Gadgets & Gizmos: Autonomous cars and TVs, WiFi replaces security cameras & 3D-printed biscuits

So what are we going to talk about? Well, today, the first self-driving taxis take to the streets of London.

Woo! Which is quite exciting.

And did they say, not going south of the

river, Gov'?

They don't do that.

They don't say anything.

So it's wave taxis, which you can get on the Uber app.

If you can get one, I've only got 15 cars out of the 100,000 taxis currently operating in London.

100,000?

Yes.

That's real taxis and Ubers and all the rest.

Wow.

So quite a lot of them.

And apparently when you get into it, the first thing the driver tells you is he's not going to speak.

How does he tell you without speaking?

He tells you that when he stops speaking.

But apparently he can take control if the passenger asks him to, just in case they get panicked by the idea of this car.

You see, for you, the attraction would be that it's a driverless taxi.

For many other people, the attraction would be that the driver doesn't speak.

That's both definite advantages.

Anyway, I put my name down, but who knows, maybe I'll get a riding one.

But the trouble is they're not really driverless because they've got someone sitting in the driver's seat.

And it'll be certainly a few years before they get rid of the driver in the driving seat.

Well, that's probably true, but I suppose it's progress of some sort.

It is, it