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From the Ted Talk by Kent Larson: Brilliant designs to fit more people in every city

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

And so we've been working on a cahssis of the wall itself. You know, standardized platform with the motors and the battery when it oraetpes, little solenoids that will lock it in place and get low-voltage power. We think this can all be standardized, and then people can parosnizele the stuff that goes into that wall, and like the car, we can integrate all kinds of sensing to be aware of human activity, so if there's a baby or a ppupy in the way, you won't have a problem.

(Laughter)

So the developers say, well, this is great. OK, so if we have a conventional building, we have a fixed epnoleve, maybe we can put in 14 units. If they function as if they're twice as big, we can get 28 units in. That means twice as much parking, though. Parking's really expensive. It's about 70,000 drlloas per space to build a ceinvnoonatl parking spot inside a bilduing. So if you can have fndoilg and autonomy, you can do that in one-seventh of the space. That goes down to 10,000 dollars per car, just for the cost of the parking. You add shared use, and you can even go further.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

And so we've been working on a _______ of the wall itself. You know, standardized platform with the motors and the battery when it ________, little solenoids that will lock it in place and get low-voltage power. We think this can all be standardized, and then people can ___________ the stuff that goes into that wall, and like the car, we can integrate all kinds of sensing to be aware of human activity, so if there's a baby or a _____ in the way, you won't have a problem.

(Laughter)

So the developers say, well, this is great. OK, so if we have a conventional building, we have a fixed ________, maybe we can put in 14 units. If they function as if they're twice as big, we can get 28 units in. That means twice as much parking, though. Parking's really expensive. It's about 70,000 _______ per space to build a ____________ parking spot inside a ________. So if you can have _______ and autonomy, you can do that in one-seventh of the space. That goes down to 10,000 dollars per car, just for the cost of the parking. You add shared use, and you can even go further.

Solution


  1. envelope
  2. building
  3. personalize
  4. conventional
  5. operates
  6. folding
  7. dollars
  8. puppy
  9. chassis

Original Text


(Laughter)

And so we've been working on a chassis of the wall itself. You know, standardized platform with the motors and the battery when it operates, little solenoids that will lock it in place and get low-voltage power. We think this can all be standardized, and then people can personalize the stuff that goes into that wall, and like the car, we can integrate all kinds of sensing to be aware of human activity, so if there's a baby or a puppy in the way, you won't have a problem.

(Laughter)

So the developers say, well, this is great. OK, so if we have a conventional building, we have a fixed envelope, maybe we can put in 14 units. If they function as if they're twice as big, we can get 28 units in. That means twice as much parking, though. Parking's really expensive. It's about 70,000 dollars per space to build a conventional parking spot inside a building. So if you can have folding and autonomy, you can do that in one-seventh of the space. That goes down to 10,000 dollars per car, just for the cost of the parking. You add shared use, and you can even go further.

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