TEDYouth 2011
Leah Buechley: How to "sketch" with electronics
Leah Buechley：怎樣「草畫」電路
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現今設計電路通常都是麻煩又昂貴──或者說過去也是，直到麻省理工學院的 Leah Buechley 和她的團隊開發了工具，將電路就當成是紙筆一樣方便。在這次 TEDYouth 2011 的演講中，Buechley 展示了一些令人眼前一亮的設計，就像是一台紙鋼琴一樣，可以隨意譜寫，奏出動人的樂章。
Leah Buechley - Designer
Leah Buechley is an MIT electronics designer who mixes high and low tech to create smart and playful results. Full bio
Leah Buechley is an MIT electronics designer who mixes high and low tech to create smart and playful results. Full bio
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Today, I'm going to talk to you about sketching electronics.
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今日，我想跟大家談談起草電路構圖。
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I'm, among several other things, an electrical engineer,
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我銜頭之一，是位電子工程師，
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and that means that I spend a good amount of time
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代表我的時間，一大部分是花在
00:30
designing and building new pieces of technology,
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設計和建置新的科技結晶，
00:34
and more specifically designing and building electronics.
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具體點來說，是設計和建置電路。
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And what I've found is that the process of designing
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我發現的是，設計和建置電路的過程
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and building electronics is problematic in all sorts of ways.
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問題重重，多個環節都有困囿。
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So it's a really slow process, it's really expensive,
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所以真的是個「慢」長的過程，擔子實在很沉重，
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and the outcome of that process,
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而且過程最後的結果，
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namely electronic circuit boards,
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亦所謂電子電路板，
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are limited in all sorts of kind of interesting ways.
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其實在多個方面怎的也有所局限。
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So they're really small, generally, they're square
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所以它們真的很微小，而一般而言，它們呈方形，
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and flat and hard, and frankly, most of them
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扁平而堅強，但老實說，絕大部分
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just aren't very attractive, and so my team and I
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就是都不太吸引人，所以我與我的團隊
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have been thinking of ways to really change and mix up
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一直致力在想，究竟有甚麼方式，能夠真正改變
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the process and the outcome of designing electronics.
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並將設計電路的過程與結果融合起來。
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And so what if you could design and build electronics
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譬如說，如果可以這樣設計和建置電路，
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like this? So what if you could do it extremely quickly,
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會怎樣呢？如果能非常非常低成本地
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extremely inexpensively, and maybe more interestingly,
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達到目的，甚至乎，可以非常流暢，
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really fluidly and expressively and even improvisationally?
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允許發揮創意，甚至能玩即興的，又會怎樣呢？
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Wouldn't that be so cool, and that wouldn't that open up
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不是酷極了嗎？不是就能開創出
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all sorts of new possibilities?
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各種新的可能性嗎？
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I'm going to share with you two projects that are
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接下來，我想跟大家分享兩個
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investigations along these lines, and we'll start with this one.
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探討上述構想的專案，就以這個開始。
01:55
(Video) Magnetic electronic pieces and ferrous paper.
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（影片） 磁力電路板塊和帶銅的紙。
02:01
A conductive pen from the Lewis lab at UIUC.
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具導性的原子筆，由 UIUC 的 Lewis 實驗室研發。
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Sticker templates.
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貼子範本。
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Speed x 4.
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四倍畫速。
02:26
Making a switch.
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製作開關。
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Music: DJ Shadow.
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音樂：DJ Shadow。
02:56
Adding some intelligence with a microcontroller.
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用微型控制器增添智能。
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Sketching an interface.
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起草介面。
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(Music)
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（音樂）
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(Laughter)
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（眾笑）
03:33
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
03:39
Pretty cool, huh? We think so.
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很酷，對吧？至少我們覺得是。
03:42
So now that we developed these tools
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好了，現在我們開發了這些工具，
03:46
and found these materials that let us do these things,
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也發現了能夠用來實踐的材料，
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we started to realize that, essentially, anything
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我們開始醒覺，基本上，
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that we can do with paper, anything that we can do
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任何用紙做得到的事，
03:56
with a piece of paper and a pen
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任何用紙筆做得到的事，
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we can now do with electronics.
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現在我們都能應用到電路上。
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So the next project that I want to show you is kind of a
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接下來想為大家介紹另一個專案，
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deeper exploration of that possibility.
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較深入的探討剛才提及的那種可能性。
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And I'll kind of let it speak for itself.
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事不宜遲，馬上親眼看看。
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(Music)
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（音樂）
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(Applause)
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（掌聲）
05:46
So the next step for us in this process
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所以，在這個過程中，我們下一步
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is now to find a way to let all of you
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就是想尋求方法，讓在座每一位都能有機會
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build things like this,
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親身感受一下這個建置的過程，
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and so the way that we're approaching that is by
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所以接下來我們邁向的方向，就是
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teaching workshops to people where we explain
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通過設立工作坊，向別人教授知識，為他們解釋
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how they can use these kinds of tools, and then also
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他們能夠如何善加利用這些工具，
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working to get the tools and the materials and techniques
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並著力於將這些工具、材料和技巧
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out into the real world in a variety of ways.
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帶到真實的世界中實踐，在各個範疇發揮所長。
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And so sometime soon, you'll be able to play and build
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不久的將來，你都將能用這種打從基礎上嶄新的方式，
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and sketch with electronics in this fundamentally new way.
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自由發揮、草畫電路構圖，並從中得到樂趣。
06:22
So thank you very much. (Applause)
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萬分感謝在座各位。（掌聲）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Leah Buechley - DesignerLeah Buechley is an MIT electronics designer who mixes high and low tech to create smart and playful results.
Why you should listen
Electronics aren't just for experts and engineers. Kids and amateurs should be able to play, too, which is why Leah Buechley designs little paper-based electronics for "sketching" and interactive electronic fashion for tinkering. Buechley designs and creates electronic textiles, or e-textiles, like this jacket that can signal which way you're turning on your bike. She's an assistant professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, where she also directs the High-Low Tech research group.
Leah Buechley | Speaker | TED.com