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今年最流行的九个科技新产品
The most popular this year the nine new science products
最新一期出版的美国《福布斯》杂志,评选出了2005年最流行的九个科技新产品.
Latest issue of Forbes magazine, voted for 2005's most popular nine new science products.
全息存储光盘
Holographic storage disc
2005年将会是两种存储方式的相争之年.
2005 will be two kinds of storage ways contend years.
一种是由索尼、三星、先锋和松下领导的Blu-ray磁盘技术;
One is by SONY, samsung, pioneer and panasonic Blu - ray disk led technology;
另一种则是由东芝、NEC倡导的HD-DVDS技术.
Another kind is advocated by Toshiba, NEC HD DVDS technology.
在基本功能方面两种存储方式并无差别,都是提供一种可刻录的高容量、高清晰存储媒介.
In the basic function of two kinds of storage ways are there to provide a recordable high capacity, hd storage media.
不过,在存储容量方面,声称有100G的Blu-ray显然要比45G的HD-DVDS容量大.
However, in storage capacity, claims to have the Blu - ray obviously is 100 gold than the HD DVDS 45G large capacity.
就在几大公司为传统光学存储技术标准上争得不可开交之时,全息存储则广受关注.
Just
a few big companies for traditional optical storage technology
standards of bee fiercely, holographic storage is wide concern.
传统光学存储将所有信息存储在光盘表面,通过激光进行数据读取;
The traditional optical storage will all the information stored on a CD surface, through laser data read;
而全息存储却利用了整个磁盘的所有空间,而不仅仅局限在表面.
And holographic storage but utilize the entire disk space, and all is not limited to the surface.
日本一家公司宣布,最新研制的全息存储光盘的单牒容量已经达到传统DVD的200倍.
A
Japanese company announced that newly developed holographic storage
disc single die capacity has reached the traditional DVD 200 times.
语音识别电视
Speech recognition TV
美国IBM公司正同网页浏览器制造商Opera合作,共同创建一种语音识别电视设备.
The United States, IBM is with a web browser makers of Opera cooperation, create a kind of speech recognition TV equipment.
通过安装外置机顶盒,电视观众可以通过语音直接“点播”自己喜欢的节目,而现在,人们只能从上百个电视节目中寻找自己喜欢的节目.
By
installing the external set-top box, TV viewers can directly "demand"
via voice their favorite programs, and now, people can only from
hundreds of TV programs in search for their favorite programs.
语音技术的出现将解决这一难题,并会让使用了半个世纪之久的遥控器退出历史舞台.
The
emergence of speech technology will solve this problem, and makes use
of the half a century from the remote control stage of history.
便携式多媒体播放器
Portable media players
过去几年,影音文件往往需要通过个人电脑或数字刻录机进行存储播放.
In the past few years, video files often require through personal computers or digital recorders for storage broadcast.
无线互联网接入技术的发展,正在让影音文件播放逐渐走出家门.
Wireless Internet access technology development, are letting outside the home video files play gradually.
索尼公司已经开发出两种便携式电视产品,分别是售价1500美元的12.1英寸便携电视和售价1100美元的7英寸便携电视.
SONY
has developed two portable TV product, respectively is price $1,500
12.1 inch portable television and price of $1,100 7 inch portable TV.
用户可以在任何地方通过Wi-Fi无线接入技术,观看录制好的或即时电视节目.
Users can in any place through Wi - Fi wireless access technology, watching the recorded or instant TV programs.
而SlingMedia公司已经开发出一款名为“Sling个人广播”的新产品,任何安装有微软多媒体播放器的便携设备,例如手机、PDA或者笔记本电脑,都可以通过无线互联网的方式收看影音内容.
But
SlingMedia companies have developed a paragraph of Sling called
"personal radio" of the new products, any installation have Microsoft
media players and portable devices, such as cell phones, PDA or notebook
computer, all the way through watching video, wireless Internet
content.
全息打印机
Holographic printer
工业用3D全息打印机的售价往往达上百万美元,如今家用全息打印机价格已下降到可以接受的水平.
Industrial
use 3D holographic printer price often reach millions of dollars, now
household holographic printer price has dropped to an acceptable level.
日本AutoStrade公司生产的3D打印机售价仅为2.5万美元,大小和微波炉相似.
Japan AutoStrade company produces the 3D printer price for only $25,000, size and microwave similar.
全息打印技术的出现引发了种种担忧,汽车装配线的工人们也许会从此失去工作,不过如今的3D打印往往要耗时数小时,因此全息打印在短期内仍无法代替人工.
Holographic
printing technique appears sparked worries, car assembly line workers
may never without work, but today's 3D printing tend to take several
hours, so holographic print in the short term is still cannot replace
artificial.
性能更优的游戏机
Performance better video games
在今年E3大展上,微软Xbox360和索尼PlayStation3同台竞技.
In this year, Microsoft E3 exhibition Xbox360 PlayStation3 fierce competition and SONY.
虽然在技术方面两种游戏机各有千秋,但他们的共同点是其主机技术甚至超过了传统意义上的娱乐平台.
Although
in technical terms two game each has his strong point, but they have in
common is their host technology even more than the traditional
entertainment platform.
今年秋季,家用电脑的中央处理器将全面过渡到双内核时代,而Xbox360中整合的PowerPc处理器的频率已经达到了3.2G,大大超过个人电脑的平均水平.
This
fall, home computer CPU will be fully transition to double the kernel
era, and Xbox360 PowerPc processor in the frequency of the integration
of reached 3.2 G, considerably more than the average level of personal
computers.
即将于2006年上市的索尼PlayStation3处理器,运算速度甚至超过了200G浮点运算.
In 2006 the upcoming SONY PlayStation3 processor listed, speed even more than the 200G floating point arithmetic.
长寿命电池
Long-life batteries
电池寿命永远是笔记本电脑的最大弱点,目前各大公司都在努力改变这一局面.
Battery
life is always the biggest weakness of laptop computers, at present
each big companies are working to change the situation.
今年3月,东芝公司宣布已研制成一种新型锂电池,可在1分钟内完成80%的充电工作.
In
march, Toshiba announced that had developed into a new kind of lithium
battery, can be in 1 minute recharge finish 80% of the work.
IBM则同三洋公司合作,正研制一种混合酒精燃料电池,据称,装有该电池的IBMThinkPad笔记本电脑的工作时间可长达8个小时.
IBM
is cooperation company, with sanyo is working on developing a hybrid
alcohol fuel cell, supposedly, with this battery IBMThinkPad notebook
computer work time as eight hours.
平板计算机
Tablet computers
平板计算机使用Windows操作系统,几乎可以完成一切个人计算机所能完成的工作,用户则可以通过直接触摸屏幕进行操作.
Flat-panel
computer use Windows operating system, almost can complete all personal
computers can finish work, users can be operated through direct touch
screen.
但平板计算机的销量一直不高,据统计,2004年全球销量还不到100万台.
But sales of flat-panel computer has not been high, according to statistics, 2004 less than 100 million units sold worldwide.
比尔•盖茨最近在一次新闻发布会上说,未来的平板计算机售价将保持在600美元到800美元之间,厚度与笔记本相似,其中包括摄像头、6英寸屏幕及长达1天工作时间的电池.
Bill
Gates recently said at a press conference, the future of the tablet
computer price will remain at $600 to 800 dollars between, thickness and
notebook similar, including the camera, 6 inches screen and 1 day
working time for the batteries.
电子护照
Electronic passports
美国政府计划在今年夏天改革现有护照,内部装有无线电频率识别功能码(RFID)的电子护照将首次登场.
The
U.S. government plans to reform the existing passport in the summer,
have a built-in radio frequency identification (RFID) function code of
electronic passports will make his debut.
电子护照中的RFID芯片将包含用户的大量信息,有效识别范围达9米.
The RFID chip electronic passports will consist of a lot of information users to effectively identify range nine meters.
海关人员将能更方便地识别用户的真正身份、国籍和个人信息.
Customs officials will be able to more easily identify user's true identity, nationality and personal information.
超大容量摄像机
Super capacity camera
去年,JVC公司推出了EverioGZ-Mc200摄像机,可录制高达4G容量的视像信息.
Last year, the JVC company launched EverioGZ - can be recorded Mc200 camera, as the video information 4G capacity.
今夏,JVC公司将大力推广拥有20G至30G硬盘的摄像机存储器,这种超大容量摄像机可保存长达7至10小时的DVD画质影像内容,为目前摄像机的4倍.
The
summer, promoting the JVC company will have 30G hard disk video camera
to 20G memory, this super capacity camera for 7 to 10 can save the DVD
quality image content hours, four times for the camera.