TED演讲:如何开启开源想象力(8)

So very serious project. When the Fukushima disaster happened,

现在我们来看一个严肃的项目。日本福岛核事故发生时，

a bunch of people in Japan, they realized that the information that the government was giving wasn't really open and really reliable,

日本的一些人认为政府没有做到信息的完全公开，发布的信息也不可靠，

so they built this Geiger counter, plus Arduino, plus network interface¹.

于是他们设计了这个带有Arduino模块和网络连接的盖革计数器。

They made 100 of them and gave them to people around Japan,

他们做了100个这样的设备，发放到日本各地的人手上，

and essentially² the data that they gathered gets published on this website called Cosm, another website they built,

把这些人收集的信息汇集在一个叫Cosm的网站上，

so you can actually get reliable real-time information from the field, and you can get unbiased information.

这样人们就可以看到来自实地的实时信息，并且信息更加可靠。

Or this machine here, it's from the DIY bio movement,

现在我们看到的这台机器来自DIY生物科技运动，

and it's one of the steps that you need in order to process DNA³, and again, it's completely open-source from the ground up.

它能完成DNA分析处理所必需的一个步骤，这台仪器从头到尾都是开源的。

Or you have students in developing countries making replicas⁴ of scientific instruments that cost a lot of money to make.

另外，一些发展中国家地区的学生们自己制作科学仪器，这些仪器很昂贵。

Actually they just build them themselves for a lot less using Arduino and a few parts.

但他们自己组装则不用花那么钱只需用到Arduino和另外一些部件。

This is a pH probe⁵. Or you get kids, like these kids, they're from Spain.

这是一个pH值探针。再看看这些来自西班牙的孩子。

They learned⁶ how to program and to make robots when they were probably, like, 11,

他们学会编程制作机器人，大概也就是11岁的样子，

and then they started to use Arduino to make these robots that play football.

后来他们用Arduino让这些机器人踢足球。

They became world champions by making an Arduino-based robot.

他们制作基于Arduino的机器人，在国际上赢得了大奖。

And so when we had to make our own educational robot, we just went to them and said, you know,

当时我们需要教学用的机器人，于是就告诉他们，

"You design it, because you know exactly what is needed to make a great robot that excites kids."

“你们来设计，因为你们很清楚什么样的机器人能让孩子们兴奋起来。”

Not me. I'm an old guy. What am I supposed to excite, huh?

我就不行了，我一个老头。怎么能让人兴奋？

But as I -- in terms of educational assets⁷.

我指的是教育意义上的。

1 interface   

n.接合部位，分界面；v.(使)互相联系

参考例句：

• My computer has a network interface,which allows me to get to other computers.我的计算机有网络接口可以与其它计算机连在一起。
• This program has perspicuous interface and extensive application. 该程序界面明了，适用范围广。

2 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

3 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

4 replicas   

n.复制品( replica的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His hobby is building replicas of cars. 他的爱好是制作汽车的复制品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The replicas are made by using a thin film of fusible alloy on a stiffening platen. 复制是用附着在加强托板上的可熔合金薄膜实现的。 来自辞典例句

5 probe   

n.探针，调查，查究；v.探索，查究

参考例句：

• A doctor used a probe to remove metal fragments from a wound.医生用探针将伤口中的金属碎片取出。
• They will probe deeply into the matter.他们将深入调查这件事。

6 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

7 assets   

n.财产；资产

参考例句：

• We capitalized our assets to avoid bankruptcy.我们把资产转作资金以避免破产。