Jinha Lee: Reach into the computer and grab a pixel

Translator: Nelson Simfukwe Reviewer: Joachim Mangilima

Throughout the history of computers

Katika historia ya kompyuta

we've been striving to shorten the gap between us

tumekuwa tukitafuta kupunguza pengo kati yetu

and digital information,

na taarifa za kidigitali,

the gap between our physical world

tofauti kati ya dunia yetu katika uhalisi

and the world in the screen

na dunia katika kioo cha kompyuta

where our imagination can go wild.

pale ambapo fikra zetu zaweza kwenda mbali.

And this gap has become shorter,

Na huu utofauti umekuwa mdogo,

shorter, and even shorter,

mdogo,na mdogo sana,

and now this gap is shortened down

na sasa utofauti huu umekuwa mdogo kupita kiasi

to less than a millimeter,

chini ya milimita moja,

the thickness of a touch-screen glass,

unene wa kioo cha kugusa kwa kidole,

and the power of computing

na nguvu ya kazi ya kompyuta

has become accessible to everyone.

imekuwa rahisi kupatikana kwa kila mtu.

But I wondered, what if there could be no boundary at all?

Lakini nilishangaa,ingekuwaje kusingekuwa na mipaka kabisa?

I started to imagine what this would look like.

Nikaanza kufikiri hii ingeonekana vipi.

First, I created this tool

Kwanza,Nilitengeneza hii nyenzo

which penetrates into the digital space,

ambayo inapenyeza katika sehemu ya kidigitali,

so when you press it hard on the screen,

hivyo unavyobonyeza kwa nguvu katika skrini,

it transfers its physical body into pixels.

inabadili viungo halisi vya mwili katika pixeli.

Designers can materialize their ideas

Wabunifu wanaweza kutengeneza kitu halisi kutoka katika mawazo yao

directly in 3D,

moja kwa moja katika 3D,

and surgeons can practice on virtual organs

na wafanya upasuaji wanaweza jifunza kwa viungo bandia

underneath the screen.

chini ya skrini.

So with this tool, this boundary has been broken.

Kwa kifaa hiki,mpaka umevunjwa.

But our two hands still remain outside the screen.

Lakini mikono yetu miwili inabaki nje ya skrini.

How can you reach inside and interact

Unawezaje kufika ndani na kucheza

with the digital information

na taarifa za kidigitali

using the full dexterity of our hands?

kwa kutumia miondoko kamili ya mikono yetu?

At Microsoft Applied Sciences,

Nikiwa Microsoft

along with my mentor Cati Boulanger,

na mwalimu wangu Cati Boulanger,

I redesigned the computer

Niliibuni tena kompyuta

and turned a little space above the keyboard

na kubadili sehemu ndogo juu ya kichapa maandishi

into a digital workspace.

kuwa sehemu ya kidigitali.

By combining a transparent display and depth cameras

Kwa kuunganisha kioo kinachoonesja na kamera

for sensing your fingers and face,

kwa kugundua vidole vyako na uso,

now you can lift up your hands from the keyboard

sasa unaweza kunyanyua mkono wako toka kwenye kichapa maandishi

and reach inside this 3D space

na kufikia hii nafasi ya 3D

and grab pixels with your bare hands.

na kuzishika pixeli kwa mikono yako.

(Applause)

(Makofi)

Because windows and files have a position in the real space,

Kwa sababu madirisha na makabrasha yana nafasi katika uhalisia,

selecting them is as easy as grabbing a book off your shelf.

kuyachagua ni rahisi kama vile kutoa kitabu toka kabatini.

Then you can flip through this book

Halafu unaweza geuza kitabu hiki

while highlighting the lines, words

ukiwa unakoleza mistari,,maneno

on the virtual touch pad below each floating window.

kwenye mguso wa kufikirika chini ya dirisha lolote linaloelea.

Architects can stretch or rotate the models

Wasanifu majengi wanaweza kuminya au kuzungusha michoro

with their two hands directly.

kwa mikono yao miwili moja kwa moja.

So in these examples,

Katika mifano hii,

we are reaching into the digital world.

tunafikia dunia ya kidigitali.

But how about reversing its role

Lakini vipi kuhusu kurudisha nyuma lengo lake

and having the digital information reach us instead?

na kufanya taarifa za kidigitali zitufikie sisi badala?

I'm sure many of us have had the experience

Na uhakika wengi wetu tumewahi kuwa na uzoefu

of buying and returning items online.

kununua na kurudisha vitu tunavyonunua mtandaoni.

But now you don't have to worry about it.

Lakini sasa huna haja ya kuwa na wasiwasi.

What I got here is an online augmented fitting room.

Nilichopata hapa ni kuweza kujaribisha ukiwa mtandaoni.

This is a view that you get from

Hivi ndivyo inavyoonekana

head-mounted or see-through display

kichwa kikiwa juu au kuona kupitia skrini

when the system understands the geometry of your body.

wakati mfumo unaelewa geometri ya mwili wako.

Taking this idea further, I started to think,

Kupeleka mawazo haya mbali,nikaanza kufikiria,

instead of just seeing these pixels in our space,

badala ya kuona hizi pixeli katika nafasi ya kufikirika

how can we make it physical

tunawezaje kuzifanya zionekane katika uhalisia

so that we can touch and feel it?

ambapo tunaweza kuzigusa na kuhisi?

What would such a future look like?

Je itaonekanaje?

At MIT Media Lab, along with my advisor Hiroshi Ishii

Katika maabara za MIT,nikiwa na mshauri wangu Hiroshi Ishii

and my collaborator Rehmi Post,

na mshirika wangu Rehmi Post,

we created this one physical pixel.

tulitengeneza hii pixeli moja ya uhalisia.

Well, in this case, this spherical magnet

Katika hali hii,sumaku ya mviringo

acts like a 3D pixel in our space,

inakuwa kama pixeli ya 3D katika nafasi ya kufikirika,

which means that both computers and people

inamaanisha kompyuta na watu

can move this object to anywhere

wanaweza kuhamisha hiki kitu kwenda kokote

within this little 3D space.

ndani ya hii nafasi ndogo ya 3D.

What we did was essentially canceling gravity

Tulichofanya ni kuepukana na nguvu ya uvutano wa usumaku wa dunia

and controlling the movement by combining

na kumudu miondoko kwa kuunganisha

magnetic levitation and mechanical actuation

mgeuko wa usumaku na jinsi inavyotenda kimakenika

and sensing technologies.

na kuhisi teknolojia.

And by digitally programming the object,

Na kuongoza kifaa kwa kidijitali,

we are liberating the object from constraints

tunaifanya sumaku ifanye kazi kwa kuangalia

of time and space, which means that now,

muda na nafasi,inamaanisha sasa,

human motions can be recorded and played back

muondoko wa mwanadamu unaweza kurekodiwa na kurudiwa

and left permanently in the physical world.

na kuachwa muda wote katika dunia ya uhalisia.

So choreography can be taught physically over distance

mafunzo ya kuigiza yanaweza fundishwa toka katika umbali

and Michael Jordan's famous shooting can be replicated

na jinsi Michael Jordan anavyorusha mipira inaweza kuigwa

over and over as a physical reality.

mara kwa mara kama kitu halisi.

Students can use this as a tool

Wanafunzi wanaweza tumia hiki kama kifaa

to learn about the complex concepts

cha kujifunza kuhusu mawazo magumu

such as planetary motion, physics,

kuhusu miondoko ya sayari,fizikia,

and unlike computer screens or textbooks,

tofauti na vioo vya kompyuta au vitabu,

this is a real, tangible experience

hii ni halisi,na uzoefu bora

that you can touch and feel, and it's very powerful.

ambapo unaweza shikana kuhisi,ina nguvu sana.

And what's more exciting

Na cha kufurahisha zaidi

than just turning what's currently in the computer physical

zaidi ya kubadili kilichopo katika kompyuta

is to start imagining how programming the world

ni kuanza kufikiri jinsi dunia ya ku-programu

will alter even our daily physical activities.

itaweza ongeza kazi zetu za kila siku.

(Laughter)

(Vicheko)

As you can see, the digital information

Kama unavyoona,taarifa za kidigitali

will not just show us something

zitatuonesha kitu fulani

but it will start directly acting upon us

lakini zitaanza ,moja kwa moja kwetu

as a part of our physical surroundings

kama moja ya mazingira halisi

without disconnecting ourselves from our world.

bila kutukatisha sisi kutoka katika dunia yetu.

Today, we started by talking about the boundary,

Leo,tumeanza kuongelea kuhusu mipaka,

but if we remove this boundary,

lakini tukiondoa hii mipaka,

the only boundary left is our imagination.

mpaka pekee ni utaobaki ni fikra zetu.

Thank you.

Asante.

(Applause)

(Makofi)