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Bionics 仿生学 I think I d like some coffee 我想来点咖啡 A paralysed woman gets herself a drink 四肢瘫痪的女人也能自己喝咖啡 HELPING yourself to a cup of coffee may seem like a small, everyday thing. 给自己倒杯咖啡对普通人来说是一件再平常不过的小事， But not if you are quadriplegic. 但对于一个四肢瘫痪的人来说就不是这样了， Unlike paraplegics, for whom the robotic legs described in the previous article are beingdeveloped, quadriplegics have lost the use of all four limbs. 不像下身麻痹患者，前文中提到的机械腿已经发展得很成熟，但全身瘫痪的人四肢都不能使用， Yet thanks to a project organised by John Donoghue of Brown University, in Rhode Island,and his colleagues, 现在多亏了罗德岛州布朗大学的John Donoghue和他同事发起的一项计划， they too have hope. 四肢瘫痪者也有了希望。 One of the participants in his experiments, a 58-year-old woman who is unable to use any ofher limbs, can now pick up a bottle containing coffee and bring it close enough to her mouthto drink from it using a straw. | 
