英國學生發明不變形檔風雨傘和智能花盆

湖南城市學院 李勝武 供稿

在我們生活中，總會遇到刮風下雨的天氣，如果還要和不好用的雨傘較勁，那把你弄個渾身濕透也很正常。如今，英國一名年輕設計師認為他找到了解決這個問題的辦法。

Theenterprising(富有創造精神的)student from Brunel University has created the unbreakable ‘Brolli’,which he says will stay upright in the stormiest of weather.

這名來自布魯內爾大學的富有創造精神的學生發明了一種“堅不可摧的”雨傘。據他介紹，這種傘能經得住任何風雨天氣的考驗。

Thegadget(小配件)opens insideout and looks like an upside-down umbrella.It opens over the top of people’s heads and theribs(傘 骨)flex with the wind,stopping it from being bent out of shape in agale(大風).The design also means that the water is queezed out(擠出去)as it is drawn back into its carryingtube(筒),so you won’t besoaked(淋濕)carrying it.

這種傘由里向外打開后，看上去就像一把被倒置的普通雨傘。雨傘在人的頭頂上撐開，傘骨柔韌性好，在大風天氣不會被吹變形。而且這款雨傘在收起來時，傘筒能將傘面上的水擠出去，人在拿著它的時候不會被弄濕。

Simon Warne,27,said,“I came up with the idea of Brollii when I was in Paris standing in front of the Musee d’Orsay in a long queue(隊).”

這款雨傘的設計者，27歲的西蒙·沃恩說：“我的這一想法源于我在巴黎的奧賽博物館前排長隊的經歷。”

“It started to pour with rain and became verygutsy(有力的).I watched as people struggled to open their umbrellas while being squashed(壓碎)by the crowd and getting poked(戳到)from flailing umbrella ribs.”

“當時天下起了雨，而且越下越大，人們費勁地在人群中撐開雨傘，還不時地被別人支楞著的傘骨戳到。”

“I thought to myself,surely with new technology and materials,there must be a better solution!”

“當時我就想，用新的技術和某些材料一定能解決這個問題。”

另一個創意設計來自娜塔麗·金，她發明了一種能讓主人知道盆栽植物生活環境是否正常的花盆。

Theelectronic base(電子底座)of thepot(花盆)isilluminated(發亮)with a green light if all is well and turns red if it’s too dry,hot or cold or if it’s too light or dark.The‘Tulipe’ alsovibrates(震動)when picked up if it has a red light on.

這款花盆帶有一個電子底座，當植物生活環境一切正常時，這個基座會亮綠燈，當植物缺水、溫度過高或過低或陽光太強或太弱時，指示燈就會顯示紅色。當紅燈亮時，人們拿起Tulipe花盆，它還會發出震動。

The 22-year-old designer said she was inspired(產生靈感)by her grandfather who has an age-related sight condition.

這位22歲的設計師說，她之所以產生這一想法，主要是受到她因年邁而視力下降的祖父的啟發。

“It was designed for people like him,”she said.

她說：“這種花盆就是為了像他一樣的人設計的。”

“It encourages the gardener to interact(互動)with their plant.When the base turns red,one doesn’t know if the plant is thirsty,or too cold and you have to try out theoptions(選擇)until it turns green.”

“這種花盆可以讓主人與他們種植的植物進行互動。當底座亮紅燈時，你可能還不能判斷植物究竟是缺水、還是溫度太低，所以就得一個個地去試，直到它變綠。”

Both the Brolli and the Tulipe will be on display with some other 250 designs at the annual(年度的)Made in Brunelshowcase(展示)run by graduating Brunel University design and engineering students.

西蒙的雨傘和娜塔莉的Tulipe花盆將與其他250個設計作品在布魯內爾大學設計和工程系畢業生舉辦的一年一度的“布魯內爾新發明”展覽上展出。