2015考研英语阅读仿生学_大学英语阅读

2015考研英语阅读仿生学

　　The other, known as a DEKA arm, is being developed in America specifically as a prostheticfor those who have lost an arm.

　　其他的还有DEKA的机械臂，该厂专为残疾人士提供假肢，并且在美国已经相当成熟。

　　Normally, it is operated by the wearer moving his chest or moving his toes over buttons in ashoe.

　　一般情况下，穿戴者会通过移动他们的胸部或者用脚趾按鞋子上的按钮来操作，

　　The participants used it to reach and grasp a ball made of foam rubber.

　　这样他们还可以抓起泡沫橡胶球。

　　Dr Donoghue and his colleagues have thus shown that a mechanical arm can be controlledremotely by the brain of a person with paralysis.

　　Donoghue博士和他的同事证明了瘫痪者可以通过大脑来控制较远的机械臂。

　　Controlling a true prosthetican arm that is attached to the individual s bodywill be trickier,

　　要直接控制安装在身体上的假肢还是比较麻烦，即使理论上是可行的，但是现在把机械臂安装在轮椅上是一个更加实用的好事。

　　but in time even that may be possible. In the meantime, a robotic arm attached to awheelchair will be a real boon. For people who have little or no ability to move their arms DrDonoghue s work promises liberation in the form of quotidian action that the able-bodiedtake for granted.