The Reading / Listening - Height Measurement - Level 2

Smartphones are a wonderful technology. We rely on their features every day. They have many hidden functions that we are unaware of. One is on the new iPhone 14 Pro. This can measure someone's height. You just point your phone camera, click on the Measure app, and get a measurement of how tall a person is. The person whose height you are measuring must stand in front of the camera from head to toe. You can measure your own height in a mirror, but this is not so accurate. A friend should help you. The new Measure app could end arguments about who is the tallest.

The Measure app uses AR and a special sensor that is inside the camera. The sensor uses LiDAR technology. This is "light imaging, detection, and ranging". LiDAR is used to make digital 3D models of areas of the Earth and of the bottom of the ocean. It measures a person's height by sending out light. This light bounces off the person being measured and returns to the sensor. The app measures how long this took and calculates the person's height. The website bgr.com joked that the app, "isn't as cool as drawing lines on a door" to find someone's height.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Height Measurement - Level 0 Height Measurement - Level 1   or  Height Measurement - Level 3

Sources
  • https://lifehacker.com/how-to-instantly-measure-someones-height-on-your-iphone-1849854921
  • https://bgr.com/tech/iphone-14-pro-has-a-brilliant-trick-for-measuring-a-persons-height/
  • https://www.macrumors.com/2022/12/03/iphone-measure-height/


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Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. Smartphones are a wonderful
  2. We rely
  3. hidden functions that we are
  4. This can measure
  5. click on
  6. The person whose height
  7. from head
  8. end arguments about who
  1. you are measuring
  2. unaware of
  3. the Measure app
  4. is the tallest
  5. technology
  6. to toe
  7. someone's height
  8. on their features

Paragraph 2

  1. The Measure app uses AR and
  2. light imaging, detection, and
  3. LiDAR is used to make digital 3D
  4. the bottom of the
  5. This light bounces off the person
  6. The app measures how long
  7. calculates the person's
  8. drawing
  1. this took
  2. ocean
  3. being measured
  4. ranging
  5. height
  6. models
  7. lines on a door
  8. a special sensor

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Smartphones (1) ___________________ technology. We rely on their features every day. They have (2) ___________________ that we are unaware of. One is on the new iPhone 14 Pro. This can measure someone's height. You (3) ___________________ phone camera, click on the Measure app, and get a measurement of how tall a person is. The person whose height (4) __________________ must stand in front of the camera from head to toe. You can measure (5) ___________________ in a mirror, but this is not so accurate. A friend should help you. The new Measure app could end (6) ___________________ is the tallest.

The Measure app uses AR and a (7) ___________________ is inside the camera. The sensor uses LiDAR technology. This is "light imaging, (8) ___________________". LiDAR is used to make digital 3D models of areas of the Earth and of (9) ___________________ the ocean. It measures a person's height by sending out light. This (10) ___________________ the person being measured and returns to the sensor. The app measures how (11) ___________________ and calculates the person's height. The website bgr.com joked that the app, "isn't as cool as (12) ___________________ a door" to find someone's height.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Smartphonesareawonderfultechnology.Werelyontheirfeaturesever
yday.Theyhavemanyhiddenfunctionsthatweareunawareof.Oneison
thenewiPhone14Pro.Thiscanmeasuresomeone'sheight.Youjustpoin
tyourphonecamera,clickontheMeasureapp,andgetameasurementof
howtallapersonis.Thepersonwhoseheightyouaremeasuringmuststa
ndinfrontofthecamerafromheadtotoe.Youcanmeasureyourownheig
htinamirror,butthisisnotsoaccurate.Afriendshouldhelpyou.Thenew
Measureappcouldendargumentsaboutwhoisthetallest.TheMeasurea
ppusesARandaspecialsensorthatisinsidethecamera.Thesensoruses
LiDARtechnology.Thisis"lightimaging,detection,andranging".LiDAR
isusedtomakedigital3DmodelsofareasoftheEarthandofthebottomoft
heocean.Itmeasuresaperson'sheightbysendingoutlight.Thislightbo
uncesoffthepersonbeingmeasuredandreturnstothesensor.Theappm
easureshowlongthistookandcalculatestheperson'sheight.Thewebsit
ebgr.comjokedthattheapp,"isn'tascoolasdrawinglinesonadoor"tofin
dsomeone'sheight.

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