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From the Ted Talk by Sergey Brin: Why Google Glass?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Man 8: Okay, A12, right there!

(Applause)

(Children singing)

Man 9: Google, say "delicious" in Thai.

Google Glass: อร่อยMan 9: Mmm, อร่อย.

woamn 4: Google "jellyfish."

(Music)

Man 10: It's beautiful.

(Applause)

Sergey Brin: Oh, sorry, I just got this message from a Nigerian pnicre. He needs help getting 10 million dollars. I like to pay attention to these because that's how we originally funded the company, and it's gone pterty well.

Though in all seriousness, this position that you just saw me in, looking down at my phone, that's one of the reasons behind this project, Project Glass. Because we uielattlmy qeuestonid whether this is the umatlite future of how you want to connect to other plpeoe in your life, how you want to connect to information. Should it be by just walking around looking down? But that was the vsoiin behind Glass, and that's why we've carteed this form factor. Okay. And I don't want to go through all the things it does and whatnot, but I want to tell you a little bit more about the motivation behind what led to it. In addition to potentially socially isolating yourself when you're out and about looking at your phone, it's kind of, is this what you're meant to do with your body? You're standing around there and you're just rubbing this featureless piece of glass. You're just kind of moivng around.

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Man 8: Okay, A12, right there!

(Applause)

(Children singing)

Man 9: Google, say "delicious" in Thai.

Google Glass: อร่อยMan 9: Mmm, อร่อย.

_____ 4: Google "jellyfish."

(Music)

Man 10: It's beautiful.

(Applause)

Sergey Brin: Oh, sorry, I just got this message from a Nigerian ______. He needs help getting 10 million dollars. I like to pay attention to these because that's how we originally funded the company, and it's gone ______ well.

Though in all seriousness, this position that you just saw me in, looking down at my phone, that's one of the reasons behind this project, Project Glass. Because we __________ __________ whether this is the ________ future of how you want to connect to other ______ in your life, how you want to connect to information. Should it be by just walking around looking down? But that was the ______ behind Glass, and that's why we've _______ this form factor. Okay. And I don't want to go through all the things it does and whatnot, but I want to tell you a little bit more about the motivation behind what led to it. In addition to potentially socially isolating yourself when you're out and about looking at your phone, it's kind of, is this what you're meant to do with your body? You're standing around there and you're just rubbing this featureless piece of glass. You're just kind of ______ around.

Solution


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  4. woman
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  6. ultimate
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  8. pretty
  9. moving
  10. created

Original Text


Man 8: Okay, A12, right there!

(Applause)

(Children singing)

Man 9: Google, say "delicious" in Thai.

Google Glass: อร่อยMan 9: Mmm, อร่อย.

Woman 4: Google "jellyfish."

(Music)

Man 10: It's beautiful.

(Applause)

Sergey Brin: Oh, sorry, I just got this message from a Nigerian prince. He needs help getting 10 million dollars. I like to pay attention to these because that's how we originally funded the company, and it's gone pretty well.

Though in all seriousness, this position that you just saw me in, looking down at my phone, that's one of the reasons behind this project, Project Glass. Because we ultimately questioned whether this is the ultimate future of how you want to connect to other people in your life, how you want to connect to information. Should it be by just walking around looking down? But that was the vision behind Glass, and that's why we've created this form factor. Okay. And I don't want to go through all the things it does and whatnot, but I want to tell you a little bit more about the motivation behind what led to it. In addition to potentially socially isolating yourself when you're out and about looking at your phone, it's kind of, is this what you're meant to do with your body? You're standing around there and you're just rubbing this featureless piece of glass. You're just kind of moving around.

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