One is available. Now on bbc news, its time for click. This week, using tech to stay in touch, to volunteer your time, and to take in some art. Hey, 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 and the painting, but i will take it. Look who else is back, its lara hello mate, how are you, what have you been up to . Hello, i have been very busy mastering the art of the zoom dinner party. Have you tried it . No i havent, that sounds very middle class, i have been down the pub virtually with some friends, but i havent done a dinner party yet. Is this something you dress up for . Of course, what else is there to get dressed up for at the moment . And the thing is, i have worked out how to do it so it is not awkward. Your guests arrive, you have a nice chat before you start eating, then you turn the video and microphone off for a bit while youre serving food, so people arent walking in and out of shot or peering around trying to get into shot, and also, no awkward chewing and talking at the same time, i know it happens in real life but no need for it at the moment, and then after dinner you get together again. Nice 0k, and you are pretty sure most people are wearing trousers . Because thats the other thing about virtual meetings, you have no idea what is going on below 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 are up to . Both the health and wellbeing of my patient will be my first consideration. Both i will respect the autonomy and dignity of my patient. It certainly sounds very important, doesnt it . I dunno, go on. Yes, 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. All upon my honour. That hippocratic oath is brilliant, isnt it, its 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 are the people we are properly trying to shield at the moment, many of them will be elderly. And when you are copletely locked in your home and you are not allowed out, that is when we really need technology to help stay in touch with those people and help them keep busy. And Jen Copestake 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 are separated from their loved ones. While there is little human comfort for many during 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 zorabots have been deployed to care homes around the country to entertain residents kept in their rooms in isolation. Plays music. This includes henry who spoke to me on the zorabot 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. Thats the biggest problem, is the isolation, that they are far from theirfamily, and they are not allowed to go outside or to see them or to hold them in the arms, and so we are doing all what we can to give them their contact with the family. In the netherlands, these sara bots 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 ward, this 95 year old woman uses a videoconference in her room. But she has regularly spent time with sara. And for the first time in a care home, sara is being used in a trial to visit a patient who is critically ill with coronavirus. On thursday we got a phone call from the care homes, and they 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 we said of 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. A trial with facebooks portal device in care homes and hospitals is under way. Chd care homes in surrey were using the devices in a programme called adopt a grandparent. Volunteers call in to in to speak to care home residents. I still work. Thats nice, what do you do . A few weeks ago they put out a special call for the covid crisis to ask for more adoptions. How old are you . And the response we have had is now 70,000 volunteers registered worldwide. Just for your care homes or care homes all over the world . 70,000 just for our care homes. Wow ijust 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 that is undeniably making things better for people in a really tough situation. We also tested a couple of tablets designed for elderly isolators staying at home with some help from some quick relatives. The grandpad has its own data connection and is designed to work out of the box. It certainly seemed easy enough when i tried it out with kath. How does it feel talking to me on this video screen . Its lovely. I am talking to you. I havent done anything with it. You havent done anything . No. And the comp is a larger tablet has one data control functions. 0mar called his nan 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 emphasised 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 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, we were like oh my goodness, we have really got something here, this is really wild. 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 1000 safety checked volunteers. A lot of us are working in emergency rotas now so the amount we might have been doing before, or the pattern of work has changed considerably. So this would provide us with those extended hours of service that we would need. Healthship is another service built by medical students looking to make good use of their spare time. Students from 95 universities have signed up to help nhs staff. Today i am picking up a prescription and delivering it to a patient. It means i can give back to the community and help those who are vulnerable in this pandemic. By far and large the vast majority of interest has been in childcare 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 pool of smaller labs opening up to conduct critical testing. 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 scientists already. But any of us have a chance to volunteer in this crisis. Over three quarters of a million brits have signed up to the good sam app to help others. When the news story came out that people could volunteer, i thought, that is exactly what i want to do. Proof that not only are we in this together but Community Spirit definitely does exist. Hello and welcome to the week in tech. It was the week apple announced the release of the much rumoured mid range iphone se. It comes just after 0neplus revealed its new flagship sg phones. Nintendos animal crossing new horizon was removed from sale in china after players in hong kong staged anti chinese protest. And 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 a meeting. If you havent opened your maps app in a while youre probably 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 patches, how about a smart patch that measures your sweat . Gatorade created the patch to measure sweat components in athletes but could also be used to monitor biomarkers for coronavirus patients. All you need is a 3d printer. Scientists at uc san diego have found a way to 3d print insectlike flexible robots in minutes. Creepy. I am in hastings, famed for 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, 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 tour inside a robot. Welcomes to hastings contemporary. This is a collaboration between the gallery and bristol robotics laboratory. 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. Ok, here we go. laughs sorry. Ok, so my bad 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 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 bristol 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 . If you think about access to art, et cetera, you know, some people are able to afford those holidays to go across to venice or paris, and see the louvre for instance, and thats not available to everyone. At its heart this project could mean more people who would 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. Well, its great. Ive just been to a gallery. You 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. Pretty cool. That was absolutely brilliant. That is steve driving a robot round an art gallery fabulous