http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071004/ap_on_sc/japan_robot_helpers;_ylt=AlI5YcPO2G2AT7_RHBtCI0es0NUE
Robots may aid aging Japanese population
questions:
1.How much percentage does the elders stand in Japan’s population ?
2.Please name one of the robotic eqipments mentioned.
3.What does Shigehisa Kobayashi think is the main purpose of care-tech ?
4.What other benfits does care-tech bring?
5.What are the two conditions mentioned at the last paragraph that make robtic technology acceptable by the users?
answers:
1.22 percent
2. My Spoon
3. Give the elderly control over their own lives,
4.Finacial increase.
5.Comfortable and full of humanity
summary:
In Japan, where one-fifth of the population is aged over 65, the cutting-edge technology is rapidly developed. The care technology does not only benifits the society.But, fuels an industry market which worth some $1.08 billion as well. Shigehisa Kobayashi, whom the inventor of My Spoon feeding robot, said the robots were created to give people control over their own live.As the aging of the population continue, people no longer spend their late years on the traditional care provided by children.In fact, that is where cutting-edge technology steps in. Robots are also a help for caregivers, too.The technology provides big abundance of support. After all, the high -tech equipments still include great humanity which satisfied the users.
vocab defenitions:
1.cutting-edge: An effective quality or element.
2.rehabilitation: To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education.
3.swiveling: To turn or rotate on or as if on a swivel.
4.silken Resembling silk in texture or appearance; smooth and lustrous.
5.spate: A sudden flood, rush, or outpouring: "It issues a spate of words from the loudspeakers and the politicians" (Virginia Woolf).
6.prototype: An original type, form, or instance serving as a basis or standard for later stages.
7. subtle: Able to make fine distinctions: a subtle mind.
8. preset: To set (an automatic control, for example) beforehand: preset a microwave oven.
9. contraption: A mechanical device; a gadget.10.empowering: To invest with power, especially legal power or official authority.
