臭氣熏天卻不自知？日本發明體臭檢測器
很多有體臭的人自己都聞不到，如果你看到別人都躲着你走才恍然大悟，那真是尷尬到極點了。沒事就噴噴除臭劑呢？那也不行，噴太多除臭劑會刺激皮膚。還好，日本推出了一項新發明，不但能讓你知道自己是否有體臭，還能告訴你體臭有多嚴重。
Body odor is a very serious issue, so serious in fact that there is actually a market for high-tech devices that alert users if they start to stink.
體臭是相當嚴重的一個問題，事實上，能夠提醒用戶是否有體臭的高科技產品還是挺有市場的。
The problem with body odor is that you can’t really smell it on yourself, and in an exceptionally polite society like Japan’s that can put people in uncomfortable situations. Carrying a bottle of deodorant on you at all times during the summer is quite common in Japan, but putting on too much of that stuff too often can irritate the skin or stain clothing, so it’s not exactly a fool-proof solution. If only we had a way of knowing when we smell, and how bad... Thankfully, Japanese wellness device maker Tanita just unveiled its newest creation, a handheld smell checker that analyzes body odor and ranks its intensity on a scale of 1 to 10.
體臭的問題在於，你聞不出自己身上的味道，而在日本這樣一個高度重視禮貌的國家，這會將他人置於窘境。在夏天隨時攜帶一瓶除臭劑在日本是很常見的，但是太頻繁地使用除臭劑會刺激皮膚或弄髒衣服，所以這並不是萬全之策。要是我們能知道自己是否在散發體臭以及有多臭就好了……幸好日本保健設備製造商百利達剛剛推出了一款最新發明——一款手持體臭檢測器，能夠分析體臭並顯示體臭程度（一共10級）。
Called the ES-100, Tanita’s smell-sensing device was inspired by the company’s range of alcohol breath analyzers. They basically adapted their technology to check for odor-producing particulate matter instead of alcohol and the ES-100 was born.
百利達的這款名爲ES-100的體臭檢測器的靈感來自該公司的酒精呼氣檢測儀。他們對檢測酒精的技術做了改進，用其來檢測產生體臭的微粒，ES-100就這樣誕生了。
This thing is super-easy to use. Just flip it open and point the built-in sensor toward the problematic areas of your body. It reportedly takes about 10 seconds for the handheld device to collect and analyze data, after which it will display a numerical result on its small LED display. 0 means you don’t smell, 1 to 4 are acceptable levels of body odor, 5 to 9 should really have you concerned, and I assume a 10 means you’re a walking biohazard.
這款體臭檢測器使用起來超級方便。只要打開它，將內置傳感器的那一頭對着可能散發體臭的身體部位即可。據報道，這款手持檢測器只需要10秒鐘就能收集和分析數據，並在小小的LED顯示屏上顯示出數字結果。0代表你沒有體臭，1到4是可以接受的體臭，5到9是令人擔憂的體臭，10大概意味着你是行走的生物公害。
Interestingly, the Tanita ES-100 doesn’t work just for naturally occurring body odor, but also for cologne. So if you feel that too much cologne is just as bad as the musky smell of perspiration, you can use the handheld device to check if you’ve overdone it with the perfume.
有趣的是，百利達ES-100不僅對天然體臭有效，而且還對古龍香水有效。如果你覺得噴太多古龍香水和汗臭一樣糟，你也可以用這款手持設備來檢測你是否噴了太多古龍香水。
Tanita said that it expects the ES-100 smell checker to be really popular with salary men in their 40s and 50s, the ages at which statistics show men start to be more concerned about their potential bad body odor. However, the Japanese company adds that the device could be very useful for other categories as well, like people who want to make sure body odor doesn’t ruin their date, or those who work in close proximity to other people.
百利達稱，它期待ES-100體臭檢測器會受到四五十歲的男性上班族的歡迎，統計數據顯示，這一年齡段的男性開始擔憂自己可能散發出難聞的體臭。不過，百利達補充說，該設備對其他人羣也非常有用，比如那些想確保體臭不會毀掉約會的人，還有那些工作環境需要和他人近距離接觸的人。
The ES-100 was commercially launched on July 1st, with pricing being left up to retailers.
ES-100已於7月1日上市，具體定價交給零售商決定。
Interestingly, this is not the first Japanese high-tech device dedicated to fighting body odor. Last year, NextTechnology unveiled Hana-chan, a toy robot that designed to “faint” if it detected foul body odor, and Konica Minolta launched a device that monitored body odor and connected to a smartphone to alert users when they started to stink.
有趣的是，這不是第一家致力於對抗體臭的日本高科技公司。去年，NextTechnology公司發佈了一款名爲Hana-chan的機器狗玩具，這款機器狗在聞到濃烈的體臭時會暈倒。柯尼卡美能達也推出了一款能檢測體臭的設備，這款設備能和智能手機連接，在用戶散發體臭時提醒他們。
