Why are we throwing an apple at each other . Because this weeks first story is about launching satellites into orbit. Oh, youre not gonna try to launch this apple into orbit, are you . No, but if i did, which direction would i have to launch it . Not upwards. Not up because if i did, it will come straight back down again. Thats gravity. Thats gravity no, if you wanted this to go into orbit, you would have to make it go really fast sideways, about 17,000 miles an hour, so as it fell, it missed the surface of the earth and just went around it. Thats why rockets need so much fuel. Exactly which has been a problem since forever. But there is another way to get this apple to go that fast. Any ideas . Go on, amaze me. So, you could attach it to a long arm and then start spinning it round and round and round, and round and round, getting faster and faster, and once youre at the right speed. You let it go thats bananas no, its an apple. All right, here we go. Oh, my gosh robotic voice 200 mile
E sports, the line between the online world and the real world are becoming increasingly blurred. This is a showroom to motor history. Mclaren have been racing for 60 years. Over time, collecting winds and trophies. But recently, their success has come in the gaming arena. , , , arena. The pressure is immense. Mentally. Arena. The pressure is immense. Mentally. That arena. The pressure is immense. Mentally, that the arena. The pressure is immense. Mentally, that the hardest mentally, that the hardest part. The results in e sports contained in a literalflash part. The results in e sports contained in a literal flash of an eye. Contained in a literal flash of ane e. , contained in a literal flash of anee. ,. ,. , an eye. Barry esports team are both the current an eye. Barry esports team are both the current holders an eye. Barry esports team are both the current holders of both the current holders of both the current holders of both the current holders of both the constructors championsh
burgers with a new friend. has anyone got ketchup? for as long as i ve been playing computer games, i ve been playing computer games about racing cars. and i ve been terrible at them all. butjust like you get elite racing car drivers, you also get elite racing car video game drivers. and ahead of this year s formula 1 e sports season, alasdair keane has been to see how some of the leading teams are getting in on the virtual action. for many people, gaming is a bit of fun, a chance to catch up with friends and even an escape from reality. but when it comes to e sports, the line between the online world and the real world are becoming increasingly blurred. this is a showroom to motor history. mclaren have been racing for 60 years. ..over that time collecting wins and trophies. but recently their success has come in the gaming arena. the pressure is immense. mentally, that s the hardest part. the results in f1 e sports can change in a literal flash of an eye. their e sports team
looking at there? and nick s flipping burgers with a new friend. has anyone got ketchup? for as long as i ve been playing computer games, i ve been playing computer games about racing cars. and i ve been terrible at them all. butjust like you get elite racing car drivers, you also get elite racing car video game drivers. and ahead of this year s formula 1 e sports season, alasdair keane has been to see how some of the leading teams are getting in on the virtual action. for many people, gaming is a bit of fun, a chance to catch up with friends and even an escape from reality. but when it comes to e sports, the line between the online world and the real world are becoming increasingly blurred. this is a showroom to motor history. mclaren have been racing for 60 years. ..over that time collecting wins and trophies. but recently their success has come in the gaming arena. the pressure is immense. mentally, that s the hardest part. the results in f1 e sports can change in a litera
who s a creative director from visual effects house framestore, now, it s important to remember always when you re dealing with this kind of stuff, that the ai doesn t understand what it s drawing. and actually that s what gives it its unique, quirky animation style. and actually that s what gives it its unique, quirky animation style. you can see in that robot there, the controls on the front, all the buttons are rippling and glitching. yeah. it can t keep them consistent over the number of frames you ve animated it. so thatjust seems to be part of the thing where it doesn t necessarily understand what needs to stay the same in the animation. funnily enough, actually, there s a moment where the girl robot spins her head around, and that was something that itjust did serendipitously. i didn t ask for that, and itjust did it. i mean, it s one of the interesting things about this, the sort of serendipitous nature of it giving you something unexpected, which is also part of the