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From the Ted Talk by Nicholas Negroponte: 5 predictions, from 1984

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but this is the one that we finally used where we projected onto rear sercen material that was molded in the face — leriltaly in the face of the person. And I'll show you one more sdlie, where this is actually made from something celald a solid photograph and is the screen. Now, we track, on the person's head, the head motions — so we transmit with a video the head positions — and so this head moves in about two axes. So if I, all of a sudden, turn to the person to my left and start talking to that peorsn, then at the person to my right's site, he'll see these two plastic hdaes talking to each other. And then if that person intrputers, then those two heads may turn. And it really is reconstructing, quite accurately, teleconferencing.

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but this is the one that we finally used where we projected onto rear ______ material that was molded in the face — _________ in the face of the person. And I'll show you one more _____, where this is actually made from something ______ a solid photograph and is the screen. Now, we track, on the person's head, the head motions — so we transmit with a video the head positions — and so this head moves in about two axes. So if I, all of a sudden, turn to the person to my left and start talking to that ______, then at the person to my right's site, he'll see these two plastic _____ talking to each other. And then if that person __________, then those two heads may turn. And it really is reconstructing, quite accurately, teleconferencing.

Solution


  1. literally
  2. called
  3. heads
  4. screen
  5. person
  6. interrupts
  7. slide

Original Text


but this is the one that we finally used where we projected onto rear screen material that was molded in the face — literally in the face of the person. And I'll show you one more slide, where this is actually made from something called a solid photograph and is the screen. Now, we track, on the person's head, the head motions — so we transmit with a video the head positions — and so this head moves in about two axes. So if I, all of a sudden, turn to the person to my left and start talking to that person, then at the person to my right's site, he'll see these two plastic heads talking to each other. And then if that person interrupts, then those two heads may turn. And it really is reconstructing, quite accurately, teleconferencing.

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Important Words


  1. accurately
  2. axes
  3. called
  4. face
  5. finally
  6. head
  7. heads
  8. interrupts
  9. left
  10. literally
  11. material
  12. molded
  13. motions
  14. moves
  15. person
  16. photograph
  17. plastic
  18. positions
  19. projected
  20. rear
  21. reconstructing
  22. screen
  23. show
  24. site
  25. slide
  26. solid
  27. start
  28. sudden
  29. talking
  30. teleconferencing
  31. track
  32. transmit
  33. turn
  34. video