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4. Fodimate (The laundry-folding machine)
4. Fodimate（自動摺衣器）
laundry(n.)待洗或洗好的衣服fold(v.)折疊machine(n.)機器
Do you hate folding all the clothes after doing the laundry? Well, here comes the savior, Fodimate.
你非常討厭洗完衣服後折衣服的工作嗎？救星來了，就是Fodimate。
fold(v.)折疊do the laundry洗衣服savior(n.)救星
You can simply put the clothes into Fodimate and it will fold it, sending it to the bucket at the bottom.
你可以簡單地把衣服放進去， Fodimate就會幫你折好，送至底部的籃子中。
fold(v.)折疊
However, it’s like a printer. We can’t throw a pile of clothes all at once but have to place them evenly one by one. The price of Fodimate is about 30,000 NT.
但是，就像印表機一樣，我們不能一次丟一大坨衣服進去，必須一件一件平整放入。一台Fodimate大約要價台幣3萬元。
at once同時place(v.)放置
5. Helite B’Safe (Bike vest with airbags)
5. Helite的B’Safe（自帶氣囊的背心）
airbag(n.)氣囊
B’Safe can protect us when we fall down with its built-in airbags. There was a poor guy who was obliged to fall from his bike again and again just to show the audience at the CES how the vest works.
Helite公司的B’Safe背心內建氣囊，可以在我們跌倒時保護我們。在CES會場上，有個可憐的測試者必須不斷從腳踏車上摔下來，只為了展示給觀眾看背心如何運作。
protect(v.)保護fall down跌倒airbag(n.)氣囊poor(adj.)可憐的be obliged to必須做⋯⋯audience(n.)觀眾
The vest takes 60 milliseconds for the sensors to detect a fall and 80ms for the airbags to inflate. It costs about 20,000 NT.
這款背心的感應器僅需60毫秒便可偵測到跌倒，氣囊充飽只要80毫秒。一件B’Safe背心的價格大約為兩萬台幣。
millisecond(n.)毫秒sensor(n.)感應器detect(v.)偵測inflate(v.)充氣
6. LG’s roll-up TV
6. LG可捲電視
LG launched the world’s first big-screen TV that can be rolled up and stowed away when not in use. And the price? According to The Verge, it may cost around 248,000 NT.
LG推出世界第一台可捲起收納的大型電視。至於價格呢？根據The Verge，這台電視可能要約24萬8千台幣。
launch(v.)推出stow(v.)儲藏
7. GoSun (a hybrid portable solar oven)
7. GoSun（攜帶式太陽能烤爐）
hybrid(n.)混合portable(adj.)可攜帶的solar(adj.)使用太陽能的oven(n.)烤箱
The GoSun solar oven is an environmentally friendly product that can cook outdoors by using a solar-electric heating system.
GoSun太陽能烤爐是一項環境友善商品，可以藉由使用太陽能加熱在外烹煮食物。
solar(adj.)使用太陽能的oven(n.)烤箱environmentally(adv.)環境地product(n.)商品outdoors(adv.)在戶外heat(v.)加熱system(n.)系統
There is a tube where you put the ingredients in and they will be cooked in about 20 minutes.
烤爐上有個管子，就是放食材的地方，食材會在20分鐘內煮熟。
ingredient(n.)原料
It may not become a handy appliance in our home, but it’s definitely a great move to save our planet.
雖然這個烤爐可能不會成為方便的居家用品，但這絕對是個保護地球的好點子。
handy(adj.)方便的appliance(n.)家用電器definitely(adv.)絕對move(n.)行動