[ti:US Military Seeking Technology to Better Prepare for War] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.00]In military training, the body and the mind [00:03.70]are often pushed to the limit. [00:06.50]Sometimes,it could be deadly. [00:09.56]"We are killing more Marines and soldiers in training than in combat," [00:15.80]noted Warren Cook of the United States Marine Corps. [00:20.40]"Why does this happen?" Very often, he said, [00:24.50]the reason is being very tired. [00:28.08]Cook was among military officers and scientists who spoke [00:33.59]at the University of Southern California's Global Body Computing Conference. [00:40.17]The meeting took place in Los Angeles. [00:44.30]Cook and others discussed the effect of using technologies [00:49.42]such as body sensors to help new soldiers [00:53.75]understand the limits of their bodies so they can train safely. [00:59.61]Charlene Mello is a scientist with the U.S. Army's Natick Soldier Research, [01:06.89]Development and Engineering Center. [01:09.19]She said that the army is testing products, [01:13.40]many of which are commercially-made. [01:16.74]One example is Fitbit, a wearable device [01:21.08]that measures one's activity levels and physical exercise. [01:26.36]Researchers are developing virtual reality, augmented reality [01:33.07]and mixed reality projects with possible military uses. [01:38.61]One mixed reality project involves drone aircraft. [01:43.91]The drone is extremely small -- about the size of a human hand. [01:50.13]It can follow and capture a person's movements [01:54.28]so they can be studied under a training simulation. [01:59.14]These aircraft are being tested at the University [02:03.55]of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies (USC ICT). [02:09.14]Todd Richmond works at the institute. [02:13.19]He believes that using videos of a soldier's movements [02:17.66]along with other biodata will change the way people train. [02:22.88]He thinks all this information [02:26.15]may even change the way people interact with the world. [02:31.14]The institute, also known as USC ICT, [02:37.15]is also working on a virtual and augmented reality application, [02:42.45]or computer program, called Monticello. [02:46.81]Users of the app can interact with a virtual expert. [02:52.46]Soldiers could send pictures of a dangerous area to a virtual expert, [02:58.99]who could then guide them to a safer place, [03:02.93]noted Adam Reilly, a research programmer. [03:06.88]Another USC ICT project is called Bystander. [03:13.46]It is a virtual reality program that helps people deal with situations [03:19.07]to prevent sexual abuse and attacks. [03:22.71]"The military is very interested in this area of research [03:27.75]because they have programs already to try and stop sexual assaults," [03:33.73]said David Nelson. "It's a big problem in the military." [03:38.46]Nelson is a project manager at USC's Mixed Reality Lab [03:44.88]and Creative Director of the Mixed Reality Studio. [03:48.98]He said the experience of virtual reality [03:52.56]– where a user can see something happening and try to stop it [03:56.87]– is better than taking a computer class on sexual abuse. [04:01.42]Officers and scientists at the conference agreed [04:05.60]that technology can be used to keep military men [04:09.15]and women mentally and physically healthy, [04:12.78]which will make them better fighters. [04:15.24]"If you train well, you will behave well in combat," [04:20.78]noted Jeffrey Hold of the U.S. Marine Corps. [04:24.88]I'm Susan Shand. [04:27.31]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM