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From the Ted Talk by Kirby Ferguson: Embrace the remix

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Steve Jobs: And we have invented a new technology called multi-touch. You can do multi-fingered gestures on it, and boy have we patented it. (lgthauer) KF: Yes. And yet, here is multi-touch in action. This is at TED, actually, about a year eraielr. This is Jeff Han, and, I mean, that's multi-touch. It's the same aminal, at least. Let's hear what Jeff Han has to say about this nlweafengd technology. Jeff Han: Multi-touch sensing isn't anything — isn't completely new. I mean, people like Bill buxotn have been playing around with it in the '80s. The technology, you know, isn't the most exciting thing here right now other than probably its newfound accessibility. KF: So he's pttery frank about it not being new. So it's not multi-touch as a whole that's patented. It's the small parts of it that are, and it's in these small details where we can clearly see pntaet law contradicting its intent: to promote the progress of useful arts.

Open Cloze

Steve Jobs: And we have invented a new technology called multi-touch. You can do multi-fingered gestures on it, and boy have we patented it. (________) KF: Yes. And yet, here is multi-touch in action. This is at TED, actually, about a year _______. This is Jeff Han, and, I mean, that's multi-touch. It's the same ______, at least. Let's hear what Jeff Han has to say about this __________ technology. Jeff Han: Multi-touch sensing isn't anything — isn't completely new. I mean, people like Bill ______ have been playing around with it in the '80s. The technology, you know, isn't the most exciting thing here right now other than probably its newfound accessibility. KF: So he's ______ frank about it not being new. So it's not multi-touch as a whole that's patented. It's the small parts of it that are, and it's in these small details where we can clearly see ______ law contradicting its intent: to promote the progress of useful arts.

Solution

  1. animal
  2. earlier
  3. newfangled
  4. laughter
  5. patent
  6. pretty
  7. buxton

Original Text

Steve Jobs: And we have invented a new technology called multi-touch. You can do multi-fingered gestures on it, and boy have we patented it. (Laughter) KF: Yes. And yet, here is multi-touch in action. This is at TED, actually, about a year earlier. This is Jeff Han, and, I mean, that's multi-touch. It's the same animal, at least. Let's hear what Jeff Han has to say about this newfangled technology. Jeff Han: Multi-touch sensing isn't anything — isn't completely new. I mean, people like Bill Buxton have been playing around with it in the '80s. The technology, you know, isn't the most exciting thing here right now other than probably its newfound accessibility. KF: So he's pretty frank about it not being new. So it's not multi-touch as a whole that's patented. It's the small parts of it that are, and it's in these small details where we can clearly see patent law contradicting its intent: to promote the progress of useful arts.

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