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1、考研英语历年真题来源报刊阅读100篇Text15Doughnutadjustyourset　　HAVEyoueverseenanythingontelevisionthatmadeyoushoutorshakeyourfistinangeratthescreen?Televisionsare,ofcourse,unabletorespondtosuchreactions.Butthatcouldbeabouttochange.Controllingyourtelevisionandotherhom

2、eentertainmentdevicesusingvoicecommandsorgesturesisstartingtobecomepossiblethankstoanewgenerationofcontrollers.　　Consider,forexample,thecontrollerthatwentonsalelastmonthwithNintendo’sWiigamesconsole.Inplaceoftheusual(sometimesbaffling)combinationofbu

3、ttonsandjoysticks,theWiihasamotionsensitivecontroller.Theconsolecandeterminehowthecontrollerismovinginspaceandwhatitispointingat,andusesthatinformationtocontrolwhatishappeningonscreen.Dependingonthegame,thecontrollerbecomesawarrior’sswordoragolfclub.　

4、　Forsomegames,thecontrollerconnectsupviaacabletoasecond,smallerhandsetcalledthe"Nunchuk"aftertheweaponfavouredbyBruceLeeinhismartialartsmovies(twobatonslinkedbyachain).Itisthenpossibletouseonecontrollerformovement,andtheothertofireweaponsoruseitems.T

5、henumberofbuttonsonbothcontrollershasbeenreducedtoaminimum,asNintendohopestodrawinnewcustomerswhofindexistinggamesconsolestoocomplicated.ButwhethertheWiiwillintroduceagenerationofgrandmotherstothejoysofkarategamesremainstobeseen.　　Thislivingroomoverlo

6、adislikelytogetworseastelecomsoperatorslaunchanewgenerationoftelevisionoverbroadbandservices,usingatechnologycalledIPTV.Thiswillmakepossiblethousandsofchannels,downloadableprogramsandfilms,plusmessaging,internetaccessandgames.Itwillalsoinvolvethebigge

7、standmostcomplicatedcontrollerseverseen."Theexperienceisn’tasgoodasitcouldbe,"saysMichaelCaiofParksAssociates,aconsultancy.Sosomecompaniesbelieveanewapproachisneeded.　　Othercompanieshavelookedatusingspeechbasedcontrollersinthelivingroom.Onefirm,Promp

8、tu,developedavoicecontrolsystemforAmericancableoperatorsandtesteditinconjunctionwithMotorola,whichmakessettopboxes.Butithasnowdecidedtorepositionthetechnologyasavoicebasednavigationsystemformobilephones.AsimplerapproachistakenbytheInVocavoice