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  • Some assembly required may soon be replaced with "Just Add Water."

    某些組裝技術可能很快就會被"加水處理"取代

  • 3D printers. I never get tired of thinking about all the possible applications, like building a brand new coffee table,

       我對於思考3D印表機的應用樂此不疲   像是製造一個全新的咖啡桌

  • or building a brand new 3D printer, or finally getting that Strickland action figure everyone's been asking for.

         或製造一台全新的3D印表機     或終於得到大家夢寐以求的斯特里克蘭公仔

  • But all of these great products have one thing in common - rigidity.

    但這些作品都有一個共通點:缺乏變動性

  • That means they're going to keep that shape once I print them, unless I take a flamethrower to them, or maybe a hacksaw.

        那表示除非我使用噴火器或鋼鋸    否則成品印出後的形狀是固定的

  • But the advent of something called 4D printing could turn all of that on its head!

    但4D列印技術的出現可以徹底的改變這一切

  • That's right, it's one "D" better!

    沒錯 就是多了一個D!

  • Actually, it's not just a catch phrase, 4D printing is really about using a 3D printer to print out

          實際上這不只是宣傳口號     4D列印技術就是利用3D印表機

  • self-reconfiguring, programmable material. Now imagine this. You have a non-living object

        印出可自我重組、可編程的材料     試著想像看看 一個無生命的物體

  • that can change its shape and behavior over time. It's kind of like a robot

        能夠隨時間推移而改變形狀或性能    這有點像是機器人

  • , but there are no microprocessors, no circuit boards, no motors - in fact to you it looks like a string of plastic.

        但沒有微處理器、電路板或馬達     事實上看起來就像一條塑膠繩

  • But you toss it into a kiddie pool, and upon contact with water

    但若把它丟進小泳池與水接觸之後

  • you now have a secret message spelled out in plastic cursive!

    你就獲得一段由塑膠草寫出的秘密訊息

  • Skylar Tibbits, the man who really came up with this idea of 4D printing, has gone even further. He's created programmable sheet material.

    想出4D列印技術的Skylar Tibbits甚至更進一步的創造出可編程的片狀材料

  • It's a sheet of plastic that, when submerged in water, can clench up into the shape of a cube.

    當這些塑膠薄片浸入水中就會彎成一個正立方體

  • And a cube is just the beginning! More complex designs will mean

    正立方體只是個開端 更複雜的設計可以

  • millions of more shapes - like self-folding origami! In the near future, imagine a smart

      製造數以百萬的形狀 就像自動摺紙一般!   想像不久之後

  • grid of plumbing, with pipes that can actually expand and contract in response to water demand.

    智慧型網狀管路系統能依水量需求擴張縮小

  • Or maybe even heal if there is a frozen segment that breaks open. Or imagine self assembling furniture.

       甚至可以修復因結凍而破裂的片段     或想像自我組裝的家俱

  • Print out a flat board and just add water, next thing you know it curls up into a rocking chair.

    只要印出一片平板 加水之後就會捲成一張搖椅

  • Now, wrap your mind around how useful this would be in a really hostile environment

    現在試想這技術在極惡劣環境中多有用

  • , like low Earth orbit, where building stuff comes at a high cost and a high risk.

    像是在製造成本與風險皆很高的近地軌道

  • Now the prototypes we have seen so far have been pretty simple, but the promises are amazing!

    目前我們的設計原型還相當簡單 但前途卻無可限量

  • Think about it on the really big scale. What about skyscrapers and bridges.

    用巨大的規模來思考的話 像是摩天樓或是橋梁

  • If we could make them out of smart materials like smart beams and smart bricks,

    若能用智慧棟樑或智慧磚塊等智慧型材料來建造

  • they could heal themselves after weather damage or prepare for something massive like an earthquake.

          這些建築能自我修復       因氣候或地震等大型災害造成的損傷

  • Or we flip it. We go on to the very small scale and now we have micro particles moving around in our bodies

    或是反向思考 微觀上可以創造在體內移動的微粒

  • , maintaining our health. You might be wondering, how much complexity

    來維持健康 你或許在想

  • can build up out of stuff that changes its shape without computers or electromechanical motors.

    不靠電腦或機電馬達來改變型態無法產生高複雜度

  • Lets think about proteins for a second. Proteins are pretty much what make any basic

    那試想蛋白質吧 在細胞層次上

  • animal function possible on a cellular level. And a protein is really self-reconfiguring material.

         蛋白質維持任何生命基本功能     而實質上它就是可自我重組的物質

  • It's a polypeptide. It's a long chain of amino acids.

    是由胺基酸組成的多肽鏈

  • So once again we're playing Copy Cat to mother nature. Now lets not get ahead of ourselves,

      所以我們只是又一次的從大自然中學習    但我們也別言之過早

  • I'm not actually suggesting that we're going to be printing out some sort of plastic replicant

    我不是說現在能列印出某種蛋白質的複製品

  • that can gain self-awareness and yearn for more life. But maybe we will.

         並擁有自我意識或是創造新生     但是 說未來不可能呢

  • In fact, it's hard for us to predict right now. We're just seeing the very beginning of this technology,

           事實上現在很難預測       畢竟這技術目前還在初創階段

  • and the complexity could become truly amazing. So, how would you use 4D printing?

         而未來發展可能是很驚人的      那麼 你會如何善用4D列印呢?

  • Let us know! Leave a comment below, we promise we're going to read every single one of them and

           與我們分享吧!         請在下面留言 我們保證會看完所有留言

  • while you're there why don't you like the video if you enjoyed it, and subscribe

         哦還有 如果喜歡這部影片      何不幫忙按個讚並訂閱我們的頻道呢?

  • We got some great stuff coming up soon!

    我們即將推出許多好東西喔!

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