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[00:00.00]Kenya is East Africa’s largest economy. Its capital Nairobi is growing quickly. [00:09.61]But so is the city’s crime rate-- the Nairobi Metropolitan Crime Observatory says thieves steal an average of 10 cars each day. [00:24.58]Kelvin Macharia has invented a tracking, or following,device [00:29.87]that uses computers and wireless technology to help owners know where their cars are, and find them if they are stolen. [00:40.73]Mr. Macharia is just 24 years old. He is the chief executive officer of Sunrise Tracking. [00:51.38]He began working on his invention in 2012. Using $300 from his savings, he improved a system that was already being used to find stolen cars. [01:06.60]His surveillance system uses a computer or mobile phone to tell owners where their car is. [01:14.42] Mr. Macharia says if a car is stolen, the owners can find it using his tracking device. [01:23.69]Owners are able to send a command to the vehicle through a text message. It immediately stops the car from moving. [01:33.64]Experts say this shows the power of security solutions that involve mobile technology. [01:41.69]Mr. Macharia used material available in Kenya to make his first tracker devices. [01:49.15]When he was satisfied with the design, he outsourced the building of the device to a factory in China. [01:58.39]He says his company is now worth more than $100,000 and has more than 100 companies as clients. [02:09.05]Tony Wanga is one of those clients. He owns three minibus taxis. Car thieves in Nairobi have targeted these vehicles. [02:22.25] Mr. Wanga bought trackers for each of his vehicles. The trackers cost $250 each. He says the tracker tells him where his vehicles are. [02:36.32]He says when the tracker is placed in one of his vehicles, he can follow its travels as he sits in his office. [02:45.89]Mr. Macharia continues to develop other security products. His other security products include car alarms and a camera hidden inside a pen. [02:59.32]And he say she is building a wireless security camera that will be able to store video information for long periods of time. [03:10.03]Mr. Macharia hopes his technological innovations give his clients the security and safety they want and need. [03:21.48]I’m Jonathan Evans.

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Young Technology Expert Works to Stop Car Thefts

年輕的技術(shù)專家努力阻止汽車失竊

Kenyais East Africa’s largest economy. Its capital Nairobi is growing quickly. But so is the city’s crime rate-- the Nairobi Metropolitan Crime Observatory says thieves steal an average of 10 cars each day.

肯尼亞是東非最大的經(jīng)濟(jì)體，首都內(nèi)羅畢發(fā)展很快，但是城市犯罪率增長(zhǎng)的也快——內(nèi)羅畢都市犯罪觀察站說竊賊平均每天偷盜十輛汽車。

Kelvin Macharia has invented a tracking, or following, device that uses computers and wireless technology to help owners know where their cars are, and find them if they are stolen. Mr. Macharia is just 24 years old. He is the chief executive officer of Sunrise Tracking.

凱文·瑪卡里亞已經(jīng)給汽車安裝了跟蹤設(shè)備，通過電腦和無線技術(shù)幫助車主了解他們的車在哪兒，如果汽車被盜也可以找到失竊車輛。24歲的瑪卡里亞是朝陽(yáng)追蹤公司（Sunrise Tracking）的總裁。

He began working on his invention in 2012. Using $300 from his savings, he improved a system that was already being used to find stolen cars. His surveillance system uses a computer or mobile phone to tell owners where their car is. Mr. Macharia says if a car is stolen, the owners can find it using his tracking device. Owners are able to send a command to the vehicle through a text message. It immediately stops the car from moving. Experts say this shows the power of security solutions that involve mobile technology.

2012年，他開始這項(xiàng)發(fā)明研究，從積蓄中拿出300美元，他改進(jìn)了一下用來追蹤失竊車輛的系統(tǒng)。他的監(jiān)聽系統(tǒng)使用電腦和手機(jī)告訴車主他們的車在哪兒?，斂ɡ飦喺f如果汽車被盜，失主使用追蹤設(shè)備就能找到被偷車輛。車主可以通過信息向汽車發(fā)送命令，然后汽車就會(huì)停止。專家說這顯示了移動(dòng)技術(shù)的安全解決方案的能力。

Mr. Macharia used material available in Kenya to make his first tracker devices. When he was satisfied with the design, he outsourced the building of the device to a factory in China. He says his company is now worth more than $100,000 and has more than 100 companies as clients.

瑪卡里亞使用現(xiàn)有的材料在肯尼亞制造他的第一個(gè)跟蹤設(shè)備，他滿意自己的設(shè)計(jì)成果后，就會(huì)把這種設(shè)備的制造外包給中國(guó)的一家工廠。他說現(xiàn)在他的公司價(jià)值100多萬(wàn)美元，公司擁有100多家公司的客戶。

Tony Wanga is one of those clients. He owns three minibus taxis. Car thieves in Nairobi have targeted these vehicles. Mr. Wanga bought trackers for each of his vehicles. The trackers cost $250 each. He says the tracker tells him where his vehicles are. He says when the tracker is placed in one of his vehicles, he can follow its travels as he sits in his office.

托尼·王是其中一名客戶，他有三輛巴士出租車，內(nèi)羅畢的竊車賊以這些機(jī)動(dòng)車位目標(biāo)。王為每輛車都買了跟蹤器，每個(gè)跟蹤器價(jià)值250美元。他說跟蹤器會(huì)告訴他汽車位置在哪兒，他還說汽車上安裝了跟蹤器后，他在辦公室就能了解汽車的運(yùn)行路線。

Mr. Macharia continues to develop other security products. His other security products include car alarms and a camera hidden inside a pen. And he say she is building a wireless security camera that will be able to store video information for long periods of time.

瑪卡里亞繼續(xù)研發(fā)其它的安保產(chǎn)品，他的其它安保產(chǎn)品包括汽車警報(bào)器，隱藏在鋼筆里的攝像機(jī)，他說正在開發(fā)一款無線的安全攝像頭，能夠儲(chǔ)存長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的影像信息。

Mr. Macharia hopes his technological innovations give his clients the security and safety they want and need.

瑪卡里亞希望他的技術(shù)創(chuàng)新能夠滿足客戶想要的安全。

I’m Jonathan Evans.

我是喬納森·伊凡。

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Words in This Story

client – n. a person who pays a professional person or organization forservices

innovation – n. a new idea, device, or method

outsource – v. to send away some of a company’s work to be done bypeople outside the company

surveillance – n. the act of carefully watching someone or something,especially in order to prevent or detect a crime

Young Technology Expert Works to Stop Car Thefts

A young inventor in Nairobi invented this car security device.

Kenya is East Africa’s largest economy. Its capitalNairobi is growing quickly. But so is the city’s crime rate-- the Nairobi Metropolitan Crime Observatory saysthieves steal an average of 10 cars each day.

Kelvin Macharia has invented a tracking, or following,device that uses computers and wireless technology tohelp owners know where their cars are, and find them ifthey are stolen. Mr. Macharia is just 24 years old. He is the chief executiveofficer of Sunrise Tracking.

He began working on his invention in 2012. Using $300 from his savings, heimproved a system that was already being used to find stolen cars. Hissurveillance system uses a computer or mobile phone to tell owners wheretheir car is. Mr. Macharia says if a car is stolen, the owners can find it usinghis tracking device. Owners are able to send a command to the vehiclethrough a text message. It immediately stops the car from moving. Expertssay this shows the power of security solutions that involve mobile technology.

Mr. Macharia used material available in Kenya to make his first trackerdevices. When he was satisfied with the design, he outsourced the buildingof the device to a factory in China. He says his company is now worth morethan $100,000 and has more than 100 companies as clients.

Tony Wanga is one of those clients. He owns three minibus taxis. Car thievesin Nairobi have targeted these vehicles. Mr. Wanga bought trackers for eachof his vehicles. The trackers cost $250 each. He says the tracker tells himwhere his vehicles are. He says when the tracker is placed in one of hisvehicles, he can follow its travels as he sits in his office.

Mr. Macharia continues to develop other security products. His other securityproducts include car alarms and a camera hidden inside a pen. And he sayshe is building a wireless security camera that will be able to store videoinformation for long periods of time.

Mr. Macharia hopes his technological innovations give his clients the securityand safety they want and need.

I’m Jonathan Evans.

Correspondent Lenny Ruvaga reported this story from Nairobi. JonathanEvans wrote it for Learning English. He also narrated and produced the story.Christopher Cruise edited it.

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Words in This Story

client – n. a person who pays a professional person or organization forservices

innovation – n. a new idea, device, or method

outsource – v. to send away some of a company’s work to be done bypeople outside the company

surveillance – n. the act of carefully watching someone or something,especially in order to prevent or detect a crime

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