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Ayah Bdeir: Building blocks that blink, beep and teach
艾雅．貝蒂爾: 嚟玩會閃、會響、又有教育意義嘅積木喇！
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想像一下電子元件就同 Lego 積木一樣咁易玩。TED 研究生 ——艾雅．貝蒂爾，向我哋介紹 littleBits，呢個係個簡單、可替換嘅積木組合，佢可以藉由積木之間嘅接合，令我哋可以用簡單又有創意嘅方式設計程式。
Ayah Bdeir - Engineer and artist
Ayah Bdeir is an engineer and artist, and is the founder of littleBits and karaj, an experimental art, architecture and technology lab in Beirut. Full bio
Ayah Bdeir is an engineer and artist, and is the founder of littleBits and karaj, an experimental art, architecture and technology lab in Beirut. Full bio
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This may sound strange,
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你哋可能會覺得好奇怪
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but I'm a big fan of the concrete block.
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因為我好鍾意水泥磚
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The first concrete blocks were manufactured in 1868
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世界上第一嚿水泥磚喺 1868 年製造
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with a very simple idea:
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只得一個好簡單嘅概念：
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modules made of cement of a fixed measurement
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水泥造嘅磚頭有固定嘅尺寸
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that fit together.
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咁樣先能夠互相契合
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Very quickly concrete blocks became
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很快咁，水泥磚頭就變成咗
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the most-used construction unit in the world.
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世界上最常用嘅建築材料
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They enabled us to to build things that were larger than us,
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我哋可以用佢嚟建造
比我哋仲要巨大嘅建築
比我哋仲要巨大嘅建築
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buildings, bridges,
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例如屋、橋
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one brick at a time.
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一磚一瓦咁建造
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Essentially concrete blocks had become
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我哋將水泥磚頭用作建材
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the building block of our time.
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已經有一段時間喇
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Almost a hundred years later in 1947,
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大約一百年之後，喺 1947 年
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LEGO came up with this.
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樂高 LEGO® 生產出呢個
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It was called the Automatic Binding Brick.
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佢哋稱為自動組裝積木
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And in a few short years,
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短短幾年後
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LEGO bricks took place in every household.
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樂高積木成為咗每個家庭必備嘅玩具
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It's estimated that over 400 billion bricks have been produced --
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大約估計咗一下，樂高生產
咗超過四千億嚿積木
咗超過四千億嚿積木
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or 75 bricks for every person on the planet.
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平均全球每個人有 75 嚿積木
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You don't have to be an engineer
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你唔需要係工程師
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to make beautiful houses, beautiful bridges, beautiful buildings.
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都可以起到靚屋、高橋
或者其它好靚嘅建築
或者其它好靚嘅建築
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LEGO made it accessible.
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樂高令你嘅想像變成實物
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LEGO has essentially taken the concrete block, the building block of the world,
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樂高運用水泥磚嘅概念
將佢轉化成
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and made it into the building block
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激發我哋想像力嘅建材
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of our imagination.
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Meanwhile the exact same year,
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喺同一年
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at Bell Labs the next revolution was about to be announced,
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貝爾實驗室發表咗另一個
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the next building block.
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積木嘅革新
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The transistor was a small plastic unit
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電晶體喺一樣塑膠製嘅小東西
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that would take us from a world
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帶領我哋進入一個
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of static bricks piled on top of each other
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積木靜止堆埋一齊
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to a world where everything was interactive.
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但係積木間會相互作用嘅世界
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Like the concrete block,
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同水泥磚頭一樣
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the transistor allows you to build
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電晶體都比到你建造
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much larger, more complex circuits, one brick at a time.
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更大、更複雜嘅迴路
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But there's a main difference:
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佢哋最大嘅差別就係
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The transistor was only for experts.
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電晶體係專門比專家玩嘅
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I personally don't accept this,
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我唔係好同意呢個講法
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that the building block of our time
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雖然我哋而家嘅磚頭建材
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is reserved for experts,
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都只有專家係度用
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so I decided to change that.
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但係我想改變呢種現象
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Eight years ago when I was at the Media Lab,
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八年前我喺媒體實驗室
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I started exploring this idea
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開始著手開發呢個計畫：
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of how to put the power of engineers
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點樣將工程師嘅技術
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in the hands of artists and designers.
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比藝術家同設計師都可以輕易掌握？
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A few years ago I started developing littleBits.
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幾年前我開始研發 littleBits
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Let me show you how they work.
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我比你哋睇下佢點運作
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LittleBits are electronic modules
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littleBits 係電子元件
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with each one specific function.
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每一小嚿都有特定嘅功能
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They're pre-engineered
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佢哋被設置成
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to be light, sound,
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有燈光、聲音
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motors and sensors.
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電動同感應功能
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And the best part about it
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而佢最好玩嘅部分就係
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is they snap together with magnets.
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佢靠磁鐵連接一齊
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So you can't put them the wrong way.
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所以你唔會搞錯佢哋嘅方向
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The bricks are color-coded.
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佢哋用顏色嚟區分功能
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Green is output, blue is power,
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綠色係輸出、藍色係電源
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pink is input and orange is wire.
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粉紅色係輸入、橘色係電線
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So all you need to do is snap a blue to a green
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只要將藍色同綠色連埋一齊
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and very quickly you can start making larger circuits.
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跟住你就可以開始做啲大啲迴路
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You put a blue to a green,
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藍色同綠色接埋一齊
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you can make light.
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佢就會發光
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You can put a knob in between
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你都可以將旋鈕接喺中間
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and now you've made a little dimmer.
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佢就可以調亮度
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Switch out the knob
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換走旋鈕
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for a pulse module,
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換成脈衝元件
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which is here,
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咁樣
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and now you've made a little blinker.
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你就可以整到閃光
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Add this buzzer
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再加上一個聲音元件
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for some extra punch
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比多個功能比佢
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and you've created a noise machine.
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咁你就整咗一個警報器
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I'm going to stop that.
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佢好嘈
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So beyond simple play,
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經過呢啲小示範之後
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littleBits are actually pretty powerful.
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littleBits 其實係好強大
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Instead of having to program, to wire, to solder,
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我哋唔需要識寫程式、接電線或者焊接
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littleBits allow you to program
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littleBits 就可以比你自己設計程式
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using very simple intuitive gestures.
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借由好簡單嘅直覺動作
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So to make this blink faster or slower,
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令佢閃得快啲或慢啲
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you would just turn this knob
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你只需要轉下呢度
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and basically make it pulse faster or slower.
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就可以達到目的
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The idea behind littleBits
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littleBits 想傳達嘅唸法係
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is that it's a growing library.
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佢一個現成的知識庫
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We want to make every single interaction in the world
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我哋都想令全世界嘅互動
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into a ready-to-use brick.
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融合喺一嚿現成嘅積木
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Lights, sounds, solar panels, motors --
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燈光、聲音、太陽能板、摩打⋯等等
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everything should be accessible.
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呢啲都必須係稀鬆平常嘅
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We've been giving littleBits to kids and seeing them play with them.
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我哋要令 littleBits 進入小朋友嘅生活玩
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And it's been an incredible experience.
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呢個真係好難得嘅經驗
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The nicest thing is how they start to understand
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最好嘅嘢係佢哋開始嘗試了解
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the electronics around them from everyday
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每天圍繞佢哋周圍嘅電子設備
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that they don't learn at schools.
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呢啲係喺學校學唔到架
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For example, how a nightlight works,
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譬如一盞夜燈係點樣運作
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or why an elevator door stays open,
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或者電梯門點樣維持開住嘅狀態
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or how an iPod responds to touch.
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又或者 iPod 嘅觸控點樣運用
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We've also been taking littleBits to design schools.
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我哋都會將 littleBits 比設計學校使用
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So for example, we've had designers
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例如，我哋令到一啲
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with no experience with electronics whatsoever
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完全無電子相關經驗嘅設計師
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start to play with littleBits as a material.
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開始將 littleBits 當成一種工具
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Here you see, with felt and paper water bottles,
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你睇，絨布同紙做嘅水瓶
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we have Geordie making ...
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喬迪整咗呢樣嘢⋯
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(Clanging)
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（鈴聲）
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(Buzzing)
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（叭~叭叭）
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A few weeks ago we took littleBits to RISD
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幾個禮拜前我哋將 littleBits 帶到
「羅德島設計學院（RISD）」
「羅德島設計學院（RISD）」
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and gave them to some designers
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介紹一啲設計師玩
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with no experience in engineering whatsoever --
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同樣無工程學相關經驗嘅
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just cardboard, wood and paper -- and told them "Make something."
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我哋比啲硬紙板、木板同
紙佢哋，等佢哋做啲「嘢」
紙佢哋，等佢哋做啲「嘢」
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Here's an example of a project they made,
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比一樣佢哋整嘅嘢你哋睇
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a motion-activated confetti canon ball.
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「天女散花加農砲」
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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But wait, this is actually my favorite project.
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但呢個真係我最鍾意嘅一個
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It's a lobster made of playdough
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用彩色泥做嘅龍蝦
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that's afraid of the dark.
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佢好怕黑
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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To these non-engineers, littleBits became another material,
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對唔係工程師嘅人嚟講
littleBits 成為咗另一種工具
littleBits 成為咗另一種工具
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electronics became just another material.
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電子學都係
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And we want to make this material accessible to everyone.
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我哋希望呢個工具係平常嘅
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So littleBits is open-source.
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littleBits 係個共享資源
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You can go on the website, download all the design files, make them yourself.
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你可以去我哋嘅網站下載
設計稿，自己動手做
設計稿，自己動手做
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We want to encourage a world
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我哋想激發一個世界
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of creators, of inventors, of contributors,
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有創作家、發明家同貢獻者
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because this world that we live in,
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因為我哋住嘅呢個世界
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this interactive world, is ours.
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係一個彼此互動嘅世界
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So go ahead and start inventing.
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所以，我哋一齊開始發明喇！
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Thank you.
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多謝
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(Applause)
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（掌聲）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ayah Bdeir - Engineer and artistAyah Bdeir is an engineer and artist, and is the founder of littleBits and karaj, an experimental art, architecture and technology lab in Beirut.
Why you should listen
Ayah Bdeir is the creator of littleBits, an open source system of preassembled, modular circuits that snap together with magnets – making learning about electronics fun, easy and creative. An engineer, inventor and interactive artist, Ayah received her master’s degree from the MIT Media Lab and undergraduate degrees in computer engineering and sociology from the American University of Beirut. Ayah has taught graduate classes at NYU and Parsons and taught numerous workshops to get non-engineers – particularly young girls – interested in science and technology. She is also the founder of karaj, Beirut’s lab for experimental art, architecture and technology. littleBits was named Best of Toyfair, has won the editor’s Choice award from MAKE magazine, and has been acquired by MoMA for its collection.
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