Engineering MOSAIC. Мантатова С.С - 22 стр.

      с. Small children can program them, sometimes more easily          some communities. The biggest problem is making sure that people
         than adults!                                                    carry their cards at all times.
      d. No government dares to use such weapons.                        Notes: distraught - потерявший рассудок, обезумевший
      e. Maybe visiting one country a day is not your idea of the best                                      Text B.
way to see the world!                                                                                    ROBOTICS
      f. We produce enough to feed the world.                                   One of the most important steps in computing technology in the
      g. Progress in this area is slower now. Not as much money goes     coming years is likely to be a return to mechanical methods. Using
into research as in the 1960s.                                           the same process used to create chips, it's possible to fabricate
                                                                         mechanical parts - levers, gear wheels, and small motors.
4. Smart cards, robotics, and virtual reality are three areas of                The best known example of a micro-machine was created by
computing where developments are taking place very fast. Work in         Sandia Laboratories in New Mexico in the US. It's a complete motor
pairs and try to add to these lists of current and possible future       developing 50uW of power in one square millimetre - still a bit big
applications.                                                            for some of the micro-machines planned for the future.
Smart cards         Robotics                     Virtual reality                What are micro-machines going to be used for? Obvious
9 Identification    9 welding cars repairing 9 games                     applications are sensors, gyros, and drug delivery. The idea is that a
9 high-security     nuclear power plants         9 virtual travel        micro-machine could have a strain sensor or a gyroscopic attitude
access              9 bomb disposal                                      sensor and electronics built into a single chip-sized package. The idea
9 electronic                                                             of using a micro-machine to deliver drugs is getting a bit closer to
money                                                                    more sci-fi applications. Only a step further is the idea of building
                                                                         insect-sized robots that could do difficult jobs in very small places.
5. Work in two groups. Read your text on developments in computing,      Swallowing an ant-sired machine to cure you or putting one inside
and make notes in the table below.                                       some failed machinery seems like a really good idea!
Development                                                              Notes:
Applications                                                             sci-fi – ['saIfaI] - science fiction - научная фантастика
How soon?                                                                lever – рычаг
                               Text A.                                   gear wheel - зубчатое колесо
                          SMART CARDS
      If your friend suddenly had an accident and was unconscious or     Speaking and Writing
incoherent, could you provide any information to an ambulance            6. What kind of information would you encode in thee following
crew? Would you know her blood type, her allergies, the prescription     smart cards? Compare your answers with the other students in your
drugs she takes? Probably not. Even family members may not have          group.
this information, or be too distraught themselves to provide needed         1. A medical card                        3. An identification card
medical information. Enter the MediCard, a plastic card that has an         2. A sport club membership card          4. An electronic wallet
embedded chip containing all that patient information. Small             7. We have looked through The Seven Wonders of the World of the
computers that can read the cards are installed in ambulances and in     past, present and several of the future. Write a short report on what
hospital emergency rooms. This system is working successfully in         other wonders of the world could be created in the near future.