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Ayah Bdeir: Building blocks that blink, beep and teach
艾雅．貝蒂爾：來玩「閃爍、響亮、有教育意義」的積木吧！
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想像一下電子元件就跟樂高積木一樣容易讓人把玩。TED的一員 ——艾雅．貝蒂爾，向我們介紹"littleBits"，那是個簡單、可替換的積木組合，它可以藉由積木間的接合，讓我們可以用簡單且富有創意的方式設計程式。
Ayah Bdeir - Engineer and artist
Ayah Bdeir is an engineer and artist, and is the founder of littleBits and karaj, an experimental art, architecture and technology lab in Beirut. Full bio
Ayah Bdeir is an engineer and artist, and is the founder of littleBits and karaj, an experimental art, architecture and technology lab in Beirut. Full bio
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This may sound strange,
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你們可能會覺得我很奇怪
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but I'm a big fan of the concrete block.
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因為我很喜歡水泥磚頭
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The first concrete blocks were manufactured in 1868
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世界上第一塊水泥磚頭製造於1868年
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with a very simple idea:
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只有一個很簡單的概念
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modules made of cement of a fixed measurement
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水泥製造的磚頭有固定的尺寸
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that fit together.
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這樣才能互相契合
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Very quickly concrete blocks became
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很快的，水泥磚頭就變成了
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the most-used construction unit in the world.
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世界上最常用的建材
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They enabled us to to build things that were larger than us,
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我們能用它來建造比我們還要巨大的建築
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buildings, bridges,
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樓房、橋梁
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one brick at a time.
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一磚一瓦的建造
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Essentially concrete blocks had become
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我們把水泥磚頭當作建材
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the building block of our time.
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已經有一段時間了
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Almost a hundred years later in 1947,
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約一百年後，1947年
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LEGO came up with this.
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「樂高LEGO®」生產出這個
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It was called the Automatic Binding Brick.
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他們稱為「自動組裝積木」
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And in a few short years,
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短短幾年後
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LEGO bricks took place in every household.
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樂高積木成了每個家庭必備的玩具
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It's estimated that over 400 billion bricks have been produced --
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大約估計了一下，樂高生產了超過四千億個積木
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or 75 bricks for every person on the planet.
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平均全球每個人擁有75塊積木
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You don't have to be an engineer
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你不需要是個工程師
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to make beautiful houses, beautiful bridges, beautiful buildings.
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會建造漂亮的房屋、雄偉的橋樑或其它美麗的建築
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LEGO made it accessible.
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樂高讓你的想像變為實物
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LEGO has essentially taken the concrete block, the building block of the world,
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樂高活用水泥磚頭的概念
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and made it into the building block
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將它轉化成
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of our imagination.
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激發我們想像力的建材
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Meanwhile the exact same year,
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在同一年
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at Bell Labs the next revolution was about to be announced,
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貝爾實驗室(Bell Labs)發表了另一個
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the next building block.
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積木的革新
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The transistor was a small plastic unit
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電晶體是一個塑膠製的小東西
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that would take us from a world
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帶領我們進入一個
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of static bricks piled on top of each other
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靜止的積木堆疊在一起
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to a world where everything was interactive.
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但積木間卻會相互作用的世界
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Like the concrete block,
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就跟水泥磚頭一樣
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the transistor allows you to build
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電晶體也能讓你建造
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much larger, more complex circuits, one brick at a time.
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更大、更複雜的迴路
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But there's a main difference:
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它們最大的差別就是
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The transistor was only for experts.
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電晶體是專門給專家玩的
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I personally don't accept this,
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我不太同意這個說法
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that the building block of our time
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雖然我們現在的磚頭建材
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is reserved for experts,
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也都只有專家在用
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so I decided to change that.
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所以我想要改變這種現象
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Eight years ago when I was at the Media Lab,
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八年前我在媒體實驗室(Media Lab)
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I started exploring this idea
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我開始著手開發這個計畫：
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of how to put the power of engineers
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如何把工程師的技術
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in the hands of artists and designers.
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讓藝術家和設計師也能輕易地掌握？
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A few years ago I started developing littleBits.
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幾年前我開始研發"littleBits"
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Let me show you how they work.
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我給你看它如何運作
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LittleBits are electronic modules
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"littleBits"是電子元件
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with each one specific function.
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每一小塊都有特定的功能
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They're pre-engineered
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它們被設置成
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to be light, sound,
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有燈光、聲音、
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motors and sensors.
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電動和感應功能
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And the best part about it
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而它最好玩的部分就是
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is they snap together with magnets.
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它靠著磁鐵連接在一起
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So you can't put them the wrong way.
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所以你不會把它們弄錯方向
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The bricks are color-coded.
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它們用顏色來區分功能
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Green is output, blue is power,
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綠色是輸出、藍色是電源、
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pink is input and orange is wire.
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粉紅色是輸入、橘色是電線
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So all you need to do is snap a blue to a green
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你只要把藍色和綠色接在一起
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and very quickly you can start making larger circuits.
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然後你就可以開始做大一點的迴路
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You put a blue to a green,
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藍色跟綠色接在一起
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you can make light.
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它就可以發光
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You can put a knob in between
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你也可以把旋鈕接在中間
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and now you've made a little dimmer.
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它就可以調亮度
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Switch out the knob
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把旋鈕換掉
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for a pulse module,
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換成脈衝元件
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which is here,
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在這裡
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and now you've made a little blinker.
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你就可以使燈光閃爍
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Add this buzzer
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再加上一個聲音元件
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for some extra punch
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給它多個功能
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and you've created a noise machine.
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然後你就做出了一個警報器
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I'm going to stop that.
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它好吵
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So beyond simple play,
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在小小的示範之後
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littleBits are actually pretty powerful.
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"littleBits"其實是很強大的
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Instead of having to program, to wire, to solder,
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我們不需要會寫程式、接電線或是焊接
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littleBits allow you to program
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"littleBits"就能讓你設計程式
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using very simple intuitive gestures.
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藉由很簡單的直覺動作
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So to make this blink faster or slower,
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讓它閃爍得快一點或慢一點
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you would just turn this knob
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只需要轉一下這個
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and basically make it pulse faster or slower.
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就能達到目的
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The idea behind littleBits
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"littleBits"想傳達的想法
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is that it's a growing library.
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它就是一個現成的知識庫
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We want to make every single interaction in the world
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我們都想讓全世界的互動
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into a ready-to-use brick.
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融合在一塊現成的積木裡
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Lights, sounds, solar panels, motors --
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燈光、聲音、太陽能板、馬達...等等
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everything should be accessible.
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這些都必須是平易近人的
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We've been giving littleBits to kids and seeing them play with them.
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我們讓"littleBits"進入小孩子的生活讓他們把玩
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And it's been an incredible experience.
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這真的是很難得的經驗
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The nicest thing is how they start to understand
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最好的部分是他們開始試著去了解
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the electronics around them from everyday
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每天環繞在他們周圍的電子設備
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that they don't learn at schools.
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這是在學校學不到的
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For example, how a nightlight works,
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譬如說一個小夜燈是怎麼運作的
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or why an elevator door stays open,
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或是電梯門怎麼維持開啟
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or how an iPod responds to touch.
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或是iPod的觸控如何作用
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We've also been taking littleBits to design schools.
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我們也把"littleBits"讓設計學校使用
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So for example, we've had designers
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舉例來說，我們讓設計師
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with no experience with electronics whatsoever
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完全沒有電子相關的經驗
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start to play with littleBits as a material.
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開始把"littleBits"當成一種工具
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Here you see, with felt and paper water bottles,
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你看，絨布和紙做的水瓶
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we have Geordie making ...
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喬迪做出了...
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(Clanging)
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(鈴聲)
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(Buzzing)
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(叭~叭叭)
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A few weeks ago we took littleBits to RISD
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幾個禮拜前我們把"littleBits"帶到「羅德島設計學院(RISD)」
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and gave them to some designers
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給了一些設計師
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with no experience in engineering whatsoever --
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一樣沒有工程學相關的經驗
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just cardboard, wood and paper -- and told them "Make something."
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給他們一些硬紙板、木板和紙張，讓他們做「東西」
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Here's an example of a project they made,
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舉一個他們做出來的東西
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a motion-activated confetti canon ball.
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「天女散花加農砲」
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
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But wait, this is actually my favorite project.
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但這真的是我最喜歡的一個
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It's a lobster made of playdough
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用彩色塑泥做的龍蝦
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that's afraid of the dark.
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牠很怕黑
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
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To these non-engineers, littleBits became another material,
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對不是工程師的人來說，"littleBits"成了另一種工具
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electronics became just another material.
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電子學也是
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And we want to make this material accessible to everyone.
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我們希望這個工具是平易近人的
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So littleBits is open-source.
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"littleBits"是個共享資源
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You can go on the website, download all the design files, make them yourself.
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你可以去我們網站下載設計稿並自己動手做
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We want to encourage a world
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我們想要激發一個世界
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of creators, of inventors, of contributors,
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有創作家、發明家和貢獻者
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because this world that we live in,
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因為我們住的這個世界
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this interactive world, is ours.
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是一個彼此互動的世界
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So go ahead and start inventing.
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我們一起開始發明吧！
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Thank you.
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謝謝
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(Applause)
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(掌聲)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ayah Bdeir - Engineer and artistAyah Bdeir is an engineer and artist, and is the founder of littleBits and karaj, an experimental art, architecture and technology lab in Beirut.
Why you should listen
Ayah Bdeir is the creator of littleBits, an open source system of preassembled, modular circuits that snap together with magnets – making learning about electronics fun, easy and creative. An engineer, inventor and interactive artist, Ayah received her master’s degree from the MIT Media Lab and undergraduate degrees in computer engineering and sociology from the American University of Beirut. Ayah has taught graduate classes at NYU and Parsons and taught numerous workshops to get non-engineers – particularly young girls – interested in science and technology. She is also the founder of karaj, Beirut’s lab for experimental art, architecture and technology. littleBits was named Best of Toyfair, has won the editor’s Choice award from MAKE magazine, and has been acquired by MoMA for its collection.
Ayah Bdeir | Speaker | TED.com