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From the Ted Talk by Ross Lovegrove: Organic design, inspired by nature

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I'm going to finish on two things. This is the stereolithography of a staircase. It's a little bit of a dedication to James, James Watson. I built this thing for my studio. It cost me 250,000 dollars to build this. Most people go and buy the Aston Martin. I bulit this. This is the data that goes with that. Incredibly complex. Took about two yares, because I'm looking for fat-free design. Lean, eciffenit things. Healthy pdtrcuos. This is built by composites. It's a single element which rotates around to create a holistic eeemlnt, and this is a carbon-fiber handrail which is only supported in two palces. Modern materials allow us to do modern things.

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I'm going to finish on two things. This is the stereolithography of a staircase. It's a little bit of a dedication to James, James Watson. I built this thing for my studio. It cost me 250,000 dollars to build this. Most people go and buy the Aston Martin. I _____ this. This is the data that goes with that. Incredibly complex. Took about two _____, because I'm looking for fat-free design. Lean, _________ things. Healthy ________. This is built by composites. It's a single element which rotates around to create a holistic _______, and this is a carbon-fiber handrail which is only supported in two ______. Modern materials allow us to do modern things.

Solution

  1. places
  2. years
  3. element
  4. products
  5. built
  6. efficient

Original Text

I'm going to finish on two things. This is the stereolithography of a staircase. It's a little bit of a dedication to James, James Watson. I built this thing for my studio. It cost me 250,000 dollars to build this. Most people go and buy the Aston Martin. I built this. This is the data that goes with that. Incredibly complex. Took about two years, because I'm looking for fat-free design. Lean, efficient things. Healthy products. This is built by composites. It's a single element which rotates around to create a holistic element, and this is a carbon-fiber handrail which is only supported in two places. Modern materials allow us to do modern things.

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Important Words

  1. aston
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  10. data
  11. dedication
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  18. healthy
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  24. materials
  25. modern
  26. people
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  28. products
  29. rotates
  30. single
  31. staircase
  32. stereolithography
  33. studio
  34. supported
  35. watson
  36. years