能预测孩子未来模样的软件
英语课
Most mothers and fathers will have wondered what their children will grow up to look like and now a new app could take all the guess work out of the equation.
大多数父母都好奇自己孩子长大以后会是什么样子,现在就有一款新的应用软件能够解开这个谜题。
The revolutionary software, which was originally designed to identify potential terrorists in busy crowds, has already been used to predict the future appearance of celebrity 1 offspring including Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Harper Beckham.
开发这款革命性软件最初目的是为了识别人群中潜在的恐怖分子,改进之后可以用于预测明星后代长大的样子,比如乔治王子,夏洛特公主和哈珀·贝克汉姆。
Now the creator, Professor Hassan Ugail, head of Bradford University's Centre for Visual Computing 2, has announced plans for it to be developed into an app available for the general public.
软件的研发者哈桑·尤格里,也是布拉德福德大学视觉计算中心的主任。近日他宣布,会让这款软件为普通大众所用。
It means this innovative 3 technology, which works by blending the child's face with that of their parents, could predict the appearance of the next generation decades in advance.
这意味着,这项创新技术可以通过融合孩子和父母的外貌,从而提前预知孩子未来几十年以后的模样。
能预测孩子未来模样的软件
Ugail, who claims the software has an 80 percent success rate, will reveal his future plans at this week's meeting of the British Science Association in Bradford.
尤格里称这个软件的成功率有80%。本周在布拉德福德大学举行的英国科学协会上,他将进一步阐述其未来计划。
As a way of demonstrating the app's capabilities 4, Ugail has released some examples for several celebrity youngsters as they will look in years to come. Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Harper Beckham are all imagined at ages two, seven, 20, 40 and 60.
在演示该软件功能时,尤格里列举了一些预测星二代外貌的例子。包括乔治王子,夏洛特公主和哈珀·贝克汉姆都被预测了2岁、7岁、20岁、40岁以及60岁的长相。
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be glad to see that two-year-old Prince George will still have the same plump cheeks and almond-shaped blue eyes aged 5 seven. He also bears a striking resemblance to his father William - and the software predicts he will maintain his youthful looks well into middle age. However, the royal is anticipated to begin showing his age with wrinkled skin and greying hair as he reaches the age of 60.
剑桥公爵夫妇能够开心的看到,他们现在两岁的小王子乔治在七岁的时候依然拥有婴儿肥的脸颊和杏仁状的蓝色双眼,同时他会和他的父亲威廉王子长得很像。软件还预测出他中年时的外貌还会和少年一样年轻富有朝气,然而等他步入60岁,岁月的痕迹越来越明显,这位王子会出现皱纹,头发花白。
Meanwhile his sister Charlotte, now six months, will look young and fresh-faced well into her sixties - if these images are anything to go by.
与此同时,小王子六个月大的妹妹夏洛特直到60岁都会保持年轻的面庞(如果这些预测图片具有参考价值的话)。
The Beckham's youngest child Harper, who is four, looks set to inherit her mother Victoria's age-defying complexion 6 as she remains 7 wrinkle-free into middle age.
贝克汉姆的小女儿哈珀今年四岁,据软件预测,她继承了妈妈维多利亚的抗衰老肤质,中年的时候依然没有任何皱纹。
However with this set of photographs it will be decades, of course, before we can judge the results for ourselves.
然而,这些照片展现的都是几十年后的样子,我们现在也无从考证。
To tackle that issue Ugail said he reversed the process, 'de-ageing' celebrities 8 including Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, and comparing them with photographs from their childhood. The results, he claims, were 'striking'.
尤格里说,为了解决这一问题他会逆推这个过程。他宣称,以那些年纪大的名人为例,包括好莱坞明星安吉丽娜·朱莉,将逆推出的照片与儿时照片对比,发现非常准确。
Eventually the smartphone app will mean that parents can predict how their children will look right into middle age, presumably with just the click of a button.
最终,这个智能手机软件可以让家长仅仅单击一个按钮,就能看到自己孩子中年时候的模样。
Vocabulary
age-defying: 抗衰老的
n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望
- Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
- He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
n.计算
- to work in computing 从事信息处理
- Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代(约1980年),他们就创办了软件公司。
adj.革新的,新颖的,富有革新精神的
- Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
- He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。
n.能力( capability的名词复数 );可能;容量;[复数]潜在能力
- He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大,自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
- Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为,标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
adj.年老的,陈年的
- He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了,也老点了。
- He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老,然而记忆力还好。
n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格
- Red does not suit with her complexion.红色与她的肤色不协调。
- Her resignation puts a different complexion on things.她一辞职局面就全变了。
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉
- He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
- a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
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