节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-08-22
难易度:High
关键字:doodle, strand, robotics, miniature, extraordinary, dream up, Eiffel Tower

Drawings Come to Life with 3Doodler.
Today we're talking about the 3Doodler.
And it's something that you can use to doodle, but it's not just like doodling
with a pen or pencil.
No. With the 3Doodler, hot plastic comes out and cools and then becomes hard.
And you can... you can create different drawings that can actually stand like
they're in 3-D.
I think we need to see a video of this later in our lesson.
But for now, let's continue learning in our article Drawings Come to Life with
3Doodler.
(Music).
Drawings Come to Life with 3Doodler.
For example, this pen requires no computers or image files, and it can be used
to create anything a person can dream up.
How about a bicycle or a bird?
Or what about a miniature Eiffel Tower?
The 3Doodler website features these and other examples of 3Doodles!
Initial interest in 3Doodler has been extraordinary.
In the first 30 hours of the 3Doodler Kickstarter campaign, WobbleWorks raised
more than US$500,000 to make the product a reality.
Now with more than US$2 million in support, WobbleWorks plans on shipping the
finished version of 3Doodler in late 2013.
Get your drawing hand ready!
Now perhaps you were thinking that this does sound similar to the 3-D printer.
But as we read in the previous sentence, this pen is quite different from a 3-D
printer.
And in this next section we find out why.
For example, this pen requires no computers or image files, and it can be used
to create anything a person can dream up.
Well, this does sound very different from the 3-D printer.
It's true.
And if you dream up something, that means you are imagining it.
You're creating it in your mind.
Well, we continue.
How about a bicycle or a bird?
Anything that you're thinking about.
What about a bicycle or a bird?
Or what about a miniature Eiffel Tower?
Wow, you could make a miniature Eiffel Tower.
And there are some pictures going on behind me that you can see of the Eiffel
Tower.
And we're talking about something that is miniature.
So if it's miniature, then it is smaller.
It is much smaller than the real thing.
That's right.
But it is based on something that is real.
And when I think of this word "miniature," I think of a golf game called
miniature golf.
It's not... it doesn't take place on a big field or a big golf course, but it
takes place in a much smaller area - miniature golf.
Or something miniature can also be called mini.
You can shorten that word to M-I-N-I, mini.
That's right.
Well, you could make a miniature Eiffel Tower.
Maybe you could make a miniature car, anything that you can think of.
The 3Doodler website features these and other examples of 3Doodles!
And I did go to the website.
And it is very amazing some of the things that they're able to make with this
pen.
It's true.
Well, we're learning more about how this started.
Initial interest in 3Doodler has been extraordinary.
So there's a lot of interest in this special pen, and it's very extraordinary.
Let's look at that word from our Word Bank - extraordinary.
It kind of reminds me of a word that we learned earlier this month -
outstanding.
If it's extraordinary, it's not common or ordinary.
It's more than that; it's extraordinary.
That's right.
So it's something that is unusual or unexpected but in a good way.
So it is extraordinary.
Maybe the number of tickets sold for the play or the theater performance was
extraordinary.
No one thought that they would sell that many tickets.
Or that person has extraordinary talent.
Well, we continue.
In the first 30 hours of the 3Doodler Kickstarter campaign, WobbleWorks raised
more than US$500,000 to make the product a reality.
And that was just within the first 30 hours.
Just a little more than a day, they raised more than half a million dollars.
That's right.
Now, with more than US$2 million in support, WobbleWorks plans on shipping the
finished version of 3Doodler in late 2013.
And you know what that means, Gabe.
What does it mean?
Get your drawing hand ready!
Your drawing hand!
Wait, is that my right hand or... uh, I'm right-handed, so my drawing hand is my
right hand.
Yes, that... that would be correct.
You would draw with your right hand.
But maybe you can try using your left hand with the 3Doodler.
Hey, that's not a bad idea.
Well, friends, if you do want to know more about Kickstarter or the Kickstarter
campaign, there is a sidebar on page 43 of your magazine.
You can find out more there.
Right now it is finally time to watch that video of the 3Doodler.
Let's enjoy that, and then go spend some time with Michelle in the Language Lab.
What if you could draw things exactly as you imagined?
What if you could lift your pen off the paper and create real objects?
The 3Doodler is the world's first and only 3-D drawing pen.
It's been designed to be compact and easy to use.
No software, no computers.
You just plug it in and can start drawing anything within minutes.
The beauty of 3Doodler is how simple it is.
Everyone knows how to use a pen.
So we designed a 3-D printing pen.
If you can scribble, trace or wave a finger in the air, you can use a 3Doodler
to create simple or complex objects.
And we're making 3-D creation accessible to everyone.
A 3Doodler is the most affordable way to 3-D printing.
So how does it work?
3Doodler uses cutting-edge, patent-pending technology to heat and cool plastic
as it passes through the body of the pen.
Just like a 3-D printer, plastic cools rapidly and becomes hard.
The possibilities are endless - including 3-D models, jewelry, decorative art,
toys, fridge magnets or scale model of the Eiffel Tower.
It can even be used for basic repairs.
3Doodler represents a whole new media for artists, makers, 3-D enthusiasts - in
fact, anyone wanting to express their creative side.
Hi. I'm Max.
And I'm Pete.
And we're WobbleWorks.
Pete and I met years ago in Hong Kong when I was working for a toy company.
And Pete was an independent inventor from MIT.
I brought to market such products as Rovio and RS Media.
And at MIT, I worked on a number of fun projects including a walking dinosaur
robot and a transforming motorcycle called Uno.
3Doodler is the result of a year's worth of R&D.
And after a number of prototypes, we feel like we're finally ready to take it to
the next level.
Pete and I have already been to China.
And we're working with a factory that's capable of producing thousands of
3Doodlers.
All we need is your support to make this a reality.
(Music).
(Chinese).
And let's return to our teachers now.
In our article today, we discussed some of the differences between the 3Doodler
and the 3-D printer that we had learned about previously.
Now I wonder which one do you think would be more useful, a 3-D printer or a
3Doodler.
Gabe?
Hmm... Well, I think that a 3-D printer might be more useful.
It also might be a lot more powerful.
You can make more things with a 3-D printer.
Just a couple months ago, people even made the first 3-D gun with a 3-D printer.
I don't like that idea, but that's just how powerful this 3-D printer can be.
That is true.
But you know, I think the 3Doodler might be a little bit more fun and
interesting to use.
Yeah, and probably a little bit cheaper, too.
Hopefully.
Well, that is it for today on our lesson in TECHNOLOGY, but we will see you
again here on Studio Classroom.