2016年高考总复习优化英语课件（四川专用）阅读教程：Module8_高考复习指南

2016年高考总复习优化英语课件（四川专用）阅读教程：Module8

　　(2011年高考山东卷) Since the 1970s,scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers.Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines. Recently, 例 two

　　researchers,Jose

　　Millan

　　and

　　Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne,Switzerland,demonstrated (展示) a small robotic wheelchair directed by a person’s thoughts. In the laboratory,Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand.He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts. “Our brain has billions of nerve cells.These send signals through the spinal cord (脊髓) to the muscles to give us the ability to move.But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles,”Tavella says.“Our system allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices.” The researchers designed a special cap for the user.This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp (头皮) and sends them to a computer.The computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair.The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects in its path.They help the computer react to commands from the brain. Prof.Millan,the team leader,says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands.“The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories:communication,and controlling devices.One example is this wheelchair.”