新型腕帶——讓你再也不擔心錯過電視節目

After Christmas lunch with all the trimmings and, perhaps, a couple of glasses of port, it is inevitable that sitting down in front of the television will result in an unintended nap.

吃完備有各種配菜的聖誕午餐，或許餐後再來幾杯葡萄酒，坐下來看看電視，這時候難免會不知不覺打起盹來。

But enjoying a snooze on Christmas Day will no longer mean missing your favourite programme thanks to a wristwatch-style device that will record it for you when you fall asleep.

不過，好在有了新型腕帶設備，聖誕節打個盹兒不再意味着錯過你最喜歡的節目，因爲它會在你睡着時錄下錯過的節目。

The gadget, which tracks the wearer’s pulse to detect when they are asleep and takes over the remote to pause or record programmes, was invented by Ryan Oliver, 15, and Jonathan Kingsley, 14.

該腕帶由15歲的賴安·奧利弗和14歲的喬納森·金斯利（Jonathan Kingsle）共同發明。它可以監測佩戴者的脈搏，他們睡着時會控制遙控器將節目暫停或錄下來。

The teenagers’ device, the KipstR, has been taken up by Virgin Media to work via Wi-Fi with its TiVo television boxes.

維珍傳媒公司已啓用這款青少年設計的KipstR腕帶，讓它在Wi-Fi環境下遙控該公司的Tivo電視盒。

The boys, both students at the Manchester Creative Studio, were approached by Virgin Media when presenting their device at a start-up event.

這兩個男孩都是“曼徹斯特創意工作室”的學生，他們在一次創業活動中展示設計方案時，維珍傳媒找到了他們。

Ryan, from Kent, said: “They saw we worked well together and wanted an opportunity to work with us. Both of us had worked before with wearable technology. They know that under-18s aren’t eligible to get jobs like this and they wanted to support us.”

來自肯特郡的賴安說：“他們看我們合作得很好，所以想和我們一起研發。我們兩個之前都做過可穿戴技術。他們瞭解未滿18週歲的青少年沒有足夠能力做好得這項工作，所以他們想幫我們。”

Jonathan added: “Once we started working, we got together a few bits and pieces — a small spark core, battery system, pulse oximeter and from there it was relatively simple to create a system that checked heart rates.”

喬納森補充道：“開始研發以後，我們收集了一些零部件——一個小型spark core（一種Wi-Fi開發板）、電池系統、脈搏血氧儀，這麼一來，研發一個監測心率的系統就相對簡單了。”

The pair finished their product last week and Virgin is now asking for volunteers to test it out.

這對搭檔上週完成該產品製作，維珍傳媒正在徵集志願者以對它進行測試。

The boys hope the technology can be adapted for other devices, such as testing which programmes cause the biggest emotional responses.

兩個男孩希望該技術能得到改進另作他用，比如測試哪種節目能造成最大的情緒反應。