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Cesar Harada - Inventor, environmentalist, educator
TED Senior Fellow Cesar Harada aims to harness the forces of nature as he invents innovative remedies for man-made problems like oil spills and radioactive leaks.

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Cesar Harada believes that ocean currents, the wind and other naturally occuring phenomenon can provide unique inspiration and novel solutions to mankind’s worst disasters, like oil spills and radioactive leaks. A French-Japanese inventor and TED senior fellow, he is the creator of Protei, a revolutionary sailing technology -- featuring a front rudder, flexible hull and open-soure hardware -- that allows for efficient clean up of both oil and plastics from the sea. Currently based in London, Harada recently traveled to Japan and is designing Protei to measure radioactivity along the country's coast.

The general coordinator of the future International Ocean Station, Harada teaches at Goldsmiths University London. A former project leader at MIT, he graduated form the Royal College of Arts Design Interactions in London and worked at the Southampton University Hydrodynamics laboratory on wave energy. Harada has also studied animantion, and his films and installations have been seen at festivals and events across the world, from the United States to Japan.

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Cesar Harada: A novel idea for cleaning up oil spills

凯撒 哈拉达:清理原油污染的新想法

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当TED资深成员凯撒哈拉达听说2010年BP公司石油泄漏对墨西哥湾的重大影响的时候,他辞掉他理想的工作并搬去新奥尔良,去研发一个吸收油污更高效的方法。他设计了一艘具有高度可控性和灵活度的船,这艘船可以快速清洁大片油污。但是,他并没有以此作为盈利的工具,而是倾向于公开这项设计。
- Inventor, environmentalist, educator
TED Senior Fellow Cesar Harada aims to harness the forces of nature as he invents innovative remedies for man-made problems like oil spills and radioactive leaks. Full bio

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In the ocean海洋,
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what is the common共同 point
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石油,塑料和放射性物质
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between之间 oil, plastic塑料 and radioactivity放射性?
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有什么共同点呢?
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On the top最佳 line线, this is the BPBP oil spill:
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最上面一行是 BP 公司的石油泄漏
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billions数十亿 of barrels of oil gushing喷薄
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数十亿桶石油迸发而出
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in the Gulf海湾 of Mexico墨西哥.
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倾泻在墨西哥湾
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The middle中间 line线 is millions百万 of tons of
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中间那行是数百万吨
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plastic塑料 debris废墟 accumulating积累 in our ocean海洋,
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塑料废物堆积在我们的海洋中
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and the third第三 line线 is radioactive放射性的 material材料
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第三行是从福岛核电站
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leaking泄漏 from Fukushima福岛 nuclear power功率 plant
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泄漏到太平洋的
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in the Pacific和平的 Ocean海洋.
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放射性物质
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Well, the three big problems问题 have in common共同
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所以, 这三个严重问题的共同点就是
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that they are man-made人造 problems问题
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它们都是人类造成的问题
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but they are controlled受控 by natural自然 forces军队.
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但它们都受自然力量所控制
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This should make us feel very, terribly可怕 awful可怕
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这应该使我们感到非常难受
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as much as it should make us feel hopeful有希望,
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但它也应该使我们感到希望
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because if we have the power功率 to create创建 these problems问题,
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因为如果我们有造成这些问题的能力
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we may可能 as well have the power功率
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我们也许就同样有能力
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to remediate修复 these problems问题.
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解决这些问题
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But what about natural自然 forces军队?
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但是自然的力量该怎么办呢?
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Well, that's exactly究竟 what I want to talk about today今天,
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这正是我今天想要说的
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is how we can use these natural自然 forces军队
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就是我们该怎样利用自然的力量
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to remediate修复 these man-made人造 problems问题.
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来解决人为问题
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When the BPBP oil spill happened发生,
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当BP公司的石油泄漏的时候
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I was working加工 at MITMIT, and I was in charge收费
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我正在MIT工作, 而且我负责
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of developing发展 an oil spill-cleaning溢油清洁 technology技术.
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研发一项清理石油泄漏的科技
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And I had a chance机会 to go in the Gulf海湾 of Mexico墨西哥
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我有机会去墨西哥湾
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and meet遇到 some fishermen渔民 and see
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去见一些渔民
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the terrible可怕 conditions条件 in which哪一个 they were working加工.
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去看看他们工作的恶劣环境
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More than 700 of these boats,
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超过700艘渔船
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which哪一个 are fishermen渔民 boats repurposed改变用途
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被用作清理油污的船只
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with oil absorbent吸水 in white白色
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白色的船用来吸收油污
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and oil containment遏制 in orange橙子, were used,
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橘红色的用来装载油污
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but they only collected three percent百分 of the oil on the surface表面,
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但他们仅仅清理了漂浮在海洋表面的油污的百分之三
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and the health健康 of the cleaners清洁工
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而那些工作人员的健康
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were very deeply affected受影响.
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却受到极大的影响
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I was working加工 on a very interesting有趣 technology技术
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我当时在MIT研发一项有趣的技术
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at MITMIT, but it was a very long-term长期 view视图
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但它是一种关于如何发展技术的
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of how to develop发展 technology技术,
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非常长远的观点
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and it was going to be a very expensive昂贵 technology技术,
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而且它会是一项昂贵的技术
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and also it would be patented专利.
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它也会被申请专利
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So I wanted to develop发展 something that we could
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所以我想研发一些发展很快的
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develop发展 very fast快速, that would be cheap低廉,
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投入相对小
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and that would be open-source开源, so, because
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并且开源的技术
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oil spills泄漏 are not only happening事件 in the Gulf海湾 of Mexico墨西哥,
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因为原油泄漏并不仅仅发生在墨西哥湾
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and that would be using运用 renewable可再生 energy能源.
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而且那会使用可再生能源
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So I quit放弃 my dream梦想 job工作,
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所以我放弃了我梦想的工作
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and I moved移动 to New Orleans奥尔良,
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搬去新奥尔良
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and I kept不停 on studying研究 how the oil spill was happening事件.
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我继续学习石油泄漏是怎样发生的
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Currently目前, what they were doing is
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目前,他们所做的是
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that they were using运用 these small fishing钓鱼 boats,
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用这些小渔船来清理
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and they were cleaning清洁的 clean清洁 lines线 in an ocean海洋 of dirt污垢.
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而且他们只是在大片被污染的海洋中清理出几条干净的航线
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If you're using运用 the exact精确 same相同 amount of surface表面
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如果你用同样面积的
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of oil absorbent吸水, but you're just paying付款 attention注意
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原油吸收船,但你会注意到
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to natural自然 patterns模式, and if you're going up the winds,
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更自然的模式,如果你逆风航行
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you can collect搜集 a lot more material材料.
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就能收集到更多原油
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If you're multiplying乘以 the rig操纵,
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如果你增加船只
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so you multiply how many许多 layers of absorbent吸水
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你就能增加吸收材料的层数
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you're using运用, you can collect搜集 a lot more.
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那你就能收集到更多更多的原油
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But it's extremely非常 difficult to move移动 oil absorbent吸水
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但让吸收原油的船
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against反对 the winds, the surface表面 currents电流 and the waves波浪.
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逆着风向,洋流和海浪航行是极其困难的
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These are enormous巨大 forces军队.
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那些都是非常强大的力量
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So the very simple简单 idea理念 was to use the ancient technique技术
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所以最简单的方法是用古代的科技
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of sailing帆船 and tacking黏合 of the wind
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来航行和改变航向
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to capture捕获 or intercept截距 the oil
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从而收集或拦截
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that is drifting漂流 down the wind.
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顺着风向蔓延的原油
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So this didn't require要求 any invention发明.
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这并不需要任何发明
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We just took a simple简单 sailing帆船 boat
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我们只是拿一艘简单的帆船
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and we tried试着 to pull something long and heavy,
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然后设法让它拖着一些又长又重的东西
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but as we tacked上涨 back and forth向前,
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但当我们来回穿梭的时候
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what we lost丢失 was two things:
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我们无法保持两件事
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we were losing失去 pulling power功率 and direction方向.
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我们失去了拉动力和方向
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And so, I thought, what about if we just take the rudder
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所以我想,我们把船舵
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from the back of the boat to the front面前,
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从船后面拿到前面来会怎么样呢?
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would we have better control控制?
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我们能控制的更好吗?
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So I built内置 this small sailing帆船 robot机器人
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所以我做了这只小帆船机器人
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with the rudder at the front面前,
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它的舵在前面
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and I was trying to pull something very long and heavy,
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我试图拖曳一些又长又重的东西
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so that's a four-meter-long四米长 object目的 just to pull,
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所以要拖的是个四米长的物体
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and I was surprised诧异 with just a 14-centimeter-厘米 rudder,
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让我惊讶的是仅仅14厘米的船舵
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I could control控制 four meters of absorbent吸水.
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就能控制四米长的吸收材料
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Then I was so happy快乐 that I kept不停 playing播放 with the robot机器人,
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我非常高兴能一直摆弄这个小机器
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and so you see the robot机器人 has
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你能看到这只机器船
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a front面前 rudder here.
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有一个舵在前面
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Normally一般 it's at the back.
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正常的话它应该在后面
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And, playing播放, I realized实现 that the maneuverability机动性
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我摆弄它的时候注意到
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of this was really amazing惊人,
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它的可控性是惊人的
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and I could avoid避免 an obstacle障碍 at the very last second第二,
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我能在最后一秒躲开一个障碍物
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more maneuverable机动性 than a normal正常 boat.
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它比一般的船可控性更强
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Then I started开始 publishing出版 online线上, and
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接着我开始在网上发布
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some friends朋友 from Korea韩国, they started开始 being存在
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一些来自韩国的朋友开始对这项发明感兴趣
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interested有兴趣 in this, and we made制作 a boat
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所以我们又做了一艘船
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which哪一个 has a front面前 rudder and a back rudder,
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它前面后面都有船舵
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so we started开始 interacting互动 with this,
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所以我们开始与它互动
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and it was slightly better,
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它又变好了一点
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although虽然 it was very small and a bit off balance平衡,
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尽管它很小还有一点不平衡
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but then we thought,
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但之后我们想
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what if we have more than two points of control控制?
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我们再多加一些控制点会怎样呢?
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What if the entire整个 boat becomes a point of control控制?
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如果整艘船变成一个控制点会怎样呢?
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What if the entire整个 boat changes变化 shape形状?
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整艘船的形状能够改变会怎样呢?
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So — (Applause掌声)
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所以--(掌声)
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Thank you very much. (Applause掌声)
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非常感谢(掌声)
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And so that's the beginning开始 of ProteiProtei,
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这就是Protei的开始
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and that's the first boat in history历史
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这是历史上第一艘
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that completely全然 changed the shape形状 of the hull船壳
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能够完全改变船身形状的船
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in order订购 to control控制 it,
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这是为了能更好的控制它
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and the properties性能 of sailing帆船 that we get
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这艘帆船的性能
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are very superior优越 compared相比 to a normal正常 boat.
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也比一般的船好得多
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When we're turning车削, we have the feeling感觉 of surfing冲浪,
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当我们转向的时候, 我们有一种冲浪的感觉
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and the way it's going up-wind上风向, it's very efficient高效.
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还有它逆风航行的时候,它非常高效
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This is low speed速度, low wind speed速度,
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这是低速--低风速的状态
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and the maneuverability机动性 is very increased增加,
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可控性提高了很多
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and here I'm going to do a small jibe嘲笑,
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我来做个小转向
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and look at the position位置 of the sail.
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看帆的位置
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What's happening事件 is that, because the boat changes变化 shape形状,
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现在,因为船身变形了
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the position位置 of the front面前 sail and the main主要 sail
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前帆的位置和主控帆的位置
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are different不同 to the wind.
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对风向来说是不同的
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We're catching wind from both sides双方.
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我们在两个方向都兜住了风
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And this is exactly究竟 what we're looking [for]
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这正是我们所期待的
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if we want to pull something long and heavy.
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如果我们需要拉动一些又长又重的东西
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We don't want to lose失去 pulling power功率, nor也不 direction方向.
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我们就既不能失去拉动力也不能失去方向
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So, I wanted to know if this was possible可能
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所以我想知道有没有可能
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to put this at an industrial产业 level水平,
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把它投入工业化生产
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so we made制作 a large boat with a large sail,
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所以我们做了一艘有更大的帆的船
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and with a very light hull船壳, inflatable充气,
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它的船身非常轻,充气式的
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very small footprint脚印,
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在水面激起的涟漪很小
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so we have a very big size尺寸 and power功率 ratio.
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我们的船尺寸很大而且动力很强
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After this, we wanted to see if we could
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这之后, 我们想看看我们能否
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implement实行 this and automate自动化 the system系统,
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实施并实现系统的自动化
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so we used the same相同 system系统 but we added添加
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所以我们应用了相同的系统但又加了
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a structure结构体 to it so we could activate启用 the machine.
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一个结构, 这样我们就能启动这台机器了
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So, we used the same相同 bladder-inflated气囊充气 system系统,
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所以, 我们应用了相同的囊状充气式系统
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and we took it for testing测试.
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然后我们拿它做了一次测试
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So this is happening事件 in the Netherlands荷兰.
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这是在荷兰
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We tried试着 in the water without any skin皮肤 or ballast压载
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我们把它放在水里,没有加外壳和任何装载物
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just to see how it works作品.
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只是看看它是如何工作的
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And then we mounted安装 a camera相机 for controlling控制 it,
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我们装了一架摄像机来控制它
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but quickly很快 we saw that we would need
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但很快我们就发现
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a lot more weight重量 at the bottom底部,
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底部需要更多重量
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so we had to take it back to the lab实验室,
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所以我们只好把它拿回实验室
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and then we built内置 a skin皮肤 around it,
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并给它装上外壳
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we put batteries电池, remote远程 controllers控制器, and then
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我们装了电池,遥控器
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we put it in the water and then we
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然后我们把它放在水中,接着我们
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let it go in the water and see how well it would work,
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让它在水中自由航行,看它工作的有多好
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so let some rope out, and hope希望 it's going to work,
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我们拿掉绳子,希望它能运转的很好
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and it worked工作 okay, but we still have a long way.
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它运行的还行,但我们还有很长的路要走
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Our small prototype原型 has given特定 us good insight眼光
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我们的小模型让我们相信
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that it's working加工 very well,
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这项技术会发展的很好
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but we still need to work a lot more on this.
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但我们还是有很多工作要做
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So what we are doing is an accelerated加速 evolution演化
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所以我们现在所做的
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of sailing帆船 technology技术.
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是对帆船的改进科技
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We went from a back rudder to a front面前 rudder
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我们从后置船舵到前置船舵
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to two rudders to multiple rudders
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从双舵到多船舵
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to the whole整个 boat changing改变 shape形状,
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再到改变整个船身的形状
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and the more we are moving移动 forward前锋,
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我们进展的越多
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and the more the design设计 looks容貌 simple简单 and cute可爱. (Laughter笑声)
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这个设计就变得越简单可爱(笑声)
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But I wanted to show显示 you a fish because --
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但我想给你们看一条鱼,因为——
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In fact事实, it's very different不同 from a fish.
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实际上,它和鱼很不同
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A fish will move移动 because -- by changing改变 like this,
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鱼会游是因为--它们会改变形状
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but our boat is propelled推进的 by the wind still,
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但我们的船依旧是靠风力推动的
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and the hull船壳 controls控制 the trajectory弹道.
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而且由船身控制行进轨道
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So I brought to you for the first time on the TEDTED stage阶段
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所以我第一次在TED上把Protei 八号展示给你们
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ProteiProtei Number Eight. It's not the last one,
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这不是最新型号
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but it's a good one for making制造 demos演示.
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但这很适合用来做演示
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So the first thing as I show显示 you in the video视频 is
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就像我在录像里给你们展示的一样,首先我要给你们看的是
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that we may可能 be able能够 to control控制 the trajectory弹道
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我们也许可以更好的
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of a sailing帆船 boat better,
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控制帆船的行进轨道
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or we may可能 be able能够 to never be in irons铁杆,
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或者我们再也不会背离风向
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so never facing面对 the wind,
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所以不会逆风行驶
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we always can catch抓住 the wind from both sides双方.
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我们总是可以两面都迎风
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But new properties性能 of a sailing帆船 boat.
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这些都是帆船的新性能
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So if you're looking at the boat from this side,
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所以如果你从这个方向看这艘船
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this might威力 remind提醒 you of an airplane飞机 profile轮廓.
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这或许会让你想到飞机的侧面
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An airplane飞机, when you're moving移动 in this direction方向,
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如果是飞机的话, 当你往这个方向移动的时候
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starts启动 to lift电梯, and that's how it takes off.
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开始上升, 然后它就这样起飞了
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Now, if you're taking服用 the same相同 system系统,
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现在, 如果你用相同的系统
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and you're putting vertical垂直, you're bending弯曲,
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如果你把它竖着放,它就会变弯
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and if you're moving移动 this way forward前锋,
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如果你让它往这个方向移动
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your instinct直觉 will tell you that you might威力 go this way,
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你的直觉将会告诉你它将往这个方向运动
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but if you're moving移动 fast快速 enough足够,
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但如果它移动的足够快
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you might威力 create创建 what we call lateral lift电梯,
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你将会造成我们所谓的侧面上升
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so we could get further进一步 or closer接近 to the wind.
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所以我们就能走的更远或者更接近风
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Other property属性 is this:
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它的另一个性能是
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A normal正常 sailing帆船 boat has a centerboardcenterboard here
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一个普通的帆船在这儿有一个中插板
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and a rudder at the back,
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和一个在后面的船舵
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and these two things are what creates创建 most
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这两件东西给船造成最多
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resistance抵抗性 and turbulence动乱 behind背后 the boat,
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阻力和摇晃
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but because this doesn't have either
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但因为这个既没有
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a centerboardcenterboard or a rudder,
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中插板也没有船舵
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we hope希望 that if we keep working加工 on this hull船壳 design设计
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我们希望如果我们在这种船身设计上努力
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we can improve提高 and have less resistance抵抗性.
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我们能改进并减少阻力
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The other thing is, most boats, when they reach达到
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另外, 大部分船, 当它们达到
08:08
a certain某些 speed速度, and they are going on waves波浪,
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一定的速度,而且在风浪中航行的时候
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they start开始 to hit击中 and slap拍击 on the surface表面 of the water,
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它们就会撞击和拍打水面
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and a lot of the energy能源 moving移动 forward前锋 is lost丢失.
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这样就会消耗很多前进的能量
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But if we're going with the flow,
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但如果我们顺着水流行进
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if we pay工资 attention注意 to natural自然 patterns模式
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如果我们注意自然的模式
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instead代替 of trying to be strong强大,
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而不是试图与之对抗
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but if you're going with the flow, we may可能 absorb吸收
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如果你顺着水流航行,我们会吸收
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a lot of environmental环境的 noises噪音, so the wave energy能源,
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很多来自于环境的噪音,也就是海浪的能量
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to actually其实 save保存 some energy能源 to move移动 forward前锋.
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这样就能节省一些前进的能量
08:30
So we may可能 have developed发达 the technology技术
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所以我们可能已经研发出一项技术
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which哪一个 is very efficient高效 for pulling something long and heavy,
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它可以非常高效地拖曳又长又重的东西
08:37
but the idea理念 is, what is the purpose目的 of technology技术
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但问题是,如果不能给合适的人群使用
08:41
if it doesn't reach达到 the right hands?
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科技的目的又是什么呢?
08:43
Normal正常 technology技术 or innovation革新 happens发生 like this:
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正常的科技或创新是这样发生的:
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Somebody has an interesting有趣 idea理念,
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有人有了一个有趣的想法
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some other scientist科学家 or engineer工程师,
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其他一些科学家或工程师
08:51
they take it to the next下一个 level水平, they make a theory理论 about it
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会将它带入下个阶段, 他们建立关于它的理论
08:53
and maybe they patent专利 it,
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然后申请专利
08:54
and then some industry行业 will make a contract合同
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接着一些企业会签订合约
08:57
of exclusivity排他性 to manufacture制造 and sell it,
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进而独自生产和销售它
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and then, eventually终于, a buyer买方 will buy购买 it,
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然后,终于,一个买家将会购买它
09:02
and we hope希望 that they are going to use [it] for a good purpose目的.
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但我们希望他们会以好的目的去利用它
09:05
What we really want is that this innovation革新 happens发生
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我们真正希望的是这项创造
09:09
continuously一直. The inventor发明者 and engineers工程师
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会持续发生 --发明者和工程师
09:11
and also the manufacturers制造商 and everybody每个人
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还有制造商和所有人
09:13
works作品 at the same相同 time, but this would be sterile无菌
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同时工作,但如果他们各自的工作以平行的没有交集
09:15
if this was happening事件 in a parallel平行 and uncrossed非交叉 process处理.
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的方式进行,将毫无结果
09:19
What you really want is not a sequential顺序,
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你想要的不是一连串的
09:21
not parallel平行 development发展.
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互相平行的发展
09:22
You want to have a network网络 of innovation革新.
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你想要一个创新的网络
09:24
You want everybody每个人, like we're doing now,
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你希望每个人,就像我们现在所做的
09:26
to work at the same相同 time, and that can only happen发生
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在同时工作,这只有在
09:29
if these people all together一起 decide决定 to share分享 the information信息,
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大家共同决定共享信息的情况下才能发生
09:32
and that's exactly究竟 what open打开 hardware硬件 is about.
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这正是硬件开源所做的
09:35
It's to replace更换 competition竞争 by collaboration合作.
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它用合作代替了竞争
09:39
It's to transform转变 any new product产品 into a new market市场.
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它将新产品推向市场
09:43
So what is open打开 hardware硬件?
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所以,什么是硬件开源呢?
09:45
Essentially实质上, open打开 hardware硬件 is a license执照.
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实际上, 硬件开源是一个协议
09:47
It's just an intellectual知识分子 property属性 setup建立.
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它只是一项知识产权计划
09:49
It means手段 that everybody每个人 is free自由 to use,
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它意味着每个人都有权
09:52
modify修改 and distribute分发, and in exchange交换
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使用,改造和贡献,还有交换
09:56
we only ask for two things:
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我们只要求两件事
09:57
The name名称 is credited -- the name名称 of the project项目 --
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保留这项计划的项目的名字
09:59
and also the people who make improvement起色,
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还有那些帮助完善这个计划的人的
10:02
they share分享 back with the community社区.
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他们在协作社区中相互分享
10:03
So it's a very simple简单 condition条件.
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所以这非常简单
10:04
And I started开始 this project项目 alone单独 in a garage车库 in New Orleans奥尔良,
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我独自在新奥尔良的一间仓库里开始了这个计划
10:08
but quickly很快 after I wanted to publish发布 and share分享
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但很快的,我想要发布并分享
10:10
this information信息, so I made制作 a KickstarterKickstarter的,
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这个信息,所以我制作了一个Kickstarter,
10:12
which哪一个 is a crowd-fundraising人群筹款 platform平台,
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它是一个向大众筹集资金的平台
10:14
and in about one month we fundraisedfundraised 30,000 dollars美元.
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在大约一个月时间里我们就筹集到三万美元
10:17
With this money, I hired雇用 a team球队 of young年轻 engineers工程师
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我用这些钱雇佣了一组年轻的工程师
10:20
from all over the world世界, and we rented a factory
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他们来自世界各地,我们还在荷兰的鹿特丹
10:23
in Rotterdam鹿特丹 in the Netherlands荷兰.
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租了一间工厂
10:24
We were peer-learning同行学习, we were engineering工程,
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我们一起学习,一起实施工程
10:27
we were making制造 things, prototyping原型,
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我们做东西,做模型
10:31
but most importantly重要的 we were trying our prototypes原型
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但最重要的是我们尽可能经常地在水里
10:33
in the water as often经常 as possible可能,
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试验我们的技术原型
10:35
to fail失败 as quickly很快 as possible可能, to learn学习 from.
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为了从中学习,我们必须让它尽可能快的失败
10:38
This is a proud骄傲 member会员 of ProteiProtei from Korea韩国,
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这是我们一位来自韩国的重要成员
10:40
and on the right side, this is a multiple-masts多桅
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右边的是一个多重桅杆
10:43
design设计 proposed建议 by a team球队 in Mexico墨西哥.
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它是由来自墨西哥的一个团队设计的
10:45
This idea理念 really appealed上诉 to Gabriella加布里埃拉 Levine莱文
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纽约的Gabriella Levine 非常喜欢这个主意
10:48
in New York纽约, and so she decided决定 to prototype原型
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于是她决定做个模型
10:50
this idea理念 that she saw, and she documented记录
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把她看到的做出来,然后
10:53
every一切 step of the process处理,
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把每个过程记录下来
10:54
and she published发表 it on InstructablesInstructables,
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然后她把它发布在Instructables 上
10:57
which哪一个 is a website网站 for sharing分享 inventions发明.
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那是一个分享发明的网站
10:59
Less than one week after,
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不到一星期
11:01
this is a team球队 in Eindhoven埃因霍温, it's a school学校 of engineering工程.
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这是一个艾恩德霍文(荷兰城市)的小组,他们都是工程师
11:05
They made制作 it, but they eventually终于 published发表
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他们将它制造出来,但他们最终
11:07
a simplified design设计.
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发布了一个简单的设计
11:08
They also made制作 it into an Instructable造说明,
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他们也把它发布在Instructable上
11:10
and in less than one week, they had
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不到一星期,他们就有
11:12
almost几乎 10,000 views意见, and they got many许多 new friends朋友.
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将近一万次浏览,而且他们交到很多新朋友
11:15
We're working加工 on also simpler简单 technology技术,
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我们正在研发的也是简单的科技
11:17
not that complex复杂, with younger更年轻 people
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不是特别复杂,我们中有年轻人
11:19
and also older旧的 people,
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也有老人
11:21
like this dinosaur恐龙 is from Mexico墨西哥. (Laughter笑声)
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就像这只来自墨西哥的恐龙(笑声)
11:24
So ProteiProtei is now an international国际 network网络
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所以Protei 项目现在是一个全球性的
11:27
of innovation革新 for selling销售 technology技术
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利用这个变形船身
11:30
using运用 this shape-shifting形状转移 hull船壳.
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来销售科技的创新网络
11:32
And what puts看跌期权 us together一起 is that we have a common共同,
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让我们聚在一起的
11:36
at least最小, global全球 understanding理解
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是对“商业”这个词的相同的全球性理解
11:38
of what the word "business商业" is, or what it should be.
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或者说它的发展方向
11:42
This is how most work today今天.
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这就是现在它工作的方式
11:44
Business商业 as usual通常 is saying, what's most important重要
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商业,正如通常所说
11:46
is to make lots of profit利润, and you'll你会 be using运用
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最重要的是盈利,你将会使用
11:48
technology技术 for that, and people will be your work force,
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科技来达到目标,而人们将会成为你的劳动力
11:51
instrumentalized工具化,
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工具化
11:52
and environment环境 is usually平时 the last priority优先.
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和环境通常是最后要考虑的
11:55
It will be just a way to, say, greenwash漂绿 your audience听众
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它只是给你的听众的一个绿色假象
11:59
and, say, increase增加 your price价钱 tag标签.
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以此来抬高价格
12:01
What we're trying to do, or what we believe,
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我们正在做的是,或者我们相信的是
12:04
because this is how we believe the world世界 really works作品,
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我们相信世界实际上这样运转
12:06
is that without the environment环境 you have nothing.
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没有环境你就什么都没有
12:08
We have the people so we need to protect保护 each other, yes,
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我们需要大众的支持,所以我们需要互相保护,对
12:11
and we're a technology技术 company公司,
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而且我们是一家科技公司
12:13
and profit利润 is necessary必要 to make this happen发生. (Applause掌声)
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而盈利是使这一切成为可能的必要条件(掌声)
12:18
Thank you very much. (Applause掌声)
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非常感谢(掌声)
12:22
If we have the courage勇气 to understand理解 or accept接受
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如果我们有勇气去理解和接受
12:26
that this actually其实 how the world世界 really works作品,
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这世界真正的运转方式
12:28
and this is the order订购 of priority优先 that we need to choose选择,
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那么我们必须选择这样的优先顺序
12:31
then it makes品牌 obvious明显 why we need
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这就非常清楚的解释了为什么我们需要
12:33
to choose选择 open打开 hardware硬件 for developing发展 environmental环境的
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选择硬件开源来发展环境科技
12:35
technology技术, because we need to share分享 information信息.
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因为我们需要共享信息
12:37
What's next下一个 for us?
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对我们来说下一步是什么?
12:39
So, this small machine that you've seen看到,
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你们看到的那台小机器
12:42
we're hoping希望 to make small toys玩具 like
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我们希望能制造
12:44
one-meter一米 remote远程 control控制 ProteiProtei that you can upgrade升级 --
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像那个可以升级和遥控的一米长的Protei那样的小玩具
12:47
so replace更换 the remote远程 control控制 parts部分 by Androids机器人,
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你可以把遥控器换成安卓
12:50
so the mobile移动 phone电话, and ArduinoArduino的 micro-controller微控制器,
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换成智能手机,还有Arduino微型操控系统
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so you could be controlling控制 this
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所以你就能
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from your mobile移动 phone电话, your tablet片剂.
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利用你的手机或平板电脑控制它
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Then what we want to do is create创建 six-meter六米 versions版本
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然后我们要做的是制造六米长的版本
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so we can test测试 the maximum最大值 performance性能 of these machines,
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这样我们就能测试这些机器的最佳性能
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so we can go at very, very high speed速度.
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这样我们就能达到非常非常大的速度
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So imagine想像 yourself你自己.
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所以你们自己想象吧
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You are laying铺设 down in a flexible灵活 torpedo鱼雷,
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你躺在一个灵活的鱼雷上
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sailing帆船 at high speed速度,
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高速航行
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controlling控制 the shape形状 of the hull船壳 with your legs
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用你的腿控制船身的形状
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and controlling控制 the sail with your arms武器.
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用你的胳膊控制帆
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So that's what we're looking for developing发展. (Applause掌声)
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那就是我们希望完成的东西
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And we replace更换 the human人的 being存在 --
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我们还可以替换人类--
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to go, for example, for measuring测量 radioactivity放射性,
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比如,测量放射性物质的时候
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you don't want a human人的 to be sailing帆船 those robots机器人 --
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你不会想让人类去驾驶那些船
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with batteries电池, motors马达, micro-controllers微控制器 and sensors传感器.
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所以就用电池,发动机,微型控制器和传感器来代替人类
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This is what our teammates队友, we dream梦想 of at night.
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这就是我们的队员每天晚上梦到的事
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We hope希望 that we can sometime某时 clean清洁 up oil spills泄漏,
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我们希望我们有一天能清理掉泄漏的原油
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or we can gather收集 or collect搜集 plastic塑料 in the ocean海洋,
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或者收集或聚集海洋中的塑料废物
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or we can have swarms成群 of our machines
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或者我们能够拥有一大群这种机器
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controlled受控 by multi-player多玩家 video视频 game游戏 engines引擎
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被多人网络游戏引擎所控制
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to control控制 many许多 of these machines,
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来控制很多这些机器
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to monitor监控 coral珊瑚 reefs珊瑚礁
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去监测珊瑚礁
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or to monitor监控 fisheries渔业.
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去监控鱼群
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Our hope希望 is that we can use open打开 hardware硬件 technology技术
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我们希望可以用硬件开源技术
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to better understand理解 and protect保护 our oceans海洋.
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来更好的了解和保护我们的海洋
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Thank you very much. (Applause掌声)
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非常感谢(掌声)
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(Applause掌声)
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Translated by sophie zhao
Reviewed by Yu-Jia Wang

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cesar Harada - Inventor, environmentalist, educator
TED Senior Fellow Cesar Harada aims to harness the forces of nature as he invents innovative remedies for man-made problems like oil spills and radioactive leaks.

Why you should listen

Cesar Harada believes that ocean currents, the wind and other naturally occuring phenomenon can provide unique inspiration and novel solutions to mankind’s worst disasters, like oil spills and radioactive leaks. A French-Japanese inventor and TED senior fellow, he is the creator of Protei, a revolutionary sailing technology -- featuring a front rudder, flexible hull and open-soure hardware -- that allows for efficient clean up of both oil and plastics from the sea. Currently based in London, Harada recently traveled to Japan and is designing Protei to measure radioactivity along the country's coast.

The general coordinator of the future International Ocean Station, Harada teaches at Goldsmiths University London. A former project leader at MIT, he graduated form the Royal College of Arts Design Interactions in London and worked at the Southampton University Hydrodynamics laboratory on wave energy. Harada has also studied animantion, and his films and installations have been seen at festivals and events across the world, from the United States to Japan.

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