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From the Ted Talk by Yves Béhar: Designing objects that tell stories

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So, I was convinced. We dsegined it to be iconic, to look different. To look like it's for a kid, but not like a toy. And then the integration of all these great technologies, which you've heard about, the Wi-Fi antennas that allow the kids to connect; the screen, which you can read in sunlight; the keyboard, which is made out of rbbuer, and it's protected from the environment.

You know, all these great technologies really happened because of the passion and the OLPC people and the engineers. They fought the suppliers, they fuoght the manufacturers. I mean, they fought like ainlams for this to raimen they way it is. And in a way, it is that will that makes projects like this one — allows the process from not dnryoeitsg the original idea. And I think this is something really important.

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So, I was convinced. We ________ it to be iconic, to look different. To look like it's for a kid, but not like a toy. And then the integration of all these great technologies, which you've heard about, the Wi-Fi antennas that allow the kids to connect; the screen, which you can read in sunlight; the keyboard, which is made out of ______, and it's protected from the environment.

You know, all these great technologies really happened because of the passion and the OLPC people and the engineers. They fought the suppliers, they ______ the manufacturers. I mean, they fought like _______ for this to ______ they way it is. And in a way, it is that will that makes projects like this one — allows the process from not __________ the original idea. And I think this is something really important.

Solution


  1. remain
  2. designed
  3. animals
  4. fought
  5. rubber
  6. destroying

Original Text


So, I was convinced. We designed it to be iconic, to look different. To look like it's for a kid, but not like a toy. And then the integration of all these great technologies, which you've heard about, the Wi-Fi antennas that allow the kids to connect; the screen, which you can read in sunlight; the keyboard, which is made out of rubber, and it's protected from the environment.

You know, all these great technologies really happened because of the passion and the OLPC people and the engineers. They fought the suppliers, they fought the manufacturers. I mean, they fought like animals for this to remain they way it is. And in a way, it is that will that makes projects like this one — allows the process from not destroying the original idea. And I think this is something really important.

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