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Category: Technology – New

SpaceX Dragon Class

July 4, 2017 TeacherLee Listening, Posts, Pronunciation, Scenarios, Speaking, Technology, Technology - New, Vocabulary Leave a comment

A teacher conducts a science class and discusses America’s retired space shuttle program and its replacement, a private sector Dragon spacecraft.

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Meet Alexa, Amazon’s AI Personality

June 17, 2017 TeacherLee Posts, Technology, Technology - New Leave a comment

Alexa is an artificial intelligence personality invented by Amazon, Inc.  There is a home product you can purchase called the Amazon  Echo.  It is a microphone-speaker device that uses Alexa as an interface.  It can accept and respond to voice commands to do various tasks for you.  This post is

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