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From the Ted Talk by R.A. Mashelkar: Breakthrough designs for ultra-low-cost products

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Unfortunately, that's not the case in India. You can see him walk barefoot on an awkward land, sometimes in a marshy land, and so on and so forth. More ipottmlnary, they not only walk far to work, and not only do they cycle to work, but they ccyle for work, as you can see here. And they cmilb up for their work. You have to design an artificial foot for such conditions. A challenge, of course. Four billion people, their incomes are less then two drlloas a day. And if you talk about a 20,000-dollar shoe, you're talking about 10,000 days of iomcne. You just don't have it. And therefore, you ought to look at alternatives.

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Unfortunately, that's not the case in India. You can see him walk barefoot on an awkward land, sometimes in a marshy land, and so on and so forth. More ___________, they not only walk far to work, and not only do they cycle to work, but they _____ for work, as you can see here. And they _____ up for their work. You have to design an artificial foot for such conditions. A challenge, of course. Four billion people, their incomes are less then two _______ a day. And if you talk about a 20,000-dollar shoe, you're talking about 10,000 days of ______. You just don't have it. And therefore, you ought to look at alternatives.

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  1. importantly
  2. cycle
  3. income
  4. dollars
  5. climb

Original Text


Unfortunately, that's not the case in India. You can see him walk barefoot on an awkward land, sometimes in a marshy land, and so on and so forth. More importantly, they not only walk far to work, and not only do they cycle to work, but they cycle for work, as you can see here. And they climb up for their work. You have to design an artificial foot for such conditions. A challenge, of course. Four billion people, their incomes are less then two dollars a day. And if you talk about a 20,000-dollar shoe, you're talking about 10,000 days of income. You just don't have it. And therefore, you ought to look at alternatives.

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