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From the Ted Talk by David Lang: My underwater robot

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So about that time, our little expedition became quite a story, and it got picked up in The New York Times. And we were pretty much just overwhelmed with interest from people who weantd a kit that they could build this open ROV themselves.

So we decided to put the project on kctetksrair, and when we did, we raised our fidnung goal in about two huros, and all of a sudden, had this money to make these kits. But then we had to learn how to make them. I mean, we had to learn small bacth mnanfruitucag. So we quickly learned that our garage was not big enough to hold our growing operation. But we were able to do it, we got all the kits made, thanks a lot to TechShop, which was a big help to us, and we shipped these kits all over the world just before cmihastrs of last year, so it was just a few months ago. But we're already sntrtaig to get video and ptohos back from all over the world, including this shot from under the ice in Antarctica. We've also learned the penguins love robots. (Laughter)

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So about that time, our little expedition became quite a story, and it got picked up in The New York Times. And we were pretty much just overwhelmed with interest from people who ______ a kit that they could build this open ROV themselves.

So we decided to put the project on ___________, and when we did, we raised our _______ goal in about two _____, and all of a sudden, had this money to make these kits. But then we had to learn how to make them. I mean, we had to learn small _____ _____________. So we quickly learned that our garage was not big enough to hold our growing operation. But we were able to do it, we got all the kits made, thanks a lot to TechShop, which was a big help to us, and we shipped these kits all over the world just before _________ of last year, so it was just a few months ago. But we're already ________ to get video and ______ back from all over the world, including this shot from under the ice in Antarctica. We've also learned the penguins love robots. (Laughter)

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  7. wanted
  8. funding
  9. christmas

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So about that time, our little expedition became quite a story, and it got picked up in The New York Times. And we were pretty much just overwhelmed with interest from people who wanted a kit that they could build this open ROV themselves.

So we decided to put the project on Kickstarter, and when we did, we raised our funding goal in about two hours, and all of a sudden, had this money to make these kits. But then we had to learn how to make them. I mean, we had to learn small batch manufacturing. So we quickly learned that our garage was not big enough to hold our growing operation. But we were able to do it, we got all the kits made, thanks a lot to TechShop, which was a big help to us, and we shipped these kits all over the world just before Christmas of last year, so it was just a few months ago. But we're already starting to get video and photos back from all over the world, including this shot from under the ice in Antarctica. We've also learned the penguins love robots. (Laughter)

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