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近日， 苹果公司正初步探索让人们能够通过新一代脑植入物捕捉到的神经信号来控制iPhone。
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无注释原文： Apple to Support Brain-Implant Control of Its Devices
From: The Wall Street Journal
Apple is embracing the world of brain computer interfaces, unveiling a new technology that one day could revolutionize how humans interact with their devices.
The company is taking early steps to enable people to control their iPhones with neural signals captured by a new generation of brain implants. It could make Apple devices more accessible to tens of thousands of people who can't use their hands because of severe spinal cord injuries or diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
Apple is looking forward to a day, still some years away, when implants developed by Elon Musk's Neuralink and its rivals receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Such implants, known as brain computer interfaces, have already been safely placed in a handful of patients.
Historically, humans interacted with their computers mechanically, using keyboards and mice. Smartphones introduced touch, a behavioral input, but still an observable physical movement. The new capability means Apple devices won't need to see the user make specific movements, the devices can detect user intentions from decoded brain signals.
Apple has worked on the new standard with Synchron, which makes a stent-like device that is implanted in a vein atop the brain's motor cortex. The device called the Stentrode has electrodes that read brain signals. It translates the signals into selecting icons on a screen. Apple took a similar step in 2014 when it launched a technology standard for hearing aids to communicate with iPhones via Bluetooth, a standard most hearing aids have since adopted.
Mark Jackson, an early tester of the Stentrode implant, was able to peer over the ledge of a mountain in the Swiss Alps and feel his legs shake. Jackson can't stand up, and he wasn't in Switzerland. He was wearing an Apple virtual-reality headset, which was connected to his implant.
Jackson can't travel from his home outside Pittsburgh because he has ALS. Still, he is learning how to control his iPhone, iPad and Vision Pro headset thanks to a connection between his Stentrode implant and Apple's various operating systems.
The Synchron device effectively translates brain waves, allowing a user to navigate around a screen and select an icon. It works with a feature inside Apple's operating system called switch control, which literally switches control to a new input device like a joystick, or in this case a brain implant.
Jackson cautioned that Synchron's technology is still early in its development. He can't use it to mimic moving a cursor with a mouse or a touch screen with fingers, so navigation is much slower than normal interaction with a computer or smartphone.
- ◆ - 注：完整题目见本文开头； 中文文本为部分官方译文、部分机器翻译，仅供参考 含注释全文：
Apple to Support Brain-Implant Control of Its Devices
From: The Wall Street Journal
Apple is embracing the world of brain computer interfaces , unveiling a new technology that one day could revolutionize how humans interact with their devices.
苹果公司（Apple）正积极拥抱脑机接口的世界，推出一项有朝一日可能会彻底改变人类与他们的设备互动方式的新技术。

interface
interface /ˈɪn.tə.feɪs/ 表示“接口；界面”，英文解释为“a connection between two pieces of electronic equipment, or between a person and a computer”举个🌰：My computer has a network interface, which allows me to get to other computers. 我的计算机有网络接口，可以与其他计算机连在一起。

unveil
unveil /ʌnˈveɪl/ 1）表示“ 为…揭幕；揭开…上的覆盖物；拉开…的帷幔”，英文解释为“to remove a cover or curtain from a painting, statue, etc. so that it can be seen in public for the first time”举个🌰：She unveiled a plaque to mark the official opening of the hospital. 她主持揭幕式，标志着医院正式启用。
2）表示“（首次）展示，介绍，推出；将…公之于众”，英文解释为“to show or introduce a new plan, product, etc. to the public for the first time”举个🌰：They will be unveiling their new models at the Motor Show. 他们将在汽车大展上首次推出自己的新型汽车。
🎬电影《复仇者联盟1》（The Avengers）中的台词提到：We look beyond the Earth to the greater worlds the Tesseract will unveil. 而我们则放眼地球之外 那些将被宇宙魔方开启的更广博的世界。

🎬电影《超人高校》（Sky High）中的台词提到：We can't unveil the Stronghold Three without Will. 我们不能在威尔（Will）不在场时 向大家介绍斯特朗霍德三侠（Stronghold Three）。

📍词根“-veil”表示"面纱"，前缀“un-”表示“不”。联想宫殿：在宫殿的一个房间，你看到一个被面纱覆盖的新产品即将被“揭露”。近义词：reveal（揭示） 同根词：veil（面纱），常用短语：unveil a plan（公布计划）

revolutionize
revolutionize /ˌrev.əˈluː.ʃən.aɪz/ 表示“使发生革命性剧变；在…方面引起突破性变革”，英文解释为“to completely change something so that it is much better”举个🌰：Newton's discoveries revolutionized physics. 牛顿的发现使物理学发生了革命性剧变。

The company is taking early steps to enable people to control their iPhones with neural signals captured by a new generation of brain implants . It could make Apple devices more accessible to tens of thousands of people who can't use their hands because of severe spinal cord injuries or diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
该公司正初步探索让人们能够通过新一代脑植入物捕捉到的神经信号来控制iPhone。这项技术有望让数以万计因严重脊髓损伤或肌萎缩侧索硬化症(ALS)等疾病而无法使用双手的人士更容易地使用苹果公司的设备。

neural
neural /ˈnjʊə.rəl/ 表示“神经的；神经系统的”，英文解释为“involving a nerve or the system of nerves that includes the brain”举个🌰：Some people suffered severe neural damage as a result of the disease. 有些人罹患这种疾病后神经受到严重损伤。

implant
implant /ˈɪm.plɑːnt/ 可以作名词，也可以作动词，表示“（手术中）植入，移植；（植入人体中的）移植物，植入物”，英文解释为“an organ, group of cells, or device that has been put into the body in a medical operation”

spinal cord
spinal cord 表示“脊髓”，英文解释为“the set of nerves inside the spine that connect the brain to other nerves in the body”
spinal 表示“脊柱的；脊椎的”，英文解释为“of the spine”如：a spinal injury 脊柱受伤。

Apple is looking forward to a day, still some years away, when implants developed by Elon Musk's Neuralink and its rivals receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Such implants, known as brain computer interfaces, have already been safely placed in a handful of patients.
苹果公司展望未来有一天，由埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）的Neuralink公司及其竞争对手开发的植入物将获得美国食品药品管理局（Food and Drug Administration）的批准，尽管这还需数年时间。这类被称为脑机接口的植入物目前已安全植入少数患者体内。

rival
rival /ˈraɪ.vəl/ 作名词，表示“竞争对手；敌手”，英文解释为“a person, group, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the same area”
作动词，表示“可与…相媲美，比得上”，英文解释为“to be as good, clever, beautiful, etc. as someone or something else”举个🌰：No computer can rival a human brain for/in complexity. 没有任何计算机比得上人脑复杂。

Historically, humans interacted with their computers mechanically , using keyboards and mice. Smartphones introduced touch, a behavioral input, but still an observable physical movement. The new capability means Apple devices won't need to see the user make specific movements, the devices can detect user intentions from decoded brain signals.
回顾历史，人类以前是通过键盘和鼠标等机械方式与计算机互动的。智能手机引入了触摸这种行为输入方式，但这仍是一种可观察到的物理动作。这项新功能意味着苹果公司的设备将无需看到用户做出特定动作，这些设备可以通过解码大脑信号来检测用户的意图。

mechanically
mechanically /məˈkæn.ɪ.kəl.i/ 1）表示“使用机械地，和机械有关地”，英文解释为“using or relating to machines”举个🌰：Most crops are harvested mechanically. 大多数农作物都是机械收割的。
2） 表示“机械地；习惯性地”，英文解释为“without thinking about what you are doing, especially because you do something often”举个🌰："Thank you," replied the ticket collector mechanically as he took each ticket. “谢谢”，收票员每收一张票都会机械地重复这句话。

decode
decode /diːˈkəʊd/ 1）表示“解码，解读，解译”英文解释“if a computer decodes data , it receives it and changes it into a form that can be used by the computer or understood by a person.”举个🌰：Decoding the paintings is not difficult once you know what the component parts symbolize. 一旦明白了画中各部分的象征意义，也就不难搞清楚这幅画的含义了。
2）表示“正确理解（外语单词或短语）”，英文解释为“to understand the meaning of a word or phrase in a foreign language in the correct way”举个🌰：Grammatical information helps learners to decode sentences. 语法信息有助于学习者正确理解句子的含义。

Apple has worked on the new standard with Synchron, which makes a stent -like device that is implanted in a vein atop the brain's motor cortex . The device called the Stentrode has electrodes that read brain signals. It translates the signals into selecting icons on a screen. Apple took a similar step in 2014 when it launched a technology standard for hearing aids to communicate with iPhones via Bluetooth , a standard most hearing aids have since adopted.
苹果公司已与Synchron就这项新标准展开合作，Synchron生产一种类似支架的设备，该设备植入大脑运动皮层顶部的静脉中。这款名为Stentrode的设备配有可以读取大脑信号的电极。该设备将这些信号转化为在屏幕上选择图标的指令。苹果公司在2014年也采取了类似举措，当时该公司推出了一项技术标准，让助听器通过蓝牙与iPhone通信，自那以来大多数助听器都采用了该标准。

stent
stent /stent/ 表示“（植入身体导管内，例如用于防止血管壁粘合的）细长支架”，英文解释为“a long thin object put inside a tube in the body, for example a blood vessel, so that its walls stay firm or so that body fluids can flow easily through it”

vein
vein /veɪn/ 表示“静脉”，英文解释为“a tube that carries blood to the heart from the other parts of the body”
2）表示“（说话、写作）风格；方式”，英文解释为“in a particular style of speaking or writing about something”举个🌰：A number of other people commented in a similar vein. 其他一些人也以类似的腔调评论。

cortex
cortex /ˈkɔː.teks/ 表示“（尤指大脑或其他器官的）皮层，皮质”，英文解释为“the outer layer, especially of the brain and other organs”如：the cerebral cortex 大脑皮层。

electrode
electrode /iˈlek.trəʊd/ 表示“电极”，英文解释为“the point at which an electric current enters or leaves something, for example, a battery”

icon
icon /ˈaɪ.kɒn/ 1）表示“象征物；偶像”，英文解释为“If you describe something or someone as an icon, you mean that they are important as a symbol of a particular thing.”如：a fashion icon 时尚偶像。
2）表示“图标；图符”，英文解释为“a small symbol on a computer screen that represents a program or a file”

Bluetooth
Bluetooth /ˈbluː.tuːθ/ 表示“蓝牙技术（利用无线电信号使手机、电脑等电子设备能彼此互通或实现与互联网的连通）”，英文解释为“a brand name for a system for connecting electronic equipment such as mobile phones, computers, and electronic organizers to each other and to the internet using radio signals”

Mark Jackson, an early tester of the Stentrode implant, was able to peer over the ledge of a mountain in the Swiss Alps and feel his legs shake. Jackson can't stand up, and he wasn't in Switzerland. He was wearing an Apple virtual-reality headset, which was connected to his implant.
马克·杰克逊（Mark Jackson）是Stentrode脑机接口装置的早期测试者，通过连接苹果虚拟现实头显，他“看到”了瑞士阿尔卑斯山的悬崖景象，甚至感受到双腿的颤抖。实际上，他无法站立，也没有真的在瑞士。

peer
peer /pɪər/ 作动词，表示“仔细看，端详；费力地看”，英文解释为“to look carefully or with difficulty”举个🌰：When no one answered the door, she peered through the window to see if anyone was there. 没有人开门，她就费力地透过窗户朝里望去，看是否有人在。
作名词，表示“同龄人；同辈；同等社会地位（或能力）的人”，英文解释为“a person who is the same age or has the same social position or the same abilities as other people in a group”举个🌰：Do you think it's true that teenage girls are less self-confident than their male peers? 你是否认为十几岁的女孩子不如同年龄的男孩子自信？

ledge
ledge /ledʒ/ 1）表示“悬崖岩石突出部；岩架”，英文解释为“a narrow flat piece of rock that sticks out from a cliff”如：seabirds nesting on rocky ledges 海鸟在岩架上筑巢。
2）表示“（平窄的）壁架，横档；（尤指）窗台”，英文解释为“a narrow flat shelf fixed to a wall, especially one below a window”举个🌰： She put the vase of flowers on the window ledge. 她把那瓶花放在窗台上。

Jackson can't travel from his home outside Pittsburgh because he has ALS. Still, he is learning how to control his iPhone, iPad and Vision Pro headset thanks to a connection between his Stentrode implant and Apple's various operating systems.
杰克逊因患有肌萎缩侧索硬化症（ALS），无法离开位于匹兹堡郊外的家中。但得益于Stentrode脑机接口装置与苹果各类操作系统的连接，他正在学习如何控制自己的iPhone、iPad和Vision Pro头显。
The Synchron device effectively translates brain waves, allowing a user to navigate around a screen and select an icon. It works with a feature inside Apple's operating system called switch control, which literally switches control to a new input device like a joystick , or in this case a brain implant.
Synchron的该装置能够有效地读取脑电波，使用户能够在屏幕上移动并选择图标。该装置与苹果操作系统中一项名为“切换控制”（switch control）的功能配合使用，该功能可将控制权切换到新的输入设备，如操纵杆，或是像这次一样的脑机接口装置。

navigate
navigate /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ 1）表示“浏览，访问（网站）”，英文解释为“to move around a website or computer screen, or between websites or screens”举个🌰：Their website is fairly plain, but very easy to navigate. 他们的网站页面比较简单，但浏览起来很便捷。
2）表示“导航，确定…的方向”，英文解释为“to direct the way that a ship, aircraft, etc. will travel, or to find a direction across, along, or over an area of water or land, often by using a map”举个🌰：There weren't any road signs to help us navigate through the maze of one-way streets. 没有任何路标可以指引我们穿过像迷宫似的单行街道。

joystick
joystick /ˈdʒɔɪ.stɪk/ 表示“操纵杆，驾驶杆”，英文解释为“a vertical handle that can be moved forwards, backwards, and sideways to control the direction or height of an aircraft”如：The pilot gripped the joystick, pulling it back as hard as he could.

Jackson cautioned that Synchron's technology is still early in its development. He can't use it to mimic moving a cursor with a mouse or a touch screen with fingers, so navigation is much slower than normal interaction with a computer or smartphone.
杰克逊坦言，Synchron技术尚在初期阶段，他暂时还不能像用鼠标或触摸屏那样流畅移动光标，因此与电脑或手机的常规操作相比，移动速度明显较慢。

caution
caution /ˈkɔː.ʃən/ 作名词，表示“谨慎，小心，慎重”，英文解释为“great care and attention”举个🌰：We need to proceed with/exercise caution (= be careful in taking action, making decisions, etc.) 我们必须谨慎行事。
作动词，表示“告诫，提醒”，英文解释为“to warn someone”举个🌰：The newspaper cautioned its readers against buying shares without getting good advice first. 报纸告诫读者事先没有获得好的建议，不要购买股票。

mimic
mimic /ˈmɪm.ɪk/ 1）表示“模仿（人的言行举止）；（尤指）做滑稽模仿”，英文解释为“to copy the way sb speaks, moves, behaves, etc., especially in order to make other people laugh”举个🌰：She's always mimicking the teachers. 她总喜欢模仿老师的言谈举止。
2）表示“（外表或行为举止）像，似”，英文解释为“to look or behave like sth else”举个🌰：The robot was programmed to mimic a series of human movements. 机器人可按程序设计模仿人的各种动作。

cursor
cursor /ˈkɜː.sər/ 表示“（计算机的）光标”，英文解释为“a line on a computer screen that moves to show the point where work is being done”
- 词汇盘点 - interface、 unveil、 revolutionize、 neural、 implant、 spinal cord、 rival、 mechanically、 decode、 stent、 vein、 cortex、 electrode、 icon、 Bluetooth、 peer、 ledge、 navigate、 joystick、 caution、 mimic、 cursor
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