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EHANG 184 - The World's First Passenger Taxi Drone

Can you unscramble the letters in the words in blue below? 01.08 The passenger drone can take off, land and fly automatically with a single click. In addition, it includes an automatic safe lgandin system should one of the propellers or motors fail during flight. The Ehang 184 is an amateutod passenger drone that requires no lensice or previous flying experience. The reason for this is you are not the pilot of the aircraft, you are no more than a passenger in a taxi. Once airborne, the drone will send information of flight path data and live video directly back to a command center.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3i4BBJjzw4

Will this kind of transport become more common in the future?What may be some disadvantages of using it?

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Can you fill in the blanks in these sentences from the video?

01:44 Everything ________(operate) from this command center, which sort of looks like NASA mission control.

02:02 If ______ (not approve) for commercial use, the personal drone can be a good fit for search and rescue missions.

02:12It __________ (expect) to cost between 270 and to 370 thousand dollars.

02:27 Ehang has come a long way since the concept _____ first ______ (reveal).

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The VEST: A Sensory Substitution Neuroscience Project (Kickstarter Preview)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbKzF8gKxT4

What does this product do? Can you explain the concept of “sensory substitution”? What are its advantages in comparison to other devices for the deaf? Can you think of any potential disadvantages?

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Fill in the blanks in the narration

The brain gets the information from the torso and can f_______o______ how to interpret that information

We can disseminate this solution to people around the world who otherwise couldn't a________ a surgery

We're really pushing the l_________ in terms of how much information we can send through the human body

This will be a cheap n_____-i________ solution that they can wear under their clothing

Can you turn the parts in bold into the passive?

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Sophia the Android

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78-1MlkxyqI

What are the potential applications of this type of technology?What jobs could it perform? What jobs could it not perform? What needs to be improved in it?

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Can you turn this quote from the video into the Passive?

"We already store lots of our knowledge on the Internet, maybe personal artificial intelligence will allow people to offload some of their knowledge to a location more private."

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