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FabianHemmert_2009X-_手机未来的形态变化_
I am a Ph.D. student, and that means I have a question: how can we make digital content graspable? 我正在读博, 这就意味着我有一项研究课题, 那就是如何使数码内容实体可触化。
digital:adj.数字的;手指的;n.数字;键; content:n.内容,目录;满足;容量;adj.满意的;vt.使满足;
Because you see, on the one hand , there is the digital world, and no question, many things are happening there right now. 正如你们所见, 数码世界 恰逢多变之季。
on the one hand:一方面;
And for us humans, it's not quite material, it's not really there. 对于人类来说,它们并未变
It's virtual . 它们正向虚拟化进发。
virtual:adj.[计]虚拟的;实质上的,事实上的(但未在名义上或正式获承认);
On the other hand , we humans, we live in physical world. 而另一方面,人类 是活在物质世界中,
On the other hand:另一方面; physical:adj.[物]物理的;身体的;物质的;符合自然法则的;n.体格检查;
It's rich, it tastes good, it feels good, it smells good. 可谓是酸甜苦辣,百味齐全啊。
So the question is: how do we get the stuff over from the digital into the physical? 因此我的问题就是如何使虚拟的事物 实体化。
stuff:n.东西:物品:基本特征:v.填满:装满:标本:
That's my question. 这就是我的疑问。
If you look at the iPhone with its touch and the Wii with its bodily activity, you can see the tendency; it's getting physical. 假若我们看看iPhone的触摸屏, 以及Wii的实感操作, 我们就可从中窥得潮流的趋向。它们正趋于实体化。
bodily:adv.整体地;亲自地;以肉体形式;adj.身体的;肉体的;
The question is: what's next? 下一个问题则是,接下来又会是什么？
Now, I have three options that I would like to show you. 现在,我想展示三种可能性。
options:n.选择; v.得到或获准进行选择; (option的三单形式)
The first one is mass . 第一种则是质量。
mass:n.块,团; adj.群众的,民众的; v.聚集起来,聚集;
As humans, we are sensitive to where an object in our hand is heavy. 作为一名活人,我们绝对可以 感受到手中的物体重不重。
sensitive:adj.敏感的;感觉的;易受影响的;n.敏感的人;有灵异能力的人;
So, could we use that in mobile phones? 因此,我们能不能将此特点应用在手机上？
mobile:n.手机;汽车;移动电话;adj.活跃的;可动的;
Let me show you the weight-shifting mobile. 让我展现一部可移重的手机给你们看看。
It is a mobile phone-shaped box that has an iron weight inside, which we can move. 这是一个手机状盒子, 里面有一块可动铁块。
And you can feel where it's heavy. 因此你就可以感觉到那一部分会比较重。
We shift the gravitational center of it. 我们可以转移它的重心。
shift:n.移动;变化;手段;轮班;v.移动;转变;转换; gravitational:adj.[力]重力的,[力]引力的;
For example, we can augment digital content with physical mass. 例如,我们将数字内容与 物理质量糅合在一起。
augment:vi.增加;增大;vt.增加;增大;n.增加;增大;
So you move around the content on a display , but you can also feel where it is just from the weight of the device . 当你移动数字地图的时候, 重心也将随之转移。
move around:v.走来走去;绕着…来回转; display:n.显示;炫耀;vt.显示;表现;陈列;vi.[动]作炫耀行为;adj.展览的;陈列用的; device:n.装置;策略;图案;
Another thing it's good for is navigation . 数字导航技术会因此受益。
navigation:n.导航;航行;领航;
It can guide you around in a city. 作为一名城市导游,
It can tell you by its weight, "Okay, move right. Walk ahead. Make a left here." 它仅仅需要改变重心的所在, 如:“好,向右转。直走。这里左转。”
And the good thing about that is you don't have to look at the device all the time; you have your eyes free to see the city. 它所带来的好处就是你可以悠闲观看市景市容, 而再也不用专注于屏幕之上了。
Now, mass is the first thing. 好,质量是第一种可能性。
The second thing, that's shape. 第二种可能性就是形状。
We're also sensitive to the shape of objects we have in [our] hands. 我们对手中的物体形状也会是具体可感。
So if I download an e-book and it has 20 pages -- well, they could be thin, right -- but if it has 500 pages, I want to feel that "Harry Potter." 假如我下载了一本电子书,只有二十页厚, 但手机或电纸书是很薄的,是吧。 假若那本书有五百页厚,我希望能感受到
e-book:电子书
It's thick. 如《哈里波特》一般的厚度。
So let me show you the shape-changing mobile. 所以我再来展示一部可变形手机。
Again, it's a mobile phone-shaped box. 好吧,又是一个手机状盒子。
And this one can change its shape. 这个呢,是可以改变形状的。
We can play with the shape itself. 我们可以弄出各种形状。
For example, it can be thin in your pocket, which we of course want it to be, but then if you have it in your hand, it can lean towards you, be thick. 例如,在口袋里,它会非常薄, 太厚的手机会让你感到个疙瘩在那。 拿到手上时,你则希望它的界面会对着你,厚点手感好。
lean towards:倾向:;倾向于;朝…倾斜;有…的倾向;
It's like tapered to the downside . 这不就变成了梯形么。
tapered:adj.锥形的;v.逐渐变少(taper的过去式和过去分词); downside:n.下降趋势;底侧;adj.底侧的;
If you change the grasp , it can adjust to that. 假如你变换掌握姿势,它也会随变随换。
grasp:n.抓住;理解;控制;v.抓住;领会; adjust:v.调整;调节;适应;习惯;
It's also useful if you want to put it down on your nightstand to watch a movie or use as an alarm clock , it stands. 这就变成了可立稳的形状,这既有利于看电影, 又可作闹钟之用。
nightstand:n.(美)床头几(等于nighttable); alarm clock:n.闹钟;
It's fairly simple. 操作很简单。
fairly:adv.相当地;公平地;简直;
Another thing is, sometimes we watch things on a mobile phone , they are bigger than the phone itself. 另外一个特点就是 当你阅览一些逾手机屏幕 大小的数字内容时,
mobile phone:移动电话
So in that case -- like here, there's an app that's bigger than the phone's screen -- the shape of the phone could tell you, "Okay, off the screen right here, there is more content. 譬如此程序所需要的屏幕非手机可满足, 因此手机的形状就 告知你:“好吧,那边还有东西。
You can't see it, but it's there." 虽然你看不见,可就是在那边。”
And you can feel that because it's thicker at that edge. 因为你感到那一角比较厚。
The shape is the second thing. 形状就是第二种可能性。
The third thing operates on a different level. 第三种则更抽象。
As humans, we are social, we are empathic , and that's great. 作为一名人类,我们是社会的一份子,我们是有感情的, 人类因此而成人类。
empathic:adj.移情作用的;神入的;
Wouldn't that be a way to make mobile phones more intuitive ? 我们能否使手机亦具有感情呢？
intuitive:adj.直觉的;凭直觉获知的;
Think of a hamster in the pocket. 假若将一只仓鼠放在口袋中,
hamster:n.仓鼠;仓鼠毛皮;
Well, I can feel it. It's doing all right. I don't have to check it. 我们什么都不用做,就可以感觉到它是否安好。
Let me show you the living mobile phone. 最后让我展示一部活手机。
So, once again, mobile phone-shaped box. 好吧,还是个手机状盒子。
But this one, it has a breath and a heartbeat , and it feels very organic . 但这部手机却拥有呼吸和心跳, 是有生命的。
heartbeat:n.心跳;情感; organic:adj.有机的;不使用化肥的;绿色的;有机物的;n.分子有机体;
(Laughter) (笑声)
And you can tell, it's relaxed right now. 你可以感觉到,它正在休息中。
relaxed:adj.轻松的;冷静的;v.放松;休息;宽慰;(relax的过去分词和过去式)
Oh now, missed call, a new call, new girlfriend maybe. 哦,糟糕,未接来电,是新的来电, 或许是一名新女朋友。
Very exciting. 非常亢奋。
How do we calm it down? 如何使它安静？
You give it a pat behind the ears, and everything is all right again. 轻抚它的耳背, 一切就会归于平静之中。
So, that's very intuitive, and that's what we want. 这是非常确实可感的,这就是我们所追求的目标。
So, what we have seen are three ways to make the digital graspable for us. 现在,我们已知三种使数字内容 实体可触化的方法。
And I think making it physical is a good way to do that. 这是将手机实体化的 几种办法。
What's behind that is a postulation, namely that humans should get much more technical in the future. 在这背后则隐含着一种假设, 那就是, 与其让人们变得越来越科技化
namely:adv.也就是;即是;换句话说; technical:adj.工艺的,科技的;技术上的;专门的;
Rather than that, technology , a bit more human. 不如让 科技变得更人性化。
technology:n.技术;工艺;术语;
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