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Click goes shopping and chats to the inventor of the machine that 25 years ago revolutionised how we buy things - the self checkout machine.

Click goes shopping and chats to the inventor of the machine that 25 years ago revolutionised how we buy things - the self checkout machine. Plus, from robots to scanning customer data through facial recognition they look at what the shops of the future have in store for us. As the football season kicks off, the team looks at a new VR system that is being used by several Premier League clubs to try to help identify talent, improve skills and even help players recover from injuries. Finally, Kate Russell heads to Stuttgart to test out a special 'lift' that most closely resembles Willy Wonka's Glass Elevator.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 1 Sep 201700:30GMT

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