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英语翻译Sports shoes that work out whether their owner has enoug

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英语翻译
Sports shoes that work out whether their owner has enough exercise to warrant time in front of the television have been devised in the UK.
The shoes — named Square Eyes — contain an electronic pressure sensor and a tiny computer chip to record how many steps the wearer has taken in a day.A wireless transmitter passes the information to a receiver connected to a television,and this decides how much evening viewing time the wearer deserves,based on the day’s efforts.
The design was inspired by a desire to fight against the rapidly ballooning waistlines among British teenagers,says Gillian Swan,who developed Square Eyes as a final year design project at Brunel University to London,UK.“We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out,” she says.“And I wanted to tackle that with my design.”
Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise,the television automatically switches off.And further time in front of the TV can only be earned through more steps.
Swan calculated how exercise should translate to television time using the recommended daily amounts of both.Health experts suggest that a child take 12,000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television.So,every 100 steps recorded by the Square Eyes shoes equals precisely one minute of TV time.
Existing pedometers (计步器) normally clip onto a belt or slip into a pocket and keep count of steps by measuring sudden movement.Swan says these can be easily tricked into recording steps through shaking.But her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat.“It is possible,but it would be a lot of effort,” she says.“That was one of my main design considerations.”
一种新型运动鞋已经在英国诞生,它能计算鞋主在偷懒看电视之前是否做了足够的运动.
这种鞋的名字叫“方眼”,它内含一片压力感应器和一块电脑芯片,能记录穿鞋者每天走了多少步路.一个无线发送器会将这些信息发送到与电视相连的感应器上,由此推算出此人凭这样的运动量能看多长时间的电视.
Gillian Swan是“方眼”的设计者,她用这项发明参加了伦敦布鲁诺大学的年终设计展.她说,她看到当今英国儿童日渐增大的腰围,想与之作斗争,因此有了这个设计灵感.“我们看了看现在的社会问题,发现儿童超重现象已经不容忽视了.”她说,“我想用我的设计让人们注意这点.”一旦孩子用完了他当日运动量换来的看电视时间,电视会自动关闭.想要再多看电视,只有多做运动.
Swan采用一个人每日建议的运动量以及每日建议的看电视时间,计算出了运动量和看电视之间的兑换关系.健康专家建议每个孩子一天走12000步,看不超过2小时的电视.所以,“方眼”每计算100步,就能换来1分钟的电视时间.
现有的计步器是别在使用者的腰带上或放在口袋里的,它通过测量突然变化的动作来计步.Swan说,你可以用晃动身体来轻易骗过这些计步器.但懒惰的年轻人要骗过她的鞋子可就没那么简单了.“不是不可能,但是要花很大功夫.”她说,“我在设计的时候特别考虑了这点.”