Now on bbc news, click. This week, is 56 really a Health Hazard . What this week, is 56 really a Health Hazard 7 what forecasting this week, is 56 really a Health Hazard . What forecasting in danger. And back in time to the berlin wall. Weather forecasting. In towns and cities across the uk, a Tech Revolution is slowly being born. One antenna at a time. Bit by bit, sg welcome to bbc news. Born. One antenna at a time. Bit by bit, 56 is becoming a thing, and im Lewis Vaughan jones. Our top stories. While all the infrastructure might a crowd ofjubilant supporters greet look a bit dull, take a look at brazils former president this. This is a speed test to this as he leaves jail after a Court Decision that allows prisoners to be phone, which right now is getting data speeds of 390 mbps. Not bad. Freed pending appeal. Could new yorks former mayor take on trump for the white house . Yeah, this new network is going to Michael Bloomberg files papers paving the way for a president ial run. Be so fast that well be able to download in a heartbeat and stream video to multiple devices at once. Australia battles a Record Number of bushfires. Two people die as rescuers struggle in order to allow this to properly to reach people in the east ta ke in order to allow this to properly take off, with high speed and of the country. Minimal delay, we are going to see lots of new antennas, each serving a womans swept away to her death as parts of england get a months small areas. And some of them may worth of rainfall in a single day, with warnings of more floods to come. Use much higher frequency small areas. And some of them may use much higherfrequency radio waves than previous mobile networks. But having these antennas everywhere has given some people pause for thought. They believe that 56 radio waves could cause health problems, and they are campaigning for the rollout to be halted. Now, this protest group is small but vocal, and it does seem to be growing. So paul carter went to brighton to meet some of the anti sg movement. Paul carter went to brighton to meet some of the antisg movement. Prove that its safe hove, near brighton. Say no to sg, that its safe hove, near brighton. Say no to 56, say no to sg that its safe hove, near brighton. Say no to 56, say no to 56 it may not be the first place that comes to mind when thinking of the front line of protest. Prove that its safe but campaigners here are making their feelings known about plans to introduce sg masts in the area. What do we want . A ban when do we want it . Now the world health organization, Public Health england and the nhs also there is no sufficient evidence to say 56 poses a risk to health. However, that has done little to placate campaigners. Earlier this year, one parliamentary petition calling for more research into 56 attracted more than 29,000 signatures. So what are their concerns . Public Health England under the government say that 56 and electromagnetic frequencies are safe because they all fall underneath the level of the International Safety guidelines. However, there are huge issues with the safety guidelines stop there is a great big gaping black hole. What the safety guidelines will tell you is weather your mast will burn or heat you, but what it wont tell you is all of these Health Effects that are known by science to be linked to electromagnetic frequency radiation. Who decides who is guinea pigs . Who is deciding to roll this out and on who . Who are going to be the lab rats, the lab mice, whatever you wa nt rats, the lab mice, whatever you want to call us, because it is not safety testing . If someone said to me, fact, 56 is safe, if our government came to me and said, fa ct, government came to me and said, fact, 56 is safe, fact, it has been tested by the telecoms industry, i probably wouldnt have the concerns that i have. But to me, there is no fa ct that i have. But to me, there is no fact there from them. The industry, however, have a very different view. Campaigners will say 56 hasnt been tested and if its not been tested, it should be rolled out. What do you say to that . I hear that line a lot and it fundamentally misunderstands what 56 is. 56 uses technologies that have been in use in all countries for decades now. The type of frequencies that are used, the radio waves they are using, they are the same ballpark of radio waves that have been used and tested, tested and tested, for decades. The technology that goes into the antennas doesnt fundamentally change the way those radio waves behave. So while it looks and feels like a Brand New Technology from a marketing perspective, its roots are actually inherent mobile Radio Technology that has been tested and used for decades now. What is happening here is very similar to the smoking. The actual Health Effects, the actual science, was hidden. And this is exactly what is happening here. 56 is highly, highly unlikely to cause more cancers than 246, unlikely to cause more cancers than 2 46, and there isnt much evidence ofan 2 46, and there isnt much evidence of an increased risk in 2 46, if any. It is not venue tobacco. Is not the new asbestos. Thatsjust simply isnt true. But despite the weight of scientific evidence, the anti sg movement is growing. Similar groups have been popping up in other areas around the world, fuelled by social media and the internet. Back in hove, the campaigners had the opportunity to present their concerns to counsellors. Exposure to sg radiation will be 20 47 365 days a year without our informed consent. Nationally, Public Health england provide expert advice on Public Health matters associated with radiofrequency electromagnetic fields or radio waves used in telecom medications. The implementation and regulation of 5g technology is a national responsibility. Save our children is there anything from this point that they can say that will convince you this is safe . Yeah, they can put their case, but the independent scientists and the actual science needs to be properly heard as well. Ultimately, is this a battle you can actually win . There will always be a small number of individuals who do not want to hear from large corporations like us. And there will always be a huge group of people who dont have any concerns about this technology. There might be a group in the middle who could be swayed, andl in the middle who could be swayed, and i think that is the group that, yeah, there is a battle to be won, if you like. We do need to make sure people have access to the right information, but they can make an informed decision and not be misled by what is some pretty aggressive scaremongering. That was howard jones talking to paul carter. And to try and address the concerns of those who may still be undecided, we have come to this rooftop in london to ta ke have come to this rooftop in london to take some measurements from a 56 transmitter. And we have drafted in some independent experts to help. Doctor Richard Findlay is an electromagnetic field safety specialists, and he is going to be measuring the strength and frequency of the radio waves at different distances from the mast. So, first we are going to put the probe write up on the middle of the transmitter. Yes. 0k. The middle, coming down. The maximum reading was. . 550. 551. 696. So basically, if you were to strap yourself to that transmitter, three metres up there, you would be getting five times the guidelines. Yes, you would be overexposed. 0k, times the guidelines. Yes, you would be overexposed. Ok, but nobodys going to do that. No. So should we going to do that. No. So should we go over there . What would you say, two or three metres in that direction and see how the signal drops off . Yep. There we go. Wow. 14. 5. So even over the last distance, we have gone down by a factor of, what is that . But is more than 50 times . 550 down to 14. 5, so. Than 50 times . 550 down to 14. 5, so. Down to less than a fifth of the government safety guidelines. Yes. Right. Time to try and make sense of those readings with physicist and cancer researcher david grimes. So, we have seen there that the power drops off really, really quickly, as you move away from the transmitter. Absolutely. And that is what you would expect. As you get further and further away from a source of light, which of course radiofrequency really is, evenif course radiofrequency really is, even if we cant see it, the drop off is really, really rapid. And by the time you are even at an appreciable distance away from any kind of transmitter, it is way more likely that your phone itself is going to be emitting a lot more than any of these transmitters are. Do you think one of the worries about sg you think one of the worries about 5g is that there is talk of using higherfrequency radio 5g is that there is talk of using higher frequency radio waves . Absolutely. I think people have an acute understanding that higher frequency is higher energy. But i think what people need to be aware of is that this kind of radiation is still very, very non ionising. What that means is, it doesnt have the fundamental energy to liberate an electron and cause damage. If you wa nt to electron and cause damage. If you want to cause cancers in things like that, you typically need to because that, you typically need to because that kind of dna damage. And the new sg that kind of dna damage. And the new 5g spectrum is very low energy. It is much lower energy than visible light. More than that, the biophysics itself, the mechanics of how you might develop a cancer or something, we know that this kind of radiation is not ionising. It cannot cause the level of dna damage that you typically expect or need to cause cancer. And so you typically expect or need to cause cancer. And so for that reason, the combination of epidemiological evidence and biophysical evidence, we dont have any current cause for concern. That being said, it is always good to observe and keep an eye on trends to see what might emerge. But we dont expect anything well. So there you 90, expect anything well. So there you go, some real science which i hope has helped you to understand how safe 5g signals are. And just for extra information, we are now taking a reading at head level here on the roof, right next to the 5g transmitter. And the number is kind of bouncing around the 2 mark. So evenif of bouncing around the 2 mark. So even if you are walking on a rooftop next to a 5g transmitter as we are, you are still 50 times below the recommended safety level. Hello, and welcome to the weekend tech. It was the week that the Us National Transportation safety board flagged Software Flaws in the self driving berber that killed a woman in arizona last year. Uber. It said the car failed to properly identify her as a pedestrian while she had been walking with a bicycle across a poorly lit road. American and japanese researchers have used beams of light to hack google home, and is an echo, and apple Home Products devices in a bid to expose security and privacy risks. A laser managed to take control of one of the devices from over 30 metres away. And uk drone pilots have until the end of november to register their details with the Civil Aviation authority or face penalty fines. Us recharges say they have printed skin that is alive and even has working blood vessels. Researchers. Scientists combined cells that kickstart blood Vessel Development with animal collagen. All of this is happening inside 3d printing tissue. This could potentially deliver better spit better skin grafts to burns patients. And finally, harvard researchers have revealed their urchinbot, complete with widely tempted goals. The amphibious robot uses pumps, valves and magnets to move, and could be useful in ocean cleanups. It is a touch sluggish, though, with a top speed of six millimetres per second. A pilgrimage for creativity. Each yearin a pilgrimage for creativity. Each year in los angeles, 15,000 artists, designers and storytellers flock to adobe max to discover the latest tools they will have to mix in their creative pallets. 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Enter adobe aero, a free ipad up making content creation relatively straightforward. Just using normal everyday gestures. But there is still the challenge of finding some decent glasses to high up finding some decent glasses to high up our new world and notjust appear at it through our phones or tablets. But adobes confidence is unwavering. Ar urges the physical and Digital Worlds and truly has the potential to be bigger than the web. Scott, you made a very bold claim is the keynote. Back it up. Well, if you think about it, the web is something we have to go to, and we only go to it when we feel like we need something. Ar is always going to be there, permeating everyday life when we dont need it. So for example, in your bathroom, every pill bottle has information on top of it and every food has calorie cou nts of it and every food has calorie counts and whatever else. There is going to be layers of augmented reality and they are going to be everywhere, all the time. A peek into adobes. A real birds texture to create something entirely new. In this Research Prototype shows how you can easily animate the mouth of a flat image to the words in an audio file. Our Technology Works with any image, photograph, or sketch. But it is clear that such leading edge Creative Products can potentially be much more sinister. In this post truth era dfat photos and videos are becoming a serious challenge online, where politicians, celebrities, or even ex girlfriends can be made to say or do things that they never actually said or did. To combat this adobe has launched a system that records exactly which changes were made to images, when, and by whom, so a viewer can see an authenticated breadcrumb trail of added. Technology alone cannot solve this. You actually really need a multitude of pieces to come together. We have a role to play as a technology player, these tributes and platforms and media platforms have a role to play, but frankly creators have a role to play. |j think content authentication is important and it is in its first ages. The very fact they have the New York Times on 20 involved is a very good start, but it has got a long way to go and nobody really knows how it will take a and twitter. One thing that we do know is that al is here to stay, whether we like it or not. So weve been talking about the problems that 5g radio signals may 01 problems that 5g radio signals may or may not cause and while weve established that they dont damage oui established that they dont damage our health, they may actually cause other problems in very surprising areas. Some scientists are concerned that 56 areas. Some scientists are concerned that 5g could affect your ability to predict the well weather. Specifically hurricanes and other extreme events. They say it could set forecasting back to the 1980s. Peter gibbs, a professional meteorologist for nearly 40 years, has been finding out why. In 2018, the federal Communications Commission or fcc in the us, auctioned off part of their radio spectrum or a bunch of frequencies to Telecommunications Companies for use on the 5g network. Whats forgot to do with weather . Andrew friedman at the Washington Post has been following the story from the start. So the background really is that have figured out that 5g equipment, that Telecommunications Companies wa nt to that Telecommunications Companies want to deploy, particularly in cities, may actually interfere with signals that are bouncing out of satellites in space into the atmosphere and back to sense a very important component for making weather forecast. So lets try to explain the problem and bury in mind iama explain the problem and bury in mind i am a scientist, not an artist. So bear with me, ok. I am a scientist, not an artist. So bearwith me, ok. So i am a scientist, not an artist. So bear with me, ok. So what weather satellites are looking for when they monitor the atmosphere is like wave transmissions and they are coming from things like clouds, from snow, from things like clouds, from snow, from rain, from water vapour as well. Very faint microwave signals ata well. Very faint microwave signals at a very precise frequencies. So, for example, heres a little water vapour molecule, it is vibrating away a 23. 8 gigahertz. Right next to that frequency is 24 gigahertz, which is one of the ones that has been auctioned off for use in 5g. You cant just been auctioned off for use in 5g. You cantjust us that little molecule to tune out of the way. And thats the fundamental problem. Thats why whether scientists are really worried. It looks like theyre about to get some rather noisy neighbours. If they are broadcasting in the house next door 01 broadcasting in the house next door orany broadcasting in the house next door or any Frequency Band next door, evenif or any Frequency Band next door, even if the leaking is quite a small amount of their power still be larger than what were trying to measure. We are going to be in very difficult world where we are not necessarily sure what we are measuring anymore, are we measuring interference . Are we measuring the signal . Thats the worst fear. The complex weather models used in todays forecasts need satellite data on a global scale. A storm now hitting europe might have started life days earlier in north america. The world mythological organisation in geneva, switzerland, organises that exchange of data and they are worried a reduction in quality could have real life consequences, consequences that could have been avoided. If we dont have the specific measurement, in fact we will lose 3 six hours to inform population of the risk of special events, meteorological special events, meteorological special events like flash floods, storms, things like that. So the scientist are things like that. So the scientist a re really things like that. So the scientist are really worried. The us regulators dont seem to think theres that much of an issue. While one representative of the Telecoms Companies has actually called the scientists fee is absurd. The Telecom Companies have aggressively pushed back at the scientific agencies and said we dont think that your analyses are correct. We actually think that this is something that isnt such a big deal and that even if it is a big deal we can solve this some other way. Although the Science Community has not said they are not against ig, because the benefits are clear, they have tried to engage with the Telecom Companies about potential interference. So far without much response. I know that there is one company that really could benefit a great dealfrom 5g company that really could benefit a great deal from 5g because they promote weather apps. Of course whether Companies Want 5g, but the thing is is that they are opposed to this issue because theyre like, well, whats the use of having a new, faster app if we have inaccurate information . 56 is coming and it will no doubt bring lots of benefits, but we are living in a time of rapidly changing climate, where Severe Weather is becoming more frequent and more dangerous. We need to be able to predict and warn of these events. Its never been more important. That was peter gibbs. And just to add that meteorologists from around the world are meeting right now at the world are meeting right now at the world are meeting right now at the World Radio Communications conference to discuss this very issue. So well keep you posted. On the ninth of November Itll be 30 yea rs on the ninth of November Itll be 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall. It acted as a physical barrier throughout berlin, but it was also a symbol of the divide between communism and capitalism. Now Virtual Reality is being used to bring the past to life. Youtuber originals and remarkable tv have worked with descendants of those who experienced the rise and fall of the wall, allowing them to step inside photographs and be transported back to virtual recreations of their families deposit stories. Families deposit stories. Families deposit stories. Well, there is a famous photograph my grandma, where she was just able to escape from the wall being built last minute. I dont think people really realise that the wall was something that evolved over time. So in 1961 has started outjust as barbed wire that was laid out across the street. Fast forward 20 years into the future and its a completely militarised border. So to be able to use vr to chart about evolution and plant yourself in front of the world and be there through that iteration fellow quite a powerful thing to do. Theres a huge potential in factual storytelling and it feels like we are on the sort of cost, if you like, ofa are on the sort of cost, if you like, of a new way of engaging people in history, of engaging people in history, of engaging people in history, of engaging people in documentary. Well, my grandfather is one of the builders of the tunnel 57. Seeing my grandfather digging me tunnel was really weird. Back when he was doing that, he was probably around my age. He was so close to me in that moment that i was actually like, or would have loved to have talked to him about, you want to go get a bill later or anything like that beer. That is just a taster. If you want to watch a full report on how Virtual Realitys brought these remarkable stories to life, follow the link below to the bbc news website. And thats it for us for this week. Dont forget you can buy does all across social media throughout the week on facebook, instagram, youtube, and twitter bbcclick. Tanks were watching. And well see you soon. Thanks for watching. Hello. The recent slow moving heavy rain that we saw across much of Northern England has now eased away, but we are left with the legacy of some very high river levels, quite a lot of flooding, too. So still several flood warnings and even severe flood warnings in force, particularly across parts of Northern England. River levels will slowly come down through the course of the weekend. Theres a bit more rain on the way for saturday but it will be heaviest in the places that are not affected by the flooding. A dry day likely by the time we get to sunday. But its a cold weekend. First thing saturday morning, temperatures widely subzero. About 2, 3 in towns and cities, colder in the countryside. A touch of frost, certainly. Also fog or freezing fog patches to start off your day as well. We can see this weather front making its way in from the west. That will bring a mix of rain. Also some sleet and some snow over the highest ground, only across parts of wales through the day on saturday, but certainly down at low levels it will be falling as rain. Parts of Northern Ireland, south west scotland, wales, western england, seeing the arrival of that rain. Eastern england and northern and eastern scotland staying dry through the day, after the morning mist clears away. Should be some sunshine around, but it will feel pretty chilly wherever you are. Were mainly going to be stuck in single figures, maybe just squeezing 10 celsius towards plymouth, but for most, about 6 9. That area of rain, with a little bit of sleetiness and snow over the high ground, starts to ease away towards the south as we move through saturday night and overnight into sunday morning. With all the cloud around in the south it wont be such a cold night. Certainly not compared to first thing on saturday. Temperatures mostly above freezing. Still a cold night to come for Northern England, Northern Ireland and scotland as well. Sunday, remembrance sunday, were looking at some decent conditions. Lots of dry and fairly sunny weather. There will be some rain working in from the west later on in the day, but much of remembrance sunday is looking fine and dry, with light winds, temperatures somewhere between 6 10, for most of us on sunday. Then we start to see this frontal system heading in from west to east, through sunday night and into monday. You can see a bit of light. Some sleet and snow over the highest ground, parts of Northern England and scotland as well. That main band of rain should clear away gradually on monday, perhaps lingering longest towards the south east. Then were back into sunny spells, scattered showers, some of them a little bit wintry over the highest ground. In the sunshine, though, top temperatures around 6 11. 00 27 37,394 4294966103 13 29,430 bye bye