Unveiling game-changing wearable tech | Pattie Maes

翻译人员: Mengge Li 校对人员: Wenbin Liang

I've been intrigued by this question

有一个问题我思考了很久，

就是我们能否进化出一种第六感官。

of whether we could evolve or develop a sixth sense --

这种感官可以让我们快速的

a sense that would give us seamless access

and easy access to meta-information or information that may exist somewhere

便捷的获得元信息，

或者是其他的一些信息，

that may be relevant to help us make the right decision

在我们需要做出一些决定的时候，

about whatever it is that we're coming across.

这些信息能帮助我们做出正确的选择。

你们可能会说，

And some of you may argue,

"Well, don't today's cell phones do that already?"

当今的手机不正是如此吗？

But I would say no.

但是，我不认同。

When you meet someone here at TED --

假设，当你在TED遇到某人，

and this is the top networking place, of course, of the year --

TED，毫无疑问，是每年最佳的社交场所。

难道你会不跟人家握手，

you don't shake somebody's hand

然后说：“你能等一会吗？

and then say, "Can you hold on for a moment

while I take out my phone and Google you?"

我要用手机Google一下你。”

或者，当你在超市里，

Or when you go to the supermarket

and you're standing there in that huge aisle

站在一排巨大的货架前，

of different types of toilet papers,

面对着各种各样的厕纸，

you don't take out your cell phone, and open a browser,

难道你会拿出手机，打开浏览器

and go to a website to try to decide which of these different toilet papers

登录一个网站，尝试去决定

到底哪一种厕纸

is the most ecologically responsible purchase to make.

才是最环保的，最应该买的？

所以说，我们并没有一个便捷的渠道

So we don't really have easy access to all this relevant information

去获取这些信息，

that can just help us make optimal decisions

这些能帮助我们做出应该要干什么的

最佳决定的信息。

about what to do next and what actions to take.

因此，我的实验室的研发团队

And so my research group at the Media Lab

has been developing a series of inventions

完成了一系列的发明，

在不改变用户行为的条件下，

to give us access to this information in a sort of easy way,

帮助用户快速简单的

without requiring that the user changes any of their behavior.

获取这些信息。

And I'm here to unveil our latest effort,

现在，我将这个设备

展示给大家。

and most successful effort so far,

这是我们至今最成功的版本，

which is still very much a work in process.

仍然在不断改进。

I'm actually wearing the device right now and we've sort of cobbled it together

我现在正佩戴着

我们其实是把市面上常见的

with components that are off the shelf --

一些组件组装在了一起。

and that, by the way, only cost 350 dollars at this point in time.

顺便提一下，目前这个设备

的成本是350美元。

I'm wearing a camera, just a simple web cam,

我佩戴着一个相机，就是一个简单的网络摄像头，

a portable, battery-powered projection system with a little mirror.

一个便携的用电池供电的投影仪和一个小镜子。

These components communicate to my cell phone in my pocket

这些组件跟我口袋中的手机进行通讯，

which acts as the communication and computation device.

手机作为一个通讯和计算的设备。

And in the video here we see my student Pranav Mistry,

画面中，是我的天才学生Pranav Mistry，

who's really the genius who's been implementing

他设计并制造了

and designing this whole system.

这整套系统。

And we see how this system lets him walk up to any surface

我们可以看到，

当他靠近任何表面时，

and start using his hands to interact with the information

信息就会被投影到表面上，

that is projected in front of him.

他就用双手来进行操作。

The system tracks the four significant fingers.

系统会跟踪四个主要的手指。

In this case, he's wearing simple marker caps

在这里，你可以看到

that you may recognize.

他戴着用于标示的指套。

But if you want a more stylish version,

如果你想要更美观，

you could also paint your nails in different colors.

可以把你的指甲染成不同的颜色。

And the camera basically tracks these four fingers

摄像头会跟踪这四个手指，

and recognizes any gestures that he's making

识别他的任何手势，

例如，他可以打开Long Beach的地图，

so he can just go to, for example, a map of Long Beach,

zoom in and out, etc.

进行放大或者缩小等等操作。

The system also recognizes iconic gestures such as the "take a picture" gesture,

这个系统也能识别“象征性手势”，

比如，当你做出这个“拍照手势”，

and then takes a picture of whatever is in front of you.

系统就会拍照，把你面前的东西拍下来。

当他回到Media Lab实验室之后，

And when he then walks back to the Media Lab,

he can just go up to any wall

他可以走近任何一面墙，

and project all the pictures that he's taken,

投影出他拍的所有照片，

sort through them and organize them, and re-size them, etc.,

用各种自然手势，进行整理，归类，

改变大小等各种操作。

again using all natural gestures.

所有操作都用手势来完成。

你们当中有些人两年前在这里

So, some of you most likely were here two years ago

应该看过Jeff Han演示微软的Surface系统，

and saw the demo by Jeff Han, or some of you may think,

"Well, doesn't this look like the Microsoft Surface Table?"

你们可能觉得：这套系统跟Surface看起来很像。

And yes, you also interact using natural gestures,

没错，这两套系统都是用自然手势，

both hands, etc.

用双手来操作。

But the difference here is that you can use any surface,

但区别是，我这套系统可以在任何表面上操作，

you can walk up to any surface,

你可以走近任何表面，

including your hand, if nothing else is available,

如果没有可用的表面，你还可以用自己的手

and interact with this projected data.

与投影的数据进行交互。

The device is completely portable, and can be --

这个设备的使用是完全没有限制的，

而且可以用来……

(Applause)

（掌声）

(Applause ends)

So, one important difference is that it's totally mobile.

所以，最重要的区别就是，我这套系统是完全便携移动的。

Another even more important difference is that in mass production,

另一个更重要的区别是，这个设备将来量产，

this would not cost more tomorrow than today's cell phones

不会比今天的手机贵，

and would actually not sort of be a bigger packaging --

也不会像我现在戴着的这么笨重，

could look a lot more stylish

会变得更时尚更美观，

than this version that I'm wearing around my neck.

比我现在戴着的这个要好看。

这个设备除了让你们的幻想变为现实，

But other than letting some of you live out your fantasy

让你们看起来跟《少数派报告》里的Tom Cruise一样酷之外，

of looking as cool as Tom Cruise in "Minority Report,"

真正值得振奋的是，

the reason why we're really excited about this device

它确实可以充当一种“第六感官”，

is that it really can act as one of these sixth-sense devices

that gives you relevant information about whatever is in front of you.

为你提供在你面前的

任何物体的相关信息。

我们看到Pranav现在去了超市，

So we see Pranav here going into the supermarket

and he's shopping for some paper towels.

他打算买一些纸巾。

And, as he picks up a product,

当他拿起一种纸巾时，

the system can recognize the product that he's picking up,

系统会通过图像识别或者是标识技术

using either image recognition or marker technology,

自动识别这种纸巾，

and give him the green light or an orange light.

然后显示一个绿灯，或者是橙灯。

He can ask for additional information.

他可以取得更多信息。

So this particular choice here

所以现在这个选择，

is a particularly good choice, given his personal criteria.

根据他个人的标准，是一个最佳选择。

Some of you may want the toilet paper with the most bleach in it

你们有些人可能想要含有最多漂白剂的厕纸，

rather than the most ecologically responsible choice.

而不是最环保的厕纸。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

If he picks up a book in the bookstore, he can get an Amazon rating --

当他在书店拿起一本书时，

他会获得亚马逊网站对于这本书的评价。

it gets projected right on the cover of the book.

这些信息直接被投影到书的封面上。

这本是之前的演讲者Juan的著作，

This is Juan's book, our previous speaker,

which gets a great rating, by the way, at Amazon.

在亚马逊大受好评。

And so, Pranav turns the page of the book

然后，当Pranav翻开这本书，

and can then see additional information about the book --

会看到这本书的更多相关信息--

reader comments, maybe sort of information by his favorite critic, etc.

读者评论，他最喜欢的书评家对于此书的评论，等等。

If he turns to a particular page,

如果他翻到特定的某页，

he finds an annotation by maybe an expert or a friend of ours

他会看到我们的朋友中的某个专家

that gives him a little bit of additional information

所作的一个注脚，给他提供一些

关于这一页的附加信息。

about whatever is on that particular page.

看报纸的时候，

Reading the newspaper -- it never has to be outdated.

永远都有最及时的信息。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

You can get video annotations of the events that you're reading about.

你可以看到事件的视频报道，

You can get the latest sports scores, etc.

可以看到体育比赛的最及时的比分，等等。

接下来是一个有争议的功能。

This is a more controversial one.

(Laughter)

（笑声）

As you interact with someone at TED,

当你在这遇到某人，

maybe you can see a word cloud of the tags,

你会看到一个标签云，

the words that are associated with that person

这些标签是跟这个人相关的，

in their blog and personal web pages.

是从这个人的博客和个人主页中提取的。

In this case, the student is interested in cameras, etc.

在这个例子中，我们看到这位学生对相机感兴趣，等等。

On your way to the airport,

在你去机场的路上，

if you pick up your boarding pass, it can tell you that your flight is delayed,

当你拿出你的登机牌，它会告诉你航班延误了，

that the gate has changed, etc.

登机口改换了，等等。

And, if you need to know what the current time is,

还有，如果你想知道时间的话，

it's as simple as drawing a watch --

非常简单，在你的手臂上

(Laughter)

（笑声）

(Applause)

（掌声）

on your arm.

画一个表盘。

这就是我们开发的第六感官目前的进展。

So that's where we're at so far in developing this sixth sense

这种让我们可以随时随地获取相关信息，

that would give us seamless access to all this relevant information

方便我们的生活，

about the things that we may come across.

帮助我们更好的生活。

My student Pranav, who's really, like I said, the genius behind this.

我的天才学生 Pranav，

（掌声）

(Applause and cheering)

(Applause ends)

He does deserve a lot of applause,

应该得到这些掌声，

because I don't think he's slept much in the last three months, actually.

他过去三个月废寝忘食的工作。

And his girlfriend is probably not very happy about him either.

他的女朋友肯定是一肚子牢骚。

But it's not perfect yet, it's very much a work in progress.

但是，这个设备目前还不完善。

And who knows, maybe in another 10 years

或许在未来十年之内，

we'll be here with the ultimate sixth sense brain implant.

我们的大脑中会植入超级的第六感官。

Thank you.

谢谢。

(Applause)

（掌声）