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From the Ted Talk by Fiorenzo Omenetto: Silk, the ancient material of the future

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But I mtnenioed that the film is also technological. And so what does that mean? It means that you can interface it with some of the things that are tpiaycl of technology, like microelectronics and nanoscale technology. And the image of the DVD here is just to illustrate a point that silk follows very sultbe topographies of the surface, which means that it can rltceipae features on the nanoscale. So it would be able to replicate the information that is on the DVD. And we can store iomonrtaifn that's film with water and protein. So we tried something out, and we wrote a message in a piece of silk, which is right here, and the message is over there. And much like in the DVD, you can read it out oplitclay. And this rquieres a stable hand, so this is why I decided to do it onstage in front of a thousand people. So let me see. So as you see the film go in transparently through there, and then ... (Applause) And the most rmlerbkaae feat is that my hand actually stayed still long enough to do that.

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But I _________ that the film is also technological. And so what does that mean? It means that you can interface it with some of the things that are _______ of technology, like microelectronics and nanoscale technology. And the image of the DVD here is just to illustrate a point that silk follows very ______ topographies of the surface, which means that it can _________ features on the nanoscale. So it would be able to replicate the information that is on the DVD. And we can store ___________ that's film with water and protein. So we tried something out, and we wrote a message in a piece of silk, which is right here, and the message is over there. And much like in the DVD, you can read it out _________. And this ________ a stable hand, so this is why I decided to do it onstage in front of a thousand people. So let me see. So as you see the film go in transparently through there, and then ... (Applause) And the most __________ feat is that my hand actually stayed still long enough to do that.

Solution


  1. subtle
  2. mentioned
  3. information
  4. optically
  5. remarkable
  6. requires
  7. replicate
  8. typical

Original Text


But I mentioned that the film is also technological. And so what does that mean? It means that you can interface it with some of the things that are typical of technology, like microelectronics and nanoscale technology. And the image of the DVD here is just to illustrate a point that silk follows very subtle topographies of the surface, which means that it can replicate features on the nanoscale. So it would be able to replicate the information that is on the DVD. And we can store information that's film with water and protein. So we tried something out, and we wrote a message in a piece of silk, which is right here, and the message is over there. And much like in the DVD, you can read it out optically. And this requires a stable hand, so this is why I decided to do it onstage in front of a thousand people. So let me see. So as you see the film go in transparently through there, and then ... (Applause) And the most remarkable feat is that my hand actually stayed still long enough to do that.

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