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crystal9291

CNN honored 10 emerging ideas in technology and related fields.

T2 2:31
After the attack of Sandy, people are going to try a new method to redesign the shoreline to accommodate flooding and minimize destruction.
People get together to provide ideas and ten of the best ideas come into the spotlight. The innovation will not only inspire other parts of the world but also benefit urban areas.

T3 2:18
More enterainers choose online platforms to attract fans to fund their projects. This new method might provide a new way to filmmakers to make smaller films without constraints and the money get from Kickstarter is estimated to be bigger.

T4 2:20
Allison suggests a new way to end seasonal clock anfusion and jet lag by viewing time in a different way. However, not very much people in the world will adopt the practise and it might not help people save energy in day time.

T5 2:01
The emergence of flexible display screen is underway, as researchers figure out how to build display panels on paper-thin plastic "substrates". Many gadgets giants have already made preparation for the upcoming innovation.

T6 2:06
A team at CMU, funded by Google, is training a computer program to think itself by recognizing pictures, which include lots of common sense. The program will find common sense connections through pictures.

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Yvonne52585 发表于 2014-4-28 22:06
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Dear Yvonne~
Glad to see you in the front page, and it requires you to finish reading the passage in 3 days~ otherwise your message will be deleted.
Wish you a good day~

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AXIXI 发表于 2014-4-28 22:35

Dear AXIXI~
Nice to see you~ It's a glad to see you in the front page~ and it requires you to finish reading the passage in 3 days~ Don't forget about it~
Hope you a nice day~

槁项黄榆

time2 3.09 Because that build a seawall is not sufficient to protect city from damaging by storms, people began to explore new methods. Now they have elected ten best ideas.
time3 2.34 From Kickstarter, artists can finanice for their money online so that they can produce the films that they want.
time4 2.33 there is new way to end seansonal clock confusion and eliminate jet lag.真读不懂啊，不理解怎么解决的。
time5 1.54 flexible display screens will make a difference.
time6 1.34 NEIL is trying to learn the common-sense information from images without by itselfe.这个报道最后一段怎么理解？和上文有关系？

hemodata

Speaker: latest research points out that light has direct relationship with people's weight and it is independent of sleep habits. In other words, seeing early lights in the morning, despite how dim it is, will help people to have a healthy weight.

SSS自己的简述：Exposure to bright light in the morning appears linked to reduced appetite and lower body weight, regardless of sleep patterns.   

angel880319

Time2:03'12
Some believe that good ideas come from collective wisdom, whereas others think that good ideas come from wiser individuals.
Redesign program is a project under discussion and many experts join. The purpose is to redesign the flood system to pretect the shore by diverting the flood, helping the dwindling opster population and buffering the water.
Time3:03'02
Filmmakers raise funds through the Internet.
Time4:03'13
S proposes to separate US into two parts, the easten part using east time and the westen part using west time. And she also believe that times in different places confuse people and do not adjust to the incorporation of the whole world.
Time5:03'09
Smartphones and tablet may have foldable screens in the future. Some leading tech companies probably invent and design more amazing tech.
Time6:02'28
A program target to teach computers to think just as human beings do, mainly by teaching it learning and detecting images, and learning commensense on its own.
Obstacle:07'59
Contagion is a feeling that if a object touched by some celebraity, people might it more valuable or less valuable depending on the his or her emotion toward the celebrity. Some experiments are shown in the article. Auction that, in people's imagination, might be not touched can be more or less priced as that touched very often. But a sweater experiment show differently.

bluewind48

time2 00:49CNN gonna show 10 great ideas, no matter already famous or never been heard
time3 02:08new ways to tackle the storm problem. Instead of fighting against nature, scientists are gethering to creat a new system, not only to save people from storm, but also to make good use of the storm.
time4 successful examples show that people fund for new movies on internet work. Followed by established entertainers, the new platforms could gether fans directly to help fund big projects.
time5 01:43timezone difference in eastern and western US is small. The reason to keep such difference is save energy, but now since daylight does not proved to save energy, it`s not neccessary to keep such timezone difference.
time6 01:34glass screen will be replaced by other easily carriable stuff in the future
time6 01:35new program funding by google focus on teaching computers common sense to improve artificial intelligence. Although people do not know what to teach the computer, but they can tell when computers are wrong.
obstacle 04:36
MI: experiment on celeberty contagnation.
People believe in contagnation. Scientists doing experiment to see what`s potencial reason for contagnation. the result turn out to be that people are more care about the value, whether it could be sold again.

bluewind48

time2 00:49CNN gonna show 10 great ideas, no matter already famous or never been heard
time3 02:08new ways to tackle the storm problem. Instead of fighting against nature, scientists are gethering to creat a new system, not only to save people from storm, but also to make good use of the storm.
time4 successful examples show that people fund for new movies on internet work. Followed by established entertainers, the new platforms could gather fans directly to help fund big projects.
time5 01:43timezone difference in eastern and western US is small. The reason to keep such difference is save energy, but now since daylight does not proved to save energy, it`s not necessary to keep such timezone difference.
time6 01:34glass screen will be replaced by other easily carriable stuff in the future
time6 01:35new program funding by google focus on teaching computers common sense to improve artificial intelligence. Although people do not know what to teach the computer, but they can tell when computers are wrong.
obstacle 04:36
MI: experiment on celebrity contagnation.
People believe in contagnation. Scientists doing experiment to see what`s potential reason for contagnation. the result turn out to be that people are more care about the value, whether it could be sold again.

laotianxxx

Speaker:
It is healthy to get up earth in the moring according to a light-weight research.

Speed:
2'27
With sea levels expected to inch higher in coming decades,people will change their old method that build a wall to prevent the water to a new method,which is to take use of the water.
2'02
There are many ways to succeed to propagate their films,but the most profitable way is propagate through Kickstarter.
2'11
Taking away with daylight saving and splitting the continental United States in two time zones: East and West, an hour apart is a good way to end seasonal clock confusion and eliminate jet lag.
2'14
It is totally possible that there may be some foldable inventions came out by some researchers in the future.
2'30
People can teach computer common sense.

Obstacle:
5'44
People likely to pay much more for items owned by person they admire if they thought the beloved celebrities had touched the items.

mancola

Speaker
Morning light can help to losing weight. Early to bed and rise up can make you more healthy.
1.41
Whatever ideas come from collective wisdom or individual mind, have an idea is not a bad thing.
2.45
A project about reinvent the coastline of NY and NJ to improve the flood problem. But to do so, the director should learn to live with water instead of against water. There are many ideas, like designing “hyperabsorbent” street or digging channels to divert stormwater.
2.29
Now, more filmmakers choose internet to get fund, which can help them make smaller and personal films. Some filmmakers have got huge success.
3.10
Jet lag brings many troubles. AS gives a new way to eliminate time confusion:
eastern time becomes central time,
pacific time becomes mountain time.
Time 5
as the new wave mobile revolution, flexible display and foldable electronics are already applied in many electronic product companies.
2.08
a team is training a computer program to think for itself. it identifying and labeling millions pictures on the web.
7.04