There is an explosion of new ideas and applications. So, when scientists now think about future machines doing large and complex tasks, they're thinking smaller than ever before.

这是一场新想法和新应用的爆发。所以现在科学家就未来机器处理大而复杂的任务时，他们比以往更多的考虑到小型化的发展。

Chipmaking is propelled by the quest for smallness.

芯片造受到对尺寸小型化追求的推动。

And outside experts doubt that North Korea has yet got the ability to make a bomb small enough to put on a feasible missile though it does appear to be moving steadily towards that goal.

对于朝鲜导弹的小型化术，外界专家对此表示怀疑，但朝方正在靠近这一目标。

" Our company has developed intelligent, electronic and miniaturized ignition devices. We've also upgraded to using environmentally friendly materials for the fuse covers and casings, " said an executive of a local company named Dingteng.

“我们公司开发了智能、电子化和小型化的点火装置，还升级使用了环保作引信盖和外壳，”当地一家名为腾的公司高管表示。

The Purdue team has multiple patents on their technology and is working with government and industry players to miniaturize their tech into a tiny wearable circuit.

大学的团队拥有多项术专利，并正在与政府和业界人士合作，将他们的术小型化为微型可穿戴电路。

It has tested at least six nuclear warheads, and U.S. intelligence believes it has made progress on miniaturizing a nuclear warhead to mount on a missile.

测试的核弹头也有至少六枚, 美国情报人员认为，朝鲜在核弹头小型化上已经取得了进展。

The space program has pioneered the miniaturization of scientific equipment and helped engineers figure out how to land and maneuver a rover from millions of miles away.

航天计划开创了科学设备小型化的先河，帮助工程师们找到了从亿万英里外让探测车着陆并加以操控的方法。

The reason why the rate of miniaturization of transistors is slowing down is due to the ever-increasing complexity of the manufacturing process.

晶体管小型化速度减慢是由于造过程日益复杂。

Here's why that's significant: making nukes smaller is a key stop toward being able to put them on long range missiles.

这一声明之所以至关重要是因为核武器小型化能够在远程导弹中发挥关键作用。

And so, robots to really become very useful for brain surgery, they're gonna have to be miniaturized to a huge degree.

因此，机器人要真正在脑部手术中起到作用，那么它们必须要进行很大程度的小型化。

What we don't know is if North Korea has the capability to miniaturize a warhead to put on a cruise missile.

我们不知道的是，朝鲜是否有能力将弹头小型化以安装在巡航导弹上。

Miniaturize your components, have your instruments be as lightweight as possible because of the mass and cost constraints.

因为质量和成本的限小型化组件，让仪器尽可能轻。

But the bad news is, we're about to hit a digital roadblock, as the rate of miniaturization of transistors is slowing down.

但坏消息是，我们即将遭遇数字化障碍，因为晶体管小型化的速度正在减慢。

Stay small and you forego the efficiencies of scale.

保持小型化，你就无法享受到规模带来的效率。

Today, it's miniaturized into a PCI card that plugs into a standard computer.

如今， 它已小型化为可插入标准计算机的 PCI 卡。

Because again, we're trying to miniaturize everything.

因为我们再次尝试将所有东西小型化。

We're talking several hundred kilograms instead of a thousand That's known as miniaturization.

我们说的是几百公斤而不是一千公斤，这被称为小型化。

Calculators drove the miniaturisation and democratisation of computing.

计算器推动了计算的小型化和民主化。

That's to say, this and other American subway systems have essentially developed as miniaturized commuter rail systems, disproportionately servicing the lower-income demographics that tend to live in the zone between wealthier downtowns and wealthier suburbs.

也就是说， 这个以及其他美国地铁系统基本上发展成了小型化的通勤铁路系统，不成比例地服务于那些倾向于居住在富裕市中心和富裕郊区之间的低收入人群。

The reason this problem was identified in the 1970s was because chip components had been miniaturized to the point where a single alpha particle could produce enough charge to flip a bit.

这个问题之所以在 20 世纪 70 年代被发现， 是因为芯片元件已经小型化到单个阿尔法粒子就能产生足够电荷来翻转一个位的程度。