TED演講：帕納·米斯瑞：第六感技術(shù)的驚異潛力

　　We grew up interacting with the physical objects around us. There are an enormous number of them that we use every day. Unlike most of our computing devices, these objects are much more fun to use. When you talk about objects, one other thing automatically comes attached to that thing, and that is gestures: how we manipulate these objects, how we use these objects in everyday life. We use gestures not only to interact with these objects, but we also use them to interact with each other. A gesture of "Namaste!", maybe, to respect someone, or maybe -- in India I don't need to teach a kid that this means "four runs" in cricket. It comes as a part of our everyday learning.

　　我們生長在 和周圍物體互動的環(huán)境里 有很多很多物品， 是我們每天都要用到的 和大部分計算機軟件相比， 這些實體有趣多了。 當(dāng)我們提到物品, 會立即出現(xiàn)和這東西有關(guān)的另一件事 -- 姿勢: 也就是：我們怎么使用這些物品, 我們在每日生活中如何使用這些物品 我們不只運用不同姿勢來使用物體 也用來和別人溝通。 合十的姿勢，可能是表示尊敬某人 或者是 -- 在印度，不必教，小孩都知道這是 -- 板球的"4"的意思 這是我們的生活常識

　　So, I am very interested, from the beginning, that how -- how our knowledge about everyday objects and gestures, and how we use these objects, can be leveraged to our interactions with the digital world. Rather than using a keyboard and mouse, why can I not use my computer in the same way that I interact in the physical world?

　　所以，我一開始，就很有興趣 想了解， -- 我們對于 日常用品和姿勢的認知, 以及，如何把這些物品 運用在我們和數(shù)字世界的溝通上 為什么沒有鍵盤和鼠標(biāo), 我就沒辦法使用計算機? 為什么和計算機溝通，不能和實體世界溝通一樣?

　　So, I started this exploration around eight years back, and it literally started with a mouse on my desk. Rather than using it for my computer, I actually opened it. Most of you might be aware that, in those days, the mouse used to come with a ball inside, and there were two rollers that actually guide the computer where the ball is moving, and, accordingly, where the mouse is moving. So, I was interested in these two rollers, and I actually wanted more, so I borrowed another mouse from a friend -- never returned to him -- and I now had four rollers. Interestingly, what I did with these rollers is, basically, I took them off of these mouses and then put them in one line. It had some strings and pulleys and some springs. What I got is basically a gesture interface device that actually acts as a motion-sensing device made for two dollars. So, here, whatever movement I do in my physical world is actually replicated inside the digital world just using this small device that I made, around eight years back, in 2000.

　　我的探索從八年前開始 從我桌上的鼠標(biāo)開始 我不是在計算機屏幕上使用它 而是拆開它， 你們都知道，在那個年代， 鼠標(biāo)里面有個球， 還有兩個滾輪， 所以，當(dāng)鼠標(biāo)移動時， 滾輪會告訴計算機，球滾動的方向。 我對滾輪有興趣， 但還需要多幾個，所以就跟朋友借他的鼠標(biāo) 一直沒還他 -- 這樣就有了四個滾輪。 我怎么用這些滾輪呢-- 基本上，我把它們從鼠標(biāo)里拿出來 放在一條在線 有線、滑帶和彈簧 我做出了一個偵測姿勢的接口裝置。 像個動作偵測裝置， 成本只要兩塊美元。 所以，現(xiàn)在，不論我在實體世界做什么， 在數(shù)字的世界里就會反映出來 只要用這個我8年前做的小東西就可以, 那是2000年。

　　Because I was interested in integrating these two worlds, I thought of sticky notes. I thought, "Why can I not connect the normal interface of a physical sticky note to the digital world?" A message written on a sticky note to my mom on paper can come to an SMS, or maybe a meeting reminder automatically syncs with my digital calendar -- a to-do list that automatically syncs with you. But you can also search in the digital world, or maybe you can write a query, saying, "What is Dr. Smith's address?" and this small system actually prints it out -- so it actually acts like a paper input-output system, just made out of paper.

　　我對于整合實體和數(shù)字世界有興趣, 我想到便利貼。 我想, "何不把 實體便利貼的接口，和 數(shù)字便利貼整合在一起?" 在便利貼上寫給我媽媽的留言 紙條 可以用簡訊傳遞。 或是寫在紙上的會議通知 自動和我的數(shù)字行事歷同步 -- 待辦事項會自動在計算機上同步。 但你也同時可以在數(shù)字環(huán)境里搜尋, 或者是,你可以寫下問題, 如, "史教授的地址?" 然后這個小系統(tǒng)就把地址打印出來 -- 這就像是個紙做的輸出入系統(tǒng), 用紙就可以做到.

　　In another exploration, I thought of making a pen that can draw in three dimensions. So, I implemented this pen that can help designers and architects not only think in three dimensions, but they can actually draw so that it's more intuitive to use that way.

　　另一項探索是, 我想到用一枝可以畫3D效果的筆 所以就設(shè)計出這支筆 幫助設(shè)計師和建筑師 不只以三度空間思考, 也可以畫3D圖形 這樣用起來就更直覺多了。

　　Then I thought, "Why not make a Google Map, but in the physical world?" Rather than typing a keyword to find something, I put my objects on top of it. If I put a boarding pass, it will show me where the flight gate is. A coffee cup will show where you can find more coffee, or where you can trash the cup.

　　我又想, "何不做一個實體世界的 Google地圖?" 不必輸入關(guān)鍵詞來找東西, 而是放這個東西在地圖上。 如果我把登機證放在地圖上,它會顯示登機口的位置 放咖啡杯，它會顯示咖啡廳的位置, 或垃圾筒的位置.

　　So, these were some of the earlier explorations I did because the goal was to connect these two worlds seamlessly. Among all these experiments, there was one thing in common: I was trying to bring a part of the physical world to the digital world. I was taking some part of the objects, or any of the intuitiveness of real life, and bringing them to the digital world, because the goal was to make our computing interfaces more intuitive.

　　這些是早期我做的實驗， 我的目的是緊密銜接這兩個世界. 在這些實驗之中, 有一個共通點: 我都會把實體的東西帶進數(shù)字環(huán)境里. 我把物品, 或生活中，直覺式的東西, 帶進數(shù)字世界里, 目的是讓計算機接口更人性化

　　But then I realized that we humans are not actually interested in computing. What we are interested in is information. We want to know about things. We want to know about dynamic things going around.

　　但是后來我了解到 人們對計算機沒有興趣 人們有興趣的是信息。 我們想知道更多事情. 我們想知道周圍的各種動態(tài)

　　So I thought, around last year -- in the beginning of the last year -- I started thinking, "Why can I not take this approach in the reverse way?" Maybe, "How about I take my digital world and paint the physical world with that digital information?" Because pixels are actually, right now, confined in these rectangular devices that fit in our pockets. Why can I not remove this confine and take that to my everyday objects, everyday life so that I don't need to learn the new language for interacting with those pixels?

　　所以，大約在去年，去年年初的時候-- 我開始想, "我何不顛倒我的研究方向呢?" 或許, "把數(shù)字世界的數(shù)字信息， 描畫在實體世界里??" 因為這些影像，都被包在這些方方的裝置里 然后放進口袋里. 我何不把這個形體打破 把信息放進日常生活中? 這樣我也不必學(xué)新的、 和這些象素溝通的語言?

　　So, in order to realize this dream, I actually thought of putting a big-size projector on my head. I think that's why this is called a head-mounted projector, isn't it? I took it very literally, and took my bike helmet, put a little cut over there so that the projector actually fits nicely. So now, what I can do -- I can augment the world around me with this digital information.

　　為了實現(xiàn)這個夢想, 我真的想過把一個投影機放在我的頭上 這就是所謂「投(頭)影機」的意思，對吧?! 我照著字面意思做了 我把自行車的頭盔 割掉一點,讓投影機可以放得進去. 這樣，我可以 -- 在真實世界中用數(shù)字訊息環(huán)繞我

　　But later, I realized that I actually wanted to interact with those digital pixels, also. So I put a small camera over there, that acts as a digital eye. Later, we moved to a much better, consumer-oriented pendant version of that, that many of you now know as the SixthSense device.

　　但是,后來 我想到 我也要和這些計算機像素溝通. 所以我加了一個小攝影機, 當(dāng)作數(shù)位眼睛. 之后, 我們進一步,做成-- 使用者導(dǎo)向的頸掛式, 就是很多人知道的「第六感計算裝置」.

　　But the most interesting thing about this particular technology is that you can carry your digital world with you wherever you go. You can start using any surface, any wall around you, as an interface. The camera is actually tracking all your gestures. Whatever you're doing with your hands, it's understanding that gesture. And, actually, if you see, there are some color markers that in the beginning version we are using with it. You can start painting on any wall. You stop by a wall, and start painting on that wall. But we are not only tracking one finger, here. We are giving you the freedom of using all of both of your hands, so you can actually use both of your hands to zoom into or zoom out of a map just by pinching all present. The camera is actually doing -- just, getting all the images -- is doing the edge recognition and also the color recognition and so many other small algorithms are going on inside. So, technically, it's a little bit complex, but it gives you an output which is more intuitive to use, in some sense.

　　這技術(shù)最有趣的地方是 你可以把數(shù)字世界帶著走 到任何地方都可以. 你可以用任何表面或墻壁， 當(dāng)成界面. 這錄像機隨時都在偵測你的動作. 不論雙手在做什么, 它都知道. 還有，你看那些色筆 那是我們早期用的. 可以在任何墻壁上畫畫. 可以停在墻壁前面，開始在墻上作畫. 而且我們不只偵測一根手指. 我們讓你可以用兩只手全部, 所以可以用兩只手去放大縮小-- 地圖，用捏的. 錄像機 -- 收集所有影像 -- 執(zhí)行動作辨識和顏色辨識 有很多小程序在里面跑 技術(shù)上有點復(fù)雜, 但是讓人可以用的很自然

　　But I'm more excited that you can actually take it outside. Rather than getting your camera out of your pocket, you can just do the gesture of taking a photo and it takes a photo for you.

　　我更興奮的是，可以帶到戶外去用 不必掏出口袋里的照相機, 只要一個照相的姿勢 它就替你照相了.

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　　Thank you.

　　謝謝.

　　And later I can find a wall, anywhere, and start browsing those photos or maybe, "OK, I want to modify this photo a little bit and send it as an email to a friend." So, we are looking for an era where computing will actually merge with the physical world. And, of course, if you don't have any surface, you can start using your palm for simple operations. Here, I'm dialing a phone number just using my hand. The camera is actually not only understanding your hand movements, but, interestingly, is also able to understand what objects you are holding in your hand.

　　拍完之后，我隨便找一面墻, 就開始瀏覽這些照片 或, "我想修改一下這些照片 然后用電子郵件寄給朋友." 我們面對的世代是 -- 與實體世界融合在一起的運算 如果你沒有平面可用， 手掌也可以處理簡單的功能. 我在這里只用我的手，撥電話號碼. 攝影機不只了解你手部的動作, 而且, 它還知道在你手里拿著的是什么東西.

　　What we're doing here is actually -- for example, in this case, the book cover is matched with so many thousands, or maybe millions of books online, and checking out which book it is. Once it has that information, it finds out more reviews about that, or maybe New York Times has a sound overview on that, so you can actually hear, on a physical book, a review as sound. ("famous talk at Harvard University ...")

　　我們現(xiàn)在正在做的是 -- 舉個例, 在這里, 這本書的封面 正在和在線的數(shù)以百萬計的書封面比對, 找尋這是哪一本書. 一旦找到數(shù)據(jù), 它會找到書評, 或者，可能紐約時報有個有聲的簡介, 你就可以, 在實體書上，聽到 有聲的書評. ("哈佛大學(xué)的著名演講 ...")

　　This was Obama's visit last week to MIT. ("... and particularly I want to thank two outstanding MIT ...") So, I was seeing the live [video] of his talk, outside, on just a newspaper. Your newspaper will show you live weather information rather than having it updated -- like, you have to check your computer in order to do that, right?

　　這是歐巴瑪總統(tǒng)上周來MIT的演講. ("... 我特別要感謝2位MIT ...") 我從報紙上,看到他演講的實況錄像. 你的報紙會給你看動態(tài)天氣報導(dǎo) 不必去更新數(shù)據(jù) – 這原本，要上計算機 才找得到, 是嗎?

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　　When I'm going back, I can just use my boarding pass to check how much my flight has been delayed, because at that particular time, I'm not feeling like opening my iPhone, and checking out a particular icon. And I think this technology will not only change the way -- yes. (Laughter) It will change the way we interact with people, also, not only the physical world. The fun part is, I'm going to the Boston metro, and playing a pong game inside the train on the ground, right? (Laughter) And I think the imagination is the only limit of what you can think of when this kind of technology merges with real life.

　　我回印度時, 我只要拿出我的登機證 就可以知道我的班機延誤多久, 因為在這種時候, 我不想打開iPhone, 點選某個功能圖案. 我相信這個技術(shù)不只改變-- 是的. (笑聲) 也會改變我們和別人的交流 不只在實體世界里. 好玩的是，我在波士頓的捷運上 玩踢毽子游戲 在地上玩, 不錯吧? (笑聲) 我相信，當(dāng)這種技術(shù)和實體生活混在一起時 想象力是唯一能限制-- 我們的東西。

　　But many of you argue, actually, that all of our work is not only about physical objects. We actually do lots of accounting and paper editing and all those kinds of things; what about that? And many of you are excited about the next generation tablet computers to come out in the market. So, rather than waiting for that, I actually made my own, just using a piece of paper. So, what I did here is remove the camera -- All the webcam cameras have a microphone inside the camera. I removed the microphone from that, and then just pinched that -- like I just made a clip out of the microphone -- and clipped that to a piece of paper, any paper that you found around. So now the sound of the touch is getting me when exactly I'm touching the paper. But the camera is actually tracking where my fingers are moving.

　　但很多人會說-- 我的工作和實體物品沒什么關(guān)系. 我們做的大多是會計、編輯這類的事 對于這些,你怎么處理? 很多人很期待新一代的平板計算機 上市 與其等待 ,我干脆自己做一個﹐只用了一張紙 我把錄像機上的-- 所有網(wǎng)絡(luò)度影機上都有個麥克風(fēng) . 我把麥克風(fēng)拿下來 夾在-- 就像是做了個夾式麥克風(fēng) -- 夾在紙上, 隨便的一張紙. 每當(dāng)我碰到紙的時候， 這在紙上接觸的聲音就會通知計算機. 錄像機還在追蹤我的手指的移動

　　You can of course watch movies. ("Good afternoon. My name is Russell ... and I am a Wilderness Explorer in Tribe 54.")

　　你當(dāng)然也可以看電影 ("午安，我叫羅素 ...") ("... 我是第54團的荒野探險者.")

　　And you can of course play games. (Car engine) Here, the camera is actually understanding how you're holding the paper and playing a car-racing game. (Applause)

　　也可以玩游戲. (汽車引擎聲) 攝影機知道你拿紙的方向 就可以玩賽車游戲 (掌聲)

　　Many of you already must have thought, OK, you can browse. Yeah. Of course you can browse to any websites or you can do all sorts of computing on a piece of paper wherever you need it. So, more interestingly, I'm interested in how we can take that in a more dynamic way. When I come back to my desk I can just pinch that information back to my desktop so I can use my full-size computer.

　　很多人早又想到了，可以瀏覽 對，當(dāng)然可以瀏覽任何網(wǎng)站 甚至在紙上做各種運算 在任何你需要的地方 更有趣的是 我想把這個功能變得更強大一點 當(dāng)我回到桌上，我可以捏住那個信息，-- 然后放到我的計算機屏幕上 這樣我就可以用我的桌上計算機

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　　And why only computers? We can just play with papers. Paper world is interesting to play with. Here, I'm taking a part of a document and putting over here a second part from a second place -- and I'm actually modifying the information that I have over there. Yeah. And I say, "OK, this looks nice, let me print it out, that thing." So I now have a print-out of that thing, and now -- the workflow is more intuitive the way we used to do it maybe 20 years back, rather than now switching between these two worlds.

　　為什么要計算機? 用紙也很好玩. 紙的世界很好玩. 我把文章的一部分 放在這里, 當(dāng)成第二部份 -- 然后調(diào)整-- 這里的信息. 好，然后我說, "OK, 這樣很好, 我要打印出來." 就有了一份打印文件, 這樣 -- 工作流程比我們以前用的方式更人性了 像20年前的工作方式， 而不是像現(xiàn)在，要在兩個世界里切換

　　So, as a last thought, I think that integrating information to everyday objects will not only help us to get rid of the digital divide, the gap between these two worlds, but will also help us, in some way, to stay human, to be more connected to our physical world. And it will actually help us not end up being machines sitting in front of other machines.

　　最后， 我相信把信息和所有對象整合， 不僅可以消滅數(shù)字落差、 把兩個世界間的鴻溝填滿, 還可以幫助我們, 保有人性, 讓我們和實體世界更連結(jié). 最終會幫助我們，不要變成-- 坐在機器前面的另一部機器。

　　That's all. Thank you.

　　就這樣. 謝謝.

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　　Thank you.

　　謝謝.

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　　Chris Anderson: So, Pranav, first of all, you're a genius. This is incredible, really. What are you doing with this? Is there a company being planned? Or is this research forever, or what?

　　Chris Anderson: 嗯﹐Pranav, 首先，你是個天才. 這真的太棒了,真的 你預(yù)備怎么做? 你想開個公司嗎﹖ 還是一直繼續(xù)研究下去?還是有其它的打算?

　　Pranav Mistry: So, there are lots of companies -- actually sponsor companies of Media Lab -- interested in taking this ahead in one or another way. Companies like mobile phone operators want to take this in a different way than the NGOs in India, [who] are thinking, "Why can we only have 'Sixth Sense'? We should have a 'Fifth Sense' for missing-sense people who cannot speak. This technology can be used for them to speak out in a different way with maybe a speaker system."

　　Pranav Mistry: 很多公司 -- 就是 Medi L b的贊助者 -- 有興趣以其它方法繼續(xù)研究 像行動通訊公司 和印度非營利機構(gòu)的應(yīng)用方法便不同 這些機構(gòu)想 "為什么只有'第六感'? 我們應(yīng)該為殘障人士，設(shè)置第五感 如，啞巴. 這種技術(shù)可以讓他們用另一種方式「說」出來 配個喇叭就可以."

　　CA: What are your own plans? Are you staying at MIT, or are you going to do something with this?

　　C : 你自己的打算呢? 要留在MIT嗎 還是你也要參與這些計劃?

　　PM: I'm trying to make this more available to people so that anyone can develop their own SixthSense device, because the hardware is actually not that hard to manufacture or hard to make your own. We will provide all the open source software for them, maybe starting next month.

　　PM: 我正試著讓這技術(shù)更廣泛的被人們使用 讓大家都能開發(fā)自己的"第六感"裝置 因為硬件其實不難制造 自己做也不難 我們會提供開放式程序代碼軟件給大家 可能下個月就可以

　　CA: Open source? Wow.

　　C :開放程序代碼﹖哇

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　　CA: Are you going to come back to India with some of this, at some point?

　　C : 你會回到印度做這些計劃嗎?

　　PM: Yeah. Yes, yes, of course.

　　PM: 是，是，當(dāng)然.

　　CA: What are your plans? MIT? India? How are you going to split your time going forward?

　　C : 你的計劃呢? MIT? 印度? 未來怎樣分配你的時間?

　　PM: There is a lot of energy here. Lots of learning. All of this work that you have seen is all about my learning in India. And now, if you see, it's more about the cost-effectiveness: this system costs you $300 compared to the $20,000 surface tables, or anything like that. Or maybe even the $2 mouse gesture system at that time was costing around $5,000? So, we actually -- I showed that, at a conference, to President Abdul Kalam, at that time, and then he said, "OK, we should use this in Bhabha Atomic Research Centre for some use of that." So I'm excited about how I can bring the technology to the masses rather than just keeping that technology in the lab environment.

　　PM: 這里有很大的能量. 很多東西可以學(xué) 你剛剛看到的，都是我在 印度學(xué)的. 往成本效益方面去考慮: 這個系統(tǒng)只要300美元 和2萬美元的桌面計算機相比 或甚至2塊美元的鼠標(biāo) 當(dāng)年可能要價 5,000 美元? 不久前，我把這東西展示給 印度總統(tǒng)看 他說: "我們應(yīng)該在原子研究所里 用這個技術(shù)做些研究." 我很期待可以把這些技術(shù)帶給普羅大眾 而不是把這些技術(shù)留在實驗室里

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　　CA: Based on the people we've seen at TED, I would say you're truly one of the two or three best inventors in the world right now. It's an honor to have you at TED. Thank you so much. That's fantastic.

　　C : 我們在 TED,遇過的人之中 我可以說你是少數(shù)2-3個 世界上頂尖的發(fā)明家之一 TED很榮幸邀你來演講. 非常感謝. 真是太棒了.

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