A Wearable technology
可穿戴的技术
Read this excerpt from a magazine article about some interesting new pieces of technology.
读这篇选自杂志文章中有关一些趣味新科技的摘录。
Did you know that some technology can be worn?
你知道一些技术可以穿戴吗？
In fact, wearable technology has been around for some time.
事实上，可穿戴的技术已在周围存在一段时间了。
The first people to experiment with the idea were managers of sports teams.
第一批试用这种技术的人是运动队的教练。
They wanted to know how athletes could use technology to improve their performance.
他们想知道运动员怎样能用技术来提高运动成绩。
Special vests, created to monitor an athlete's body, can measure how fast the heart is beating and how hard the athlete is breathing.
制作出掌控运动员身体的特殊运动背心，能够测量心脏跳得有多快，运动员的呼吸有多急促。
Scientists have also developed 'cooling' vests to help athletes perform better in difficult conditions, such as hot weather.
科学家还发明了“制冷”运动背心来帮助运动员在艰难的环境中——比如热天气更好地发挥。
Furthermore, an American company is currently researching clothes for soldiers to help them run faster, jump higher and lift heavier equipment.
此外，一家美国公司当前在为士兵研究衣服，为帮助他们跑得更快，跳得更高，拿更重的器具。
Before long, we will have technology in our everyday clothing.
不久以后，我们的日常服饰都会含有高科技。
A computer hidden in a coat could be operated by a keyboard on one of the sleeves.
隐藏在外套内的电脑能被在其中一个袖子上的键盘来操控。
Electronic sunglasses could show us maps of where we are standing and point us in the direction that we want to go.
电子太阳镜能告诉我们所处的位置地图，指引我们想要去的方向。
Our clothes could also monitor our bodies.
我们的衣服还可以控制身体。
They could tell us when we need to eat certain foods, take medicine or rest in order to stay healthy.
我们的衣服能够告诉我们什么时候该吃某种食物了，或该服药了，或为了保持健康而该休息了。
There is only one problem with clothes like these: They may be difficult to wash.
像这样的衣服只有一个问题：它们会很难清洗。
Electricity and water do not mix!
电和水不能混合在一起。
You could remove the electronic parts before washing, but putting them back in again could take hours.
你可以在清洗之前把电子零件取下，但是再次装上时要花数小时。
Designers are now building small wires into the fabric of the clothing to solve this problem.
现在，设计者在把小电丝装进衣服的纤维里来解决这个问题。
These clothes could appear in shops any day now.
现在，这些衣服随便哪一天都可能出现在商店销售。
Soon, we could all be wearing electronic clothes.
不久，我们都能穿着电子衣服。