英語沙龍十年合集珍藏版第三輯New guard for health
New guard for health
Smart Shirt Georgia Tech engineers，sponsored1) by the Navy，have developed a Smart shirt that can monitor your vital signs and beam urgent2) messages to your doctor．In combat，the shirt could be a lifesaver：it can detect bullet wounds with optical sensors3) and radio back to HQ for help．Within the next five years，doctors may use it to keep an eye on post－op patients，athletes and astronauts．And for new parents worried about SIDS？Tiny wired pajamas4)．
Stress Glove In the８０s，wearing a single glove made you look cool．These days it may keep you from losing your cool．MIT's Galvactivator is a fingerless glove rigged5） with an LED display that glows bright white when your stress hormones go into high gear．The glove measures skin conductivity，a reliable indicator6) for excitement levels．It could help the anger－prone to control their tempers：like the warning light in your car，it comes on when you start overheating．It could also help you signal romantic interest across a crowded room，if winks and come－hither gestures don' t work．
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智能衫 佐治亞理工學(xué)院的工程師們?cè)诤＼姴恐С窒?，已?jīng)研制出一種智能衫，它能監(jiān)視與生命有關(guān)的征兆，并向醫(yī)生發(fā)出緊急信息。在戰(zhàn)斗中，這種襯衫可以挽救人的生命：它可以利用光學(xué)傳感器發(fā)現(xiàn)槍傷并利用無線電向總部發(fā)出求助信號(hào)。在未來五年內(nèi)，醫(yī)生們有望用這種智能衫對(duì)手術(shù)后的病人、運(yùn)動(dòng)員、宇航員進(jìn)行健康觀測(cè)。小型的裝有報(bào)警器的睡衣可以幫助那些初為父母，擔(dān)心自己的孩子患上嬰兒猝死綜合癥的人們。
測(cè)壓手套 在８０年代，戴一只手套會(huì)讓你看上去很酷。今天，它可能會(huì)使你保持冷靜。由麻省理工學(xué)院研制的電流器是一種無指手套，它配有發(fā)光的二極管顯示器。當(dāng)你的壓力荷爾蒙達(dá)到高位時(shí)，顯示器會(huì)發(fā)出明亮的白光。這種手套可以測(cè)量皮膚的傳導(dǎo)性，是衡量興奮度的可靠指示器。它可以幫助易怒的人控制自己的情緒：就像你車?yán)锏木瘓?bào)燈，當(dāng)你“過熱”時(shí)它就向你發(fā)出警告。在一個(gè)擁擠的房間里它還可以幫助你傳達(dá)對(duì)異性的好感，如果你一再擠眉弄眼和打手勢(shì)招呼其過來均不奏效的話。
NOTE 注釋：
1. sponsor [5spCnsE] v. 支持，贊助
2. urgent [5E:dVEnt] adj. 急迫的, 緊急的
3. optical sensor [5CptikEl 5sensE] 光學(xué)傳感器
4. pajamas [pI5dVB:mEz] n. 睡衣
5. rig [ri^] v. 配備
6. indicator [5indikeitE] n. 指示器
