VOA慢速英语：台湾人在科技展上试穿可穿戴电子产品

Taiwan Tries On Wearable Electronics at Tech Show
台湾人在科技展上试穿可穿戴电子产品
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report.
这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。
About 60 businesses demonstrated wearable electronic products last month at the Computex Taipei technology show in Taiwan. The devices included electronic watches and bracelets -- jewelry worn above the hands.
上个月，在台湾的台北国际电脑展上大约60位商人演示可穿戴电子产品。这些电子设备包括戴在手上的镶嵌有珠宝的电子手表和电子手镯。
The Taiwanese company Acer showed us smart armband called Liquid Leap. The device is worn around the arm. It can send text message and activate music on smart phones. It also can count the number of calories(heat units) burned during exercise.
台湾宏基公司向我们展示了名为“Liquid Leap”的智能腕带设备。该设备是戴在胳膊上的，它可以发送文字信息和激活智能手机上的音乐，还可以计算运动中所消耗的卡路里。
Manuel Linnig is a spokesman for Acer. He sees risk as well as promise of success in electronic devices that can be worn on the body.
曼纽尔·林宁戈是宏基的发言人，他看到了可穿戴电子设备的发展前景与存在的风险。
Acer's armband will start selling this year. At first it will be sold with a mobile wireless telephone, prices have yet to be announced.
今年，宏基的腕带设备开始销售。最初它将会和一部无线移动电话一起销售，价格尚未公布。
Asustek Computer, a competitor of Acer and smartphone developer HTC plan to release wearable products by the end of the year.
宏基公司的竞争者华硕电脑公司和智能机生产者HTC公司也计划在今年年底发布自己的可穿戴电子产品。
Smaller developers exhibited many products at Computex Taipei. GuiderCare of Taipei showed watches that can recognize when a person falls and send messages asking for help. The company thinks the product is perfect for older adults who live alone.
少部分开发商在台北轨迹电脑展上展示了很多产品。台北的GuiderCare公司展示了一款可以识别到穿戴者跌倒，并发送信息求救的手表。该公司认为这款产品对于独自生活的老年人很适用。
Martian Watches, also of Taiwan, demonstrated watches that send voice commands to computer tablets or smartphones. The timepiece is now sell for $129 each in Taipei.
同样来自台湾的Martian Watches，展示了其手表可以向平板电脑或智能手机发送语音命令。现在这种表在台北售价为129美元一个。
A government research agency showed eye glasses that permit interaction through hand signals with computers. The signals can travel up to 200 meters. No price or release date has been announced yet.
一个政府研究机构展示的眼镜，可以通过手势信号与电脑交互，这种信号可以传播200米。还未公布价格和发布日期。
Prices for wearables remain relatively high. Many of the devices cost more than simple smartphones that performed the same or additional operations. Prices may rise above $1,000 as companies like Apple and Sony offer watches loaded with application software programs.
可穿戴电子设备的价格相对来说依然很高。很多可穿戴设备的价格都高于有同等功能或比它功能更多的智能机。随着像苹果和索尼这样的公司可下载应用软件的手表的发布，此类设备的价格可能会涨到高于1000美元。
Technology experts say many of the wearables still have problems. Some devices lack must-have applications, and battery supplies designed to save power. Some do not have the good looks that buyers want. Observers say many are aimed only at sports men and women like bicycle riders.
科技专家称，很多可穿戴设备仍然存在问题。一些设备缺乏必备软件和节约电能的电池供应设计，还有一些设备没有顾客喜欢的好看外貌。观察人士称，很多设备只是适用于运动男士和像自行车车手类的女士。
But in Taiwan, product developers think they know how to grow. Huang Han-tang is an official with the organizers of Computex. He calls wearables are reasonable extension of other electronic devices.
但是在台湾的产品开发商认为，他们懂得如何发展自己的产品。黄汉堂是台北国际电脑展的主办方工作人员，他称可穿戴电子设备是其他电子产品的合理扩展。
He says in the past two years, developers have found that handheld devices can be made even smaller and lighter. And he says everyone now thinks the easier goal to reach is to move from handheld devices to wearable devices.
他称，在过去两年中，开发商发现手持设备可以被做的更小更轻，大家都认为从手持设备转向可穿戴设备是很容易实现的目标。
And that's the VOA Learning English Technology Report. I'm Jonathan Evans.
这就是美国之音慢速英语科技报道的全部内容，我是乔纳森·埃文斯。

Taiwan Tries On Wearable Electronics at Tech Show
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report.

About 60 businesses demonstrated wearable electronic products last month at the Computex Taipei technology show in Taiwan. The devices included electronic watches and bracelets -- jewelry worn above the hands.

The Taiwanese company Acer showed us smart armband called Liquid Leap. The device is worn around the arm. It can send text message and activate music on smart phones. It also can count the number of calories(heat units) burned during exercise.

A general view shows booths at the 2014 Computex exhibition in Taipei World Trade Center, June 4, 2014.

 

Manuel Linnig is a spokesman for Acer. He sees risk as well as promise of success in electronic devices that can be worn on the body.

Acer's armband will start selling this year. At first it will be sold with a mobile wireless telephone, prices have yet to be announced.

Asustek Computer, a competitor of Acer and smartphone developer HTC plan to release wearable products by the end of the year.

Smaller developers exhibited many products at Computex Taipei. GuiderCare of Taipei showed watches that can recognize when a person falls and send messages asking for help. The company thinks the product is perfect for older adults who live alone.

Martian Watches, also of Taiwan, demonstrated watches that send voice commands to computer tablets or smartphones. The timepiece is now sell for $129 each in Taipei.

A government research agency showed eye glasses that permit interaction through hand signals with computers. The signals can travel up to 200 meters. No price or release date has been announced yet.

Prices for wearables remain relatively high. Many of the devices cost more than simple smartphones that performed the same or additional operations. Prices may rise above $1,000 as companies like Apple and Sony offer watches loaded with application software programs.

Technology experts say many of the wearables still have problems. Some devices lack must-have applications, and battery supplies designed to save power. Some do not have the good looks that buyers want. Observers say many are aimed only at sports men and women like bicycle riders.

But in Taiwan, product developers think they know how to grow. Huang Han-tang is an official with the organizers of Computex. He calls wearables are reasonable extension of other electronic devices.

He says in the past two years, developers have found that handheld devices can be made even smaller and lighter. And he says everyone now thinks the easier goal to reach is to move from handheld devices to wearable devices.

And that's the VOA Learning English Technology Report. I'm Jonathan Evans.