電子餐桌實現虛擬點菜結賬
A restaurant meal that ended in frustration as Noel Hunwick and Danny Potter tried desperately to get the attention of the waiter to pay the bill led them to develop an interactive ordering system.
據英國《每日郵報》9月25日報道。用餐後埋單，諾爾·漢維克和丹尼·波特拼命了命才叫到了服務生，這頓飯讓他們很受挫，繼而倆人研發出了一套互動的點單系統。
Noel, 29, and Danny, 30, met as students of Oxford University and found they shared a love of technology and food, so they decided to combine the two.
諾爾，29歲，丹尼，30歲，兩人在牛津大學讀書時相識，因爲發現雙方都愛技術，愛美食，因此他們決定將這二者結合起來。
Six years ago they began to develop the technology for their E-Table system that allows customers to order food, drinks and the bill from a virtual menu projected on to the table.
六年前，他們開始研發電子餐桌系統的技術，這一系統能夠使顧客通過投射在餐桌上的虛擬菜單來點選食物、飲料以及結賬。
Customers can also change the images featured on the table, play games such as battleships and do puzzles and even get information on the local area or book taxis.
顧客還能改變餐桌上的畫面來玩遊戲，比如海戰遊戲和猜謎，甚至能夠獲取當地的相關信息或者預訂出租車。
In 2008 they opened their first Inamo restaurant, in Soho, central London, using savings to fund it. In December last year, with backing from Barclays Bank, they opened Inamo St James on Lower Regent Street in central London.
2008年這倆學生用自己的積蓄在倫敦市中心Soho區開了第一家熒幕點菜餐廳。去年12月，在巴克萊銀行的支持下，他們又在倫敦市中心小攝政街的聖詹姆士開設了一家餐廳。
On average, the restaurants get between 1,200 and 1,500 customers a week. They also host regular corporate events, such as product launches for big brand names such as Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido.
餐廳平均一週接待大約1200到1500名顧客。他們還定期推出企業活動，比如像日本的化妝品公司資生堂這類大品牌的新品上市活動。
The pair have faced many challenges since launching, not least the recession of 2008, just after the launch of their first restaurant. But Noel and Danny believe in keeping a tight ship and keeping costs down, which has helped them to ride out difficult times.
這對搭檔從公司建立開始面臨過很多挑戰，最嚴重的是2008年的經濟危機，剛好在其第一家店開張的時候。但是諾爾和丹尼相信並堅持實行嚴明的紀律進行管理並降低成本，這幫助他們度過了艱難時期。
Ensuring that the pair have clear and separate roles is also important.
確保這對搭檔各司其職也是非常重要的。
Noel, who studied classics and English, handles areas such as PR, human resources and events, while Danny, who studied physics, is focused more on the technology side of the company.
諾爾學習的是古典文學和英文，處理公關、人力資源和公司活動方面的問題，而丹尼學習的是物理，更多地關注公司的技術方面的問題。
