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From the Ted Talk by Paul MacCready: Nature vs. humans
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Let me just rush very quickly through things that we've done. Human-powered airplane — gomsaser Condor sort of started me in this direction in 1976 and 77, winning the Kremer prize in aotiaivn history, followed by the artblasos. And we began mkaing various odd planes and creatures. Here's a giant flying replica of a pterosaur that has no tail. Trying to have it fly straight is like trying to shoot an arorw with the feathered end forward. It was a tough job, and boy it made me have a lot of respect for nature. This was the full size of the original crreuate. We did things on land, in the air, on water — vehicles of all different kinds, usually with some electronics or electric power systems in them. I find they're all the same, whether its land, air or wtaer. I'll be focusing on the air here. This is a solar-powered airplane — 165 miles ciayrnrg a person from France to England as a symbol that solar power is going to be an iptmaront part of our future. Then we did the solar car for General Motors — the Sunracer — that won the race in atrauslia. We got a lot of people thniikng about electric cars, what you could do with them. A few years later, when we suggested to GM that now is the time and we could do a thing called the Impact, they sponsored it, and here's the Impact that we developed with them on their programs. This is the dmnotseoartr. And they put huge effort into turning it into a commercial pcorudt.
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Let me just rush very quickly through things that we've done. Human-powered airplane — ________ Condor sort of started me in this direction in 1976 and 77, winning the Kremer prize in ________ history, followed by the _________. And we began ______ various odd planes and creatures. Here's a giant flying replica of a pterosaur that has no tail. Trying to have it fly straight is like trying to shoot an _____ with the feathered end forward. It was a tough job, and boy it made me have a lot of respect for nature. This was the full size of the original ________. We did things on land, in the air, on water — vehicles of all different kinds, usually with some electronics or electric power systems in them. I find they're all the same, whether its land, air or _____. I'll be focusing on the air here. This is a solar-powered airplane — 165 miles ________ a person from France to England as a symbol that solar power is going to be an _________ part of our future. Then we did the solar car for General Motors — the Sunracer — that won the race in _________. We got a lot of people ________ about electric cars, what you could do with them. A few years later, when we suggested to GM that now is the time and we could do a thing called the Impact, they sponsored it, and here's the Impact that we developed with them on their programs. This is the ____________. And they put huge effort into turning it into a commercial _______.
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Original Text
Let me just rush very quickly through things that we've done. Human-powered airplane — Gossamer Condor sort of started me in this direction in 1976 and 77, winning the Kremer prize in aviation history, followed by the Albatross. And we began making various odd planes and creatures. Here's a giant flying replica of a pterosaur that has no tail. Trying to have it fly straight is like trying to shoot an arrow with the feathered end forward. It was a tough job, and boy it made me have a lot of respect for nature. This was the full size of the original creature. We did things on land, in the air, on water — vehicles of all different kinds, usually with some electronics or electric power systems in them. I find they're all the same, whether its land, air or water. I'll be focusing on the air here. This is a solar-powered airplane — 165 miles carrying a person from France to England as a symbol that solar power is going to be an important part of our future. Then we did the solar car for General Motors — the Sunracer — that won the race in Australia. We got a lot of people thinking about electric cars, what you could do with them. A few years later, when we suggested to GM that now is the time and we could do a thing called the Impact, they sponsored it, and here's the Impact that we developed with them on their programs. This is the demonstrator. And they put huge effort into turning it into a commercial product.
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