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And if we want to collect health data when no one's wearing a device? Engineers at MIT have modified a WiFi-like box so it can capture vital signs and sleep patterns of several people in the same residence.

如果我们想在没有人佩戴设备的情况下收集健康数据呢？麻省理工学院的工程师已经研发出一种类似WiFi装置的仪器，可捕捉在同一栋住宅中数个人的生命征象和睡眠模式。

As new sensing technologies emerge, they'll yield more biomedical data and insights -- and these can be paired with growing stores of genomic data. In combination, they'll lead us to new ways to optimize¹ wellness, understand disease, and select the most patient-specific preventives and interventions².

当新的感测技术出现，将产生更多关于生物医学的数据与洞见，这些可与不断增长的基因组数据库结合。结合后的新数据将引导我们找到改善健康的新方法、了解疾病，并选择最适合患者的预防与介入方式。

The widening array of digital tools paired with AI analytics almost certainly will boost diagnosticians' accuracy and speed, improving disease detection at early stages and thus raising the odds³ of successful treatment or cure. Many likely will be phone-based.

越来越多数字工具与人工智能分析结合，几乎一定会提高诊断人员的准确性和速度，改善疾病初期的侦测率，从而提高成功治疗或治愈的机会。其中有许多任务可能都是安装在手机上。

With smartphone otoscopes, parents can look in kids' ears and share the view with a pediatrician. Apps and sensors⁴ can enable a phone to take electrocardiograms to check for dangerous arrhythmias; software and a microphone can equip it to "listen" to a cough and diagnose pneumonia⁵. To improve treatment of hypertension -- a leading risk factor associated with early death—sensors now in development would take continuous blood pressure readings (no cuff⁶ needed).

通过智能型手机的耳镜，父母可以观察孩子的耳朵，并与小儿科医师分享耳道内的影像。手机里的应用程序和传感器可以记录心电图，以检测是否有危险的心律不整；安装软件和麦克风后，可用手机“聆听”咳嗽并诊断肺炎。高血压是早逝的主要风险因子，为了改善高血压的疗法，目前开发中的传感器将连续记录血压读数（不需要压脉带）。

1 optimize   

v.使优化 [=optimise]

参考例句：

• We should optimize the composition of the Standing Committees.优化人大常委会组成人员的结构。
• We should optimize our import mix and focus on bringing in advanced technology and key equipment.优化进口结构，着重引进先进技术和关键设备。

2 interventions   

n.介入，干涉，干预( intervention的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Economic analysis of government interventions deserves detailed discussion. 政府对经济的干预应该给予充分的论述。 来自辞典例句
• The judge's frequent interventions made a mockery of justice. 法官的屡屡干预是对正义的践踏。 来自互联网

3 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

4 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

5 pneumonia   

n.肺炎

参考例句：

• Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
• Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。

6 cuff   

n.袖口；手铐；护腕；vt.用手铐铐；上袖口

参考例句：

• She hoped they wouldn't cuff her hands behind her back.她希望他们不要把她反铐起来。
• Would you please draw together the snag in my cuff?请你把我袖口上的裂口缝上好吗？