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From the Ted Talk by Lucy McRae: How can technology transform the human body?

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I call myself a body architect. I tenaird in classical ballet and have a background in architecture and fashion. As a body aicrehtct, I fascinate with the human body and explore how I can tnrfrosam it.

I wreokd at plhpiis Electronics in the far-future design research lab, looking 20 years into the future. I explored the human skin, and how technology can transform the body. I worked on concepts like an eneilcortc tattoo, which is augmented by touch, or dresses that blushed and shivered with light. I satetrd my own experiments. These were the low-tech approaches to the high-tech conversations I was having. These are Q-tips stuck to my roommate with wig glue.

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I call myself a body architect. I _______ in classical ballet and have a background in architecture and fashion. As a body _________, I fascinate with the human body and explore how I can _________ it.

I ______ at _______ Electronics in the far-future design research lab, looking 20 years into the future. I explored the human skin, and how technology can transform the body. I worked on concepts like an __________ tattoo, which is augmented by touch, or dresses that blushed and shivered with light. I _______ my own experiments. These were the low-tech approaches to the high-tech conversations I was having. These are Q-tips stuck to my roommate with wig glue.

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  1. transform
  2. electronic
  3. trained
  4. worked
  5. philips
  6. architect
  7. started

Original Text


I call myself a body architect. I trained in classical ballet and have a background in architecture and fashion. As a body architect, I fascinate with the human body and explore how I can transform it.

I worked at Philips Electronics in the far-future design research lab, looking 20 years into the future. I explored the human skin, and how technology can transform the body. I worked on concepts like an electronic tattoo, which is augmented by touch, or dresses that blushed and shivered with light. I started my own experiments. These were the low-tech approaches to the high-tech conversations I was having. These are Q-tips stuck to my roommate with wig glue.

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