新型可穿戴传感器通过检测汗液判断人体健康状况_公共英语阅读理解

新型可穿戴传感器通过检测汗液判断人体健康状况

Breaking a sweat? Researchers are creating a skin patch that can test those droplets while people exercise and beam results to their smartphones, possibly a new way to track health and fitness.

大汗淋漓？研究人员正在研制一种皮肤贴片，可以检测人们锻炼时流出的汗滴，并将结果传到他们的智能手机上，这可能是追踪健康和健身状况的一种新方法。

"Sweat has biochemical components within it that tell us a lot about physiological health," said John A. Rogers, who directs Northwestern University's Center for Bio-Integrated Electronics and led the new research.

西北大学生物集成电子中心的负责人约翰·罗杰斯表示：“汗液中含有生化成分，可以告诉我们很多关于生理健康的信息。”

Today's wearable technology helps people track their calories, activity and heart rate. A wearable biosensor would be "radically different".

目前市场上的可穿戴技术可以帮助人们追踪他们的热量、活动和心率。不过这个可穿戴生物传感器将变得“截然不同。”

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For simple fitness purposes, it could give an early warning that it's time to replenish electrolytes before someone starts to feel dehydrated.

对于简单的健身目的，它可以在人们开始感到脱水之前，事先提醒人们补充电解质。

But eventually with additional research, Rogers envisions more sophisticated use of such devices, such as real-time monitoring of how the body adjusts during military training, or even to screen people for diseases such as diabetes or cystic fibrosis.