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For its release, MyShake is available for Android devices; an iOS version will likely come with time. 新推出的 MyShake 能在 Android 設備上運行， iOS 的版本可能會在未來推出。 A new app that turns a smartphone into a mobile seismometer is being rolled out by California scientists. 加州研究人員所推出的新 app 使智慧型手機也能當成地震儀來使用。 Known as MyShake , it can sense an earthquake even when the cell device is being carried in a pocket or a bag. 之所以會被叫作 MyShake 是因為就算把手機放在口袋或是包包裡它都能檢測出地震。 The researchers want users to download the app, in the first instance, to help test and improve its capabilities. 研究人員希望使用者下載這個 app ，首先是為了幫助測試並改善它的功能。 But ultimately the idea is that recruited phones will be part of a network that not only gathers data but also issues alerts. 但是這個想法最終是讓有參與的手機成為網路的一部分，不只能彙集數據，還能發布警報。 Destructive ground motions take time to move out from the epicentre of a large tremor, meaning people at more distant locations could receive several seconds' vital warning on their phones. 破壞性的地面震動...

There are some movies that have great potential to motivate and inspire. After watching them, you want to broaden your scope of knowledge and your spiritual world and discover new and extraordinary things. 有許多電影能夠做到激勵和鼓舞的作用，看了這些電影後，你會想要拓展你的知識範圍和精神世界，並發現全新且特別的事物。   Bright Side  presents a list of 20 films that will inspire you to do great things and prove that nothing is beyond your abilities. Bright Side 列出了 20 部電影，這些電影能激勵你去做很棒的事，並證明沒有什麼是你做不到的。   The Pursuit of Happiness 當幸福來敲門 ’’Don’t ever let somebody tell you you can’t do something! You got a dream... You gotta protect it.’’ 絕對不要讓別人來告訴你你做不到！如果你有夢想，你就要去捍衛它。 Photo credit «The Pursuit of Happiness» This is a story about Chris Gardner, a future millionaire who decides to become a stockbroker. He immediately sets out to find an investment firm that would give him a chance. It turns...

(CNN) Perhaps the most important advice to give someone visiting Prague? Get lost. 也許給去布拉格的人一個很重要的建議是－迷路。 The Prague of today is a shinier, more grownup version of the Prague of the 1990s, a thriving and evolving cultural scene with top-notch dance, jazz and gastronomy . ，今日的布拉格比起 1990 年代的布拉格，是一個更耀眼、更成熟版的布拉格，一個繁榮、發展出一流的舞蹈、爵士樂和美食烹調的文化背景。 No longer is this just a destination for those on the hunt for cheap beer -- although there's still plenty of that. 這裏不再只是一個尋找廉價啤酒的目的地－雖然還是有很多便宜的啤酒。 It's still a historic, byzantine city forged in the Middle Ages. 這裏仍是一個歷史著名、在中世紀發展迅速的拜占庭式城市。 The best way to discover this city of 1.2 million is to wander its maze of cobbled backstreet s, stumbling upon a church, a café or an art gallery to which you'd be hard-pressed to find your way back. 探索這個 120 萬人口的城市，最好的方法就是漫遊於它迂曲、鋪有鵝卵石的偏僻小道、偶然發現一間教堂、咖啡廳或是美術館，而你也沒有時間可以找到原路回去。 Beyond the requisites of the Charles Bridge, Prague Castle and Old Town Square -- w...