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Sergei Lupashin: A flying camera ... on a leash
Sergei Lupashin: 一个飞行摄影机…在牵绳上
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让我们承认吧：无人飞机摄影有一点恶心，它们有巨大的监管和安全问题。但是无人飞机摄影可以成为一个很有力的方法来对世界说出真相：一个抗议的规模，石油的逸散，三角洲后隐藏的动物。Sergei Lupashin描述了飞行摄影机，一个纤巧的方法从高处安全的可控的来观察世界。
Sergei Lupashin - Aerial robotics researcher
Sergei Lupashin imagines new uses for flying robots. He's a 2014 TED Fellow. Full bio
Sergei Lupashin imagines new uses for flying robots. He's a 2014 TED Fellow. Full bio
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I came here to show you
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我来这里展示给你们看
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the Fotokite.
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宠物无人机
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It's a tethered, flying camera.
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一个被拴住的飞行的相机
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But before I do that, I want to tell you a bit about
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但是在我展示之前，我想告诉你们
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where it came from, what motivated it.
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它的一些来历，是什么激发了它
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So I was born in Russia,
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我出生在俄罗斯
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and three years ago, in 2011,
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3年前，2011年
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there were the Russian federal elections.
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在那时候的俄罗斯联邦选举
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There were massive irregularities reported,
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那时候有大量的违规报道
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and people came out to protest,
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还有群众跑出来进行抗议
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which was very unlikely for Russia.
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这很不像是发生在俄罗斯的事情
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And no one really knew
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没有人真的知道
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how significant these protests were,
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这些抗议者有多么重要
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because, for whatever reason,
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因为，无论什么原因
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the world media largely ignored it.
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世界上的媒体统一地忽略了这个现象
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Now, there was a group of photographers
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现在，这里有一群
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who kind of flew flying cameras as a hobby —
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把飞行摄像机当成爱好的摄影师-
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usually photographing things like the Sphinx,
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通常会去拍一些东西
像是狮身人面像，金字塔之类的
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the Pyramids — who happened to be
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right around the corner, and they flew a camera
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他们当时正好在那里
于是他们把相机飞出去拍了一些快照
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and they took some snapshots,
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some panoramas of this demonstration.
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一些抗议事件的全景照片
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Just completely independent entity,
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他们都是完全与之无关的
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completely random occurrence,
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完全是一个巧合
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and the image, when I saw it, it really struck me.
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这些图片，当我看见的时候真的让我震惊了
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Here's one of the panoramas.
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这是其中的一张全景照片
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So in a single image,
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所以在单独的一张照片中
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you can really see the scale of this event —
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你可以看见这个事件的规模
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just the number of people,
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人群的数量
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the colors, the banners.
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这些颜色，这些旗帜
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You just can't consider this insignificant.
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你不可能把这些看做是不重要的
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All in a single image, which was really cool to me.
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都在这一张照片中，我认为非常酷
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And I think, in the future,
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而且我认为，在未来
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journalism and many other professions,
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新闻界和很多其他职业
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there are flying cameras already
quite commonly out there,
quite commonly out there,
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这里的飞行摄影机已经很普及了
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but I think, you wait a few months, a few years,
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但是我认为在几个月，几年之后
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and for many professions, it's really going to be
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对于很多职业来说
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a requirement.
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将变成一个必需品
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And it make sense. It's
such a unique perspective.
such a unique perspective.
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这会是有意义的，这是一个很特别的视角
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Nothing really communicates
this scale, for example,
this scale, for example,
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没有其它可以记录下的场面，比如说
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in context, in a way that this does.
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表现出全部的信息
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But there are a few hurdles,
and they are quite basic
and they are quite basic
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但是这里有一些阻碍，它们很基础
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and quite fundamental.
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也很重要
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One is piloting.
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其中一个是飞行
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So for this image, they flew a camera,
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对于这张照片来说，他们飞出去一个照相机
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a five kilogram device with an SLR under it.
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一个五千克的带着单反摄像头的设备
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It's quite heavy, lots of
spinning, sharp things.
spinning, sharp things.
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它很重，带着很多旋转的，尖利的东西
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It's a bit uncomfortable to fly,
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并不是很适合飞行
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probably also for the operator.
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对操控的人来说也是一样
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In fact, you can see that on the
back of the pilot's shirt, it says,
back of the pilot's shirt, it says,
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事实上，在操纵者的衣服后面写着
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"No questions until landing"
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“降落之前不回答问题”
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in Russian and in English,
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用俄语和英语写的
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because people are curious, and they'll go tap you,
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因为人们会好奇，他们就会过去拍你
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and then you lose your focus and things happen.
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然后你就会失去你的注意力，事故就这么发生了
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And these guys are great. They're professionals;
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这些人很棒，他们是专业的
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they're really careful in what they do.
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他们真的很认真的对待他们做的事情
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So in the protests, maybe you noticed,
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所以在抗议过程中，你也许注意到
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they flew over the river so it was quite safe.
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他们飞过河流并且很安全
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But this doesn't necessarily apply to
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但这并不是
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all people and all conditions,
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对所有人和情况都适用的
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so we really have to make piloting easier.
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所以我们必须要让飞行简单点
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The other problem is regulations,
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另一个问题是监管
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or rather, the lack of good regulation.
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或者说，缺乏好的监管
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For many good reasons, it's just difficult
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因为很多原因，很难
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to come up with common sense laws
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对此制定法律
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to regulate flying cameras.
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来规范飞行摄影机
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So we already have cameras.
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所以我们已经有摄影机了
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Everyone here, I'm sure, has a
smartphone with a camera, right?
smartphone with a camera, right?
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这里的所有人。我很确定都有一个带摄像头的智能手机对吗？
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There are more and more of them.
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他们的数量越来越多
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You hear about people with
Google Glass being attacked.
Google Glass being attacked.
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你听说用谷歌眼镜的人被攻击
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You hear about, actually, a drone pilot,
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你听说过，一个无人机驾驶员，只是一个爱好者，
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a hobbyist, was attacked two weeks ago
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两个星期前被攻击了
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because he was flying near a beach.
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因为飞行时靠近了一个沙滩
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Here's some personal input I didn't expect.
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这里有一些我没预料的私人经历发生了
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Just yesterday, I was attacked by a guy
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就在昨天，我被一个家伙攻击了
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who claimed that I was filming him.
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一个声称我拍摄他的人
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I was checking my email right here —
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我是在检查我的邮件
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easy way to get input for your talk.
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正好可以拿来在演讲中用
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But I think there are better solutions.
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但是我认为这里有更好的解决方案
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I think we have to defuse the situation.
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我认为我们必须化解这个情况
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We have to come up with responsible solutions
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我们必须想出可靠的解决方案
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that address the privacy issues
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针对隐私问题
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and the safety, accountability issues
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和安全，责任的问题
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but still give us that perspective.
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但是依然可以我们提供那个拍摄的视角
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And this is one potential solution.
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这是一个潜在的解决方案
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So this is the Fotokite.
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这是飞行摄影机
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Well, let me see, it's a quadrocopter,
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它是一个四轴飞行器
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but what's kind of special
about it is there's a leash.
about it is there's a leash.
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它的特殊之处在于它有一个连结带
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It's literally a dog leash. It's very convenient.
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它就是一个狗绳，非常方便
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And the neat thing about it is,
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它简洁的地方是
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to fly it, there's no joysticks, nothing like this.
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你不需要用摇杆来放飞它
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You just turn it on
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你只用把它打开
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and you point in the direction that you want to fly.
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指向你希望它飞的方向
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You give it a little twist.
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你拧一下它
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That's kind of the way you communicate.
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这就是你控制的方式
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And there it goes.
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它就飞出去了
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(Applause)
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（掌声）
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So the interaction is super simple.
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所以操作非常简单
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It's like a personal flying pet.
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就像一个私人的飞行宠物
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It just always maintains a certain angle to you,
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它总是和你保持着一个角度
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and if I move around with it,
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如果我绕着它走动
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it'll actually follow me naturally.
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它很自然的跟着我
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And of course, we can build on top of this.
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当然，我们可以在上面加工一下
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So this leash has some additional electronics.
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这个牵带有一些额外的开关
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You can turn it on.
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你可以打开
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And now, it's like telling your dog to fly lower,
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现在，它就像是告诉你的狗飞低一点
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if you have such a dog. So, I can press a button
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如果你有这么一条狗的话。所以，我可以按下一个按钮
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and manipulate it rather easily.
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简单的操纵它
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So I just shifted its position.
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所以我切换它的姿态
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And it's really safe.
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而且它很安全
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I don't know about you guys in the front row —
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我不知道前排的朋友们是不是也这么感觉
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(Laughter) — but at least in principle,
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（笑）但至少原则上
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you have to agree that you feel safer
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你必须同意你感到更安全
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because there is a physical connection.
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因为这里有一个物理连接
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Live demos are hard, right?
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现场的更难，不是吗？
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Things go wrong all the time.
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事情总是会变坏
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But no matter what,
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但无论如何
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this thing will actually prevent this thing
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这个东西会
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from going into you.
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阻止它靠近你
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What's more, it tells you immediately that
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更多的是，它立即告诉你
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I am the one responsible for this device.
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我是对这个设备负责的人
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You don't have to look for someone controlling it.
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你不需要去找谁在控制它
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Now, I can tell you that it's easy a lot,
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现在，我可以告诉你这简单很多了
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but I think a really good way to prove that
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但是我认为一个很好地证明方法
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is to grab a second one
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是用第二个
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and launch it.
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然后发射
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And if I can do this on stage live,
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如果我可以在舞台现场演示
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then I can show each and every one of you
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那我就可以展示给你们中的每一个人
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in five minutes how to
operate one of these devices.
operate one of these devices.
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用五分钟教会你们怎么控制
所以我们现在在天上有两只眼睛（掌声）
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So now we have two eyes in the sky. (Applause)
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And now the trick is getting them back.
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现在让它们回来
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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So my question now to you is,
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所以我要问你们的问题是
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well, it's a nice solution,
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这是一个很好地解决方案
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it's very accessible, it's safe.
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这是可以实现的，很安全
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What would you use it for?
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你们会用它来干嘛
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What would you use such a camera for in your life?
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你们在生活中会怎么使用它
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Thank you.
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谢谢
（掌声）
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sergei Lupashin - Aerial robotics researcherSergei Lupashin imagines new uses for flying robots. He's a 2014 TED Fellow.
Why you should listen
When Sergei Lupashin saw how an aerial photograph of massive protests around the 2011 Russian federal elections changed the media silence around the subject, the aerial robotics engineer realized the truth-telling value of the bird’s-eye view. Yet aerial photographs, even those taken by unmanned aerial vehicles, are tricky to produce: it’s difficult to pilot a UAV safely, and government regulations restrict their use.
Lupashin gets around both obstacles with his new invention, the Fotokite – a lightweight, camera-equipped quadricopter controlled with a tether (for the purposes of this demo, a dog leash). He turns one on, points it in a direction, and it flies out, hovering at a consistent angle. Then he launches a second, and a third. While the Fotokite would have a huge impact on journalism, it should also prove useful for archeologists, architects, wildlife biologists, emergency responders and more. The possibilities are endless. If you had one, Lupashin asks, what would you do with it?
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