佐治亚理工学院的工程师们在海军部支持下,已经研制出一种智能衫,它能监视与生命有关的征兆,并向医生发出紧急信息。
New guard for health
Smart Shirt Georgia Tech engineers,sponsored1) by the Navy,have developed a Smart shirt that can monitor your vital signs and beam urgent2) messages to your doctor.In combat,the shirt could be a lifesaver:it can detect bullet wounds with optical sensors3) and radio back to HQ for help.Within the next five years,doctors may use it to keep an eye on post-op patients,athletes and astronauts.And for new parents worried about SIDS?Tiny wired pajamas4).
Stress Glove In the 80s,wearing a single glove made you look cool.These days it may keep you from losing your cool.MIT's Galvactivator is a fingerless glove rigged5) with an LED display that glows bright white when your stress hormones go into high gear.The glove measures skin conductivity,a reliable indicator6) for excitement levels.It could help the anger-prone to control their tempers:like the warning light in your car,it comes on when you start overheating.It could also help you signal romantic interest across a crowded room,if winks and come-hither gestures don' t work.