????故事的主人公之一是從公元3000年穿越回來的機器人歷史學家。談到這位虛構的人物時，亞當斯說：“四個月前，我在電子郵箱里收到了一張卡酷機器人的草圖，如今他已經變成真的了。”他還提到了實現創意過程的技術現象：“創意和合作原來都只存在于我們的腦海，現在已經變成了現實。我們把它稱作VAVADA，即將視覺的、聽覺的、虛擬的東西轉化為現實的東西，將數據轉化為由原子組成的實物。這就是人類現在VAVADA的能力。”

????除了會動的機器人之外，亞當斯還對故事里這個新世界的電子游戲潛力感到興奮。他曾經為微軟（Microsoft）和育碧（Ubisoft）開發Kinect Xbox 360的音樂跳舞游戲《黑眼豆豆：生涯》（The Black Eyed Peas Experience）。“如今電子游戲的運算能力令人驚訝。我自己就是握著游戲操縱桿長大的，游戲機雅達利2600伴隨著我的童年。看看游戲的智力水平、游戲的種類和游戲里的人工智能，現在的游戲是多么復雜細致。大家可以通過身體與它們互動，這是以前做不到的。這是多么令人驚奇的事情啊。”

????《巫師與機器人》讓亞當斯能有機會重溫童年。與此同時，這個故事還對學生的STEM教育有所幫助。亞當斯是看著傳統漫畫《超人》（Superman）、《蜘蛛俠》（Spider-Man）和《蝙蝠俠》（Batman），動畫卡通《變形金剛》（Transformers）、《正義戰士》（Centurions）和《萬能麥斯》（Mighty Max）長大的。他甚至還在《X戰警前傳：金剛狼》（X-Men Origins: Wolverine）中出演了“幻影”約翰?瑞斯。他說：“我現在仍然像個孩子。在這個社會和文化氛圍中，我長成了一個成年人，但我的好奇心依然像孩子一樣。所以我在奇妙的幻想世界中融入了真實的科學和機器人技術。”

????亞當斯表示，他在許多企業中獲得成功的秘訣在于他選擇了好的合作伙伴。

????亞當斯說：“這就是你有可能與之合作的人際圈的力量。這就像我的Beats耳機或英特爾超級本一樣。我很高興讓這些成為我的創造力的延伸。”

????如果說這一點并不是體現得十分明顯，亞當斯還對技術十分著迷。他還與美國國家航空航天局（NASA）和科技靈感與認知組織（FIRST, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology）這類推動技術進步、同時促進科學教育的機構有著密切的聯系。

????他說：“計算機拓展了我的想法和我的生活。能夠把自己的想法輸入電腦，創作和編寫歌曲，并與全世界實時分享，這深深吸引了我。它激發了我的好奇心，讓我從在計算機上寫歌發展到希望學習如何編寫程序。我對技術充滿熱情，現在還在麻省理工學院（MIT）進修計算機科學課程。”

????這種熱情還帶領著他開展了一個新的音樂項目，盡管他目前還不愿意透露太多細節。其中包含兩項他的愛好：機器人和音樂。

????他說：“我和其他人正在創作一些東西，我打算在2014年公布出來。它涉及到機器和作曲。實際上，我正在忙著這個呢。”

????目前，亞當斯打算與布拉格愛樂樂團（Prague Philharmonic）合作，為《巫師和機器人》配樂。音樂會結合電腦音樂和管弦樂的風格。他還在制作一款應用，同時還在設計一個與這部漫畫小說有關的網站，其中包括大量互動內容。總之，這部新的原創作品看起來前途一片大好。（財富中文網）

????譯者：嚴匡正?????

????"Four months ago I was emailed a rendering of Kaku, and now he's real," said Adams, referring to the robot historian from the year 3000 that's a central character in the story. "All that creativity and collaboration used to just be in our heads and now it's come to life." Adams refers to the phenomenon of technology democratizing the creative process: "We call it VAVADA, which is Visual, Audio, Virtual to Actual, Digits to Atoms. It's the power of VAVADA right now in society."

????In addition to action figures, Adams is excited about the video-game potential for this new universe. He previously worked with Microsoft (MSFT) and Ubisoft (UBSFY) on the Kinect Xbox 360 dance music game, The Black Eyed Peas Experience. "The computational power in today's video games are just amazing," he said. "I grew up with a joystick in my hand. I grew up with Atari 2600. To see the level of intelligence and the types of games and the artificial intelligence that's actually in them, that's just amazing how sophisticated games are now and how you can now physically interact with them like you couldn't before."

????Wizards & Robots offers an escape for Adams to relive his childhood, while at the same time helping to shed light on the power of STEM education for kids. He grew up reading traditional comics like Superman, Spider-Man and Batman, and watched cartoons like Transformers,Centurions and Mighty Max. He even appeared as John Wraith in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. "I'm still like a kid," Adams said. "I'm an adult that's been brought up in this society and culture, but my curiosity is still like a kid. That's where this interpretation of merging real science and robotics within a fantastic fantasy world came from."

????The secret to Adams's success in multiple business ventures has been the partners he's teamed up with, he says.

????"It's all the power of your collaboration and your circle of people that you can potentially collaborate with," said Adams. "It's the same with my hardware like Beats headphones or Intel ultrabooks. I'm happy for that to be a part of an extension of my creativity."

????In case it's not completely obvious by this point, Adams is fascinated by technology. He's been involved with organizations like NASA and FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) that push technology forward, while promoting the education of science.

????"Computers amplify my ideas and my life," he said. "Being able to spit ideas into a computer to make and compose songs and share them with the world in real-time just fascinated me. It sparked my curiosity to go from writing songs on computers to wanting to learn how to program code on computers. Now I'm taking a computer science course at MIT as a result of my passion for technology."

????That passion has also led to a new project for the musician, although he won't go into much detail at the moment. But it does involve two of his loves: robots and music.

????"There are some things that I'm dabbling in with other folks that I'm creating with that I want to reveal in 2014, when it comes to machines and composing music," he said. "I'm working on that now, actually."

????For now, Adams is going to score the soundtrack for Wizards & Robots with the Prague Philharmonic. The score will fuse computer music with orchestral compositions. He is also working on an app and a hyper-interactive website for the graphic novel. And the future looks bright for this new IP.