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Peter Diamandis: Stephen Hawking's zero g flight
Pīters Diamandiss: Stīvena Hokinga lidojums bezsvara stāvoklī
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„X Prize” dibinātājs Pīters Diamandiss stāsta par to, kā viņš palīdzēja piepildīt Stīvena Hokinga sapni doties kosmosā, kopā uzlidojot augšējā atmosfērā un piedzīvojot bezsvara stāvokli.
Peter Diamandis - Space activist
Peter Diamandis runs the X Prize Foundation, which offers large cash incentive prizes to inventors who can solve grand challenges like space flight, low-cost mobile medical diagnostics and oil spill cleanup. He is the chair of Singularity University, which teaches executives and grad students about exponentially growing technologies. Full bio
Peter Diamandis runs the X Prize Foundation, which offers large cash incentive prizes to inventors who can solve grand challenges like space flight, low-cost mobile medical diagnostics and oil spill cleanup. He is the chair of Singularity University, which teaches executives and grad students about exponentially growing technologies. Full bio
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Those of you who know me know how passionate I am
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Tie, kuri mani pazīst zina, cik ļoti esmu aizrāvies ar
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about opening the space frontier.
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kosmosa robežas pavēršanu.
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So when I had the chance to give the world's expert in gravity
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Tāpēc, kad man bija iespēja dot pasaules lielākajam ekspertam gravitācijas jautājumos
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the experience of zero gravity, it was incredible.
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iespēju pabūt bezsvara stāvoklī, tas bija neticami.
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And I want to tell you that story.
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Es vēlos jums pastāstīt šo stāstu.
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I first met him through the Archon X PRIZE for Genomics.
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Es ar viņu iepazinos „Archon X PRIZE” genomikā.
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It's a competition we're holding, the second X PRIZE,
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Tas bija mūsu rīkots konkurss, otrais „X PRIZE” konkurss,
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for the first team to sequence 100 human genomes in 10 days.
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pirmajai komandai, kas 10 dienu laikā
sekvencēs 100 cilvēku genomus.
sekvencēs 100 cilvēku genomus.
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We have something called the Genome 100 --
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Mums kas tāds, ko mēs saucām par „Genomu 10”.
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100 individuals we're sequencing as part of that.
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Tie ir 100 cilvēki, kuru DNS mēs sekvenējam.
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Craig Venter chairs that event.
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Kregs Venters bija pasākuma priekšsēdētājs.
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And I met Professor Hawking,
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Es iepazinos ar profesoru Hokingu,
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and he said his dream was to travel into space.
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un viņš teica, ka viņa sapnis ir pabūt kosmosā.
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And I said, "I can't take you there,
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Es teicu: „Es jūs tur nevaru nogādāt,
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but I can take you into weightlessness into zero-g.
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bet es varu jūs aizvest piedzīvot bezsvara stāvokli.”
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And he said, on the spot, "Absolutely, yes."
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Un viņš uzreiz pateica: „Pilnīgi noteikti! Jā!”
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Well, the only way to experience zero-g on Earth
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Vienīgā iespēja, kā uz Zemes piedzīvot bezsvara stāvokli
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is actually with parabolic flight, weightless flight.
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ir ar parabolas veida lidojumu, bezsvara lidojumu.
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You take an airplane, you fly over the top, you're weightless for 25 seconds.
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Jūs ņemat lidmašīnu, uzlidojat augšā, un, lidojot lejup, 25 sekundes esat bezsvara stāvoklī,
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Come back down, you weigh twice as much.
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nonākot lejā, jūs sverat divreiz vairāk kā parasti.
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You do it again and again.
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Jūs to darat atkal un atkal.
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You can get eight, 10 minutes of weightlessness --
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Tā jūs varat iegūt astoņas, 10 minūtes bezsvara,
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how NASA's trained their astronauts for so long.
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tā NASA līdz šim ir trenējusi savus kosmonautus.
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We set out to do this.
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Tāds bija mūsu mērķis.
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It took us 11 years to become operational.
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Tā sasniegšana mums prasīja 11 gadus.
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And we announced that we were going to fly Stephen Hawking.
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Mēs paziņojām, ka ar mums lidos Stīvens Hokings.
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We had one government agency and one company aircraft operator say,
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Kāda no valdības aģentūrām un kādas aviokompānijas operators mums teica,
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you're crazy, don't do that, you're going kill the guy.
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ka mēs esam traki, lai nedarām to, jo tas var viņu nogalināt.
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(Laughter)
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(Smiekli)
01:26
And he wanted to go.
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Viņš gribēja doties.
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We worked hard to get all the permissions.
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Mēs ilgi pūlējāmies, lai iegūtu visas atļaujas.
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And six months later, we sat down at Kennedy Space Center.
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Pēc sešiem mēnešiem mēs sapulcējāmies Kenedija Kosmosa centrā.
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We had a press conference,
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Mēs sasaucām preses konferenci,
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we announced our intent to do one zero-g parabola,
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kur paziņojām, ka esam iecerējuši veikt vienu bezsvara parabolas veida lidojumu,
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give him 25 seconds of zero-g.
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sniedzot viņam 25 sekudžu ilgu bezsvara stāvokli.
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And if it went really well, we might do three parabolas.
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Ja viss ietu patiešām gludi,
varbūt veikt maksimums trīs šādus lidojumus.
varbūt veikt maksimums trīs šādus lidojumus.
01:46
Well, we asked him why he wanted to go up and do this.
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Mēs viņam prasījām, kāpēc tieši viņš gribēja to darīt.
01:51
And what he said, for me, was very moving.
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Tas, ko viņš teica, man šķita ļoti aizkustinoši.
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He said, "Life on Earth is at an ever-increasing risk
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Viņš teica: „Dzīvībai uz Zemes ir arvien pieaugošs risks,
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of being wiped out by disaster ...
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ka to noslaucīs kāda katastrofa ...
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I think the human race doesn't have a future if it doesn't go into space.
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Manuprāt, cilvēcei nav nākotnes, ja tā nedosies kosmosā,
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I therefore want to encourage public interest in space."
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Tāpēc es vēlos mudināt lielāku sabiedrības interesi par kosmosu.”
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We took him out to the Kennedy Space Center,
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Mēs viņu aizvedām uz Kenedija Kosmosa centru,
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up inside the NASA vehicle, into the back of the zero-g airplane.
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no NASA transportlīdzekļa pārcēlām bezsvara lidmašīnā.
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We had about 20 people who made donations --
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Mums bija ziedojuši ap 20 cilvēkiem,
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we raised $150,000 in donations for children's charities --
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no kuriem mēs bērnu labdarībai savācām 150,000 lielus ziedojumus,
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who flew with us.
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un, kuri lidoja ar mums.
02:24
A few TEDsters here.
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Bija arī daži TEDsteri.
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We set up a whole ER.
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Mēs uzstādījām veselu neatliekamās palīdzības telpu.
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We had four emergency room doctors and two nurses on board the airplane.
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Mums lidmašīnā bija četri neatliekamās palīdzības ārsti un divas māsiņas.
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We were monitoring his PO2 of his blood, his heart rate, his blood pressure.
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Mēs uzraudzījām viņa PO2 saturu asinīs, viņa sirds ritmu un asins spiedienu.
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We had everything all set in case of an emergency;
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Mums bija viss vajadzīgais ārkārtas gadījumam.
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God knows, you don't want to hurt this world-renowned expert.
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Dieva dēļ, mēs taču negribējām savainot šo pasaulslaveno speciālistu.
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We took off from the shuttle landing facility,
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Mēs pacēlāmies no vietas,
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where the shuttle takes off and lands.
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kur nolaižas un paceļas atspoļkuģis „Shuttle”.
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And my partner Byron Lichtenberg and I
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Mēs ar partneri Bairons Lihtenbergu
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carefully suspended him into zero-g.
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uzmanīgi viņu pacēlām bezsvarā.
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Once he was there, [we] let him go
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Viņam paceļoties gaisā, mēs viņu atlaidām,
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to experience what weightlessness was truly like.
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lai viņš sajustu, kāds ir īsts bezsvars.
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And after that first parabola, you know,
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un, ziniet, pēc pirmā parabolas lidojuma
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the doc said everything is great. He was smiling, and we said go.
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ārsts teica, ka viss ir kārtībā, viņš pats smaidīja un mēs teicām „aiziet”.
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So we did a second parabola.
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Tā nu mēs veicām otro lidojumu pa parabolu.
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(Laughter)
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(Smiekli)
03:11
(Applause)
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(Aplausi)
03:17
And a third.
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Un trešo.
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(Applause)
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(Aplausi)
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We actually floated an apple in homage to Sir Isaac Newton
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Mēs arī gaisā palaidām ābolu,
tādējādi godinot Seru Īzaku Ņūtonu,
tādējādi godinot Seru Īzaku Ņūtonu,
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because Professor Hawking holds the same chair at Cambridge
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jo profesors Hokings Kembridžā ir tajā pašā amatā, kurā
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that Isaac Newton did.
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savulaik bija Īzaks Ņūtons.
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And we did a fourth, and a fifth and a sixth.
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Mēs veicām ceturto, piekto un sesto.
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(Laughter)
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(Smiekli)
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And a seventh and an eighth.
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Septīto un astoto.
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And this man does not look like a 65-year-old wheelchair-bound man.
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Viņš nemaz neizskatās pēc 65 gadīga vīra ratiņkrēslā.
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(Laughter)
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(Smiekli)
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He was so happy.
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Viņš bija tik laimīgs.
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We are living on a precious jewel,
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Mēs dzīvojam uz liela dārguma,
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and it's during our lifetime that we're moving off this planet.
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un mūsu dzīves laikā mēs no tā dosimies prom.
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Please join us in this epic adventure.
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Lūdzu pievienojaties šajā episkajā piedzīvojumā.
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Thank you so much.
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Liels paldies.
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(Applause)
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(Aplausi)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Peter Diamandis - Space activistPeter Diamandis runs the X Prize Foundation, which offers large cash incentive prizes to inventors who can solve grand challenges like space flight, low-cost mobile medical diagnostics and oil spill cleanup. He is the chair of Singularity University, which teaches executives and grad students about exponentially growing technologies.
Why you should listen
Watch the live onstage debate with Paul Gilding that followed Peter Diamandis' 2012 TEDTalk >>
Peter Diamandis is the founder and chair of the X Prize Foundation, a nonprofit whose mission is simply "to bring about radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity." By offering a big cash prize for a specific accomplishment, the X Prize stimulates competition and excitement around some of the planet's most important goals. Diamandis is also co-founder and chairman of Singularity University which runs Exponential Technologies Executive and Graduate Student Programs.
Diamandis' background is in space exploration -- before the X Prize, he ran a company that studied low-cost launching technologies and Zero-G which offers the public the chance to train like an astronaut and experience weightlessness. But though the X Prize's first $10 million went to a space-themed challenge, Diamandis' goal now is to extend the prize into health care, social policy, education and many other fields that could use a dose of competitive innovation.
Peter Diamandis | Speaker | TED.com