2100年的人類什麼樣？彎腰駝背 手肘彎曲
上班看電腦腰痠背痛，下班刷手機停不下來……科技的發展不僅滲透進我們生活的方方面面，還對我們的健康產生了負面影響，甚至將影響到人類身體的進化。
最近，一家公司模擬出了未來人類的3D模型，看看是不是和現在的你相去甚遠？
The effects of modern technology on the human body is a subject of fascination for many scientists.
現代技術對人體的影響是令許多科學家着迷的課題。
From carpal tunnel syndrome and eye strain to the condition known as "tech neck", the negative effects of technology use are well documented.
從腕管綜合徵、眼疲勞到“技術脖”，技術使用的負面影響是有目共睹的。
carpal tunnel syndrome：腕管綜合症
Now one company has created a 3D model of a future human, based on some of these scientific predictions - and the result is truly horrifying.
現在，一家公司基於這些科學預測，創造了一個未來人類的3D模型——真的很嚇人。
Dubbed "Mindy", the human of 2100 has a hunched back, caused by hours sitting in front of a computer monitor at the office and craning her neck to look at smartphones.
這位2100年的人類被稱爲“明迪”，她因長時間坐在辦公室的電腦顯示器前、伸長脖子看智能手機而駝背。
hunched[hʌntʃt]：adj.縮成一團的
crane [kreɪn]：vi.伸着脖子看
對此有網友“一針見血”地指出，現在就已經有人長這樣了……
Her neck muscles have also grown to limit the damage caused by poor posture due to monitor and smartphone use.
同時，她頸部的肌肉進一步生長，以減少因使用顯示器和智能手機而導致的不良姿勢所造成的傷害。
"Spending hours looking down at your phone strains your neck and throws your spine off balance," said Caleb Backe, a health and wellness expert at Maple Holistics.
“花幾個小時低頭看手機會讓你的脖子帶來壓力，讓你的脊椎失去平衡”，Maple Holistics公司的健康專家凱勒·巴克說。
"Consequently, the muscles in your neck have to expend extra effort to support your head.
“因此，頸部的肌肉需要額外的力量來支撐頭部。”
"Sitting in front of the computer at the office for hours on end also means that your torso is pulled out in front of your hips rather than being stacked straight and aligned."
“連續幾個小時坐在辦公室電腦前也意味着你的身軀是前傾的狀態，而不是筆挺的狀態。”
on end：連續地
torso ['tɔːsəʊ]：n.軀幹
Mindy's adaptations don't stop there. Her skull has thickened, helping to protect her brain from radiofrequency radiation emitted from smartphones - which some believe can have serious health implications.
明迪的改變不止於此。她的頭骨變厚了，這有助於保護她的大腦免受智能手機發出的射頻輻射。一些人認爲這可能會對健康產生嚴重影響。
Her brain has also shrunk, based on the recent scientific theory that a sedentary lifestyle is reducing human brain capacity.
她的大腦也在萎縮。根據最新的科學理論，久坐的生活方式正在降低人類的大腦容量。
sedentary ['sed(ə)nt(ə)rɪ]：adj.久坐的
Meanwhile, her hand has permanently molded into a claw-like grip and her elbow is bent to 90 degrees, due to sustained periods spent holding a smartphone.
與此同時，由於長時間握着智能手機，她的手已經永久性地變成了爪形手握狀，肘部彎曲90度。
"The way we hold our phones can cause strain in certain points of contact – causing 'text claw' and '90-degree elbow' also known as the cubital tunnel syndrome," said Dr Nikola Djordjevic from Med Alert Help.
“我們握手機的方式可能會給某些接觸點造成壓力，導致‘短信爪’和‘90度肘’，也被稱爲肘管綜合徵”，醫學警報幫助組織的尼古拉·喬傑維奇博士說。
"This syndrome is caused by pressure or the stretching of the ulnar nerve which runs in a groove on the inner side of the elbow.
“這種症狀是由肘部內側尺骨神經溝總是受壓或伸展導致的。”
ulnar nerve：尺骨神經
in a groove：單調乏味的
"This causes numbness or a tingling sensation in the ring and little fingers, forearm pain, and weakness in the hands - keeping the elbow bent for a long time."
“長時間保持肘部彎曲會導致無名指和小手指麻木或刺痛，前臂疼痛，手部虛弱。
tingling ['tɪŋɡlɪŋ]：n.麻刺感
Mindy's final physical change is possibly her most outlandish - she has a second set of eyelids to filter out excessive light emitted from technology devices.
明迪最後的身體變化可能是最古怪之處——她長出了雙眼瞼，用來過濾科技設備發出的過多光線。
outlandish [aʊt'lændɪʃ]：adj.古怪的；奇異的
Kasun Ratnayake from the University of Toledo suggests this radical evolutionary development could limit the amount of harmful light our eyes are exposed to.
托萊多大學的卡森·拉納亞克認爲，這種激進的進化發展能夠限制我們的眼睛接觸到的有害光線。
"Humans may develop a larger inner eyelid to prevent exposure to excessive light, or the lens of the eye may be evolutionary developed such that it blocks incoming blue light but not other high wavelength lights like green, yellow or red," he said.
他說:“人類可能會發育出更大的內眼瞼，以避免接觸到過多光線，或者眼睛的晶狀體可能進化得更完善，它可以阻擋藍光進入，但不會阻擋綠色、黃色或紅色等長波光線。”
lens [lenz]：n.眼睛中的水晶體；晶狀體
While the Mindy model is extreme, and designed to shock, it provides an interesting visual representation of a growing body of scientific research.
雖然明迪的這個模型極端，且意在警醒人類，但它從視覺上有趣地呈現出了科學研究中人類進化發展的樣子。
