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This ability to make copies of DNA, as simple as it sounds, has transformed our world.
DNA的這種復制能力聽起來很簡單，卻改變了我們的世界。
Scientists use it every day to detect and address disease, to create innovative medicines,
科學家們每天都用它來檢測和對付疾病，創造新藥品，
to modify foods, to assess whether our food is safe to eat or whether it's contaminated with deadly bacteria.
改進食品，評估我們的食物是否安全，又或者是否被致命的細菌污染。
Even judges use the output of these machines in court to decide whether someone is innocent or guilty based on DNA evidence.
甚至法官在法庭上也使用這些機器輸出的結果，在DNA證據的基礎上來判定某人是無辜或有罪。
The inventor of this DNA-copying technique was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993.
DNA復制技術的發明者在1993年被授予諾貝爾化學獎。
But for 30 years, the power of genetic analysis has been confined to the ivory tower, or bigwig PhD scientist work.
但過了30年，遺傳分析的力量一直局限于象牙塔，或是有重大影響力的博士科學家的工作之中。
Well, several companies around the world are working on making this same technology accessible to everyday people like the pig farmer, like you.
世界各地的數家公司正在把同樣的技術簡易化，方便人們在日常生活中使用，例如養豬農戶以及我們大家。
I cofounded one of these companies.
我與其他人共同成立了其中一家這樣的公司。
Three years ago, together with a fellow biologist and friend of mine, Zeke Alvarez Saavedra,
在3年前，和我的一位生物學家朋友Zeke Alvarez Saavedra一起，
we decided to make personal DNA machines that anyone could use.
我們決定讓個人化DNA檢測器能被每個人所使用。
Our goal was to bring DNA science to more people in new places.
我們的目標是在新的地方將DNA科學帶給更多的人。
We started working in our basements. We had a simple question:
我們在地下室開始工作。我們有一個簡單的問題：
What could the world look like if everyone could analyze DNA?
如果每個人都能分析DNA，世界可能是什么樣子的呢？
We were curious, as curious as you would have been if I had shown you this picture in 1980.
我們很好奇，就像你們好奇我如果在1980年向你們展示這張照片。
