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Creative Thinking in Everyday Life

日常生活中的创意思维

Welcome to the last session of the course Innovation and Creative Thinking. This session will focus on creative thinking in everyday life.

欢迎来到“创新与创意思维”课程的最后一节课。这堂课的重点是日常生活中的创意思维。

There are many examples of creative thinking in our everyday experience. Creativity has no boundaries. Innovations can be seen in almost every corner of our world irrespective of age, culture and place. 

在我们日常生活经历中创意思维的例子比比皆是。创意没有边界，在我们世界上，几乎每一个角落都可以看到创新，与年龄、文化与地域无关。

If you go to an international exhibition on inventions, you will certainly find this a common phenomenon.

如果你去参加一个国际性的发明展览，你肯定会发现这是一个很普遍的现象。

Let’s take the 2019 International Inventions Exhibition in Geneva as an example. Some inventors were just children from primary and secondary schools.

以2019年日内瓦的国际发明展为例，一些发明家还只是中、小学生。

The following interview will demonstrate how these students developed a data-driven system that helps learning and teaching of languages in schools.

下面的采访将展示这些学生是如何开发一个数据启动系统来帮助在校语言课程的教与学。

Language Apps 语言应用软件

Moderator: How did you come up with the idea?

主持人:你怎么想出这个概念的?

A: It’s because we see that many people in Hong Kong lack proficiency in different languages especially Putonghua.  If you like to find a way to let them learn the language, and not only they lack proficiency and also lack the interest to understand other people’s cultures and learn other people’s language. Hopefully through our Apps, by gamifying an excursion for language, they could learn more about the language.

A: 因为我们看到香港很多人对不同的语言都不熟练，尤其是普通话。如果你想找到一种方法让他们学习语言，他们不仅不熟练，也缺乏兴趣去了解其他的文化并学习他们语言。我希望通过我们的应用程序，通过游戏化学习语言之旅，他们可以学到更多关于语言的知识。

B: Also, we realize in Hong Kong, may not need it in many places in the world.toddlers play mobile Apps like scrabble, puzzle games from their folders when commune in their free time.  So we hope that through gamifying education and also combining music that can help people learn quite efficiently and increase language efficiency among people.

B:我们也意识到，在香港，可能在世界上很多地方都不需要它。小孩子在空闲时间坐车时会玩文件夹里的拼字游戏、益智游戏等移动应用程序。所以我们希望通过游戏化的教育并结合音乐，能够帮助人们高效地学习，提高人们的语言效率。

Moderator: What challenges did you encounter in the process, and how did you overcome them?

主持人:你在这个过程中遇到了哪些挑战，你是如何克服的?

A: One of the major challenges is debugging our Apps. Actually, we are using a prototype that was made two years ago, add on it to create new things, new interest. So at first, I am not very familiar with the original program, so I need to get time to get used to it. When I debug, is a little bit harder than it was if I used to it.

答:我们的主要挑战之一是调试应用程序。事实上，我们使用的是两年前做的原型，在这个基础上来创造新的东西、新的兴趣。所以一开始，我不是很熟悉最初的程序，因此我需要时间来适应它。当我调试的时候，比我适应的时候要难一些。

A: We have five languages, so three Mandarin songs, one Japanese song and one Korean song.  Basically, we have 3 levels for each song.  Level one is the easiest level for those who have the lowest skill level. We have a lot of games, for example, the pop-up windows, the pronunciation, and the lyrics and they press the button to listen.

A：我们有五种语言，所以有三首国语歌，一首日语歌和一首韩语歌。基本上，我们每首歌都有3个难度级别。对于那些技能水平最低的人来说，第一级是最简单的。我们有很多游戏，例如，弹出窗口、发音和歌词，他们可以按下按钮来听取。

B: The game also has many other plans, for example, the answer is near the top, both show the answer, the store “Duo”, the “d”, so there will be “boat”.  Here we also click on this button to listen to the pronunciation again. We also click the “Help” button to re-display the pop-up screen to match the corresponding bubble to the word, so now is “Sh”, “S”.  The third level is harder. You have to firm the initial tone by yourself so there will be like fewer hands for the more advanced user. You can still click on this, listen to the pronunciation. 

B：游戏也有很多其他的设计，例如，答案是靠近顶部，两者都显示答案，储备有“Duo”，“d”，所以会有“boat”。在这里我们也可以点击这个按钮再次听发音。我们还点击“帮助”按钮，重新显示弹出的屏幕，将对应的气泡与单词匹配，所以现在是“Sh”、“S”。第三个层次会更难。你必须自己确定最初的语音，这样就会有更少的帮助给更高级的用户。你仍然可以点击这个按钮去听发音。

A: Still click on this, and this is directory to the Google translate, and you can see the Pinyin.

A:还是点击这个按钮，这是谷歌翻译的目录，你可以看到拼音。

These are other languages.

这些是其他语言。

B: We can talk about the practice screen first. We also develop the practice screen for users to practice speaking the language because we think that learning the language should be two-sided but not only you have to know how to listen to the language of other speakers. This are the lyrics of a song.  This is the English translation, you can press this one to listen to the English pronunciation again.  You can try to imitate it. 

B:我们可以先谈谈练习的界面。我们还开发了练习界面来让用户练习说其他语言，因为我们认为学习语言应该是双向的，而不是仅仅你能听懂别人说的语言。这是一首歌的歌词。这是英文翻译，你可以按下这个再听一遍英文发音。你可以试着模仿它。

“Duoshao”

A: This is better

A:这样好多了

B: The WiFi is

B:这WiFi是

A: “Duoshao”

A:“Duoshao”

B: The WiFi is.

B: 这WiFi是。

A: Yes.

A: 是的。

B:You can share the recorder 100%, and you can find it in the forum

B:你可以百分百分享这个录音，你可以在论坛里找到它

A: The forum is right here, you can see

A:你可以看到论坛就在这里。

B: the recording of other users, and also the one you just recorded. 

B:其他用户的录音，还有你刚才录的。

You can listen to it, and if you like it,you can click the “like” button, encouragement and recognition for those who share the recording. 

你可以听，如果你喜欢，你还可以点击“喜欢”按钮，鼓励和认可那些分享录音的人。

Moderator: Yes, good, so you also have Korean and other languages. 

主持人:是的，很好呢，所以你们也有韩语和其他语言学习。

A: Yes, the Korean one is very similar to that one, but then it’s just a Korean card.

A:是的，韩文学习和这个很像，不过那只是一张韩文卡。

The inventions could range from a tiny water-based technology to manufacture, recycle, regenerate and reuse Li-ion batteries, to a folding shower, a water-saving bathroom technology that is watertight and self-cleaning with a built-in climate control.

这些发明可以从一种微小的水基技术来制造、回收、再生和再用锂离子电池，到折叠淋浴器，一种节约的浴室技术，具有防水、自洁和内置气候控制功能。

An environmentally friendly batteries  环保电池

Basically, how we started? Why we started? This is the basic question.

基本上，我们如何开始？我们为什么开始？这是基本问题。

The reason why we started is that now we recognized that there is global warming, changes in the environment. So, everyone, all in the world are looking for a solution. The temporary solution is we want to eliminate carbon emission.

开始的原因在于我们已经意识到全球变暖、环境改变。所以，全世界每个人都在寻求解决方案。我们的临时解决方案是减少碳的排放。

That’s why you have the electrical vehicle installation all that, collect solar power, collect the energy. The most convenient, the most effective form is to use the battery. Lithium ion battery is one system that is mature and it works. Yes, using lithium ion battery we resolve one problem.

这也是你使用电动汽车装置等、采集太阳能、采集能量的原因。最方便也最有效的方式是使用电池。锂离子电池是一项技术成熟的系统而且很有效。是的，我们可以利用锂离子电池来解决了一个问题。

The one problem is to eliminate carbon emission, but at the same time we are creating a difficult problem. Because lithium ion batteries are not very environmental friendly to manufacture. Because, we have to use a lot of organic solvent like NMB, like we use the binding material PVDF and it is not good for the environment. So when you walk into a factory, you smell a very foul smell because of the volatile materials.

这个问题便是减少碳排放，但同时我们也制造出一个难题。因为锂离子电池的制作过程并不太环保。我们必须使用许多有机溶剂，像新甲烯蓝（NMB）和我们用的粘合剂聚偏二氟乙烯（PVDF），这对环境不利。所以当我们走进工厂，你会闻到因挥发性物质造成的恶臭。

Secondly, the bigger problem, as we can see the whole world is crazy about making lithium ion battery. But how about future year, 5 years, 10 years fromnow, all the used up lithium ion battery, how do you deal with it.

第二，一个更大的问题是我们可以看到全世界正在疯狂制造锂离子电池。那么未来怎么办？5年后、10年后，全部锂离子电池都消耗殆尽，我们该如何处理。

Now, currently, there are two major solutions. One you burn it, high heat, not environmentally friendly. The second one, you use strong acid to dissolve it. Again, not environmentally friendly. The recovered material that you get back, is not necessary in its pure form, and is in different form.

当前有两大主要方案。第一个是烧毁，很不环保。第二个是使用强酸溶解它，同样也不环保。得到的回收材料不一定是在它的纯形式，是不同的形式。

You get back something, but it’s not economical enough, attractive enough to recover. Because what you spent on recovery, is far more than what you can recover. This is the problem that we resolve. Can we do something else? There have been talkingfor long time, can we replace organic solvent with water, whatever form. But it is difficult, because the chemical nature, the chemistry of most battery materials.

虽然得到了一些材料，但并不足够从经济上吸引人去恢复弥补。因为你在恢复上花费的远远高于能恢复的。这便是我们要解决的问题。我们是否可以做些其他的？这已经被讨论了很长时间。我们是否可以用水或其他形式来代替有机溶剂。但它很困难，因为化学本质，大部分电池使用化学材料。

Researchers are all painful. We’ve gone through a process of learning; learning process, learning process and all that. We restructured and now we successfully restructured the making of lithium ion battery, replacing all the harmful organic solvents with water and water based binding.

研究很痛苦。我们经历一个漫长的学习过程，学习过程、学习过程重复如此。我们重建，现在我们成功地重建了锂离子电池的制造过程，所有有害的有机溶剂全部用水及水溶性粘合剂来代替。

Basically, in the nutshell, this is what it is water replacing all harmful substances. Because it is using water, the working environment within the factory is significantly improved. Basically, you smell like this because what is evaporated out is water.

基本上，用一句话概括，它就是这样，水替代了所有有害物质。因为使用的是水，所以工厂的工作环境也得到了明显改善。基本上，你闻到的就是蒸发的水。

People ask water based technology, how good it is. Is it good? We use NMC. They are different. For this type of battery, we use EV. You can see people ask for cycle life, how long can you cycle, how stable is the battery structure. For EV, we can do up to 3000 times plus, over 3000 times.

人们会问基于水的技术，它有多好？它是否好呢？我们使用NMC。它们是不同的。这种电池我们使用EV。你可以看到人们会问循环寿命，你可以循环使用多长时间，电池结构的稳定程度如何？对于EV，我们可以做到3000多次，也就是超过3000次。

This is what we call SOC, the state of charge. Unlike other test, we do zero to a hundred, 3000 times not within one range. If it is within the specific range, if you control the range, this battery can run much longer. Even the most stringent test, we are able to achieve 3000 times. Now for the ESS, energy storage system, this is a different information. We can cycle 5000 plus times, so it is longer. Now, actually we have battery can cycle even longer.

这个我们称之为荷电状态（SOC）。不像其他测试，我们从0做到100，3000次不在一个范围。如果它在一个特定范围，你控制范围后，电池可以使用得更久。即使是最严格的测试，我们仍能够达到3000次。对于储能系统（ESS），这是不同的信息。我们可以循环使用5000多次，所以它会更久。现在，事实上我们的电池可以循环使用更久。

A folding shower 一个折叠淋浴

   Moderator: First of all, do you mind telling us, how come you have this invention?Or where this idea came from?

  主持人:首先，你可以告诉我们你是怎么想到这个发明？或者这个想法是怎么提出来的?

    A: It’s my husband’s idea.

   A：这是我丈夫的主意。

   Moderator: OK

  主持人:好的。

A: As he says, it’s a space-saving technology.

A：就像他说的，它是一项节省空间的技术。

A: It’s for small houses, little flats, studios or even guest rooms.

A:它适用于小房子、小公寓、工作室甚至客房。

Moderator: OK

主持人:好的。

A: You can put it in a small, in the wall,a tiny space like 165 cm, and then unfold it, use, it, and put it back. It has 17 features. it’s got climate control and then 100% watertight.

A:你可以把它钉在墙里面，一个小空间，像165厘米那样，然后打开、使用，再放回去。它有17个功能。它可以控制温度，而且100%防水。

 Moderator: What were the challenges that you’ve encountered?

A: I don’t know, huge, I think it’s my husband you need to talk to. 

主持人:你遇到过哪些挑战?

A:我不知道，很大的挑战，我想你需要和我丈夫讨论。

Moderator: Yes, it doesn’t matter

A: All I can do is to explain what it does.

主持人:好的，没关系

A：我能做的就是解释它可以做什么。

Moderator: OK

主持人:好的

A: If you open the door, you can see then the touch screen for water temperature control and water flow control. It’s quite environmentally friendly. It consumes a tinyamount of energy. And also you can save water between scrubbing yourself, you don’t need water. You press the button and water is connected. Once again you can shower.

A:如果你打开门，你就可以看到控制水温和水流的触摸屏。它非常环保，只需要消耗很少的能量。你也可以节约用水，在你擦洗之间，你不需要用水。你按下这个按钮，水便接通，你就又可以洗澡了。

Moderator: So the great advantage is space-saving and some green elements into, say, the water-saving

主持人:所以这个淋浴器最大的优势就是节省空间和绿色环保，也就是说节约用水。

A: Absolutely.

A:是的。

Moderator: What else do you think can further improve this invention in the future?

主持人:你认为未来还可以在其他什么地方进一步改进这项发明?

A: In the future, well, even if you don’t need to save the space, you don’t use the shower, you can just store in the room, and unfold it whenever you need it.

A:将来，即使你不需要节省空间，也不需要使用淋浴，你都可以把它放在房间，在任何你需要的时候打开它。

Moderator: All right.  Yes, you can provide more spacefor others.

主持人:好的。是的，你可以给别人提供更多的空间。

A: Absolutely.

答:是的。

Moderator: OK, thank you.

  主持人:好的，谢谢你。