ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ayah Bdeir - Engineer and artist
Ayah Bdeir is an engineer and artist, and is the founder of littleBits and karaj, an experimental art, architecture and technology lab in Beirut.

Why you should listen
Ayah Bdeir is the creator of littleBits, an open source system of preassembled, modular circuits that snap together with magnets – making learning about electronics fun, easy and creative. An engineer, inventor and interactive artist, Ayah received her master’s degree from the MIT Media Lab and undergraduate degrees in computer engineering and sociology from the American University of Beirut. Ayah has taught graduate classes at NYU and Parsons and taught numerous workshops to get non-engineers – particularly young girls – interested in science and technology. She is also the founder of karaj, Beirut’s lab for experimental art, architecture and technology. littleBits was named Best of Toyfair, has won the editor’s Choice award from MAKE magazine, and has been acquired by MoMA for its collection.
More profile about the speaker
Ayah Bdeir | Speaker | TED.com
TED2012

Ayah Bdeir: Building blocks that blink, beep and teach

Ayah Bdeir: Gradivni blokovi koji trepte, trube i uče

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Zamislite sklop elektronike s kojom se jednako lako igrati kao i s lego-kockicama. TED-suradnica Ayah Bdeir predstavlja "littleBits", set jednostavnih, međusobno zamjenjivih blokova koji programiranje čine jednostavnim i važnim dijelom kreativnosti, kao što je to i slaganje blokova.
- Engineer and artist
Ayah Bdeir is an engineer and artist, and is the founder of littleBits and karaj, an experimental art, architecture and technology lab in Beirut. Full bio

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This maysvibanj soundzvuk strangečudan,
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Ovo će možda zvučati čudno,
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but I'm a bigvelika fanventilator of the concretebeton blockblok.
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ali ja sam velika obožavateljica betonskih blokova.
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The first concretebeton blocksblokovi were manufacturedproizvedeni in 1868
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Prvi betonski blok proizveden je 1868.
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with a very simplejednostavan ideaideja:
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s vrlo jednostavnom idejom:
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modulesmoduli madenapravljen of cementcement of a fixedfiksni measurementmjerenje
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moduli izrađeni od cementa određenih dimenzija
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that fitodgovara togetherzajedno.
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koji pašu zajedno.
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Very quicklybrzo concretebeton blocksblokovi becamepostao
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Ubrzo su betonski blokovi postali
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the most-usednajčešće korištenih constructionizgradnja unitjedinica in the worldsvijet.
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najčešće korištena gradivna jedinica na svijetu.
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They enabledomogućeno us to to buildizgraditi things that were largerveći than us,
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Omogućili su nam da gradimo stvari koje su veće od nas,
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buildingsgrađevine, bridgesmostovi,
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zgrade, mostove,
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one brickcigla at a time.
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blok po blok.
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EssentiallyU suštini concretebeton blocksblokovi had becomepostati
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U suštini betonski blokovi su postali
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the buildingzgrada blockblok of our time.
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gradivni blokovi našeg vremena.
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AlmostGotovo a hundredstotina yearsgodina laterkasnije in 1947,
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Gotovo stotinu godina poslije, 1947.,
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LEGOLEGO camedošao up with this.
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LEGO je smislio ovo.
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It was calledzvao the AutomaticAutomatsko BindingObvezujuće BrickCigla.
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Zvalo se automatski spojive kocke.
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And in a fewnekoliko shortkratak yearsgodina,
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I za vrlo kratko vrijeme
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LEGOLEGO brickscigle tookuzeo placemjesto in everysvaki householddomaćinstvo.
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LEGO-kocke bile su u svakom kućanstvu.
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It's estimatedprocijenjen that over 400 billionmilijardi brickscigle have been producedizrađen --
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Procjenjuje se kako je proizvedeno više od 400 milijardi kocki --
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or 75 brickscigle for everysvaki personosoba on the planetplaneta.
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ili 75 kocki za svaku osobu na Planetu.
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You don't have to be an engineerinženjer
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Ne morate biti inženjer
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to make beautifullijep houseskuća, beautifullijep bridgesmostovi, beautifullijep buildingsgrađevine.
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da biste gradili prelijepe kuće, prelijepe mostove, prelijepe građevine.
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LEGOLEGO madenapravljen it accessibledostupan.
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LEGO je to učinio dostupnim.
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LEGOLEGO has essentiallyu srži takenpoduzete the concretebeton blockblok, the buildingzgrada blockblok of the worldsvijet,
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LEGO je u biti uzeo betonski blok, gradivni blok svijeta,
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and madenapravljen it into the buildingzgrada blockblok
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i učinio ga gradivnim blokom
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of our imaginationmašta.
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naše mašte.
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MeanwhileU međuvremenu the exacttočno sameisti yeargodina,
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U međuvremenu, iste godine,
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at BellZvono LabsLaboratorija the nextSljedeći revolutionrevolucija was about to be announcednajavio,
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u laboratoriju Bell Labs bit će objavljena sljedeća revolucija,
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the nextSljedeći buildingzgrada blockblok.
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sljedeći gradivni blok.
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The transistortranzistor was a smallmali plasticplastika unitjedinica
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Tranzistor je bio mala plastična jedinica
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that would take us from a worldsvijet
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koja će nas odvesti iz svijeta
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of staticstatički brickscigle pilednagomilan on topvrh of eachsvaki other
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statičnih kocki poslaganih jedna na drugu
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to a worldsvijet where everything was interactiveinteraktivni.
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u svijet gdje je sve interaktivno.
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Like the concretebeton blockblok,
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Kao i betonski blok
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the transistortranzistor allowsomogućuje you to buildizgraditi
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tranzistor vam omogućava da gradite
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much largerveći, more complexkompleks circuitskrugovi, one brickcigla at a time.
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mnogo veće, mnogo složenije sklopove, jedan po jedan.
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But there's a mainglavni differencerazlika:
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Ali ovdje postoji važna razlika:
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The transistortranzistor was only for expertsstručnjaci.
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tranzistor je bio samo za stručnjake.
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I personallylično don't acceptprihvatiti this,
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Osobno to ne prihvaćam,
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that the buildingzgrada blockblok of our time
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da su gradivni blokovi našeg vremena
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is reservedrezervirana for expertsstručnjaci,
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rezervirani samo za stručnjake,
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so I decidedodlučio to changepromijeniti that.
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pa sam odlučila to promijeniti.
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EightOsam yearsgodina agoprije when I was at the MediaMedija LabLaboratorij,
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Prije osam godina kad sam bila u laboratoriju Media Lab,
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I startedpočeo exploringistraživanje this ideaideja
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počela sam istraživati ovu ideju
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of how to put the powervlast of engineersinženjeri
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o tome kako staviti snagu inženjera
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in the handsruke of artistsizvođači and designersdizajneri.
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u ruke umjetnika i dizajnera.
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A fewnekoliko yearsgodina agoprije I startedpočeo developingrazvoju littleBitslittleBits.
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Prije nekoliko godina počela sam razvijati 'littleBits'.
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Let me showpokazati you how they work.
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Dozvolite da vam pokažem kako funkcioniraju.
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LittleBitsLittleBits are electronicelektronička modulesmoduli
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LittleBits su elektronički moduli
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with eachsvaki one specificspecifično functionfunkcija.
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svaki sa svojom specifičnom funkcijom.
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They're pre-engineeredprije inženjer
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Oni su unaprijed projektirani
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to be lightsvjetlo, soundzvuk,
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da budu svjetlo, zvuk,
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motorsmotori and sensorssenzori.
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motori i senzori.
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And the bestnajbolje partdio about it
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I najbolji dio u vezi s njima
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is they snappuckanje togetherzajedno with magnetsMagneti.
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je da se spajaju pomoću magneta.
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So you can't put them the wrongpogrešno way.
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Tako da ih ne možete pogrešno spojiti.
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The brickscigle are color-codedoznačeni bojom.
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Ovi blokovi su kodirani po boji.
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GreenZelena is outputizlaz, blueplava is powervlast,
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Zelena je izlaz, plava je snaga,
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pinkružičasta is inputulazni and orangenarančasta is wirežica.
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ružičasta je ulaz, a narančasta žica.
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So all you need to do is snappuckanje a blueplava to a greenzelena
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Dakle, sve što trebate učiniti je to da spojite plavo sa zelenim
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and very quicklybrzo you can startpočetak makingizrađivanje largerveći circuitskrugovi.
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i vrlo brzo možete početi izrađivati veće sklopove.
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You put a blueplava to a greenzelena,
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Spojite plavo sa zelenim
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you can make lightsvjetlo.
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i imate svjetlo.
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You can put a knobdugme in betweenizmeđu
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Između možete staviti dugme
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and now you've madenapravljen a little dimmerDimmer.
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i sada ste napravili mali zatamljivač.
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SwitchPrekidač out the knobdugme
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Zamijenite dugme
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for a pulsepuls modulemodul,
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za modulator pulsiranja,
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whichkoji is here,
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koji je ovdje,
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and now you've madenapravljen a little blinkerBljeskalica.
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i sada ste napravili mali žmigavac.
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AddDodati this buzzerzvono
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Dodajte ovo zujalo
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for some extraekstra punchudarac
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za malo dodatnog poticaja
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and you've createdstvorio a noisebuka machinemašina.
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i stvorili ste bučni stroj.
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I'm going to stop that.
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Prestat ću s tim.
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So beyondIznad simplejednostavan playigrati,
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Dakle, iza jednostavne igre
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littleBitslittleBits are actuallyzapravo prettyprilično powerfulsnažan.
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littleBits su zapravo prilično snažni.
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InsteadUmjesto toga of havingima to programprogram, to wirežica, to solderlemljenje,
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Umjesto da morate programirati, postavljati žice, lemiti,
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littleBitslittleBits allowdopustiti you to programprogram
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littleBits vam omogućava da programirate
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usingkoristeći very simplejednostavan intuitiveintuitivan gesturesgeste.
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koristeći vrlo jednostavne intuitivne kretnje.
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So to make this blinktreptati fasterbrže or slowersporije,
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Kako bi ovo žmigalo brže ili sporije
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you would just turnskretanje this knobdugme
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trebate samo okrenuti ovo dugme
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and basicallyu osnovi make it pulsepuls fasterbrže or slowersporije.
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i zapravo učiniti da pulsira brže ili sporije.
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The ideaideja behindiza littleBitslittleBits
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Ideja koja se krije iza littleBitsa
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is that it's a growingrastući libraryknjižnica.
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je da je to rastuća knjižnica.
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We want to make everysvaki singlesingl interactioninterakcija in the worldsvijet
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Želimo da svaka interakcija na svijetu funkcionira po principu
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into a ready-to-usespreman za korištenje brickcigla.
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bloka spremnog za upotrebu.
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LightsSvjetla, soundszvukovi, solarsolarni panelspaneli, motorsmotori --
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everything should be accessibledostupan.
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sve bi trebalo biti dostupno.
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We'veMoramo been givingdavanje littleBitslittleBits to kidsdjeca and seeingvidim them playigrati with them.
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Dali smo littleBits djeci i gledali kako se igraju njima.
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And it's been an incrediblenevjerojatan experienceiskustvo.
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Bilo je to nevjerojatno iskustvo.
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The nicestnajljepša thing is how they startpočetak to understandrazumjeti
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Najljepše od svega je kako ona počinju shvaćati
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the electronicselektronika around them from everydaysvaki dan
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elektroniku koja je oko njih svaki dan
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that they don't learnnaučiti at schoolsškola.
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o čemu ne uče u školi.
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For exampleprimjer, how a nightlightnoćno svjetlo worksdjela,
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Na primjer, kako radi noćno svjetlo,
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or why an elevatordizalo doorvrata staysostaje openotvoren,
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ili zašto vrata lifta ostaju otvorena,
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or how an iPodiPod respondsodgovara to touchdodir.
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ili kako iPod reagira na dodir.
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We'veMoramo alsotakođer been takinguzimanje littleBitslittleBits to designdizajn schoolsškola.
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Donijeli smo littleBits i u školu za dizajn.
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So for exampleprimjer, we'veimamo had designersdizajneri
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Tako su se, na primjer dizajneri
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with no experienceiskustvo with electronicselektronika whatsoevergod
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koji nisu imali nikakvih iskustava s elektronikom
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startpočetak to playigrati with littleBitslittleBits as a materialmaterijal.
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počeli igrati s littleBits kao materijalom.
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Here you see, with feltosjećala and paperpapir watervoda bottlesboce,
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Ovdje možete vidjeti s filcom i papirnatim bocama za vodu
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we have GeordieGeordie makingizrađivanje ...
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Geordie izrađuje...
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(ClangingŠto se dešava)
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(Zveckanje)
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(BuzzingZujanje)
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(Zujanje)
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A fewnekoliko weeksTjedni agoprije we tookuzeo littleBitslittleBits to RISDRISD
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Prije nekoliko tjedana donijeli smo littleBits u RISD
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and gavedali them to some designersdizajneri
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i dali ih dizajnerima
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with no experienceiskustvo in engineeringinženjering whatsoevergod --
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koji uopće nisu imali iskustava s inženjerstvom --
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just cardboardkartona, wooddrvo and paperpapir -- and told them "Make something."
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samo karton, drvo i papir -- i rekli smo im da 'učine nešto'.
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Here'sOvdje je an exampleprimjer of a projectprojekt they madenapravljen,
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Ovdje je, na primjer projekt koji su napravili
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a motion-activatedpozvati-aktivirati confettikonfeti canonCanon balllopta.
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ispaljivanje loptica konfeta koje se aktivira pokretom.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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But wait, this is actuallyzapravo my favoriteljubimac projectprojekt.
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No čekajte, ovo je zapravo moj omiljeni projekt.
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It's a lobsterJastog madenapravljen of playdoughplaydough
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To je jastog od tijesta za igru
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that's afraiduplašen of the darkmrak.
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koji se boji mraka.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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To these non-engineersinženjeri, littleBitslittleBits becamepostao anotherjoš materialmaterijal,
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Za ove ne-inženjere littleBits je postao još jedan materijal,
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electronicselektronika becamepostao just anotherjoš materialmaterijal.
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elektronika je postala samo još jedan materijal.
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And we want to make this materialmaterijal accessibledostupan to everyonesvatko.
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I želimo da ovaj materijal bude dostupan svakome.
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So littleBitslittleBits is open-sourceotvoreni izvor.
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Tako da je littleBits otvoreni projekt.
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You can go on the websiteweb stranica, downloadpreuzimanje datoteka all the designdizajn filesdatoteka, make them yourselfsami.
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Možete posjetiti internetsku stranicu, pohraniti sve potrebne datoteke i sami ih izraditi.
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We want to encourageohrabriti a worldsvijet
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Želimo potaknuti svijet
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of creatorskreatori, of inventorsizumitelji, of contributorssuradnici,
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kreatora, izumitelja, suradnika
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because this worldsvijet that we liveživjeti in,
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zato što je svijet u kojem živimo,
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this interactiveinteraktivni worldsvijet, is oursnaša.
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ovaj interaktivan svijet, naš.
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So go aheadnaprijed and startpočetak inventingizmišljanje.
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Dakle, samo naprijed i počnite izmišljati.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
Translated by Jelena Horvat
Reviewed by Mislav Ante Omazić - EFZG

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ayah Bdeir - Engineer and artist
Ayah Bdeir is an engineer and artist, and is the founder of littleBits and karaj, an experimental art, architecture and technology lab in Beirut.

Why you should listen
Ayah Bdeir is the creator of littleBits, an open source system of preassembled, modular circuits that snap together with magnets – making learning about electronics fun, easy and creative. An engineer, inventor and interactive artist, Ayah received her master’s degree from the MIT Media Lab and undergraduate degrees in computer engineering and sociology from the American University of Beirut. Ayah has taught graduate classes at NYU and Parsons and taught numerous workshops to get non-engineers – particularly young girls – interested in science and technology. She is also the founder of karaj, Beirut’s lab for experimental art, architecture and technology. littleBits was named Best of Toyfair, has won the editor’s Choice award from MAKE magazine, and has been acquired by MoMA for its collection.
More profile about the speaker
Ayah Bdeir | Speaker | TED.com

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