Easy DIY projects for kid engineers | Fawn Qiu

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翻译人员: Conway Ye 校对人员: Junkai Fu
我为初中和高中学生
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I design engineering projects
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for middle school and high school students,
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设计工程项目
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often using materials that are pretty unexpected.
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经常使用令人意想不到的材料
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My inspiration comes from problems in my daily life.
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For example,
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我的灵感来源于日常生活中的问题
例如
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one time I needed a costume to go to a comic convention,
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有一次,我需要一套服装去参加动漫大会
但是我不想花很多钱
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but I didn't want to spend too much money,
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so I made my own ...
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所以我自己用会发光的皇冠和短裙
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with a light-up crown and skirt.
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做了一套
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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Another time,
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另一次
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I was devastated because my favorite mobile game,
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我非常沮丧
因为我最喜欢的手机游戏
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Flappy Bird,
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飞行的小鸟
要从应用商城下架了
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was being taken off the app store.
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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So I was faced with the dilemma
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所以我进退两难
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to either never update my phone or never play Flappy Bird again.
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要不就不升级我的手机
要不然就再也玩不了飞行的小鸟了
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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Unhappy with both options,
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两个我都不愿意
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I did the only thing that made sense to me.
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所以我找到了一个很有意思的办法
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I made a physical version of Flappy Bird
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我自己做了一个实体版本的Flappy Bird游戏,
它永远也不会从应用商城下架
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that could never be taken off the app store.
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
(音乐)
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(Music)
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(Beeping)
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(Music)
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
我也有几个朋友对这游戏上瘾
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So a few of my friends were also pretty addicted to the game,
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and I invited them to play as well.
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我邀请请他们一起来玩
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(Video) Friend: Ah!
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(视频)朋友:啊!!!
(笑声)
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(Laughter)
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(视频)朋友:什么!?
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(Video) Friend: What the heck?
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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And they told me that it was just as infuriating as the original game.
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他们告诉我这和原版游戏一样,很燃
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
所以我把这个产品的演示上传到网络
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So I uploaded a demo of this project online,
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and to my surprise it went viral.
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没想到它竟然火了
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It had over two million views in just a few days.
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几天内就有了两百万的浏览量
(笑声)
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(Laughter)
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And what's more interesting are people's comments.
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更有趣的是人们的评论
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A lot of people wanted to make it their own,
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很多人都想要自己制作
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or asked me how it was made.
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向我问制作的方法
这似乎证实了我的想法--
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So this kind of confirmed my idea that through a creative project,
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通过一个有创意的项目, 我们能够让人们了解工程学
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we can teach people about engineering.
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With the money made from the viral video,
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用那段视频赚来的钱
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we were able to let students in our classroom
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我们开设了教室
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all make their own game in a box.
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让孩子们能够在盒子里制作自己的游戏
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Although it was pretty challenging,
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即使这挺具有挑战性的
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they learned a lot of new concepts in engineering and programming.
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但他们学了很多工程和编程的新概念
他们很渴望学习,因为想要完成这个游戏
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And they were all eager to learn so they could finish the game as well.
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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So before Flappy Bird Box,
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在Flappy Bird盒子版之前,
我就想过用有创意的工程项目去教导学生
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I had the idea of using creative engineering projects to teach students.
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When I was teaching at a middle school,
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当我在初中教书的时候
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we asked our students to build a robot from a standard technology kit.
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我们要求学生用一个标准工具套装制作一个机器人
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And I noticed that a lot of them seemed bored.
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我发现他们很多人都觉得无聊
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Then a few of them started taking pieces of paper
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然后他们中的一些开始用纸
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and decorating their robots.
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装饰他们的机器人
然后更多的学生参与进来
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And then more of them got into it,
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并且他们对项目更感兴趣了
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and they became more interested in the project.
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So I started looking for more creative ways
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我开始寻找更有创造性的方式
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to introduce technology to students.
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来教给学生科技
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What I found was that most technology kits available in school
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我发现大多数学校的科技套装
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look a little intimidating.
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看起来都有一些吓人
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They're all made of plastic parts that you can't customize.
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他们都是由无法改装的 的塑料部件构成
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On top of that, they're all very expensive,
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而且,它们非常昂贵
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costing hundreds of dollars per kit.
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每套花费上百美金
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So that's certainly not very affordable for most classroom budgets.
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所以大多数教室都是承担不起的
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Since I didn't find anything,
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既然我找不到什么东西
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I decided to make something on my own.
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我决定自己做一些
我从纸和布料开始
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I started with paper and fabric.
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毕竟我们从小就和它们打交道
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After all, we all played with those since we were kids,
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and they are also pretty cheap
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而且它们挺便宜的
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and can be found anywhere around the house.
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还可以从家里找到它们
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And I prototyped a project
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所以我创造了一个项目
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where students can create a light-up creature
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学生能够制作一个发光的生物
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using fabric and googly eyes.
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使用布料和瞪大的眼睛
他们在教室里互相帮助
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They were all helping each other in classrooms,
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and were laughing and discussing the project.
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我们笑着一起讨论这个项目
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And most importantly,
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最重要的是
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they were able to insert their own creativity into the project.
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他们都能够在项目中 加入自己的创意
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So because of the success of this project,
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因为这个项目的成功
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I continued to create more engineering projects
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我开发了更多工程项目
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to challenge my students.
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去挑战我的学生
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And I also started to take these workshops outside of school
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我还开始把这些项目带到校外
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and into the community.
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带进社区
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And something really interesting happened.
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一些很有趣的事情发生了--
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I noticed a lot of people from very diverse backgrounds
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我发现很多不同背景的人
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started coming to our workshops.
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开始参与这个项目
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And specifically,
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特别是
有比我预想更多女性和少数民族参与
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there were a lot more women and minorities than I expected,
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and that you wouldn't usually see at a traditional engineering workshop.
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这在传统工程项目中并不常见
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Now take a look at this employee report at a major technology company in 2016.
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现在看看2016年 大型科技公司的雇员报告
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Women make up only 19 percent of the technology workforce.
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女性只占技术人员的19%
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And underrepresented minorities make up only four percent.
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少数民族(URM)只有4%
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This statistic might look familiar
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这个数据看起来可能很熟悉
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if you walked into a high school robotics club,
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当你走进一个高中机器人俱乐部
或者一个大学的工程课
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or a college engineering class.
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Now, there's a wide variety of problems
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很多问题造成了
科技人员缺少多样性
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that contribute to the lack of diversity in the technology force.
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Perhaps one solution could be
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可能一个解决方法是
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to introduce technology to students through creative projects.
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通过创造性项目来把科技带给学生
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I'm not saying that this could solve everything,
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我并不觉得这可以解决一切
但这可能会把科技带给
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but it could introduce technology
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to people who originally wouldn't be interested in it
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本不会对其感兴趣的人
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because of how it has been portrayed and taught in school.
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因为他们在学校的时候科技课已经被教得并不令人感兴趣
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So how do we start to change the perception of technology?
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所以我们如何开始改变对科技的感观?
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Most students think that it's boring or unwelcoming,
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大多数学生认为 工程是无聊和困难的
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so I have always designed projects following three principles.
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所以我一直依照 这三条原理来设计项目
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First is having a low floor,
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一是低门槛
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and that means this project is easy to get started.
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这意味着这个项目很好开始
看看这个教程
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So take a look at this tutorial.
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The first project we asked students to learn
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我们要求学生学习的第一个项目
是在纸上制作一条电路
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is to make a circuit on paper.
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你能看到 这花不了很多时间学会
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As you can see, it doesn't take very long to learn,
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and it's pretty easy even for beginners.
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对初学者来说也很简单。
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And having a low floor also means that we're removing the financial barrier
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低门槛也意味着没有经济障碍,
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that prevents people from completing a project.
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让人们放弃一个项目
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So with paper, copper tape, lightbulb and a battery,
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所以用纸、铜胶带、灯泡和一个电池
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people can complete this project for under a dollar.
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人们能够在一美元以下完成这个项目
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So second principle is having a high ceiling.
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第二个原理是高质量
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This means that there's a lot of room to grow,
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只这意味着成长空间很大
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and students are constantly being challenged.
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学生不断会被挑战
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At first it might just be a light-up creature,
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刚开始可能只是一个会发光的生物
然后你就可以加入 一些传感器和微控制器,
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but then you can add sensors and microcontrollers,
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and start to program the creature to interact with its environment.
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然后开始编程,让它能和环境互动
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
最后
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And finally,
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the third principle is customization.
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第三个原理是个性化
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This means that we can make this project relevant to anyone.
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这意味着我们可以 让这个项目和每个人都有关
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That's the beauty of using everyday materials;
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这就是使用日常材料的好处
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it's very easy to customize using paper and fabric.
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用纸和布料来个性化很简单
所以即使你不喜欢飞行的小鸟
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So even if you don't like Flappy Bird,
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you can still make your own game.
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你也可以制作自己的游戏
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(Video) Student: So our game is about Justin Bieber,
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(视频)学生: 我们的游戏贾斯丁比伯有关
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because he's been speeding,
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因为他一直开车超速
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and the object is to prevent him from getting caught by the LAPD --
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目标就是防止它被他 被洛杉矶警察抓住
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
(视频)学生:但是他在改变
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(Video) Student: Yeah, but he's changing so --
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we're a part of his posse.
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我们是他的粉丝
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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Thank you.
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谢谢
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(Applause)
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