Nest’s quest to fix your thermostat

Nest 致力于改造你的恒温器

The founding story of Nest is pretty much a perfect tech myth. A legendary product maker (in this case, Tony Fadell) helps create one of the most successful products ever (the iPhone) and then rides off into the sunset to enjoy the rest of his life, only to have an experience that drags him back for one last job. For Fadell, that job was to try and reinvent the thermostat. And maybe change the way our homes work forever.

Nest 的创业故事几乎是一个完美的科技神话。一位传奇的产品缔造者（本例中为 Tony Fadell）协助创造了史上最成功的产品之一（iPhone），随后功成身退去享受生活，却因一次经历被拉回职场，开启了最后一份工作。对 Fadell 而言，这份工作就是尝试重塑恒温器，并可能永远改变我们居家生活的方式。

On this episode of Version History, we tell the story of the early days of Nest. The Verge’s David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy describe Fadell’s frustration with outdated, expensive temperature controls, and his swift entry back into the product scene.

在本期《Version History》播客中，我们讲述了 Nest 早期的故事。《The Verge》的 David Pierce、Nilay Patel 和 Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 描述了 Fadell 对当时过时且昂贵的温度控制设备感到的沮丧，以及他如何迅速重返产品研发领域。

Nest was remarkably successful, remarkably quickly, and a lot of that is due to Fadell himself. The thermostat itself, though, was a bit of a mixed bag. It got a lot of things right — and Nest’s big idea about the future was eventually proven remarkably correct — and it also missed the mark in some important ways. It shipped with one heck of a screwdriver, though.

Nest 的成功既显著又迅速，这很大程度上归功于 Fadell 本人。然而，这款恒温器本身却毁誉参半。它在很多方面做得非常出色——Nest 对未来的宏大构想最终也被证明是极其正确的——但它在某些重要方面也未能尽如人意。不过，它附赠的那把螺丝刀确实非常棒。

This is the third episode of the fourth season of Version History. If you haven’t yet checked out the story of the Harmony remote or the Roomba vacuum, make sure you catch up! It’s smart home season this season, and we’re having a great time.

这是《Version History》第四季的第三集。如果你还没有收听关于 Harmony 遥控器或 Roomba 扫地机器人的故事，请务必补上！本季的主题是智能家居，我们录制得非常愉快。