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From the Ted Talk by Paul McEuen and Marc Miskin: Tiny robots with giant potential

Unscramble the Blue Letters


So this one is a little bit oeldr penny. It's got a picture of the Lincoln Memorial on the back. But the first thing you might not know, that if you zoom in, you'll find in the center of this thing you can actually see aahrabm Lincoln, just like in the real Lincoln meroamil not so far from here. What I'm sure you don't know, that if you zoom in even further —

(Laughter)

you'll see that there's actually an OWIC on Abe Lincoln's cseht.

(Laughter)

But the cool thing is, you could stare at this all day long and you would never see it. It's invisible to the nkead eye. These OWICs are so small, and we make them in such pelalral fashion, that each OWIC costs actually less than a penny. In fact, the most expensive thing in this demo is that little sticker that says "OWIC."

Open Cloze


So this one is a little bit _____ penny. It's got a picture of the Lincoln Memorial on the back. But the first thing you might not know, that if you zoom in, you'll find in the center of this thing you can actually see _______ Lincoln, just like in the real Lincoln ________ not so far from here. What I'm sure you don't know, that if you zoom in even further —

(Laughter)

you'll see that there's actually an OWIC on Abe Lincoln's _____.

(Laughter)

But the cool thing is, you could stare at this all day long and you would never see it. It's invisible to the _____ eye. These OWICs are so small, and we make them in such ________ fashion, that each OWIC costs actually less than a penny. In fact, the most expensive thing in this demo is that little sticker that says "OWIC."

Solution


  1. chest
  2. parallel
  3. memorial
  4. abraham
  5. older
  6. naked

Original Text


So this one is a little bit older penny. It's got a picture of the Lincoln Memorial on the back. But the first thing you might not know, that if you zoom in, you'll find in the center of this thing you can actually see Abraham Lincoln, just like in the real Lincoln Memorial not so far from here. What I'm sure you don't know, that if you zoom in even further —

(Laughter)

you'll see that there's actually an OWIC on Abe Lincoln's chest.

(Laughter)

But the cool thing is, you could stare at this all day long and you would never see it. It's invisible to the naked eye. These OWICs are so small, and we make them in such parallel fashion, that each OWIC costs actually less than a penny. In fact, the most expensive thing in this demo is that little sticker that says "OWIC."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
tiny robots 4
solar cells 4
pretty cool 3
pond water 2
build tiny 2
great artists 2
legless robot 2
lincoln memorial 2
preexisting technology 2


Important Words


  1. abe
  2. abraham
  3. bit
  4. center
  5. chest
  6. cool
  7. costs
  8. day
  9. demo
  10. expensive
  11. eye
  12. fact
  13. fashion
  14. find
  15. invisible
  16. laughter
  17. lincoln
  18. long
  19. memorial
  20. naked
  21. older
  22. owic
  23. owics
  24. parallel
  25. penny
  26. picture
  27. real
  28. small
  29. stare
  30. sticker
  31. zoom