ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mark Shaw - Macroencapsulator
Mark Shaw develops technologies to contain hazardous waste, storm water and radioactives.

Why you should listen

On graduating from college, Mark Shaw saw a news broadcast on a toxic waste clean-up called Love Canal. The footage showed leaking steel drums of toxic waste being lowered into larger steel drums. It was then he was inspired to “save the world from toxic waste” and build a drum that would never leak. At 23, an economics major working out of a rented storage locker, he developed his first patent, an overpack container with resistance wiring built into the lid that would automatically heat-weld the lid to the container with the push of a button. He dubbed it “Macroencapsulation” and today, it is not only an EPA-approved treatment for hazardous waste but is also used extensively at the U.S. Department of Energy National Labs for shipping and treating mixed radioactive waste that is both chemically and radioactively hazardous. Many of his inventions and products have become the market standard worldwide. Shaw and his companies are also pioneers in the spill containment, stormwater management and spill response industries and are now bringing over 500 practical and innovative products and technologies to industry on a global basis through its 1,500 distributors covering 40 countries.

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Mark Shaw: One very dry demo

Mark Shaw: 一項乾燥技術的展示

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Mark Shaw 給大家演示了一項超乾燥技術,一種排斥水的塗層,它具有令人驚歎的強大防水能力,能夠阻擋水和水性的材料。在奈米層面,這個噴霧在表面上撐起了一層空氣保護傘,讓水立即滑落。請看這個激動人心的 2 分鐘。
- Macroencapsulator
Mark Shaw develops technologies to contain hazardous waste, storm water and radioactives. Full bio

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I'm here to show顯示 you
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我到這裡是來給你們展示
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how something you can't see can be so much fun開玩笑 to look at.
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那些你看不見的東西
是怎樣變得看起來很有趣。
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You're about to experience經驗 a new, available可得到
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你們將會經歷一次全新的、可應用的
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and exciting扣人心弦 technology技術 that's going to make us rethink反思
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而且是令人興奮的技術,
使我們進而重新思考
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how we waterproof防水 our lives生活.
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我們是如何在生活中運用防水技術
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What I have here is a cinder煤渣 block
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現在我有一塊空心煤渣磚
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that we've我們已經 coated half with a nanotechnology納米技術 spray噴霧
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其中一邊我們塗上了奈米技術噴霧
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that can be applied應用的 to almost幾乎 any material材料.
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這個噴霧幾乎所有材料都能適用
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It's called Ultra-Ever超曾經 Dry,
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它叫做"超級乾燥"
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and when you apply應用 it to any material材料,
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當你運用在任何材料上的時候
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it turns into a superhydrophobic超疏水 shield屏蔽.
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它會形成一種超潑水防護層
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So this is a cinder煤渣 block, uncoated未塗佈,
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那麼,這裏有一塊未經噴塗的煤渣磚
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and you can see that it's porous多孔, it absorbs吸收 water.
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你可以看出它是有孔、可以滲透的,所以能吸收水分
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Not anymore.
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這邊就不會了。
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Porous多孔, nonporous無孔.
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可滲透的,不可滲透的
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So what's superhydrophobic超疏水?
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那麼超潑水是什麼意思呢?
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Superhydrophobic超疏水 is how we measure測量
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超潑水是我們用來測量
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a drop下降 of water on a surface表面.
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在表面上的水滴
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The rounder全才 it is, the more hydrophobic疏水 it is,
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水滴形狀越圓,就代表越防水
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and if it's really round回合, it's superhydrophobic超疏水.
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如果它真的特別的圓,那它就是超潑水
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A freshly新鮮 waxed上蠟 car汽車, the water molecules分子 slump暴跌
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一輛剛剛上了蠟的車,上頭的水分子會下降
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to about 90 degrees.
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到大約90度。
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A windshield擋風玻璃 coating塗層 is going to give you about 110 degrees.
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一面擋風玻璃表層則大約是110度
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But what you're seeing眼看 here is 160 to 175 degrees,
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但你現在看到,在這裡的是160到175度,
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and anything over 150 is superhydrophobic超疏水.
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只要超過150度的都算是超潑水
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So as part部分 of the demonstration示範,
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那麼作為展示的一部分,
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what I have is a pair of gloves手套,
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我這裡有一雙手套
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and we've我們已經 coated one of the gloves手套
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我給其中一個做噴塗處理過
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with the nanotechnology納米技術 coating塗層,
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採用奈米技術塗層
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and let's see if you can tell which哪一個 one,
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然後我讓你們猜一下有塗過的是哪一個
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and I'll give you a hint暗示.
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我會給你們一點提示
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Did you guess猜測 the one that was dry?
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你猜出哪一個是乾的了嗎?
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When you have nanotechnology納米技術 and nanoscience納米科學,
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當你有奈米技術和奈米科學的時候,
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what's occurred發生 is that we're able能夠 to now
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隨即發生的是,我們現在有辦法
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look at atoms原子 and molecules分子 and actually其實 control控制 them
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看著原子和分子並且操控它們
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for great benefits好處.
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從而帶來好處。
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And we're talking really small here.
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我們現在說的是非常小的事物
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The way you measure測量 nanotechnology納米技術 is in nanometers納米,
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是用毫微米來測量奈米技術
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and one nanometer納米 is a billionth十億 of a meter儀表,
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而一毫微米是十億分之一米
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and to put some scale規模 to that,
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給他一個具體規模表示,
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if you had a nanoparticle納米粒子 that was one nanometer納米 thick,
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如果你有一個奈米顆粒
是一毫微米的厚度,
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and you put it side by side, and you had 50,000 of them,
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然後將它一排排並排起來,
一共有50,000個,
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you'd be the width寬度 of a human人的 hair頭髮.
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那就是一絲頭髮的寬度了
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So very small, but very useful有用.
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所以這非常的小,但非常好用
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And it's not just water that this works作品 with.
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然後它還不只是對水才有作用而已
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It's a lot of water-based水基 materials物料 like concrete具體,
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很多以水為基底的材料都可以的,比如混凝土
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water-based水基 paint塗料,
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水性漆
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mud,
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泥漿
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and also some refined精製 oils as well.
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以及一些精煉油
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You can see the difference區別.
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你也看到了,這兩邊是不一樣的。
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Moving移動 onto the next下一個 demonstration示範,
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下一個展示當中,
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we've我們已經 taken採取 a pane窗格 of glass玻璃 and we've我們已經 coated the outside of it,
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我們拿了一塊玻璃板
並在它的外緣上做塗層
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we've我們已經 framed陷害 it with the nanotechnology納米技術 coating塗層,
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我們把它嵌入奈米技術塗層的框架裏
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and we're going to pour this green-tinted綠色著色 water inside the middle中間,
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現在我們要把這個綠色的水倒入中間
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and you're going to see, it's going to spread傳播 out on glass玻璃
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你會看到,水會在玻璃板上分散開
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like you'd normally一般 think it would,
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就如同你們一般想像的一樣,
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except when it hits點擊 the coating塗層, it stops停止,
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只不過當它碰上邊緣的塗層,它就停下來了
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and I can't even coax it to leave離開.
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我甚至用手都無法將水撥出去
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It's that afraid害怕 of the water.
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這個塗層非常的怕水
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(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
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So what's going on here? What's happening事件?
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那麼現在怎麼樣了呢? 發生什麼呢?
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Well, the surface表面 of the spray噴霧 coating塗層
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嗯,這個帶有噴霧塗層的表面
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is actually其實 filled填充 with nanoparticles納米粒子
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實際上填滿了奈米顆粒
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that form形成 a very rough and cragglycraggly surface表面.
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這些顆粒會形成一個
非常粗糙而且凹凸的表層
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You'd think it'd它會 be smooth光滑, but it's actually其實 not.
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你覺得它很光滑,不過實際上不是
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And it has billions數十億 of interstitial間質性 spaces空間,
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而且它其實有數十億的空隙
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and those spaces空間, along沿 with the nanoparticles納米粒子,
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而這些空隙呢,與其他的奈米顆粒一起
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reach達到 up and grab the air空氣 molecules分子,
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伸向空氣分子並抓住它們
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and cover the surface表面 with air空氣.
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然後在表面上罩上一層空氣。
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It's an umbrella雨傘 of air空氣 all across橫過 it,
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這相當於在上面撐起一層空氣保護傘
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and that layer of air空氣 is what the water hits點擊,
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這層空氣就是水會碰到的那個表層
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the mud hits點擊, the concrete具體 hits點擊, and it glides滑軌 right off.
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泥漿一碰到、混凝土一碰到,就立馬滑落。
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So if I put this inside this water here,
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所以如果我把這個放到水裡
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you can see a silver reflective反光 coating塗層 around it,
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你會看到一層銀色的塗層在反光
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and that silver reflective反光 coating塗層
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而這層銀色反光塗層
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is the layer of air空氣 that's protecting保護 the water
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就是空氣層,它會保護這個槳
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from touching接觸 the paddle, and it's dry.
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不受水的侵襲,所以就會保持乾燥
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So what are the applications應用?
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那這個技術到底有哪些用處呢?
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I mean, many許多 of you right now are probably大概 going through通過 your head.
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我是指,你們很多人現在可能在想
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Everyone大家 that sees看到 this gets得到 excited興奮, and says,
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每個看到這個技術的人都會很興奮,然後說
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"Oh, I could use it for this and this and this."
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“哦,我可以用它來做這個、這個還有這個。”
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The applications應用 in a general一般 sense
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大致上來看,
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could be anything that's anti-wetting反潤濕.
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這個技術可以用來防濕
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We've我們已經 certainly當然 seen看到 that today今天.
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那我們今天也確實看到了這個作用
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It could be anything that's anti-icing防冰,
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它還可以用來防止結冰
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because if you don't have water, you don't have ice.
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因為如果沒有水,就不會有冰
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It could be anti-corrosion防腐蝕.
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它也可以拿來防鏽
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No water, no corrosion腐蝕.
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沒有水,就不會腐蝕
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It could be anti-bacterial抗菌.
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它也可以用來抗菌
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Without沒有 water, the bacteria won't慣於 survive生存.
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沒有水,這些細菌就無法生存
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And it could be things that need to be self-cleaning自潔 as well.
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還能用在任何需要自動清潔、耐髒汙的東西上面
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So imagine想像 how something like this
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所以想像一下這樣的東西
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could help revolutionize革命化 your field領域 of work.
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要怎麼幫助你們在工作領域上做出變革
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And I'm going to leave離開 you with one last demonstration示範,
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我現在要向你們展示最後一樣,
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but before I do that, I would like to say thank you,
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不過在此之前,我想要說謝謝你們
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and think small.
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以及思考微小的事物
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It's going to happen發生. Wait for it. Wait for it.
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快出來了,等一下! 等一下!
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Chris克里斯 Anderson安德森: You guys didn't hear about us cutting切割 out the Design設計 from TEDTED? (Laughter笑聲)
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Chris Anderson:你們大家沒聽說過
我們會把 TED 中的 Design 給刪掉了嗎?(笑)
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[Two minutes分鐘 later後來...]
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[兩分鐘後...]
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He ran into all sorts排序 of problems問題 in terms條款 of managing管理的 the medical research研究 part部分.
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在管理醫學研究部分他總是遇到各種問題
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It's happening事件!
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出現了!
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(Applause掌聲)
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Translated by Claire Yeh
Reviewed by Yen Hung

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mark Shaw - Macroencapsulator
Mark Shaw develops technologies to contain hazardous waste, storm water and radioactives.

Why you should listen

On graduating from college, Mark Shaw saw a news broadcast on a toxic waste clean-up called Love Canal. The footage showed leaking steel drums of toxic waste being lowered into larger steel drums. It was then he was inspired to “save the world from toxic waste” and build a drum that would never leak. At 23, an economics major working out of a rented storage locker, he developed his first patent, an overpack container with resistance wiring built into the lid that would automatically heat-weld the lid to the container with the push of a button. He dubbed it “Macroencapsulation” and today, it is not only an EPA-approved treatment for hazardous waste but is also used extensively at the U.S. Department of Energy National Labs for shipping and treating mixed radioactive waste that is both chemically and radioactively hazardous. Many of his inventions and products have become the market standard worldwide. Shaw and his companies are also pioneers in the spill containment, stormwater management and spill response industries and are now bringing over 500 practical and innovative products and technologies to industry on a global basis through its 1,500 distributors covering 40 countries.

More profile about the speaker
Mark Shaw | Speaker | TED.com