ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sanjay Dastoor - Roboticist
Sanjay Dastoor is the co-founder of Boosted Boards, a startup that aims to build the world's lightest electric vehicles.

Why you should listen

Sanjay Dastoor met pals John Ulmen and Matthew Tran while studying engineering at Stanford University, where the three often found themselves talking about the need for a better way to get around campus. So they created one -- an electric longboard which they call Boosted Boards. The CEO of this Silicon Valley startup, which raised nearly a half million in crowdsourced funding through Kickstarter, Dastoor hopes to provide a new way to commute for those who live within a six-mile radius of work.

With his co-founders at Boosted, Dastoor participated in the Y Combinator and StartX incubator programs. He is finishing his PhD on bio-inspired robotics at Stanford, and he holds a MS from Stanford and a BS from UC Berkeley. He has also worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and SRI International.

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Sanjay Dastoor: A skateboard, with a boost

Sanjay Dastoor: 带加速器的滑板

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想象一下有一个电动交通工具能很快的带你去上班或到6英里距离内的任何地方,不怕塞车不用加油。想象你还可以随身携带它。是的,这个加了马达的滑板可以改变你早上上班的面貌。
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Sanjay Dastoor is the co-founder of Boosted Boards, a startup that aims to build the world's lightest electric vehicles. Full bio

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Today今天 I'm going to show显示 you an electric电动 vehicle车辆
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今天我给大家看一个电动交通工具
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that weighs less than a bicycle自行车,
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它比自行车还轻,
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that you can carry携带 with you anywhere随地,
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你可以随身带到任何地方
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that you can charge收费 off a normal正常 wall outlet出口 in 15 minutes分钟,
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在墙上插座充电15分钟,
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and you can run it for 1,000 kilometers公里
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你就能够跑1000公里远
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on about a dollar美元 of electricity电力.
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电费大约就1块钱。
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But when I say the word electric电动 vehicle车辆,
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但是我说电动交通工具时,
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people think about vehicles汽车. They think about cars汽车
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人们一想到交通工具,他们会想到汽车
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and motorcycles摩托车 and bicycles自行车, and the vehicles汽车 that you use every一切 day.
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摩托车和自行车,那些我们日常用的交通工具。
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But if you come about it from a different不同 perspective透视,
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但是你如果从不同的角度来看,
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you can create创建 some more interesting有趣,
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你会创造更多有趣的,
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more novel小说 concepts概念.
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更新奇的概念。
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So we built内置 something.
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所以我们做了个东西。
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I've got some of the pieces in my pocket口袋 here.
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我这儿有几个零件在口袋里。
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So this is the motor发动机.
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这是马达。
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This motor发动机 has enough足够 power功率 to take you
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这个马达有足够的能量带你
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up the hills丘陵 of San Francisco弗朗西斯科 at about 20 miles英里 per hour小时,
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在旧金山以每小时20英里的速度爬坡,
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about 30 kilometers公里 an hour小时,
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大约每小时30公里,
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and this battery电池, this battery电池 right here
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这个电池
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has about six miles英里 of range范围, or 10 kilometers公里,
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能支持大约六英里,或10公里的范围
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which哪一个 is enough足够 to cover about half of the car汽车 trips旅行
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足够走大约一半的
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in the U.S. alone单独.
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美国境内的汽车旅程。
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But the best最好 part部分 about these components组件
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最妙之处是这些零件是
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is that we bought them at a toy玩具 store商店.
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我们在一家玩具店买来的。
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These are from remote远程 control控制 airplanes飞机.
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这些是遥控飞机上的。
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And the performance性能 of these things has gotten得到 so good
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这些零件的性能太好了
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that if you think about vehicles汽车 a little bit differently不同,
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你要是从不同的角度来考虑交通工具,
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you can really change更改 things.
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你真能改变事情。
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So today今天 we're going to show显示 you one example
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今天我们给你们示范一下
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of how you can use this.
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如何使用这个工具。
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Pay工资 attention注意 to not only how fun开玩笑 this thing is,
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别光看它多有趣,
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but also how the portability可移植性 that comes with this
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也看看它的轻便是如何
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can totally完全 change更改 the way you interact相互作用 with a city like San Francisco弗朗西斯科.
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能够完全改变你与像旧金山这样的城市的互动的。
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(Music音乐)
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(音乐)
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[6 Mile英里 Range范围] [Top最佳 Speed速度 Near 20mph英里]
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(6 英里的范围,最高速度接近20英里/小时)
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[Uphill上坡 Climbing攀登]
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(爬坡)
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[Regenerative再生 Braking制动]
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(再生制动)
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(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
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(Cheers干杯)
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(欢呼)
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So we're going to show显示 you what this thing can do.
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我们将展示它能做什么。
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It's really maneuverable机动性. You have a hand-held手持式 remote远程,
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很容易操作的。它有一个手动遥控器,
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so you can pretty漂亮 easily容易 control控制 acceleration促进, braking制动,
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很容易控制加速,刹车,
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go in reverse相反 if you like, also have braking制动.
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倒着走也可以,同样可以刹车。
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It's incredible难以置信 just how light this thing is.
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它轻得令人难以置信。
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I mean, this is something you can pick up and carry携带 with you
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我是说,你可以拿起来,随身携带
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anywhere随地 you go.
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不论去哪。
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So I'll leave离开 you with one of the most compelling引人注目 facts事实
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我要告诉你们这个技术和这种的交通工具的
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about this technology技术 and these kinds of vehicles汽车.
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最引人注目的事实之一。
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This uses使用 20 times less energy能源
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比起汽车来,
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for every一切 mile英里 or kilometer公里 that you travel旅行 than a car汽车,
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它每英里或公里能节约20倍的能量,
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which哪一个 means手段 not only is this thing fast快速 to charge收费
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也就是说这个不仅充电快
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and really cheap低廉 to build建立,
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做起来也很便宜,
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but it also reduces减少 the footprint脚印 of your energy能源 use
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就运输而言也减少了
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in terms条款 of your transportation运输.
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能量的消耗。
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So instead代替 of looking at large amounts of energy能源 needed需要
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所以不用找大量的能源
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for each person in this room房间 to get around in a city,
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来让每个人都有空间在市内活动,
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now you can look at much smaller amounts
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你可以关注耗能量更小
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and more sustainable可持续发展 transportation运输.
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和更持久的交通工具。
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So next下一个 time you think about a vehicle车辆,
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所以,下次你要是考虑一种交通工具,
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I hope希望, like us, you're thinking思维 about something new.
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希望,像我们这样,想点新奇的东西。
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Thank you.
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谢谢大家!
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(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
Translated by Emma Zhao
Reviewed by xuan wang

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sanjay Dastoor - Roboticist
Sanjay Dastoor is the co-founder of Boosted Boards, a startup that aims to build the world's lightest electric vehicles.

Why you should listen

Sanjay Dastoor met pals John Ulmen and Matthew Tran while studying engineering at Stanford University, where the three often found themselves talking about the need for a better way to get around campus. So they created one -- an electric longboard which they call Boosted Boards. The CEO of this Silicon Valley startup, which raised nearly a half million in crowdsourced funding through Kickstarter, Dastoor hopes to provide a new way to commute for those who live within a six-mile radius of work.

With his co-founders at Boosted, Dastoor participated in the Y Combinator and StartX incubator programs. He is finishing his PhD on bio-inspired robotics at Stanford, and he holds a MS from Stanford and a BS from UC Berkeley. He has also worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and SRI International.

More profile about the speaker
Sanjay Dastoor | Speaker | TED.com