Polly heads to Greece, where she ploughs her way through the rugged landscape just outside Athens in an all-terrain super car – the Korres P4. From the tracking of our likes and dislikes to the more malicious hackers who try to get inside our hard drives, Dom has all the info to help ward off unwelcome online attention. Consumer champion Dom Littlewood makes a guest appearance to test the best ways of staying safe online and stopping your personal data being snooped upon. Rachel and Jason take a look at camcorders and ask whether we really need them anymore, now that we all carry one around with us built into our mobile phones. Jon Bentley takes a look at those vying to steal the iPad’s crown, but will his eventual winner be tempting enough to persuade the public away from the iPad? Finally, Jason and Rachel build a pair of life-size radio controlled superheroes modelled on - and piloted by - themselves. Will it be a mammoth enough ride to get to the top of Polly’s leader board of thrills? With tablets of all shapes and sizes released on what appears to be a weekly basis, there is more choice than ever. Polly is in Hungary, checking out the Mammuth Rewarron, the world’s first one-third scale, radio controlled car. Why do so many of us have trouble connecting, and what can we do about it? With new routers being released by BT and Virgin, could our connection issues soon be a thing of the past? Triple-jump gold medallist and keen cyclist Jonathan Edwards dons lycra and gets on his bike to take a look at cycle computers - technology that is fast growing in popularity. Rachel and Jason are investigating the nation’s wi-fi woes. Finally, the Lacie USB extreme key has an impressive list of indestructible features, but after the team have put it through its paces with the help of Britain’s strongest man, a deep fat fryer and some liquid nitrogen, will it survive? Next, Rachel and Jason attempt to take on the big boys of the coffee world, as they build their very own coffee machine and take it out onto the streets to see if it passes the public’s taste test. The boys put them to the test on the UK leg of their recent tour and give their verdict. Indie band 2 Door Cinema Club are also roped in to help test a raft of streaming sites. Actor Jonathan Slinger, Paralympic rower James Roe, artist Kyle Lambert and Britain’s fastest touch-typist Bethan Davis help him to put three of the best through their paces.
Meanwhile, Jon Bentley is in Shakespeare country, testing the latest convertible laptops for the new Windows 8 operating system. The 50mph SeabreacherX is the most advanced submersible that Innespace have ever built. In California, Polly is busy testing two of the most exciting watercraft on the market. Rachel and Jason begin by taking a look at 4K technology, which is set to change how consumers watch television forever.
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