Catherine Mohr: How I became part sea urchin
Катрин Мор: Как станах наполовина морски таралеж
Catherine Mohr loves what she does -- she's just not ever sure what it will be next. Full bio
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Galapagos Islands,
Галапагоските острови,
акули.
and a big school of sharks.
of friends for about a week,
седмица
hammerhead sharks.
здраво
throwing you into the rocks
хубава снимка.
for that beautiful photograph.
таралеж
all the way through your hand,
по цялата ръка,
have a venom on them that,
таралежи бяха с отрова
ви оставят ужасно и болезнено възпаление.
gives you horrible, painful inflammation.
in my mind at this point.
into, like, little scientists,
"разделям" на различни учени
adrenaline brain kicked in,
адреналин
ръкавиците ми.
get my glove off with these in here."
ръкавицата с тези неща по нея".
coming up in front of my face.
ми.
and starts freaking out.
изтерясва.
have gotten into that wound already?"
раната толкова бързо?"
and very calmly explains,
обяснява спокойно:
down really hard over my hand,
dissipate a bit before we have to surface
преди да изляза на повърхността
повърхността
They don't feed when they're schooling.
Те не се хранят, когато се обучават.
the same books that I have.
with sea urchin spines,
таралежи
from any medical help,
is, unfortunately, cook your hand.
сготвиш ръката.
as hot as you can stand,
можете да понесете
absolutely insane.
for several weeks after that,
за няколко седмици след това,
fine motor skills returned.
възвърнаха.
stiff and painful for weeks
сковано и болеше седмици
нормализирало.
a tip of the urchin spine
отчупила
да извадим това нещо.
"You know, we should get this out.
for a few weeks out on a Monday.
няколко седмици в понеделник.
in a horseback riding accident.
facing six weeks on the couch,
няколко седмици на канапето
if it hadn't been for my friends.
моите приятели.
at my house every night for weeks.
продължение на седмици.
hard to sustain over the long term,
времето
to just one friend,
in the evenings --
during this period of convalescence.
този период на възстановяване.
pronounced well enough
and drove up into the mountains
карахме до планината,
Just the opposite, in fact.
противоположното.
to that marvelous introvert
интроверт,
would have approached me
би ме заговорил
than needing a walker
се нуждаеш от проходилка
a funny little epilogue.
I could reschedule that surgery,
си презапиша час за операция
from all the bones in your body --
в тялото ти --
that you happen to have lodged
warm-blooded-mammal brain,
бозайник,
that that confers.
is one of the things
нещата,
мен.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Catherine Mohr - RoboticistCatherine Mohr loves what she does -- she's just not ever sure what it will be next.
Why you should listen
An engineer turned surgeon turned strategist, Catherine Mohr is always on the lookout for new technologies to help improve patient outcomes while trying to stay in her sweet spot -- the steep part of the learning curve.
As VP of Strategy for Intuitive Surgical in Silicon Valley, faculty at Singularity University and advisor to med-tech startups in the UK, the US and her native New Zealand, Mohr follows her self-admittedly geeky passions wherever they lead her, as she designs, makes, writes, tinkers, plays and travels all over the world.
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