Have you ever imagined your simple T-shirt could act as an air conditioner (空调) on those hot summer days? Thanks to a discovery, that possibility is getting closer and the T-shirt may soon be found among your favorite clothing brands.

Two inventors took a completely new method. They designed a special textile (纺织品) that can take in body heat and then send out the energy. This new textile cools both the objects and things around them through a technology. This means that a T-shirt made of this textile looks like a normal T-shirt, but actually it is a device (设备) that works like a mirror.

Although the technology is not new and has been used for years to design plastic films and special paints, its use in the textile industry for the good of wearers is very special and exciting. That is because, in the past, the methods we used to deal with heat through clothes were only the suggestions on wearing light colors and choosing breathable textiles. But even when these suggestions can actually help you feel cool, they are simply not enough in the hottest season. The new textile, however, can reflect all kinds of light, and this can contribute to the cooling process. So this discovery is a real advance.

Right now, researchers still need to test the new method to know how effectively (有效) the new textile works while the wearers are standing or walking, and not directly facing the sky. They also need to test how well it works when T-shirts are not close to the skin. But it’s still a great success.

The two inventors are now looking out for clothing brands that are interested in using their textile. One inventor said, “The new material will increase clothing producing costs by just 10 percent. We can make it with large production. Everybody can afford a T-shirt made of this textile and the cost is basically the same as a normal T-shirt’s. It can do good to everybody.”

AI (人工智能) makes our lives easier and better. Let’s see the amazing AI.

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A bus door opens and you get on. Wait! Where is the driver? Here is a new kind of driverless bus called Apolong. It has 14 seats and doesn’t need a driver. The bus follows traffic rules. It stops as soon as it sees a stop light.

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Hi, everyone. I’m Xiaoice, a chatbot (聊天机器人). I speak like a 17-year-old girl. If you feel lonely, you can talk with me. I’m talented at singing, writing poems and telling stories. I want to be your friend!

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Have you heard of Rao? She is a seventeen-year-old scientist who invented a mobile device to test drinking water for lead (铅). She won TIME’s Kid of the Year for 2020.

Recently, Rao has developed a digital tool called Kindly, which uses artificial intelligence (人工智能) technology to check out possible early signs of cyber-bullying (网络欺凌). “You type in a word or phrase, and it’s able to tell you whether it’s bullying or not.”

Rao said, “As a teenager, I know teenagers sometimes make different kinds of mistakes. Kindly can tell us if we are bullying others.”

Rao’s device helps a lot. “Thanks to Kindly, it has helped stop lots of bullying events in our school,” one of the headmasters said.

Rao is now working to inspire (激励) others to solve the world’s problems as well. “So I really want to put out that message: If I can do it, you can do it, and anyone can do it.”