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VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
7 Fill in the blanks with the words and expressions from the list below.
Apple iPod, a cell phone, headsets, computing power, interfaces, visible
stuff, music player, earphones, electronic components, plastic boxes
CHIC GEAR TO SUIT NET GENERATION
Your clothes will soon become accessories for your
gadgets, say fashion and technology experts. Wearing this
1) ______ inconspicuously would make life easier,
according to fashion specialists, technologists and
engineers. Wearable computing can mean anything from 2)
________ to a large computer in a backpack. But right now
they are very visible and obvious with wires, 3) _____ and twiddles. Things are
changing as phones and PDAs all get smaller and smaller. Speech is also
becoming more reliable so keypads and the 4) _____ are being replaced. The
computers and technology we wear in four or five years time will not draw
attention to ourselves. Textile company Softswitch has gone some way to
developing useful and wearable computing. They have created textiles which act
as 5) _______ to control any type of electronic device. In January 2003, the
Burton Amp jacket, what is described as "the world's first and only wearable
electronic jacket with an integrated 6) _____ " went on sale using Softswitch's
technology. Aimed at snowboarders and skiers, it was designed so that the iPod
7) _______ could be controlled from a flexible control pad embedded into the
jacket's arm. "What we've done different is that it is textile-based. We are not just
building a pocket to house MP3 player," said Dr Dianne Jones from Softswitch.
The jacket will use ribbons and textile cable to carry audio signals to 8) ________
in order to operate a mobile phone.
Dr Jones expects the wearable computing industry to grow and be
increasingly important in the coming year as more computers come out of their 9)
________ and into clothing.
"Certainly within the next 10 years we could see 20% of garments with 10)
_______ in them."
BBC NEWS
Fill in the correct word derived from the word in capitals.
DIGITAL TOYS TO STIMULATE THE MIND
Mitchel Resnick, who runs the Lifelong Kindergarten
research group at MIT's MediaLab, explains how
technology can be used to create toys that will
unleash a child's 1) ________IMAGINE. We want to
help the 2) ________DEVELOP of smart toys for
children. We are not so much interested in making
toys that think, but rather toys that help children
think. We found that one of the best ways to help children learn is to provide them
with new toys and tools that let them engage in creative activities, to design,
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