Click - Season 21 / Year 2023
Season 21 / Year 2023
Episodes
The Greatest (Tech) Show on Earth
A special episode of Click from one of the world's largest tech shows - CES in Las Vegas. The team try out the latest in haptic gloves - which could help us to feel things in virtual worlds.
Looping Las Vegas
Click takes a road trip around Las Vegas - underground in the tunnel system created by Elon Musk's Boring Company, above ground with the latest car sharing app, and in the sky.
Watch This Space
Marc Cieslak heads behind the scenes at Spaceport Cornwall. Also, Lara Lewington tests out the latest smart home gadgets, and Paul Carter takes a look at tech designed to help us save water.
Policing the Metaverse
Marc Cieslak visits Interpol HQ in Lyon to find out how the police agency is training to fight crime in virtual worlds. Lara Lewington tests out her superhuman strength with an exoskeleton designed to help warehouse workers. Plus, the team hear from the young people embracing retro technology.
3D-Printed Bones
Click explores some of the latest health tech developments, including 3D-printed bones for cancer patients and the latest devices to help us get a better night's sleep.
Game On
Making Waves
Storytelling: The Next Frontier
Winning Formula
Rockets and Rambling
Bugs on the Menu
Future of Food
Seoul Tech
Forever Young?
Music Tech Special
Medical Marvels
'Planes, Games and Automobiles
Tech Training Troops
Esports and Robot Chef
Alasdair Keane heads behind the scenes with McLaren Esports to find out their secret to success in the competitive gaming world. Lara Lewington explores the latest tech keeping track of our gut health and Nick Kwek is in a test kitchen meeting the robot chefs.
AI: What Next?
How is artificial intelligence (AI) being used to help our healthcare system? How can artists protect their work from the growing power of generative AI? Click explores some of the many ways that AI is changing the world around us, and asks where it goes from here.
Glorious Gaming
Spencer Kelly meets the gamers competing in the UK's first live Fortnite tournament. Marc Cieslak chats to the boss of Xbox. Plus, can AI help to clean up sewage spills?
Reefs, Robots and Recycling
Can technology help to restore our oceans? Click is in Denmark to see how artificial reefs are being deployed to bring back marine life. And the team chat to the founder of Berlin's Greentech Festival and former racing driver, Nico Rosberg. Also, how artificial intelligence is being used to develop the latest robots.
Satellites and Electric Roads
Lights, Camera, Action
AI at Wimbledon
A Collision of Science and Fiction
Fast Food, Fast Fashion
Tattoo Tech
August is festival time in Edinburgh, so Alasdair Keane goes behind the scenes at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo to find out how tech makes this spectacular show sparkle. Spencer Kelly finds out how art and tech are working hand in hand to tell compelling stories. Nick Kwek checks out three Fringe shows where the audience takes control.
Digital Diva
Shiona McCallum is in Berlin to meet a very different type of popstar. And the team hears from the creator of the world's first ballet inspired by artificial intelligence. Also, in the world of food and drink, Lara Lewington tests out lab grown cheese, while Nick Kwek finds out how whisky distilleries are using tech to be more environmentally friendly.
Tech Expo
Click heads to Berlin to explore the latest technology on show at the IFA exhibition and to visit an airport that has been transformed into a tech hub. Also, how doctors are using virtual reality to help diagnose Alzheimer's disease.
Dementia, Disinformation and Diamonds
Lara Lewington finds out how virtual reality is being used to help diagnose Alzheimer's disease. Jacqui Wakefield investigates how AI videos are targeting children with disinformation. And the team explores the tech behind the lab-grown diamond industry.
Holocaust Education
Nick Kwek visits Meta in Berlin to find out how immersive technology is breathing new life into the way events of the past can be seen and heard today. And Alasdair Keane takes a trip to the dentist to explore how new tech is being used to identify the early stages of decay before it becomes a problem.
Art, AI and Spotify
Zoe Kleinman meets the founder of music streaming giant Spotify to talk AI, Apple and podcasts. Paul Carter is in Florence to see how new technology has allowed restorers to reveal a 17th century artwork as it hasn't been seen for hundreds of years. Spencer Kelly tests out a new AI visual effects tool. And Lara Lewington explores the latest tech to help you manage an injury at home.
Going Electric
Lara Lewington visits car manufacturer Bentley to find out how it is making the shift to electric. Alasdair Keane finds out how Nissan's Formula E team is trying to understand drivers' brains to improve performance. Plus, the BlackBerry phone may be gone, but it is not forgotten - we hear from the director of the movie about its creation.
AI: Friend or Foe?
To coincide with the world's first summit on artificial intelligence safety, Click reflects on stories it has covered this year in which AI has been used to find innovative solutions to pressing problems. In other words, this is a lazy clip-show episode with nothing more than old reports shown again. We also look at how artists are protecting their work from the growing power of AI and speak to a leading computer scientist about the dangers the technology could pose in the future.
Drones, Phones and Tones
Click heads behind the scenes of Amazon's drone delivery service. LJ Rich asks how noise-cancelling technology works. And gone, but not forgotten - the story behind the creation of the Blackberry telephone.
Tackling Wildfires
High-tech solutions are changing how we tackle wildfires. Paul Carter visits a forest near Berlin to see how one company is working to prevent fires from taking hold in the first place. And Alasdair Keane is at a food factory to find out how AI listening devices are identifying faults in machinery.
Journey into Space
Spencer Kelly catches up with astronaut Tim Peake about the history of space exploration, the pioneers who helped us get there and what the future could hold. And Paul Carter is in Germany to see how one company is aiming to make the space race more equitable.
Sustainability Stories
Click explores the latest sustainable technology solutions around the world - from a new electric passenger ferry in Sweden, to the race to recycle wind turbines in Denmark, and the solar technology helping farmers in India to reduce food waste.
Women in Tech
Click hears from women at the forefront of the latest technology and innovation: the scientists exploring the idea of delaying the menopause, the founder of a new digital space built for women, the creator of a start-up using seaweed to fight climate change, and a fashion designer using AI to bring her collections to the catwalk.
Smart Homes
Click visits a new project in Sweden to find out how it's using the latest smart technologies to build an energy-efficient residential community. And the team explores new tech being trialled in Scotland to bring wind power generation to homes and businesses. And we meet the start-up using seaweed to fight climate change.
Grids and Games
Click is in Brazil to visit the tech initiative aiming to make the country's low-income Favelas more connected. Plus the team goes behind the scenes of the massively popular video game Fortnite, as it launches a high-profile collaboration with Lego.
AI, Animation and Art
Spencer Kelly looks at the fast-moving developments in artificial intelligence and filmmaking. And Lara Lewington explores the impact of art on our brains. Plus, the team pays a visit to Blenheim Palace to see how tech is helping to protect its historic trees.
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