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VICTOR WANG CARE.COACH's CEO was studying humanmachine interaction at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

CARE.COACH的总裁王先生在麻省理工学院研究人机交互时，

when his grandmother in Taiwan was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia,

他在台湾的祖母被诊断出患有路易体痴呆，

a disease that affects memory and movement.

这是一种影响记忆和行动的疾病。

On Skype calls, Wang watched her grow increasingly debilitated1.

通过Skype，他看到祖母的身体越来越虚弱。

After one such call, a thought struck him: Could he tap remote labor2 to comfort her and others like her?

打完电话后，他突然有了一个想法：远程安慰祖母和像祖母一样的人?

In 2012, he launched Care.coach with a fellow MIT student.

2012年，他和麻省理工学院的学生推出了Care.coach。

The company's tablets are now used by hospitals and health plans across the country.

该公司的平板电脑现在被投入到全国各地的医院健康计划当中。

In a study conducted by Pace University, Care.coach's avatars were found to reduce subjects' loneliness, delirium3, and falls.

佩斯大学的研究发现，Care.coach的替身可以减少受试者的孤独、谵妄和落寞。

A health provider in Massachusetts was able to replace a man's 11 weekly in-home nurse visits with a Care.coach tablet.

马萨诸塞州的一名健康服务人员用Care.coach 的平板电脑代替了医护人员每周11次的上门护理。

(The man said the pet's nagging was like having his wife back in the house


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1 debilitated 57ee38572622e0d4bbe125b2b935d9db     
adj.疲惫不堪的，操劳过度的v.使（人或人的身体）非常虚弱( debilitate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Prolonged strike action debilitated the industry. 长时间的罢工削弱了这个行业的活力。
  • This is especially important when dealing with the geriatric or debilitated patient. 这对老年和虚弱病人尤其重要。 来自互联网
2 labor P9Tzs     
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
参考例句：
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
3 delirium 99jyh     
n. 神智昏迷,说胡话;极度兴奋
参考例句：
  • In her delirium, she had fallen to the floor several times. 她在神志不清的状态下几次摔倒在地上。
  • For the next nine months, Job was in constant delirium.接下来的九个月，约伯处于持续精神错乱的状态。

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