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Taylor Wilson: Yup, I built a nuclear fusion reactor
Teilors Vilsons: Jā, es uzbūvēju kodolsintēzes reaktoru
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Teilors Vilsons ir pārliecināts, ka kodolsintēze ir risinājums mūsu nākotnes enerģijas vajadzībām, un ka jaunieši var mainīt pasauli. Un viņš šo to zina par abām šīm lietām. 14 gadu vecumā viņš uzbūvēja strādājošu kodolsintēzes reaktoru savu vecāku garāžā. Nu, kad viņam ir 17 gadi, viņš, par spīti vēlajam uzaicinājumam, kāpj uz TED skatuves, lai (īsi) pastāstītu savu stāstu.
Taylor Wilson - Nuclear scientist
At 14, Taylor Wilson became the youngest person to achieve fusion -- with a reactor born in his garage. Now he wants to save our seaports from nuclear terror. Full bio
At 14, Taylor Wilson became the youngest person to achieve fusion -- with a reactor born in his garage. Now he wants to save our seaports from nuclear terror. Full bio
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So my name is Taylor Wilson.
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Mans vārds ir Teilors Vilsons.
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I am 17 years old
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Man ir 17 gadi
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and I am a nuclear physicist,
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un es esmu kodolfiziķis,
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which may be a little hard to believe, but I am.
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kam varētu būt grūti noticēt, taču tā tas ir.
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And I would like to make the case
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Es vēlētos apgalvot,
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that nuclear fusion
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ka kodolsintēze
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will be that point,
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būs tas, kur novedīs tas tilts,
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that the bridge that T. Boone Pickens talked about
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par kuru runāja
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will get us to.
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T. Būns Pikenss.
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So nuclear fusion is our energy future.
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Tātad, kodolsintēze ir mūsu enerģētikas nākotne.
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And the second point,
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Un, otrkārt, parādīšu, ka
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making the case that kids can really change the world.
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jaunieši var tiešām izmainīt pasauli.
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So you may ask --
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Jūs varētu jautāt.
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(Applause)
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(Aplausi)
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You may ask me,
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Jūs varētu man jautāt,
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well how do you know what our energy future is?
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kā tad tu zini, kas ir mūsu enerģētikas nākotne?
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Well I built a fusion reactor
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Nu, es 14 gadu vecumā
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when I was 14 years old.
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uzbūvēju kodolsintēzes reaktoru.
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That is the inside of my nuclear fusion reactor.
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Lūk, mana kodolsintēzes reaktora iekšpuse.
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I started building this project
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Es uzsāku šī projekta izveidi,
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when I was about 12 or 13 years old.
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kad man bija 12 vai 13 gadi.
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I decided I wanted to make a star.
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Es nolēmu, ka vēlos uztaisīt zvaigzni.
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Now most of you are probably saying,
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Pieļauju, ka liela daļa no jums gribētu teikt,
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well there's no such thing as nuclear fusion.
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ka tāda lieta kā kodolsintēze nepastāv.
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I don't see any nuclear power plants with fusion energy.
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Es taču nezinu nevienu kodolstaciju, kurā ir sintēzes enerģija.
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Well it doesn't break even.
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Tas nerada pārpalikumu.
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It doesn't produce more energy out than I put in,
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Tas nerada vairāk enerģijas par to, ko es tajā ievadu,
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but it still does some pretty cool stuff.
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bet tas tik un tā ir spējīgs uz pāris kolosālām lietām.
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And I assembled this in my garage,
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Es saliku to kopā savā garāžā,
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and it now lives in the physics department
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un nu tā atrodas fizikas fakultātē,
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of the University of Nevada, Reno.
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kas ir daļa no Nevadas Universitātes, Reno.
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And it slams together deuterium,
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Tas triec kopā deitērija atomus,
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which is just hydrogen with an extra neutron in it.
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kas būtībā ir ūdeņradis ar vienu papildu neitronu.
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So this is similar to the reaction
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Tas ir līdzīgi protonu ķēdes reakcijai,
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of the proton chain that's going on inside the Sun.
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kas norisinās Saules iekšienē.
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And I'm slamming it together so hard
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Es triecu tos kopā tik spēcīgi,
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that that hydrogen fuses together,
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ka ūdeņradis savienojas kopā,
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and in the process it has some byproducts,
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procesā radot dažus blakusproduktus,
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and I utilize those byproducts.
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kam es rodu pielietojumu.
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So this previous year,
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Pirms gada
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I won the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
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es uzvarēju Starptautiskajā Intel Zinātnes un inženierzinību izstādē
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I developed a detector that replaces the current detectors
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Es izstrādāju detektoru, ar kuru aizvieto pašreizējos detektorus,
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that Homeland Security has.
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ko lieto Nacionālās Drošības dienests.
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For hundreds of dollars,
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Iztērējot dažus simtus dolāru,
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I've developed a system that exceeds the sensitivity
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es radīju sistēmu, kas ir jutīgāka
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of detectors that are hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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par detektoriem, kas ir simtiem tūkstošu dolāru vērti.
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I built this in my garage.
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Es uzbūvēju tos savā garāžā.
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(Applause)
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(Aplausi)
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And I've developed a system
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Es arī izstrādāju sistēmu,
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to produce medical isotopes.
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medicīnisko izotopu iegūšanai.
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Instead of requiring multi-million-dollar facilities
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Tā vietā, lai nodarbinātu miljoniem vērtas ražotnes,
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I've developed a device that, on a very small scale,
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es izstrādāju ierīci, kas mazos apjomos
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can produce these isotopes.
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spēj radīt šos izotopus.
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So that's my fusion reactor in the background there.
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Te fonā redzams mans kodolsintēzes reaktors.
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That is me at the control panel
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Tas esmu es pie sava kodolsintēzes reaktora
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of my fusion reactor.
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vadības pults.
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Oh, by the way, I make yellowcake in my garage,
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Ā, starp citu, es savā garāžā radu urānpulveri,
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so my nuclear program is as advanced as the Iranians.
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tātad, mana kodolprogramma ir tikpat attīstīta kā irāņiem.
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So maybe I don't want to admit to that.
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Taču varbūt es nevēlos sevi ar to saistīt.
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This is me at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland,
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Te es esmu CERN mītnē Ženēvā, Šveicē,
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which is the preeminent particle physics laboratory in the world.
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kas ir labākā elementārdaļiņu fizikas laboratorija pasaulē.
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And this is me with President Obama,
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Te esmu kopā ar prezidentu Obamu,
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showing him my Homeland Security research.
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rādot viņam savu darbu Nacionālā Drošības dienesta uzdevumā.
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(Applause)
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(Aplausi)
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So in about seven years
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Septiņu gadu laikā,
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of doing nuclear research,
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veicot kodolizpēti,
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I started out with a dream
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es sāku no sapņa
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to make a "star in a jar," a star in my garage,
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uztaisīt „zvaigzni burkā”, zvaigzni savā garāžā,
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and I ended up meeting the president
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līdz beigu beigās satiku prezidentu,
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and developing things that I think can change the world,
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un radīju lietas, kas, manuprāt, var mainīt pasauli,
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and I think other kids can too.
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un, uzskatu, ka to var arī citi jaunieši.
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So thank you very much.
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Liels paldies.
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(Applause)
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(Aplausi)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Taylor Wilson - Nuclear scientistAt 14, Taylor Wilson became the youngest person to achieve fusion -- with a reactor born in his garage. Now he wants to save our seaports from nuclear terror.
Why you should listen
Physics wunderkind Taylor Wilson astounded the science world when, at age 14, he became the youngest person in history to produce fusion. The University of Nevada-Reno offered a home for his early experiments when Wilson’s worried parents realized he had every intention of building his reactor in the garage.
Wilson now intends to fight nuclear terror in the nation's ports, with a homemade radiation detector priced an order of magnitude lower than most current devices. In 2012, Wilson's dreams received a boost when he became a recipient of the $100,000 Thiel Prize. Wilson now intends revolutionize the way we produce energy, fight cancer, and combat terrorism using nuclear technology.
Taylor Wilson | Speaker | TED.com