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1. WiTricity _______reduce the number of household electrical fires.
2. Rumors are flying around that WiTricity _______be in the know about Apple's plans to put out a desktop that wirelessly charges itself and your other gadgets.
3. Witricity ______be of the names of the light up a lamp few hundred watts a few hundred meters away technology from MIT.
4. Audi is working on wireless charging technology using WiTricity technology. This technology ______allow the driver to simply pull into their garage or driveway.
5. A new technology called WiTricity ______ mean never having to plug it in again.
6. You _____ know that, WiTricity Corp. is working to make this future a reality, developing wireless electricity technology that will operate safely and efficiently over distances.
7. Several people had invented a light bulb before Edison got his hands on the problem. What got Edison the money was inventing a light bulb that ______be mass-produced and used in people’s homes without setting fire to the cat.
8. The electric field component tends in a direction radial to the conductor and dielectric bodies ______ be attracted or repelled radially to the conductor.
9. Eliminating the power cord _______ make today's ubiquitous portable electronics truly wireless.
10. Car manufacturers for example were quick to understand how wireless electricity ______ be applied to hybrid cars.
Task 8. Explain the function of the modal verb in each sentence:
1. Wireless electricity may soon make tangled power cords a thing of the past.
2. Stanford researchers have designed a new technology that could lead to wireless charging of electric vehicles while they cruise down the highway.
3. Wireless power transmission might energize implanted medical devices.
4. The ENTSO-E will publish a ten-year network development statement, which ought to ensure the reliability and security of electric energy supply in Europe.
5. Power transmission via radio waves could be made more directional, allowing longer distance power beaming, with shorter wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation, typically in the microwave range.
6. Wireless electricity may soon be as plentiful as high speed wireless internet.
7. Imagine a future in which wireless power transfer is feasible, some of these devices might not even need their bulky batteries to operate.
Task 9. Translate following sentences from Ukrainian into English:
1. Вчені винайшли термін гнучкість для цієї властивості.
2. У другій половині ХХ ст. ця ідея набула широкого розповсюдження на Заході.
3. Твоя антена налаштована на правильну частоту?
4. Довгий час вчені не могли розробити методи передачі енергії без дротів.
5. Як знизити втрати енергії при застосуванні такої технології?
6. Всі ми живемо в магнітному полі Землі.
7. Вони можуть передавати електричний струм на далекі відстані.
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Task 10. Imagine that you with your partner are scientists and you have to solve an issue on improving the quality of the signal which is being transmitted. Discuss all the possible variants of doing this, speak about the most and less efficient ways of your solutions, give your significant reasons.
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