between technology, art and science?

我們能發現什麼？

Curiosity and wonder,

好奇心與萬物驚奇，

because it drives us to explore,

因為它讓我們有動力去探索，

because we're surrounded by things we can't see.

因為我們四周充滿匿跡隱形的事物。

And I love to use film

我喜歡利用攝影

to take us on a journey

帶大家進行一段旅程，

through portals of time and space,

穿越時空，

to make the invisible visible,

讓不為人知的事物為人知曉。

because what that does,

因為這能夠

it expands our horizons,

拓展我們的視野、

it transforms our perception,

改變我們的觀點、

it opens our minds

開啟我們的心胸，

and it touches our heart.

並感動人心。

So here are some scenes

這些片段

from my 3D IMAX film,

出自我的 3D IMAX 電影

"Mysteries of the Unseen World."

《世界不為人知的奧祕》。

(Music)

（音樂）

There is movement which is too slow

有些萬物變化太慢

for our eyes to detect,

以致於人眼難以偵測。

and time lapse makes us discover

縮時攝影讓我們能察覺這些變化，

and broaden our perspective of life.

並讓人生視野更加開闊。

We can see how organisms emerge and grow,

我們能看見生物體的形成與成長，

how a vine survives by creeping from the forest floor

藤蔓是如何從森林地表探出頭來

to look at the sunlight.

仰望日光。

And at the grand scale,

大規模來看，

time lapse allows us to see our planet in motion.

縮時攝影讓我們能看見地球的一舉一動。

We can view not only the vast sweep of nature,

不只能看到大自然的生生不息，

but the restless movement of humanity.

還能觀察人類不停息的活動。

Each streaking dot represents a passenger plane,

每條線都代表客機的行經路線，

and by turning air traffic data

藉著將航空交通數據轉為

into time-lapse imagery,

縮時影像，

we can see something that's above us constantly

就能看到在我們上空，不斷活動

but invisible:

卻讓人看不見的東西：

the vast network of air travel over the United States.

美國上空廣大的航空網。

We can do the same thing with ships at sea.

也能如此觀察海洋船舶活動。

We can turn data into a time-lapse view

我們能將數據轉換為

of a global economy in motion.

全球經濟活動的縮時影像。

And decades of data

幾十年的數據

give us the view of our entire planet

讓我們能夠將整個星球

as a single organism

視為單一有機體。

sustained by currents circulating

洋流穿過各大洋、

and by clouds swirling through the atmosphere,

雲團盤繞於大氣層中，

pulsing with lightning,

與閃電一起脈動

crowned by the aurora borealis.

北極光有如王冠一般。

It may be the ultimate time-lapse image:

這可能是終極縮時影像。

the anatomy of Earth brought to life.

地球的千變萬化

At the other extreme,

相反地，

there are things that move too fast for our eyes,

有些活動快到人眼無法捕捉，

but we have technology that can look into that world

但我們也有技術可以破解

as well.

這難題。

With high-speed cameras,

有了高速攝影機，

we can do the opposite of time lapse.

可達到與縮時攝影相反的效果。

We can shoot images that are thousands of times

可以拍攝到

faster than our vision.

比人類視覺極限快上幾千倍的影像。

And we can see how nature's

我們可以看到大自然的造化神功，

and perhaps we can even imitate them.

或許還能加以模仿。

When a dragonfly flutters by,

當蜻蜓振翅飛過時，

you may not realize,

你可能沒發現，

but it's the greatest flier in nature.

但牠們是自然界最棒的飛行家，

It can hover, fly backwards,

可以盤旋在空中、向後飛，

even upside down.

甚至倒著飛。

And by tracking markers on an insect's wings,

利用追蹤標記牠們的翅膀，

we can visualize the air flow that they produce.

可以看到牠們創造出的氣流。

Nobody knew the secret,

沒有人知道這個秘密，

but high speed shows that a dragonfly

但高速攝影幫助我們看見了蜻蜓

can move all four wings in different directions

可以向不同方向同時

at the same time.

移動四隻翅膀。

And what we learn can lead us

我們所學到的，

to new kinds of robotic flyers

可以讓我們創造出新型飛行器，

that can expand our vision

將人類視野擴展到

of important and remote places.

重要且偏遠的世界角落。

We're giants, and we're unaware

我們是巨人，無法察覺

of things that are too small for us to see.

週遭太渺小的事物。

The electron microscope fires electrons

電子顯微鏡能發射出電子，

which creates images

產生影像，

which can magnify things by as much

將事物放大到

as a million times.

百萬倍之多。

This is the egg of a butterfly.

這是蝴蝶的卵。

And there are unseen creatures

你身體上也有看不見的生物，

including mites that spend their entire lives

包含塵蟎，終其一生

dwelling on your eyelashes,

都躲在你的眼睫毛中，

crawling over your skin at night.

夜晚時爬過你的肌膚。

Can you guess what this is?

猜得出這是什麼嗎？

Shark skin.

鯊魚皮。

A caterpillar's mouth.

毛毛蟲的嘴巴。

The eye of a fruit fly.

果蠅的眼睛。

An eggshell.

蛋殼。

A flea.

跳蚤。

A snail's tongue.

蝸牛的舌頭。

We think we know most of the animal kingdom,

我們以為早已了解動物世界，

but there may be millions of tiny species

但或許還有上百萬微小物種

waiting to be discovered.

等待被發掘。

A spider also has great secrets,

蜘蛛也有很多秘密，

because spider's silk thread is pound for pound

因為蜘蛛絲甚至比

stronger than steel

同等重量的鋼鐵還要強韌，

but completely elastic.

但是充滿彈性。

This journey will take us all the way down

我將帶你一窺

to the nano world.

奈米的世界，

The silk is 100 times thinner

蜘蛛絲比人類的頭髮

than human hair.

還細一百倍。

On there is bacteria,

上頭有細菌，

and near that bacteria, 10 times smaller,

在細菌附近，比他更小十倍的，

a virus.

是病毒。

Inside of that, 10 times smaller,

病毒裡，更小十倍的地方，

three strands of DNA,

有三串 DNA，

and nearing the limit of our

幾乎達到我們最強大顯微鏡的極限時，

single carbon atoms.

觀察到單一碳原子。

With the tip of a powerful microscope,

利用強大顯微鏡的頂端，

we can actually move atoms

我們甚至可以移動原子，

and begin to create amazing nano devices.

開始創造驚人的奈米儀器。

Some could one day patrol our body

它們有天或許能在人體中流動，

for all kinds of diseases

對付各種疾病，

and clean out clogged arteries along the way.

沿路清掉阻塞的動脈。

Tiny chemical machines of the future

未來的微小化學儀器

can one day, perhaps, repair DNA.

有天或許能夠修復 DNA。

We are on the threshold of extraordinary advances,

我們離非凡成就僅有一步之遙，

born of our drive

讓動力驅使我們

to unveil the mysteries of life.

揭開生命的秘密。

So under an endless rain of cosmic dust,

在持續落下的宇宙塵埃裡，

the air is full of pollen,

空氣充滿花粉、

micro-diamonds and jewels from other planets,

來自其他星球的微鑽石或珠寶，

and supernova explosions.

還有超級星爆炸。

People go about their lives

我們日常生活中

surrounded by the unseeable.

充滿看不見的東西。

Knowing that there's so much around us

知道身邊有那麼多東西

we can see

值得我們張大眼睛看，

forever changes our understanding of the world,

將永遠改變人類對世界的認知。

and by looking at unseen worlds, we recognize

藉由一窺這些不為人知的世界，我們能了解到

that we exist in the living universe,

我們活在具生命的宇宙中，

and this new perspective creates wonder

這個新觀點將能創造驚奇，

and inspires us to become explorers

並賦予我們靈感，成為探險家，

in our own backyards.

就算是家中後院也好。

Who knows what awaits to be seen

誰知道還有哪些東西等待被發掘，

and what new wonders will transform our lives.

或是有哪些新奇東西將改變人類生命。

We'll just have to see.

讓我們等著瞧吧。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

Thank you. (Applause)

謝謝。（掌聲）