Engineering MOSAIC. Мантатова С.С - 34 стр.

UNIT XXVIII                                                               owns the idea. He's now thinking about starting his own company so
Teenager invention                                                        he can develop the design and market it.
Before you start                                                                                          TEXT B
1. Do you know anyone who is deaf, i.e. who can't hear? How do they                      Home Business Culture Politics
communicate? Do you know any sign language?                                     Hanna and Heather Craig, twin sisters aged seventeen from
                                                                          Alaska, have invented a new winter rescue device: a 1.2 metre-long
Reading                                                                   robot called the Ice Crawler. The robot is designed to take a rope to a
2. Read the information about two inventions by teenagers and             person in a dangerous situation, for example, on thin ice or very soft
complete the chart:                                                       snow.
                                                                                The Ice Crawler's body consists of two tracks made of silicon-
                                 Invention A       Invention В            reinforced rubber, which is very strong and flexible even at extremely
                                                                          cold temperatures. This means the robot can move over ice, snow or
1. What is the invention?                                                 rough ground without getting stuck. The Ice Crawler is operated by a
                                                                          control panel. This allows the rescue team to stay at a safe distance
2. What problem does it solve?                                            from the victim. The control panel enables the user to steer the robot,
                                                                          move it forwards and backwards, and switch the power on and off.
                                                                                The robot runs on two 12-volt drive motors - one on each of the
3. How does it work?
                                                                          tracks. These are powered by a 12-volt battery. A plastic tube carries
                                                                          the control panel's wiring. It also holds the rope that pulls the victim
                                TEXT A                                    back to safety. A video camera is attached to the front of the robot.
               Home Business Culture Politics                             This helps the rescue team to see where the Ice Crawler is going in
      When eighteen-year-old Ryan Patterson read a story in his local     snowy conditions or on very rough ground.
newspaper about a teenage girl who couldn't hear or speak, it gave
him an idea. The girl used sign language, but she needed a human          Vocabulary (Text A)
translator with her all the time.                                         3. Find and underline a word in Text A that means:
      Ryan has designed a glove that can translate sign language into     1. a person who changes something from one language to another
text. It uses electronic sensors to read the hand movements of the        (noun)_____________
person who is wearing it. Then it transmits the data to a portable        2. something that can detect, heat, light, movement, etc. (noun)_____
device that displays the text on screen. The device only translates the   3. send information electronically (verb)_______________________
alphabet, but a special program allows the user to adapt hand             4. a piece of equipment made for a special purpose (noun)_________
movements. The user can give special meanings to certain hand             5. to make or change something for a special purpose (verb)_______
movements.                                                                6. the first model or design of something (noun)_________________
      Ryan has built two prototypes using a leather golf glove. He has    7. the official right to make and sell a product (noun)_____________
tested it with students from the National Technical Institute for the
Deaf (NTID). He has a patent on the device, which means that he           4. Here are some stages in the process of inventing a new product.
                                                                          Number them in a logical order.