ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mick Ebeling - Entrepreneur
Mick Ebeling founded the Not Impossible Foundation, a nonprofit that develops creative solutions to real-world problems.

Why you should listen

Raised in a family of entrepreneurs and philanthropists, Mick Ebeling is founder of the Not Impossible Foundation, an organization comprised of thinkers, dreamers, and doers, with a mission to take ideas that once seemed impossible to possible, when the right people are connected and empowered. 

After befriending ALS patient and renowned street artist Tempt, he and a team of programmers, hackers, artists and inventors developed the EyeWriter -- a low-cost eye-tracking device that allows artists with the nerve disease ALS to draw using only their eyes. Through his latest initiative, Project Daniel, he helped create a 3D-printed prosthetic lab in Sudan. His new book is Not Impossible: The Art and Joy of Doing What Couldn't Be Done.

He is also the founder of The Ebeling Group, an international production company and creative think tank, representing some of the world's leading design and directing collectives.

He says: "If not now, then when? If not me, then who?" 

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TEDActive 2011

Mick Ebeling: The invention that unlocked a locked-in artist

Mick Ebeling: 一項“解放”藝術家禁錮的發明

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神經性疾病ALS(俗稱“漸凍症”)使塗鴉藝術家TEMPT全身癱瘓,只能靠眨眼與外界溝通。在TEDActive一場精彩的演講中,創業家Mick Ebeling分享了他和他的團隊,如何藉由一個開放資源的發明,給予這位藝術家 - 以及跟他情況一樣的人 - 一個重拾創作的方法。
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Mick Ebeling founded the Not Impossible Foundation, a nonprofit that develops creative solutions to real-world problems. Full bio

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I have had the distinct不同 blessing祝福 in my life
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一直以來我都特別幸運
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to have worked工作 on a bunch of amazing驚人 projects項目.
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能夠做一些很棒的計畫
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But the coolest最酷 I ever worked工作 on
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但是我做過最酷的計劃
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was around this guy.
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是跟這個人有關
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This guy's傢伙 name名稱 is TEMPT勾引.
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這個人名叫TEMPT
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TEMPT勾引 was one of the foremost最重要的是 graffiti塗鴉 artists藝術家 in the 80s.
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TEMPT在80年代是最好的塗鴉藝術家之一
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And he came來了 up home from a run one day
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有一天他跑步完回到家
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and said, "Dad, my legs are tingling."
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對他爸爸說:“爸,我的雙腿麻麻的”
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And that was the onset發病 of ALSALS.
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那就是ALS(漸凍症)的前兆
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So TEMPT勾引 is now completely全然 paralyzed.
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現在TEMPT完全癱瘓了
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He only has use of his eyes眼睛.
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只有眼睛能動
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I was exposed裸露 to him.
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我認識他是因為
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I have a company公司 that does design設計 and animation動畫,
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我的公司是做設計跟動畫的
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so obviously明顯 graffiti塗鴉 is definitely無疑 an intricate錯綜複雜 part部分
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所以顯然對塗鴉藝術
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of what we admire欣賞 and respect尊重 in the art藝術 world世界.
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這塊精細的領域也很景仰
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And so we decided決定 that we were going to sponsor贊助
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所以我們決定要贊助
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Tony托尼, TEMPT勾引, and his cause原因.
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Tony(就是TEMPT),幫助他的情況
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So I went and met會見 with his brother哥哥 and father父親
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所以我去見了他的兄弟跟父親
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and said, "We're going to give you this money.
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對他們說:”我們打算給你們這筆錢“
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What are you going to do with it?"
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”你們要怎麼用呢?“
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And his brother哥哥 said, "I just want to be able能夠 to talk to Tony托尼 again.
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他的兄弟說:”我就是想能再跟Tony說說話“
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I just want to be able能夠 to communicate通信 with him
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”只是想能跟他溝通“
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and him to be able能夠 to communicate通信 with me."
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”而他也能跟我溝通“
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And I said, "Wait a second第二, isn't that -- I've seen看到 Stephen斯蒂芬 Hawking霍金 --
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我說:”等等,這不是⋯我見過史蒂芬·霍金“
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don't all paralyzed people have the ability能力 to communicate通信
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”不是所有癱瘓的人都可以藉由這些儀器“
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via通過 these devices設備?"
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”與人溝通嗎?”
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And he said, "No, unless除非 you're in the upper echelon梯隊 and
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他說:“不是啊,除非你是上流階級”
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you've got really amazing驚人 insurance保險,
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“有超好的保險”
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you can't actually其實 do that.
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“不然是做不到的”
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These devices設備 aren't accessible無障礙 to people."
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“因為你負擔不起這些儀器”
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And I said, "Well, how do you actually其實 communicate通信?"
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於是我說:“好吧,那你們是怎麼溝通的?”
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Has everyone大家 seen看到 the movie電影 "The Diving潛水 Bell and the Butterfly蝴蝶?"
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有人看過“潛水鐘與蝴蝶”這部電影嗎?
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That's how they communicate通信 --
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那就是他們溝通的方法 -
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so run their finger手指 along沿.
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動手指
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I said, "That's archaic古老. How can that be?"
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我說:“那也太落後了吧!怎麼會這樣?”
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So I showed顯示 up with the desire慾望 to just write a check,
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我當時出現只是想開張支票
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and instead代替, I wrote a check
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然而,我卻寫了一張
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that I had no freaking再用 idea理念 how I was going to cash現金.
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完全不知道該如何兌現的支票
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I committed提交 to his brother哥哥 and his father父親 right then and there --
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我當時向他的兄弟跟父親承諾
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I'm like, "All right, here's這裡的 the deal合同:
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我說:“好,就這麼辦吧 - ”
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Tony's托尼的 going to speak說話, we're going to get him a machine,
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“Tony要說話,我們會給他一台儀器“
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and we're going to figure數字 out a way for him to do his art藝術 again.
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”而且我們還要想辦法讓他能再度創作“
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Because it's a travesty滑稽戲 that someone有人 who still has all of that in him
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”因為最大的悲劇,莫過於一個仍然才華洋溢的藝術家“
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isn't able能夠 to communicate通信 it."
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”卻沒有辦法揮灑“
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So I spoke at a conference會議 a couple一對 months個月 after that.
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所以幾個月後我在一場研討會上演講
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I met會見 these guys called GRLGRL,
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我碰到這些叫GRL的人
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Graffiti塗鴉 Research研究 Lab實驗室,
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”塗鴉研究實驗室“ (GRL)
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and they have a technology技術
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他們有一個技術
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that allows允許 them to project項目 a light onto any surface表面
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可以讓他們把光投影在任何物體的表面上
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and then, with a laser激光 pointer指針, draw on it,
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然後用一枝雷射筆在上面畫
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and it just registers寄存器 the negative space空間.
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就可以在陰影的地方造成明暗對比
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So they go around and do art藝術 installations安裝 like this.
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所以他們到處去做這樣的藝術裝置
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All the things that go up there, they said there's a life cycle週期.
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他們說他們所有的作品都有"生命周期"
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First it starts啟動 with the sexual有性 organs器官,
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首先從性器官開始
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then it starts啟動 with cuss壞話 words,
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然後是髒話
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then it was Bush襯套 slanders誹謗
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接著是罵小布希的話
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and then people actually其實 got to art藝術.
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然後才真正到藝術的部份
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But there was always a life cycle週期 to their presentations簡報.
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他們的作品一定都有一個生命周期
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So I went home and was having dinner晚餐 with my wife妻子
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我回到家跟太太吃晚飯
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and was telling告訴 her about this,
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邊吃邊聊到這個
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and we were like, "Well wait a second第二. If we know that this technology技術 exists存在
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突然我們靈光一現:“如果現在有這個技術”
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where you can use your eyes眼睛 to control控制 things,
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“可以讓人用眼睛操控東西“
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why don't we figure數字 out a way for TEMPT勾引 to control控制 a laser激光
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”為什麼我們不想個法子讓TEMPT操控雷射“
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and he could do graf格拉夫 again? Well that would be awesome真棒."
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“那他就可以重拾畫筆,這豈不很讚!“
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So that started開始 the journey旅程.
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於是整個過程就開始了
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And about two years年份 later後來, about a year later後來,
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大約二年後,一年後
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after a bunch of organization組織
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在經歷過幾個機構
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and a bunch of moving移動 things around,
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和一些奔走之後
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we'd星期三 accomplished完成 a couple一對 things.
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我們有了幾項成就
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One, we battered受虐 down the doors of the insurance保險 companies公司,
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第一,我們幾乎把保險公司的大門敲破
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and we actually其實 got TEMPT勾引 a machine
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真給TEMPT弄來一部機器
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that let him communicate通信 -- a Stephen斯蒂芬 Hawking霍金 machine.
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讓他能跟外界溝通-就是史蒂芬·霍金的那種
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(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
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Which哪一個 was awesome真棒.
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這太棒了
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And he's seriously認真地 one of the funniest最有趣 -- I call him Yoda尤達,
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他真的是很幽默-我都叫他尤達(星際大戰的大師)
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because you talk to the guy, you get an email電子郵件 from him,
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因為當你跟他說話,收到他的email
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and you're like, "I'm not worthy值得. This guy's傢伙 so amazing驚人."
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你會覺得:”我真不配,這傢伙太厲害了“
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The other thing we did
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我們做的另一件事
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is we flew seven programmers程序員 from all over the world世界 --
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是從世界各地找來七個程式設計師
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literally按照字面 every一切 corner of the world世界 --
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真的是從世界各個角落
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into our house.
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請他們來我們家
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My wife妻子 and kids孩子 and I moved移動 to our back garage車庫,
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我太太還有小孩,我們全家都搬到車庫去
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and these hackers黑客 and programmers程序員
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然後這些駭客、程式設計師、
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and conspiracy陰謀 theorists理論家 and anarchists無政府主義者 took over our house.
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陰謀論者和無政府主義者,佔領了我們家
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A lot of our friends朋友 thought we were absolutely絕對 stupid to do that
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很多朋友都覺得我們做這件事很蠢
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and that we were going to come back
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覺得等我們回來後就會發現
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and all the pictures圖片 on the wall would be removed去除 and graf格拉夫 on the walls牆壁.
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牆上所有的照片都被搬走了,只留下一堆塗鴉
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But for over two weeks,
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然而二個多星期以來
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we programmed程序,
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我們寫程式
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we went to the Venice威尼斯 boardwalk木棧道,
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我們去洛杉磯的威尼斯海灘步道
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my kids孩子 got involved參與,
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我的小孩加入我們
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my dog got involved參與,
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連狗也參一腳
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and we created創建 this.
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然後我們創造了這個
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This is called the EyeWriterEyeWriter是,
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叫做EyeWriter
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and you can see the description描述.
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你們可以看這個關於它的描述
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This is a cheap低廉 pair of sunglasses墨鏡
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這是一副便宜的太陽眼鏡
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that we bought at the Venice威尼斯 Beach海灘 boardwalk木棧道,
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我們在威尼斯海灘步道買的
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some copper wire
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裝了些銅線,和一些從Home Depot(美國的”特力屋“)
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and some stuff東東 from Home Depot倉庫 and Radio無線電 Shack窩棚.
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及Radio Shack(美國連鎖電器行)買來的東西
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We took a PSPS3 camera相機, hacked砍死 it open打開,
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我們拆解了一個PS3的攝影機
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mounted安裝 it to an LED light,
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把它裝在一個LED燈上
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and now there's a device設備 that is free自由 --
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於是這個裝置就產生了,還是免費的
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you build建立 this yourself你自己, we publish發布 the code for free自由,
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你可以DIY,我們免費開放程式碼
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you download下載 the software軟件 for free自由.
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你可以免費下載這個軟體
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And now we've我們已經 created創建 a device設備
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我們創造的這個裝置
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that has absolutely絕對 no limitations限制.
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完全沒有限制
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There's no insurance保險 company公司 that can say "No."
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沒有保險公司可以說 “不”
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There's no hospital醫院 that can say "No."
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沒有醫院可以說 “不”
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Anybody任何人 who's誰是 paralyzed now has access訪問
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任何癱瘓的人現在都可以
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to actually其實 draw or communicate通信 using運用 only their eyes眼睛.
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用他們的眼睛去畫畫或是溝通
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(Applause掌聲)
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Thank you.
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(謝謝)
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Thank you guys very much. That was awesome真棒.
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剛那樣太棒了,非常感謝!
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So at the end結束 of the two weeks,
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二週後
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we went back to TEMPT's誘惑的 room房間.
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我們回到TEMPT的病房
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I love this picture圖片, because this is someone有人 else's別人的 room房間
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我喜歡這張照片,因為這是別人的房間
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and that's his room房間.
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那是他的房間(一靜一動的對照)
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So there's all this hustle喧囂 and bustle忙碌 going on for the big unveiling揭幕.
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所有騷動都是為了”揭曉“的這一刻
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And after over a year of planning規劃,
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經過一年的計畫、
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two weeks of programming程序設計,
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二週的程式設計、
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carb-fest碳水化合物巨星 and all-night徹夜 sessions會議,
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以及高熱量大餐和熬夜
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Tony托尼 drew德魯 again for the first time in seven years年份.
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Tony七年來首度能再提筆
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And this is an amazing驚人 picture圖片,
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這張照片很棒吧
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because this is his life support支持 system系統,
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這是他的維生系統
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and he's looking over his life support支持 system系統.
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他的視線越過維生系統
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We kicked his bed so that he could see out.
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我們升高他的床,好讓他可以看到外面
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And we set up a projector放映機
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我們也架起了一部投影機
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on a wall out in the parking停車處 lot outside of his hospital醫院.
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就在醫院外的停車場
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And he drew德魯 again for the first time,
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這是他癱瘓後第一次
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in front面前 of his family家庭 and friends朋友 --
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在親朋好友面前作畫
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and you can only imagine想像
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你們可以想像
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what the feeling感覺 in the parking停車處 lot was.
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我們在停車場那裡是怎樣的心情
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The funny滑稽 thing was, we had to break打破 into the parking停車處 lot too,
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有趣的是,我們還是偷闖進停車場的
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so we totally完全 felt like we were legit合法的 in the whole整個 graf格拉夫 scene現場 too.
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所以我們完全覺得自己也是整個“塗鴉文化”的一部分
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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So at the end結束 of this, he sent發送 us an email電子郵件,
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這些事結束之後,他寄了封email給我們
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and this is what the email電子郵件 said:
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這是那封信的內容:
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"That was the first time I've drawn anything for seven years年份.
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”那是七年來我第一次能再度畫畫“
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I feel like I had been held保持 underwater水下,
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”我感覺自己像是溺水了很久“
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and someone有人 finally最後 reached到達 down
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”終於有人拉我一把“
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and pulled my head up so I could breathe呼吸."
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”讓我可以浮出水面,再度呼吸“
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Isn't that awesome真棒?
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這是不是很棒?!
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(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
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So that's kind of our battle戰鬥 cry.
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那封信激勵了我們的士氣
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That's what keeps保持 us going and keeps保持 us developing發展.
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支持著我們不斷進步
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And we've我們已經 got such這樣 a long way to go with this.
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靠這個我們已經向前跨了一大步
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This is an amazing驚人 device設備,
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這是個了不起的裝置
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but it's the equivalent當量 of an Etch蝕刻 A Sketch草圖.
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但是它跟一個繪圖玩具差不多
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And someone有人 who has that kind of artistic藝術的 potential潛在 deserves值得 so much more.
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而一位如此有藝術潛能的人實在應該得到更好的
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So we're in the process處理 of trying to figure數字 out
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所以我們正在研究
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how to make it better, faster更快, stronger.
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如何使它更好、更快、更耐用
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Since以來 that time, we've我們已經 had all kinds of acknowledgment承認.
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自那以後,我們獲得各方認可
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We've我們已經 won韓元 a bunch of awards獎項.
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也得了一些獎
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Remember記得, it's free自由; none沒有 of us are making製造 any money on this thing.
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請記得,只是免費的;我們沒有一個人從中獲利
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It's all coming未來 out of our own擁有 pockets口袋.
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所有都是我們自掏腰包
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So the awards獎項 were like, "Oh, this is fantastic奇妙."
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所以這些獎讓我們覺得:“噢,太好了”
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Armstrong阿姆斯特朗 TwitteredTwitter熱門 about us,
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藍斯·阿姆斯壯在微博上提到我們
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and then in December十二月, Time magazine雜誌 honored榮幸 us
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12月的時代雜誌也推崇我們是
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as one of the top最佳 50 inventions發明 of 2010, which哪一個 was really cool.
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2010年50大發明之一,這真的很酷
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The coolest最酷 thing about this --
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最酷的是 -
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and this is what's completing完成 the whole整個 circle --
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而且這個將使一切得以圓滿 -
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is that in April四月 of this year,
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就是在今年四月
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at the Geffen格芬 MOCAMOCA in downtown市中心 Los洛杉磯 Angeles洛杉磯,
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there's going to be an exhibition展覽 called "Art藝術 of the Streets街道."
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將有一項“街頭藝術”的展覽
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And "Art藝術 of the Streets街道" is going to have
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而且這項展覽將請到
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pretty漂亮 much the bad-asses壞驢 of the street art藝術 scene現場 --
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幾乎所有街頭藝術界的大咖
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Banksy班克斯, Shepard謝潑德 Fairey費爾雷, KAWSKAWS --
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Banksy,Shepard Fairey,CAWs等等
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all of these guys will be there.
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這些傢伙都會出席
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TEMPT's誘惑的 going to be in the show顯示,
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TEMPT也會去
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which哪一個 is pretty漂亮 awesome真棒.
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這真是太棒了
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So basically基本上 this is my point:
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所以我的重點是
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If you see something that's not possible可能,
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如果某件事看似不可能
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make it possible可能.
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使它成爲可能
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Everything in this room房間 wasn't possible可能 --
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這間房裏的所有東西在以前都不可能 -
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this stage階段, this computer電腦, this micMIC, the EyeWriterEyeWriter是 --
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這個舞臺、電腦、麥克風、這個EyeWriter -
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wasn't possible可能 at one point.
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曾幾何時都不可能
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Make it possible可能, everyone大家 in this room房間.
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使它成爲可能 - 是我們每一個人都可以做的
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I'm not a programmer程序員,
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我不是程式設計師
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never doneDONE anything with ocular目鏡 recognition承認 technology技術,
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從來也沒做過跟視覺辨識技術有關的東西
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but I just recognized認可 something and associated相關 myself with amazing驚人 people
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我只是察覺到了什麽,然後主動結識一群了不起的人
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so that we could make something happen發生.
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使一件事情成爲可能
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And this is the question I want everyone大家 to ask yourself你自己
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這個問題我希望在座的每一個人
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every一切 single day
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每天都可以問自己一遍
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when you come up with something you feel that needs需求 to be doneDONE:
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當你想到某件事非做不可時
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if not now, then when? And if not me, then who?
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若非此時,更待何時?捨我,其誰?
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Thank you guys.
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謝謝大家
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Translated by Sherri Wu
Reviewed by Coco Shen

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mick Ebeling - Entrepreneur
Mick Ebeling founded the Not Impossible Foundation, a nonprofit that develops creative solutions to real-world problems.

Why you should listen

Raised in a family of entrepreneurs and philanthropists, Mick Ebeling is founder of the Not Impossible Foundation, an organization comprised of thinkers, dreamers, and doers, with a mission to take ideas that once seemed impossible to possible, when the right people are connected and empowered. 

After befriending ALS patient and renowned street artist Tempt, he and a team of programmers, hackers, artists and inventors developed the EyeWriter -- a low-cost eye-tracking device that allows artists with the nerve disease ALS to draw using only their eyes. Through his latest initiative, Project Daniel, he helped create a 3D-printed prosthetic lab in Sudan. His new book is Not Impossible: The Art and Joy of Doing What Couldn't Be Done.

He is also the founder of The Ebeling Group, an international production company and creative think tank, representing some of the world's leading design and directing collectives.

He says: "If not now, then when? If not me, then who?" 

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