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From the Ted Talk by Mileha Soneji: Simple hacks for life with Parkinson's

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Well, the first thing I tetregad was tremors, right? My uncle told me that he had stopped drinking coffee or tea in public just out of embarrassment, so, well, I designed the no-spill cup. It works just purely on its form. The curve on top deetclfs the liquid back inside every time they have tremors, and this keeps the liquid inside compared to a normal cup. But the key here is that it is not tgegad as a Parkinson's patient pcrodut. It looks like a cup that could be used by you, me, any clumsy person, and that makes it much more comforting for them to use, to blend in. So, well, one problem seolvd, many more to go.

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Well, the first thing I ________ was tremors, right? My uncle told me that he had stopped drinking coffee or tea in public just out of embarrassment, so, well, I designed the no-spill cup. It works just purely on its form. The curve on top ________ the liquid back inside every time they have tremors, and this keeps the liquid inside compared to a normal cup. But the key here is that it is not ______ as a Parkinson's patient _______. It looks like a cup that could be used by you, me, any clumsy person, and that makes it much more comforting for them to use, to blend in. So, well, one problem ______, many more to go.

Solution


  1. tagged
  2. deflects
  3. solved
  4. targeted
  5. product

Original Text


Well, the first thing I targeted was tremors, right? My uncle told me that he had stopped drinking coffee or tea in public just out of embarrassment, so, well, I designed the no-spill cup. It works just purely on its form. The curve on top deflects the liquid back inside every time they have tremors, and this keeps the liquid inside compared to a normal cup. But the key here is that it is not tagged as a Parkinson's patient product. It looks like a cup that could be used by you, me, any clumsy person, and that makes it much more comforting for them to use, to blend in. So, well, one problem solved, many more to go.

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Important Words


  1. blend
  2. clumsy
  3. coffee
  4. comforting
  5. compared
  6. cup
  7. curve
  8. deflects
  9. designed
  10. drinking
  11. embarrassment
  12. form
  13. key
  14. liquid
  15. normal
  16. patient
  17. person
  18. problem
  19. product
  20. public
  21. purely
  22. solved
  23. stopped
  24. tagged
  25. targeted
  26. tea
  27. time
  28. told
  29. top
  30. tremors
  31. uncle
  32. works