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,
或是,在這個例子中,
with, for the most part.
in biology, chemistry or engineering,
化學、工程的背景,
about biomedical engineering today.
要談的是生物醫學工程。
making lots of things identical.
要讓很多東西一模一樣。
there's something impersonal
to design one thing for one person
aimed more to a demographic model
by the whole process in general,
這整個流程感到沮喪,
and redesign designing altogether,
同時重新設計了「設計」,
design inspirations,
and that got me to this guy.
我知道了這個傢伙。
of him somewhere.
or the designer of designers.
或設計師中的設計師。
a household word
Six Million Dollar Man
《六百萬的人》裡這位聚酯包覆人,
this pop culture show,
for a real person,
functional requirements;
way out in the fringe
the quality of life for somebody
for the rest of their life.
into a design philosophy,
成了一個設計哲學,
into the studio that I have now;
to think along these lines.
都根據這些方式來做。
but it works for us.
但對我們來說有用。
about prosthetic limbs
of functionality and performance
of an industrial designer,
or the beauty or the individual qualities
它們的雕塑性、美麗、
utilitarian devices.
for a lot of people, that doesn't work.
stuffed with other gym socks
the shape that once was;
is not a mechanical entity,
can address them.
our kinematic sculpture.
我們的運動學雕塑。
for mass production,
instead of hard geometry,
而不是冷酷的幾何,
by mass production,
individualized thing.
in the new design process,
我們放棄了這些,
when you scan somebody:
into your computer.
the surviving limb, mirror it over,
will recreate symmetry --
都會重建出對稱──
and as hard to achieve
that, no matter what,
as their fingerprint.
of creating two identical things.
做出兩件一樣的東西。
computer modeling, 3D CAD.
of the individual's taste and personality
我們能注入的地方,
print the results.
after the panels on a motorcycle
into a sculptural thing.
it's really tricky to play soccer
要踢足球是很困難的。
where there used to be a leg.
that look like sporting gear.
讓它看來像運動的裝備。
he just pulled it out of the gym bag,
他剛把它從運動袋中拿出來,
of his body came back to him.
他對身體的感覺回來了。
the ball, to feel the ball,
that original shape that he had had
記得他原本的身形,
is that the other members of the team
as the amputee on the team.
becoming a focal point for him.
但那不再是他的焦點了。
very quiet value in that,
心照不宣的默契在,
of James's personality and style.
個性和風格中很大的一部份。
into what would be his calf.
印在小腿的部位。
of his motorcycle.
you can't really tell at first glance
你第一眼其實看不出來
and where James starts.
between the two,
look like it could be human.
看起來像真人的東西。
unapologetically man-made,
做出人造產品,
cool and beautiful,
can't wait to show the world,
「他是裝著義肢的被截肢者。」
"He's an amputee with a prosthetic."
有個非常酷的東西。」
with something really cool going on.
what came out of it to be really sexy,
that lends itself well to 3D printing.
很適合做三維列印。
the contour of the leg,
giving form to the lace.
is you can see daylight through it.
可以看到日光穿透過腳。
is totally visible.
and shape and contours
that matched her purse,
來搭配她的包包,
where we laser-tattooed the leather,
在皮革上做雷射刺青,
from one minute to the next?
of somebody's personality as we can.
His will be finished next week.
that we deal with.
timeless-type personality,
but in polished nickel.
但用的是抛光的鎳。
to show his tattoos,
into the leather.
because we can do this,
在炫耀我們能做到這些。
to what will be a part of him.
部份能有所連結。
we believe in that.
of somebody's personal taste and choice,
個人口味和選擇、
defining their body.
用來定義他們的身體。
and expressing something
就是在重新創造和表現出
what would be their body,
他們身體的東西來表現,
and suggests them in the best way we can.
他們的特質並提供建議。
and this whole process:
to making one thing per person;
為一個人做一樣東西;
really lends itself well to complexity.
且其實很適合複雜性。
列印出來就好?
the work we're doing now.
做這些之前的概念。
It's symmetric to the other leg.
和另一隻腳對稱。
to create, curbside recyclable,
可在路邊回收,
about that all the time,
洗碗機洗,完全沒問題。
it works just great.
我可以到世界任何地方,
that I could go anywhere in the world
and a laptop computer,
for somebody, in a matter of hours,
就能在幾小時內為別人創作
printed leg for a very low cost.
且成本非常低。
we're finding it; we'll get there.
我們正在朝那裡邁進。
and created this for John.
材料品質,做出了這個。
is that when his fiancee looked at this,
當他的未婚妻看著這隻腳時,
better than that leg."
「我喜歡這隻腳勝過那隻腳。」
what he goes through --
她完全清楚他經歷過什麼──
there's something very valuable.
「從來沒有人那樣說過。」
"Nobody says that."
that this is a new type of design,
the original process on its head,
between the designer and the end user,
之間有對話形成,
some of the control --
into the process, and their taste.
交出他們的身體及品味。
to a greater change that's happening
products will be evaluated
產品被評估的方式,
part of the DNA of the end product itself.
成品本身的 DNA 的一部份。
on how well they address a unique person,
一個獨特的人,來評價這個產品,
就能看到預期的效果出現;
in one of the first legs we did;
that shape in eight years."
感受到那形狀。」
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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