So, if you could make automobiles with a high magnesium content, you would reduce the mass, reduce the energy required, and thereby reduce the environmental impact.

所以，如果你能用含镁量,很高的材料来制造手机，你就能减轻手机的质量，减少制造所需能量，因此减轻了对环境的破坏。

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So, if we're going to go to the moon, we're going to go to Mars,we want to be able to produce oxygen, structural metals and photovoltaic materials from in situ resources.

如果我们要去月球上，我们要去火星上，我们则必须要制造,氧气，结构金属和光电材料,就在原地制造。

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The paradox then is how do you create such a fast computer with such slow stuff?

那么这里的悖论就是,你是如何用传输如此缓慢的材料,制造出反应如此迅速的计算机的

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And it's important innovation in several different ways and we're going to talk about this whole science of building artificial organs, devices that are made out of totally synthetic components to replace the function of your natural organs, and the artificial heart is a good example of that.

在很多方向上也做出了重要的创新,我们会讲到,制造人造器官的技术原理,这些装置完全用合成材料制成,能够取代人体器官的功能,人造心脏就是一个很好的范例

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