【龙腾网】科学家发明了一种可以安装在甲虫背上的微型摄像机
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Scientists strapped a tiny camera to a beetle to test just how small video technology can get
Wed July 15, 2020
科学家将一个微型摄像机绑在甲虫身上，以检测视频技术能达到多小的程度
2020年7月15日星期三
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Researchers at the University of Washington in the US developed the technology to test the potential of miniature cameras. Their device weighs about 250 milligrams -- around one-tenth the weight of a playing card -- and streams video to a smartphone at one to five frxs per second.
美国华盛顿大学的研究人员开发这项技术来测试微型摄像机的能力。这款设备重约250毫克——大约是一张扑克牌重量的十分之一——以每秒1到5帧的速度向智能手机传输拍摄的视频。
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Sitting on a mechanical arm that can pivot 60 degrees, the camera allows a viewer to capture a high-resolution, panoramic shot or track a moving obxt. As well as recording everything an insect sees, it can be used as the "eyes" for small robots.
这款相机安装在可以60度旋转的机械臂上，可以让观众捕捉到高分辨率的全景镜头，或者跟踪移动的物体。摄像头除了可以记录昆虫看到的一切，它还可以作为小型机器人的“眼睛”。
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But its development, which showed how recording devices could potentially shrink until virtually invisible, will raise concerns about privacy.
但这项研究表明，录音摄像设备可以缩小到几乎肉眼看不见，而这也将引起人们对个人隐私的担忧。
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"We have created a low-power, low-weight, wireless camera system that can capture a first-person view of what''s happening from an actual live insect or create vision for small robots," senior author Shyam Gollakota said in a statement.
资深作者希亚姆·格拉科塔在一份声明中说:“我们发明了一种低功耗、低重量的无线摄像系统，它可以用第一人称的视角捕捉到昆虫身边正在发生的事情，也可以为小型机器人创造视觉效果。”
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"Vision is so important for communication and for navigation, but it''s extremely challenging to do it at such a small scale. As a result, prior to our work, wireless vision has not been possible for small robots or insects."
“视觉对于沟通和导航来说是非常重要的，但在如此小的范围内做到这一点是极具挑战性的。因此，在我们做这项研究之前，无线视觉还不可能应用于小型机器人或昆虫上。”
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The team''s research was published Wednesday in the journal Science Robotics.
该团队的研究成果发表在周三的《科学机器人》杂志上。
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"One advantage to being able to move the camera is that you can get a wide-angle view of what''s happening without consuming a huge amount of power," co-lead author Vikram Iyer said.
“移动摄像头的一个好处是，你可以在不消耗大量电能的情况下获得更广泛的视角，”作者维克拉姆·艾耶说。
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But the researchers also raised the prospect of covert surveillance that would be difficult for subjects to detect, and they acknowledged privacy concerns.
但研究人员也提出了秘密监视的发展前景，这将很难被受监视者察觉，因此他们承认这种方式存在隐私方面的担忧。
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"There are so many questions you could explore, such as how does the beetle respond to different stimuli that it sees in the environment?" Iyer added. "But also, insects can traverse rocky environments, which is really challenging for robots to do at this scale. So this system can also help us out by letting us see or collect samples from hard-to-navigate spaces."
“还有很多问题可以探索，比如甲虫对于在环境中看到的不同刺激点是如何反应的?”艾耶说。“而且，昆虫可以在岩石环境中穿行，这对机器人来说是一个挑战。”所以这个系统也可以帮助我们，让我们看到或收集通过机器人难以深入采集的空间中的样本。”
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Earlier attempts to produce innovative cameras have also sought to mimic the vision of insects.
最早创新生产的相机也试图模仿昆虫的视觉。
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In 2013, researchers created a digital camera that imitates the bulging eyes of insects, specifically fire ants and bark beetles.
2013年，研究人员发明了一种数码相机，模仿昆虫凸出的眼睛，特别是火蚁和树皮甲虫。
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评论翻译
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Red the Raider
They''ve been working on cybernetic cockroaches that they can control like robots.
他们一直在研究可以像机器人一样控制的蟑螂。
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My pronouns are Hotel
More spy equipment for the government
这为政府提供了更多的间谍设备
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Ayodele Bukunmi
How will the camera be recovered when the insect dies?
那么昆虫死后，如何找回相机?
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Gayle J.Greenlea
That happened already.
这个已经发明出来了。
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Fitos
Probably be too scared to
这听起来太可怕了
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Zara
No way this technology will ever be abused
这项技术永远不能被滥用
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Real Eyes
They should have cured cancer instead.
这项技术应该可以用来治愈癌症
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BALOGUN
Crazy development indeed!!! But getting the best technology relies on making the world a better place to live conveniently!!!
的确是疯狂的发展! ! !但是最好的技术是为了让世界变得更美好，为了更方便的生活!!
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Rob Sierra
How about developing a vaccination to cure Covid 19??!!
开发一种疫苗来治疗新冠病毒怎么样?
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Dravid
How will this be used to infringe the rights of marginalized people?
这项技术将如何被用来侵犯人的权利?
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EMS
I''d say, given circumstances, this was probably an unnecessary feat by this man.
我得说，在目前这种情况下，这项技术对人类来说可能是不必要的。
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Scalders
This seems like news from 1975. There was really nothing important to report?
这似乎是1975年的新闻。真的没有什么重要的事件要报道了吗?
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Robin Basham
We''ll be getting a lot of footage from dung heaps and trash cans then?
我们会从粪堆和垃圾桶里看到很多摄像头吗?
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Leroy Long
Not funny at all
一点都不好笑
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Tee Trudeau
Waste of time and money. How is this benefiting mankind? Make something useful. How about provide accessible water to poor nations, help end poverty? Something useful! Smh
浪费时间和金钱。这对人类有什么好处呢?做一些有用的东西。如何为贫穷国家提供可引用的水，帮助他们脱离贫困?做对人类有用的事情!
