VOA慢速英語(yǔ)：美軍尋求利用科技更好地備戰(zhàn)

US Military Seeking Technology to Better Prepare for War

美軍尋求利用科技更好地備戰(zhàn)

In military training, the body and the mind are often pushed to the limit. Sometimes, it could be deadly.

在軍事訓(xùn)練中，身心往往都會(huì)被推到極限。有時(shí)候這可能是致命的。

"We are killing more Marines and soldiers in training than in combat," noted Warren Cook of the United States Marine Corps. "Why does this happen?" Very often, he said, the reason is being very tired.

美國(guó)海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊(duì)的沃倫·庫(kù)克(Warren Cook)說(shuō)：“在訓(xùn)練中死亡的海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊(duì)員和士兵比戰(zhàn)斗中還多。為什么會(huì)這樣呢?”他說(shuō)，原因通常是極度疲倦。

Cook was among military officers and scientists who spoke at the University of Southern California's Global Body Computing Conference. The meeting took place in Los Angeles.

庫(kù)克是在南加州大學(xué)舉辦的人體信息處理技術(shù)全球大會(huì)上發(fā)言的軍官和科學(xué)家之一。

Cook and others discussed the effect of using technologies such as body sensors to help new soldiers understand the limits of their bodies so they can train safely.

庫(kù)克等人探討了利用科學(xué)技術(shù)的效果，例如利用人體傳感器幫助新兵了解他們的身體極限從而更安全的訓(xùn)練。

Charlene Mello is a scientist with the U.S. Army's Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center. She said that the army is testing products, many of which are commercially-made. One example is Fitbit, a wearable device that measures one's activity levels and physical exercise.

莎琳·梅洛(Charlene Mello)是美國(guó)陸軍那提克士兵研究、開(kāi)發(fā)和工程技術(shù)中心的一名科學(xué)家。她說(shuō)，軍隊(duì)正在測(cè)試各種產(chǎn)品，其中很多是商業(yè)制造的。Fitbit就是其中一個(gè)例子，這種穿戴式裝置可以測(cè)量人體的運(yùn)動(dòng)水平和體育鍛煉。

Researchers are developing virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality projects with possible military uses. One mixed reality project involves drone aircraft. The drone is extremely small -- about the size of a human hand. It can follow and capture a person's movements so they can be studied under a training simulation.

研究人員正在開(kāi)發(fā)虛擬現(xiàn)實(shí)、增強(qiáng)現(xiàn)實(shí)和混合現(xiàn)實(shí)項(xiàng)目的潛在軍事應(yīng)用。其中一個(gè)混合現(xiàn)實(shí)項(xiàng)目涉及到了無(wú)人機(jī)。這種無(wú)人機(jī)非常小，只有巴掌大小。它可以跟蹤和捕捉一個(gè)人的動(dòng)作，這樣就能在模擬訓(xùn)練中對(duì)他們進(jìn)行研究。

These aircraft are being tested at the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies (USC ICT).

這些無(wú)人機(jī)正在南加州大學(xué)的創(chuàng)新技術(shù)研究所進(jìn)行測(cè)試。

Todd Richmond works at the institute. He believes that using videos of a soldier's movements along with other biodata will change the way people train. He thinks all this information may even change the way people interact with the world.

托德·里奇蒙(Todd Richmond)就職于該研究所。他認(rèn)為，利用士兵的運(yùn)動(dòng)視頻以及其它生物數(shù)據(jù)將會(huì)改變?nèi)藗兊挠?xùn)練方式。他認(rèn)為所有這些信息甚至可能會(huì)改變?nèi)藗兺澜绲慕换シ绞健?/p>

The institute, also known as USC ICT, is also working on a virtual and augmented reality application, or computer program, called Monticello. Users of the app can interact with a virtual expert.

該研究所也正在開(kāi)發(fā)一個(gè)名為Monticello的虛擬和增強(qiáng)現(xiàn)實(shí)應(yīng)用程序。該應(yīng)用程序的用戶可以同虛擬專(zhuān)家進(jìn)行交互。

Soldiers could send pictures of a dangerous area to a virtual expert, who could then guide them to a safer place, noted Adam Reilly, a research programmer.

研究程序員亞當(dāng)·萊利Adam Reilly)指出，士兵們可以將危險(xiǎn)地帶的圖片發(fā)送給虛擬專(zhuān)家，然后這位虛擬專(zhuān)家可以引導(dǎo)他們到一個(gè)更安全的地方。

Another USC ICT project is called Bystander. It is a virtual reality program that helps people deal with situations to prevent sexual abuse and attacks.

南加州大學(xué)創(chuàng)新應(yīng)用研究所的另一個(gè)項(xiàng)目被稱之為Bystander項(xiàng)目。它是一個(gè)虛擬現(xiàn)實(shí)程序，可以幫助人們應(yīng)對(duì)各種狀況以預(yù)防性虐待和攻擊。

"The military is very interested in this area of research because they have programs already to try and stop sexual assaults," said David Nelson. "It's a big problem in the military."

大衛(wèi)·尼爾森(David Nelson)表示：“軍方對(duì)這個(gè)研究領(lǐng)域非常感興趣，因?yàn)樗麄円呀?jīng)有了試圖阻止性虐待的程序。性虐待是軍中一大難題。”

Nelson is a project manager at USC's Mixed Reality Lab and Creative Director of the Mixed Reality Studio. He said the experience of virtual reality – where a user can see something happening and try to stop it – is better than taking a computer class on sexual abuse.

尼爾森是南加州大學(xué)混合現(xiàn)實(shí)實(shí)驗(yàn)室的項(xiàng)目經(jīng)理以及混合現(xiàn)實(shí)工作室的創(chuàng)意總監(jiān)。他說(shuō)，體驗(yàn)虛擬現(xiàn)實(shí)可以讓用戶看到發(fā)生的事情并阻止它，這比上一節(jié)關(guān)于性虐待的電腦課程要更好。

Officers and scientists at the conference agreed that technology can be used to keep military men and women mentally and physically healthy, which will make them better fighters.

參加會(huì)議的官員和科學(xué)家都認(rèn)為，科技可以用于保持軍人身心健康，從而更好地戰(zhàn)斗。

"If you train well, you will behave well in combat," noted Jeffrey Hold of the U.S. Marine Corps.

美國(guó)海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊(duì)的杰弗里·霍爾(Jeffrey Hold)表示：“練得好，實(shí)戰(zhàn)表現(xiàn)也就更好。”

I'm Susan Shand.

我是蘇珊·桑德。