Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6.4 - Tech trends for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

Watch the programme. Which of the things below are mentioned? What do they say about them?

Answer

  • All the things are mentioned except interactive television and brain imaging.
  • smart watch → one speaker wonders if Apple's smart watch will break out (become more successful than others)
  • smart thermostat → can control heating from afar
  • driverless cars → there are more experiments with these
  • drones → these have been promoted at a convenient time for Amazon (before the Christmas rush); they will fill the skies and raise concerns about privacy and surveillance
  • genetic data → it defines you and is being stored and makes you vulnerable to hackers