1.Vocabulary focus. Sudy the words and word combinations, practise their translation, spelling. Check your knowledge
in the test. Play vocabulary game and set your own vocabulary game record.
Watch the video and put the words
into the gaps in the text
This is multi-touch (1)___
which is a multi-finger, (2)___ that has been bouncing around the world of
computer science since the 1980s. Jefferson Han: “This is a multi-touch (3)____
and multi-touch which generally means multi-point input devices are about
allowing more than one input to be in (4)____ at a time”.
NYU computer scientist, Jeff Han,
built huge multi-touch (5)____ for (6)____ and military clients through his
company “Perceptive Pixel”. In fact, multi-touch is swiftly becoming the hard
interface for electronic (7)_____. Jefferson Han: “Multi-touch first of all
allows for direct (8)_____. It means you are actually contacting not through
an (9)____ but actually on the (10)_____ itself. It's a direct manipulation,
in fact. Two, it means that I can do more than one point at a time. I can
actually use two or three which means I can manipulate more things at a time.
With the mouse, you can only manipulate one or two things at a time”.
But where
Microsoft Surface Computer truly gets mind blowing is how it interacts with
other devices. The Surface Computer uses a series of (11)____ cameras to
literally see what is on its tabletop. Nigel Keam: “What we’re able to do is
also have interaction with objects on the (12)____. So when we place an
object on the surface, the cameras can recognize what that object is and
allow us to interact directly with the object that we've just placed on the
surface. We see this is a whole new category, a complete new (13)____ for
computers”.
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input device
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processed
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multi-user interface
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technology
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manipulation
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displays
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graphics
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intermediary
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corporate
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devices
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surface
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ecosystem
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infrared
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Glene Derene: “Here we have a (14)___
camera and a lot of wireless (15)____ is built into the Surface computing platform.
And it's evolving into, in the devices such as this camera. So here, we're
going take a picture of my colleague Eric. And we can then just put the
camera right on the device and use that picture, which is, I think,
enormously flattering, of our friend, and really, really blow it up for
maximum embarrassment. We have a cellphone and all the wireless linking is
going on behind the scenes in the table. So you can take your photo and then
just (16)____ put it on your wireless device and then take it with you. Now
you've basically taken two devices and without having to (17)____ them into a
computer or sync them up, you've (18)____ content from one to the other”.
Although surface computing may
eventually find a place in the home, Microsoft initially plans to sell the
devices to (19)___ partners such as T-Mobile, Harrah's Casinos and Starwood
hotels. The 5000 to 10,000 dollar machines will start showing up in local (20)____
as early as the end of 2007. But where is all of this leading? Computer
scientists see a near future of (21)____ where people are surrounded by (22)____
surfaces.
Nigel Keam: “It may be the surface
of your kitchen table or it can be in front of your television and it can
help you to control your television as the ultimate unlosable (23)___”.
Jefferson Han: “Eventually, of course, this will trickle down and I do – I am
very positive and I firmly believe that this kind of thing will be in that
near future where we have wallpaper displays in every hallway, every (24)____,
every surface starts to become an interface of a computer and in order for
that to happen, we need (25)____ like this”.
2. Answer
the questions.
1. What
device is this video about?
2. Does
the Surface Computer use a series of infrared cameras?
3. Can
the camera recognize the object placed on the surface?
4. To
whom does Microsoft plan sell the devices?
5.Every surface starts to become
an interface of a computer, doesn’t?
3. Mark
the following statements as True or False.
1.
The multi-touch
technology has been bouncing around the world of computer science since the 1970s.
2.
Jeff Han
built huge multi-touch displays for corporate and military clients through his
company “Microsoft”.
3.
A direct
manipulation means a contact on the graphics itself.
4.
You can’t
manipulate more than two things at a time with the mouse.
5.
There
is a lot of wireless functionality built in to the Surface computing platform.
6.
In this
video the computer scientists transfer a photo from one camera to another.
7.
Surface
computing may find a place only in the banks.
8.
The
computer scientists think that people will be surrounded by
intelligent surfaces in near future.
9. With the help of Microsoft Surface
Computer you can control your television.
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plug
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functionality
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wireless
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instantly
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transferred
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ubiquitous computing
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intelligent
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retail stores
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commercial
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interfaces
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remote control
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