九美元英语怎么说

by Cyrus Farivar

- May 9, 2015 10:01pm CEST

作者Cyrus Farivar

- 2015年5月9日欧洲中部夏令时间下午10:01

Cyrus Farivar

CHIP has on-board Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. (Did we mention it's $9?)

CHIP拥有内置的WiFi和蓝牙（我们刚刚有提到过它只要9美元吗？）

OAKLAND, Calif.—Tucked away in a small office on a side street in the historic industrial zone of West Oakland, something magical is happening.

隐藏在历史上著名的奥克兰西部工业区的街边，一个小办公室里正在发生神奇的事。

Dave Rauchwerk and a team of eight people are creating a $9 computer, designed to dovetail the success of their $249 Raspberry Pi-based camera. Their $1 million venture-backed startup, Next Thing Co., aims to put this crazy-cheap, hackable computer into the hands of as many people as possible.

为了延续他们249美元的树莓派相机的成功，Dave Rauchwerk和八人的团队正在创建一个9美元的计算机。他们的一百万美元风险投资支持资金已经启动，Next Thing公司正致力于把这个超级便宜并且可再开发的电脑放进尽可能多的人手里。

The computer—known as the CHIP—hit Kickstarter on Thursday. Already it’s blown through its target goal of $50,000. As of this writing, the company has raised over $407,000 from over 8,000 people, including this reporter.

星期四，这个被称为CHIP的电脑在Kickstarter（美国一个众筹网站）引起轰动。并已达到超过其五万美金的筹资目标。截至这篇文章发表，该公司已从包括本记者在内的8000余人处筹集了超过407000美元。

The CHIP is in the vein of small, Linux-based, inexpensive computers, like the Raspberry Pi and the Beagle Board. Crucially, though, it has built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, so you won’t have to sacrifice a USB port. The computer runs a 1Ghz R8 ARM processor and hums along with 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of flash storage. It also has a full-sized USB port, and a composite video out, so it can work with older televisions.

CHIP是基于Linux系统的便宜又小的计算机，像树莓派和beagle boardy①一样。最关键的在于，它内置蓝牙和wifi，所以你不必牺牲一个usb接口。这个电脑使用1Ghz 的R8 ARM处理器并运转512MB的存储器，同时有4GB的闪存。它还有一个完全大小的usb接口和一个组合影音输出，所以它可以和老电视兼容。

In many ways, the CHIP is the antithesis to the company’s previous Kickstarter-funded project, the OTTO camera: an extremely well-designed Raspberry Pi-based "hackable GIF camera." (That camera is shipping now.) While the OTTO is relatively expensive (at $249) and is a modern, retro-inspired goofy toy, the CHIP, meanwhile is much more basic.

在很多方面，CHIP是该公司之前kikstarter基金项目OTTO相机的反面：OTTO相机是一个精心设计的基于树莓派的“可控动态相机”（那个相机正在发售中）相比OTTO相机是一个相对贵（$249）并且时尚、复古而又笨重的玩具， CHIP要简单的多。

After Next Thing finished the OTTO, the team sought to make a cheaper computer, Rauchwerk explained to Ars on Saturday morning.

星期六上午，Rauchwerk向我们解释道，在Next Thing 完成OTTO相机之后，他们团队想做一个更便宜的电脑。

"We didn’t want to compromise anything, but [we realized] the computer that powers it is really expensive," he said. "So we went to China and had conversations and knew how much it needed to cost—we ended up with a $9 computer. $9 isn't the magic number, but $99 is the magic number for selling products."

“我们不想向任何事妥协，但是我们明白要让电脑运行真的很贵。”他说道。“所以我们去中国商谈并且知道了它需要多少钱——我们最终谈到了9元一台电脑的价格。9美元不是一个有魔力的数字，但是99美元是卖产品的魔力数字。”

One of those first sub-$99 products is a "hacker Game Boy," better known as the "Pocket CHIP," a $49 handheld touchscreen, case, five-hour battery pack, and stripped down keyboard—containing the CHIP itself, naturally—that is a fully-functional Linux computer.

这些第一潜在热销产品之一是99美元的hacker Game Boy”，它更为人们熟知的名字“pocket CHIP”，一个配有手持式触摸屏，主机，五小时的电源包，和简单的键盘，包括CPU本身49美元的电脑，很明显，这是一个功能齐全的Linux计算机。

"We've worked with all kinds of different computer that you can build into things, and we wanted to be able to carry it around with us," Rauchwerk added. He demonstrated, using a prototype design, that it could easily fit into the rear pocket of his jeans.

Rauchwerk还补充道，“我们已经研究过各种不同的可以自主设计的计算机，并且我们想让它能随身带着”。他曾展示，使用一个可以轻易放进他牛仔裤后口袋的实验中的设计。

"What we're doing is taking technology from tablets from a few years ago and making it palatable and smoothing over the rough parts so that [people] like us can use it for projects," he added. "The thing that's really exciting is that if we as a community can agree on a chip to support and a platform and some software we can make sure that a $9 computer is a thing."

“我们正在做的是把科技从几年前的平板计算机中提取出来，并且让它粗糙的部分更流畅、合适，以方便"那些像我们的人们"可以将它用于各种项目”。他补充道“真正令人激动的是，如果我们作为一个团体统一使用一个CPU支持一个操作系统和一些软件，我们可以确保能开发出9美元的电脑。”

The company was founded in 2014 and was a product of HAX Accelerator, a hardware-based accelerator program based in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China. After graduating from the program, Rauchwerk and his colleagues set up shop in West Oakland last summer.

该公司成立于2014年，是HAX Accelerator②，一个位于中国香港和深圳，基于硬件的加速器项目的产物。项目完毕后， Rauchwerk和他的同事在去年夏天建立了他们位于西奥克兰的店铺。

While the CHIP is marketed initially as effectively a hacker toy, its low price could be attractive for users in parts of the developing world. Notably, it could be what theOne Laptop Per Child project never became. Rauchwerk said he has already received e-mails from potential customers as far away as Maputo, Mozambique.

最初CHIP在市场上出售时被当做黑客玩具，在部分发展中国家它的低价能很好地吸引使用者。值得注意的是，它可以达成OLPC项目（每个孩子一台电脑）从未达到的成果。Rauchwerk说他已经从潜在客户那收到电子邮件，甚至有客户远在莫桑比克的马普托。

"We're not the people that are best suited to go to a developing country and help people onboard with tech," he admitted. "We think it's awesome—that's something we want to make happen."

“我们并不是最适合的去到一个发展中国家并在科技上给予帮助的那类人”他承认。“但我们认为这很棒——这是我们想做的事。”

Thanks to David Scheltma from Make magazine for introducing us to Next Thing.

感谢Make杂志的David Scheltma将我们介绍给Next Thing.

【本文摘自2015年5月9日 Ars Technica杂志】

注释：

① Beagleboard: Beagleboard是一款由德州仪器与 Digi-Key 和 Newark element14 合作生产的低能耗开源的单板机。它也是为运行开源软件而构建的一个系统，以及为展示德州仪器的OMAP3530芯片。这个主板由一个小组开发并以对高校展示开源硬件/软件能力为导向而设计。