Sergei Lupashin: A flying camera ... on a leash

譯者: Qiwen Lu 審譯者: Adrienne Lin

I came here to show you

我今天來向大家展示

the Fotokite.

空中攝影機。

It's a tethered, flying camera.

它是種被栓著、能飛的照相機。

But before I do that, I want to tell you a bit about

但是在我展示它之前， 我想先跟你們說說

where it came from, what motivated it.

它是從哪兒來， 是如何被發明出來的。

So I was born in Russia,

我在俄羅斯出生。

and three years ago, in 2011,

3 年前，也就是 2011 年，

there were the Russian federal elections.

俄羅斯舉行了聯邦政府選舉活動。

There were massive irregularities reported,

當時有大量違規的事情被曝出，

and people came out to protest,

於是人們出來抗議遊行，

which was very unlikely for Russia.

這在俄羅斯是很少見的。

And no one really knew

當時並沒人知道

how significant these protests were,

這些抗議有多重要，

because, for whatever reason,

因為由於某些原因，

the world media largely ignored it.

世界上大多數媒體並沒有報導它們。

Now, there was a group of photographers

不過有一群攝影師

who kind of flew flying cameras as a hobby —

喜歡讓自己的相機在空中飛。

usually photographing things like the Sphinx,

他們經常拍一些東西，

the Pyramids — who happened to be

比如獅身人面像、金字塔，

他們正好在附近，

right around the corner, and they flew a camera

於是他們把相機放到空中， 拍一些快照，

and they took some snapshots,

some panoramas of this demonstration.

一些俄羅斯抗議遊行的全景照片。

Just completely independent entity,

它們都是完全不相關的照片，

completely random occurrence,

完全隨機的情景，

and the image, when I saw it, it really struck me.

而當我看到那些照片的時候， 我震驚了。

Here's one of the panoramas.

這是其中一張全景照。

So in a single image,

在一張單獨的照片裡，

you can really see the scale of this event —

你就能真正感受到遊行的規模之大，

just the number of people,

人數之多，

the colors, the banners.

色彩以及布條帶來的的視覺衝擊，

You just can't consider this insignificant.

使你無法把它們視為無關緊要。

All in a single image, which was really cool to me.

而這些景象都在僅僅 一張照片裡，讓我感覺很酷。

And I think, in the future,

我也覺得，在未來，

journalism and many other professions,

新聞業以及其他許多職業，

there are flying cameras already quite commonly out there,

空中攝影機都會普及。

but I think, you wait a few months, a few years,

但我也認為，在幾個月或者數年之後，

and for many professions, it's really going to be

它將會在許多領域，

a requirement.

成為必需品，

And it make sense. It's such a unique perspective.

這說得通，因為它提供很特別的觀點，

Nothing really communicates this scale, for example,

沒有東西能這麼好地 紀錄下這樣的場面，

in context, in a way that this does.

呈現出事件的全部風貌。

But there are a few hurdles, and they are quite basic

但仍然存在著一些問題， 雖然十分基本，

and quite fundamental.

卻也十分重要。

One is piloting.

其中一個是飛行問題，

So for this image, they flew a camera,

這張照片是他們用空中攝影機拍的。

a five kilogram device with an SLR under it.

那是一個 5 公斤的機器， 下面有一個單鏡頭反射器。

It's quite heavy, lots of spinning, sharp things.

它很重，很鋒利，也轉得很快，

It's a bit uncomfortable to fly,

所以飛的時候有一點兒不自在。

probably also for the operator.

對操控的人大概也是一樣。

In fact, you can see that on the back of the pilot's shirt, it says,

其實，你能看見飛行員衣服上所寫的：

"No questions until landing"

「降落前，一切都別問問題。」

in Russian and in English,

用俄語和和英語寫的。

because people are curious, and they'll go tap you,

因為人們會好奇， 於是他們會走過來拍你，

and then you lose your focus and things happen.

然後你就不能專注， 事故就這樣發生了。

And these guys are great. They're professionals;

這些人很棒， 他們都是專業的操作者，

they're really careful in what they do.

他們也對自己所做的事十分謹慎。

So in the protests, maybe you noticed,

所以你也許注意到了，在遊行中，

they flew over the river so it was quite safe.

他們讓相機飛過河， 所以蠻安全的。

But this doesn't necessarily apply to

但這並不總是適用於

all people and all conditions,

所有情況中的所有操作者。

so we really have to make piloting easier.

因此，我們必須讓飛行操控更便捷。

The other problem is regulations,

另一個問題是管理問題，

or rather, the lack of good regulation.

或者說，是缺少規範。

For many good reasons, it's just difficult

這其中有不少好的理由， 但是仍然十分困難

to come up with common sense laws

來制定對此的法律，

to regulate flying cameras.

使空中攝影更為規範。

So we already have cameras.

而我們也已經有了攝影機。

Everyone here, I'm sure, has a smartphone with a camera, right?

我確定，在座的每一位 都有具攝影功能的手機，對嗎？

There are more and more of them.

它們的數量正變得越來越龐大，

You hear about people with Google Glass being attacked.

你應該聽說過有人 因為帶著谷歌眼鏡而被攻擊，

You hear about, actually, a drone pilot,

也聽說過遙控飛機操作者，

a hobbyist, was attacked two weeks ago

其實是個業餘好手， 兩週前被攻擊了，

because he was flying near a beach.

因為飛得離海灘太近了。

Here's some personal input I didn't expect.

還有一些我預料之外的個人經歷。

Just yesterday, I was attacked by a guy

就在昨天，我被一個傢伙攻擊了，

who claimed that I was filming him.

他聲稱我在拍攝他。

I was checking my email right here —

我其實在那兒檢查我的郵箱，

easy way to get input for your talk.

正好可以當演講的好例子。

But I think there are better solutions.

但我認為還有更好的解決方式，

I think we have to defuse the situation.

我認為我們必須要想個緩和的辦法。

We have to come up with responsible solutions

必須要給出負責任的解決方法，

that address the privacy issues

來解決關於個人隱私的問題，

and the safety, accountability issues

還有關於安全和飛機負責的問題，

but still give us that perspective.

同時帶給我們很棒的視覺觀點。

And this is one potential solution.

而這是一個潛在的解決方法。

So this is the Fotokite.

這就是空中攝影機。

Well, let me see, it's a quadrocopter,

這是一個四軸飛行器，

but what's kind of special about it is there's a leash.

但有一點很特殊，這是一條牽帶，

It's literally a dog leash. It's very convenient.

嚴格來說是牽狗帶，它很方便。

And the neat thing about it is,

飛行的時候這很簡潔，

to fly it, there's no joysticks, nothing like this.

沒有像駕駛桿這樣的東西。

You just turn it on

你只需要把它打開，

and you point in the direction that you want to fly.

指向你想要讓它飛的方向，

You give it a little twist.

你讓它轉一下。

That's kind of the way you communicate.

這就是你們交流的方法，

And there it goes.

奏效了。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

So the interaction is super simple.

交互體驗十分容易，

It's like a personal flying pet.

它好像成了你一個能飛的寵物。

It just always maintains a certain angle to you,

它會一直和你保持固定的角度。

and if I move around with it,

如果我和它在周圍走的話，

it'll actually follow me naturally.

它會自然地跟著我。

And of course, we can build on top of this.

當然，我們可以在上面建東西。

So this leash has some additional electronics.

這樣這條牽狗帶 就有一些電子附件。

You can turn it on.

你能把它打開。

And now, it's like telling your dog to fly lower,

現在就好像在告訴你的狗飛得低一些，

if you have such a dog. So, I can press a button

如果你真有這樣一隻狗的話。 這樣，我能按下一個按鈕，

and manipulate it rather easily.

就十分容易地操作了。

So I just shifted its position.

我來改變一下它的位置。

And it's really safe.

這真的很安全。

I don't know about you guys in the front row —

我不清楚你們幾個坐在前排的...

(Laughter) — but at least in principle,

（笑聲）不過至少原則上

you have to agree that you feel safer

你們可以同意它是更安全了，

because there is a physical connection.

因為這裡有身體上的連接。

Live demos are hard, right?

現場示範很難，是吧？

Things go wrong all the time.

事情時不時會出錯，

But no matter what,

但不管怎樣，

this thing will actually prevent this thing

這條帶子能防止這種事

from going into you.

對你造成傷害。

What's more, it tells you immediately that

而且，它能立即告訴你

I am the one responsible for this device.

我是負責這台設備的人，

You don't have to look for someone controlling it.

你不必再去找是誰操控它的了。

Now, I can tell you that it's easy a lot,

現在，我能告訴你們這容易多了。

but I think a really good way to prove that

但我覺得要進一步證明，

is to grab a second one

最好再拿第二台飛機

and launch it.

放到空中測試。

And if I can do this on stage live,

如果我能在台上做這樣的演示，

then I can show each and every one of you

那麼我就能給你們每個人演示

in five minutes how to operate one of these devices.

如何在 5 分鐘內操作 一台這樣的機器了。

So now we have two eyes in the sky. (Applause)

所以我們空中有兩隻眼睛，

And now the trick is getting them back.

現在我要把它們變回來。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

So my question now to you is,

所以我給你們的問題是：

well, it's a nice solution,

這是一個合理的解決方案，

it's very accessible, it's safe.

它更易接近、安全的。

What would you use it for?

那麼你會如何使用它呢？

What would you use such a camera for in your life?

在生活中你會如何 使用這樣一個相機呢？

Thank you.

謝謝大家。

(Applause)

（掌聲）