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From the Ted Talk by Conor Russomanno: A powerful new neurotech tool for augmenting your mind
Unscramble the Blue Letters
(Cheers and applause)
Alright, let’s bring it back. And what I'm going to do right now is take control of the controller so that you guys know that there isn't someone backstage flying this drone.
All right, Christian, you're alright with that?
CB: Yeah.
CR: Unplug. Forward. And we're going to land this guy now.
CB: I think I was better than you.
(Laughter)
(alpsuape)
CR: Amazing.
(Applause)
Now I'm going to unplug it so it doesn't turn on on its own. Perfect.
Christian has repurposed dormant muscles from around his body for exetednd and augmented interactivity. We have turned those muscles into a generic conrltoler that in this case we've mpepad into a donre, but what's really cool is that joystick can be applied to anything.
Open Cloze
(Cheers and applause)
Alright, let’s bring it back. And what I'm going to do right now is take control of the controller so that you guys know that there isn't someone backstage flying this drone.
All right, Christian, you're alright with that?
CB: Yeah.
CR: Unplug. Forward. And we're going to land this guy now.
CB: I think I was better than you.
(Laughter)
(________)
CR: Amazing.
(Applause)
Now I'm going to unplug it so it doesn't turn on on its own. Perfect.
Christian has repurposed dormant muscles from around his body for ________ and augmented interactivity. We have turned those muscles into a generic __________ that in this case we've ______ into a _____, but what's really cool is that joystick can be applied to anything.
Solution
- controller
- mapped
- drone
- applause
- extended
Original Text
(Cheers and applause)
Alright, let’s bring it back. And what I'm going to do right now is take control of the controller so that you guys know that there isn't someone backstage flying this drone.
All right, Christian, you're alright with that?
CB: Yeah.
CR: Unplug. Forward. And we're going to land this guy now.
CB: I think I was better than you.
(Laughter)
(Applause)
CR: Amazing.
(Applause)
Now I'm going to unplug it so it doesn't turn on on its own. Perfect.
Christian has repurposed dormant muscles from around his body for extended and augmented interactivity. We have turned those muscles into a generic controller that in this case we've mapped into a drone, but what's really cool is that joystick can be applied to anything.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
ngrams of length 2
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| brain activity |
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| brain data |
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| dormant muscles |
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Important Words
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- guy
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- land
- laughter
- mapped
- muscles
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- turn
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- unplug
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