Reporter： 2013 promises to bring an 1）assortment of brighter， faster and larger gadgets certain to gain a widespread attention. Today technology expert Charlie Brown joins us now. So， tell us about the Watch Finds.

Reporter： Yeah， we thought Shoe Finds before， but now its a Watch Find.

Charlie Brown（Technology expert）：Yeah， well， look， whats interesting is three years ago LG brought out a 3G watch-find； beautiful piece of engineering， but the problem was it cost $2，000 2）outright…

Reporter： Uhm hm.

Charlie： And…and it was a bit 3）chunky on your 4）wrist. Now the one that were talking about these days is smaller and lighter and its gonna be a lot cheaper at a few hundred dollars， so the the…the idea is that because this device improves on those two key areas， in size and in price， its gonna be adopted a lot more heavily by people. Now， again， what were talking about here is…is not just the time but making calls through your watch， but also getting your…your social media updates and things like that instantly. It can…it can pull…it can create its own content but also stream content from devices around you， so it can pull music from your…your mp3…

Reporter： Yeah.

Charlie： Your Smart Phone in your pocket， for example. But the idea is make it cheaper and make it do more stuff， and， potentially， people will buy it. So were looking at something like that coming out in 2013.

Reporter： Its like Dick Tracy. Remember Dick Tracy…

Charlie： Yeah， I do.

Reporter： …used to spend a…

Charlie： I do.

Reporter： If youve got 5）chubby fingers like me， thats gonna be hard. Now what about another innovation？ Its the Google glasses. How do these work？

Charlie： Well this is the idea of 6）augmented reality being built into glasses. So you put them on and then， as youre looking around the room or looking around the suburb， information is fed live into…in…in front of your eye. Now Googles been working on this for a number of years and shown us this technology in a number of…a number of different times. They…theyre 7）directional as well， so theyve got GPS built into them， so as you turn， it knows which way youre standing on the planet， for example. It knows how high you are in your altitude. This…it…it can stream information from your Smart Phone， but it could also have a small android operating system built in. Now， Googles working on this， and look， you know， they make billions in profits a year， but weve also got an Australian company， a…a start-up…

Reporter： Really？

Charlie： …which is actually pulling 8）funding at the moment to do its own version of Google goggles， and， look， its so…and the interesting thing is its not just Google， its other companies who are trying to create this thing， so what were…what were thinking is， because so many people are doing it and this technologys developing so fast， well see something commercially in 2013.

记者： 2013年有望带来各式更智能、更快捷、更大型的电子电器，一定会获得广泛的关注。今天，技术专家查理·布朗正和我们在一起。那么，请跟我们说说手表探测器。

记者：是的，我们有想过鞋型探测器，不过现在是一款手表探测器。

查理·布朗（技术专家）： 好吧，有趣的是3年前LG公司推出了一款3G手表探测器。做工精美，不过问题就是售价高达两千美元。

记者：嗯嗯。

查理：而且戴在手腕上显得有点笨重。现在我们在探讨的这款产品会更加小巧轻便，同时价格也会便宜很多，只需几百美元。因此，我们认为由于这款设备在尺寸和价格这两个重要方面的改进，它将会更加受到人们的青睐。现在，再说明一下，我们在此讨论的这款手表不仅能报时，而且能打电话，还能即时更新你的社交媒体等。它能拉……能创建自己的内容，也可以从你身边的设备中提取内容。所以你可以从你的mp3播放器里拉音乐过去……

记者：是的。

查理：例如，从你口袋里的智能手机中（拉取歌曲）。而且，让它更廉价，更多功能的想法，将会吸引人们去购买。因此，我们很期待有类似这样的一款产品能在2013年面世。

记者：就像狄克·崔西侦探。还记得他……

查理：是的，我记得。

记者：曾花了一……

查理：我记得。

记者：如果你的手指和我的一样胖的话，操作起来就会困难些。现在说说另外一款创新之作——谷歌眼镜。它是怎样操作的？

查理：这个想法就是将增强现实（注：也被称之为混合现实。它通过电脑技术，将虚拟的信息应用到真实世界，真实的环境和虚拟的物体实时地叠加到了同一个画面或空间同时存在。）增加到眼镜中。你只要戴上眼镜，当你环视房间或郊区四周时，信息就会在你眼前实时更新。目前，谷歌公司已经在这个项目上研究了好几年，也曾在不同时期向我们展示过这项技术。这副眼镜同时也能导航，因此内置了GPS。例如当你转向的时候，它就知晓你在地球何方，还能知道你身处的海拔高度。它可以从你的智能手机中提取信息，同时还内置了安卓系统。目前谷歌正在开发这些技术，并期望每年能从中获利数十亿。但我们也得知一个刚刚起步的澳洲小公司……

记者：真的吗？

查理：正在集资开发自己的谷歌眼镜。有趣的是不仅是谷歌，还有其他公司在尝试创造这种产品。由于开发这种产品的人很多，这项技术发展也很迅速，我们认为在2013年这款产品将会商业化。

Reporter： I get so easily distracted walking around anyway， Im bound to walk into some walls now. But now， before Steve Jobs died， he said hed cracked the code—Apple TV； he thinks hes got it—are Apple gonna release it this year？

Charlie： Well， were seeing…you cant go and drop a couple of million television units onto the planet without somebody somewhere having to create the parts and the technology to go around doing it…

Reporter： Yeah.

Charlie： …so…so weve seen discussions in…in…in Shenzhen， at the back of Hong Kong， that theres…that theyre 9）tooling up to create this massive TV experience for people. Apples got a product that they…that they plug into a television that streams your…your iTunes content already. But the idea is build all that…those apps and that cool series technology into your televisions， sell it commercially. They need a revolution this year. I hope they bring something out. Itd be great to see the TV market have a new Apple product， but then， were also seeing other TV technologies rolled out this year as well from other players.

Reporter： Alright， thanks Charlie. Its very exciting stuff. Coming up…

记者：反正我走路的时候很容易分心，一定会撞墙的。在史蒂夫·乔布斯逝世前，他声称自己已想好开发苹果电视。他认为自己已经成功了，那苹果公司今年会发布这项技术吗？

查理：这个，我们在期待着……首先如果没人在研发电视部件和相关技术的话，就不可能有成千上万的电视。记者：的确。

查理：因此，我们在香港后面的深圳展会上已经听到了不少的讨论，表明他们正在着手开发这种大型电视体验技术。苹果手上的产品接驳电视后，就能提取你iTunes上的内容。但最终的想法是能将那些应用程序和一系列新潮的技术添加到电视上，并将其市场化。他们今年必须做出一些改革创新。我希望他们能推出这款产品。能在电视市场上看到苹果产品会很棒。不过我们也要注意到今年也有另外一些电视技术像其他播放器一样在推出。

记者：好的，谢谢你，查理。这情况很激动人心。接下来……

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