A New Bionic Arm Uses Artificial Intelligence
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
smartARM is building a new prototype.
- A2
smartARM is building a new prototype in Toronto.
- B1
A company in Toronto called smartARM is building a bionic arm prototype.
- B2
A startup in Toronto called smartARM is building a bionic arm prototype.
- C1
For individuals who rely on older prosthetic hands, the simple act of moving everyday items is often difficult and remarkably slow.
- C2
For individuals relying on traditional prosthetic hands, navigating the physical world often entails a frustrating and repetitive series of manual adjustments.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- prototype
- an early model of a new machine or product
- bionic
- using electronic parts to replace or improve a body part
- limb
- an arm or leg of a person or animal
- open-source
- software that is free for anyone to use, share, and change
- identify
- to recognize and name someone or something
- recognize
- to know someone or something because you have seen them before
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by Meta Newsroom. Read the original for the full report.