Some Emerging Technologies Worth Looking Forward To 值得期待的一些新兴科技

Flying electric taxis

会飞的电动出租车

Long seen as something of a fantasy， flying taxis are getting serious. Several firms around the world will step up test flights with the aim of getting their aircraft certified for commercial use in the following year or two. Joby Aviation， based in California， plans to build more than a dozen of its five-seater vehicles， which have a 150-mile range. Volocopter of Germany aims to provide an air-taxi service at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Other contenders include eHang， Lilium and Vertical Aerospace.

长期以来，会飞的出租车在某种程度上被视为一个幻想，但是这件事正在成真。世界各地的几家公司正在加紧试飞，目标是在接下来的一两年内让他们的飞机获得商业用途认证。总部位于加利福尼亚的Joby Aviation计划制造十多辆五座汽车，这些汽车的航程为150英里（约241千米）。德国 Volocopter 旨在为 2024 年巴黎奥运会提供空中出租车服务。其他竞争者包括 eHang、Lilium和Vertical Aerospace。

Delivery drones

运货无人机

Wing， a sister company of Google， has been doing test deliveries in America， Australia and Finland and will expand its mall-to-home delivery service， launched in late 2021. Dronamics， a Bulgarian startup， will start using winged drones to shuttle cargo between 39 European airports. The question is： will the pace of drone deliveries pick up—or drop off？

谷歌的姐妹公司Wing一直在美国、澳大利亚和芬兰做运货无人机的交付测试，并将扩大其于2021年底推出的商场到家送货服务。保加利亚初创公司Dronamics将開始使用有翼无人机在39个欧洲机场之间运送货物。问题是：无人机交付的速度会加快还是下降？

Personalized nutrition

个性化的营养搭配

Diets dont work. Evidence is growing that each persons metabolism is unique， and food choices should be， too. Enter personalized nutrition： apps that tell you what to eat and when， using machine-learning algorithms， tests of your blood and gut microbiome， data on lifestyle factors such as exercise， and real-time tracking of blood-sugar levels using coin-sized devices attached to the skin.

节食不起作用。越来越多的证据表明，每个人的新陈代谢都是独一无二的，对食物选择也应该如此。输入个性化营养：使用机器学习算法告诉你吃什么和什么时候吃的应用程序、血液和肠道微生物组测试、运动等生活方式因素的数据，以及使用能粘贴在皮肤上的硬币大小的设备，来实时跟踪血糖水平。

Word Study

vehicle /'vi??kl/ n. 交通工具;车辆;手段，工具

cargo /'kɑ?ɡ??/ n.（船或飞机装载的）货物

algorithm /'?lɡ?r???m/ n. 算法;计算程序

track /tr?k/ v. 跟踪;追踪;跟踪摄影

n. 小道;足迹;车辙;音轨

We continued tracking the plane on our radar.