Mick Ebeling: The invention that unlocked a locked-in artist

翻译人员: Felix Chen 校对人员: Jenny Yang

I have had the distinct blessing in my life

我在生活中曾有幸

to have worked on a bunch of amazing projects.

参与了许多令人惊叹的项目。

But the coolest I ever worked on

但做过的最酷的项目

was around this guy.

与这家伙有关。

This guy's name is TEMPT.

这家伙的名字是TEMPT。

TEMPT was one of the foremost graffiti artists in the 80s.

TEMPT是八十年代最初的涂鸦艺术家之一。

And he came up home from a run one day

一天他跑完步回到家中

and said, "Dad, my legs are tingling."

说道，“爸爸，我的腿有些发麻。”

And that was the onset of ALS.

这是ALS的初期症状。

So TEMPT is now completely paralyzed.

TEMPT现在完全瘫痪了。

He only has use of his eyes.

只有他的眼睛能活动。

I was exposed to him.

我曾与他接触过。

I have a company that does design and animation,

我有家做设计和动画的公司，

so obviously graffiti is definitely an intricate part

显然涂鸦是我们在艺术世界中

of what we admire and respect in the art world.

钦佩和尊敬的一个复杂的部分。

And so we decided that we were going to sponsor

因此，我们决定成为

Tony, TEMPT, and his cause.

托尼，也就是TEMPT，事业的赞助者。

So I went and met with his brother and father

因此我去找到他兄弟和他父亲

and said, "We're going to give you this money.

对他们说，“我们打算给你们些钱。

What are you going to do with it?"

你们会用来做什么？”

And his brother said, "I just want to be able to talk to Tony again.

他兄弟说道，“我只是想能够再和托尼聊天。

I just want to be able to communicate with him

我只想能跟他交流

and him to be able to communicate with me."

而且他也能跟我交流。”

And I said, "Wait a second, isn't that -- I've seen Stephen Hawking --

我说道，“等等，我曾见过斯蒂芬·霍金，”

don't all paralyzed people have the ability to communicate

不是所有瘫痪的人都能通过这些设备

via these devices?"

和别人交流么？

And he said, "No, unless you're in the upper echelon and

他回答道，“不，除非是上层社会的人，”

you've got really amazing insurance,

拥有十分惊人的保额，

you can't actually do that.

不然根本做不到。

These devices aren't accessible to people."

这些设备不是那么容易得到的。”

And I said, "Well, how do you actually communicate?"

我说道，”好的，你们是怎么交流的？“

Has everyone seen the movie "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly?"

大家有没有看过电影”潜水钟和蝴蝶“？

That's how they communicate --

那就是他们交流的方式 --

so run their finger along.

移动他们的手指。

I said, "That's archaic. How can that be?"

我说道，”这法子太落后了。怎么会这样？“

So I showed up with the desire to just write a check,

我出现时的心愿仅仅是开张支票，

and instead, I wrote a check

相反，我开了张

that I had no freaking idea how I was going to cash.

我完全不知道如何兑现的支票。

I committed to his brother and his father right then and there --

我当时向他兄弟和他父亲承诺 --

I'm like, "All right, here's the deal:

大意是，“好的，这样吧：

Tony's going to speak, we're going to get him a machine,

托尼会能讲话的，我们会给他一台机器，

and we're going to figure out a way for him to do his art again.

我们会找出一个能让他再次创作的方式。

Because it's a travesty that someone who still has all of that in him

因为一个人内在仍然正常却不能交流

isn't able to communicate it."

实在是太荒唐了”

So I spoke at a conference a couple months after that.

几个月之后我在一次会议上有个演讲。

I met these guys called GRL,

我遇到了这些被称为GRL的家伙，

Graffiti Research Lab,

涂鸦研究实验室（Graffiti Research Lab），

and they have a technology

他们有一项技术

that allows them to project a light onto any surface

能让他们把一束光投射到任何表面上，

and then, with a laser pointer, draw on it,

然后用一个激光笔在上面作画，

and it just registers the negative space.

这会形成一种暗的间隙。

So they go around and do art installations like this.

他们就四处走动，像这样展示艺术。

All the things that go up there, they said there's a life cycle.

所有这些事，他们称之为一个生命周期。

First it starts with the sexual organs,

首先以性器官开始，

then it starts with cuss words,

然后是脏话，

then it was Bush slanders

接着是诽谤布什

and then people actually got to art.

然后人们就看到了艺术。

But there was always a life cycle to their presentations.

但是他们展示总是内涵了一个生命周期。

So I went home and was having dinner with my wife

我回到家中，与我妻子共进晚餐时

and was telling her about this,

把这些告诉了她，

and we were like, "Well wait a second. If we know that this technology exists

大意是，”等等，如果我们知道这项技术

where you can use your eyes to control things,

能让你用眼睛控制事物，

why don't we figure out a way for TEMPT to control a laser

为什么我们不想个办法让TEMPT来控制一束激光，

and he could do graf again? Well that would be awesome."

这一他就能再次进行涂鸦了，那就太棒了。“

So that started the journey.

因此我们开始行动。

And about two years later, about a year later,

大约两年后，一年后，

after a bunch of organization

在通过许多组织

and a bunch of moving things around,

和我们改变了一些情况

we'd accomplished a couple things.

我们完成了一些事情

One, we battered down the doors of the insurance companies,

第一，我们捣毁了保险公司的大门，

and we actually got TEMPT a machine

我们真的给了TEMPT一台机器

that let him communicate -- a Stephen Hawking machine.

让他能够进行交流 -- 一台斯蒂芬·霍金式的机器。

(Applause)

（掌声）

Which was awesome.

那太棒了。

And he's seriously one of the funniest -- I call him Yoda,

他真的是最有趣的人 -- 我叫他尤达，

because you talk to the guy, you get an email from him,

因为你跟他说话，他给你发Email，

and you're like, "I'm not worthy. This guy's so amazing."

你好象觉得，”我还不行。这家伙太出色了。“

The other thing we did

我们做的另一件事是，

is we flew seven programmers from all over the world --

我们聚集了七名来自全世界的程序员 --

literally every corner of the world --

毫不夸张，他们来自世界的每个角落 --

into our house.

把他们聚集到我们这儿。

My wife and kids and I moved to our back garage,

我妻子和孩子和我搬到了后面的车库里，

and these hackers and programmers

这些黑客、程序员、

and conspiracy theorists and anarchists took over our house.

阴谋论者和无政府主义者接管了我们的房子。

A lot of our friends thought we were absolutely stupid to do that

我们许多朋友认为我们这么做真是太愚蠢了

and that we were going to come back

等我们重回房子的时候

and all the pictures on the wall would be removed and graf on the walls.

墙上挂的图片都会被拿下来，而且墙上会被画的乱七八糟。

But for over two weeks,

但过了两个星期后，

we programmed,

我们进行了两星期后，

we went to the Venice boardwalk,

我们去了威尼斯街，

my kids got involved,

我的孩子也参与了，

my dog got involved,

我的狗也参与了，

and we created this.

我们造出了这个。

This is called the EyeWriter,

我们称之为眼神书写器（EyeWriter），

and you can see the description.

各位可以看看这个说明。

This is a cheap pair of sunglasses

这是副便宜的太阳镜

that we bought at the Venice Beach boardwalk,

我们在威尼斯海滨路买的，

some copper wire

一些铜线

and some stuff from Home Depot and Radio Shack.

和一些从家得宝和Radio Shack（出售电器的连锁店）买的东西。

We took a PS3 camera, hacked it open,

我们拿了个PS3的摄像头，拆解了它，

mounted it to an LED light,

把它安装在一个LED灯上，

and now there's a device that is free --

现在这个设备是免费的 --

you build this yourself, we publish the code for free,

可以自己制作，我们把开放了源码，

you download the software for free.

你可以免费下载。

And now we've created a device

现在我们可以完全

that has absolutely no limitations.

不受限制地制作这一设备。

There's no insurance company that can say "No."

没有任何保险公司能说“不”。

There's no hospital that can say "No."

没有任何医院能说“不”。

Anybody who's paralyzed now has access

任何瘫痪的人现在都可以

to actually draw or communicate using only their eyes.

只用他们的眼睛就能绘画和交流。

(Applause)

（掌声）

Thank you.

谢谢。

Thank you guys very much. That was awesome.

非常感谢各位。这很棒。

So at the end of the two weeks,

在两个星期结束后，

we went back to TEMPT's room.

我们回到了TEMPT的房间。

I love this picture, because this is someone else's room

我喜欢这张照片，因为这是别人的房间

and that's his room.

这是他的房间。

So there's all this hustle and bustle going on for the big unveiling.

所有这些拥挤喧嚷都是为了这一重大时刻。

And after over a year of planning,

在超过一年的计划、

two weeks of programming,

两个星期的编程、

carb-fest and all-night sessions,

快餐和通宵会议之后，

Tony drew again for the first time in seven years.

托尼在七年后第一次开始了绘画。

And this is an amazing picture,

这是一幅令人惊叹的画面，

because this is his life support system,

因为这是他的生命维持系统，

and he's looking over his life support system.

他在仔细观察他的生命维持系统。

We kicked his bed so that he could see out.

我们摇起他的床，让他能够看到。

And we set up a projector

我们架起了一个放映机，

on a wall out in the parking lot outside of his hospital.

就在他医院外面的停车场的一面墙上。

And he drew again for the first time,

他再次开始绘画，

in front of his family and friends --

在他的家人和朋友面前 --

and you can only imagine

各位能够想象

what the feeling in the parking lot was.

在停车场上是什么样的感觉。

The funny thing was, we had to break into the parking lot too,

有趣的是，我们也要挤进停车场，

so we totally felt like we were legit in the whole graf scene too.

那样我们好像感觉到我们也是整个涂鸦作品的一部分。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

So at the end of this, he sent us an email,

在这结束时，他给我们发了封Email，

and this is what the email said:

其中这样写道：

"That was the first time I've drawn anything for seven years.

“这是我七年来我第一次能够绘画。

I feel like I had been held underwater,

我觉得我一直被压在水下，

and someone finally reached down

而终于有人伸出手

and pulled my head up so I could breathe."

把我的头拉出水面，让我能够呼吸。”

Isn't that awesome?

这太棒了，不是么。

(Applause)

（掌声）

So that's kind of our battle cry.

这有点像是我们的战斗口号。

That's what keeps us going and keeps us developing.

就是这些让我们不断前行不断发展。

And we've got such a long way to go with this.

我们走了那么远的路才做到这点。

This is an amazing device,

这是个很棒的设备，

but it's the equivalent of an Etch A Sketch.

但它与素描刻蚀不同。

And someone who has that kind of artistic potential deserves so much more.

一个有这类艺术潜力的人应得到更多。

So we're in the process of trying to figure out

我们还在探索的过程之中，

how to make it better, faster, stronger.

探索如何让它更好、更快、更强大。

Since that time, we've had all kinds of acknowledgment.

从那时起，我们受到了各种各样的认可。

We've won a bunch of awards.

我们赢得了许多奖励。

Remember, it's free; none of us are making any money on this thing.

请记住，它是免费的；我们中没人在用这东西赚一分钱。

It's all coming out of our own pockets.

所有的支出都是我们自掏腰包。

So the awards were like, "Oh, this is fantastic."

我们奖励则是，“哦，这太了不起了。”

Armstrong Twittered about us,

阿姆斯特朗发了关于我们的Twitter，

and then in December, Time magazine honored us

接着在十二月，时代杂志给了我们

as one of the top 50 inventions of 2010, which was really cool.

2010年五十大发明之一的荣耀，这确实很酷。

(Applause)

（掌声）

The coolest thing about this --

最酷的事是 --

and this is what's completing the whole circle --

这将完成整个循环 --

is that in April of this year,

在今年的四月，

at the Geffen MOCA in downtown Los Angeles,

在洛杉矶市中心的格芬当代艺术馆，

there's going to be an exhibition called "Art of the Streets."

将会有一个名为“街头艺术”的展览会。

And "Art of the Streets" is going to have

而“街头艺术”会有

pretty much the bad-asses of the street art scene --

许多街头艺术的坏蛋们 --

Banksy, Shepard Fairey, KAWS --

班克斯、谢帕德·费尔雷、CAW --

all of these guys will be there.

所有这些人都会到场。

TEMPT's going to be in the show,

TEMPT也将会出现在展会中，

which is pretty awesome.

这非常棒。

(Applause)

（掌声）

So basically this is my point:

因此基本上我的观点是：

If you see something that's not possible,

如果你看到一些并非不可能的事，

make it possible.

让它成为可能。

Everything in this room wasn't possible --

所有发生在这间屋子的事都是不可能的 --

this stage, this computer, this mic, the EyeWriter --

这个舞台、这台电脑、这个麦克、这个眼神书写器 --

wasn't possible at one point.

一度都是不可能的。

Make it possible, everyone in this room.

是这房间中的每个人让它变得可能。

I'm not a programmer,

我不是程序员，

never done anything with ocular recognition technology,

也从未做过任何与眼部运动识别技术相关的事情，

but I just recognized something and associated myself with amazing people

但我只是想到一些事并把我自己和一些了不起的人联系起来

so that we could make something happen.

这一我们就能整出点名堂。

And this is the question I want everyone to ask yourself

我就是想让每个人在每一天中，

every single day

当想到一些

when you come up with something you feel that needs to be done:

你觉得应该完成的事时，都应问问自己的问题。

if not now, then when? And if not me, then who?

如果现在不做，那何时做？如果我不做，那谁来做？

Thank you guys.

谢谢各位。

(Applause)

（掌声）