TED演讲:如何开启开源想象力(5)
So this one is a quadcopter.
这是一个四轴飞行器。
It’s a small model helicopter. In a way, it’s a toy, no?
一个小型的直升机模型。差不多是个玩具吧。
And so this one was military technology a few years ago, and now it’s open-source, easy to use, you can buy it online.
几年前这还是军方掌握的技术，现在已经开源了，使用方便，网上都买的到。
DIY Drones is the community; they do this thing called ArduCopter.
这个网站叫DIY Drones，他们设计了一种叫ArduCopter的飞行器。
But then somebody actually launched this start-up called Matternet,
后来有人搞了一个叫Matternet的创业项目，
where they figured out that you could use this to actually transport things from one village to another in Africa,
他们发现，可以用这个飞行器在非洲的村庄间运送物资，
and the fact that this was easy to find, open-source, easy to hack,
正是因为资料好找，都是开源的且易上手，
enabled them to prototype their company really quickly. Or, other projects.
他们很快便成立了公司。同样，看看这个项目。
I’m getting a little sick of hearing about the same people on TV over and over and over again,
老是听这些人出现在电视里讲话，烦死我了，
so I decided to do something about it.
所以我决定采取点行动。
This Arduino project, which I call the Enough Already,
于是我做了这个Arduino项目，我把它叫做“够了”，
will mute the TV anytime any of these over-exposed personalities is mentioned.
它能在这些上镜频率过高的人出现的时候自动将电视静音。
I’ll show you how I made it. Check this out.
我来演示一下这是怎么做的。仔细听。
Our producers caught up with Kim Kardashian earlier today to find out what she was planning on wearing to her
我们的制片人今天碰到金·卡戴珊，了解到她将穿什么去参加…
It should do a pretty good job of protecting our ears from having to hear about the details of Kim Kardashian’s wedding.
这个效果不错，让我们不必听到关于金·卡戴珊婚礼的细节。
Okay. So, you know, again, what is interesting here is that Matt found this module that lets Arduino process TV signals,
好。有趣的是，Matt找到了一个模块，可以让Arduino处理电视信号，
he found some code written by somebody else that generates infrared signals for the TV,
同时他还找到了别人写的一些代码，这些代码可以向电视传送红外信号，
put it together and then created this great project.
他把找到的这些东西组合在一起，做了这个有趣的东西。
Massimo Banzi和其他人一起发明了Arduino，这是一个体积很小且使用方便的开源微控制器。这让世界各地成千上万的人能够制作各种各样有个性的东西——从玩具到卫星装置。因为，正如他所说：“你不需要任何人的允许就可以去做很棒的东西。”