Researchers Build Soft Shape-Sensing Sheet
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
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology made a tool.
- A2
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology made a tool.
- B1
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have built a shape-sensing sheet.
- B2
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have built a soft sheet made of silicone.
- C1
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have built a soft silicone sheet that creates a digital copy of its shape as it bends.
- C2
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have built a soft silicone sheet that creates a digital copy of its shape as it bends.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- flexible
- able to bend easily without breaking
- transmit
- to pass something from one place to another
- instantly
- immediately, without any delay
- match
- to be the same as or very similar to something else
- accurately
- correctly and without any mistakes
- rigid
- stiff and not able to bend easily
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by MIT News. Read the original for the full report.