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From the Ted Talk by Mathieu Lehanneur: Science-inspired design

Unscramble the Blue Letters


So in oderr to make this white noise a little bit aivtce and rtveaice, I create a ball, a rnlliog ball able to analzye and find where does aggressive sound come from, and roll, at home or at work, towards aggressive noise, and emits whtie noise in order to neutralize it. (Laughter) It works. You feel the efefct of the white noise? It's too in silence. If you make some noise you can feel the effect.

So even if this object, even if this porcudt includes some technology, it includes some speakers, it includes some microphones and some electronic devices, this object is not a very smart object. And I don't want to make a very smart object. I don't want to create a perfect object like a perfect robot. I want to create an object like you and me. So, definitely not perfect. So imagine, for instance, you are at home. A loving dtpsiue with your girl or boyfriend. You suhot. You say, "Blah blah blah, Blah blah blah. Who is this guy?" And dB will probably roll toward you. And turning around you is "shhhhhhh," like that. (Laughter) Definitely not perfect. So you would probably shut it, at this point. (Laughter)

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So in _____ to make this white noise a little bit ______ and ________, I create a ball, a _______ ball able to _______ and find where does aggressive sound come from, and roll, at home or at work, towards aggressive noise, and emits _____ noise in order to neutralize it. (Laughter) It works. You feel the ______ of the white noise? It's too in silence. If you make some noise you can feel the effect.

So even if this object, even if this _______ includes some technology, it includes some speakers, it includes some microphones and some electronic devices, this object is not a very smart object. And I don't want to make a very smart object. I don't want to create a perfect object like a perfect robot. I want to create an object like you and me. So, definitely not perfect. So imagine, for instance, you are at home. A loving _______ with your girl or boyfriend. You _____. You say, "Blah blah blah, Blah blah blah. Who is this guy?" And dB will probably roll toward you. And turning around you is "shhhhhhh," like that. (Laughter) Definitely not perfect. So you would probably shut it, at this point. (Laughter)

Solution


  1. shout
  2. dispute
  3. effect
  4. order
  5. active
  6. reactive
  7. rolling
  8. analyze
  9. white
  10. product

Original Text


So in order to make this white noise a little bit active and reactive, I create a ball, a rolling ball able to analyze and find where does aggressive sound come from, and roll, at home or at work, towards aggressive noise, and emits white noise in order to neutralize it. (Laughter) It works. You feel the effect of the white noise? It's too in silence. If you make some noise you can feel the effect.

So even if this object, even if this product includes some technology, it includes some speakers, it includes some microphones and some electronic devices, this object is not a very smart object. And I don't want to make a very smart object. I don't want to create a perfect object like a perfect robot. I want to create an object like you and me. So, definitely not perfect. So imagine, for instance, you are at home. A loving dispute with your girl or boyfriend. You shout. You say, "Blah blah blah, Blah blah blah. Who is this guy?" And dB will probably roll toward you. And turning around you is "shhhhhhh," like that. (Laughter) Definitely not perfect. So you would probably shut it, at this point. (Laughter)

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
white noise 6
invisible reality 2
noise pollution 2
aggressive sound 2
smart object 2
fiber opticals 2
guinea pig 2
asthma treatment 2
living object 2
exhibition design 2
indoor air 2
local food 2
dirty water 2
aromatic plants 2


Important Words


  1. active
  2. aggressive
  3. analyze
  4. ball
  5. bit
  6. blah
  7. boyfriend
  8. create
  9. db
  10. devices
  11. dispute
  12. effect
  13. electronic
  14. emits
  15. feel
  16. find
  17. girl
  18. guy
  19. home
  20. imagine
  21. includes
  22. instance
  23. laughter
  24. loving
  25. microphones
  26. neutralize
  27. noise
  28. object
  29. order
  30. perfect
  31. point
  32. product
  33. reactive
  34. robot
  35. roll
  36. rolling
  37. shout
  38. shut
  39. silence
  40. smart
  41. sound
  42. speakers
  43. technology
  44. turning
  45. white
  46. work
  47. works