Name: 這個人是一個專業的無用機器製造者 (This Man Is a Professional Useless Machine Builder)
Uploaded: 2020-10-23T18:16:58.000Z
Duration: 5 min 12 s

- When people ask me what I do, I kind of sigh

- 當人們問我是做什麼的時候，我就會嘆氣。

'cause it's like, oh god, how do I explain this?

因為它像，哦，上帝，我怎麼解釋這個？

I found the easiest method is to say, I make these machines.

我發現最簡單的方法就是說，這些機器是我做的。

You know, like a ball rolls, and it hit some dominoes,

你知道，就像一個球滾動，它擊中了一些骨牌。

via a long chain reaction, using everyday objects.

通過漫長的連鎖反應，利用日常用品。

哦，是的，我得到了它，我得到了它。

I'm Joseph Herscher, and I make Rube Goldberg machines.

我是Joseph Herscher 我是做Rube Goldberg機器的。

A Rube Goldberg machine, it's a machine that does

一個魯比金堡機器，它是一個機器，它可以做到

a simple task in an overly complicated way.

一個簡單的任務，以過於複雜的方式。

And he used to draw these elaborate machines.

而他曾經畫過這些精巧的機器。

And the term Rube Goldberg has come to be used to describe

而 "魯比金堡 "這個詞也被用來描述："魯比金堡"。

any kind of overly complicated mechanism.

'cause we've seen them throughout cinema and television.

因為我們在電影和電視裡都見過他們。

Like "Pee-wee's Big Adventure", they have one at the start.

像 "皮皮大冒險"，他們一開始就有一個。

"Wallace and Gromit" is one of my favorites.

"華萊士和格羅米特 "是我的最愛之一。

There's one in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."

Or the game Mousetrap, everybody loves that game.

或者是捕鼠器這個遊戲，大家都喜歡這個遊戲。

The funnest part is just doing the machine,

no one actually cares about the board game itself.

其實沒有人關心棋牌遊戲本身。

I made my first machine when I was five years old.

我五歲的時候就做了第一臺機器。

那是一臺儲存我的糖果的機器。

obviously very useful for a five year old.

顯然對於一個五歲的孩子來說非常有用。

But I also noticed it made my parents smile,

但我也注意到這讓我的父母笑了。

I lost interest for a good few years while I was a teenager.

我在十幾歲的時候，失去了好幾年的興趣。

But when I was 22, I discovered these really great

但當我22歲的時候，我發現了這些真正偉大的。

我和我的室友們受到了很大的啟發

and we started building this contraption.

對我來說，它重新喚醒了我童年的激情。

and I kept building, and building, and building.

And that was the beginning of my new career

as a professional useless machine builder.

作為一個專業的無用機器製造者。

- 來自YouTube上的 "約瑟夫的機器"。

slowly my machines have gotten more and more elaborate.

慢慢的我的機器越來越精緻了。

這是我做過的最難的事情之一。

was a live demonstration on Jimmy Kimmel.

That was so nerve-wracking because these machines,

這真是太緊張了，因為這些機器。

but they have to when you're on live television,

但他們必須當你在電視直播中。

我在威尼斯雙年展上做了一臺機器。

A way to lick stamps without having to actually taste them.

舔郵票的方法，而不必真正品嚐它們。

that used 30 slides that were five stories high.

使用了30張五層樓高的幻燈片。

And it was a machine that slid me into bed.

而且是一臺機器把我滑到了床上。

Usually takes one to three months to build a machine.

通常需要一到三個月的時間來打造一臺機器。

So I'm watching and seeing how things fail.

所以我在觀望，看事情如何失敗。

And seeing how they fail is really important

I want a certain amount of risk built in.

If I play it too safe, and they work every time,

如果我玩得太安全了，他們每次都能成功。

But if you've got like asparagus flying through the air,

但如果你有像蘆筍一樣在空中飛舞。

People often ask, do you calculate the physics behind them

經常有人問，你會計算背後的物理學原理嗎？

There's too much chaos at the small scale.

There is a myriad of ways that I go about creating things.

當我會想，這裡的主題是什麼？

黃油聽起來很有趣，也許還有蠟燭

And I allow myself this time to just play.

and what makes me laugh, what interests me.

和什麼讓我笑，什麼讓我感興趣。

where if you put butter on a strip of metal

with a candle under it, it'll slide down really slowly,

蠟燭在下面，它會慢慢地滑下來。

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