So this video was taken

(水中發出的聲音)

at Aquarius undersea laboratory

這段影片

four miles off the coast of Key Largo,

是在水瓶座海底實驗室所拍攝的

about 60 feet below the surface.

實驗室離基拉戈海岸有四英里

NASA uses this extreme environment

大約在海面下60英尺

to train astronauts and aquanauts,

美國太空總署利用這種極端環境

and last year, they invited us along for the ride.

來訓練宇航員及深水操作員

All the footage was taken from our open ROV,

去年，他們邀請我們一起來一探究竟

which is a robot that we built in our garage.

所有鏡頭皆由我們的開放式的 ROV 所拍攝

So ROV stands for Remote Operated Vehicle,

它是我們在車庫做出來的一個機器人

which in our case means our little robot

而 ROV 是遠程遙控機器人的首字母縮寫

sends live video

在這裡就是指我們的小型水下機器人

across that ultra-thin tether

將現場的影片

back to the computer topside.

透過極細的繩子

It's open source, meaning we publish

傳送到船上的電腦

and share all of our design files

來源是公開的，也就是說我們會

and all of our code online,

發布並共享所有我們設計的檔案

allowing anyone to modify

以及網路上的密碼

or improve or change the design.

讓所有人都能修改

It's built with mostly off-the-shelf parts

改善或改變這個設計

and costs about 1,000 times cheaper

大部分影片都是現成的

than the ROVs James Cameron used

而且成本大概比詹姆斯·卡麥隆

to explore the Titanic.

用來探勘鐵達尼號的ROV

So ROVs aren't new.

還便宜 1000 倍

They've been around for decades.

其實 ROV 不是一項新發明

Scientists use ROVs to explore the oceans.

它們已經存在幾十年了

Oil and gas companies use them for exploration

科學家利用 ROV 來探索海底世界

and construction.

石油天然氣公司也用它們來探測

What we've built isn't unique.

及設廠

It's how we've built it that's really unique.

我們所做的並不特別

So I want to give you a quick story of how it got started.

我們如何製作的才是重點

So a few years ago, my friend Eric and I

所以我想跟大家很快地說明一下 一切是如何開始的

decided we wanted to explore this underwater cave

幾年前，我和我朋友艾瑞克

in the foothills of the Sierras.

決定要一起探索這個位在

We had heard this story about lost gold

內華達山麓的水下洞穴

from a Gold Rush-era robbery, and we wanted to go up there.

我們聽到有關遺失的金子故事

Unfortunately, we didn't have any money

發生在掏金時代的搶案中，我們想要去那

and we didn't have any tools to do it.

可惜，我們沒有錢

So Eric had an initial design idea for a robot,

也沒有任何工具去做這件事

but we didn't have all the parts figured out,

所以Eric想了個點子，是關於機器人的初步設計

so we did what anybody would do in our situation:

但我們沒有解決所有的問題

we asked the Internet for help.

所以我們做了在這個情況下，大家都會做的事

More specifically, we created this website,

我們在網路上尋求幫助

openROV.com, and shared our intentions and our plans

更特別的是，我們製作了這個網站

For the first few months, it was just Eric and I

openROV.com 並分享我們的目的與計劃

talking back to each other on the forums,

一開始的幾個月，只有 Eric 跟我

but pretty soon, we started to get feedback

在論壇上互相討論

from makers and hobbyists,

但很快的，我們開始收到回應

and then actually professional ocean engineers

來自於製造業者及愛好者

who had some suggestions for what we should do.

然後是真正專業的海洋工程師

We kept working on it. We learned a lot.

對於我們該做的事給了些建議

We kept prototyping, and eventually,

我們持續努力，我們學到很多

we decided we wanted to go to the cave. We were ready.

我們堅持製作原型，然後最終

So about that time, our little expedition became quite a story,

我們決定去那個洞，我們準備好了

and it got picked up in The New York Times.

所以那時我們的探險變成了特別的故事

And we were pretty much just overwhelmed

並且被紐約時報報導

with interest from people who wanted a kit

我們幾乎被這樣一群人給淹沒了

that they could build this open ROV themselves.

他們對這個開放式的ROV的工具組很感興趣

So we decided to put the project on Kickstarter,

這樣他們就可以自己製造ROV

and when we did,

所以我們決定把這個計畫放到Kickstarter

we raised our funding goal in about two hours,

而當我們這麼做時

and all of a sudden, had this money to make these kits.

大約在兩小前內我們募到了目標金額

But then we had to learn how to make them.

突然之間有了錢去生產這些裝備

I mean, we had to learn small batch manufacturing.

但我們必須去學習如何製造

So we quickly learned that our garage

我指的是，我們必須學習小量的生產

was not big enough to hold our growing operation.

我們很快的發現到我們的車庫

But we were able to do it, we got all the kits made,

不足以支撐我們擴增的營運

thanks a lot to TechShop, which was a big help to us,

但我們有辦法做到，我們製造出這些設備

and we shipped these kits all over the world

非常感謝Techshop，幫了我們很多

just before Christmas of last year,

然後我們將這些裝備送至世界各地

so it was just a few months ago.

就在去年聖誕節前

But we're already starting to get video

也就是幾個月前

and photos back from all over the world,

我們已經開始收到

including this shot from under the ice in Antarctica.

從世界各地拍攝的影片和圖片

We've also learned the penguins love robots.

包括這張從南極洲冰下所拍攝的影像

(Laughter)

我們還發現企鵝喜歡機器人

So we're still publishing all the designs online,

(笑聲)

encouraging anyone to build these themselves.

所以我們持續在網路上公佈這些設計

That's the only way that we could have done this.

鼓勵所有人自己打造機器人

By being open source, we've created

這是我們可以完成的唯一方法

this distributed R&D network,

借由開放式資源，我們已經建立了

and we're moving faster than any venture-backed counterpart.

這個分散式的研究與設計網路

But the actual robot is really only half the story.

我們的進展比其他 有投資金支持的競爭者還要快

The real potential, the long term potential,

但機器人只是故事的其中一半

is with this community of DIY ocean explorers

真正的潛力，真正長期的潛力

that are forming all over the globe.

是這個DIY的海洋探索社群

What can we discover

遍布世界各地

when there's thousands of these devices

我們能發現什麼事物

roaming the seas?

當有成千上萬的裝備

So you're probably all wondering: the cave.

漂流在海洋中時?

Did you find the gold?

所以你大概會猜想：那個洞穴中

Well, we didn't find any gold,

有找到金子嗎？

but we decided that what we found was much more valuable.

我們沒看到半點金子

It was the glimpse into a potential future

但是我們覺得我們因此而發現的東西 比金子更有價值

for ocean exploration.

即一窺海洋探索

It's something that's not limited to the James Camerons of the world,

潛在的未來

but something that we're all participating in.

這不再是只有詹姆斯·卡麥隆可觸及的領域

It's an underwater world

而是大眾都可參與其中的事情

we're all exploring together.

這是一個水底世界

Thank you.

我們一同去探索

(Applause)

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