ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Sanjay Dastoor - Roboticist
Sanjay Dastoor is the co-founder of Boosted Boards, a startup that aims to build the world's lightest electric vehicles.

Why you should listen

Sanjay Dastoor met pals John Ulmen and Matthew Tran while studying engineering at Stanford University, where the three often found themselves talking about the need for a better way to get around campus. So they created one -- an electric longboard which they call Boosted Boards. The CEO of this Silicon Valley startup, which raised nearly a half million in crowdsourced funding through Kickstarter, Dastoor hopes to provide a new way to commute for those who live within a six-mile radius of work.

With his co-founders at Boosted, Dastoor participated in the Y Combinator and StartX incubator programs. He is finishing his PhD on bio-inspired robotics at Stanford, and he holds a MS from Stanford and a BS from UC Berkeley. He has also worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and SRI International.

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Sanjay Dastoor: A skateboard, with a boost

Sanjay Dastoor：一個有推動裝置的滑板

Filmed: 2013-02-27

Readability: 3.3

1,836,470 views

想像一種電動車可以訊速地載你去工作──或任何半徑六英里範圍的地點──沒有交通阻塞和汽油問題。現在想像你可以拿起它而且隨身攜帶。沒錯，這個馬力提升的滑板能改變早晨交通運輸的面貌。

Sanjay Dastoor - Roboticist
Sanjay Dastoor is the co-founder of Boosted Boards, a startup that aims to build the world's lightest electric vehicles. Full bio

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Today今天 I'm going to show顯示 you an electric電動 vehicle車輛

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今天我將展示一台電動車

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that weighs重 less減 than a bicycle自行車,

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它的重量比腳踏車還輕，

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that you can carry攜帶 with you anywhere隨地,

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你到哪裡都可以隨身帶著它，

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that you can charge收費 off a normal正常 wall壁 outlet出口 in 15 minutes分鐘,

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你可以從普通的充電插座充電 15 分鐘，

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and you can run跑 it for 1,000 kilometers公里

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接著你就可以騎 1000 公里

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on about a dollar美元 of electricity電力.

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約一美元的電力。

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But when I say the word字 electric電動 vehicle車輛,

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但當我說到電動車的時候，

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people think about vehicles汽車. They think about cars汽車

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人們想到的是車。他們想的是汽車、

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and motorcycles摩托車 and bicycles自行車, and the vehicles汽車 that you use every一切 day.

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機車、和腳踏車，那些你每天使用的車輛。

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But if you come about it from a different不同 perspective透視,

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但是假如你是從不同觀點來看，

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you can create創建 some more interesting有趣,

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你可以創造更多的趣味，

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more novel小說 concepts概念.

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更多新的概念。

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So we built內置 something.

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所以我們建造了某些東西。

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I've got some of the pieces件 in my pocket口袋 here.

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我口袋裡有一些零件。

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So this is the motor發動機.

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這是一個馬達。

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This motor發動機 has enough足夠 power功率 to take you

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這個馬達有足夠的馬力

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up the hills丘陵 of San聖 Francisco弗朗西斯科 at about 20 miles英里 per每 hour小時,

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可以讓你以爬舊金山的山，
大概一小時走 20 英里，

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about 30 kilometers公里 an hour小時,

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也就是大約時速 30 公里，

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and this battery電池, this battery電池 right here

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然後這個電池，在這邊的這個電池

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has about six六 miles英里 of range範圍, or 10 kilometers公里,

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約有可以走 6 英里的電量，或是 10 公里，

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which哪一個 is enough足夠 to cover蓋 about half半 of the car汽車 trips旅行

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它足夠應付一半以上
美國內的汽車旅行。

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in the U.S. alone單獨.

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它足夠應付一半以上
美國內的汽車旅行。

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But the best最好 part部分 about these components組件

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但最棒的部分是關於這些元件

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is that we bought買 them at a toy玩具 store商店.

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是我們從玩具店買來的。

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These are from remote遠程 control控制 airplanes飛機.

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它們是來自遙控飛機。

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And the performance性能 of these things has gotten得到 so good

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這些零件的性能
已經變得如此良好，

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that if you think about vehicles汽車 a little bit位 differently不同,

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使得假如你想讓車輛有一小點的不同，

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you can really change更改 things.

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你也能真正的改變一些事情。

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So today今天 we're going to show顯示 you one example例

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所以今天我們將展示一個範例

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of how you can use this.

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讓你知道如何使用這個東西。

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Pay工資 attention注意 to not only how fun開玩笑 this thing is,

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將你的注意力不僅要放在
這個東西有多有趣，

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but also也 how the portability可移植性 that comes來 with this

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也要注意隨之而來
攜帶的方便性

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can totally完全 change更改 the way you interact相互作用 with a city市 like San聖 Francisco弗朗西斯科.

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它將完全改變你和像舊金山城市互動的方式。

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(Music音樂)

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（音樂）

02:02

[6 Mile英里 Range範圍] [Top最佳 Speed速度 Near近 20mph英里]

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〔6英里範圍〕〔最高速近每小時20英里〕

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[Uphill上坡 Climbing攀登]

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〔攀爬上坡〕

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[Regenerative再生 Braking制動]

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〔再生式煞車〕
（譯註：指煞車時產生電能而非原本會流失的熱能。）

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(Applause掌聲)

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（掌聲）

02:56

(Cheers乾杯)

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（歡呼聲）

03:00

So we're going to show顯示 you what this thing can do.

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所以我們將展示這能做什麼。

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It's really maneuverable機動性. You have a hand-held手持式 remote遠程,

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它非常的有機動性。你有一個手持遙控，

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so you can pretty漂亮 easily容易 control控制 acceleration促進, braking制動,

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所以你可以非常簡單地控制加速、煞車、

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go in reverse相反 if you like, also也 have braking制動.

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以及倒車，假如你喜歡的話，
同樣也是有煞車。

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It's incredible難以置信 just how light光 this thing is.

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最難以置信的就是它非常地輕。

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I mean, this is something you can pick挑 up and carry攜帶 with you

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我指的是，你可以拿起來
並攜帶在你身邊，

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anywhere隨地 you go.

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隨你去任何地方。

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So I'll leave離開 you with one of the most最 compelling引人注目 facts事實

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所以我們將會留給你們
一個最引人注目的事實，

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about this technology技術 and these kinds種 of vehicles汽車.

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是關於這項技術和這些種類的「車」。

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This uses使用 20 times時 less減 energy能源

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這減少了 20 倍的能源消耗，

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for every一切 mile英里 or kilometer公里 that you travel旅行 than a car汽車,

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和你旅行時開車
每一英里或一公里比起來，

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which哪一個 means手段 not only is this thing fast快速 to charge收費

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這不僅代表它可快速充電

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and really cheap低廉 to build建立,

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而且造價便宜，

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but it also也 reduces減少 the footprint腳印 of your energy能源 use

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同時它也減少你在交通運輸上

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in terms條款 of your transportation運輸.

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使用能源留下的痕跡。

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So instead代替 of looking at large大 amounts量 of energy能源 needed需要

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所以與其尋找更大量的需求能源

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for each每 person人 in this room房間 to get around in a city市,

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來讓這房間內每個人
在城市間往來，

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now you can look at much smaller小 amounts量

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現在你可以尋找消耗更少能源

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and more sustainable可持續發展 transportation運輸.

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而且更可持續發展的交通運輸工具。

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So next下一個 time you think about a vehicle車輛,

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所以下次當你想到車輛，

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I hope希望, like us, you're thinking思維 about something new新.

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我希望，像我們一樣，你們會聯想到一些新的東西。

04:06

Thank you.

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謝謝。

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(Applause掌聲)

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（鼓掌）

Translated by hunghsin sung
Reviewed by Jephian Lin

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Sanjay Dastoor - Roboticist
Sanjay Dastoor is the co-founder of Boosted Boards, a startup that aims to build the world's lightest electric vehicles.

Why you should listen

Sanjay Dastoor met pals John Ulmen and Matthew Tran while studying engineering at Stanford University, where the three often found themselves talking about the need for a better way to get around campus. So they created one -- an electric longboard which they call Boosted Boards. The CEO of this Silicon Valley startup, which raised nearly a half million in crowdsourced funding through Kickstarter, Dastoor hopes to provide a new way to commute for those who live within a six-mile radius of work.

With his co-founders at Boosted, Dastoor participated in the Y Combinator and StartX incubator programs. He is finishing his PhD on bio-inspired robotics at Stanford, and he holds a MS from Stanford and a BS from UC Berkeley. He has also worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and SRI International.

More profile about the speaker
Sanjay Dastoor | Speaker | TED.com

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