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Well, I eventually paid most of it out of pocket,
大部分都是我自己掏的腰包
we are still having a very, very minimal funding level.
我們獲得的資助還是非常非常少
Just out of your own wallet?
你自己掏的腰包
Yes, I've spent close to a million dollars
是的 我已經花費了近100萬美元
on funding this research, because nobody believed me.
資助這個研究 因為沒人相信我
That's a hell of a lot of money just to try and...
那可是一大筆錢
Well, because I know that I'm on the right track,
因為我知道我的研究方向是對的
so I will pursue this and bring it to the end.
我會堅持下去 走到最后
Now, people start to listen,
現在 人們開始聽我說的了
and yes, now they are convinced.
沒錯 他們現在相信了
With something like this,
有了這樣的支持聲
as clear as you can hope you would get it.
你很清楚你會成功的
The scientific community may still be sceptical
科學界也許仍對斐迪曼·弗羅因德的
about Friedemann Freund's rock experiments,
巖石實驗持懷疑態度
but his research has now been used in a commercial application
但是他的研究現在得到了一個商業化應用
QuakeFinder
震動探測儀
a device that measures electromagnetic
一種通過測量地面電磁變化
changes in the ground to sense if an earthquake is coming.
來預測地震發生的儀器
It's, er, basically, a computer system, er,
它從本質上來說是一種計算機系統
set of electronics to process the data, a
一組處理數據的電子元件
simple hard drive from a laptop to record it,
由一個簡單的手提電腦硬盤記錄數據
a radio link to bring it into, er,
再由與之相連的無線電將數據
a farmer's house maybe 200, or 300 feet away,
傳送到二三百英尺外的農居里
and then we have a satellite dish that takes the data
然后由那里的碟形衛星天線
and brings it through a satellite link up to
通過衛星線路把數據傳送到帕羅奧多這里
our site here in Palo Alto.
我們現正所處的位置
