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For the past two months, I have been building a desk.
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To understand what it does, we need to go back on an Apple event 9 years ago.
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In 2017, I had just started college when Apple showed its wireless charging pad, AirPower.
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The best part was simple.
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Put your phone on it, and it would charge.
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This idea hit me right away.
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If you have used a round wireless charger, you know the phone had to be put right in the center.
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Move it a little, and it will not charge.
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Sometimes, I put my phone on the charger and went to sleep.
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Then I woke up for class and found it was still at 5 % Air power would not have this problem
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But Apple said it would not go on sale until the next year
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So I waited and waited and waited
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and waited until the 9th next year I already had a job
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and it was still not out Then I searched a line and guess what?
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Apple had already cancelled it in 2019 To make up for
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those wasted 9 years I decided to build my own air power
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And mine had to be even better Apple's idea was to charge your phone anywhere on the pad
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so I wanted to build an air power the size of
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a desk you would only need to put your phone on a desk
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and it would charge you could even use it as a
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normal work desk the idea behind air power is easy to
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understand this is a wireless charging coil put your phone above it
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and it will charge with enough coils to cover the whole pad your phone can charge anywhere on it
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but covering your whole desk we need 600 charging coils
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that would be too expensive I mean it would be very
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bad for the environment actually there's a smarter way to solve
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this instead of using hundreds of coils why not let one
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coil travel across the whole desk there is a type of wireless charger
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that can track your phone you put your phone on a pad
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and the coil moves under it to charge it we only needed to bring this idea to a desk
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so i built a simple round prototype a camera hands above it
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when someone puts a phone on a desk the camera sends its position to the motors the motors
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that move the coil under the phone and charge it.
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It sounds like a perfect plan.
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Let's see how well it works.
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It works perfectly, except for three very serious problems.
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First, the motors are too slow, Though, it will be still faster than I make videos.
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Second, there are too many moving wires inside the desk.
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They look messy and can get caught on other parts.
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The biggest problem is that the desk is just too boring.
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So I decided to spin big and give it a feature.
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One month later, the new desk was ready.
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First, I replaced the motors so the coil can move faster.
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To manage the moving wires, I made this, a double -ended cable reel.
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It connects to the motor.
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When the motor moves out, it pulls the cable from the reel.
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When the motor moves back, the reel quietly returns under the desk.
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The cable system took me a whole week to build.
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I was so happy when it finally worked.
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Then I found out something called a linear slide exist.
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It has no moving wires and is much faster.
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Anyway, we managed the wires perfectly, as long as you do not look under the desk.
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So how do we make the desk less boring?
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Let's put a phone on it.
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I turn the desk into a transparent screen.
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Whenever you place your phone on the desk, our little fairy cat of light and power moves under it.
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It then summons the mysterious electric power from the cyber world to charge your phone.
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Once one device is full, the desk looks for the next device it can charge and start charging it.
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When there is nothing left, the coil returns under the keyboard i also put a receiver coil under the keyboard
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so we can charge wirelessly too some of you may ask
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but hey your desk only had one coil can it charge
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three devices at once like air power i don't know can
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you use one straw to drink from three cups of course
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when the desk finds several devices the coil quickly moves between them
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if the coil moves faster than the devices can notice then
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from our view it's charging all three at once i just made all
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that up i also put two fixed coils in the corner.
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You can charge extra devices there.
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There is also a Mac Mini inside the desk.
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You can connect a monitor and use it as a computer.
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Besides charging animation and normal information, the screen has three special features.
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At the start of each day, you can set a few tasks.
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Every time you finish the task, a new dot lights up.
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You will see what these dots do at the end of the video.
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For the second feature, I added standing desk legs.
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I also changed their control system.
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If the camera sees that you have been sitting for an hour and the desk is still down, the whole desk lights up.
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Then the charging cat comes out and reminds you to move.
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A raise button also appears on the desk.
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Tap it and the desk rises to my safe height.
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Another health feature moves my cup in front of me every hour.
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It reminds me to drink more water.
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To make this work, I added an electromagnet under the coil.
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Finally, when your phone is charging, a focus mode button appears.
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Press it and the desk lights up.
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A 25 -minute timer appears under your phone.
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It reminds you to focus for 25 minutes.
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If you pick up your phone before the timer ends the desk will refuse to charge it when you put it back.
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I added this because I want to stay focused while I work and stop checking my phone all the time.
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Finally, after 9 years, I have my own AirPower Pro Max Ultra Plus.
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It can charge your devices.
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It can remind you what you need to do today.
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It cares about your health.
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It can help you use your phone less.
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And most importantly, whenever you finish the day of work, it says...
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Okay everyone, that's all for this video, thank you for watching, see you next time.
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这段视频共有 96 个句子、1101 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 5:24。 说话人语速较快，每分钟约 204 个词，会出现较多连读和弱读。 83% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，其余的词建议在练习前先学一下。
视频中的重点词汇
视频中 15 个值得学习的单词，附发音和释义：
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| desk 名词 | /dɛsk/ | 書桌 /书桌, 寫字檯 /寫字枱 /寫字臺 /寫字台 |
| coil 名词 | /kɔɪl/ | 螺線 /螺线, 螺旋 |
| wire 名词 | /ˈwaɪɚ/ | 線 /线, 鐵絲 /铁丝 |
| remind 动词 | /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ | 提醒 |
| wireless 形容词 | /ˈwaɪ(jə)ɹ.ləs/ | 無線 /无线 |
| charger 名词 | /ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒɚ/ | 充電器 /充电器 |
| connect 动词 | /kəˈnɛkt/ | 連接 /连接 |
| keyboard 名词 | /ˈki.bɔɹd/ | 鍵盤 /键盘 |
| bore 动词 | /boɹ/ | 煩擾 /烦扰 |
| timer 名词 | /ˈtaɪmɚ/ | 定時器 /定时器, 計時器 /计时器 |
| solve 动词 | /sɒlv/ | 解決 /解决 |
| refuse 动词 | /ɹɪˈfjuːz/ | 拒絕 /拒绝, 回絕 /回绝 |
| spin 动词 | /spɪn/ | 轉動 /转动, 自轉 /自转 |
| monitor 名词 | /ˈmɑ.nɪ.tɚ/ | 顯示器 /显示器 |
| slide 名词 | /ˈslaɪ̯d/ | 滑梯 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| come out 动词 | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | 出, 出來 /出来 |
| find out 动词 | 找出, 查明 | |
| pick up 动词 | 拾取, 撿 /捡 |
需要注意的发音
- 长单词——注意重音位置: animation /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/, mysterious /mɪˈstɪɹi.əs/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/
如何用这段视频练习
- 先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
- 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 desk, coil, wire 这类单词。
什么是跟读法？
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。