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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Flexible LED Display Technology No Longer A Stretch 可彎式LED顯示技術不再是吹牛
◎ 陳成良
U.S. researchers said on Thursday they have found a way to make large-scale flexible display screens that can be stretched to fit the contours of a bus yet are transparent enough so riders can see out windows.
美國研究人員週四說，他們發現了一種製作大尺寸、可彎曲顯示螢幕的方法，讓螢幕可延展到符合一輛巴士的輪廓，且透明度足以讓乘客看透窗玻璃。
The thin, light screens might be used to make brake light indicators that follow the contours of a car, or health monitors or imaging devices that wrap around a patient like a blanket, said John Rogers of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, whose study appears in the journal Science.
這種輕薄的螢幕可以依據車子的輪廓來製造煞車指示燈，或製作可像毯子一樣將病人裹起來的健康監控器或造影儀器，伊利諾大學香檳分校的約翰．羅傑斯說。他的研究成果公布在「科學」期刊上。
He said the large display screens combine the scale and durability of light-emitting diodes, or LED technology, used to make flat, lighted billboards, with the flexibility of screens made using organic -- carbon-containing -- materials.
他說，這種大型螢幕結合了用來製作平面薄型告示板的發光二極管（LED）技術的尺寸與耐用性，以及有機含碳材料所製螢幕的彈性特點。
Rogers said current technology using inorganic materials produces chunky individual LED lights that need to be arranged piecemeal with a robotic arm. Screens made using organic materials can be sprayed or painted onto a film surface, but they are not as bright or durable, he said.
羅傑斯說，目前利用無機材料的技術可製造大量單獨LED光束，這些光束需要通過機器手臂逐一排列。而有機材料做成的屏幕可噴灑或塗於膠片表面，但卻不夠明亮與耐久，他說。
新聞辭典
stretch：名詞，（口語）誇大；誇張；吹牛。另一個常見解釋是「伸長」，標題中的stretch是雙關語。
contour：名詞，輪廓、外形、結構，如contours of a building（建築的輪廓）。
piecemeal ：副詞，一件件地，逐個地；逐漸地；零碎地。例句：The reforms were implemented piecemeal. （改革在零零星星地進行。）
