that I'm just going to tell you over and over until I get you to believe it,

我有個非常簡單的想法

and that is all of us are makers.

我打算一再闡述，直到說服你們為止

I really believe that.

我們全都是製造家

All of us are makers.

我確實對這一點堅信不移

We're born makers.

我們全都是製造家

We have this ability

天生就是製造家

to make things,

我們有能力

to grasp things with our hands.

製造物品

We use words like "grasp" metaphorically

用雙手掌握物品

to also think about understanding things.

當我們說到瞭解事物時

We don't just live, but we make.

我們也會用「掌握」之類的字眼做比喻

We create things.

我們不只是活著，我們還製造

Well I'm going to show you a group of makers

創造事物

from Maker Faire and various places.

我要跟各位介紹幾位製造家

It doesn't come out particularly well,

他們來自Maker Faire 創意盛會及世界各地

but that's a particularly tall bicycle.

這個成果並不是很好

It's a scraper bike; it's called --

卻是一輛超高的自行車

from Oakland.

名稱是摩天輪車

And this is a particularly small scooter

來自奧克蘭的創作

for a gentleman of this size.

對這種體型的男士來說

But he's trying to power it, or motorize it,

這摩托車有點小

with a drill.

但是他試著給它動力、裝上發動機

(Laughter)

用的是電鑽

And the question he had is,

（笑聲）

"Can I do it? Can it be done?"

他想知道的是

Apparently it can.

「我辦得到嗎？搞得定嗎？」

So makers are enthusiasts; they're amateurs;

顯然沒問題

they're people who love

製造家是一群熱情的業餘者

doing what they do.

他們熱愛

They don't always even know why they're doing it.

"製造"這件事

We have begun organizing makers

他們甚至不見得知道為什麼要這麼做

at our Maker Faire.

我們已開始號召製造家

There was one held in Detroit here last summer,

到我們的Maker Faire創意盛會

and it will be held again next summer, at the Henry Ford.

這場是去年夏天在底特律舉行的

But we hold them in San Francisco --

明年夏天將再次在亨利．福特博物館舉行

(Applause)

但我們在舊金山也有舉行

-- and in New York.

（掌聲）

And it's a fabulous event

還有紐約

to just meet and talk to these people who make things

這是一場棒極了的盛會

and are there to just show them to you and talk about them

可以跟這些製造家見面與交談

and have a great conversation.

他們會跟你展示他們創作的作品，並詳加介紹

(Video) Guy: I might get one of those.

然後進行很棒的討論

Dale Dougherty: These are electric muffins.

（影片）男子： 我可能真的會去買這種東西

Guy: Where did you guys get those?

Dale Dougherty：這些是電動鬆餅

Muffin: Will you glide with us? (Guy: No.)

男子：你們從哪弄來的？

DD: I know Ford has new electric vehicles coming out.

鬆餅：你要跟我們一起滑行嗎？（男子：不）

We got there first.

DD：我知道福特汽車公司要推出新型電動車

Lady: Will you glide with us?

我們先馳得點囉

DD: This is something I call "swinging in the rain."

女士：要不要跟我們一起滑行？

And you can barely see it,

DD：我把這個叫做雨中鞦韆

but it's -- a controller at top cycles the water to fall

可能有點不容易看到

just before and after you pass through the bottom of the arc.

不過它上面有個控制器，讓水周期性地落下

So imagine a kid: "Am I going to get wet? Am I going to get wet?

就在你通過拱架下方之前和之後

No, I didn't get wet. Am I going to get wet? Am I going to get wet?"

想像一下，孩子會想：「我會被淋濕嗎？會嗎？」

That's the experience of a clever ride.

「不，我沒被淋濕，我會被淋濕嗎？會嗎？」

And of course, we have fashion.

這是個聰明的盪鞦韆體驗

People are remaking things into fashion.

我們當然也有時尚產品

I don't know if this is called a basket-bra,

人們把物品改造成時尚產品

but it ought to be something like that.

我不知道這是否叫做籃球胸罩

We have art students getting together,

但應該是類似的名稱

taking old radiator parts

我們讓藝術系學生一起合作

and doing an iron-pour to make something new out of it.

用舊的散熱器零件

They did that in the summer, and it was very warm.

用鐵澆鑄做出一個新的東西

Now this one takes a little bit of explaining.

他們是在夏天做的，當時天氣相當熱

You know what those are, right?

這個需要解釋一下

Billy-Bob, or Billy Bass, or something like that.

你們知道這些是什麼，對吧？

Now the background is -- the guy who did this is a physicist.

Billy-Bob或Billy Bass（聲控跳舞魚）之類的

And here he'll explain a little bit about what it does.

製作它的人有物理學的背景

(Video) Richard Carter: I'm Richard Carter,

他會解釋一下它的作用

and this is the Sashimi Tabernacle Choir.

（影片）Richard Carter：我是Richard Carter

Choir: ♫ When you hold me in your arms ♫

這是生魚片唱詩合唱團

DD: This is all computer-controlled

合唱團：♫'當你把擁我在懷中♫

in an old Volvo.

RC：這全由電腦操控

Choir: ♫ I'm hooked on a feelin' ♫

在一輛老富豪車上

♫ I'm high on believin' ♫

合唱團：♫我迷上一種感覺♫

♫ That you're in love with me ♫

♫我興奮不已♫

DD: So Richard came up from Houston last year

♫因為我相信你愛上我♫

to visit us in Detroit here

DD：Richard去年從休斯頓

and show the wonderful Sashimi Tabernacle Choir.

來底特律拜訪我們

So, are you a maker?

展示了美妙的生魚片唱詩合唱團

How many people here would say you're a maker, if you raise your hand?

所以，你們是製造家嗎？

That's a pretty good --

在場有多少人會說自己是個製造家，舉一下手？

but there's some of you out there that won't admit that you're makers.

相當不錯

And again, think about it.

但還有些人不認為自己是製造家

You're makers of food; you're makers of shelter;

再想想看

you're makers of lots of different things,

你們製作食物、製造房屋

and partly what interests me today

是許多不同事物的製造者

is you're makers of your own world,

現在我更感興趣的部分是

and particularly the role that technology has

你們是自己世界中的製造者

in your life.

尤其是技術在你生活中

You're really a driver or a passenger --

所扮演的角色

to use a Volkswagen phrase.

套用福斯汽車的廣告詞

Makers are in control.

你要嘛就作個開車的人，不然就只能當乘客

That's what fascinates them. That's why they do what they do.

製造的人握有掌控權

They want to figure out how things work;

這就是令製造家著迷的原因， 就是他們製造的原動力

they want to get access to it;

他們想弄清楚事物如何運作

and they want to control it.

他們想使用它

They want to use it to their own purpose.

他們想掌控它

Makers today, to some degree, are out on the edge.

他們想用它達成自己的目的

They're not mainstream.

某種程度上來說，當今的製造家算是異類

They're a little bit radical.

他們非主流

They're a bit subversive in what they do.

他們有點激進

But at one time,

他們所做的事有點顛覆性

it was fairly commonplace to think of yourself as a maker.

但曾經

It was not something you'd even remark upon.

認為自己是一個製造家相當尋常

And I found this old video.

甚至不足掛齒

And I'll tell you more about it, but just ...

我找到這部舊影片

(Music)

待會兒我會再多談一些，我們先...

(Video) Narrator: Of all things Americans are,

（音樂）

we are makers.

（影片）旁白：對美國人的最佳形容就是

With our strengths and our minds and spirit,

我們是製造家

we gather, we form, and we fashion.

藉由我們的力量、思想和精神

Makers and shapers

我們收集、形塑和設計

and put-it-togetherers.

我們是製造家也是塑造家

DD: So it goes on to show you

也是拼湊家

people making things out of wood,

DD：影片接下來呈現的是

a grandfather making a ship in a bottle,

人們以木材製物

a woman making a pie --

祖父在瓶子裡做一艘船

somewhat standard fare of the day.

婦女做個派

But it was a sense of pride

這些都是生活中稀鬆平常的事

that we made things,

但這是種自豪的感覺

that the world around us was made by us.

我們用手做出東西

It didn't just exist.

我們周圍的世界是我們製造的

We made it, and we were connected to it that way.

它不只是存在

And I think that's tremendously important.

它是我們製造的，我們也因此與之緊密相連

Now I'm going to tell you one funny thing about this.

我認為這非常重要

This particular reel --

現在我要說一個跟這有關的趣事

it's an industrial video --

這卷特殊的影帶

but it was shown in drive-in theaters

是部商業影片

in 1961 --

它在1961年間在底特律地區的

in the Detroit area, in fact --

露天汽車電影院

and it preceded Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho."

播放，事實上

(Laughter)

它比希區考克《驚魂記》一片還要早

So I like to think there was something going on there

（笑聲）

of the new generation of makers

所以我認為其實早在當時就已經開始了

coming out of this, plus "Psycho."

新生代的製造家

This is Andrew Archer.

正從這片還有驚魂記中嶄露頭角

I met Andrew at one of our community meetings

這是Andrew Archer

putting together Maker Faire.

我在號召Maker Faire盛會的

Andrew had moved to Detroit

一場社區會議中遇見Andrew

from Duluth, Minnesota.

Andrew搬到底特律

And I talked to his mom,

從明尼蘇達州的德盧斯

and I ended up doing a story on him

我跟他媽媽談過

for a magazine called Kidrobot.

最後我為一本叫《Kidrobot》的雜誌

He's just a kid that grew up

寫了他的故事

playing with tools instead of toys.

他是一個成長過程中

He liked to take things apart.

不玩玩具而是玩工具的孩子

His mother gave him a part of the garage,

他喜歡拆東西

and he collected things from yard sales, and he made stuff.

他媽媽把車庫部分空間讓給他

And then he didn't particularly like school that much,

他從舊貨拍賣會蒐集物品並製造東西

but he got involved in robotics competitions,

他並不特別喜歡上學

and he realized he had a talent,

但他參加了機器人競賽

and, more importantly, he had a real passion for it.

意識到自己擁有這方面的天賦

And he began building robots.

更重要的是，他對製造非常熱情

And when I sat down next to him,

他開始製造機器人

he was telling me about a company he formed,

當我坐在他旁邊時

and he was building some robots for automobile factories

他向我述說他成立的一家公司

to move things around on the factory floor.

他正為汽車工廠製造機器人

And that's why he moved to Michigan.

用來在汽車廠房裏搬運東西

But he also moved here

這就是為什麼他搬到密西根州

to meet other people doing what he's doing.

他搬到這裡的另一個原因

And this kind of gets to this important idea today.

是要與其他跟他有相同嗜好的人碰面

This is Jeff and Bilal and several others here

講到這裡，我要介紹一個很重要的想法

in a hackerspace.

這是Jeff、Bilal和其他人

And there's about three hackerspaces or more in Detroit.

他們在一個駭客中心（hackerspace）

And there's probably even some new ones since I've been here last.

底特律大概有3個駭客中心，或許更多

But these are like clubs --

從我上次來此之後，可能還有一些新成立的

they're sharing tools, sharing space,

這些中心就像俱樂部

sharing expertise in what to make.

他們共享工具、空間

And so it's a very interesting phenomenon

分享製造東西的專長

that's going across the world.

這是個非常有趣的現象

But essentially these are people that are playing with technology.

正遍及世界各地

Let me say that again: playing.

但基本上這些是玩科技的人

They don't necessarily know what they're doing or why they're doing it.

我再說一次:「玩」

They're playing

他們不一定知道自己在做什麼，或為什麼這麼做

to discover what the technology can do,

他們在玩

and probably to discover what they can do themselves,

在發現這些科技可以做些什麼

what their own capabilities are.

並可能發現自己能做什麼

Now the other thing that I think is taking off,

發現自己擁有哪些能力

another reason making is taking off today,

我認為還有一件事情正在興起

is there's some great new tools out there.

這也是促成製造這件事興起的原因之一

And you can't see this very well on the screen,

就是出現了一些很棒的新工具

but Arduino -- Arduino is an open-source hardware platform.

你們在螢幕上可能看不太清楚

It's a micro-controller.

不過Arduino，Arduino是一個開放源碼的硬體平台

If you don't know what those are, they're just the "brains."

是一個微控制器

So they're the brains of maker projects,

如果你們不知道那是什麼，它們可以說是大腦

and here's an example of one.

它們是這些作品的大腦

And I don't know if you can see it that well, but that's a mailbox --

這是其中一個例子

so an ordinary mailbox and an Arduino.

我不知道你們看得清不清楚，這是個信箱

So you figure out how to program this,

一個普通的信箱和一台Arduino

and you put this in your mailbox.

當你瞭解如何幫它編寫程式之後

And when someone opens your mailbox,

你把這個放進你的信箱中

you get a notification,

當有人打開你的信箱時

an alert message goes to your iPhone.

你就會收到通知

Now that could be a dog door,

警訊會傳到你的iPhone中

it could be someone going somewhere where they shouldn't,

可以裝在狗門上

like a little brother into a little sister's room.

或是某人不該去的地方

There's all kinds of different things

像是小弟弟到小妹妹的房間

that you can imagine for that.

你可以想像出各種不同東西

Now here's something -- a 3D printer.

都可以利用這種裝置

That's another tool that's really taken off -- really, really interesting.

這是台3D印表機

This is Makerbot.

另一個正起步的工具，真的很有趣

And there are industrial versions of this --

這是Makerbot

about 20,000 dollars.

它有工業用的版本

These guys came up with a kit version

約20,000美元

for 750 dollars,

這些人想出一個簡易版本

and that means that hobbyists and ordinary folks

只售750美元

can get a hold of this and begin playing with 3D printers.

這意味著，業餘愛好者和一般人

Now they don't know what they want to do with it,

都可以弄一台，開始玩3D印表機

but they're going to figure it out.

他們還不知道要用它做什麼

They will only figure it out by getting their hands on it and playing with it.

但他們遲早會弄明白的

One of the coolest things is, Makerbot sent out an upgrade,

他們得用手把玩後才能得知

some new brackets for the box.

最酷的一件事是，Makerbot出了升級版

Well you printed out the brackets

可製作列印箱的新托架

and then replaced the old brackets with the new ones.

你可以列印出托架

Isn't that cool?

然後用新的取代舊的

So makers harvest technology

是不是很酷？

from all the places around us.

因此，製造家從我們四周

This is a radar speed detector

汲取科技元素

that was developed from a Hot Wheels toy.

這是一個雷達測速器

And they do interesting things.

利用Hotwheels玩具車改造的

They're really creating new areas and exploring areas

他們製造有趣的東西

that you might only think --

他們確實創造了新領域，探索一些領域

the military is doing drones --

你可能認為

well, there is a whole community of people

無人駕駛飛機只有軍隊在製造

building autonomous airplanes, or vehicles --

其實有一整群人

something that you could program to fly on its own,

在製造無人駕駛飛機或車輛

without a stick or anything, to figure out what path it's going.

就是你可以利用程式控制，讓它自主飛行

Fascinating work they're doing.

而不用控制桿之類的，就可以控制它的飛行路徑

We just had an issue on space exploration,

他們所做的事情好迷人

DIY space exploration.

我們最近才出了個太空探索的專題

This is probably the best time in the history of mankind

DIY太空探索

to love space.

這或許是人類歷史中熱愛太空

You could build your own satellite and get it into space

最棒的時機

for like 8,000 dollars.

你可以製造自己的衛星，送上太空

Think how much money and how many years it took NASA

只需花大約8000美元

to get satellites into space.

想想NASA用了多少錢和多少年

In fact, these guys actually work for NASA,

才將衛星送上太空

and they're trying to pioneer using off-the-shelf components,

事實上，這些人確實為NASA工作

cheap things that aren't specialized

他們正試著首創利用現成的零件

that they can combine

非專業的便宜東西

and send up into space.

把這些東西加以組合

Makers are a source of innovation,

然後送上太空

and I think it relates back to something

製造家是創新的來源

like the birth of the personal computer industry.