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Now CNN's i-List is all about Asia this month, and right now our focus is on Japan.
這個月本台的《走入新國界》完全以亞洲為主題，現在的焦點放在日本。

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It's a country on the cutting edge of technology.
日本是個走在科技尖端的國家。

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And Kyung Lah shows us how robots are helping the disabled and the elderly live better lives.
景蘭要告訴我們機器人如何協助身障人士與老年人改善生活。

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For 30 years, Noburu Matsumoto has been severely disabled.
三十年來，松本登一直處重度殘障的狀況，

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A brain injury from a motorcycle accident left him confined to a wheelchair -- until now.
一場機車車禍造成腦部傷害，導致他只能坐在輪椅上——這種情形直到現在才有所改變。

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Standing, walking, once only imagined, now tentative steps with just minimal assistance carried out by these white robotic legs. 
過去他只能幻想站立及行走，但現在利用這些白色機械腿，他只需極少的協助，就可踏出顫顫巍巍的腳步。

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Do you ever get tired of the feeling of walking?
你會不會對走路的感覺感到厭倦？

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No, no, never.
不會，不會，永遠不會。

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Never?
永遠不會？

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Never.
永遠不會。

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This is the leg.
這就是腿部。

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Yes, this is the legs, and this part is [the] power unit.
沒錯，這是腿部，這部分是動力裝置。

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Professor Yoshiyuki Sankai is the inventor of the hybrid assistive limb, or HAL.
山海嘉之教授發明了這種混合式輔助肢體，簡稱赫爾。

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A robot suit he calls it, turning brain waves into actual movement.
他稱之為機械裝，可將腦波轉變為實際動作。

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So the sensors in the arms are telling the machine to move.
手臂裡的感應器向機器下令做出動作。

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Yes, so the sensor detects a human's intentions and finally [the] robots walks instead of the human's body. 
沒錯，感應器感知使用者的意圖，然後由機械走路，而不是人體。

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So I'm going to tell the arm to move, but I'm not going to move my arm. And it moves.
所以我要下令手臂做出動作，但我不動我的手臂。然後它就會動了。

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Yes.
沒錯。

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Professor Sankai is developing a number of potential uses of the HAL suit,
山海教授正在為赫爾機械裝研發多種可能的用途，

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including a suit that gives caretakers super-human power to help lift the elderly.
包括一種可讓看護擁有超人力量的機械裝，能輔助把老年人抱起來。

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This is the stuff of science fiction, like in the movie Iron Man,
這是科幻小說的情節，就像電影《鋼鐵人》裡那樣。

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but no military applications for professor Sankai, who says he's turned down multi-million dollar defense contracts. 
不過，山海教授不打算把這項發明應用在軍事上。他說他已拒絕了好幾百萬美元的國防合約。

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Yes. No military usage.
沒錯，不用在軍事用途上。

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It's a decision on your part?
這是你的決定嗎？

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Yes, my decisions.
是，是我的決定。

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From the whimsical to the more amusing, Japan has a robust robot research field.
不論是天馬行空或較為趣味性的構想，日本的機器人研究領域發展得很興盛。

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Robots who look exactly like their inventors to robots who will make you your breakfast.
從看起來和發明人一模一樣的機器人到可以幫你準備早餐的機器人都有。

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But professor Sankai's invention differs in this way: it has a real use, right now, tackling a very real social problem. 
不過，山海教授的發明有個與眾不同的地方：他的發明具有當下實際的用途，可解決一個非常實際的社會問題。

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Professor Sankai's target: use his inventions to help Japan's exploding elderly population.
山海教授的目標是利用他的發明來協助日本數量暴增的老年人口。

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By 2050, 40 percent of Japan will be over the age of 65.
到了二○五○年，日本將有百分之四十的人口超過六十五歲。

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Coupled with one of the world's lowest birthrates, that means fewer young to care for the sick and elderly. 
再加上日本是全球生育率最低的國家之一，這表示能夠照顧病老人口的年輕人將會愈來愈少。

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Some of the patients can stand up and start walking. At that time, their faces completely changes.
有些病患可以站起來走路。這種時候，他們的表情完全變了。

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And when I see these smiling faces, my heart is also encouraged.
我一看到他們微笑的臉龐，心裡也跟著受到激勵。

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Do you have more hope about the future? 
你對未來是不是懷有更多的希望？

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I want to run.
我想跑步。

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You want to run next.
你接下來想要跑步。

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That will have to wait, but the possibility -- now one step closer.
那還得等等，但這個願望實現的可能性已經又向前邁進一步了。