aeroplane, not that i'm actually travelling anywhere right now. and earbud version is coming soon too and there are plenty of other wearable sleep devices out there, including other earbuds aiming to help you get the best out of your slumber. here, i to help you get the best out of yourslumber. here, i have the quiet on sleep earbuds, one of the things they can do is use noise cancelling to get rid of any snoring. hopefully he can do that for my own. i tried them on the shofar, but not contest them in bed. with ten hours better at, budget time for good night sleep but the cancelling did a greatjob of dampening down low—frequency sound and they were surprising and comfortable. but the one on the site i was sleeping kept falling out by the money which is clearly a problem. although maybe my strange years are to

blame again! yes they do a betterjob than blame again! yes they do a better job than foam blame again! yes they do a betterjob than foam earplugs but they do so with a pretty hefty price tag. but if you simply wanta hefty price tag. but if you simply want a bit of silence or at least some of the time, then these prototype earplugs are an interesting proposition. the idea is you place them deep inside your ear and as absurd as it sounds as she had to watch the video to find out exactly how to do it because it is not at all if the state that but once you place them inside, further than i thought anything could actually fit in my ear, i using this dial at the site, you could reduce the volume around you by between five and 38 decibels was up to put that into context, the company claims that is losing around 80% of household is quiet. and if you keep it on its lowest it barely makes a difference and the reason that would be useful is the compa ny‘s the reason that would be useful is the company's premises he would wear them all day. you simply adjust them as you brother would turn up or down the volume of actual life.

these are the prototype and i wasn't really sold on the idea that i would want to keep them in all day. but if you do with no battery and having been sitting in the depths of your ear canal, then you may be pleased to know that they can be washed in soapy water. wow, they look like they go right m, they look like they go right in, did they touch your brain? yes, i think so it felt like it! now, you may remember a few weeks ago we took a look at the america's cup, a sailing race at the cutting—edge of design tech. this week, we're going back to see — this time for the start of a round the world race with a twist. all of the sailors have to do it completely alone. travelling 27,000 miles, it takes competitors 80 days of constant sailing. they can only pause for 30—minute bursts of sleep. so, naturally, this can impact their mental health. and one competitor is taking

on some tech that she hopes can come to the rescue. zoe kleinman has been to the south coast of england to find out more. this is pip hare. she's taking part in this year's vendee globe race. i don't think there's another sporting event on the planet that asks so much of human beings. pip‘s trying to beat the world record set 15 years ago by dame ellen macarthur. the challenge is physically tough both on the saver and on the boat. —— on the sailor. but something that can be overlooked is the mental health strain of being completely alone at sea for weeks on end. it is why pip‘s team is going to keep a eye on her well—being. pip‘s boat is kitted out with every gadget you'd expect on the 2ist—century craft. autopilot, gps, led flares, but what sets it apart is that mental health tech is also

part the package. i'm really interested in how you're going to cope with being completely on your own for such a long period of time. so, it is a long time at sea but i'm really not alone, i'm well—connected. i have two satellite systems, i can upload video, i can whatsapp chats... and this connection to short is where this 20—year—old yacht becomes cutting—edge. pip‘s team plans to use artificial intelligence to understand how she's really feeling from the videos she shares during her voyage. it's looking at the text that's been transcribed from anything anybody says, and it's giving us a sentiment about positive, neutral, or negative, about what is being said. and then it is also looking at your facial expressions as you are talking to identify emotions. anything from joy to effortful thought to emphasis as well as things like content and discussed.

—— contempt and disgust. so, when pip uploads a video, say something like this... it's my last day in port today. it ends up in a system that works a little like this, which picks up all of the different emotions that she's experiencing. this then allows her team to work out how they might be able to help her. it is really do we sense that pip isn't asjoyful as she has been over the past week and we want to have another phone call that really tries to lift her spirits? but to give it a fair trial, i thought i would have a go, too. and i don't think i'll be needing a pep talk anytime soon, i seem pretty chipper. back on land, this technology is used to do market research, analysing video uploads from customers. it basically replaces the focus group and medallia claims that lets companies monitor emotional responses to their products. but when it comes to this race, i'll be interested to see just how useful it is. the team is still limited in what support it can

provide remotely. looking after pip‘s mental health includes helping her make good decisions especially when she is tired. she plans to survive on just 30 minute bursts of sleep. it is not a lwa ys bursts of sleep. it is not always easy to understand how well my cognitive function, how it might be impaired or how well it is functioning. so i am working with a company who specialises in monitoring rare health conditions for patient management. and they have written me an app that will help me assess my own cognitive ability while i am out there. for me if i am about to make a big decision, maybe i might decide to have a bit of a sleep before i make the decision. this app called 0xygen gives her regular promise to complete basic maths challenges a bit like brain training and the

speed and accuracy of her a nswe i’s speed and accuracy of her answers indicates how good she is. i get a notification through my whereabouts so there isa through my whereabouts so there is a forward memory task where i recall the numbers in a list going forwards. there is a backwards memory task, same again just backwards memory task, same againjust a backwards memory task, same again just a little backwards memory task, same againjust a little bit harder. without the app i would just do it through mental arithmetic tasks but the app gives a bit of regularity to what i am doing and then we are also collecting the data so we can learn from it when i get back. it is crazy to think that the next time i come back i will have sailed around the world. that was zoe kleinman with pip hare. we wish pip all the best of luck for the race. that's it for click this week. lara, what on earth?! well, you clearly didn't think i was making enough effort so i'm now mixing you up at something and my cauldron. anyway, you can keep up with the team throughout the week, wouldn't that be fun, on youtube, instagram, facebook, and twitter.

thanks for watching, and will see you soon. echoing: bye! by mid week next week our weather will finally have turned drier and calmer, but by the weekend it is far from it and for saturday, storm aiden as named by the irish weather service impacts there, even across the uk will be very windy and at times very wet. here is the area of low pressure passing from the north west of scotland and another will come along on sunday as it stays windy and

there will be more rain. saturday begins already with some outbreaks of heavy rain towards the west in particular and for a time clearing north across scotland, further heavy, torrential bursts of rain, sweep east across the uk with very gusty squally winds and for many of us that were clear to some sunshine. it is in the west where we will see the strongest gusts of wind, 50 or 60 mph but closer to 70 on exposed coasts and hills and even elsewhere as this torrential rain moves on through could well see some gusts of 50—60 mph and it is going to be a mild start to the weekend. many of us see the rain cleared to sunshine but there will be feathering for northern ireland and to the west of scotland, still strong winds, parts of the west of scotland could for a time gassed in excess of 70 mph. before the winds is a touch, into sunday morning, more rain comes on through from the west. sunday will be another very windy day, this area of low pressure contains the remnants of what was once hurricane zeta and closer to that we will see the strongest winds, but all parts will have another

windy day and after some early rain clear through, some will brighten up in scotland and northern ireland, further outbreaks of rain in england and wales and some of that may push further north as we go on through the day. there was when still very gusty, particularly in north—west scotland, the chance of seeing us about 70 mph for a time on sunday is still looking mild. it does turn colder next week, but that is part and parcel of a significant change in the weather and still some rain and showers around to start the week and it is quite windy but mid week it is drier, calmer, yes it is colder and it could be forced yes it is colder and it could be frost and fog overnight. wet and windy weather at the weekend and if there are some problems because of the weather, keep up—to—date on the radio.

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