Greg Gage: How to control someone else's arm with your brain
گرێک گەیج: چۆن کۆنترۆڵی باسکی کەسێک ئەکەی بە مێشکت
TED Fellow Greg Gage helps kids investigate the neuroscience in their own backyards. Full bio
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
are fascinated by the brain,
، بە مێشک سەرسامن
about how the brain works
ئیشکردنی مێشک
neuroscience in schools.
. مەکتەبەکان ناخوێنین
why is that the equipment
ئەوەیە کەلوپەلەکان
universities and large institutions.
. پەیمانگا گەورەکان بەکاردەهێنرێن
to access the brain,
as a graduate student
وەک فێزخوازی خوێندنی باڵا
to get access to these tools.
و بتوانی ئیش بەو کەلوپەلانە بکەیت
because one out of five of us,
will have a neurological disorder.
. کە تێکچوونی دەماریان هەیە
for these diseases.
what we should be doing
in the eduction process
so that in the future,
، دەمار بۆ ئەوەی لە داهاتوودا
becoming a brain scientist.
. لەوانەیە ببن بە زانای مێشک
my lab mate Tim Marzullo and myself,
، خۆم و هاوڕێی تاقیگەم تيم مارزولۆ
this complex equipment that we have
کەلوپەلە ئاڵۆزانەی هەمانە
enough and affordable enough
نرخی هەرزان دروست بکرێ
or a high school student,
، یا فێرخوازێکی ئامادەیی
لە دۆزینەوەکانی زانستی دەمار
in the discovery of neuroscience.
a company called Backyard Brains
باکیارد بڕەینز" مان دامەزراند"
and I brought some here tonight,
، وە ئەمشەو بەشێکم هێناوە
(Applause)
(چەپڵە لێدان )
to record from your brain.
. بە تۆماری مێشکت
your arm for science,
، باسکت بلکێنم بۆ زانست
I'm putting electrodes on your arm,
، بەستنی ئەلیکتڕۆدەکانە لە باسکت
brain, what am I doing with your arm?
مێشکت وەردەگرم ،کە چی بە باسکت دەکەم ؟
inside your brain right now.
. دەمارە خانە لە مێشکت دا هەیە
back and forth, and chemical messages.
وە كيمايی یەکان دەهێنن و دەبەن
right here in your motor cortex
لە توێکڵی جوڵەی ئێرەت
when you move your arm like this.
. دەستت بەم شێوە دەجوڵێنیت
across your corpus callosum,
، "بەناو "کۆرپەس کالۆزەم
to your lower motor neuron
دەمارەجوڵەکانی خوارەوەت
is going to be picked up
is going to be doing.
what your brain sounds like?
دەنگی مێشکت چۆنە ؟
So go ahead and squeeze your hand.
. دەست بگوشە و بە ردەوام بە
happening right here.
. کە لێرە ڕوودەدەن
that are happening
کە ئێستا ڕوو ئەدەن
out to her muscle right here,
، بۆ ماسولکەی ئێرەی
that's happening here.
. کە لێرە ڕوودەدەن
and try to see one of them.
هەوڵ بدەی یەکێکیان ببینی
happening right now inside of your brain.
کە ئێستا لەناو مێشکتا ڕودەدات
but let's get it better.
. با سەرنج ڕاکێشتر بێت
down to your muscles right here.
، ڕێک بۆ ئێرەی ماسولکەکانی خوارەوەت
a signal down to your muscles.
، ماسولکەکانی خوارەوەت دەکات
a nerve that's right here
these three fingers,
، دەمارەکانی ئەم سێ پەنجانەیە
that we might be able
، پێست ئەوا دەتوانین
going out to your hand
بکەین کە بۆ دەستت دەچێت
when your brain tells your hand to move.
مێشکت فرمان بە جوڵەی دەستت بکات
your free will
any control over this hand.
. جیتر ناتوانی کۆنتڕۆڵی ئەم دەستەت بکەیت
and we're going to plug it in
to squeeze your hand again.
، دووبارە دەستت بگوشی
over here so that you get the --
-- ئەبەستمەوە هەتا دەگەن بە
a little bit weird at first,
(Laughter)
(پێکەنین )
and someone else becomes your agent,
، وەک ئەوەیە کەسێ تر لە جیاتی تۆ بڕیار بدا
so go ahead and give it a squeeze.
. بۆیە بەردەوام بە و بیگوشە
and turn your hand.
. دەستت بجوڵێەنە و بەردەوام بە
MG: Nope.
. میگێڵ: نەخێر
MG: A little bit.
ميگێڵ:کەمێک
(پێکەنین )
and it's also controlling his arm,
، وە هەروەها کۆنتڕۆڵی باسکی ئەویش دەکات
(پێکەنین )
if I took over my control of your hand?
کۆنتڕۆڵی دەستت بکەم ؟
such a good sport.
. کە هاریکارمان بوون
all across the world --
-- جیهان ڕوو ئەدات
the neuro-revolution.
. بەدواداچون شۆڕشی- ذەماریی
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Greg Gage - NeuroscientistTED Fellow Greg Gage helps kids investigate the neuroscience in their own backyards.
Why you should listen
As half of Backyard Brains, neuroscientist and engineer Greg Gage builds the SpikerBox -- a small rig that helps kids understand the electrical impulses that control the nervous system. He's passionate about helping students understand (viscerally) how our brains and our neurons work, because, as he said onstage at TED2012, we still know very little about how the brain works -- and we need to start inspiring kids early to want to know more.
Before becoming a neuroscientist, Gage worked as an electrical engineer making touchscreens. As he told the Huffington Post: "Scientific equipment in general is pretty expensive, but it's silly because before [getting my PhD in neuroscience] I was an electrical engineer, and you could see that you could make it yourself. So we started as a way to have fun, to show off to our colleagues, but we were also going into classrooms around that time and we thought, wouldn't it be cool if you could bring these gadgets with us so the stuff we were doing in advanced Ph.D. programs in neuroscience, you could also do in fifth grade?" His latest pieces of gear: the Roboroach, a cockroach fitted with an electric backpack that makes it turn on command, and BYB SmartScope, a smartphone-powered microscope.
Greg Gage | Speaker | TED.com