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第2l卷2期 中国科技翻译 V0】．21．No．2 2008年5月 CHINESE SCIENCE＆TECHNOLOGY TRANSLATORS JOURNAL Mav．2008 · 科技翻译自学· The New Science 0f Mind 0ver Ma札er l l 意念控物新科技 By Olga Kharif [关]奥尔加·哈里夫 李 鲁 译 注 (东南大学外语学院liluu6@hotmail．tom南京市210096) FLURRY L I OF RESEARCH 科研疾风 Welcome to the dauntingI l yet promising woad of“thought tech— 欢迎来到这个望而生畏却又前景灿烂的“意 nology”．I After more than two decades of research．the use of 念技术”世界。经过二十多年的研究，运用意念思 thoughts to manipulatel l computers and robots is no longer solely the 维操控计算机和机器人已不再是科幻的专利。 stuff of science fiction． Several groundbreakingI studies employing brain implantsI l as 在刚过去的一年间，科研人员已经开始或已 ． well as noninvasive methods‘ of reading thoughts． have begun or 完成了几项利用大脑植入物和非植入技术解读思 been completed in the past year．In fact，more than half of the scien— 维的开拓性研究。实际上，在这一称之为脑机交 tific papers in this field，called brain—to—computer interaction(BCI)， 互(BCI)技术的研究领域中有半数以上的科研论 110I have been published in the past two years ． 文都是在近两年发表的。 Why now?Credit “ major advances in information technology as 脑机交互技术为什么会在现在兴起呢?这要 well as brain science．Brain surgeries[121 are no longer rare：Thou— 归功于信息技术及脑科学研究方面所取得的重大 sands of Parkinson’s diseasel patients have had special devices im． 进展。脑外科手术已不再罕见：成千上万名帕金 plant