美国发明智能钱包 帮助人们理性消费

屈联西

2010年12月09日 环球时报

　　Financial transactions have grown increasingly abstract, encouraging wasteful and unwise purchasing habits. Researchers at the MIT Media lab have invented three different wallets - the Bumblebee, the Peacock and the Mother Bear - to help shoppers save money。
　　The Bumblebee wallet contains a vibrating motor that buzzes whenever the owner's bank account has a transaction. The length and pattern of the buzzes correspond with different kinds of transactions. The Peacock wallet expands and contracts depending on how much money is in a bank account。
　　The Mother Bear, which contains a hinge inside that is connected to a bank account and can be programmed to respond to a monthly financial goal. When money gets tighter, the hinge makes the wallet harder to open, creating a meaningful reminder to stay on target。
　　All these three wallets are sturdy enough to survive being sat upon. Each one utilizes a mobile platform called Hands and Fingers. The "fingers" are microprocessors that are embedded in the wallets while the "hands" are the corresponding software that runs on a mobile phone. The wallets communicate using Bluetooth。
　　美国“探索频道”6日报道称，随着金融交易日趋虚拟化，人们的消费习惯也变得大手大脚且不理性。麻省理工学院媒介研究室的研究人员发明了三款钱包——“大黄蜂”、“孔雀”以及“熊妈妈”——以帮助人们实现理性消费。
　　据了解，“大黄蜂”钱包内设振动装置，主人的银行账户一有交易记录该钱包便会震动，而震动时长和模式依据不同的交易类别发生变化。“孔雀”钱包则能根据账户存款多少膨胀或者收缩。
　　“熊妈妈”钱包内设一个与银行账户相连的电子拉链，并同时与主人的每月收支计划绑定。账户存款“吃紧”时，钱包的拉链也随之“咬紧”，意在提醒主人牢记本月收支计划。
　　这三款钱包都很牢固，人们坐在上面也没问题。而每个钱包都使用了一种名为“手与指”的移动平台。“指”即内置于钱包的微处理器，而“手”则是在移动电话上运行的绑定软件。而钱包与(手机)的“沟通”则通过蓝牙实现。

屈联西

　Financial transactions have grown increasingly abstract, encouraging wasteful and unwise purchasing habits. Researchers at the MIT Media lab have invented three different wallets - the Bumblebee, the Peacock and the Mother Bear - to help shoppers save money。美国“探索频道”6日报道称，随着金融交易日趋虚拟化，人们的消费习惯也变得大手大脚且不理性。麻省理工学院媒介研究室的研究人员发明了三款钱包——“大黄蜂”、“孔雀”以及“熊妈妈”——以帮助人们实现理性消费。
　　The Bumblebee wallet contains a vibrating motor that buzzes whenever the owner's bank account has a transaction. The length and pattern of the buzzes correspond with different kinds of transactions. The Peacock wallet expands and contracts depending on how much money is in a bank account。据了解，“大黄蜂”钱包内设振动装置，主人的银行账户一有交易记录该钱包便会震动，而震动时长和模式依据不同的交易类别发生变化。“孔雀”钱包则能根据账户存款多少膨胀或者收缩。

屈联西

　　The Mother Bear, which contains a hinge inside that is connected to a bank account and can be programmed to respond to a monthly financial goal. When money gets tighter, the hinge makes the wallet harder to open, creating a meaningful reminder to stay on target。“熊妈妈”钱包内设一个与银行账户相连的电子拉链，并同时与主人的每月收支计划绑定。账户存款“吃紧”时，钱包的拉链也随之“咬紧”，意在提醒主人牢记本月收支计划。
　　All these three wallets are sturdy enough to survive being sat upon. Each one utilizes a mobile platform called Hands and Fingers. The "fingers" are microprocessors that are embedded in the wallets while the "hands" are the corresponding software that runs on a mobile phone. The wallets communicate using Bluetooth。这三款钱包都很牢固，人们坐在上面也没问题。而每个钱包都使用了一种名为“手与指”的移动平台。“指”即内置于钱包的微处理器，而“手”则是在移动电话上运行的绑定软件。而钱包与(手机)的“沟通”则通过蓝牙实现。