TEDGlobal 2017
Kamau Gachigi: Success stories from Kenya's first makerspace
卡冒加奇吉: 肯亞第一個自造者空間的成功故事
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非洲需要工程師，但工程學生通常往往後來到查帳公司或銀行工作，為什麼？卡冒加奇吉懷疑是因為他們沒有必要的空間和材料來測試他們的想法和開展事業。為了解決這個問題，加奇吉創立了 Gearbox，它是個自造者空間以及硬體加速器，提供快速製造原型的環境，供專業人士和沒有正式工程背景的人使用。在這場前瞻性思維的演說中，他分享了一些非凡的專案計畫和創新，都是來自他的肯亞數位製造實驗室。
Kamau Gachigi - Technologist
At Gearbox, Kamau Gachigi empowers Kenya's next generation of creators to prototype and fabricate their visions. Full bio
At Gearbox, Kamau Gachigi empowers Kenya's next generation of creators to prototype and fabricate their visions. Full bio
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By the year 2050, the population
of Africa will have doubled.
of Africa will have doubled.
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到 2050 年，非洲的人口會加倍。
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One in four people on Earth
will be African at that point,
will be African at that point,
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到那時，在地球上，
每四個人中就有一個非洲人，
每四個人中就有一個非洲人，
00:20
and this is both really exciting
and daunting all at once.
and daunting all at once.
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這個狀況既讓人興奮又讓人怯步。
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It's really exciting because,
for the first time in the modern era,
for the first time in the modern era,
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很讓人興奮的原因是，
這是地球上第一次在摩登時代
這是地球上第一次在摩登時代
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there will be enough Africans on the Earth
to bully everybody else.
to bully everybody else.
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有足夠的非洲人來霸凌所有其他人。
00:30
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
00:32
I'm only kidding.
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我只是開玩笑。
00:34
But it's daunting, because we're going
to have to have economies
to have to have economies
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但之所以讓人怯步，
是因為我們必須要有
是因為我們必須要有
00:37
that can sustain this population growth,
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能夠維持這種人口成長的經濟，
00:39
and many of the people
are going to be very young.
are going to be very young.
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且那時許多人會是很年輕的人。
00:41
Now most of governments in Africa
have a plan for this economic growth --
have a plan for this economic growth --
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現在非洲大部分的政府
都有經濟成長的因應計畫，
都有經濟成長的因應計畫，
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in Kenya, we call ours Vision2030 --
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我們肯亞的計畫叫「遠景 2030」。
00:47
and they're all predicated
on industrialization.
on industrialization.
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這些計畫都是根據
工業化的程度所做出來的預測。
工業化的程度所做出來的預測。
00:51
The thing is, though, that the world
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不過要考慮的是
現在世界正在經歷第四次工業革命，
00:53
is going through the Fourth
Industrial Revolution right now,
Industrial Revolution right now,
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which means that there's a merger
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這表示，物理、網路、
00:57
of the physical, cyber,
and biological worlds.
and biological worlds.
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以及生物世界會被合併。
00:59
It means that because of
massive interconnectivity
massive interconnectivity
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意思是，會因為有大量的
人工智慧與機器人的
相互連結與應用產生，
相互連結與應用產生，
01:03
and the availability
of artificial intelligence and robotics,
of artificial intelligence and robotics,
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01:07
many of the jobs that we know
and are used to right now
and are used to right now
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許多我們現在所知道且習慣的工作，
01:09
won't exist in the future.
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在未來會消失。
01:11
So the challenge
is a lot greater, in many ways,
is a lot greater, in many ways,
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所以，在許多層面上，挑戰都更大，
01:13
than it even was when Asia
was industrializing, for example.
was industrializing, for example.
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大於比如當初亞洲工業化時的挑戰。
01:17
To add to this, one of the kinds
of person that you need
of person that you need
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此外，工業化所需要的其中一種人
01:21
for industrialization is an engineer,
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就是工程師，
01:23
and they're really in short supply
on the continent.
on the continent.
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而在非洲大陸上，很缺乏工程師。
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If you compare, for example,
the number of engineers
the number of engineers
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比如，你如果去比較數十年前
01:28
that those same Asian countries had
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亞洲國家工業化時代的工程師人數，
01:30
a couple of decades ago
when they were industrializing,
when they were industrializing,
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01:33
we fall far short.
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我們還差一大截。
01:36
And I've taught for a while,
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我已經教學一陣子了，
01:37
and many of the students
who are studying engineering
who are studying engineering
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許多攻讀工程的學生
01:40
end up actually working
in auditing firms and banks,
in auditing firms and banks,
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最後卻是在查帳公司或銀行工作，
01:43
and many of them spend half their time
doing accounting and so on
doing accounting and so on
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他們當中很多人用大半的時間
在準備從事會計等相關工作。
01:46
as they're preparing.
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Now, I was fortunate enough
to do my undergrad and postgrad education
to do my undergrad and postgrad education
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我很幸運，在英國和美國
接受大學和研究所教育，
接受大學和研究所教育，
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in the UK and the US,
in countries, environments,
in countries, environments,
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在這些國家、環境中，
01:55
where there was all the equipment
that you required,
that you required,
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所有你需要的東西都有了，
01:58
all the sophistication in the systems,
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體制也都夠精密，
02:00
and then I worked
for about three years in Japan
for about three years in Japan
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接著我在日本工作了約三年，
02:02
doing R&D for a large firm.
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為一間大公司做研發。
02:04
And so I was very used
to having good equipment,
to having good equipment,
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所以我很習慣有好的必要配備，
02:06
and went back home
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之後我回到家鄉，
02:07
and joined the Faculty of Engineering
at the University of Nairobi,
at the University of Nairobi,
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加入奈洛比大學工程系的教職員，
02:11
wanting to contribute
and be on the continent.
and be on the continent.
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我想有所貢獻並留在非洲大陸。
02:13
And I quickly found
I was really quite useless,
I was really quite useless,
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我很快就發現，我其實無法發揮，
02:15
because there wasn't all the equipment
that I had become accustomed to available.
that I had become accustomed to available.
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因為我無法取得我以前視為
理所當然的那些必要配備。
理所當然的那些必要配備。
02:20
And I was teaching students who I would
find very bright ideas in their minds
find very bright ideas in their minds
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我教的學生腦中有非常聰明的點子，
02:24
and they'd be presenting
things that I knew
things that I knew
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從他們簡報的內容
我知道若我們有足夠的必要配備，
02:26
if only we had sufficient equipment,
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02:28
they'd be able to really contribute
to the challenge of industrialization.
to the challenge of industrialization.
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這些點子一定能對工業化
遇到的困難有所貢獻。
遇到的困難有所貢獻。
02:33
So I kind of had to change hats,
and became quite entrepreneurial
and became quite entrepreneurial
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所以我得要改變角色，變成企業家，
02:37
and started looking for money
to buy the equipment that we required.
to buy the equipment that we required.
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開始尋找金錢來源
以購買我們需要的配備。
以購買我們需要的配備。
02:41
And I heard about a concept
out of MIT, called the Fab Labs.
out of MIT, called the Fab Labs.
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我從麻省理工學院聽到
一個概念，叫「fab labs」，
一個概念，叫「fab labs」，
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These are digital fabrication labs
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是數位製造實驗室，
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that allow, in a rather small space
with not very expensive equipment,
with not very expensive equipment,
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在一個比較小的空間中，
用不太貴的設備，
用不太貴的設備，
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people to have access to these tools
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讓人們能夠取用這些工具，
02:52
to be able to make almost anything,
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幾乎想要做什麼都可以，
02:55
as the slogan goes.
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就如同它的標語。
02:56
And so I was able to convince
a government official
a government official
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所以，我說服了一位政府官員，
02:59
to buy one of these for the university
where I was teaching.
where I was teaching.
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為我任教的大學買了一套。
03:02
And immediately, we had wonderful results.
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我們立即就有很好的結果。
03:04
We saw all kinds
of innovations coming through,
of innovations coming through,
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我們看到各種創新嶄露出來，
03:06
and for the first time
in this context at the university,
in this context at the university,
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在我們這所大學的環境中，
03:09
engineering students
from different disciplines
from different disciplines
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來自不同學科的工程學生第一次
03:13
were doing the lab and practical exercises
together in the same space.
together in the same space.
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能在同一個空間一起
做實驗和實作練習。
做實驗和實作練習。
03:17
Normally, they'd be siloed.
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通常他們都是獨立作業的。
03:18
And not just that, but students
who weren't engineers at all
who weren't engineers at all
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不僅如此，還有完全
與工程無關的學生
與工程無關的學生
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were also working in the same place,
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也在使用同一個空間，
03:23
and non-students, people
who had nothing to do with the university,
who had nothing to do with the university,
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還有與大學完全無關的非學生人士
03:26
were also coming into this space.
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也會來用這個空間。
03:28
So you had this rich mix of people,
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所以這裡有各式各樣的人，
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people who think
differently from one another,
differently from one another,
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每個人的想法都不同，
03:32
and this always
is really good for innovation.
is really good for innovation.
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對於創新而言，這是很好的現象。
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I was really proud of what we were seeing.
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對此我感到十分驕傲。
03:36
So you can imagine my surprise
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所以，你們可以想像，
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when one day the dean of engineering
came and said to me,
came and said to me,
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有天工學院院長來找我時
我有多驚訝，他說：
我有多驚訝，他說：
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"Kamau, the students
who spend most of the time in the Fab Lab
who spend most of the time in the Fab Lab
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「卡冒，把大部分時間花在
Fab Lab 的那些學生
Fab Lab 的那些學生
03:45
are failing their exams."
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考試沒及格。」
03:47
I said, "What do you mean?"
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我說：「什麼意思？」
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And I looked into it, and he was right,
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接著我去探究此事，他說的沒錯，
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and the reason they were failing
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他們沒及格的原因，
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is that they'd honed their skills
so well in certain things
so well in certain things
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他們在某些事物上把
他們的技能鍛鍊得非常好，
他們的技能鍛鍊得非常好，
03:56
that they were going out into the city
and offering services for money.
and offering services for money.
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讓他們能夠到外地城市
提供服務來賺錢。
提供服務來賺錢。
04:00
So they were making money --
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他們在賺錢，
04:01
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
04:02
and they therefore
weren't focusing on their studies.
weren't focusing on their studies.
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因此他們不會把專注力放在學業上。
04:05
And I thought,
what a good problem to have.
what a good problem to have.
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我心想，我們遇到的問題好棒啊。
04:07
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
04:08
Don't quote me on that.
I'm an academician.
I'm an academician.
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別引述我的話。我是學者。
04:11
So we needed to scale this,
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所以，我們得要做些規模調整，
04:14
and at the university,
things were a bit too bureaucratic,
things were a bit too bureaucratic,
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但在大學裡做事總會遇到官僚問題，
04:17
and so I moved out and I hooked up
with people who, in Nairobi,
with people who, in Nairobi,
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所以我搬出去了，
和奈洛比的人搭上線，
和奈洛比的人搭上線，
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were providing spaces for IT experts
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他們提供空間給資訊科技專家，
04:23
to share fast internet
and things like that.
and things like that.
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共享快速網路這類東西。
04:26
And some of these places
are really quite famous.
are really quite famous.
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這些地方當中有些是相當知名的。
04:28
They've made Kenya famous for IT.
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它們讓肯亞因為資訊科技而聞名。
04:31
And together we set up a space
which we are setting up right now.
which we are setting up right now.
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我們一起打造一個空間，
目前正在進行中。
目前正在進行中。
04:36
We've moved from where we were.
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我們從原地方搬出來。
04:37
We are in a much larger space,
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新的空間大了許多，
04:39
and we're sort of making available
a wide range of equipment,
a wide range of equipment,
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我們把各種設備都開放出來，
04:42
including the digital fabrication
tools that I mentioned,
tools that I mentioned,
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包括我之前提到的數位製造工具，
04:45
and analog tools,
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還有類比開發工具，
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to anybody really, on a membership basis.
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任何人只要加入會員即可使用。
04:49
It's a bit like a gym,
so you come in, you pay,
so you come in, you pay,
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它有點像健身房，你來，付了錢，
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you get taught how to use the equipment,
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就會教你如何用這些設備，
04:54
and then you're set free to innovate
and do whatever it is that you want,
and do whatever it is that you want,
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然後你就可以自由去創新，
做任何你想要做的，
做任何你想要做的，
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and you don't have to be
an engineer, necessarily.
an engineer, necessarily.
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你不一定要是個工程師。
05:00
And some of the people in the space
are setting up a small company.
are setting up a small company.
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這空間中的一些人一起成立小公司，
他們只需要一張桌子的空間，
05:03
They just need a space at a desk,
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05:05
and so we provide that at a fee,
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所以我們就收費提供；
05:07
and others take up bigger spaces
and are able to set up their offices.
and are able to set up their offices.
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其他人需要更大的空間設立辦公室。
05:10
They're further along.
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他們有所進展。
05:11
Maybe their company has been running
for a certain period of time.
for a certain period of time.
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也許他們的公司
已經營運了一段時間。
已經營運了一段時間。
05:14
And so we're able
to accommodate all of this
to accommodate all of this
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所以我們能夠在一個
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in an innovation space
that is really quite active.
that is really quite active.
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相當積極的創新空間中提供這一切。
05:20
What you're seeing in this image
over here is Douglas,
over here is Douglas,
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這張照片上的是道格拉斯，
05:23
and Douglas is an electrical engineer,
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道格拉斯是電機工程師，
05:25
one of the people
who was really active in the Fab Lab.
who was really active in the Fab Lab.
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他是在 Fab Lab 中
非常活躍的人之一。
非常活躍的人之一。
我很確定他考試及格了。
05:28
I'm pretty sure he passed his exams.
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05:30
And the image on the top left
is a copper sheet.
is a copper sheet.
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左上角的圖片是一張銅片。
05:33
And he designed a circuit
that the client came to him and said,
that the client came to him and said,
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他是設計電路的，
客戶會去找他然後說：
客戶會去找他然後說：
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"I need this circuit
for a pay-as-you-go system."
for a pay-as-you-go system."
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「我需要這個電路，做預付卡充值系統。」
05:39
And so this is a model for business
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所以，這是一個商業模型，
05:42
that's made accessibility to goods
and services for very poor people
and services for very poor people
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讓非常貧窮的人能用更容易的
方式來取得商品和服務，
方式來取得商品和服務，
05:47
really much easier,
because they're able to pay a little bit,
because they're able to pay a little bit,
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因為他們能夠一次支付一點點，
05:50
like a dollar a day, for example,
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比如一天支付一塊錢，
05:51
for a specific service.
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來取得某種服務。
05:53
And so this company wanted
to pilot a new idea that they had,
to pilot a new idea that they had,
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所以，這間公司想要
測試他們的一個新點子，
測試他們的一個新點子，
05:56
and so they just needed 50 circuits,
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所以，他們只需要五十組電路，
05:58
so they hired him to make them,
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他們僱用他來做這些電路，
05:59
and what you're seeing him doing there is,
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你們在照片中看到他在做的，
06:02
he's able to design on the computer
what the circuit will be
what the circuit will be
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他可以在用電腦上設計電路圖，
06:05
and then transfer it
to an etching process --
to an etching process --
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然後把它傳送到蝕刻機，
06:07
that's the image on the top right --
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就是右上角的圖片，
06:09
and then populate the board
using this robot.
using this robot.
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然後用這個機器人來做板上組裝。
06:12
And so what would normally take him maybe
a day or something to solder by hand,
a day or something to solder by hand,
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如果他用手焊接，
正常可能要一天的時間，
正常可能要一天的時間，
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he can do in a few minutes
using this machine.
using this machine.
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用這台機器，只要幾分鐘就能完成。
06:19
So he was able to complete
the entire order within Gearbox,
the entire order within Gearbox,
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所以，他在 Gearbox 中
就能完成整張訂單，
就能完成整張訂單，
06:22
and this is really important,
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這點非常重要，
06:23
because if it wasn't for
what we provided right now,
what we provided right now,
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因為，要不是有我們
現在提供的這些東西，
現在提供的這些東西，
06:26
he would have had to have hired
a company in China to do this,
a company in China to do this,
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他就得要僱用一間
在中國的公司來做這件事，
在中國的公司來做這件事，
06:30
and because it's such a small order,
it would have taken a long time.
it would have taken a long time.
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因為這張訂單很小，
會要花很長的時間。
會要花很長的時間。
06:33
It would be a small company,
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接單的會是家小公司，
06:35
because big companies
wouldn't take small orders,
wouldn't take small orders,
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因為大公司不會接小訂單，
06:37
and even then, if they got a bigger order,
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儘管如此，若這間小公司接到
06:39
they'd bump him off in favor of that.
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更大的訂單，就會棄他而去。
06:41
And there's language problems and so on,
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另外還有語言問題等等，
06:43
so being able to do it in country
is really very important,
is really very important,
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所以，能在國內製作非常重要，
06:46
and of course piloting as a phase
within the progress of the business idea
within the progress of the business idea
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當然，在商業點子的發展過程中，
測試階段是極度重要的，
測試階段是極度重要的，
06:51
is extremely important, because you can
go back and make corrections and so on.
go back and make corrections and so on.
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因為你能夠回頭再去做修正等等。
06:56
In this image -- Thank you.
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在這張圖中——謝謝。
06:58
(Applause)
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07:00
In this image you see on the top left,
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在這張圖中，請看左上角，
07:02
what you're looking at is a 3D render
of a digital fabrication machine.
of a digital fabrication machine.
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你們所看到的，是一台
3D 的數位製造研磨機器。
3D 的數位製造研磨機器。
07:05
In this instance,
it doubles as a plasma cutter
it doubles as a plasma cutter
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這個例子同時是等離子切割機
07:08
and also a wood router.
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和木工雕刻機。
07:10
And so the plasma cutter makes possible
the cutting of plate and sheet metal,
the cutting of plate and sheet metal,
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所以，有等離子切割機
就可以切割金屬板及金屬片，
就可以切割金屬板及金屬片，
07:15
and basically, you make
a design on the computer
a design on the computer
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基本上，你在電腦上做設計，
07:17
and send it over to the machine,
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把它送到這台機器，
07:19
and then quickly and precisely,
it will cut the shapes you want.
it will cut the shapes you want.
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它接著就會快速且精確地
切出你要的形狀。
切出你要的形狀。
07:22
But in this machine,
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但在這台機器中，
07:23
you can also change the plasma cutter
and put on a spindle,
and put on a spindle,
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你也可以改變等離子
切割機，只要裝上一個軸承，
切割機，只要裝上一個軸承，
07:27
and then you can carve wood as well.
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你就能夠雕刻木頭了。
07:29
So this was designed
by my Head of Engineering.
by my Head of Engineering.
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這是由我的工程組長所設計的。
07:31
His name is Wachira,
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他的名字叫瓦希拉，
07:33
and when I hired him about two years ago,
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我兩年前僱用他時，
07:36
I asked him, "Just give me two years,
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我這樣請求他：「給我兩年，
07:38
and by the time you've trained
a lot of people
a lot of people
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到時後，你就已經訓練出了很多人，
07:40
so that we have good staff under you,
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你底下就會有很好的組員，
接著你就可以出去創業，
為我們成為一個好的故事。」
為我們成為一個好的故事。」
07:42
then you can move out
and become a good story for us."
and become a good story for us."
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07:44
And that's exactly what's just happened.
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而實際發生的狀況就是這樣。
07:46
He's got two types of customers.
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他有兩種類型的客人。
07:49
The higher-tier customer
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比較高階層的客人
07:51
is a company that's actually
using his machine
using his machine
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是一間公司，用他的機器
07:54
to cut sheet metal
for Isuzu truck fabrication in Nairobi,
for Isuzu truck fabrication in Nairobi,
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在奈洛比為合眾汽車
切割卡車用的金屬板，
切割卡車用的金屬板，
07:58
which is being done by General Motors.
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之前都是通用汽車公司製造的。
08:00
So we're really proud to be able to say
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所以我們可以很驕傲的說，
08:02
that we have an original
equipment manufacturer in Nairobi
equipment manufacturer in Nairobi
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我們在奈洛比有一間
原廠設備製造商，
原廠設備製造商，
08:05
that's provided what's effectively
an industrial robot
an industrial robot
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這台工業等級的機器人，
08:08
to supply parts for General Motors.
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能提供零件給通用汽車公司。
08:11
Now this is really important --
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這點非常重要，
08:12
(Applause)
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08:15
and it's really important because
the population growth being what it is,
the population growth being what it is,
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這點非常重要，因為已經可以看到
未來的人口成長狀況，
未來的人口成長狀況，
08:19
a lot of very large companies
are looking very closely
are looking very closely
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許多大公司都非常關注
08:22
at the market that's developing in Africa.
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非洲市場的發展。
08:24
So in Kenya right now, we have
Volkswagen, Peugeot, Renault,
Volkswagen, Peugeot, Renault,
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所以，現在在肯亞就有
福斯、寶獅，和雷諾汽車，
福斯、寶獅，和雷諾汽車，
08:27
we have Mercedes doing lorries,
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還有賓士在做大型運貨卡車，
08:29
and we've also got Toyota,
they've been there a long time.
they've been there a long time.
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我們還有豐田，
他們在這裡已經很久了。
他們在這裡已經很久了。
08:31
And these are all manufacturers
planning to assemble vehicles
planning to assemble vehicles
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這些都是製造商，
打算要在這個國家組裝汽車，
打算要在這個國家組裝汽車，
08:34
and in the future,
to manufacture in the country.
to manufacture in the country.
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在未來還要製造汽車。
他們之中有許多
計劃要培訓他們所僱用的很多人，
計劃要培訓他們所僱用的很多人，
08:37
Many of them are planning
to train lots of people that they'd hire,
to train lots of people that they'd hire,
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這對經濟是很重要的，
08:40
and that's really important
for the economy,
for the economy,
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但魔法真正發生的時候，
08:42
but when the magic really happens,
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是這些公司開始向當地的公司
08:44
when these companies begin to buy
their parts for the vehicles
their parts for the vehicles
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購買他們所需的汽車零件，
08:48
from local companies,
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08:49
so supply chain development
is something that's very important
is something that's very important
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所以，供應鏈的發展相當重要，
08:52
for us to be able to pivot
and to have very productive economies,
and to have very productive economies,
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讓我們能夠成為中樞，
並擁有非常具生產力的經濟，
並擁有非常具生產力的經濟，
08:55
and that's something
we're focused on at our space.
we're focused on at our space.
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這也是我們實驗室
目前正在聚焦的重點。
目前正在聚焦的重點。
08:58
This other image shows
another class of customer that he has.
another class of customer that he has.
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另一張圖是他的另一類客人。
09:02
On the top left,
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在左上的圖中，
09:03
you have these people
who are actually using very crude tools
who are actually using very crude tools
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這些人用非常簡陋的工具
09:06
to work metal and wood.
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在處理金屬和木頭。
09:08
And Kenya has a population
of about 44 million people.
of about 44 million people.
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肯亞的人口約是 4400 萬人。
09:12
The work force is about 13 million,
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勞動力約是 1300 萬人，
09:14
and about 80 to 90 percent of those
are in the informal sector.
are in the informal sector.
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其中有 80~90% 都在非正式部門。
09:18
And what you're seeing in the image
at the top left over there
at the top left over there
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在左上圖所看到的，
09:21
is very typical of semi-skilled artisans
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就是非常典型的半熟練工匠，
09:25
who are making products
for the marketplace
for the marketplace
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他們在為市場製造產品，
09:27
that are really crude.
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這些工具非常簡陋。
09:28
Their production rate is very slow.
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他們生產的速度非常緩慢。
09:30
The quality of the product isn't high.
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產品的品質也不高。
09:33
And so we've teamed
Wachira up with a bank,
Wachira up with a bank,
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所以我們讓瓦希拉與一間銀行合作，
09:36
and the bank is paying him
to train people from this sector
to train people from this sector
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銀行付錢給他訓練這部門的人，
09:39
on how to use this industrial robot.
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教他們使用這個工業機器人。
09:42
And the result is that some of them
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結果是，當中有些人
09:44
are going to be able to get loans
to buy the machine for themselves.
to buy the machine for themselves.
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能自己透過貸款來買這台機器。
09:48
Others will be able to go to centers
where they can carry their material,
where they can carry their material,
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其他人則是可以把自己的
素材帶到中心去，
素材帶到中心去，
09:52
get the design done,
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完成設計，
09:53
and take the materials back
that have been made really, really fast
that have been made really, really fast
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然後帶回非常非常快就做出的材料，
09:56
and assemble them in their own spaces.
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在他們自己的地方做組裝。
09:58
So somebody making a gate,
for example, out of metal,
for example, out of metal,
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所以，比如，有人要用金屬做閘門，
10:01
may take a week to make just one gate,
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光一扇閘門可能就要花一週，
10:03
but with this machine,
they might make 10 in a day.
they might make 10 in a day.
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但有了這台機器，一天能做十扇。
10:06
So the productivity of a large swathe
of our population
of our population
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所以，我們很大一部分人口的
10:08
should be able to jump by a quantum
amount, quite significantly,
amount, quite significantly,
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生產力總量應該能夠有顯著的跳升，
10:13
because of this kind of machine.
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因為這種機器的緣故。
10:15
And that's what we're at the beginning of,
so this is really very exciting.
so this is really very exciting.
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我們現在只在開端而已，
所以這很讓人興奮。
所以這很讓人興奮。
10:19
This is another person who uses our space.
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這是我們實驗室的另一位使用者。
10:21
Her name is Esther.
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她的名字叫艾瑟。
10:22
She's in her mid-20s,
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才二十五歲上下，
10:23
and she came in very passionate
about a problem that she explained.
about a problem that she explained.
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她非常熱衷解決
一個問題，她解釋說，
一個問題，她解釋說，
10:26
She said that schools days are missed
every month by young girls
every month by young girls
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年輕女孩每個月都會錯過上學日，
10:30
because of their menstrual cycle,
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因為碰到經期，
10:31
and they're not able
to buy a sanitary towel.
to buy a sanitary towel.
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而她們沒辦法買衛生巾。
10:34
And the reason that she described
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她說，原因是因為，
10:36
was that the manufacturers
packaged these in bundles of seven to 10,
packaged these in bundles of seven to 10,
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製造商把衛生巾 7~10 組做成一包，
10:40
and breaking it down
is unhygienic at the retail level,
is unhygienic at the retail level,
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基於衛生理由，
零售商無法將之拆開來賣，
零售商無法將之拆開來賣，
10:44
and packaging each one
of them is too expensive.
of them is too expensive.
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每一組單獨一個包裝又太昂貴。
10:46
So she thought up an idea,
which is brilliant, and simple.
which is brilliant, and simple.
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她想出了一個簡單又聰明的點子。
10:49
Why don't we just use vending machines?
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為什麼不用販賣機呢？
10:51
And she, in a very clean environment,
can break down the bundles
can break down the bundles
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她可以在一個非常乾淨的
環境中把包裝拆開，
環境中把包裝拆開，
10:55
and fill up the vending machines,
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放到販賣機當中，
10:56
and then girls can buy
these sanitary towels
these sanitary towels
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女孩們就能購買這些衛生巾，
11:00
in the privacy of a toilet,
in a public space, in a school, and so on.
in a public space, in a school, and so on.
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販賣機可放在廁所較有隱私，
或在公共空間，學校裡等等。
或在公共空間，學校裡等等。
11:04
She was able to pilot this
and it worked really very well,
and it worked really very well,
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她做了測試，效果相當好，
11:07
and she's been able to sort of
get the bugs out and so on.
get the bugs out and so on.
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接著她把漏洞都修正好等等。
11:09
So the significance here
is that the piloting process is possible.
is that the piloting process is possible.
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這裡的重點是，
測試過程是行得通的。
測試過程是行得通的。
11:13
She's not an engineer.
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她不是工程師。
11:14
She was able to engage people in our space
to be able to help her to do this,
to be able to help her to do this,
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她能到我們的實驗室裡找人
來協助她完成這件事，
來協助她完成這件事，
11:18
and she's off and running now
with a business accelerator,
with a business accelerator,
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加上企業育成的幫忙，
現在她已經上路了，
現在她已經上路了，
我們預期會有很好的結果。
11:21
so we expect to see great results.
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（掌聲）
11:22
(Applause)
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11:25
In this image you're looking at --
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各位現在看到的這張照片，
11:27
the result of a master's project
that was done at University of Nairobi
that was done at University of Nairobi
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這是一個奈洛比大學的
碩士專案計畫，
碩士專案計畫，
11:31
by Tony Nyagah, an engineering student,
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由工程學生東尼亞加所做，
11:33
and he just integrated
a solar cell into a roof tile
a solar cell into a roof tile
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他把太陽能板整合到屋頂瓦片上，
11:36
and decided to make it a business.
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並決定把它變成一項事業。
11:38
He joined up with his sister
who is an architect,
who is an architect,
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他和他的建築師妹妹合作，
11:40
and they have this business,
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他們經營這項事業，
11:42
and they present the roof tile to a person
who is doing development and say,
who is doing development and say,
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他們把屋頂瓦片展示給一個
做開發的人看，並說：
做開發的人看，並說：
「用沒有太陽能功能的瓦片價格
就可以買到它。」
就可以買到它。」
11:45
"You can buy it for the cost
of just the roof tile without the solar."
of just the roof tile without the solar."
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11:49
So they're giving it at a discount,
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所以他們打折出售，
11:51
and then they'll build them
using the internet of things over time,
using the internet of things over time,
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之後，他們會用物聯網的方式來建造電網，
11:55
they'll pay about a third
of the utility charges for the electricity
of the utility charges for the electricity
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為了發電，她們要支付
大約三分之一的設備費用，
大約三分之一的設備費用，
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and they can sell the excess
back to the grid.
back to the grid.
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之後，她們就能把多餘的電力
賣回給電網。
賣回給電網。
12:02
And so they'll make their money over time,
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所以，經過一段時間，她們就可以賺錢，
12:04
and they've been able to do
quite a few installments.
quite a few installments.
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她們已經做了好幾個案件。
12:07
We were very proud to be able
to show this to somebody kind of famous,
to show this to somebody kind of famous,
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我們非常驕傲，能將這成果
呈現給蠻有名的人看，
呈現給蠻有名的人看，
12:11
as you can see there,
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從圖上可以看見，
12:13
and this other famous guy
actually presented the same idea,
actually presented the same idea,
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這是另一個有名的傢伙，
他也提出同樣的點子，
他也提出同樣的點子，
12:16
but as far as we're concerned,
if it was after us, so --
if it was after us, so --
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但依我們的看法，
這是在我們之後，所以——
這是在我們之後，所以——
12:19
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
12:20
(Applause)
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12:24
So in closing, going forward,
of course being able to prototype
of course being able to prototype
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所以，做個總結，當然，能夠做原型
12:28
and do low manufacturing
in this kind of a setting
in this kind of a setting
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並做低成本的製造，在這種環境中，
12:31
is very important
for the industrialization process,
for the industrialization process,
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對於工業化過程是非常重要的，
12:33
but we're also taking advantage
of a lot of new ways of doing things:
of a lot of new ways of doing things:
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但我們也受益於許多新的做法：
開放原始碼運動、
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the open source movement,
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分佈式製造、循環式生產。
12:38
distributive manufacturing,
circular production.
circular production.
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So it's all very important
for not just industrializing
for not just industrializing
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這些都很重要，不只是在工業化
12:43
and being able to meet people's needs,
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以及滿足人們的需求上，
12:45
but also making sure
that the environment is taken care of.
that the environment is taken care of.
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也要確保環境有被顧慮到。
12:48
We're also really interested in culture.
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我們也對文化非常感興趣。
12:50
We have lots of discussions in our space
around who we were as Africans,
around who we were as Africans,
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在我們的實驗室中，有很多討論
關於我們非洲人的身份、
關於我們非洲人的身份、
我們現今的身份，
及我們想要成為什麼人，
及我們想要成為什麼人，
12:54
who we are today, and who we want to be
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vis-à-vis things like consumerism
and ethnicity and corruption and so on.
and ethnicity and corruption and so on.
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關於消費主義、
種族淵源、腐敗等等。
種族淵源、腐敗等等。
13:00
So we see ourselves as providing,
adding value to people
adding value to people
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我們認為我們是在提供加值給人們，
13:04
by teaching them to add value
to things or materials
to things or materials
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教導他們在東西或材料上加值，
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so that they can build things that matter.
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讓他們能建立出有意義的東西。
13:10
Thank you very much for your attention.
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非常謝謝你們的聆聽。
13:12
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
13:15
Thank you.
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謝謝。
13:16
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kamau Gachigi - TechnologistAt Gearbox, Kamau Gachigi empowers Kenya's next generation of creators to prototype and fabricate their visions.
Why you should listen
Dr. Kamau Gachigi is the founding executive director of Gearbox, Kenya's first open makerspace for rapid prototyping, based in Nairobi. Gearbox provides a unique window into Industry 4.0 capabilities to innovators in Kenya, and it offers incubation/acceleration services. Gachigi also co-founded the Africa Innovation Ecosystems Group (AIEG), a company that focuses on creating and managing real-estate based innovation centers of varying scales.
Before establishing Gearbox, Gachigi headed the University of Nairobi's Science and Technology Park, where he founded a fab lab full of manufacturing and prototyping tools in 2009. He then built another lab at the Riruta Satellite in an impoverished neighborhood in the city. Gachigi is a member of the Global Council on the Future of Production under the World Economic Forum and of the consultative advisory group of the World Bank's Partnership for skills in the Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology.
Kamau Gachigi | Speaker | TED.com