TED中英双语演讲稿The accelerating power of technology.pdfVIP

The accelerating power of technology Ray Kurzweil 2006-11-14 /talks/ray_kurzweil_the_accelerating_power_of_technology Pollykann - A powerful video player (App) for learning languages provided technical support for the subtitles. 本字幕由【小鹦看看】- 用了会后悔，不用更后悔的外语学习App，提供技术支持。 Well, its great to be here. 好，很高兴来到这里。 Weve heard a lot about the promise of technology, and the peril. 我们听到了很多关于科技的承诺，和未来的隐患。 Ive been quite interested in both. 我一直对这两者都很感兴趣。 If we could convert 0.03 percent 如果我们将落在地球上的阳光的0.03% of the sunlight that falls on the earth into energy, 转化成能量， we could meet all of our projected needs for 2030. 预计将可以满足我们2030年的能源需求。 We cant do that today because solar panels are heavy, 现在我们还不能，因为今天的太阳能板笨重， expensive and very inefficient. 昂贵，且效率很低。 There are nano-engineered designs, 不过现在有纳米工程设计的太阳板， which at least have been analyzed theoretically, 它们从理论分析上来说 that show the potential to be very lightweight, 可以变得很轻 very inexpensive, very efficient, 很便宜，且效率很高。 and wed be able to actually provide all of our energy needs in this renewable way. 而且我们将可以用这种可再生的方法提供我们所需的能量。 Nano-engineered fuel cells 纳米工程燃料电池 could provide the energy where its needed. 可以为需要的地方提供能量。 Thats a key trend, which is decentralization, 分散式分布是一个关键的趋势 moving from centralized nuclear power plants and 从集中式的核电厂， liquid natural gas tankers 液体天然气储存储罐 to decentralized resources that are environmentally more friendly, 到分散分布的能源会更加环保， a lot more efficient 效率更高 and capable and safe from disruption. 且在灾难中更加安全。 Bono spoke very eloquently, Bono 雄辩地指出 that we have the tools, for the first time, 我们第一次使用工具 to address age-old problems of disease and poverty. 来对待疾病和贫困这些古老的问题。 Most regions of the world are moving in that direction. 世界上大部分地区已经朝那个方向前进。 In 1990, in East Asia and the Pacific region, 1990年，在东亚和太平洋地区， there were 500 million people living in poverty -- 有5亿人生活在贫困里- that number now is under 200 million. 这个数字现在是2亿。 The World Bank projects by 2011, it will be under