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進入《中英對照讀新聞》US military develops prosthetic hand that can ‘feel’ 美國軍方研發讓義肢的手可以「感覺」
（資料照，美聯社）
◎李信漢
Researchers fitted a man who has been paralyzed for more than a decade with an experimental prosthetic hand that lets him "feel" sensations, the US military’s futuristic development department said.
研究人員替一名癱患十幾年的男子裝上一個實驗的義肢手，這個義肢手可以讓他「感受」到感覺，美國軍方的未來發展部門說。
Scientists wired electrodes into the 28-year-old patient’s sensory cortex, which is the part of the brain that identifies tactile sensations, enabling him to perceive a basic sense of touch.
科學家把電極與這名28歲患者的腦皮層感覺區接合，這裡是大腦辨識觸覺的部分，能讓他感覺到基本的觸覺感。
In the first series of tests, researchers gently touched each finger of the prosthetic hand while the man was wearing a blindfold.
在第一個系列的測試裡，研究人員在患者戴上眼罩的情況下，輕觸他義肢手的每根手指。
He was able to state with nearly 100-percent accuracy which finger was being touched, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known as DARPA, said in a statement Friday.
他幾乎能百分百準確地說出每根被碰觸的手指，美國國防部先進研究計畫局（DARPA）週五在聲明中說。
"At one point, instead of pressing one finger, the team decided to press two without telling him," said Justin Sanchez, who heads DARPA’s Revolutionizing Prosthetics program.
「在某個時間點，研究團隊一次不只壓一根手指，而是決定在不告知他的情況下按兩根手指。」領導DARPA義肢革新計畫的賈斯汀．桑契士說。
"He responded in jest, asking whether somebody was trying to play a trick on him. That is when we knew that the feelings he was perceiving through the robotic hand were near-natural." （AFP）
「患者打趣地回應，詢問是否有人在跟他開玩笑。就是那時，我們知道患者透過機械手臂感知到的觸覺幾近於自然。」（法新社）
新聞辭典
prosthesis：名詞，義肢。例句：She was fitted with a prosthesis to replace her missing leg.（她裝上義肢以代替她失去的腿。）
tactile：形容詞，觸覺的。例如：visual and tactile experiences（視覺與觸覺的體驗）
blindfold：名詞，眼罩；動詞，蒙住眼睛。例句：The kidnappers tied him up and blindfolded him.（綁匪將他綁住並蒙住他的眼睛。）
