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From the Ted Talk by Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology
Unscramble the Blue Letters
So I thought, around last year — in the beginning of the last year — I staetrd thinking, "Why can I not take this approach in the reverse way?" Maybe, "How about I take my digital world and paint the physical world with that dgiiatl information?" Because pixels are actually, right now, confined in these rectangular dvieces that fit in our pockets. Why can I not remove this confine and take that to my everyday objects, everyday life so that I don't need to learn the new lgaunage for interacting with those pixels?
Open Cloze
So I thought, around last year — in the beginning of the last year — I _______ thinking, "Why can I not take this approach in the reverse way?" Maybe, "How about I take my digital world and paint the physical world with that _______ information?" Because pixels are actually, right now, confined in these rectangular _______ that fit in our pockets. Why can I not remove this confine and take that to my everyday objects, everyday life so that I don't need to learn the new ________ for interacting with those pixels?
Solution
- language
- started
- devices
- digital
Original Text
So I thought, around last year — in the beginning of the last year — I started thinking, "Why can I not take this approach in the reverse way?" Maybe, "How about I take my digital world and paint the physical world with that digital information?" Because pixels are actually, right now, confined in these rectangular devices that fit in our pockets. Why can I not remove this confine and take that to my everyday objects, everyday life so that I don't need to learn the new language for interacting with those pixels?
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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everyday life |
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Important Words
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