Click: Season 24

Season 24 overview

The opening episodes tour new technology in virtual reality, transport, space, policing, health, and gaming. These reports establish the season's broad interest in how innovations meet practical needs.

Key story beats

  1. CES Technology Showcase — The team tests haptic gloves and virtual reality headsets at CES, and meets a visually impaired inventor and a vaccine-company CEO.
  2. Las Vegas Mobility Tests — Click explores an underground tunnel system, a car-sharing app, and an attempt to build a flying car, alongside fitness technology.
  3. Spaceport and Smart Homes — The programme visits Spaceport Cornwall and examines smart-home devices and technology designed to conserve water.
  4. Policing Virtual Worlds — The programme examines police training for crime in virtual worlds, tests a workplace exoskeleton, and meets young people using retro technology.
  5. Health and Theme Park Tech — Click explores 3D-printed bones for cancer patients and devices intended to improve sleep. The episode also features a technology-assisted horse-riding lesson and a new theme-park ride.
  6. Gaming and Screen Effects — The episode investigates Helsinki's mobile-gaming industry, technology changing tourism, and the visual effects work behind a film.
  7. Ocean and Solar Technology — Click reports on a floating solar platform and plans to tackle plastic pollution, and reviews a virtual-reality headset.
  8. New Frontiers in Storytelling — The episode considers how stories may endure, meets the creators of a popular slow-motion video channel, and explores award-winning visual effects.
  9. Racing and Construction — Click gets access to a Formula 1 team and investigates construction technologies, including 3D-printed houses and self-driving forklifts.
  10. Rockets and Digital Routes — The episode features a rocket-engine test and space-programme developments, then looks at digital maps uncovering walking routes in Scotland.
  11. AI in Food and Work — Click visits an insect farm using AI, investigates AI in entertainment, and examines robotic technology supporting blind and low-vision workers.
  12. Food from Limited Land — The programme visits food-technology companies developing ways to feed a growing population with scarce land resources, and samples lab-created meat and milk.
  13. Robots and Synthetic Voices — Click tours Seoul's robotics scene and interviews an AI company after its product was used to manipulate celebrity voices.
  14. Researching Longer Lives — A special episode examines scientists and technology entrepreneurs researching whether ageing can be stopped or reversed.
  15. Music Across Digital Worlds — The episode explores a virtual band, performances in the metaverse, and technology enabling musicians in different places to collaborate in real time.

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