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A virtual cottage industry has emerged around finding innovative uses for smartphones,
研究人員將iPhone和光學濾鏡相結合，制造出一個可以分析毒素、細菌和其他公共衛生相關物質的手持式分析器。
well beyond basic calling, texting and Internet access.
除了最基本的打電話、發短信和上網這些功能，實業界已經開始探索智能手機的其他創新用途。
In particular, there's been a lot of interest in turning iPhones into something like the Star Trek medical tricorder.
特別是，現在人們十分熱衷于將iPhone變成類似“星際迷航”里的醫用三錄儀。
For example, University of Illinois researchers are developing an app and cradle-like device that makes the iPhone a biosensor. The key is the smartphone's camera and processing power combined with the lenses and filters located in the cradle.
比如，美國伊利諾伊大學的研究人員正在研發一個應用程序和類似支架的裝置，讓iPhone可以變成一個生物傳感器。該技術的關鍵在于把智能手機的攝像頭和處理能力，以及支架中的透鏡和濾光片整合起來。
Just put a sample of what you want to study on a slide and insert it into the cradle. The iPhone screen indicates a shift in wavelength when the cradle's photonic crystal detects toxins, proteins, bacteria, viruses or other biological materials on the slide. The researchers published in the journal Lab on a Chip.
你只須將想要研究的樣本放在一塊載玻片上，再將其插入這個支架中，如果支架中的光緒系統檢測出載玻片上的毒素、蛋白質、細菌、病毒或其他生物材料，iPhone的屏幕就會指示出波長移位。這項研究結果發表在《芯片實驗室》雜志上。
Imagine using a smartphone to tell if there are toxins in harvested corn and soybeans or pathogens in a water supply. That's a handy tool that lowers the cost of medical fieldwork. Plus, when you're done, it's easy to call in the results.
想象一下，我們可以利用智能手機來檢測剛收割的玉米和大豆是否含有毒素，或者供水系統里是否包含病原體。這個簡便的工具降低了醫學實地考察的成本。并且，當你檢測完后，調用結果也非常方便。
