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最受欢迎TED演讲No.6:第六感技术的惊异潜力

The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology

演讲话题类别：技术类

演讲原文Part 1

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.

So, I am very interested, from the beginning, that  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?

重点词汇解析：(英文+词性+文中中文释义)

四会词汇：

1．enormous number of大量的

补充例句：There were few fishing ships on the sea in

1900 when enormous number of fish swam freely; in contrast, in 1995 a large

fleet of fleet of ships were endeavoring to search for the only fish in the sea.

2.device n.装置 设备

3.automatically adv.自动地

4.come attached to和……连在一起

补充例句：Everythingyou see here stands alone in the room. It doesn’tcome attached to the walls.

5.manipulatev.操纵 操作

6.interact with与……相互作用

补充例句：These two chemicals interact with each other at a certain temperature.

7.be leveraged to被用于……

重点句子赏析：（英文+翻译+语法/特殊用法等角度分析）

1.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?

翻译：为什么没有键盘和鼠标,我就没办法使用计算机?为什么和计算机沟通，不能和实体世界沟通一样?

分析：句子的开头是rather than……，这里的意思是“而不是”所以在翻译的时候，要和后半句对应，把需要补充的补充出来。后半句中的that引导一个定语从句，表示是以一种什么样的方式。

结构分析：

Theme1:background ofexplorations about interacting in the physical world

巩固提问

1 Why the speaker say that ”Rather than using a keyboardand mouse, why can I not use my computer in the same way that I interact in thephysical world?”

参考答案

1文章第一段举例子，第二段表达了自己的兴趣点，因此得出了自己的疑问。

中文翻译：

我们生长在 和周围物体互动的环境里.有很多很多物品， 是我们每天都要用到的.和大部分计算机软件相比， 这些实体有趣多了。当我们提到物品,会立即出现和这东西有关的另一件事--姿势:也就是：我们怎么使用这些物品,我们在每日生活中如何使用这些物品我们不只运用不同姿势来使用物体也用来和别人沟通。 合十的姿势，可能是表示尊敬某人 或者是--在印度，不必教，小孩都知道这是--板球的"4"的意思 这是我们的生活常识.

所以，我一开始，就很有兴趣 想了解，--我们对于 日常用品和姿势的认知,以及如何把这些物品 运用在我们和数字世界的沟通上,为什么没有键盘和鼠标,我就没办法使用计算机?为什么和计算机沟通，不能和实体世界沟通一样?

演讲原文Part 2

So, I started thisexplorationaround 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.

Because I was interested inintegratingthese 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 todo 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.

In another exploration, I thought of making a pen that can draw in three dimensions. So, 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.

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 cantrashthe cup.

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.

四会词汇：

8.explorationn.探索

9.interfacen.接口

10.take off离开，拆下

11.integratev.使成为整体

12.sticky notes便签

注解：这里指便利贴

13.syncs with同步

14.make out of用…..制造出

补充例句：Thehouse was made out of stone.

15.dimensionn.方面

16.implementv.实施

17.intuitiveadj.直觉的

18.trashv.丢弃

19.seamlesslyadv.无缝地

20.in common共同的

重点句子赏析：（英文+翻译+语法/特殊用法等角度分析）

2．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.

翻译：我把物品,或生活中，直觉式的东西,带进数字世界里,目的是让计算机接口更人性化.

分析：此句并不难，但是需要注意them指的是前面提到的objects和intuitiveness of real life,理解到位，后面就比较简单了；另外，and连接的并列结构是taking和bringing两个动名词。

结构分析：

Theme2:two of theearlier explorations and the goal

巩固提问

1 How did the speaker start the first exploration?

2 What was the another exploration?

3 What was the goal the speaker did during the earlierexplorations?

参考答案

1第二部分的第一段开始I started this exploration around eight years back……

2中间部分提到In another exploration，I thought of……

3I did because the goal was to connect thesetwo worlds seamlessly.

中文翻译：

我的探索从八年前开始 从我桌上的鼠标开始 我不是在计算机屏幕上使用它 而是拆开它，你们都知道，在那个年代，鼠标里面有个球， 还有两个滚轮， 所以，当鼠标移动时，滚轮会告诉计算机，球滚动的方向。 我对滚轮有兴趣， 但还需要多几个，所以就跟朋友借他的鼠标 一直没还他--这样就有了四个滚轮。 我怎么用这些滚轮呢--基本上，我把它们从鼠标里拿出来放在一条在线 有线、滑带和弹簧 我做出了一个侦测姿势的接口装置。像个动作侦测装置， 成本只要两块美元。 所以，现在，不论我在实体世界做什么， 在数字的世界里就会反映出来只要用这个我8年前做的小东西就可以,那是2000年。

我对于整合实体和数字世界有兴趣,我想到便利贴。我想, "何不把 实体便利贴的接口，和数字便利贴整合在一起?"在便利贴上写给我妈妈的留言 纸条 可以用简讯传递。 或是写在纸上的会议通知 自动和我的数字行事历同步--待办事项会自动在计算机上同步。但你也同时可以在数字环境里搜寻,或者是,你可以写下问题,如, "史教授的地址?"然后这个小系统就把地址打印出来--这就像是个纸做的输出入系统,用纸就可以做到.

另一项探索是,我想到用一枝可以画3D效果的笔 所以就设计出这支笔 帮助设计师和建筑师 不只以三度空间思考,也可以画3D图形 这样用起来就更直觉多了。

我又想, "何不做一个实体世界的Google地图?"不必输入关键词来找东西,而是放这个东西在地图上。 如果我把登机证放在地图上,它会显示登机口的位置放咖啡杯，它会显示咖啡厅的位置,或垃圾筒的位置.

这些是早期我做的实验， 我的目的是紧密衔接这两个世界.在这些实验之中,有一个共通点:我都会把实体的东西带进数字环境里.我把物品,或生活中，直觉式的东西,带进数字世界里,目的是让计算机接口更人性化.

演讲原文Part 3

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.

So I thought, around last year -- in the beginning of the last year -- I started thinking, "Why can I not take this approach in thereverseway?" 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?

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 veryliterally, 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.

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-orientedpendantversion of that, that many of you now know as the SixthSense device.

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 in toor 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.

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

(Applause)

Thank you. Andlater I can find a wall, anywhere, and startbrowsingthose photos ormaybe.”OK,I want tomodifythis photo a little bit and send it as anemail to a friend.’ So, we are looking for era where computing will actuallymergewith the physical world. And, of course, if you don’t have any surface, you canstart using your palm for simple operations. Here, I’m dialing a phone numberjust using my hand. The camera is actually not only understanding your handmovements, but, interesting, is also able to understand what objects you areholding in your hand.

For example, in thecase, the book coveris matched withso many thousands , or maybemillions 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.

四会词汇：

21.reverseadj.相反的

22.pixeln.像素

23.confinev.限制

24.rectangularadj.矩形的

25.literallyadv.正确地

26.augment the world around me

注解：这里指世界环绕我

27.trackv.追踪

28.zoom into缩小

Zoomout放大

29.pinchv.捏

30.recognitionn.识别

31.algorithmn.算法

32.complexadj.复杂的

33.browsev.浏览

34.modifyv.更改

35.mergev.出现

36.be matched with与……相匹配

认知词汇：

1．Pendantn.挂饰

重点句子赏析：（英文+翻译+语法/特殊用法等角度分析）

3Once 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.

翻译：一旦找到数据,它会找到书评,或者，可能纽约时报有个有声的简介,你就可以,在实体书上，听到 有声的书评..

分析：此句是由so引导的原因状语从句，主句从so后面开始。从句又是由once引导的让步状语从句。这里的代词it，指的是上文提到的the book.

结构分析：

Theme3:how the speaker realized his dream

巩固提问

1 . In order to realize his dream, what did the speakerdo?

2.What was themost interesting thing about the technology?

3.What thethrilling potential of SixthSense device？

参考答案

1．第三部分的第三段I actually thought of putting a big size projector on myhead. Itook my bike helmet, put alittle cut over there……

2．第五段but the most interesting thing about this……

3．第五段后面一直到最后都是答案，具体举了很多例子。我们现在正在做的是--举个例,在这里,这本书的封面......

中文翻译：

但是后来我了解到 人们对计算机没有兴趣 人们有兴趣的是信息。 我们想知道更多事情.我们想知道周围的各种动态.

所以，大约在去年，去年年初的时候--我开始想, "我何不颠倒我的研究方向呢?"或许, "把数字世界的数字信息， 描画在实体世界里??"因为这些影像，都被包在这些方方的装置里然后放进口袋里.我何不把这个形体打破 把信息放进日常生活中?这样我也不必学新的、和这些象素沟通的语言?

为了实现这个梦想,我真的想过把一个投影机放在我的头上这就是所谓「投(头)影机」的意思，对吧?!我照着字面意思做了 我把自行车的头盔 割掉一点,让投影机可以放得进去.这样，我可以--在真实世界中用数字讯息环绕我.

但是,后来 我想到 我也要和这些计算机像素沟通.所以我加了一个小摄影机,当作数位眼睛.之后,我们进一步,做成--使用者导向的颈挂式,就是很多人知道的「第六感计算装置」.

这技术最有趣的地方是 你可以把数字世界带着走 到任何地方都可以.你可以用任何表面或墙壁， 当成界面.这录像机随时都在侦测你的动作.不论双手在做什么,它都知道.还有，你看那些色笔那是我们早期用的.可以在任何墙壁上画画.可以停在墙壁前面，开始在墙上作画.而且我们不只侦测一根手指.我们让你可以用两只手全部,所以可以用两只手去放大缩小--地图，用捏的.录像机--收集所有影像--执行动作辨识和颜色辨识有很多小程序在里面跑 技术上有点复杂,但是让人可以用的很自然.

我更兴奋的是，可以带到户外去用 不必掏出口袋里的照相机,只要一个照相的姿势 它就替你照相了.

拍完之后，我随便找一面墙,就开始浏览这些照片或, "我想修改一下这些照片 然后用电子邮件寄给朋友."我们面对的世代是--与实体世界融合在一起的运算 如果你没有平面可用， 手掌也可以处理简单的功能.我在这里只用我的手，拨电话号码.摄影机不只了解你手部的动作,而且,它还知道在你手里拿着的是什么东西.

我们现在正在做的是--举个例,在这里,这本书的封面正在和在线的数以百万计的书封面比对,找寻这是哪一本书.一旦找到数据,它会找到书评,或者，可能纽约时报有个有声的简介,你就可以,在实体书上，听到 有声的书评..

第一次尝试做这样的解析，希望可以带给喜欢英语的朋友一些自学英语的启发。如有任何建议或者问题，请留言，谢谢！