VOA慢速英語：美軍尋求利用科技更好地備戰(zhàn)

US Military Seeking Technology to Better Prepare for War

美軍尋求利用科技更好地備戰(zhàn)

In military training, the body and the mind are often pushed to the limit. Sometimes, it could be deadly.

在軍事訓練中，身心往往都會被推到極限。有時候這可能是致命的。

"We are killing more Marines and soldiers in training than in combat," noted Warren Cook of the United States Marine Corps. "Why does this happen?" Very often, he said, the reason is being very tired.

美國海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊的沃倫·庫克(Warren Cook)說：“在訓練中死亡的海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊員和士兵比戰(zhàn)斗中還多。為什么會這樣呢?”他說，原因通常是極度疲倦。

Cook was among military officers and scientists who spoke at the University of Southern California's Global Body Computing Conference. The meeting took place in Los Angeles.

庫克是在南加州大學舉辦的人體信息處理技術(shù)全球大會上發(fā)言的軍官和科學家之一。

Cook and others discussed the effect of using technologies such as body sensors to help new soldiers understand the limits of their bodies so they can train safely.

庫克等人探討了利用科學技術(shù)的效果，例如利用人體傳感器幫助新兵了解他們的身體極限從而更安全的訓練。

Charlene Mello is a scientist with the U.S. Army's Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center. She said that the army is testing products, many of which are commercially-made. One example is Fitbit, a wearable device that measures one's activity levels and physical exercise.

莎琳·梅洛(Charlene Mello)是美國陸軍那提克士兵研究、開發(fā)和工程技術(shù)中心的一名科學家。她說，軍隊正在測試各種產(chǎn)品，其中很多是商業(yè)制造的。Fitbit就是其中一個例子，這種穿戴式裝置可以測量人體的運動水平和體育鍛煉。

Researchers are developing virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality projects with possible military uses. One mixed reality project involves drone aircraft. The drone is extremely small -- about the size of a human hand. It can follow and capture a person's movements so they can be studied under a training simulation.

研究人員正在開發(fā)虛擬現(xiàn)實、增強現(xiàn)實和混合現(xiàn)實項目的潛在軍事應用。其中一個混合現(xiàn)實項目涉及到了無人機。這種無人機非常小，只有巴掌大小。它可以跟蹤和捕捉一個人的動作，這樣就能在模擬訓練中對他們進行研究。

These aircraft are being tested at the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies (USC ICT).

這些無人機正在南加州大學的創(chuàng)新技術(shù)研究所進行測試。

Todd Richmond works at the institute. He believes that using videos of a soldier's movements along with other biodata will change the way people train. He thinks all this information may even change the way people interact with the world.

托德·里奇蒙(Todd Richmond)就職于該研究所。他認為，利用士兵的運動視頻以及其它生物數(shù)據(jù)將會改變?nèi)藗兊挠柧毞绞?。他認為所有這些信息甚至可能會改變?nèi)藗兺澜绲慕换シ绞健?/p>

The institute, also known as USC ICT, is also working on a virtual and augmented reality application, or computer program, called Monticello. Users of the app can interact with a virtual expert.

該研究所也正在開發(fā)一個名為Monticello的虛擬和增強現(xiàn)實應用程序。該應用程序的用戶可以同虛擬專家進行交互。

Soldiers could send pictures of a dangerous area to a virtual expert, who could then guide them to a safer place, noted Adam Reilly, a research programmer.

研究程序員亞當·萊利Adam Reilly)指出，士兵們可以將危險地帶的圖片發(fā)送給虛擬專家，然后這位虛擬專家可以引導他們到一個更安全的地方。

Another USC ICT project is called Bystander. It is a virtual reality program that helps people deal with situations to prevent sexual abuse and attacks.

南加州大學創(chuàng)新應用研究所的另一個項目被稱之為Bystander項目。它是一個虛擬現(xiàn)實程序，可以幫助人們應對各種狀況以預防性虐待和攻擊。

"The military is very interested in this area of research because they have programs already to try and stop sexual assaults," said David Nelson. "It's a big problem in the military."

大衛(wèi)·尼爾森(David Nelson)表示：“軍方對這個研究領域非常感興趣，因為他們已經(jīng)有了試圖阻止性虐待的程序。性虐待是軍中一大難題。”

Nelson is a project manager at USC's Mixed Reality Lab and Creative Director of the Mixed Reality Studio. He said the experience of virtual reality – where a user can see something happening and try to stop it – is better than taking a computer class on sexual abuse.

尼爾森是南加州大學混合現(xiàn)實實驗室的項目經(jīng)理以及混合現(xiàn)實工作室的創(chuàng)意總監(jiān)。他說，體驗虛擬現(xiàn)實可以讓用戶看到發(fā)生的事情并阻止它，這比上一節(jié)關(guān)于性虐待的電腦課程要更好。

Officers and scientists at the conference agreed that technology can be used to keep military men and women mentally and physically healthy, which will make them better fighters.

參加會議的官員和科學家都認為，科技可以用于保持軍人身心健康，從而更好地戰(zhàn)斗。

"If you train well, you will behave well in combat," noted Jeffrey Hold of the U.S. Marine Corps.

美國海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊的杰弗里·霍爾(Jeffrey Hold)表示：“練得好，實戰(zhàn)表現(xiàn)也就更好。”

I'm Susan Shand.

我是蘇珊·桑德。