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EvanGrant_2009G-_cymatics技术使声波可视_
I'm a creative technologist and the focus of my work is on public installations . 我是一个富有创造力的技术人员, 我的工作是关注公共设备。
creative:adj.创造性的; technologist:n.技术专家;工艺学家; installations:n.[军]设施;装置(installation的复数形式);[机]设备;
And one of my driving passions is this idea of exploring nature, and trying to find hidden data within nature. 带给我激情的源泉之一, 是探索自然, 努力去探寻自然中的隐藏数据。
passions:n.强烈情感;激情;盛怒;(passion的复数) exploring:v.探索:考察:探查;(explore的现在分词)
And it seems to me that there is this latent potential everywhere, all around us. 对与我来说, 它隐藏在各个地方,我们身边到处都有。
latent:adj.潜在的;潜伏的;隐藏的; potential:n.潜能;可能性;[电]电势;adj.潜在的;可能的;势的;
Everything gives out some kind of data, whether it's sound or smell or vibration . 每个事物都散发某种数据, 不管是声音,或者气味,或者是振动。
vibration:n.振动;犹豫;心灵感应;
And through my work I've been trying to find ways to harness and unveil this. 在工作中 我追踪溯源,
harness:vt.治理; n.马具; unveil:n.揭幕;计划公布;v.为…揭幕;(首次)展示,介绍;
And so, this basically lead me to a subject called cymatics. 最后,我发现了 一个名叫cymatics的东西。
basically:adv.主要地,基本上;
Now, cymatics is the process of visualizing sound by basically vibrating a medium such as sand or water, as you can see there. 现在,cymatics是一个使声音可视化的过程, 大部分是通过振动一种介质,例如沙子,或者水, 正如你所见。
process:v.处理;加工;列队行进;n.过程,进行;方法,adj.经过特殊加工(或处理)的; visualizing:v.使形象化;想象;构思;设想;(visualize的现在分词) vibrating:v.(使)振动,颤动,摆动(vibrate的现在分词) medium:n.(传播信息的)媒介;手段;工具;方法;adj.中等的;中号的; as you can see:正如你所看到的;你是知道的;
So, if we have a quick look at the history of cymatics beginning with the observations of resonance , by Da Vinci, Galileo, the English scientist Robert Hook , and then Ernest Chladni. 单回顾cymtics的历史, 观察回声现象的有 达芬奇,伽里略, 英国科学家Robert Hook, 还有Ernest Chladni.
observations:n.观察,观察值;观察结果;(observation的复数形式); resonance:n.[力]共振;共鸣;反响; Hook:n.钩;挂钩;鱼钩;钓钩;v.挂住;箍住;钓(鱼);打曲线球;
And he created and experiment using a metal plate, covering it with sand, and then bowing it, to create the Chladni patterns that you see here on the right. Ernest Chladni发明使用金属盘子做试验, 首先将沙子覆盖金属盘子,然后弯曲盘子, 就会出现大家在右侧看到的Chaldni图形。
Moving on from this, the next person to explore this field was a gentleman called Hans Jenny in the 1970s. 受此激发,探索这个领域的另一个人 是上个世纪70年代的Hans Jenny先生,
explore:v.探索:探测:探险:
And he actually coined the term cymatics. 正是他创造了cymatics这个术语。
And then bringing us into the present day is a fellow collaborator of mine, and cymatics expert, John Stewart Reed . 带领我们进入现代cymatics领域的 是我的一位同事兼合作者, cymatics专家John Stewart Reed。
present day:adj.现代的;当今的;现在的;现时的; collaborator:n.[劳经]合作者;勾结者;通敌者; Reed:n.芦笛;[植]芦苇;芦苇杆;[乐]舌簧;
And he's kindly recreated for us the Chladni experiment. 他帮助我们重现了 Chaldni实验。
recreated:v.再现;再创造;(recreate的过去分词和过去式)
What we can see here is the metal sheet , this time connected to a sound driver, and being fed by a frequency generator . 我们眼前出现的 是金属薄片,它与声音驱动器相连, 随频率发生器振动。
sheet:n.薄板;床单;纸张;报纸;v.覆盖;展开;给…铺床单;铺开;adj.片状的; frequency:n.频率;发生率;重复率;频繁; generator:n.发电机;发生器;电力公司;
And as the frequencies increase, so do the complexities of the patterns that appear on the plate. 当频率增加时, 薄片上的图案也变的更加复杂多变,
frequencies:n.频率;发生率;重复率;频繁;(frequency的复数) complexities:n.复杂性(complexity的复数);错综复杂的事物;
As you can see with your own eyes. 正如你亲眼所见。
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So, what excites me about cymatics? cymatics使我激动的是什么？
Well for me, cymatics is an almost magical tool. 对与我来说,cymatics简直就是一个充满魔法的工具,
It's like a looking glass into a hidden world. 是我们发现隐藏世界的眼镜。
looking glass:adj.正好相反的;完全颠倒的;n.镜子;
And through the numerous ways that we can apply cymatics we can actually start to unveil the substance of things not seen. 虽然cymatics可以应用在很多方面, 但实际上我们从揭开不可见物质的面纱开始。
numerous:adj.许多的,很多的; apply:v.申请;涂,敷;应用;适用;请求; substance:n.物质;实质;主旨;物品;
Devices like the cymascope, which you can see here, have been used to scientifically observe cymatic patterns. cymascope这类的设备,就是你现在看见的, 我们使用它来科学地观察cymatic图案。
Devices:n.[机][计]设备;[机]装置;[电子]器件(device的复数); scientifically:adv.系统地;合乎科学地;学问上; observe:v.观察;看到;庆祝;监视;
And the list of scientific applications is growing every day. 这个领域中每天都出现新的科学应用,
For example, in oceanography , a lexicon of dolphin language is actually being created by basically visualizing the sonar beams that the dolphins emit . 例如:在海洋学中, 通过观察海豚发射的声纳波图案, 我们发现实际上海豚语言的词典正在增加。
oceanography:n.海洋学; lexicon:n.词典,辞典; dolphin:n.海豚; sonar:n.声纳;声波定位仪(等于asdic); beams:[建]梁; emit:v.发出,射出,散发(光、热、声音、气等);
And hopefully in the future we'll be able to gain some deeper understanding of how they communicate. 希望在不远的将来,我们能够更加深刻地理解海豚间 到底是如何沟通的。
We can also use cymatics for healing and education. 同样,我们可以在治疗和教育中使用cymatics。
healing:n.康复; adj.痊愈中的; v.(使)康复,复原; (heal的现在分词)
This is an installation developed with school children. 这是一种在校小学生使用的设备,
Where their hands are tracked . And it allows them to control and position cymatic patterns and the reflections that are caused by them. 它能够通过跟踪手的位置, 控制并移动cymatic图案, 以及对手势做出的反应。
tracked:v.跟踪;追踪;(track的过去分词和过去式) reflections:n.映像;(声、光、热等的)反射;反映;显示;表达;(reflection的复数)
We can also use cymatics as a beautiful natural art form. 我们也可以将cymatics看做美丽的自然艺术形式。
This image here is created from a snippet of Beethoven's ninth symphony playing through a cymatic device. 这幅图片是通过演奏 Beethoven的第九交响曲片段得到的。
snippet:n.小片;片断;不知天高地厚的年轻人; symphony:n.交响乐;谐声,和声;
So it kind of flips things on it's head a little bit. 很像在翻转大脑里的东西
flips:n.菲力普类(酒的一种);vt.掷;弹;轻击(flip的第三人称单数);
And this is Pink Floyd's "Machine" 这是通过cymascope演奏
playing in real time through the cymascope. Pink Floyd Machine 的实时cymatics图案。
real time:adj.实时的;接到指示立即执行的;
We can also use cymatics as a looking glass into nature. 我们也可以将cymatics看做是观察自然的一副眼镜。
And we can actually recreate the archetypal forms of nature. 事实上,我们重新创造了自然的原型。
archetypal:adj.[生物]原型的;
So for example, here on the left we can see a snowflake as it would appear in nature. 例如,左图是我们自然界中的雪花,
snowflake:n.雪花;雪片莲;雪巫;
And then on the right we can see a cymatically created snowflake. 右图是我们创造的cymatic雪花。
And here is a starfish and a cymatic starfish. 这里是海星和cymatic海星。
starfish:n.海星;
And there is thousands of these. 这里有更多类似的。
So what does this all mean? 它们能够表明什么？
Well, there is still a lot to explore. 其实,还有很多需要我们探索的。
And it's early days . And there is not many people working in this field. 早期研究这个领域的人不多。
early days:初期;为时尚早;前期;
But consider for a moment that sound does have form. 但自从声音可以有图案出现,
And we've seen that it can affect matter and cause form within matter. 它影响并形成了很多新事物。
Then sort of take a leap and think about the universe forming. 如果看的远一些,考虑一下宇宙形成时,
leap:n.跳越;跳跃;跳高;骤变;v.跳;跳跃;跳越;猛冲;
And think about the immense sound of the universe forming. 宇宙形成时的声音是什么样呢？
immense:adj.巨大的,广大的;无边无际的;非常好的;
And if we kind of ponder on that then perhaps cymatics had an influence on the formation of the universe itself. 考虑到此,或许宇宙的cymatics 影响了宇宙形成的过程。
ponder:vt.仔细考虑;衡量;vi.考虑;沉思; influence:n.影响;势力;感化;有影响的人或事;v.影响;改变; formation:n.形成;编队;组成;队形;
And here is some eye candy for you, from a range of 每个人都有很多机会,
eye candy:华而不实的东西;
DIY scientists and artists from all over the globe. 不管是DIY,还是科学家,还是艺术家, 在全球的各个地方。
And cymatics is accessible to everybody. cymatics为每个人提供机会。
accessible:adj.易接近的;可进入的;可理解的;
And I want to urge everybody here to apply your passion, your knowledge and your skills to areas like cymatics. 我想激发在座的每一位, 将自己的激情、知识和技能, 应用到cymatics类似的领域。
And I think collectively we can build a global community . 我认为通过我们全体可以共建一个全球社区。
collectively:adv.共同地,全体地; global:adj.全球的;总体的;球形的; community:n.社区;[生态]群落;共同体;团体;
We can inspire each other. 我们互相鼓励。
inspire:v.激发;鼓舞;启示;产生;使生灵感;
And we can evolve this exploration of the substance of things not seen. Thank you. 我们可以发展这个探索 不可见的物质。谢谢。
evolve:v.(使)逐渐形成;进化;进化形成; exploration:n.探索;勘探;探险;[医]探查术;
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