Pandemic is now more than 150,000, according to the latest figures collated byjohns Hopkins University in the united states. 37,000 have died in the us itself. Italy, spain, france and the uk make up half of the worldwide toll. The World Health Organization has cast doubt on the usefulness of antibody tests for covid 19 which many countries had hoped to use to determine if people have developed immunity to the virus. Who officials in geneva said there was no evidence that having had the virus would guarantee immunity. 847 people have died in british hospitals in the past 2a hours. It brings the total number of deaths tojust over 1a,500. The uk government is setting up a new task force to back the development of a vaccine, but itll be many months before one is available. Now on bbc news,
its time for click. This week, using tech to stay in touch, to volunteer your time, and touch, to volunteer your time, and to ta ke touch, to volunteer your time, and to take in some art. Welcome back. Here we are again. And thank you so much for all the kind comments about last weeks programme. They meant a lot to us, mainly they were comments about the cushions in the painting but i will ta ke cushions in the painting but i will take it. Look about as bad, it is lara, how are you, what have you been up to . Hello, i have been very busy mastering the art of the
magazine dinner party. That sounds very middle class, i have been to the pub virtually with some friends, but i havent done a dinner party. Is this something you dress up for . Of is this something you dress up for . 0f celts, of course, what else do you get dressed up for . I have worked out how to do it so it is not awkward. Your guests arrive, you have a nice chat while you are reading about you turn the video and microphone off, so there is no awkward chewing and talking at the same time, and then after dinner you get together again. And you are pretty sure most people are wearing trousers . Because as the other thing, you have no idea what is going on the waist. Absolutely no idea. But of course many of us are using conferencing apps at the moment for many different reasons. A lot of them far more important than my dinner parties. Spencer, what do you think this lot up to . My patient
is my first consideration. Dignity of my patient. It sounds very important, go on. They are medical students taking their hippocratic oath. Because without that they cant become nhs doctors. And of course right now we need all the doctors we can get. So Newcastle University has accelerated the process with a virtual graduation, using microsofts flipgrid software. That hippocratic oath is brilliant, it is so important to people who work in medicine, they are the true heroes in this. There are many people who are particularly at risk from the virus, and those other people we are probably trying to shield at the moment, many of them will be elderly. Properly. And when you are come clearly locked in your home and you are not allowed out, completely. That is when you need technology to help stay in
touch with those people and help them stay busy. And jen has been looking at what is on offer. Concerns for People Living in care homes across the country are increasing as many become ill with the coronavirus and i separated from their loved ones. While there is little human comfort for many during this incredibly difficult time, some ca re this incredibly difficult time, some care homes are employing Technical Solutions to try and provide some outside connection, and if not a little distraction for their residents. In belgium, 60 zora but have been deployed to care homes around the country to entertain residents kept in their rooms in isolation. This includes henry who spoke to me on that zora bots which visited his room. Henry said it was too difficult to talk about how the isolation makes him feel, but he was very happy to speak on the robot. That is the biggest problem, is the
isolation that they are far from theirfamily, isolation that they are far from their family, and they isolation that they are far from theirfamily, and they are not allowed to go outside or to see them oi allowed to go outside or to see them or to hold them in the arms, and so we are doing or what we can to give them their contact with the family. In the netherlands these robots were used in care homes before the pandemic, but now the company is providing them for a month free to anyone who would like to try them out. While sara is visiting the water, 95 year old this 95 year old woman uses a videoconference in her room. But she has relatively used regularly use sara. And for the first time in a
ca re sara. And for the first time in a care home, sara is being used in a trial to visit the patient who is critically ill with coronavirus. On thursday we got a phone call from the care homes and told me we have a corona patient and in this case it is really sad because we know she is not going to survive, so there was really, they were in a hurry. So they told me, they asked us, can you help us with this robot, so is set a course and the next day we brought a robot in. Here in the uk the nhss innovation team, nhs x are looking at how technology can be used here to alleviate isolation and bring families together. The trial with facebooks more portal device is under way. Chd care homes in surrey we re under way. Chd care homes in surrey were using the devices in a programme called grandparent. Volu nteers programme called grandparent. Volunteers call in to in to speak to ca re volunteers call in to in to speak to care home residents. volunteers call in to in to speak to care home residents. I still work. Thats nice, what do you do. Last week they put out a special call for the overnighting crisis for more adoptions. In the response we have had is now 70,000 volunteers registered worldwide. Just for your ca re registered worldwide. Just for your care homes or care homes all over the world . 70,000 just for our care homes. Wow i think it is fantastic that there is potentially a Technology Answer to such a really human problem because i am a big believer in the power of technology, and here is potentially something thatis and here is potentially something that is undeniably making things better for people in a really tough situation. We also tested a couple of ta blets situation. We also tested a couple of tablets designed for elderly isolators staying at home with some help from some quick relatives. The grandparent is designed to work out the box and has its own data connection. It certainly seemed easy enough when i tried it out with
kath. How does a field talking to me on this video screen . It is lovely. Iam on this video screen . It is lovely. I am talking to you. I havent done anything. You havent done anything . No. And this larger tablet has one data control functions. 0mar called his grandmother on it. It is quite big, it is nice to see your face and everything, it is quite nice. If it was just my friends i wanted to call, i would use my smart phone. When the pandemic is over some of these solutions may be permanently implemented to help look after our elderly relatives. But everyone we spoke to emphasise how much they would like to see us in person. We need to think carefully about the impact replacing humans may have on the future of care and the shape of our future society. That was jen looking at our future society. That wasjen looking at how technology is in a small way trying to help in what is a really difficult situation. Lara, you have been looking at something similar in the volunteer space . Thats right,
something to help those doctors and nurses who are working around the clock. Because for those with children, there is an extra logistical issue in the equation. So medical students who are not quite ready for the frontline have found a way that they can still help. We made the Facebook Group and it just snowballed within the space of 24 hours, oh my goodness, we have really got something here, this is really got something here, this is really wild. Babysitting out babysitting app bubble one was that took on the task of helping connect them to nhs parents. More than 500 nhs workers have already booked Free Childcare through the apps pool of over a thousand safety check volunteers. A lot of us are working in emergency rotors now so the amount we would do before all the pattern of work has changed considerably. So this would provide us considerably. So this would provide us with those extended hours of service that we would need. Health ship is another service built by
medical students looking to make good use of their spare time. Stu d e nts good use of their spare time. Students from 95 universities have signed up to help nhs staff. Today i am picking up descriptions and delivering it to a patient. It means ican get delivering it to a patient. It means i can get back to the community and help those who are vulnerable in a pandemic. By far enlarge the vast majority of interest has been in healthcare which majority of interest has been in healthca re which makes majority of interest has been in healthcare which makes sense because thatis healthcare which makes sense because that is where the help is really needed. A further issue is that the lack of testing has resulted in nhs workers sometimes staying home when they dont need to. The covid i9 volunteer Testing Network is a call on smaller labs opening up to conduct critical testing. Pool of smaller labs. Around 500 expert volu nteers smaller labs. Around 500 expert volunteers have also signed up to a Service Called scientists on standby to help the government ramp up testing. We are encouraging people who have got any type of Laboratory BenchSpace Science experience to
sign up but effectively what we are really looking for is those scientists who are perhaps registered biomedical scientist already. But any of us have a chance to volunteer in this crisis. 0ver three quarters of a million brits have signed up to the good sam up to help others. When the news story came out that people could volunteer, that is exactly what i wa nted volunteer, that is exactly what i wanted to do. Proof that not only are we in this together but Community Spirit definitely does exist. Hello and welcome to the weekend tech. It was the week apple announced the release of the much rumoured mid range iphone se. It comesjust rumoured mid range iphone se. It comes just after 0neplus revealed its new flagship 5g phones. Nintendos animal crossing the
horizon was removed from sale in china after players in hong kong staged anti chinese protest. And hundreds of thousands of zoom accou nts hundreds of thousands of zoom accounts were being put up for sale on the dark web for hackers looking to try out zoombombing attacked where uninvited attendees break into conferences. If you havent opened your map seven while youre people are not alone. Apples daily mobility Trends Report shows how many people are driving, walking and using Public Transport before coronavirus came into effect. Forget old school caffeine and nicotine patch, how about a smart patch that measured your sweat . Gatorade helped create the patch to measure sweat component in athletes but could also be used to monitor biomarkers for coronavirus patients. All you need isasd coronavirus patients. All you need is a sd printer. Scientists at you
see san diego have found a way to sd print insectlike robots in minutes. Creepy. I am print insectlike robots in minutes. Creepy. Iam in print insectlike robots in minutes. Creepy. I am in hastings, famed for its history, castle and mediaeval ta pestry its history, castle and mediaeval tapestry and i am here to get a taste of some of the culture they have got an offer, but not where you might imagine. I am just going to connect to hastings right now, lets that is just outside of london, certainly not somewhere i am allowed to go at the moment. Its right, i am going on a gallery to insider robots. Welcomes to hastings contemporary. This is a collaboration between the gallery and Bristol Robotics Laboratory collaboratory. The idea is to adapt these robots so we can all enjoy art without leaving our homes. Today i am being shown around by director of the gallery liz gilmore. 0k, am being shown around by director of the gallery liz gilmore. Ok, here we go. laughs sorry. 0k,
the gallery liz gilmore. Ok, here we go. laughs sorry. Ok, so my bad driving aside, this project is about more thanjust driving aside, this project is about more than just bringing driving aside, this project is about more thanjust bringing in driving aside, this project is about more than just bringing in virtual visitors during the lockdown. This technology has been developed for a while as being used in videoconferencing, but not before in auk videoconferencing, but not before in a uk gallery. So it was opportunistic for us, we knew one of our trustees who is a disabled artist, she had been using this for her own communications and meetings, and so was able to ask brittle restore robotics if we could use this robot as a trial during this period at the gallery. From my end all i need is a web browser and a prearranged slot to drop into the gallery. Its hard to argue that robo tours like this are anything but a positive idea right now. What about when galleries reopen to in person visitors . About when galleries reopen to inperson visitors . If you think about access to art, et cetera, some people are able to afford those holidays to go across to venice or paris, and see the louvre for
instance, and that is not available to everyone. At its heart this project could mean more people who would usually who are not usually get the chance to see out like this can enjoy it. We can think about this as a way of bringing people together in different ways. That was great. I had been to a gallery. You know, when it comes down to it it is really just a very elaborate know, when it comes down to it it is reallyjust a very elaborate video call, but there is something quite nice about being able to walk around, discover the place yourself, find the nooks and crannies as he would if you were actually there. Critical. Pretty cool. That was absolutely brilliant. That is steve driving a robot round an art galleried. Fabulous and he didnt crash it on the stairs, love it now that the outside world is a lot quieter and normal, anyone whos watched a post apocalyptic movie knows the next thing that happens is anyone who is still driving on the roads starts driving like an idiot,
see will smith in i am legend or anyone in mad max. As it happens, australia has just rolled out the next generation of Traffic Cameras to try and catch the worst offenders. Heres an. Youre driving down the road and suddenly your phone starts to ring, you get a text, someone has like an Instagram Post you did about juggfing Instagram Post you did about juggling cats. Not the callous lobbying of pets into the air kind, the performing felines with great dexterity kind. You want and need to a nswer dexterity kind. You want and need to answer but if youre driving around new south wales, chances are youre being watched. This month after a couple of test trials, mobilephone detection cameras have been officially rolled out on the South Eastern State ss road is. Careless drivers are being caught red handed. Well, phone handed. And theyve been issued fines of up to 457 a pop and ten demerit points on their licence. Now people cant be
separated from their mobile phones any minute of the day, and weve seen any minute of the day, and weve seen this grow into a road safety risk over the last decade and really weve been trying to restrict this risk because youre four more times likely to have a crash if youre holding your mobile phone and if youre texting, that risk goes out of control. The new cams are in fixed, temporary and undisclosed locations, hoping to bust more devious drivers breaking the law and patrolling police. At the moment its very difficult to e nforce. At the moment its very difficult to enforce. This system behind me is able to perform an automatic review on traffic. Its looking at every vehicle that passes the cheque point and it does it day or night in all weather tirelessly, and automatically filters out the majority of people who are driving their vehicles correctly. The heads up system takes three photos in infrared and runs them
through a custom made algorithm. So this is a representation of what the camera system can see in its fixed and temporary locations. Weve got the camera here and on the monitor well see what the ai thinks is going on. If i put the image in front of the camera, you can see the ai systems immediately identified the driver and its associated and offensive score of in the mid 90s. Offensive score of in the mid 90s. That persons offensive score of in the mid 90s. That persons in fact holding a water bottle in their hand and theyve got a mobile phone in their lap. So definitely not the safest of drivers. Now im going to show an image of someone not breaking the law and just driving normally to see what it takes out and its given it a relatively low offence score. Someone who is experienced firsthand the dangers of a car accident is lianey. He was involved in a truck accident when he was younger. My
spinal has been severed totally. I had some head injuries. What the result of the car accident, the vehicle i was in. Make me end up ina vehicle i was in. Make me end up in a wheelchair, and this is for the rest of my life. He works as a photograph reviewer. He works as a photograph reviewer. He makes the finaljudgement call on whether or not drivers really are using their phones. They call or they text or the Facebook Post can wait. That is a very bad boy. That is ignorant. 9596 of the photos taken by the cameras are immediately binned. 0nly by the cameras are immediately binned. Only 5 make it to people like lianey and the photos are crop and blurred it so only the driver is visible. The interesting thing is between that pilot and the warning letters, the offending rate dropped by more than half, so we can see that the campaign, the fact that we
are out there on the network with this new technology, we can see a reduction in the illegal behaviour already starting to happen, making our roads safer. The cameras could soon our roads safer. The cameras could soon be coming to a town near you. Theyve already been trialled in india and have their eyes set on north america, so next time you fa ncy north america, so next time you fancy snap chatting your pals behind the wheel, think again. That was nick in australia. Now, working from home sounded like it w