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From the Ted Talk by Mick Ebeling: The invention that unlocked a locked-in artist

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So blsilcaay this is my point: If you see something that's not possible, make it possible. Everything in this room wasn't possible — this stage, this computer, this mic, the ertyweeir — wasn't possible at one point. Make it possible, everyone in this room. I'm not a programmer, never done anything with ocular recognition technology, but I just recognized something and associated myself with amazing people so that we could make something happen. And this is the question I want everyone to ask yourself every single day when you come up with something you feel that needs to be done: if not now, then when? And if not me, then who?

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So _________ this is my point: If you see something that's not possible, make it possible. Everything in this room wasn't possible — this stage, this computer, this mic, the _________ — wasn't possible at one point. Make it possible, everyone in this room. I'm not a programmer, never done anything with ocular recognition technology, but I just recognized something and associated myself with amazing people so that we could make something happen. And this is the question I want everyone to ask yourself every single day when you come up with something you feel that needs to be done: if not now, then when? And if not me, then who?

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  1. eyewriter
  2. applause
  3. basically

Original Text


(Applause)

So basically this is my point: If you see something that's not possible, make it possible. Everything in this room wasn't possible — this stage, this computer, this mic, the EyeWriter — wasn't possible at one point. Make it possible, everyone in this room. I'm not a programmer, never done anything with ocular recognition technology, but I just recognized something and associated myself with amazing people so that we could make something happen. And this is the question I want everyone to ask yourself every single day when you come up with something you feel that needs to be done: if not now, then when? And if not me, then who?

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