ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Lang - Maker
David Lang is a maker and the co-founder of OpenROV, a community of ocean lovers who build underwater robots.

Why you should listen

David Lang is a maker whose craving for adventure turned him into an amateur ocean explorer. A few years ago Lang and NASA engineer Eric Stackpole went looking for lost gold (literally) in an underwater cave in the foothills of the Sierra Navada. But they weren't quite sure how to go about it. Without much expertise (or money), the two put initial designs for an underwater robot explorer online. Soon OpenROV was born: a community of citizen ocean explorers who build and constantly improve upon these small remote operated underwater robots.

 Lang is also the author of Zero to Maker and a 2013 TED Fellow. He lives on a sailboat in the San Francisco Bay.

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David Lang: My underwater robot

大卫·朗: 我的水下机器人

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大卫是一个自学成才的业余海洋学家,也可以说他训练了一个助他成为海洋学家的机器人。在一次圣诞节期间举办的演说中,TED的伙伴大卫,讲述了他和与他同样爱好海洋探索的伙伴们,如何协力建设了这个开放源代码且成本低廉的水下探索机器人。
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David Lang is a maker and the co-founder of OpenROV, a community of ocean lovers who build underwater robots. Full bio

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So this video视频 was taken采取
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这段视频是在
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at Aquarius水瓶座 undersea海底 laboratory实验室
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一座海底实验室拍摄的
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four miles英里 off the coast of Key Largo缓慢的,
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这座实验室距离基拉戈海岸四英里
(注:基拉戈位于美国佛罗里达州)
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about 60 feet below下面 the surface表面.
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海平面以下约 60 英尺处
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NASANASA uses使用 this extreme极端 environment环境
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美国宇航局用这种极端环境
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to train培养 astronauts宇航员 and aquanautsaquanauts,
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训练宇航员和海底观探员
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and last year, they invited邀请 us along沿 for the ride.
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去年,他们邀请我们一起做研究。
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All the footage镜头 was taken采取 from our open打开 ROVROV,
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所有素材都来自我们的开放 ROV,
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which哪一个 is a robot机器人 that we built内置 in our garage车库.
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它是一个我们在自己车库里制造的一个机器人
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So ROVROV stands站立 for Remote远程 Operated操作 Vehicle车辆,
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所以 ROV是”远程操作移动工具“的缩写
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which哪一个 in our case案件 means手段 our little robot机器人
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对我们来说,就是我们的小机器人
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sends发送 live生活 video视频
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通过超薄系绳
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across横过 that ultra-thin超薄 tether系链
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发送实况视频
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back to the computer电脑 topside顶面.
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返回到地面上的电脑。
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It's open打开 source资源, meaning含义 we publish发布
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它是开放资源,意思是说我们在网络上
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and share分享 all of our design设计 files
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发布和分享所有的设计档案
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and all of our code online线上,
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和所有的代码
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allowing允许 anyone任何人 to modify修改
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允许任何人调整
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or improve提高 or change更改 the design设计.
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或改善,甚至更改设计。
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It's built内置 with mostly大多 off-the-shelf现成的 parts部分
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制作它所使用的绝大部分部件是工业成品
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and costs成本 about 1,000 times cheaper便宜
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所需要的费用比詹姆斯卡梅隆所使用的
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than the ROVs遥控潜水器 James詹姆士 Cameron卡梅伦 used
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用来探索泰坦尼克的
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to explore探索 the Titanic泰坦尼克号.
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远程操作移动工具便宜约1000倍
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So ROVs遥控潜水器 aren't new.
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所以 远程操作移动工具并不是新发明出来的。
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They've他们已经 been around for decades几十年.
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它们已经出现几十年。
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Scientists科学家们 use ROVs遥控潜水器 to explore探索 the oceans海洋.
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科学家们使用远程操作移动工具来探索海洋。
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Oil and gas加油站 companies公司 use them for exploration勘探
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石油和天然气公司使用它们进行勘探
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and construction施工.
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与建设。
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What we've我们已经 built内置 isn't unique独特.
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我们制作的这个机器本身并不独特。
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It's how we've我们已经 built内置 it that's really unique独特.
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它的独特性来自于我们建立它的方式与过程。
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So I want to give you a quick story故事
of how it got started开始.
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所以我想用一个简短的故事,讲述这个工程是如何开始的。
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So a few少数 years年份 ago, my friend朋友 Eric埃里克 and I
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几年前,我和我的朋友艾瑞克决定
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decided决定 we wanted to explore探索 this underwater水下 cave洞穴
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我们想探索一个水下洞穴
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in the foothills山麓 of the Sierras塞拉斯.
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这个水下洞穴位于山脉的一个山脚下
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We had heard听说 this story故事 about lost丢失 gold
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我们听说了一个故事,淘金热时期发生的一次抢劫中
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from a Gold Rush-era拉什时代 robbery抢劫,
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抢匪劫获的黄金就藏在那里. 我们很想去那里探险
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Unfortunately不幸, we didn't have any money
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不幸的是,我们没有钱
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and we didn't have any tools工具 to do it.
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也没有任何工具。
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So Eric埃里克 had an initial初始 design设计 idea理念 for a robot机器人,
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所以,艾瑞克的初期构想是做一个机器人,
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but we didn't have all the parts部分 figured想通 out,
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但是我们不知道如何找到所需的零件
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so we did what anybody任何人 would do in our situation情况:
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所以我们做出了任何人在这样的情况下都会做的事
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we asked the Internet互联网 for help.
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那就是在互联网上寻求帮助。
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More specifically特别, we created创建 this website网站,
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更具体地说,我们创建了这个网站,
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openROVopenROV.comCOM, and shared共享
our intentions意图 and our plans计划
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openROV.com,在这个网站上分享的我们意图和计划
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For the first few少数 months个月, it was just Eric埃里克 and I
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最初的几个月,只是我和艾瑞克
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talking back to each other on the forums论坛,
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在论坛上相互对话,
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but pretty漂亮 soon不久, we started开始 to get feedback反馈
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但是,很快我们就开始接收到回复
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from makers制造商 and hobbyists爱好者,
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这些反馈来自于一些创客和爱好者
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and then actually其实 professional专业的 ocean海洋 engineers工程师
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之后,有一些专业的海洋工程师
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who had some suggestions建议 for what we should do.
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为我们提供建议,告诉我们应该怎样做。
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We kept不停 working加工 on it. We learned学到了 a lot.
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我们一直致力于完成它,在过程中学到了很多知识。
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We kept不停 prototyping原型, and eventually终于,
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我们不断的改进我们的设计,并且最终,
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we decided决定 we wanted to go
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我们决定要去山洞里了。我们准备好了。
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So about that time, our little expedition远征
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就在那时候,我们的小探险成为了故事,
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and it got picked采摘的 up in The New York纽约 Times.
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《纽约时报》刊载了我们的故事。
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And we were pretty漂亮 much just overwhelmed不堪重负
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我们被那些
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with interest利益 from people who wanted a kit套件
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希望用一个工具箱就能自己动手
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that they could build建立 this open打开 ROVROV themselves他们自己.
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制作一个远程操作移动工具的人们包围
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So we decided决定 to put the project项目 on KickstarterKickstarter的,
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所以我们决定将该项目放在 Kickstarter 网站上,
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and when we did,
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我们这样做了,
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we raised上调 our funding资金 goal目标 in about two hours小时,
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and all of a sudden突然,
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突然之间,发现我们有足够的钱来做这些工具包了。
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But then we had to learn学习 how to make them.
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然后我们学习如何制作它们。
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I mean, we had to learn学习 small batch批量 manufacturing制造业.
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我的意思是,我们必须学习如何小批量得制造它们。
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So we quickly很快 learned学到了 that our garage车库
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was not big enough足够 to hold保持 our growing生长 operation手术.
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已不再足以承载我们日益增长的业务量了。
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But we were able能够 to do it, we got all the kits made制作,
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但我们还是完成了所有的工具箱,
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thanks谢谢 a lot to TechShopTechShop,
which哪一个 was a big help to us,
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非常感谢 TechShop 给我们提供的巨大帮助,
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and we shipped these kits all over the world世界
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就在去年的圣诞节前,
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just before Christmas圣诞 of last year,
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我们把这些工具箱发往世界各地,
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so it was just a few少数 months个月 ago.
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这只是几个月前发生的故事。
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But we're already已经 starting开始 to get video视频
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但我们已经开始收到
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and photos相片 back from all over the world世界,
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从世界各地发回来的视频和照片
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including包含 this shot射击 from under the ice in Antarctica南极洲.
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包括这张南极冰层下的照片。
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We've我们已经 also learned学到了 the penguins企鹅 love robots机器人.
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同时我们也发现,企鹅挺喜爱机器人的。
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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So we're still publishing出版 all the designs设计 online线上,
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所以我们继续在网上发布设计资料
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encouraging鼓舞人心的 anyone任何人 to build建立 these themselves他们自己.
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鼓励人们自己动手制作这些机器人。
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That's the only way that we could have doneDONE this.
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因为我们之所以能把最初的设想付诸实践,就是依靠网络资源
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this distributed分散式 R&D network网络,
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我们建立了分散式的研究发展网
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and we're moving移动 faster更快 than
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并且我们比任何有风投支持的同行有着更快的进展。
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But the actual实际 robot机器人 is really only half the story故事.
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但是,机器人只是故事的一半。
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The real真实 potential潜在, the long term术语 potential潜在,
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真正的长期潜力是
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is with this community社区 of DIYDIY ocean海洋 explorers探险
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这个属于DIY海洋探索者的社群
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that are forming成型 all over the globe地球.
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在世界各地都形成了。
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What can we discover发现
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当世界上有成千上万这样的设备
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when there's thousands数千 of these devices设备
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我们能探索到什么呢
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roaming漫游 the seas海域?
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漫游海洋吗?
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So you're probably大概 all wondering想知道: the cave洞穴.
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你们估计都在想:洞穴
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Did you find the gold?
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你找到黄金了吗?
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Well, we didn't find any gold,
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好吧,我们没找到任何黄金,
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but we decided决定 that what we found发现
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但是我们坚信,我们发现了更有价值的东西。
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It was the glimpse一瞥 into a potential潜在 future未来
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我们瞥见了,
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for ocean海洋 exploration勘探.
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海洋探险事业的未来。
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It's something that's not limited有限 to
the James詹姆士 Camerons金马仑 of the world世界,
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这是不再限于卡梅隆们(意指精英们)的世界,
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but something that we're all participating参与 in.
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而是我们普通大众都能参与的事情。
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It's an underwater水下 world世界
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we're all exploring探索 together一起.
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我们一起去探索发现。
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Thank you.
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谢谢。
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Translated by Zhiting Chen
Reviewed by Psycho Decoder

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Lang - Maker
David Lang is a maker and the co-founder of OpenROV, a community of ocean lovers who build underwater robots.

Why you should listen

David Lang is a maker whose craving for adventure turned him into an amateur ocean explorer. A few years ago Lang and NASA engineer Eric Stackpole went looking for lost gold (literally) in an underwater cave in the foothills of the Sierra Navada. But they weren't quite sure how to go about it. Without much expertise (or money), the two put initial designs for an underwater robot explorer online. Soon OpenROV was born: a community of citizen ocean explorers who build and constantly improve upon these small remote operated underwater robots.

 Lang is also the author of Zero to Maker and a 2013 TED Fellow. He lives on a sailboat in the San Francisco Bay.

More profile about the speaker
David Lang | Speaker | TED.com