VOALearningEnglish2012.2.20---IBM Thinks Minds Will Control Machines Within 5 Years

VOALearningEnglish2012.2.20---IBM Thinks Minds Will Control Machines Within 5 Years


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Controlling a device with your mind. Powering your home with the energy of your own activities. These are two of the developments that experts at IBM think will become reality within the next five years. The technology company has released its latest "5 in 5" report. The experts think people will soon be able to control many electronic devices simply by using their minds. Scientists at IBM and other companies are researching ways to do this in a field of science known as bioinformatics. They say people will soon have a way to just think about calling or e-mailing someone in order to make it happen. Bernie Meyerson is IBM's vice president of innovation. He says the idea is for "something with really deep capability so that a person, for instance, a quadriplegic, a paraplegic can actually utilize brainwaves to make things happen and basically run their own lives independently." Another prediction is a way for people to power their homes and offices using energy from activities like walking or running. Still another prediction: passwords could soon become a thing of the past. IBM says developments in biometric technology could soon make passwords unnecessary. Some of the most common biometrics used to identify people are fingerprints, face and voice recognition, and iris scans. The iris is the colored part of the eye. Bernie Meyerson says this technology will soon be more widely used by money machines and other devices. Another prediction from the experts at International Business Machines: better technology to prevent unwanted e-mail. The fifth prediction on IBM's 5 in 5 list is an end to the "digital divide" between those who have technology and those who do not. Bernie Meyerson says: "We anticipate within five years, better than eighty percent coverage of the world's population by cellular to smartphones. At that point, imagine having, for instance, the ability to speak openly with anybody anywhere, anytime and any language -- real time translation. Literally, the old 'Star Trek' idea of the universal translator coming to be, and how the world would change if there were that kind of communication and openness."And that's the VOA Special English Technology Report. For VOA Special English, I'm Carolyn Presutti. (Adapted from a radio program broadcast 23Jan2012)

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你的头脑与控制设备。你的家，与自己的活动能量供电。这是两个发展，IBM公司的专家认为，在未来五年内将成为现实。技术公司公布的“5 10”报告其最新的。专家认为，人们很快就能控制许多电子设备，只需通过使用他们的头脑。在IBM和其他公司的科学家们正在研究如何做此称为生物信息学领域的科学。他们说，人们很快就会有办法，只是致电或发送电子邮件的人认为，为了做到这一点。专家Bernie Meyerson是IBM的创新的副总裁。他说的想法是“非常深的能力，这样一个人，例如，四肢瘫痪，高位截瘫实际上可以利用脑电波，使事情发生，基本上是独立运行自己的生活的东西。”另一个预测是一种人，他们的家庭和办公室使用能源活动如步行或跑步供电。还有另一种预测：密码可能很快就会成为过去的事情了。 IBM说，在生物识别技术的发展可能很快使密码不必要的。用来识别人的一些最常见的生物识别技术是指纹，面部和语音识别，虹膜扫描。虹膜是眼睛的有色部分。专家Bernie Meyerson说，这项技术将很快被更广泛的取款机和其他设备使用。另一位来自于国际商用机器公司的专家预测：更好的技术，以防止不必要的电子邮件。 IBM的清单5 5 5的预测是一个“数字鸿沟”与那些有技术的和那些不结束。专家Bernie Meyerson说：“我们预计在五年内，在这一点上优于百分之八十的世界人口由蜂窝智能手机覆盖，想象，例如，有能够随时随地与任何人说话，公开和任何一种语言 - 。实时翻译。从字面上看，旧的“星际迷航”的翻译来是普遍的想法，和世界如何改变，如果有这种沟通和开放。“这是VOA特别英语的技术报告。美国之音特别英语，我：卡罗琳Presutti。 （改编自一个电台节目中播出23Jan2012）