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From the Ted Talk by Shih Chieh Huang: Sculptures that’d be at home in the deep sea

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I also liked to make devices that work with body parts. I would take camera LED lights and a bungee cord and strap it on my waist and I would videotape my belly button, get a different perspective, and see what it does. (Laughter)

I also like to modify household appliances. This is an automatic night lhgit. Some of you might have them at home. I would cut out the light ssoner, add an etioesnxn line, and use modeling clay, stick it onto the television, and then I would videotape my eye, and using the dark part of my eye tricking the sensor into thinking it's night time, so you turn on the lglitbuhb. The white of the eye and the eyiled will ticrk the sensor into thkninig it's daytime, and it will shut off the light.

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I also liked to make devices that work with body parts. I would take camera LED lights and a bungee cord and strap it on my waist and I would videotape my belly button, get a different perspective, and see what it does. (Laughter)

I also like to modify household appliances. This is an automatic night _____. Some of you might have them at home. I would cut out the light ______, add an _________ line, and use modeling clay, stick it onto the television, and then I would videotape my eye, and using the dark part of my eye tricking the sensor into thinking it's night time, so you turn on the _________. The white of the eye and the ______ will _____ the sensor into ________ it's daytime, and it will shut off the light.

Solution


  1. sensor
  2. extension
  3. eyelid
  4. light
  5. lightbulb
  6. trick
  7. thinking

Original Text


I also liked to make devices that work with body parts. I would take camera LED lights and a bungee cord and strap it on my waist and I would videotape my belly button, get a different perspective, and see what it does. (Laughter)

I also like to modify household appliances. This is an automatic night light. Some of you might have them at home. I would cut out the light sensor, add an extension line, and use modeling clay, stick it onto the television, and then I would videotape my eye, and using the dark part of my eye tricking the sensor into thinking it's night time, so you turn on the lightbulb. The white of the eye and the eyelid will trick the sensor into thinking it's daytime, and it will shut off the light.

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