VOA慢速英語(yǔ): 喀麥隆工程師發(fā)明檢查心臟的觸摸醫(yī)用平板電腦

[00:00.00]From VOA Learning English, [00:03.02]this is the Technology Report. [00:05.18](Music) [00:10.85]Cameroon is experimenting with Africa's first mobile system [00:16.92]to send a cardiac, or heart signal over a wireless network. [00:23.24]The system will give much needed medical assistance [00:28.15]to heart patients in rural areas. [00:31.65]Cameroonian Arthur Zang invented the device called the Cardiopad. [00:38.36]He was just 24 years old when he invented it. [00:43.33]The Cardiopad is a touch screen medical tablet [00:48.20]that enables heart examinations to be performed. [00:52.28]The results of the tests are sent wirelessly to specialists [00:57.62]in other parts of Cameroon who can interpret them. [01:01.58]Simplice Momo is a 55-year-old heart patient [01:06.27]in a rural area of Cameroon. [01:09.38]He says the Cardiopad saves him time and money. [01:14.35]He says it is too costly and difficult for him [01:19.25]to see a heart specialist in the city. [01:22.33]Cameroon has a population of about 22 million people. [01:26.75]But the country only has 40 heart surgeons. [01:31.38]Most are in the cities of Douala or Yaounde. [01:36.55]Sometimes the heart experts needed [01:39.51]can only be found outside the country. [01:43.29]Apolonia Budzee is a nurse at Saint Elizabeth Cardiac Center. [01:49.57]She says the device will permit doctors [01:52.98]to send patients' medical information to specialists in Europe. [01:58.64]Arthur Zang started the Cardiopad project five years ago. [02:03.60]The young computer engineer said he needed more training [02:08.23]and $45,000 to develop the device. [02:13.04]His family did not have the money. [02:15.66]Banks would not give him loans. [02:18.56]So he shared his idea on social media. [02:22.73]The president of Cameroon, Paul Biya, [02:26.55]answered the appeal with money for the project. [02:30.17]Mr. Zang also received free online training [02:34.50]from an engineering school in India. [02:37.66]The Cameroon scientific community [02:41.03]has recognized the Cardiopad as extremely effective. [02:45.65]The device costs about $4,000. [02:49.97]The government of Cameroon has not been able [02:54.13]to provide the device to hospitals in need. [02:57.39]Most of them lack internet and enough electricity. [03:02.41]But the Cardiopad testing at the Bafia Hospital [03:06.39]is gaining attention and may get the assistance needed. [03:10.59]Mr. Zang says he has had private investors contact him. [03:15.76]But he is more interested in investors who share his vision. [03:21.09]That vision is not of money, [03:24.65]but of better ways to help improve people's lives. [03:29.01]And that's the VOA Learning English Technology Report. [03:33.88]For more technology stories, [03:36.39]go to our website chinavoa.com. [03:42.50]I'm Jonathan Evans.

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