Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced blueprints for civilization

Translator: YUNDAN CHEN Reviewer: Nova Upinel Altesse

Hi, my name is Marcin --

嗨，我的名字是Marcin

farmer, technologist.

是個農夫，也是技術專家

I was born in Poland, now in the U.S.

我在波蘭出生，現在則在美國

I started a group called Open Source Ecology.

我創立了一個名為Open Source Ecology的團隊

We've identified the 50 most important machines

我們已經鑒別出維持現代生活運轉

that we think it takes for modern life to exist --

所需五十種最重要既機器

things from tractors,

例如拖拉機

bread ovens, circuit makers.

多士爐, 電路製造機

Then we set out to create

然後我們創設了資源共享,

an open source, DIY, do it yourself version

DIY, 自己動手做的版本

that anyone can build and maintain

也就是任何人都能建造

at a fraction of the cost.

並以少數花費來維護的機器

We call this the Global Village Construction Set.

我們稱這為全球村建構集

So let me tell you a story.

讓我來說個故事

So I finished my 20s

在我二十歲時

with a Ph.D. in fusion energy,

我獲得了融合能源的博士學位

and I discovered I was useless.

我了解到我根本一無是處

I had no practical skills.

我沒有任何的實質技能

The world presented me with options,

世界給了我不同的選擇

and I took them.

我也接受了

I guess you can call it the consumer lifestyle.

我想你們可以說那是消費者的生活方式

So I started a farm in Missouri

所以我開始在密蘇里當起了農夫

and learned about the economics of farming.

並且學習經營農場的經濟學

I bought a tractor -- then it broke.

我買了台拖拉機, 然後它壞了

I paid to get it repaired --

我花了錢將它修復好

then it broke again.

然後它又壞了

Then pretty soon,

沒多久

I was broke too.

我也跟著沒錢了

I realized

我瞭解到

that the truly appropriate, low-cost tools that I needed

我需要真正合適, 低成本的工具

to start a sustainable farm and settlement

來打造出一個還不存在的

just didn't exist yet.

永續農場和住所

I needed tools that were robust, modular,

我需要堅固的, 模組化的

highly efficient and optimized,

高效率並最佳化

low-cost,

低成本,

made from local and recycled materials that would last a lifetime,

以當地可回收材料做成的工具

not designed for obsolescence.

而不只是設計用來作為過渡用

I found that I would have to build them myself.

我瞭解到我必須自己建造它們

So I did just that.

而我也就這麼做了

And I tested them.

並且測試它們

And I found that industrial productivity

我瞭解到工業化的生產效率

can be achieved on a small scale.

是可以小量的達成

So then I published the 3D designs,

所以我在維基創立3D設計,

schematics,

解析圖,

instructional videos and budgets

操作指南影片

on a wiki.

和預算

Then contributors from all over the world

而之後世界各地的贊助者開始出現

began showing up, prototyping new machines

並在造訪我們的計畫中

during dedicated project visits.

創造多種新的原創機器

So far, we have prototyped eight of the 50 machines.

到目前為止, 我們的五十種機器中有八項是原創設計

And now the project

而現在這個計畫

is beginning to grow on its own.

正開始自我茁壯

We know that open source has succeeded

我們知道資源共享是藉由軟體的使用

with tools for managing knowledge and creativity.

來駕馭知識與創意而成功

And the same is starting to happen with hardware too.

而相同的事正開始發生在硬體上

We're focusing on hardware

我們著眼在硬體

because it is hardware that can change people's lives

因為正是硬體設施這樣實質形體的事物

in such tangible material ways.

能改變人的生活

If we can lower the barriers to farming, building, manufacturing,

如果我們能降低耕作, 建築, 製造的成本

then we can unleash just massive amounts of human potential.

我們就能釋放出人類大量的潛能

That's not only in the developing world.

这不仅仅针对发展中国家。

Our tools are being made

美國的農夫, 建築業者, 企業家, 生產者

for the American farmer, builder, entrepreneur, maker.

也建構出我們的機器

We've seen lots of excitement from these people,

我們看見了這些人

who can now start a construction business,

因能開創一個建構事業

parts manufacturing,

或者是製造業

organic CSA

有機 CSA

or just selling power back to the grid.

或僅僅販售這些機器而感到開心興奮

Our goal is a repository of published designs

我們的目標是一份已知設計的知識寶典

so clear, so complete,

如此的簡單, 如此的完整

that a single burned DVD

只要一片DVD

is effectively a civilization starter kit.

就收錄著文明開創的成套設備

I've planted a hundred trees in a day.

我曾在一天中種了一百顆樹

I've pressed 5,000 bricks in one day

我曾在一天中將我腳下的土

from the dirt beneath my feet

壓製成五千塊磚頭

and built a tractor in six days.

並在六天內建造出一台拖拉機

From what I've seen, this is only the beginning.

在我眼裡, 這些都只是個開始

If this idea is truly sound,

如果這點子真的管用

then the implications are significant.

那它的影響一定十分重大

A greater distribution of the means of production,

製造的意義將能有更好的分佈,

environmentally sound supply chains,

聽起來更環保的供應鏈,

and a newly relevant DIY maker culture

和一個全新價值的DIY製造者文化

can hope to transcend

期望能優於

artificial scarcity.

過往過度工業化的製程

We're exploring the limits

我們正探索著

of what we all can do to make a better world

藉由硬體科技資源共享

with open hardware technology.

使世界更好的極限

Thank you.

謝謝

(Applause)

（鼓掌）