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Remember how far-fetched lifelike robots and self-driving cars used to sound? Now, they're a reality. And thanks to new research, there's another seemingly improbable technology that's come to life: teleporting a drink. Earlier this month, researchers out of the National University of Singapore and Georgia Institute of Technology presented a method for creating "virtual lemonade." 还记得人工智能和自动驾驶汽车曾经听起来有多遥远吗？而如今它们都成为了现实。多亏了一项新的研究，另外一种看似不可思议的技术诞生了：远程传送饮料。本月早些时候，新加坡国立大学和佐治亚理工学院的研究人员提出了一种创造“虚拟柠檬水”的方法。 Let's say you can't make it to your cousin's summer shindig, but Granny's going to be there making her beloved lemonade. No worries. Using the researchers' method, Granny could send you some of the beverage simply by mounting and submerging an RGB color sensor and pH sensor in a glass of her lemonade. (Color affects the drinker's flavor perceptions, and pH affects the drink's acidity.) The "taste messaging" would then occur via Bluetooth communication, when a control module sends the color and sourness information to a custom tumbler you'll soon be sipping Granny's refreshing lemonade out of. 假设你无法参加表妹的夏季聚会，但你的外婆又会在聚会上制作她最拿手的柠檬水。不用担心，只要外婆依照研究人员的办法，在她制作的一杯柠檬水中安装一个 RGB颜色传感器和一个 pH 传感器（颜色会影响饮酒者的味觉感知，pH值影响饮料的酸度），就可以将柠檬水传送给你。一个控制模件会通过蓝牙通信将颜色信息和酸度信息发送到一个定制玻璃杯上，让你很快品尝到外婆制作的清爽柠檬水。 | 
