A Spanish inventor, intrigued by his son's incessant crying, has designed a detector that he says will tell harassed parents within 20 seconds if their baby is hungry, bored, tired, stressed or uncomfortable. Electronic engineer Pedro Monagas said the gadget called "Why Cry" would soon go on sale at pharmacies in Spain. "I started (studying) the different kinds of cries of my son. Then I continued on 100 babies," Monagas told a local radio station. He said he identified five distinct crying types, which the noise-sensitive gadget is able to recognize. The device, the size of a calculator and powered by batteries, has five faces on a screen on the back representing the possible reasons why a baby is crying. "When the baby cries, it sets off the Why Cry and in 20 seconds the little faces light up," Monagas said. The Catalan inventor, who plans to give a share of any profits to a baby charity, is already working on a more advanced model to "make the family environment a little easier."

儿子不停的哭闹促使一位西班牙发明家设计了一种哭闹探测器，据他说，这种装置能在20秒内告诉穷于应付的父母孩子是饿了、烦了、累了、紧张了还是不舒服了。电子工程师佩德罗·莫纳加斯说，这种名为“哭啥”的装置很快就会在西班牙的药店里上市。他对当地一家电台说：“我从研究儿子的不同哭闹类型着手，然后又对100个婴孩进行了研究。”莫纳加斯说，他识别出了5种不同的哭闹类型，而他发明的这种声敏装置能够分辨它们。这种计算器大小的装置以电池为能源，背面有一个显示屏。显示屏上的5张脸代表着可能引起婴儿哭闹的各种原因。莫纳加斯说：“孩子的哭闹会触发‘哭啥’， 显示屏上的小脸在20秒之内就会亮起来。”这位加泰罗尼亚发明家打算将一部分由此获得的利润捐给一家儿童慈善机构，目前已开始研制更先进的换代产品以便“让家庭气氛轻松一点”。

Remarks：我想他的换代产品大概是能根据哭闹的不同原因自动喂食和哄孩子的装置，这样家庭气氛就可以轻松得像自动化养鸡场一样了。