ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kate Stone - Shepherd of electrons
At Novalia, Kate Stone and her team use ordinary printing presses to manufacture interactive electronics, which combine touch-sensitive ink technology and printed circuits into unique and cost-effective products.

Why you should listen

Born in Cheshire, England and the child of a continent-hopping engineer, Kate Stone was often left to her own devices among some of the world's most disparate cultures. Whether learning to cook rice from Gurkhas or spending time alongside a garageful of car repairmen in Borneo, Stone quickly learned that nontraditional problem-solving was often the very best kind.

At 20, Stone moved to Australia and eventually to the outback, where she was soon herding 22,000 sheep on a 120,000-acre farm. She then returned to England and began her studies in electronics at Salford University, before being recruited to do her PhD work in physics at Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory, where her focus on moving electrons eventually led to the creation of her groundbreaking company, Novalia.

At Novalia, Stone says: "The work of my team and myself is the realization of my childhood fascinations. We put electronics into paper, and paper is all around us." Stone sees herself as a "creative scientist," blending art and science to create startling fusions of new and old technology. In addition to her work with Novalia, Stone is a member of the Editors Code of Practice committee.

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Kate Stone: DJ decks made of ... paper

凯特·斯通: 凯特·斯通: 纸质DJ台

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“我喜欢纸张,也喜欢技术”, 物理学家凯特 斯通这样说。 想知道究竟如何将技术与纸张结合吗?那不妨让我一起走进这位“疯狂”科学家的神奇世界吧。
- Shepherd of electrons
At Novalia, Kate Stone and her team use ordinary printing presses to manufacture interactive electronics, which combine touch-sensitive ink technology and printed circuits into unique and cost-effective products. Full bio

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I love paper, and I love technology技术,
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我热爱纸张,我也热爱技术。
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and what I do is I make paper interactive互动.
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我做的就是让纸张具有交互性(通过技术)。
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And that's what I say when people ask me what I do,
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当别人问我做什么工作时,我一般就这样回答。
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but it really confuses混淆 most people,
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但是,这令人费解,
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so really, the best最好 way for me to convey传达 it
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因此实际上,对我来说,描述我工作最好的方式是:
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is to take the technology技术 and be creative创作的
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使用技术,非常有创意,打造全新体验。
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and create创建 experiences经验.
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于是,我尝试着去想,在这儿我可以用些什么。
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So I tried试着 to think what I could use for here,
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and a couple一对 of weeks ago I had a crazy idea理念
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几个星期前,我有了一个疯狂的想法。
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that I wanted to print打印 two DJDJ decks甲板
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我想打印两张DJ台,
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and to try and mix混合 some music音乐.
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而且尝试着混合一些音乐。
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And I'm going to try and show显示 that at the end结束,
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我打算在最后展示这个。
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and the suspense悬念 will be as much mine if it works作品.
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如果这个凑效,悬念就会如我所预期的那样。
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And I'm not a DJDJ, and I'm not a musician音乐家,
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我不是DJ,我也不是什么搞音乐的人。
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so I'm a little bit scared害怕 of that.
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因此我对此有一点点的担心。
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So I think, I found发现 the best最好 way to describe描述 my journey旅程
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我想,描述我的人生之旅的最佳方式是说说我过去生活中发生的几件小事。
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is just to mention提到 a few少数 little things
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that have happened发生 to me throughout始终 my life.
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There's three particular特定 things that I've doneDONE,
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我做过3件比较特别的事情。
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and I'll just describe描述 those first,
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首先,我会先讲讲这几件事,
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and then talk about some of my work.
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然后介绍一下我的工作。
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So when I was a kid孩子, I was obsessed痴迷 with wires电线,
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当我还是一个小孩的时候,我对电线非常得痴迷。
我常常将电线藏在地毯下面,
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and I used to thread线 them under my carpet地毯
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and thread线 them behind背后 the walls墙壁
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或者将它们藏在墙后,
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and have little switches开关 and little speakers音箱,
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我还有一些小开关和小扬声器,
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and I wanted to make my bedroom卧室 be interactive互动
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我希望不着痕迹地让我的卧室变得非常有交互性。
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but kind of all hidden away.
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And I was also really interested有兴趣 in wireless无线 as well.
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我对无线电也非常感兴趣。
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So I bought one of those little kits that you could get
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所以我买了些大家都买得到的元件,做了一个无线电发送器。
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to make a radio无线电 transmitter发射机,
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and I got an old book and I carved out the inside
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然后,我找了一本旧书,把里面挖空,把那个无线电发送器藏在书里,
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and I hid it inside there,
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and then I placed放置 it next下一个 to my dad
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然后把它放到我老爸旁边,
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and snuck偷传 back to my bedroom卧室 and tuned调整 in on the radio无线电
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最后悄悄溜回我的卧室,打开收音机。
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so I could eavesdrop窃听.
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这样,我就可以偷听。
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I was not at all interested有兴趣 in what he was saying.
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其实,我对他说什么并不感兴趣,
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It's more that I just liked喜欢 the idea理念
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我更多的只是喜欢这个点子:在日用品里藏一些东西
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of an everyday每天 object目的
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having something inside
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做一些不同的事情。
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and doing something different不同.
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Several一些 year later后来,
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几年以后,
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I managed管理 to successfully顺利 fail失败 all of my exams考试
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我成功得挂掉了我所有考试,
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and didn't really leave离开 school学校 with much to show显示 for at all,
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而且没有真的离开学校来证实这一点。
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and my parents父母, maybe as a reward奖励,
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我的父母,也许是作为奖励,
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bought me what turned转身 out to be
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给我买了一张最后发现是单程的去澳大利亚的机票。
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a one-way单程 ticket to Australia澳大利亚,
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我大概四年后才回家。
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and I came来了 back home about four years年份 later后来.
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I ended结束 up on a farm农场 in the middle中间 of nowhere无处.
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我最终到了一个偏远的农场。
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It was in far western西 New South Wales威尔士.
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这个农场坐落在新南威尔士州的西部,
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And this farm农场 was 120,000 acres.
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占地面积达12 万亩,
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There were 22,000 sheep,
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那儿有 22,000 只羊,
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and it was about 40 degrees,
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温度大概在 40 度左右,
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or 100 or so Fahrenheit飞轮海.
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相当于华氏温度100度左右。
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And on this farm农场 there was the farmer农民, his wife妻子,
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那里住着农场主、他的妻子、
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and there was the four-year-old四十岁 daughter女儿.
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还有他们四岁的女儿,
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And they kind of took me into the farm农场
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他们把我带进农场。
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and showed显示 me what it was like to live生活 and work.
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有点想让我看看生活和工作是什么样子。
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Obviously明显, one of the most important重要 things was the sheep,
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很明显,在这里,最重要的事情之一就是羊,
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and so my job工作 was, well, pretty漂亮 much to do everything,
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所以我的工作是,嗯,差不多要做的一切,
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but it was about bringing使 the sheep back to the homestead家园.
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就是把羊带回农庄。
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And we'd星期三 do that by building建造 fences围栏,
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我们将通过建立围栏、
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using运用 motorbikes摩托车 and horses马匹,
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使用摩托车和马匹,
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and the sheep would make their way all the way back
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而羊只想着一路回到相应季节的剪毛棚里。
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to the shearing剪毛 shed for the different不同 seasons季节.
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And what I learned学到了 was,
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我自己学到的就是,
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although虽然 at the time, like everyone大家 else其他,
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虽然当时,像别人一样,
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I thought sheep were pretty漂亮 stupid
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我以为羊非常傻,
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because they didn't do what we wanted them to do,
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因为它们没做我们想让它们做的事情。
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what I realize实现 now, probably大概 only just in the last few少数 weeks
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我现在意识到,大概只是在过去的几个星期,
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looking back, is the sheep weren't stupid at all.
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回头一想,羊群一点都不蠢。
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We'd星期三 put them in an environment环境 where they didn't want to be,
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我们想把他们赶到它们不喜欢的环境里。
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and they didn't want to do what we wanted them to do.
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它们不想做我们想让它们做的事情。
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So the challenge挑战 was to try and get them
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因此,面临的挑战是要试着让它们
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to do what we wanted them to do
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做我们想要他们做的,
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by listening to the weather天气, the lay铺设 of the land土地,
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通过观察天气、地形,
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and creating创建 things that would let the sheep flow
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做一些东西使羊群走向我们想让它们去的地方。
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and go where we wanted them to go.
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Another另一个 bunch of years年份 later后来,
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更多的一些年之后,
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I ended结束 up at Cambridge剑桥 University大学
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我到英国剑桥大学的卡文迪什实验室攻读物理学博士。
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at the Cavendish板烟 Laboratory实验室 in the U.K.
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doing a Ph博士.D. in physics物理.
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My Ph博士.D. was to move移动 electrons电子 around, one at a time.
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我的博士课题是一次移动一个电子。
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And I realize实现 — again, it's kind of these realizations变现
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我意识到 — — 又是这种认识
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looking back as to what I did —
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回望过去,看看自己做过些什么 — —
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I realize实现 now that it was pretty漂亮 much the same相同
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我现在意识到这其实和移动羊群差不多。
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as moving移动 sheep around.
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It really is.
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真的。
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It's just you do it by changing改变 an environment环境.
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你要做的只是不断变化环境。
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And that's kind of been a big lesson to me,
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对我来说,这一直都是一个重要的经验,
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that you can't act法案 on any object目的.
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你不能作用在任何对象上。
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You change更改 its environment环境, and the object目的 will flow.
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你只能改变它的环境,从而让对象自然的流动。
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So we made制作 it very small,
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所以我们将东西做得很小
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so things were about 30 nanometers纳米 in size尺寸;
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约 30 纳米,
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making制造 it very cold, so at liquid液体 helium temperatures温度;
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使它温度很低,维持在液氦温度,
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and changing改变 environment环境 by changing改变 the voltage电压,
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同时通过改变电压来不断改变环境,
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and the electrons电子 could make flow around a loop循环
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从而电子就会循环绕流。
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one at a time, on and off, a little memory记忆 node节点.
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一次,打开和关闭,一个小小的内存节点。
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And I wanted to go one step further进一步,
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我想要更进一步,
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and I wanted to move移动 one electron电子 on
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我想要同时让一个电子动,另一个不动。
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and one electron电子 off.
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And I was told that I wouldn't不会 be able能够 to do this,
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当时,人们和我说,这事不可能。
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which哪一个, you know, as we've我们已经 heard听说 from other people,
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你也知道,这种别人都说不可能的事,恰是你要做的事情。
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that's the thing that makes品牌 you do it.
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And I was determined决心, and I managed管理 to show显示 that I could do that.
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我决心已下,而且最终证明我能做这件事。
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And a lot of that learning学习, I think,
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很多这样的教训,我想,
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came来了 from being存在 on that farm农场,
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正是来自那个农场。
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because when I was working加工 on the farm农场,
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因为当我在农场工作时,
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we'd星期三 have to use what was around us,
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我们要善于利用我们身边的事物,
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we'd星期三 have to use the environment环境,
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我们要善于利用环境。
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and there was no such这样 thing
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没有事情是不到的。
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as something can't be doneDONE,
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because you're in an environment环境 where,
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因为你身处的环境是:
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if you can't do what you need to do,
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如果你不能做你要做的,
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you can die, and, you know,
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你就活不下去,你知道,
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I had seen看到 that sort分类 of thing happen发生.
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我看过这样事发生。
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So now my obsession困扰 is printing印花,
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现在,我痴迷于印刷,
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and I'm really fascinated入迷 by the idea理念
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有个创意让我非常着迷,
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of using运用 conventional常规 printing印花 processes流程,
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这个创意是:使用传统的印刷工艺,
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so the types类型 of print打印 that are used to create创建
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也就是使用这种可以用来创建我们身边很多东西的打印机,
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many许多 of the things around us
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to make paper and card interactive互动.
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来使纸张和卡片具有互动性。
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When I spoke to some printers打印机 when I started开始 doing this
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我对某些打印商说我开始做这个,
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and told them what I wanted to do,
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并告诉他们我想做的,
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which哪一个 was to print打印 conductive导电 inks油墨 onto paper,
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我想打印导电油墨到纸上,
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they told me it couldn't不能 be doneDONE,
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他们告诉我这行不通。
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again, that kind of favorite喜爱 thing.
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再次,让人喜欢的事情。
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So I got about 10 credit信用 cards and loans贷款
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我用了10 张信用卡和贷款,
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and got myself very close to bankruptcy破产, really,
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几近破产,真的,
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and bought myself this huge巨大 printing印花 press,
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买了这个巨大的印刷机,
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which哪一个 I had no idea理念 how to use at all.
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当时我还完全不知道如何使用它。
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It was about five meters long,
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它大约五米长,
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and I covered覆盖 myself and the floor地板 with ink墨水
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地板上和身上被我弄得全是墨水,
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and made制作 a massive大规模的 mess食堂, but I learned学到了 to print打印.
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整个一团糟,但最终我学会了怎么打印。
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And then I took it back to the printers打印机 and showed显示 them what I've doneDONE,
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我拿着我做的给那些打印商看,
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and they were like, "Of course课程 you can do that.
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他们又说:”你当然可以这样做,
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Why didn't you come here in the first place地点?"
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你为什么不先来这儿?"
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That's always the case案件.
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事情总是这样。
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So what we do is we take conventional常规 printing印花 presses印刷机,
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我们做的事情是使用传统打印机,
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we make conductive导电 inks油墨,
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制作导电油墨,
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and run those through通过 a press, and basically基本上
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并将导电油墨打印到纸上,
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just letting出租 hundreds数以百计 of thousands数千 of electrons电子 flow
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基本上,我们只是让成千上万的电子流过纸张。
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through通过 pieces of paper
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so we can make that paper interactive互动.
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从而,使得纸张具有互动性。
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And it's pretty漂亮 simple简单, really.
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其实这相当简单。
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It's just a collection采集 of things that have been doneDONE before,
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这只是一个许多已做过事情的集合。
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but bringing使 them together一起 in a different不同 way.
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只不过聚集的方式与以往不同。
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So we have a piece of paper with conductive导电 ink墨水 on,
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一张带有导电油墨的纸,
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and then add onto that a small circuit电路 board with a couple一对 of chips芯片,
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再加上一个装着两个芯片的小型电路板,
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one to run some capacitive电容 touch触摸 software软件,
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其中一个芯片可以运行一些电容式触摸软件,
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so we know where we've我们已经 touched感动 it,
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从而知道我们触碰的位置,
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and the other to run, quite相当 often经常,
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另一个芯片,很多时候,
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some wireless无线 software软件 so the piece of paper can connect.
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运行一些无线软件来连接纸张。
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So I'll just describe描述 a couple一对 of things that we've我们已经 created创建.
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接下来,我将介绍几样我们做的东西。
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There's lots of different不同 things we've我们已经 created创建.
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我们做了很多不同的东西。
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This is one of them, because I love cake蛋糕.
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这是其中之一,因为我爱蛋糕。
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And this one, it's a large poster海报,
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这是一个大海报,
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and you touch触摸 it and it has a little speaker扬声器 behind背后 it,
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你可以触碰它,
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and the poster海报 talks会谈 to you when you touch触摸 it
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它后面有个小喇叭, 当你碰触碰海报时, 海报就可以和你对话,
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and asks you a series系列 of questions问题,
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问你一系列的问题,
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and it works作品 out your perfect完善 cake蛋糕.
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并计算出属于你的完美蛋糕。
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But it doesn't tell you the cake蛋糕 there and then.
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但它并不会当场告诉你蛋糕是怎样。
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It uploads上传 a picture图片,
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而是上载一张图片以及它为你选择那块蛋糕的原因到 Facebook 页面和 Twitter。
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and the reason原因 why it chose选择 that cake蛋糕 for you,
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to our FacebookFacebook的 page and to Twitter推特.
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So we're trying to create创建 that connection连接
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我们正尝试着建立物理世界与数字世界之间的连接,
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between之间 the physical物理 and the digital数字,
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but have it not looking on a screen屏幕,
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但这个连接并不是通过屏幕,
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and just looking like a regular定期 poster海报.
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而是通过一个看似普通的海报。
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We've我们已经 worked工作 with a bunch of universities高校 on a project项目
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我们和几所大学合作过一个关于互动新闻报纸的项目。
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looking at interactive互动 newsprint报纸.
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So for example, we've我们已经 created创建 a newspaper报纸,
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比方说,我们制作了一份报纸,
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a regular定期 newspaper报纸.
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一份很平常的报纸。
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You can wear穿 a pair of headphones头戴耳机 that are connected连接的 to it wirelessly无线,
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你可以戴上一副无线连接到它的耳机。
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and when you touch触摸 it, you can hear the music音乐
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你触摸它,你就可以听到报纸上描述的却“读不到”的音乐。
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that's described描述 on the top最佳, which哪一个 is something you can't read.
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You can hear a press conference会议
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你能听一次新闻发布会,
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as well as reading what the editor编辑 has determined决心
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同时读到编辑已确定的新闻发布会内容。
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that press conference会议 was about.
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07:40
And you can press a FacebookFacebook的 "like" button按键
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您可以按 Facebook"喜欢"按钮,
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or you can vote投票 on something as well.
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你也可以对一些东西投票。
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Something else其他 that we created创建,
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这儿还有一些我们制作的其它东西。
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and this was an idea理念 that I had a couple一对 of years年份 ago,
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这是我几年前的一个想法。
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and so we've我们已经 doneDONE a project项目 on this.
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于是,我们做过一个关于这个项目。
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It was for funding资金 from the government政府
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这个项目由政府出资,
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for user-centered用户为中心的 design设计 for energy-efficient高效节能 buildings房屋,
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以用户为中心设计的高效节能建筑。
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difficult to say, and something I had no idea理念 what it was
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这个很难说,有些东西,在刚进车间时,我完全不懂,
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when I went into the workshop作坊, but quickly很快 learned学到了.
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好在很快就学会了。
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And we wanted to try and encourage鼓励 people
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我们想试着鼓励人们更好地使用能源。
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to use energy能源 better.
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And I really liked喜欢 the idea理念 that, instead代替 of looking at dials表盘
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我真的很喜欢的想法,不是看着数字,
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and reading things to say --
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阅读一些文字,— —看着您的能源使用情况,
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looking at your energy能源 usage用法,
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08:12
I wanted to create创建 a poster海报 that was wirelessly无线 connected连接的
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我想要制作一张以无线方式连接的海报,
08:15
and had color-changing变色 inks油墨 on it,
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涂上可变色的油墨。
08:16
and so if your energy能源 usage用法 was trending趋势 better,
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所以如果您的能源使用情况趋向更好,
08:20
than the leaves树叶 would appear出现 and the rabbits would appear出现
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海报上叶子就会出现,兔子也会出现,
08:22
and all would be good.
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一切都会好。
08:24
And if it wasn't, then there'd这红色 be graffiti涂鸦
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如果情况相反,海报就会变得乱糟糟的,
08:26
and the leaves树叶 would fall秋季 off the trees树木.
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叶子会从树上落下来。
08:27
So it was trying to make you look after something
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所以,这是希望让人们照看好周围环境中的东西,
08:30
in your immediate即时 environment环境,
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08:32
which哪一个 you don't want to see not looking so good,
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那些你不想看上去不好的东西,
08:35
rather than expecting期待 people to do things
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而不是去指望人们在当前环境下做一些事情,
08:37
in the local本地 environment环境 because of the effect影响
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仅仅因为其影响久远。
08:39
that it has a long way off.
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08:41
And I think, kind of like going back to the farm农场,
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我想,这有点像回到了那个农场。
08:43
it's about how to let people do what you want them to do
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如何让人们主动做你想要他们做的,
08:46
rather than making制造 people do what you want them to do.
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而不迫使人们做你想要他们做的。
08:51
Okay.
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好吧。
08:52
So this is the bit I'm really scared害怕 of.
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到了我真的很害怕的部分。
08:55
So a couple一对 of things I've created创建 are,
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我做的几样东西。
08:57
there's a poster海报 over here
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这里有一张海报,
08:59
that you can play drums on.
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你可以在这里打鼓。
我不是一个音乐家。
09:01
And I am not a musician音乐家. It seemed似乎 like a good idea理念 at the time.
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当时似乎是个好主意。
09:06
If anyone任何人 wants to try and play drums, then they can.
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如果任何人想要试着玩打鼓,他们就可以。
09:08
I'll just describe描述 how this works作品.
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我描述一下这个是如何工作的。
09:10
This poster海报 is wirelessly无线 connected连接的 to my cell细胞 phone电话,
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这张海报是以无线方式连接到我的手机。
09:14
and when you touch触摸 it, it connects所连接 to the app应用.
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当你拍打它时,它就会连接到手机上的应用。
09:17
(Drums)
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(鼓声)
09:25
And it has really good response响应 time.
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它响应时间很短,
09:27
It's using运用 Bluetooth蓝牙 4, so it's pretty漂亮 instantaneous瞬间.
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因为用的是蓝牙 4,所以几乎是实时的。
09:32
Okay. Thanks谢谢.
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好。谢谢。
09:34
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
09:39
And there's a couple一对 of other things.
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还有几个其他东西。
09:40
So this one is like a sound声音 board,
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这个看上去像一块声板,
09:43
so you can touch触摸 it, and I just love these horrible可怕 noises噪音.
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你可以点击它,我喜欢这种可怕的噪音。
09:48
(Sirens警报器, explosions爆炸, breaking破坏 glass玻璃)
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(爆炸、 打破玻璃,警笛)
09:55
Okay, and this is a D.J. turntable转盘.
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好。这是一个DJ转盘。
09:58
So it's wirelessly无线 linked关联 to my iPadiPad的,
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它以无线的方式连接到我的 iPad。
10:01
and this is a software软件 that's running赛跑 on the iPadiPad的.
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这是一个在 iPad 运行的软件。
10:05
Oh, yes. I just love doing that.
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哦,是。我就喜欢做这些。
10:09
I'm not a D.J., though虽然, but I just always wanted to do that.
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虽然我不是DJ,但我一直想干这个。
10:12
(Scratching搔抓)
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(挠)
10:14
So I have a crossfader推子, and I have the two decks甲板.
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这有一个唱片平滑转换器,还有两个转台。
10:19
So I've made制作 some new technology技术,
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我做了一些新的技术。
10:22
and I love things being存在 creative创作的,
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我喜欢有创意的事情,
10:23
and I love working加工 with creative创作的 people.
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喜欢和有创意的人一起工作。
10:25
So my 15-year-old-岁 niece侄女, she's amazing惊人,
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我是五岁的侄女,她很棒,
10:28
and she's called Charlotte夏洛特,
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她叫夏洛特。
10:29
and I asked her to record记录 something,
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我让她录制了一些东西。
10:31
and I worked工作 with a friend朋友 called Elliot埃利奥特
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我和我的朋友,埃利奥特,
10:33
to put some beats节拍 together一起.
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把一些打击声混在一起。
10:34
So this is my niece侄女, Charlotte夏洛特.
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这就是我的侄女,夏洛特。
10:36
(Music音乐)
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(音乐)
11:10
Yay好极了!
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耶 !
11:12
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
11:21
So that's pretty漂亮 much what I do.
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这差不多就是我做的。
11:23
I just love bringing使 technology技术 together一起,
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我只是热衷于将一些技术汇集在一起,
11:25
having a lot of fun开玩笑, being存在 creative创作的.
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有趣,有创意。
11:27
But it's not about the technology技术.
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我想要的并不是技术本身,
11:28
It's just about, I want to create创建 some great experiences经验.
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而是创造一些极致的体验。
11:31
So thank you very much.
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非常谢谢!
11:33
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
Translated by Diwen Tan
Reviewed by JING CHEN

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kate Stone - Shepherd of electrons
At Novalia, Kate Stone and her team use ordinary printing presses to manufacture interactive electronics, which combine touch-sensitive ink technology and printed circuits into unique and cost-effective products.

Why you should listen

Born in Cheshire, England and the child of a continent-hopping engineer, Kate Stone was often left to her own devices among some of the world's most disparate cultures. Whether learning to cook rice from Gurkhas or spending time alongside a garageful of car repairmen in Borneo, Stone quickly learned that nontraditional problem-solving was often the very best kind.

At 20, Stone moved to Australia and eventually to the outback, where she was soon herding 22,000 sheep on a 120,000-acre farm. She then returned to England and began her studies in electronics at Salford University, before being recruited to do her PhD work in physics at Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory, where her focus on moving electrons eventually led to the creation of her groundbreaking company, Novalia.

At Novalia, Stone says: "The work of my team and myself is the realization of my childhood fascinations. We put electronics into paper, and paper is all around us." Stone sees herself as a "creative scientist," blending art and science to create startling fusions of new and old technology. In addition to her work with Novalia, Stone is a member of the Editors Code of Practice committee.

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