2010/07/08

Driving while blind? Maybe, with new high-tech car 盲人開車?用新高科技車人開車?用新高科技車,也許可以 盲人開車?用新高科技車,也許可以

 ◎國際新聞中心
Getting behind the wheel has long been considered impossible for the blind. That could soon change. The National Federation of the Blind and Virginia Tech plan to demonstrate a prototype vehicle next year equipped with technology that helps a blind person drive a car independently.
失明的人長期以來被視為沒辦法開車,那 種情況可能很快就要改變了,國立盲人聯盟與維吉尼亞理工,計畫在明年展示一種原型車,其所配備的科技可以協助失明者獨立開車。
The technology, called "nonvisual interfaces," uses sensors to let a blind driver maneuver a car based on information transmitted to him about his surroundings:whether another car or object is nearby, in front of him or in a neighboring lane.
這種科技稱為「非視覺介面」,使用感應器,讓眼盲駕駛人根據傳送給他的周邊環境資訊來操作 車輛:不管是另一輛車或是物體接近、在他面前、或是在旁邊車道。
Advocates for the blind consider it a "moon shot," a goal similar to President John F. Kennedy’s pledge to land a man on the moon. For many blind people, driving a car long has been considered impossible. But researchers hope the project could revolutionize mobility and challenge long-held assumptions about limitations.
為盲人權益奔走的人,認為這就像甘迺迪總統誓言要讓人類登月的計畫。對盲人來說,開車一直被認為是不可能的,不過 研究人員希望,這項計畫可以為移動帶來革命,挑戰長期以來對極限的看法。
新聞辭典
surroundings: 名詞,環境。例句:They live in very comfortable surroundings.(他們居住的環境非常舒服。)
equip: 動詞,裝備。例句:All the police officers were equipped with shields to defend themselves against the rioters.(所有警員都拿到盾牌,幫他們對付暴徒。)
revolutionize: 動詞,徹底改革。例句:Newton’s discoveries revolutionized physics.(牛頓的發現為物理學帶來革命。)

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