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 A view of part of the building which houses the world's biggest high-tech fair, the CeBIT in the northern German city of Hanover. Featured at the CeBIT are a fridge that talks to A washing machine and a television that instructs a dishwasher.(Agencies)
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A fridge that talks to your washing machine and a television that instructs your dishwasher. It's all possible at CeBIT, the world's top high-tech fair. But the question is: what's the point? "Well, for example, you could be sitting on your sofa in your living room and you want to turn on your washing machine," said Christian Prause, a developer of the yet-to-be finalised "Hydra" software. "If your smartphone is equipped with our technology, you can send a message to the washing machine to turn itself on." "And if for whatever reason it doesn't work, you can ask your fridge to transmit the order to the washing machine," he added. Prause said vacationers too need not panic if they realise they leave home in haste. "Imagine you are 200 kilometres (130 miles) away, on holiday, and you realised you have forgotten to close your curtains." Not to worry. You can send a quick text message to your curtain remote control. If that doesn't work, you can always get your television or your radio to lend a hand. The fruit of four years of research by 10 different partners, including the German Fraunhofer Institute, the Hydra project is financially supported by the European Union. Hydra "saves you time, energy and hassle," Prause insisted. With a bit of luck, "such a system could perhaps eventually appear in the shops." (Read by Renee Haines. Renee Haines is a multimedia journalist at the China Daily Web site.) (Agencies) |
冰箱和洗衣機(jī)“交談”、電視向洗碗機(jī)“下令”……在世界頂級高科技展會德國漢諾威通信和信息技術(shù)博覽會（CeBIT）上，這一切都成為了現(xiàn)實(shí)。 但問題是：這有什么意義呢？ Hydra軟件尚未最終完工，研發(fā)人員克里斯汀?普瑞斯說：“比如你正坐在客廳的沙發(fā)上，想打開洗衣機(jī)。 “如果你的智能手機(jī)安裝了我們的技術(shù)，你就可以給洗衣機(jī)發(fā)條信息，命令它自己開工。” 他說：“不管出于什么原因，如果它沒有開始洗，你還可以讓冰箱當(dāng)‘傳聲筒’，讓它去‘告訴’洗衣機(jī)。” 普瑞斯稱，度假者如果發(fā)現(xiàn)走得太匆忙了，也完全不必?fù)?dān)心。 “假如你正在離家有200公里（合130英里）遠(yuǎn)的地方度假，突然想起來忘記拉窗簾了。” 不必?fù)?dān)心。你可以立即向窗簾遙控器發(fā)送一條信息。如果它沒有“開工”，你還可以讓電視或者收音機(jī)幫你傳個信兒。 Hydra項(xiàng)目為歐盟資助，歷時4年，由德國弗勞恩霍夫研究院等10所不同的機(jī)構(gòu)合作完成。 普瑞斯稱Hydra系統(tǒng)“節(jié)約了你的時間、精力，給你免去了麻煩。”如果運(yùn)氣不錯的話，“你以后就可以在商店里買到這樣一個系統(tǒng)了。” 相關(guān)閱讀 （中國日報網(wǎng)英語點(diǎn)津 Julie 編輯蔡姍姍） |
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Vocabulary: lend a hand：to lend assistance; help out（幫助） |
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