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Fabian Hemmert: The shape-shifting future of the mobile phone
費邊·赫墨特(Fabian Hemmert)：未來手機的形狀變化
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在柏林xTED，費邊·赫墨特為我們展示未來手機的可能性．可以改變形狀，改變重心並且讓你用視覺以外的方式來接收資訊，給予一種非常直覺化的溝通方式．
Fabian Hemmert - Designer
Fabian Hemmert studies the theory and philosophy of embodiment, resistance and thinghood. Full bio
Fabian Hemmert studies the theory and philosophy of embodiment, resistance and thinghood. Full bio
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I am a Ph.D. student
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我正在讀我的博士學位，
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and that means I have a question:
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這代表，我有個論文題目：
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how can we make digital content graspable?
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我們怎樣感覺數位資訊？
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Because you see,
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這是因為，
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on the one hand, there is the digital world
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在一邊是數位世界，
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and no question, many things are happening there right now.
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無可置疑，是個快速變化的世界．
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And for us humans, it's not quite material, it's not really there --
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對於我們人類來說，數位世界是不存在的．
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it's virtual.
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它只是個虛擬的世界．
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On the other hand, we humans,
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在另一方面來說，我們人類，
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we live in a physical world.
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住在一個現實生活．
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It's rich, it tastes good, it feels good, it smells good.
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一個充滿豐富感官的世界中．
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So the question is: how do we get the stuff over
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所以，問題是
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from the digital into the physical?
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我們怎樣轉換數位為實體？
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That's my question.
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這是我的題目．
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If you look at the iPhone with its touch
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蘋果的iPhone有著觸摸式功能
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and the Wii with its bodily activity,
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任天堂Wii感應你的身體動作
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you can see the tendency; it's getting physical.
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由這兩項你可以看見趨勢：越來越實體化。
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The question is: what's next?
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所以，下一個將會是什麼？
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Now, I have three options that I would like to show you.
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我有三個不同的方案，
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The first one is mass.
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第一個是重量．
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As humans, we are sensitive
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人類的手對於重量很敏感，
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to where an object in our hand is heavy.
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我們可以感覺出重量在手裡的哪部分．
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So, could we use that in mobile phones?
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既然如此，這可不可以用在手機上面？
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Let me show you the weight-shifting mobile.
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讓我展示一部重量會隨著資訊改變的手機．
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It is a mobile phone-shaped box
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這是個手機形狀的盒子，
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that has an iron weight inside, which we can move around,
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在裡面有著一個可以移動的鐵塊．
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and you can feel where it's heavy.
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隨著重心的改變，
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We shift the gravitational center of it.
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我們可以感覺重量的位置．
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For example, we can augment digital content
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比方說，我們可以把數位資訊增強，
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with physical mass.
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把數位資訊跟重量結合在一起．
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So you move around the content on a display,
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所以如果你在螢幕內容上移動，
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but you can also feel where it is just from the weight of the device.
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你可以藉由重量而感覺出來螢幕上的點在哪裡．
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Another thing it's good for is navigation --
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這種手機對導航也很有用．
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it can guide you around in a city.
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它可以藉由重量，
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It can tell you by its weight,
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你在城市裡走透透．
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"Okay, move right. Walk ahead. Make a left here."
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向右走，往前方移動，在這裡左轉．
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And the good thing about that is you don't have to look at the device all the time;
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你不需要一直盯著螢幕才能得知你得要往哪個地方走．
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you have your eyes free to see the city.
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你可以用你的視野來享受四周．
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Now, mass is the first thing;
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重量只是第一個主意．
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the second thing, that's shape.
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第二個想法是形狀．
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We're also sensitive to the shape of objects we have in [our] hands.
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我們對於手中東西的形狀也很敏感．
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So if I download an e-book and it has 20 pages --
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如果我下載一本２０頁的電子書，
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well, they could be thin, right --
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那就只是薄薄的幾頁，對吧．
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but if it has 500 pages, I want to feel that "Harry Potter" --
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但是呢，如果我想要感覺我在讀５００頁的"哈利波特"呢?
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it's thick. (Laughter)
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那就是厚重的一本書了．
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So let me show you the shape-changing mobile.
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所以讓我示範會改變形狀的手機．
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Again, it's a mobile phone-shaped box,
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如你所見，又是個手機形狀的盒子．
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and this one can change its shape.
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這個呢，可以改變盒子的形狀．
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We can play with the shape itself.
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我們可以任意的改變手機形狀．
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For example, it can be thin in your pocket,
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例如呢，在你口袋裡時，它是薄薄的．
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which we of course want it to be;
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我們大家都想要這樣子的手機．
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but then if you hold it in your hand, it can lean towards you, be thick.
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但是當你握住手機的時候，它可以往你的方向傾斜．
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It's like tapered to the downside.
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變成梯形樣式的手機。
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If you change the grasp, it can adjust to that.
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如果你的掌握姿勢改變，樣子也隨之改變．
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It's also useful if you want to put it down on your nightstand to watch a movie
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你也可以利用這個性能，將手機放在床頭櫃並用來看電影．
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or use as an alarm clock, it stands.
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或是作為一個鬧鐘．
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It's fairly simple.
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這蠻簡單的．
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Another thing is,
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另外呢，
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sometimes we watch things on a mobile phone,
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有時候我們在手機上的資訊，
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they are bigger than the phone itself.
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要比手機螢幕來的大．
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So in that case -- like here, there's an app that's bigger than the phone's screen --
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像是這個軟體，它比螢幕還要大，
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the shape of the phone could tell you,
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手機形狀可以跟你感覺，
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"Okay, off the screen right here, there is more content.
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＂在螢幕之外有著更多的資訊．
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You can't see it, but it's there."
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雖然你看不到，但是這是事實．＂
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And you can feel that because it's thicker at that edge.
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並且，你可以感覺一邊比另一邊厚．
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The shape is the second thing.
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形狀是第二種想法．
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The third thing operates on a different level.
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第三項就比較抽象化了．
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As humans, we are social, we are empathic,
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我們，人類是合群的並且有感情的．
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and that's great.
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這是件好事．
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Wouldn't that be a way to make mobile phones more intuitive?
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所以為什麼不讓手機變得更直覺化？
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Think of a hamster in the pocket.
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想像一隻在口袋裡的倉鼠．
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Well, I can feel it, it's doing all right -- I don't have to check it.
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我可以感覺到它，它沒事，不需要不時檢查．
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Let me show you the living mobile phone.
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讓我展現有生命的手機．
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So, once again, mobile phone-shaped box,
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又一次的手機形狀的盒子．
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but this one, it has a breath and a heartbeat,
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但是，這個有著呼吸跟心跳．
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and it feels very organic.
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感覺起來是活的．
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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And you can tell, it's relaxed right now.
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你可以感覺到，它正在休息．
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Oh now, missed call, a new call,
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喔，糟了，新的未接來電，
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new girlfriend maybe --
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也許是新交的女朋友．
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very exciting. (Laughter)
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非常興奮．
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How do we calm it down?
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如何讓它冷靜呢？
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You give it a pat behind the ears,
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輕輕的拍它的耳背．
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and everything is all right again.
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就會回復到平常的狀況．
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So, that's very intuitive, and that's what we want.
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這就是我們所追求的直覺化．
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So, what we have seen are three ways
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現在呢，我們已經了解三種方式，
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to make the digital graspable for us.
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可以讓數據變為可感覺的．
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And I think making it physical
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所以在我的認知裡，將數據實體化，
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is a good way to do that.
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是個很不錯的方法．
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What's behind that is a postulation,
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這些想法都存在著一種假設．
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namely that not
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那就是，
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humans should get much more technical in the future;
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在未來，人類會變得更加科技化．
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rather than that,
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與其那樣，
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technology, a bit more human.
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科技應該更人性化．
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Fabian Hemmert - DesignerFabian Hemmert studies the theory and philosophy of embodiment, resistance and thinghood.
Why you should listen
Fabian Hemmert thinks hard about communicating information in non-visual ways -- through weight, shape, touch, movement. His recent explorations into shape-shifting cell phones are part of a long career of thinking beyond the touchscreen. Along with his shape-shifting mobile phones, his newest work explores haptic feedback in pens. He's a design researcher at Deutsche Telekom Laboratories and is working on his PhD in Berlin.
His master's thesis is an elegant exploration of the non-visual -- exploring the surprising effects of closing one's eyes during a movie or a first-person shooter game.
Fabian Hemmert | Speaker | TED.com