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From the Ted Talk by Dean Kamen: Luke, a new prosthetic arm for soldiers

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I got a visit almost exactly a year ago, a little over a year ago, from a very sienor person at the Department of Defense. Came to see me and said, "1,600 of the kids that we've sent out have come back missing at least one full arm. Whole arm. Shoulder disarticulation. And we're doing the same thing we did for — more or less, that we've done since the Civil War, a stick and a hook. And they deserve more than that." And literally, this guy sat in my ociffe in New Hampshire and said, "I want you to give me something that we can put on these kids that'll pick up a raisin or a grape off a table, they'll be able to put it in their mouth without deintsoryg either one, and they'll be able to know the diernfcfee without looking at it." You know, had efferent, aneefrft, and haptic rpnsseoe.

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I got a visit almost exactly a year ago, a little over a year ago, from a very ______ person at the Department of Defense. Came to see me and said, "1,600 of the kids that we've sent out have come back missing at least one full arm. Whole arm. Shoulder disarticulation. And we're doing the same thing we did for — more or less, that we've done since the Civil War, a stick and a hook. And they deserve more than that." And literally, this guy sat in my ______ in New Hampshire and said, "I want you to give me something that we can put on these kids that'll pick up a raisin or a grape off a table, they'll be able to put it in their mouth without __________ either one, and they'll be able to know the __________ without looking at it." You know, had efferent, ________, and haptic ________.

Solution


  1. afferent
  2. response
  3. office
  4. difference
  5. destroying
  6. senior

Original Text


I got a visit almost exactly a year ago, a little over a year ago, from a very senior person at the Department of Defense. Came to see me and said, "1,600 of the kids that we've sent out have come back missing at least one full arm. Whole arm. Shoulder disarticulation. And we're doing the same thing we did for — more or less, that we've done since the Civil War, a stick and a hook. And they deserve more than that." And literally, this guy sat in my office in New Hampshire and said, "I want you to give me something that we can put on these kids that'll pick up a raisin or a grape off a table, they'll be able to put it in their mouth without destroying either one, and they'll be able to know the difference without looking at it." You know, had efferent, afferent, and haptic response.

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  7. destroying
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  13. grape
  14. guy
  15. hampshire
  16. haptic
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  26. raisin
  27. response
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  29. senior
  30. shoulder
  31. stick
  32. table
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  34. war
  35. year