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But we live in a place that is 12,000 feet high.
但我們住在海拔3600多米的地方。
And, the patients there need a special device to solve their heart condition.
而且，那里的病人們需要一種特別的器材來解決他們的心臟問題。
The hole in altitude patients is different, because the orifice between the arteries is larger.
高海拔地區病人的心臟缺損不同于其他地區，因為他們的動脈孔徑更大。
Most patients cannot afford to be treated on time, and they die.
絕大多數患者因得不到及時治療，最終不幸去世。
The first coil could successfully treat only half of the patients in Bolivia.
于是我們又從零開始尋找新的材料。
The search started again. We went back to the drawing board.
于是我們又從零開始尋找新的材料。
After many trials, and with the help of my grandmother's indigenous friends in the mountains, we obtained a new device.
多次試驗無果后，我在外祖母在山區的原住民朋友的幫助下，獲得了一種新的器材。
For centuries, indigenous women told stories by weaving complex patterns on looms, and an unexpected skill helped us for the new device.
幾個世紀以來，原住民婦女在織布機上織出了各種復雜的圖案，我們從這種傳統織布工藝上得出靈感。
We take this traditional method of weaving and make a design made by a smart material that records shape.
我們用這種紡織方法加工出了一種智能材料，具有形狀記憶的特性。
It seems this time, the weaving allows us to create a seamless device that doesn't rust because it's made of only one piece.
看起來這次，織布技術似乎幫我們造出了一種無縫器材，它不會生銹，因為它是一體化的，沒有接縫。
It can change by itself into very complex structures by a procedure that took decades to develop.
它可以通過一種花費了數十年才研發出的方法改變自身形狀，變成極為復雜的結構。
