A Peek into the Future

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Super skyscrapers, underwater cities and 3D-printed homes will all be a reality in 100 years’ time, according to a new report on life in the future.

[2] The SmartThings Future Living Report, which was commissioned by1be commissioned by受……委托。Samsung-owned internet of things2internet of things物聯網。firm SmartThings3, was created by a group of academics4academic學者，學究。and futurologists5futurologist未來學家。who suggest that in a century’s time humans will be able to live in ‘Earth-scrapers’,which will go up to 25 storeys underground.

[3] The academics, which include future architects and urbanists6urbanist城市規劃專家。as well as lecturers from the University of Westminster, suggest that ‘bubble cities’will be created underwater making the depths7depth〈常作～s〉深處；深淵；深水。habitable for humans.

[4] They also believe personal drones will become a staple mode of trans-port, as well as being used as futuristic8[8]futuristic未來主義的，未來派的。‘mules’ to carry entire homes around the world for holidays.

近日，一份關于未來生活的報告稱，超級摩天大樓、水下城市和3D打印房屋將在100年內全部成為現實。

[2]“SmartThings未 來 生活報告”受托于三星旗下的物聯網公司SmartThings，由一群學者和未來學家們撰寫而成。他們表示，不出一個世紀，人們便有望住進向地下延伸至25層的“摩地大樓”。

[3]包括未來建筑師、城市規劃專家和威斯敏斯特大學講師在內的學者表示，未來水下將建成一種“泡泡城市”，以使深水成為人類的宜居地。

[4]他們還相信，個人無人機將成為一種主要的交通方 3一個家居自動化平臺，可以方便安卓和蘋果系統用戶通過一款簡單的應用輕松控制各種家用電器和聯網家居設備。 式，并被當作一種未來派“騾子”，用來載著整個家在世界各地度假旅行。

[5] Space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, who co-authored the report,said: ‘Our lives today are almost unrecognisable from those a century ago.The internet has revolutionised the way we communicate, learn and control our lives.

‘Just 10 years ago, technology like SmartThings would have been inconceivable, yet today developments like this let us monitor, control and secure our living spaces with the touch of a smartphone.’

[6] The report also suggested that not only will furniture within homes become 3D-printed, but replicas9replica復制品，仿制品。of entire houses and structures could be printed.In the workplace, holograms10hologram全息圖。will enable virtual meetings to take place.

[7] 3D-printing food—something already possible today—will also become smarter, with the ability to download dishes from our favourite chefs and print them, ready to eat, in minutes.

[8] The colonisation11colonisation殖民，拓殖。of the Moon and then Mars will also have taken place, with commercial flights into space now a regular occurrence, alongside smarter homes that will be able to house12house安置。LED screen walls that can be

[5]該報告合作者、空間科學家瑪吉·阿德林-波科克博士說：“我們今天的生活和100年前相比發生了翻天覆地的變化。互聯網徹底改變了我們交流、學習和掌控生活的方式。

“就在10年前，像Smart-Things這樣的技術仍是不可思議的，而如今，我們只需觸碰一下智能手機，便可監視、控制和保護我們的生活空間。”

[6]報告還表示，不僅家里的家具可以3D打印，就連整個房屋建筑都可以復制打印。而在辦公場所，全息圖將使虛擬會議成為可能。

[7] 3D打印已經在食物上得到了應用，未來這一技術將變得更加智能。只需幾分鐘，我們便可從中意的大廚那兒下載菜品，打印即食。

[8]如今，商業太空飛行已是慣常之事，愈加智能的房屋也將裝上能隨情緒變化的LED屏墻面，省去重新裝修的需要，人們拓殖月球和火星也必將實現。changed to suit the mood, removing the need to redecorate.

[9] SmartThings UK managing director James Monighan said: ‘The smartphone revolution is already ushering in13usher in引進，引發。the smart home revolution. Our homes are becoming smarter and can now detect the presence of things like people, pets,smoke, humidity, lighting and moisture.And this is just the beginning.’ ■

[9] SmartThings英國區總經理詹姆斯·莫尼漢稱：“智能手機革命已經引發了智能家居革命。我們的房屋將變得更加智能，它可以檢測到各種物質的存在，如人、寵物、煙霧、濕度、燈光和水分，而這還僅僅是個開始。” □