2016年国际消费类电子产品展览会(CES)展示技术趋势

CES Shows Off Technology Trends for 2016 2016年国际消费类电子产品展览会(CES)展示技术趋势

Walking among the myriad¹ expo booths at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, one can get a pretty good idea of what lies ahead in the world of consumer technology — not only in home gadgets², but also on a highly professional level.

In all the areas on display — robots, autonomous³ cars, 3-D printers, drones and others — advances are bringing us closer to a highly automated⁴ future, as devices are becoming smarter and easier to use.

Drones that once required many hours of practice to avoid often-catastrophic crashes now perform air acrobatics⁵, easily avoiding obstacles.

"Our goal is … once you receive it, it's ready to fly,” said Nicolas Texier of Parrot Company. “So, you open the box, you plug in the battery and it should be OK for you to control it as soon as you get it."

Service robots are entering everyday life, too. At airports, in hotel or hospital lobbies, they can replace humans for much lower pay and no complaints about extra hours of work.

And in the home, robots can already vacuum floors and clean large windows.

Cars, printers

Engineers developing self-driving cars say they have made enormous improvements in computational power and sensing capabilities⁶.

"I think that the industry consensus⁷ is that the enabling technologies behind (self-driving cars) … should be fairly robust⁸ and mature within the next four to five years," said James Mcbride of Ford⁹ Motor Company.

In 2016, consumer-level 3-D printers will move closer to the status of “necessary household gadget,” while professional-level machines, which can print metal parts, will start changing entire industries.

"We are focused on titanium today because two critical industries live and die by their ability to do complex, very lightweight titanium parts,” said Cathy Lewis of 3D Systems Corporation. “In particular, we are talking about aerospace¹⁰ and defense¹¹, and we are talking about health care."

Experts say advances in other segments of technology — such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable gadgets and personal transportation devices — show that 2016 will be a very exciting year.

1 myriad   

adj.无数的；n.无数，极大数量

参考例句：

• They offered no solution for all our myriad problems.对于我们数不清的问题他们束手无策。
• I had three weeks to make a myriad of arrangements.我花了三个星期做大量准备工作。

2 gadgets   

n.小机械，小器具（ gadget的名词复数 ）

参考例句：

• Certainly. The idea is not to have a house full of gadgets. 当然。设想是房屋不再充满小配件。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
• This meant more gadgets and more experiments. 这意味着要设计出更多的装置，做更多的实验。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史

3 autonomous   

adj.自治的；独立的

参考例句：

• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

4 automated   

a.自动化的

参考例句：

• The entire manufacturing process has been automated. 整个生产过程已自动化。
• Automated Highway System (AHS) is recently regarded as one subsystem of Intelligent Transport System (ITS). 近年来自动公路系统(Automated Highway System,AHS)，作为智能运输系统的子系统之一越来越受到重视。

5 acrobatics   

n.杂技

参考例句：

• Acrobatics is hard to learn but beautiful to watch.杂技不好学，但很好看。
• We watched a performance which included a puppet show and acrobatics.我们观看了一场演出，内容有木偶和杂技。

6 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

7 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

8 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。

9 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

10 aerospace   

adj.航空的，宇宙航行的

参考例句：

• The world's entire aerospace industry is feeling the chill winds of recession.全世界的航空航天工业都感受到了经济衰退的寒意。
• Edward Murphy was an aerospace engineer for the US Army.爱德华·墨菲是一名美军的航宇工程师。

11 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。