離開
進入中英對照讀新聞》An Artist Used 99 Phones to Fake a Google Maps Traffic Jam 一名藝術家以99支手機讓Google地圖假塞車
圖為Google地圖示意圖。（取自Google地圖）
◎黃靖媗
Three years ago, artist Simon Weckert noticed something unusual at a May Day demonstration in Berlin：Google Maps showed there was a massive traffic jam, even though there were zero cars on the road.
3年前，藝術家賽門．威克特注意到柏林一場五一勞動節示威中有些不正常的地方，Google地圖顯示路上嚴重塞車，即使路上完全沒有車。
Weckert realized that it was the mass of people, or more specifically their smartphones, that had inadvertently tricked Google into seeing gridlock on an empty street.
威克特發現，是一大群人，更精確地說，是他們的智慧型手機不經意地欺騙了Google，讓它以為空蕩的街道上有交通堵塞。
Weckert borrowed phones from friends and from rental companies until he had acquired 99 devices, which he piled into a little red wagon. Over the course of a day, Weckert would walk up and down a given street, towing his smartphone-packed wagon behind him.
威克特向朋友與租借公司借來99支手機，並將它們堆在一個紅色的小型手拉車內。一整天，威克特在特定街道上遊走，並將裝滿智慧型手機的手拉車拖在身後。
Weckert says his wagon would create a long red line in the app, indicating that traffic had slowed to a crawl—even though there wasn’t any traffic at all.
威克特說，他的手拉車會在手機應用程式（app）上創造出一條長長的紅線，紅線代表交通狀況已經慢到難以前進，即使根本沒有任何車流量。
新聞辭典
demonstration：名詞，示威遊行。例句：They organized the demonstration against the new policy.（他們舉辦示威遊行，抗議新的政策。）
traffic jam：片語，交通阻塞。例句：I will be late cause massive traffic jams.（我會遲到，因為路上塞得很嚴重。）
pile：動詞，堆疊。例句：I piled a lot of books on the table.（我在桌上堆了一些書。）
