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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.Controllingyourtelevisionandotherhomeentertainmentdev

2、icesusingvoicecommandsorgesturesisstartingtobecomepossiblethankstoanewgenerationofcontrollers.　　Consider,forexample,thecontrollerthatwentonsalelastmonthwithNintendo’sWiigamesconsole.Inplaceoftheusual(sometimesbaffling)combinationofbuttonsandjoysticks,theWiihasamotionse

3、nsitivecontroller.Theconsolecandeterminehowthecontrollerismovinginspaceandwhatitispointingat,andusesthatinformationtocontrolwhatishappeningonscreen.Dependingonthegame,thecontrollerbecomesawarrior’sswordoragolfclub.　　Forsomegames,thecontrollerconnectsupviaacabletoasecon

4、d,smallerhandsetcalledthe"Nunchuk"aftertheweaponfavouredbyBruceLeeinhismartialartsmovies(twobatonslinkedbyachain).Itisthenpossibletouseonecontrollerformovement,andtheothertofireweaponsoruseitems.Thenumberofbuttonsonbothcontrollershasbeenreducedtoaminimum,asNintendohop

5、estodrawinnewcustomerswhofindexistinggamesconsolestoocomplicated.ButwhethertheWiiwillintroduceagenerationofgrandmotherstothejoysofkarategamesremainstobeseen.　　Thislivingroomoverloadislikelytogetworseastelecomsoperatorslaunchanewgenerationoftelevisionoverbroadbandservic

6、es,usingatechnologycalledIPTV.Thiswillmakepossiblethousandsofchannels,downloadableprogramsandfilms,plusmessaging,internetaccessandgames.Itwillalsoinvolvethebiggestandmostcomplicatedcontrollerseverseen."Theexperienceisn’tasgoodasitcouldbe,"saysMichaelCaiofParksAssociate

7、s,aconsultancy.Sosomecompaniesbelieveanewapproachisneeded.　　Othercompanieshavelookedatusingspeechbasedcontrollersinthelivingroom.Onefirm,Promptu,developedavoicecontrolsystemforAmericancableoperatorsandtesteditinconjunctionwithMotorola,whichmakessettopboxes.Butithasnow

8、decidedtorepositionthetechnologyasavoicebasednavigationsystemformobilephones.AsimplerapproachistakenbytheInVocavoice