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W2: Creating a New Social Media Platform

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Dream Box YouTube operates as an American-based online platform for sharing videos. YouTube enables users to upload, view, rate with likes and dislikes, share, create playlists, report, comment on videos, and subscribe to other users. The slogan "Broadcast Yourself," used for several years, and the concept of user profiles as "Channels," illustrate the platform's foundation of enabling individuals to operate personal broadcasting stations akin to television, extended with video-on-demand capabilities. YouTube became popular in March 2006. In the summer of 2006, YouTube emerged as one of the most rapidly expanding websites on the internet, accommodating over 65,000 new video uploads. I believe that people must now have YouTube on their phones. However, does it work as people expect? Currently, people often obtain videos from other platforms and upload them to YouTube without permission from the original authors. This practice highlights YouTube's failure to p

W1 : Reimagining Everyday Objects

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Smart Thermos Bottle   In daily life, thermos bottles are widely used by people. Whether you go to Starbucks to buy drinks or go to the beach for a picnic, you can often see them everywhere and every time . Having said that, does a thermos really have only advantages and no disadvantages? However, people often complain that thermos bottles are heavy even without water, and the insulation effect is often unsatisfactory. Therefore, why not design a smart thermos bottle that can bring convenience to people in daily ussage ? First of all, as a thermos user,  it is undeniable that although thermos bottles can achieve daily insulation effects, do they really achieve the same insulation effects in other aspects? But there are exceptions to everything. In daily use, the weight of a thermos bottle often gives people a constant feeling. Although it can keep warm, its weight alone is equal to two or three of your mobile phones. It is inevitable that people often complain that the thermos is reall