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Peter Diamandis - Space activist
Peter Diamandis runs the X Prize Foundation, which offers large cash incentive prizes to inventors who can solve grand challenges like space flight, low-cost mobile medical diagnostics and oil spill cleanup. He is the chair of Singularity University, which teaches executives and grad students about exponentially growing technologies.

Why you should listen

Watch the live onstage debate with Paul Gilding that followed Peter Diamandis' 2012 TEDTalk >>

Peter Diamandis is the founder and chair of the X Prize Foundation, a nonprofit whose mission is simply "to bring about radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity." By offering a big cash prize for a specific accomplishment, the X Prize stimulates competition and excitement around some of the planet's most important goals. Diamandis is also co-founder and chairman of Singularity University which runs Exponential Technologies Executive and Graduate Student Programs.

Diamandis' background is in space exploration -- before the X Prize, he ran a company that studied low-cost launching technologies and Zero-G which offers the public the chance to train like an astronaut and experience weightlessness. But though the X Prize's first $10 million went to a space-themed challenge, Diamandis' goal now is to extend the prize into health care, social policy, education and many other fields that could use a dose of competitive innovation.

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Peter Diamandis: Stephen Hawking's zero g flight

Peter Diamandis 談史蒂芬•霍金的無重力體驗

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X Prize 創始人 Peter Diamandis 談他如何幫史蒂芬•霍金實現上太空的夢想 — 與他乘坐飛機到上層大氣體驗無重力狀態。
- Space activist
Peter Diamandis runs the X Prize Foundation, which offers large cash incentive prizes to inventors who can solve grand challenges like space flight, low-cost mobile medical diagnostics and oil spill cleanup. He is the chair of Singularity University, which teaches executives and grad students about exponentially growing technologies. Full bio

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Those of you who know me know how passionate多情 I am
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about opening開盤 the space空間 frontier邊境.
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開創太空新領域有多麼熱衷。
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So when I had the chance機會 to give the world's世界 expert專家 in gravity重力
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所以當我有機會給這位世界重力專家
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the experience經驗 of zero gravity重力, it was incredible難以置信.
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無重力的經驗時,那真是不可置信的。
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And I want to tell you that story故事.
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因此我想跟大家說說這個故事。
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I first met會見 him through通過 the Archon執政官 X PRIZE for Genomics基因組學.
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我第一次遇見他是在基因學 Archon X PRIZE 的場合上。
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It's a competition競爭 we're holding保持, the second第二 X PRIZE,
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這是我們所舉辦的競賽,第二個 X PRIZE,
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for the first team球隊 to sequence序列 100 human人的 genomes基因組 in 10 days.
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將頒發給第一個能於十天內完成 100 個人類基因組定序的團隊。
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We have something called the Genome基因組 100 --
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我們有個稱為「基因體一百」的團體,
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100 individuals個人 we're sequencing測序 as part部分 of that.
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那是我們將會用來定序的 100 位個別人士。
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Craig克雷格 Venter腹部 chairs椅子 that event事件.
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Craig Venter 是這個團體的主席。
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And I met會見 Professor教授 Hawking霍金,
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在那裡我遇到了霍金教授,
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and he said his dream夢想 was to travel旅行 into space空間.
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他說他的夢想是上太空旅行。
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And I said, "I can't take you there,
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我跟他說,我不能帶你上去,
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but I can take you into weightlessness失重 into zero-g零克.
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但是我能帶你去 ZERO G(零引力),體驗無重力。
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And he said, on the spot, "Absolutely絕對, yes."
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然後他隨即說,當然好!
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Well, the only way to experience經驗 zero-g零克 on Earth地球
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在地球上能體驗無重力的唯一方法
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is actually其實 with parabolic拋物線 flight飛行, weightless失重 flight飛行.
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事實上是經由拋物線飛行,或稱無重力飛行。
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You take an airplane飛機, you fly over the top最佳, you're weightless失重 for 25 seconds.
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藉由一架飛機,你飛過頂點,然後你有 25 秒的無重力,
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Come back down, you weigh稱重 twice兩次 as much.
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回到下面的時候,你會承受兩倍重力。
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You do it again and again.
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如此一直反覆循環。
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You can get eight, 10 minutes分鐘 of weightlessness失重 --
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你總共可以累積約八到十分鐘的無重力經驗 —
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how NASA's美國航空航天局 trained熟練 their astronauts宇航員 for so long.
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這也是一直以來 NASA 訓練他們太空人的方法。
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We set out to do this.
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我們以此為目標。
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It took us 11 years年份 to become成為 operational操作.
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花了我們總共 11 年才能夠正式營運。
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And we announced公佈 that we were going to fly Stephen斯蒂芬 Hawking霍金.
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並且我們宣佈將要搭載史蒂芬•霍金。
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We had one government政府 agency機構 and one company公司 aircraft飛機 operator操作者 say,
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但是政府部門跟飛機操作員皆說,
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you're crazy, don't do that, you're going kill the guy.
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你瘋了,不要這樣做,你們會殺了那傢伙。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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And he wanted to go.
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但是他希望能成行。
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We worked工作 hard to get all the permissions權限.
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我們非常辛勤的取得所有文件許可。
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And six months個月 later後來, we satSAT down at Kennedy肯尼迪 Space空間 Center中央.
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六個月後,我們在甘迺迪太空中心坐下。
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We had a press conference會議,
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我們招開了記者會,
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we announced公佈 our intent意圖 to do one zero-g零克 parabola拋物線,
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我們宣稱我們試圖做一個無重力拋物線飛行 —
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give him 25 seconds of zero-g零克.
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給他 25 秒的無重力。
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And if it went really well, we might威力 do three parabolas拋物線.
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然後如果一切非常順利,我們也許會做到三個拋物線。
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Well, we asked him why he wanted to go up and do this.
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我們問他,為什麼他會想要嘗試這個。
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And what he said, for me, was very moving移動.
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他的答案,對我來說,非常感人。
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He said, "Life on Earth地球 is at an ever-increasing不斷增加 risk風險
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他說:「地球上的生物面臨著不斷增加的危機
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of being存在 wiped out by disaster災害 ...
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可能會被災難所消滅…
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I think the human人的 race種族 doesn't have a future未來 if it doesn't go into space空間.
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我認為如果人類不上太空的話將會沒有未來。
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I therefore因此 want to encourage鼓勵 public上市 interest利益 in space空間."
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因此我希望激勵大眾對於太空的興趣。」
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We took him out to the Kennedy肯尼迪 Space空間 Center中央,
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我們帶他離開甘迺迪太空中心,
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up inside the NASANASA vehicle車輛, into the back of the zero-g零克 airplane飛機.
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進入 NASA 的車子裡,回到 ZERO-G 飛機的後方。
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We had about 20 people who made製作 donations捐款 --
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還有約 20 個捐款者 —
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we raised上調 $150,000 in donations捐款 for children's兒童 charities慈善機構 --
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總共捐募了 15 萬美元作為兒童慈善事業之用 —
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who flew with us.
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他們跟著我們一起飛。
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A few少數 TEDstersTEDsters here.
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一些 TEDsters 也在這裡。
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We set up a whole整個 ERER.
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我們於機艙內設置了整間急診室。
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We had four emergency room房間 doctors醫生 and two nurses護士 on board the airplane飛機.
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四位急診醫師與兩位護士與我們一同飛行
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We were monitoring監控 his POPO2 of his blood血液, his heart rate, his blood血液 pressure壓力.
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我們同時監測他血液的PO2(含氧分壓)值、心律以及血壓。
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We had everything all set in case案件 of an emergency;
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我們做好了萬一意外發生時的萬全準備 —
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God knows知道, you don't want to hurt傷害 this world-renowned世界知名 expert專家.
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天曉得你絕對不希望傷到這位舉世聞名的專家。
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We took off from the shuttle穿梭 landing降落 facility設施,
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我們從太空梭降落場起飛,
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where the shuttle穿梭 takes off and lands土地.
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通常那裡是太空梭起降的地方。
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And my partner夥伴 Byron拜倫 Lichtenberg利希滕貝格 and I
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我的夥伴 — Byron Lichtenberg — 跟我
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carefully小心 suspended暫停 him into zero-g零克.
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小心的扶著他進入無重力。
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Once一旦 he was there, [we] let him go
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一旦他適應了,我們就放開他
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to experience經驗 what weightlessness失重 was truly like.
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讓他體驗無重力的真正感覺。
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And after that first parabola拋物線, you know,
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經過第一個拋物線飛行後,你知道,
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the docDOC said everything is great. He was smiling微笑, and we said go.
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醫生說一切良好,而且他在笑,所以我們繼續。
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So we did a second第二 parabola拋物線.
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我們做了第二個拋物線飛行。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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(Applause掌聲)
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And a third第三.
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第三個。
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(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
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We actually其實 floated浮動 an apple蘋果 in homage尊敬 to Sir先生 Isaac艾薩克 Newton牛頓
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這次我們讓一顆漂浮著的蘋果一同入鏡以表彰艾薩克•牛頓爵士
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because Professor教授 Hawking霍金 holds持有 the same相同 chair椅子 at Cambridge劍橋
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因為霍金教授在劍橋大學擔任
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that Isaac艾薩克 Newton牛頓 did.
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與牛頓相同的職位。
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And we did a fourth第四, and a fifth第五 and a sixth第六.
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然後我們又做了第四、五和第六次。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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And a seventh第七 and an eighth第八.
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還有第七次和第八次。
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And this man does not look like a 65-year-old-歲 wheelchair-bound坐輪椅 man.
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這個人一點也不像一個必須坐輪椅的 65 歲老人。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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He was so happy快樂.
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他非常高興。
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We are living活的 on a precious珍貴 jewel,
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我們住在一顆珍貴的寶石上頭,
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and it's during our lifetime一生 that we're moving移動 off this planet行星.
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然而我們可望在有生之年離開這顆星球。
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Please join加入 us in this epic史詩 adventure冒險.
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請與我們一同參加這偉大的冒險之旅。
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Thank you so much.
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非常謝謝你們。
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(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
Translated by Bill Hsiung
Reviewed by Calvin Chun-yu Chan

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Peter Diamandis - Space activist
Peter Diamandis runs the X Prize Foundation, which offers large cash incentive prizes to inventors who can solve grand challenges like space flight, low-cost mobile medical diagnostics and oil spill cleanup. He is the chair of Singularity University, which teaches executives and grad students about exponentially growing technologies.

Why you should listen

Watch the live onstage debate with Paul Gilding that followed Peter Diamandis' 2012 TEDTalk >>

Peter Diamandis is the founder and chair of the X Prize Foundation, a nonprofit whose mission is simply "to bring about radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity." By offering a big cash prize for a specific accomplishment, the X Prize stimulates competition and excitement around some of the planet's most important goals. Diamandis is also co-founder and chairman of Singularity University which runs Exponential Technologies Executive and Graduate Student Programs.

Diamandis' background is in space exploration -- before the X Prize, he ran a company that studied low-cost launching technologies and Zero-G which offers the public the chance to train like an astronaut and experience weightlessness. But though the X Prize's first $10 million went to a space-themed challenge, Diamandis' goal now is to extend the prize into health care, social policy, education and many other fields that could use a dose of competitive innovation.

More profile about the speaker
Peter Diamandis | Speaker | TED.com