TED演讲:为什么头盔不能预防脑震荡?(8)

 So how can we slow the head down? 那我们该如何减缓头部的向下移动？

A gigantic helmet. So with more space, you have more time, and this is a bit of a joke, but some of you may have seen this. 可以佩戴巨型头盔。空间变大，缓冲时间就会变长，当然这是个玩笑，虽然你们有人可能见过这个。

This is bubble soccer, and it's a real sport. 这是泡泡足球，而且它真是一项运动。

In fact, I saw some young adults playing this sport down the street from my house the other day, 事实上，前几天，我就在我家附近的街上看到一些年轻人在玩儿它，

and as far as I know there have been no reported concussions². 据我所知，没有这种运动中发生脑震荡的报道

But in all seriousness, this principle does work, but this has gone too far. 但严肃地说，这一原则确实有效，但它有点过头儿了。

This isn't something that's practical for bike riding or playing football. 毕竟对于自行车和橄榄球运动来讲，这不大现实。

And so we are collaborating³ with a company in Sweden called Hovding. 目前，我们正和瑞典Hovding公司合作。

Some of you may have seen their work, and they're using the same principle of air to give you some extra space to prevent concussion¹. 可能有人见过它，它实际上运用了同一项原则，利用空气提供更多空间，从而预防脑震荡。

Kids, don't try this at home please. This stuntman⁴ does not have a helmet. 小孩子请勿在家尝试，这个特技演员没有戴头盔。

He instead has a neck collar, and this neck collar has sensors⁵ in it, the same type of sensors that are in our mouthguard,  而是戴了一个颈环，这个颈环内置传感器，这些传感器和我们的牙套中的传感器同属一个类型，

and it detects when he's likely to have a fall, and there's an airbag that explodes and triggers,  当骑行者要摔倒时，它可以感测到并且弹出安全气囊，

the same way that an airbag works in your car, essentially⁶.  这一引发机制和汽车中的基本一致。

And in the experiments we've done in my lab with their device, 我的实验室对这一设备进行了一系列实验，

we found that it can greatly reduce the risk of concussion in some scenarios⁷ compared to a normal bicycle helmet. 我们发现与普通自行车头盔相比，这一设备在一些情境下可以大幅降低脑震荡风险。

So it's a pretty exciting development. 这是个很令人激动的新发展。

1 concussion   

n.脑震荡；震动

参考例句：

• He was carried off the field with slight concussion.他因轻微脑震荡给抬离了现场。
• She suffers from brain concussion.她得了脑震荡。

2 concussions   

n.震荡( concussion的名词复数 )；脑震荡；冲击；震动

参考例句：

• People who have concussions often trouble thinking or remembering. 患脑震荡的人通常存在思考和记忆障碍。 来自互联网
• Concussions also make a person feel very tired or angry. 脑震荡也会使人感觉疲倦或愤怒。 来自互联网

3 collaborating   

合作( collaborate的现在分词 )； 勾结叛国

参考例句：

• Joe is collaborating on the work with a friend. 乔正与一位朋友合作做那件工作。
• He was not only learning from but also collaborating with Joseph Thomson. 他不仅是在跟约瑟福？汤姆逊学习，而且也是在和他合作。

4 stuntman   

n.特技演员

参考例句：

• The stuntman will double for the main actor during the action scenes.一些动作场景中，特技演员代替主演。
• The stuntman flew the aircraft upside-down within a hair's breadth of the rooftops.那位做电影演员替身的杂技演员驾驶着飞机翻过来又倒过去，差一点撞着平顶房的屋顶。

5 sensors   

n.传感器，灵敏元件( sensor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were more than 2000 sensors here. 这里装有两千多个灵敏元件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride. 当传感器暴露在三氯化物中时，有很大变化。 来自辞典例句

6 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

7 scenarios   

n.[意]情节；剧本；事态；脚本

参考例句：

• Further, graphite cores may be safer than non-graphite cores under some accident scenarios. 再者，根据一些事故解说，石墨堆芯可比非石墨堆芯更安全一些。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• Again, scenarios should make it clear which modes are acceptable to users in various contexts. 同样，我们可以运用场景剧本来搞清楚在不同情境下哪些模式可被用户接受。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓