Scott Summit: Beautiful artificial limbs
Scott Summit uses his 20 years of experience as an industrial designer to make artificial limbs that help people take personal control of these intimate objects. Full bio
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with, or in this case,
أو في هذه الحالة،
with, for the most part.
يحيطون أنفسهم بها، في الغالب.
in biology, chemistry or engineering,
الكيمياء أو الهندسة بالتأكيد،
about biomedical engineering today.
عن الهندسة الطبية الحيوية.
هنا في الوقت الراهن.
making lots of things identical.
جعل الكثير من الأشياء متطابقة.
there's something impersonal
to design one thing for one person
aimed more to a demographic model
by the whole process in general,
العملية كاملة بشكل عام،
and redesign designing altogether,
وإعادة تصميم التصيم تمامًا،
design inspirations,
and that got me to this guy.
وذلك أوصلني لهذا الشاب.
للتكنولوجيا يعرفه،
of him somewhere.
or the designer of designers.
a household word
الالكترونية كلمة مألوفة.
Six Million Dollar Man
رجل تساوي قيمته ستة مليون دولار،
this pop culture show,
for a real person,
functional requirements;
way out in the fringe
إليه بعيدًا من الوثيقة.
the quality of life for somebody
for the rest of their life.
into a design philosophy,
into the studio that I have now;
to think along these lines.
but it works for us.
ولكن تعمل بالنسبة لنا.
about prosthetic limbs
of functionality and performance
of an industrial designer,
or the beauty or the individual qualities
أو الكفاءات الفردية
utilitarian devices.
for a lot of people, that doesn't work.
من الناس، ذلك لا يعمل.
stuffed with other gym socks
the shape that once was;
is not a mechanical entity,
can address them.
our kinematic sculpture.
for mass production,
instead of hard geometry,
علوم الهندسة المعقدة،
by mass production,
individualized thing.
in the new design process,
when you scan somebody:
into your computer.
الأبعاد في جهازك الكمبيوتر.
the surviving limb, mirror it over,
الطرف الناجي، وتنسخه،
will recreate symmetry --
and as hard to achieve
that, no matter what,
as their fingerprint.
of creating two identical things.
على صنع شيئين متطابقين.
computer modeling, 3D CAD.
نمذجة ثلاثية الأبعاد CAD.
of the individual's taste and personality
الأذواق الفردية والشخصيات
print the results.
after the panels on a motorcycle
لوحات الدراجات النارية
into a sculptural thing.
it's really tricky to play soccer
المحيل أن تلعب كرة القدم
where there used to be a leg.
الذي اعتادت أن تكون هناك ساق.
that look like sporting gear.
يشبهه المعدات الرياضية.
he just pulled it out of the gym bag,
سحبه من حقيبة النادي،
of his body came back to him.
the ball, to feel the ball,
التحكم بالكرة والشعور بها،
that original shape that he had had
is that the other members of the team
as the amputee on the team.
كمبتور القدم في الفريق.
becoming a focal point for him.
عن كونها نقطة الارتكاز فيه.
very quiet value in that,
of James's personality and style.
من شخصية جيمس وأسلوبه.
into what would be his calf.
إلى ما سيصبح جلده.
of his motorcycle.
you can't really tell at first glance
المعرفة من النظرة الأولى
and where James starts.
between the two,
look like it could be human.
يبدو وكأنه يمكن أن يكون إنسانا.
unapologetically man-made,
cool and beautiful,
can't wait to show the world,
"He's an amputee with a prosthetic."
"إنه مبتور اليد بعضو صناعي."
with something really cool going on.
what came out of it to be really sexy,
من التقوسات وهو أنها مثيرة للغاية،
that lends itself well to 3D printing.
يقوّم نفسه للطباعة ال3D.
the contour of the leg,
giving form to the lace.
is you can see daylight through it.
أنك تستطيع رؤية ضوء النهار خلالها.
is totally visible.
and shape and contours
that matched her purse,
where we laser-tattooed the leather,
from one minute to the next?
of somebody's personality as we can.
شخصية الفرد بقدر ما نستطيع.
His will be finished next week.
ساقه الصناعية الأسبوع القادم.
that we deal with.
timeless-type personality,
ذلك النوع من الشخصيات،
but in polished nickel.
ولكن في نيكل مصقول.
to show his tattoos,
into the leather.
because we can do this,
لأننا نستطيع فعل ذلك،
to what will be a part of him.
الربط بينه بما سيكون جزء منه.
we believe in that.
of somebody's personal taste and choice,
defining their body.
and expressing something
إنشاء والتعبير عن شيء ما
what would be their body,
and suggests them in the best way we can.
and this whole process:
وكل هذه العملية:
to making one thing per person;
لصنع شيء واحد لكل شخص؛
really lends itself well to complexity.
الواقع يفسح المجال للتعقيد.
the work we're doing now.
العمل الذي نقوم به الآن.
It's symmetric to the other leg.
إنها متماثلة مع القدم الأخرى.
to create, curbside recyclable,
جانب طريق قابل لإعادة التدوير،
about that all the time,
it works just great.
وسيعمل بشكل رائع.
that I could go anywhere in the world
التي تقول أستطيع الذهاب لأي مكان في العالم
and a laptop computer,
for somebody, in a matter of hours,
واصنع لشخص ما في غضون ساعات،
printed leg for a very low cost.
وتكلفة منخفضة جدا.
we're finding it; we'll get there.
نحن نعثر عليه؛ نحن سنصل.
and created this for John.
is that when his fiancee looked at this,
أنه عندما نظرت خطيبته إليها،
better than that leg."
"أعجبتني هذه القدم أكثر من تلك."
what he goes through --
there's something very valuable.
"Nobody says that."
that this is a new type of design,
على أنه نوع جديد من التصميم،
the original process on its head,
between the designer and the end user,
المصمم والمستخدم النهائي،
some of the control --
into the process, and their taste.
عن جسده في العملية، وذوقه.
to a greater change that's happening
products will be evaluated
إنها واحدة حيث يتم تقييم المنتجات
part of the DNA of the end product itself.
من DNA المنتج الأخير نفسه.
on how well they address a unique person,
جيدون لوصف شخص متفرد،
in one of the first legs we did;
من أوائل الأقدام التي صنعناها،
that shape in eight years."
الشكل من ثماني سنوات."
and energy we put into it,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Scott Summit - Industrial DesignerScott Summit uses his 20 years of experience as an industrial designer to make artificial limbs that help people take personal control of these intimate objects.
Why you should listen
Scott Summit is the founder and chief technology officer of Bespoke Innovations. Founded in 2010 in collaboration with an orthopaedic surgeon, their focus is to create individualized artificial limbs that the patients themselves can choose and personalize. With more than 20 patents to his name, he has held faculty positions at Stanford, Carnegie Mellon and Singularity University. He is also the founder of industrial design firm Summit ID.
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