It's a tethered, flying camera.

它是一台被栓著、能飛的照相機。

But before I do that, I want to tell you a bit about where it came from, what motivated it.

但在我展示它之前， 我想先跟你們說說它是從哪兒來 它是如何被發明出來的

So I was born in Russia, and three years ago, in 2011, there were the Russian federal elections.

我在俄羅斯出生 3年前 也就是 2011 年 俄羅斯舉行了聯邦政府選舉

There were massive irregularities reported, and people came out to protest, which was very unlikely for Russia.

當時有大量違規事件被報導 人們出來抗議遊行 這在俄羅斯是很少見的

And no one really knew how significant these protests were, because, for whatever reason, the world media largely ignored it.

當時並沒人知道這些抗議有多重要 基於某些原因 世界上大多數媒體並沒有報導這些抗議事件

Now, there was a group of photographers who kind of flew flying cameras as a hobby — usually photographing things like the Sphinx, the Pyramids

有一群攝影師 他們喜歡讓自己的相機在空中飛 他們經常拍一些東西， 比如獅身人面像、金字塔

who were happened to be right around the corner, and they flew a camera and they took some snapshots,

他們正好在抗議附近 於是他們把相機放到空中 拍一些快照

some panoramas of this demonstration.

一些俄羅斯抗議遊行的全景照片

Just completely independent entity, completely random occurrence, and the image, when I saw it, it really struck me.

它們都是些完全不相關的照片 完全隨機的取景 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, you can really see the scale of this event — just the number of people, the colors, the banners.

在一張單獨的照片裡 你能真正感受到遊行規模之大 人數之多 色彩及布條

You just can't consider this insignificant.

這些視覺的衝擊 讓人無法把它們視為無關緊要

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

而這些景象濃縮在一張照片裡 我覺得很酷

And I think, in the future, journalism and many other professions, there are flying cameras already quite commonly out there,

我覺得 在未來 新聞業及其他職業 空中攝影機都會普及

but I think, you wait a few months, a few years, and for many professions, it's really going to be a requirement.

但我也認為 在幾個月或數年後 它將會成為許多領域的必需品

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

這說得通 因為它提供特別的觀點

Nothing really communicates this scale, for example, in context, in a way that this does.

沒有東西能這麼好地紀錄下這樣的場面 呈現出事情的全部風貌

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

但仍存在著一些問題 雖十分基本 卻也十分重要

One is piloting. So for this image, they flew a camera, a five kilogram device with an SLR under it.

其中一個是飛行問題 這張照片是他們用空中攝影機拍的 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, probably also for the operator.

所以飛的時候有點兒不自在 對操控的人大概也一樣

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

其實，你能看到飛行員衣服上所寫的

it says, "No questions until landing" in Russian and in English,

用俄語和和英語寫成的：「降落前都別問問題。」 。

because people are curious, and they'll go tap you, and then you lose your focus and things happen.

因為人們會好奇 於是他們會走過來拍你 然後你就不能專注 事故就因此發生

And these guys are great. They're professionals; they're really careful in what they do.

這些人很棒 他們十分專業 且對於自己所做的事十分謹慎

So in the protests, maybe you noticed, they flew over the river so it was quite safe.

在遊行中 你也許注意到 他們讓相機飛過河 所以蠻安全的

But this doesn't necessarily apply to all people and all conditions, so we really have to make piloting easier.

但這並不總是適用於所有情況的相機操作者 因此 我們必須讓飛行操控地更加便捷

The other problem is regulations, or rather, the lack of good regulation.

另一個問題是管理問題 或者說是缺少規範

For many good reasons, it's just difficult to come up with common sense laws to regulate flying cameras.

這其中有許多很好的理由 但要制定空中攝影規範的法律仍十分困難

So we already have cameras. Everyone here, I'm sure, has a smartphone with a camera, right?

我們也已經有了攝影機 我確定 在座的每一位 都有具攝影功能的手機 對吧？

There are more and more of them. You hear about people with Google Glass being attacked.

有越來越多攝影相關技術 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, a hobbyist, was attacked two weeks ago because he was flying near a beach.

你應該也聽過 遙控飛機的操控者 一個業餘好手 兩週前被攻擊了 因為飛得離海灘太近

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

還有些在我預料之外的個人經歷

Just yesterday, I was attacked by a guy who claimed that I was filming him.

就在昨天 我被一個傢伙襲擊 他聲稱我在拍攝他

I was checking my email right here — easy way to get input for your talk.

但其實我只是在檢查我的信箱 正好可以當演講的好例子

But I think there are better solutions.

但我想 應該有個更好的解決辦法

I think we have to defuse the situation.

我認為我們必須想個緩和的辦法

We have to come up with responsible solutions that address the privacy issues and the safety, accountability issues but still give us that perspective.

我們應想些負責任的解決辦法來解決個人隱私與安全問題 但仍能帶給我們很棒的視覺觀點

And this is one potential solution. So this is the Fotokite.

這是一個潛在的解決辦法 ─ Fotokite

Well, let me see, it's a quadrocopter, but what's kind of special about it is there's a leash.

讓我們來看看 這是一台四軸飛行器 特殊的地方在於有條牽帶

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

字面說來是個牽狗帶 他非常方便

And the neat thing about it is, to fly it, there's no joysticks, nothing like this.

飛行的時候這很簡潔 沒有像駕駛桿的東西

You just turn it on and you point in the direction that you want to fly.

你只有打開它 並指向想要飛的方向

You give it a little twist. That's kind of the way you communicate. And there it goes.

讓它轉一下 這就是你們交流的方法 這樣就行啦

So the interaction is super simple.

你們倆的交流十分容易

It's like a personal flying pet.

就像是個人的飛行寵物

It just always maintains a certain angle to you, and if I move around with it, it'll actually follow me naturally.

它會一直和你保持固定的角度 如果我移動腳步 它會自然地跟著我

And of course, we can build on top of this. So this leash has some additional electronics.

當然 我們可以在上面建些東西 這條牽狗帶 就有附上一些電子儀器

You can turn it on. And now, it's like telling your dog to fly lower, if you have such a dog.

你可以打開它 這就好像在告訴你的狗要飛低一些 如果你真有這樣一隻狗

So, I can press a button and manipulate it rather easily. So I just shifted its position.

因此 我能按下一個按鈕 容易地操控它 我來改變一下它的位置

And it's really safe. I don't know about you guys in the front row

它真的很安全 我不清楚你們坐在前排的

but at least in principle, you have to agree that you feel safer because there is a physical connection.

但至少原則上 你們可以同意它是更安全的 因為有個身體的連結

Live demos are hard, right? Things go wrong all the time.

現場示範很難，是吧？ 事情時不時會出錯

But no matter what, this thing will actually prevent this thing from going into you.

但不管怎樣， 這條牽帶能防止這台機器對你造成傷害

What's more, it tells you immediately that I am the one responsible for this device.

而且 它能立即告訴你 我是負責操控這台設備的人

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

你不必再去找是誰操控它的

Now, I can tell you that it's easy a lot, but I think a really good way to prove that is to grab a second one and launch it.

現在 我能告訴你們這容易多了 我覺得最能證明的方法為 拿第二台飛機放到空中測試

And if I can do this on stage live, then I can show each and every one of you in five minutes how to operate one of these devices.

如果我能在台上做這樣的展現 那麼我就能給你們每個人示範 如何在 5 分鐘內操作這樣的機器

So now we have two eyes in the sky.And now the trick is getting them back.

現在我們空中有兩隻眼睛 現在我們要把它們變回來

So my question now to you is, well, it's a nice solution, it's very accessible, it's safe.

所以我要問的是 嗯 這是個很好的解決辦法 這很容易操作又安全

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

你會拿來做什麼？你會如何運用這台機器於生活中？

Thank you.

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