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Look through the text and say what technologies will be developing in the years ahead.
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Augmented reality is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. As a result, the technology functions by enhancing one’s current perception of reality. By contrast, virtual reality replaces the real world with a simulated one. With the help of advanced AR technology the information about the surrounding real world of the user becomes interactive and digitally manipulable. Some companies are currently working at future products to be released soon.
Answer the question:
What spheres can AR be used in?
Study the words and word combinations. Watch the video about one of the AR applications – “BMW’s Mini AR Glasses Are the Future of Car Tech” – and answer the question below.
goggles (n)= glasses
transparent (adj) = clear, you can see through it
safe (adj) = protected from danger or risk
notification (n) = information
feature (n) = property, peculiarity
Ø What information do the AR goggles give the driver?
12. Watch the video again and say whether the statements below are TRUE or FALSE:
| TRUE | FALSE | |
| 1. The AR goggles are aviator-inspired. | ||
| 2. The glasses provide information about the inside of the car. | ||
| 3. The technology’s intention is to make driving quicker. | ||
| 4. The goggles show driving directions, send notifications about your text messages. | ||
| 5. The AR technology offers drivers a new way of interacting with their cars. | ||
| 6. A driver can see “through the metal” thanks to cameras with an x-ray vision. | ||
| 7. The AR goggles are widely used in BMW cars. | ||
| 8. Mini AR vision is still a research prototype. |
13. Fill in the missing words from the box on the basis of the information from the video:
| experience | sense | exact |
| safety | transparent | prototype |
| notifications | focused | available |
1.There is a timeline for when goggles will be ____________________.
2.The glasses project information about the car and its surroundings over two _________________ displays.
3.Mini AR vision is a research __________________.
4.It gives you the ______________ of seeing through a part of your car.
5.We want the drivers to have more _________________ by keeping your eyes ___________________ on the road.
6.It really gives you a simulated _________________ of seeing through the door panel.
7.But beyond directions and message _________________ the goggles introduce a new way of interacting with your car.
8.An infrared camera that sits on top of the glasses tracks the _________________ position of your head inside of your car.
14. Give answers to the questions about AR goggles for drivers:
1. How does an x-ray vision help the driver?
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2. What other modern technologies are also provided in the AR glasses?
3. Why are the AR goggles not used in cars nowadays?
Look through the text and say what technologies will be developing in the years ahead.
Emerging Technologies That Could Transform Our Future
4 April, 2015
The world is changing fast, and it can be hard to keep up with various technologies that are developed. From agriculture to medicine and energy, advancements are made every day – and some of them will change the world as we know it. These are some of the top emerging technologies that could directly affect your life within the next few years.
1. Big Data. Many have predicted that big data will shape the world and will impact industries and organizations. The volume of data to be produced is increasing at a tremendous rate, and this will further grow as a result of technology like wearable devices.
2. The Internet of Things. The Internet of Things is transforming the everyday physical objects into an ecosystem of information that will enrich our lives. While so many devices are not yet connected to the Internet, by 2022 there will be a network of 50 billion connected objects. When this is paired with the technology for artificial intelligence, specialists believe that factories will be able to become smart, contributing a whopping $2 trillion to the global economy.
3. Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. AI is arguably the most exciting field in robotics. And the most controversial. Everybody agrees that a robot can work in an assembly line. But can a robot ever be intelligent? The smarter a robot is, the more dangerous it can be for a man. In any case, robots will gradually move out of the industrial and scientific worlds into our daily lives, in the same way that computers spread to the home in the 1980s.
4. Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMs). Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems, or MEMS, is a technology that in its most general form can be defined as miniaturized mechanical and electro-mechanical elements (devices and structures) that are made using micro-fabrication techniques. MEMS are used as accelerometers in automobile air-bags.
5. Biotechnology. Agricultural science is advancing to new boundaries beyond that of breeding and crossbreeding. Indeed, it is explained that biotechnology has advanced to such a point that crops to be developed can be drought-resistant and have better vitamin content and salinity tolerance. This has tremendous potential to get rid of the problem of hunger in the world.
Nanomaterials. Nanomaterials have tiny components with at least one measurement below 100 nm. Current applications include medicine, electronics, cosmetics, textiles, information technology, environmental protection. Two key factors make the properties of nanomaterials special: their quantum effects (influence the electrical, magnetic or optical performance); their tiny structure (alter or improve such properties as strength, electrical characteristics, reactivity).
Terahertz Imaging. The market for Terahertz devices is growing constantly. But what is it? Terahertz Imaging extends sensory capabilities by moving beyond the realm of the human body. This helps create imaging devices that can penetrate structures. They are used to detect explosives (previously considered invisible) in airports, for example.
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D Printing. 3D printing or additive manufacturing is a process of making three dimensional solid objects from a digital file. The creation of a 3D printed object is achieved using additive processes. 3D printers are making tremendous strides and will continue to transform industries because the prices of printers drop and more people can gain access to them.
Advanced Energy Storage and Generation. The ever expanding population of the world has an equally ever expanding need for energy. So, there have been significant advances to battery technology lately. Greener products are also much more incentivized. Solar Power has developed considerably. This is an area that promises to grow intensively and be a viable energetic alternative, as it is becoming increasingly cheaper.
https://wtvox.com/internet-of-things-iot/top-10-emerging-technologies-that-could-transform-our-future/
16. Look through the text again and find answers to questions:
1. Why is it difficult to keep up with various technologies?
2. What is a wearable device? What wearable devices do you use?
3. How does the Internet of Things make our lives easier?
4. Why is robotics considered to be the most controversial field of science?
5. What is the difference between augmented reality and virtual one?
6. How can augmented reality help people?
7. Where are MEMS used nowadays?
8. What technology will help to get rid of the problem of hunger in the world?
9. What two factors make the properties of nanomaterials special?
10. Where is terahertz imaging used?
11. Why is it important to develop 3D printing? Give reasons.
12. What advances in the energy storage and generation do you know? How do they change our lives?
17. Find English equivalents to the following Russian ones in the text:
1) идти в ногу с технологиями;
2) развивающиеся технологии;
3) объем данных увеличивается с огромной скоростью;
4) возможно, самая захватывающая область робототехники;
5) усиливая текущее восприятие реальности;
6) виртуальная реальность заменяет реальный мир;
7) интерактивный и управляемый;
8) используя методы микротехнологии;
9) достигает новых границ;
10) современное применение;
11) улучшать свойства;
12) рынок постоянно растет;
13) трехмерные твердые тела;
14) аддитивный процесс (процесс с независимыми приращениями);
15) делают огромные успехи;
16) цены падают;
17) люди могут получить доступ к ним;
18) постоянно растущее население;
19) более экологически чистые продукты.
18. Match technology types and their definitions:
| 1. Augmented Reality | A. a manufacturing process that builds layers to create a three-dimensional solid object from a digital model |
| 2. Nanotechnology | B. the use of biological processes, organisms or systems to develop products intended to improve the quality of human life |
| 3. Terahertz Spectroscopy | C. an area of computer science that deals with giving machines the ability to seem like they have human intelligence |
| 4. 3D Printing | D. tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers |
| 5. Artificial Intelligence | E. an enhanced version of reality created with the use of technology to overlay digital information on an image of something being viewed through a device |
| 6. Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems | F. manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers |
| 7. Biotechnology | G. detecting and controlling properties of matter with electromagnetic fields that are in the frequency range between a few hundred gigahertz and several terahertz |
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19. Match synonyms in two columns:
| 1) tremendous | a) microscopic |
| 2) technique | b) change |
| 3) alter | c) greatly |
| 4) properties | d) influence |
| 5) tiny | e) emerge |
| 6) get rid of | f) characteristics |
| 7) considerably | g) whopping |
| 8) appear | h) method |
| 9) affect | i) move at the same speed as… |
| 10) keep up with | j) eliminate |
20. Explain the meaning of the adverbs from the text in English, if necessary look the words up in the dictionary:
1) arguably,
2) gradually,
3) directly,
4) constantly,
5) previously,
6) equally,
7) currently,
8) considerably,
9) intensively,
10) increasingly.
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