and shiona mccallum has spent a day on a rose farm in naivasha to find out more.imes that we want to buy flowers — valentine's, birthdays, christmases. and the chances are, when you look in your bouquet, one of the stems would have been grown here in kenya. but like most places, this part of the world is not immune to the problems that climate change is bringing. rising temperatures, extreme droughts and flash floods are affecting the crop yields. in fact, just a couple of years ago, some kenyan flower farms reported losses as high as 50% due to the impact of heavy downpours. so that's where the technology comes in. artificial intelligence company lima labs is providing a machine vision system using drones, which they say makes the farming smarter and more predictable. we use a camera on the drone to take images of crops in the farm. and then once we've gotten those images, we send them to the office and then we're able to process them and give insights to farmers. and insights span all the way from a prediction of their harvest, it spans all the way to a predicti

hi, i'm shiona. hi, i'm mercy. nice to meet you. nice to meet you, too. can you show me around? tell me what's happening here. this is our grading hall. it's one of the post—harvest sections. post—harvest, that means we process the final product — that is from harvesting it to packing it and dispatching to the final customer. and can you talk to me about some of the varieties? because these lovely little red berries are nice. this specifically is hypericum, the red berry. so, the beauty of this crop lies with the berries — the red, shiny berries. the quality of these berries and the leaves looks fantastic. would you say the technology is really helping them be in this condition? yes, it is really helping because with the technology, we have been able to come a long way in producing more strong varieties, more resistant ones. how has the technology been received here on the farm? what does everyone think about having drones in place and using the tech? we didn't believe in it at first but later on, when we saw the results and benefits, it's now a way of life on our side. so, from

and shiona mccallum has spent a day on a rose farm in naivasha to find out more. our years are punctuated by times that we want to buy flowers — valentine's, birthdays, christmases. and the chances are, when you look in your bouquet, one of the stems would have been grown here in kenya. but like most places, this part of the world is not immune to the problems that climate change is bringing. rising temperatures, extreme droughts and flash floods are affecting the crop yields. in fact, just a couple of years ago, some kenyan flowerfarms reported losses as high as 50% due to the impact of heavy downpours. so that's where the technology comes in. artificial intelligence company lima labs is providing a machine vision system using drones, which they say makes the farming smarter and more predictable. we use a camera on the drone to take images of crops in the farm. and then once we've gotten those images, we send them to the office and then we're able to process them and give insights to farmers. and insights span all the way from a prediction of their harvest, it sp

this week — shiona is in barcelona, which is full of the newest mobile tech, but where the wearablesnow too much. how old is spencer kelly from the bbc? spencer kelly's - currently 50 years old. blatant lies! to be fair, he does look good for his age! you wish! meanwhile, eye—eye, what's this? a phone you can control with just your peepers? also — the politics of deep fakes. we're being told not to believe everything that we see, but what do we do when the lawmakers deepfake themselves? in the argentinian elections, we saw both candidates using ai—generated images, making themselves look like heroes. and should ancient artefacts stay in a museum, or be taken home? it's a hot topic right now, but alasdair�*s been looking at a digital halfway house. the cool thing about ar is you can see it as it looks now, but also how it will have looked in the past. exactly, how it - originally looked, right? welcome to mobile world congress — or mwc. with1.4 billion phones sold a year — that's 28 phones a second — it's no wonder industry events like these in barcelona take place, and i'm excited to

hi, i'm shiona. hi, i'm mercy. nice to meet you. nice to meet you, too. can you show me around? sure. 0k. tell me what's happening here. this is our grading hall. it's one of the - post—harvest sections. post—harvest, that means. we process the final product that is from harvesting to packing it and dispatching _ to the final customer. and can you talk to me about some of the varieties? because these lovely little red berries are nice. these specifically is - hypericum, the red berry. so the beauty of this crop lies with the berries, - the red, shiny berries. the quality of these berries and the leaves looks fantastic. would you say the technology is really helping them be in this condition? yes, it is really helping - because with the technology, we have been able to come a long way i in producing more strong varieties, i more resistant ones. how has the technology been received here on the farm? what does everyone think about having drones in place and using the tech? we didn't believe in it at first, but later on, when we saw- the results and benefits, - it's now a way of lif

and shiona mccallum has spent a day on a rose farm

this week — shiona is in barcelona, which is full of the newest mobile tech, but where the wearables's this? a phone you can control with just your peepers? also — the politics of deep fakes. we're being told not to believe everything that we see, but what do we do when the lawmakers deepfake themselves?

that was shiona, and we'll have more of the tech showcase at mwc later in the programme.meet one artist who's using the tech to display historical artefacts, found in museums around the world, back in the countries they originate from. looty is more than just, like, an arts collective. we kind of intersect between, like, arts, tech, activism and history. the whole inspiration for me came from a unesco report that said that 90% of all artwork and artefacts based in africa actually live outside of africa. and that was something that, like, was deeply unsettling for me. but also, you know, something that i've always wanted to have some sort of hand to, like, change. looty describe their project as a digital heist. they capture objects on display in the british museum digitally, but say this doesn't break the museum's rules, which allow 3d scanning by visitors for noncommercial use. we're using lidar technology, so making scans, going around, you know, the different artefacts, scanning them and then taking that data that we've retrieved and then using those for, you know, ai

hi, i'm shiona. hi, i'm mercy. nice to meet you. nice to meet you, too. can you show me around? red berry. so the beauty of this crop lies with the berries, - the red, shiny berries. the quality of these berries and the leaves looks fantastic. would you say the technology is really helping them be in this condition? yes, it is really helping - because with the technology, we have been able to come l a long way in producing more strong varieties, - more resistant ones. how has the technology been received here on the farm? what does everyone think about having drones in place and using the tech? we didn't believe in it at first, but later on, i when we saw the results i and benefits, it's now a way of life on our side. so from there, the farmers conduct weekly farm assessments. depending on the flowers. health, they can change their sales and logistics decisions, meaning they don't waste time or lose money. another thing - is time management. for the shortest time| possible, and you get more accurate results. i can imagine people will be pleased by that. yeah, yeah. could you tal