Guide on Academic and Scientific Talks. Учебное пособие
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2.2.Radio Location and Navigation
10.By _____ flying machines, they can achieve high speeds and accelerations in very tight spaces.
4. What words do you think are missing? Write one word in each space
1._____ is a natural stage in the evolutionary process of modern engineering design.
2.Mechatronic engineering is the engineering _____ concerned with the research, design, implementation and maintenance of intelligent engineered products, industrial scope of mechatronics, some of the expert areas, which mechatronics engineers can utilize.
3._____ intelligence control system, data communications and networks, dynamics of machines and mechanisms, human machine interface engineering and ergonomics, industrial automation process, management optimization and control process, plant and manufacturing systems robotics, smart infrastructure.
4._____ means adapting to the environment and improving performance over time, within the domain of mechatronics engineering.
5.There has been considerable interest in learning through the use of artificial neural network and _____ logic.
6._____ refers to the development of the ability to survive and perform robustly while the external environment changes.
7.They also reduced human _____ time by 85%.
8.Ogawa tells us that most of the _____ who come to him looking for new automation solutions come from China.
9.Some economists say the world is entering the second _____ Age.
10.If anything goes _____, however -- a motor fails, a propeller fails, electronics, even a battery pack -- the machine can still fly, albeit in a degraded fashion.
2.2.Radio Location and Navigation
2.2.1.How to fool a GPS?
1.Match the terms and their definitions
1. profound |
a) information produced by electronic equipment, shown in |
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imperceptible |
b) a tall building near the coast or shore with a flashing |
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light at the top to warn ships of rocks and other dangers |
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peril |
c) to find out or say the exact position in space or time of |
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something |
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obsolete |
d) broadcast a signal, message |
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pinpoint |
e) unable to be noticed or felt because of being very slight |
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ubiquitous |
f) genuine |
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accomplice |
g) behaviour that annoys or upsets someone |
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relay |
h) seeming to be everywhere |
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lure |
i) stop doing or providing something |
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10. possession |
j) great danger |
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11. harassment |
k) something that you own or that you are carrying with |
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you at a particular time |
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12. readout |
l) felt or experienced very strongly or in an extreme way |
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13. lighthouse |
m) persuade someone to do something or go somewhere |
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by offering them something exciting |
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14. discontinue |
n) a person who helps someone else to commit a crime or |
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to do something morally wrong |
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15. authentic |
o) not in use any more, having been replaced by something |
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newer and better or more fashionable |
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2. Watch the video answer the following questions
1.What did the president of the USA Bill Clinton order on May 2, 2000?
2.What did a GPS device look like a few years ago?
3.How does the GPS dot simplify our lives?
4.What worrisome situations can be caused by GPS tracking?
5.What is a GPS jammer?
6.What is the idea behind the GPS spoofer?
7.What is a Wave Bubble?
8.What are the advantages of a Wave Bubble?
9.What negative consequences can a Wave Bubble lead to?
10.What are legal means for protecting our privacy from the GPS dot?
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3.Discuss the following questions
1.Millimeter precise GPS in 2013 was just a dream. What achievements are there in that sphere nowadays?
2.Would you like to buy GPS dots in bulk? Why (not)?
3.Is there any legal basis for using GPS dots in our country?
4.Can you reconcile with using spoofers?
5.What are perspectives of GPS tracking in civil and military purposes?
2.2.2.The Raptor Surveillance System
1.Match the words from column A and column B to make a word combination
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radar |
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building |
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vast |
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radar |
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region |
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surveillance |
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remote |
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camera |
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thermal |
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camera |
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visual |
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system |
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weather |
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technology |
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ground |
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terrain |
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designated |
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the difficulties |
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a single piece of |
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center |
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security |
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security |
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rugged |
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region |
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overcome |
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force |
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enhance |
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area |
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command |
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conditions |
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2. Watch the video and answer the following questions
1.What was the Raptor system created for?
2.How has the system got its name?
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3.What cameras does the ICE raptor use?
4.What is the propagation range of the tracking system?
5.What problems may arise in use?
6.How can this system be useful?
7.Where was the system installed to prove its capabilities?
8.What is an area of raptor cameras use?
9.How does this system help?
10.Is it possible to introduce this system into different spheres of life?
3. Discuss the following questions
1.Which troops can use The Raptor surveillance system?
2.What is a werewolf camera system?
3.Do you know anything about Russian surveillance systems?
4.What analogues of The Raptor surveillance system exist?
5.Can The Raptor surveillance system be used for civil purposes?
2.2.3.How does your Smartphone Know your Location?
1.Match the words from column A to their opposites from column B
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break down |
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lose |
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concerned |
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receive |
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broadcast |
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disjoint |
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beyond |
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sporadic |
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precise |
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assemble |
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gain |
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pay attention |
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constant |
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within |
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repetitive |
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slow down |
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increment |
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uninterested |
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back |
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diminishment |
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accelerate |
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forth |
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instantaneously |
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changing |
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resonate |
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inexact |
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ignore |
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quieten |
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overlapping |
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belatedly |
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2. Watch the video and answer the following questions
1.What did the author mean when he said «the answer lies 12,000 miles over your head»?
2.Why is it important to know what time it is on a satellite?
3.What is the first thing your phone needs to determine to know your location?
4.What formula helps our smartphones to calculate the distance to a satellite?
5.What clock makes formula efficient?
6.What is difference between an ordinary car and an atomic car?
7.What do we need to make an atomic clock?
8.Which types of atoms do GPS satellites rely on?
9.What is the number of cesium atoms in the universe?
10.What number of measurements do we need to pinpoint our location?
3. Discuss the following questions
1.Do you often use GPS location apps on your smartphone?
2.Can your smartphone measure the distance to the satellites?
3.Who pays for launching and maintaining the satellites?
4.Do you feel any danger from this function of smartphones?
5.Is using GPS location apps by police legal in Russia?
2.2.4.Revision Exercises
1.Circle the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence
1.Sometimes consumers may be quite happy buying a low-priced branded product knowing that it is a counterfeit / an authentic copy.
2.Astronomers discovered the Kuiper belt, a teeming ensemble of miniature worlds within which Pluto oscillates / orbits.
3.The pocket-sized Wi-Fi base / ground station is designed to stream music through a home hi-fi amplifier.
4.These can be easily worked out from the GPS receiver's / spoofer’s frequency plan, taking into account all the images and aliases possible.
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5. Prototypes can be cobbled together in weeks from obsolete / off-the- shelf components.
6.Progress in this area appears to be below average, particularly in view of its vulnerable / ubiquitous relevance.
7.I believe I can use Planck's constant / the Global Positioning System to demonstrate the photoelectric effect and prove the duality of light.
8.Two important applications of cryptography are digital signatures and authentication / encryption.
9.Orwell's Big Brother / TomTom was merely a face on the hoardings, a voice on the telescreen.
10.Freud struggled to jumble / reconcile his notion of unconscious time with his Kantian and Newtonian view of the psyche.
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A clock must carry out some repetitive action to mark off equivalent |
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increments of time. |
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a. increase |
b. decline |
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Atomic energy is constrained to a precise set of levels. |
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a. assissted |
b. restricted |
3.Measure your distance from a second satellite and you get another overlapping sphere.
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a. overlying |
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The change was silent, imperceptible, unless you knew exactly what to look |
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a. vague |
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Paper maps are becoming obsolete. |
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A GPS tracking device looked like this clunky box to the left of the keys. |
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a. modish |
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7.Carol isn't the first to find herself in this kind of fearsome environment, caused by GPS tracking.
a. frightening b. trivial
8. They go on to jam innocent GPS receivers for miles around you. a. block b. amplify
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9.All of a sudden your GPS readout goes blank.
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peril |
betrayal |
consequence |
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1.His _____ is white, 5ft 11 in, tubby or of large build, but not as big as the first suspect.
2.As data volumes grow, nightly _____ procedures have to expand until critical applications become unavailable during business hours.
3.Trust and _____ became a central nexus in radical opposition politics and the stakes could be very high.
4.Higher prices are a necessary _____ of the company's new services.
5.Operationally brilliant, the attack was nonetheless strategically _____.
6.State television showed _____ of the thunderous explosions, which shook the area.
7.The fox was introduced to Australia and has caused __________ to the native animal population.
8.We were studying ocelots at the time and needed chickens to _____ the cats into our traps.
9.The world's biggest seabird, the wandering albatross, is in _____ because of long-line fishing.
10.What other considerations can induce people to avoid or to resist such
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4. What words do you think are missing? Write one word in each space
1.A radar system has proved its advantages in vast region _____.
2.The ex-Raptors systems are aptly name after birds of prey with exceptionally long-range _____.
3.The ground-based radar system has the capability to monitor the lake but at great distances with electro optical and infrared _____.
4.Each _____ constantly broadcasts radio signals that travel from space to your phone at the speed of light.
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5._____ clocks work because of quantum physics.
6.Quantum mechanics says that atoms carry _____.
7.No matter how skilled a clockmaker may be, every pendulum, wind-up mechanism and quartz crystal resonates at a slightly different _____.
8.The Supreme Court ruled last month that a policeman has to get a _____ if he wants to do prolonged tracking.
9.The idea behind the GPS _____ is simple. Instead of jamming the GPS signals, you fake them.
10.But will you be able to _____ the temptation to track your fellow man?
2.3.Electronic Warfare
2.3.1.The Power and Promise of High Power Electromagnetic Weapons
1.Match the terms and their definitions
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of shape), or in chemical form (as in fuel or an |
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weapon |
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potential energy |
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nuclear explosives |
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kinetic energy |
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through which electric current can flow |
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spear |
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light that can be used as a tool to cut metal, to |
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light for entertainment |
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ballistic missile |
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missiles, vehicles, and optical devices |
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10. cruise missile |
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person's ability |
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circle with a pattern of rings, or any object or place |
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at which bullets, bombs, etc. are aimed |
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2. Watch the video answer the following questions
1.What are the nine most terrifying words in the English language?
2.What does the speaker do?
3.What is the purpose of her speech?
4.What do people’s morals, values and ethics affect?
5.What are examples of directed energy?
6.How do high-power microwave weapons act?
7.What is a particular challenge for microwave weapons?
8.How does the Active Denial work?
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9.What questions arise while using the Active Denial?
10.What does the speaker want her audience to do?
3. Discuss the following questions
1.Do you believe in non-harmless weapons?
2.Can described kinds of military technologies be used in civil life?
3.What do you consider the intent of the speech?
4.Do you think military strength can match with moral restraint?
5.What are morals, ethics and values of the USA?
2.3.2.Digital Electronic Warfare System Overview
1.Match the words from column A and column B to make a word combination
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warfare |
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airspace |
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legacy |
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systems |
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to defeat |
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range |
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evolving |
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awareness |
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global |
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band |
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detection |
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response |
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high fidelity |
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identification |
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electronic |
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countermeasures |
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support |
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10.frequency |
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