TED演讲:如何成为生化人并扩展人类潜能(1)

I'm an MIT professor, but I do not design buildings or computer systems.

我是麻省理工学院的教授，但我并不设计建筑或计算机系统。

Rather, I build body parts, bionic legs that augment¹ human walking and running.

确切来说，我建造身体部位，增加人的行走和运行能力的仿生腿。

In 1982, I was in a mountain-climbing accident, and both of my legs had to be amputated due to tissue damage from frostbite.

在1982年的登山事故中，因为双腿组织冻伤，我双腿膝盖以下被迫截肢。

Here, you can see my legs: 24 sensors², six microprocessors³ and muscle-tendon-like actuators.

看，这就是我的双腿：有24个传感器，6个微处理器和像肌肉肌腱样的驱动器。

I'm basically a bunch of nuts and bolts from the knee down.

我的膝盖以下就是一堆螺栓螺母。

But with this advanced bionic technology, I can skip, dance and run. Thank you.

但是，借助这种先进的仿生技术，我可以跳跃、舞蹈和跑步。谢谢。

I'm a bionic man, but I'm not yet a cyborg.

我是一个仿生人，但还不是生化人。

When I think about moving my legs,

当我想移动双腿时，

neural⁴ signals from my central nervous system pass through my nerves and activate⁵ muscles within my residual⁶ limbs.

中枢神经系统会发出神经信号，通过神经进行传导，并激活我残余肢体的肌肉。

Artificial electrodes sense these signals,

人造电极感应到这些信号，

and small computers in the bionic limb decode⁷ my nerve pulses into my intended movement patterns.

仿生肢体内的小计算机对我的神经脉冲解码并进入预期的运动模式。

Stated simply, when I think about moving, that command is communicated to the synthetic⁸ part of my body.

简言之，当我想移动时，这个命令被传达到我身体的合成部分。

However, those computers can't input⁹ information into my nervous system.

然而，计算机却无法将信息输入到我的神经系统。

When I touch and move my synthetic limbs, I do not experience normal touch and movement sensations.

当我触摸和移动我的合成四肢时，我感受不到正常触摸和运动的感觉。

If I were a cyborg and could feel my legs via small computers inputting¹⁰ information into my nervous system,

如果我是生化人，而且能通过小电脑输入神经系统的信息而感觉到我腿的存在，

it would fundamentally change, I believe, my relationship to my synthetic body.

我相信，它将从根本上改变我与我的合成身体之间的关系。

Today, I can't feel my legs, and because of that, my legs are separate tools from my mind and my body.

现在，我无法感受到双腿的存在，正因为如此，我的双腿事实上只是独立于我身体和意志之外的工具而已。

They're not part of me.

它们根本不是我身体的一部分。

I believe that if I were a cyborg and could feel my legs, they would become part of me, part of self.

我相信，如果我是生化人且能感受到双腿的存在，它们会成为我身体的一部分、自我的一部分。

1 augment   

vt.(使)增大，增加，增长，扩张

参考例句：

• They hit upon another idea to augment their income.他们又想出一个增加收入的办法。
• The government's first concern was to augment the army and auxiliary forces.政府首先关心的是增强军队和辅助的力量。

2 sensors   

n.传感器，灵敏元件( sensor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were more than 2000 sensors here. 这里装有两千多个灵敏元件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride. 当传感器暴露在三氯化物中时，有很大变化。 来自辞典例句

3 microprocessors   

微（信息）处理机( microprocessor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This sort of work would have been inconceivable before the advent of microprocessors. 在微处理机问世之前这种工作是难以想象的。
• In microprocessors, the name used for the IEEE interface bus standard. 微处理机中，IEEE接口总线标准的名字。

4 neural   

adj.神经的，神经系统的

参考例句：

• The neural network can preferably solve the non- linear problem.利用神经网络建模可以较好地解决非线性问题。
• The information transmission in neural system depends on neurotransmitters.信息传递的神经途径有赖于神经递质。

5 activate   

vt.使活动起来，使开始起作用

参考例句：

• We must activate the youth to study.我们要激励青年去学习。
• These push buttons can activate the elevator.这些按钮能启动电梯。

6 residual   

adj.复播复映追加时间；存留下来的，剩余的

参考例句：

• There are still a few residual problems with the computer program.电脑程序还有一些残留问题。
• The resulting residual chromatism is known as secondary spectrum.所得到的剩余色差叫做二次光谱。

7 decode   

vt.译（码），解（码）

参考例句：

• All he had to do was decode it and pass it over.他需要做的就是将它破译然后转给他人。
• The secret documents were intercepted and decoded.机密文件遭截获并被破译。

8 synthetic   

adj.合成的，人工的；综合的；n.人工制品

参考例句：

• We felt the salesman's synthetic friendliness.我们感觉到那位销售员的虚情假意。
• It's a synthetic diamond.这是人造钻石。

9 input   

n.输入(物)；投入；vt.把(数据等)输入计算机

参考例句：

• I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
• All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。

10 inputting   

v.把…输入电脑( input的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Micro-motor drive, open the door by inputting the password. 微电机驱动，输入密码，箱门开启。 来自互联网
• In charge of matching and inputting invoice in SAP system. 负责在SAP系统内匹配及输入发票信息。 来自互联网