Vocab1
A small electronic device for personal use
Gadget
AI system that helps customers by doing tasks or giving information
Virtual Assistant
Blow a fuse
Fancy features that make a product attractive
(All the) bells and whistles
Give an example of automation
Doors, stairs, elevators, etc
Sending internet audio or video in real-time
Streaming
Superimposing images or date onto reality
(AR)
Augmented Reality
To stop doing something immediately
Pull the plug
To know the details of something
Nuts and bolts (of something)
Give an example of 必要は発明の母
Clothing, glasses, bicycles, refrigerators, etc
Making a system's operations automatic
Automation
A 3-D image created by light beams
Hologram
To understand each other, think the same way
Be on the same wavelength
To be right there in the front of making new technology
On the cutting edge
Give an example of an ancient technology still used today.
The wheel, glasses, mirrors, lipstick, writing, many simple tools, etc
Protecting computers from digital attacks
Cybersecurity
Sending computing services over the internet
Cloud Computing
Get your wires crossed
必要は発明の母
Necessity is the mother of invention
Give an example of how technology influences human behavior.
People have become cleaner (toothbrushes, showers), more adventurous (airplanes, cars) more social (telephones, video chat), more creative (art, design, cooking, architecture) and better entertained (TV, Radio, Internet, etc)
Instructions to perform a task
Algorithm
Using the body to verify a persons identity
(Hint: using face scan to open your phone)
Biometric Authentification
To be correct
To be right on the button
Using nature as inspiration for invention
Biomimicry
Give an example of biomimicry
Umbrellas mimic trees to protect us from rain
Velcro mimics the hooks on burrs that stick to our socks
Bicycles mimic horses, airplanes mimic birds
The nose of the shinkansen mimics the beak of a bird, etc