Richard Browning: How I built a jet suit
リチャード・ブラウニング: ジェット・スーツができるまで
Richard Browning is the founder of human propulsion technology startup Gravity, which has invented, built and patented a personal flight system. Full bio
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エンジニアで
as you can kind of sense
彼の情熱はご覧の通り
1970s office-leaving present.
1970年代の退職記念品でもわかります
that inspired people for years,
to share with you now.
of the human mind and body,
仮説が出発点です
for the last few days here,
ご覧になったと思いますが
that wonderful machine
適切なテクノロジーを用いて
in that kind of real way,
空を飛ぼうとしたら
back in London, Denton,
ロンドンにいるデントン君の
of that kind of stuff than me.
私よりずっと上手です
proved really quite impressive,
かなり良いと分かったので
is, right in the background,
ずばり私の後方にいる女性で
of trying to ignore us for a while --
良い仕事をやってのけています
less happy is the grass,
and somewhat fail.
to go from there:
合理的な道はただ1つです
watching these back.
今見ても楽しいです
and spread the load a bit.
負荷を分散させることにしました
できているので
about trying things --
by failing at them most of the time.
学ぶことばかりでした
five engines here --
ここでは5機使用 ―
one was in maintenance,
休んだりしないで
同じ間違いはすまいと
We learned not to do that again.
some really quite convincing progress,
believe that maybe --
上手く行きそうだと
and two on each arm,
腕に2機ずつという形は
I'm about to show you now,
これからご覧に入れます
reasonably coherent flight.
安定して飛行できたところです
this endeavor went from:
この取り組みが
this is going to work,"
the best way to learn.
一番よくわかるんです
really refining the layout of all of this.
磨きがかかりました
that's stability and control --
安定性と制御性が上がりました
refining the technology,
プラスチック容器を含め
on the back for the electronics
the balance and control.
for the next short piece
次の映像は音を消して
noise is a bit annoying.
ちょっとうるさいですからね
is really quite nice,
本当にかなり良くなりました
validates that starting hypothesis,
証明していると思います
if properly augmented in that way,
人間の精神と肉体を適切に増強すれば
というものでした
I'm moving my arms at that stage.
考えていません
of where I want to get to,
to go down to Walmart
ショッピングに行くとか
in any of this stuff for a while,
すぐに来るとは考えていません
some awesome technology
すごい技術を築いて
this look like child's play.
しようとしています
this unusual experience of flight
and displays we're doing.
もっと多くの人にもたらすことです
for pilots two and three,
探し始めていて
but let's just stick it out there,
粘り強く頑張れば
rise up above a beach,
ビーチから上空に舞い上がって
of it, rise up a bit higher,
今よりもう少し高く飛べるかも —
we're working on to make this achievable.
目下 取り組んでいます
a Hercules with the ramp down.
開いた輸送機が飛んできて
you start picking up speed
速度をあげて
that would be a mistake --
前からはお勧めしません ―
way off at the moment.
a big step back from this,
話を大きく前に戻すなら —
personal journey for me.
とても個人的な旅でもあります
his own life when I was 15,
父は命を絶ちました
of unfulfilled ambition.
たくさん残されました
if it was possible,
もし —
微笑んでくれるだろうと思います
of the things we've done here,
I'm probably more nervous
このあとで行うデモは
to get done today.
やるべきことがいっぱいです
we don't get a clean start.
上手くスタートできないことです
while I'm actually flying around.
想定外の失敗をすることです
and fall on my rear, as I said.
バカみたいに尻餅をつくだけです
その方が面白いかも
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Richard Browning - Founder, GravityRichard Browning is the founder of human propulsion technology startup Gravity, which has invented, built and patented a personal flight system.
Why you should listen
Richard Browning is an ultra-marathon runner, an ex-Royal Marine reservist, former City commodity trader and a pioneering inventor. He's the founder of Gravity, launched in March 2017 with a dream to reimagine an entirely new form of human flight, leaning on an elegant collaboration of mind and body augmented by leading-edge technology.
Gravity has to date been experienced by over a billion people globally with video views alone running at more than 60m within seven days of launch. Browning's vision is to build Gravity into a world-class aeronautical engineering business, challenge perceived boundaries in human aviation, and inspire a generation to dare ask ‘what if…’
Richard Browning | Speaker | TED.com