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World Cup: Game-changing tech

The game-changing tech transforming the World Cup

Tech Now visits FIFA HQ in Zurich to find out how AI-powered balls and smart tracking are transforming football.

Inside Finland’s Arctic icebreaker ship labs

The Finnish shipyard making the world's toughest icebreakers

Tech Now heads to Finland to meet the engineers designing icebreaker ships navigating through Arctic sea ice.

Lego’s new smart brick

Lego’s new smart brick

Tech Now experiences Lego's new Smart Brick, designed to bring physical play to next level.

Fixing fashion's sizing problem

Fixing fashion's erratic sizing problem

Tech Now meets a startup trying to fix one of the fashion industry's biggest blind spots, inconsistent sizing.

The tactile tech giving deaf runners a fair start

The tactile tech giving deaf runners a fair start

A gold‑medalist has developed a vibrating starting block to give deaf athletes clearer, fairer race starts.

These futuristic screens help you navigate Tokyo

These futuristic screens help you navigate Tokyo

In Tokyo, BBC TechXplore tests live translation and AI-powered displays that makes the city more navigable.

The wearable tech that lets spectators feel the match

The wearable tech that lets spectators feel the match

At Tokyo's Deaflympics, deaf Judo fans aren't just watching the matches, they're feeling them, thanks to Hapbeat.

Meet MOFO: will.i.am’s rapping AI toy

Meet MOFO: will.i.am's rapping AI toy

BBC Tech Now takes us inside CES 2026 to meet musician will.i.am and his AI toy, MOFO.

The gadgets set to change your daily health check‑ups

The gadgets set to change your daily health and wellness

Tech Now test out new gadgets disrupting the health industry at CES 2026 in Las Vegas.

What's it like to meet your own avatar?

Musician KT Tunstall meets her avatar as Tech Now explores music’s virtual future.

What do Tik Tok and 19th century film have in common?

How early filmmakers invented the internet’s funniest trend

Discover how quirky clips paved the way for viral humour, proving randomness never goes out of style.

Explaining how a touchscreen works with a sausage

Explaining how a touchscreen works with a sausage

British mathematician Hannah Fry digs into the science of touchscreens.

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Why statistics fail to cure flying fears

Why do flying fears persist despite falling accident rates? Learn tips to conquer your anxiety.

Smart phones get smarter

Can smart phones get smarter

BBC Click attend Mobile World Congress to test the latest tech products and trends.

Can technology help reduce Parkinson’s symptoms?

Can technology help reduce Parkinson’s symptoms?

BBC Click visits a Madrid hospital to see patients treated with an ultrasound for tremors.

The Lion King: How a visual effects team brought Mufasa to life

The Lion King: How Mufasa was brought to life

BBC Click speaks to the visual effects team behind the latest Disney blockbuster.

How the proposed and then shelved TikTok ban affected US influencers

How the TikTok ban affected US influencers

BBC Click meets TikTok creator Peggy Xu who gained millions of views sharing milk videos.

Is this the world’s first AI powered hotel?

Is this the world's first AI powered hotel?

BBC Click's Paul Carter visits the world's first fully AI-powered hotel in Las Vegas.

Could an Arctic underground vault save our data?

Could an Arctic underground vault save our data?

BBC Click explores an Arctic vault that stores digital artefacts from across the globe.

How technology can monitor and improve our health

How technology can monitor and improve our health

BBC Click visits CES 2025 to find out about the latest health tech, from medical tools to well-being devices.

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