Andrew Pelling: This scientist makes ears out of apples
Andrew Pelling: Denne gale vitenskapsmannen lager ører av epler
Andrew Pelling's unconventional and creative scientific process is founded on play. Full bio
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for old electronics,
gammel elektronikk,
til verkstedet mitt og hacke.
for CD-ROM-stasjoner.
turn things on and off.
så du kan slå ting av og på.
into an awesome robot.
til en råkul robot.
a lot of stuff out of garbage,
have even been kind of useful.
på en måte vært nyttige.
to amuse myself.
for å more meg.
so I just made it part of my day job.
så det ble en del av jobben min.
biological research lab,
biologisk forskningslab
and exploration above all else.
og utforskning fremfor alt annet.
on any particular problem,
om et bestemt problem,
any particular disease.
en bestemt sykdom.
and find answers.
og finne svar.
to build the equipment they need
til å bygge utstyret de trenger
å fostre kreativitet på.
from around the world
fra hele jordkloden
we value unconventional ideas,
vi setter pris på ukonvensjonelle ideer,
I was taking it apart,
jeg plukket det fra hverandre,
som maskinvare?
et biologisk system,
in some new and creative way?
på en ny og kreativ måte?
begynte å jobbe med saken,
tell me what fruit this is?
hva slags frukt dette er?
That's right -- it's an apple.
Riktig - det er et eple.
than most apples.
we grew human cells into it.
til å vokse inni det.
Macintosh apple,
Macintosh-eple,
after removing all the apple cells
etter å ha fjernet alle eplecellene
their shape and texture.
form og tekstur.
the apple cells used to be.
pleide å være.
that you can see in blue.
pattedyrceller som du ser i blått.
these guys start multiplying
begynner å formere seg,
of how our own tissues are organized.
vårt eget vev er organisert.
these scaffolds into the body,
disse stillasene i kroppen,
and a blood supply
og tilfører blod
when people started asking me,
å spørre meg:
body parts out of apples?"
ut av epler?"
to the right place."
"Du har kommet til rett sted."
of wood carving for a living.
med treskjæring.
literally carve some ears
in the ear-manufacturing business.
øremaker-bransjen.
on this for decades.
med dette i flere tiår.
really expensive and problematic,
veldig dyre og problematiske
from proprietary products,
produsenteide produkter,
det kostet bare få kroner.
to make these things.
can be built from garbage,
kan lages ut av søppel,
only requires soap and water.
krever bare såpe og vann.
the instructions online as open source.
som en åpen kilde.
a mission-driven company,
to make it easier
for å gjøre det enklere
and a soldering iron
og en loddebolt,
about is if one day,
er om vi en eller annen gang
and augment our own bodies
gjenoppbygge og forbedre vår egen kropp
your pee smell funny.
og de får urinen din til å lukte rart.
and I was noticing
og jeg la merke til at
the stalks of these asparagus,
are all these tiny little vessels.
forms these structures.
danner disse strukturene.
of our nerves and spinal cord.
av nervene og ryggmargen.
down these channels?
til å vokse i disse kanalene?
to form new connections
til å danne nye forbindelser
and severed nerves.
og avskårne nerver.
working on this.
som jobber med saken.
really promising pilot data.
veldig lovende pilotdata.
that's all around me on this stage
som ligger rundt omkring på scenen her,
my lab is involved in
labben min er involvert i,
of me playing with your garbage.
av å leke med søppelet deres.
of my scientific practice.
av min vitenskapelige praksis.
to be unconventional and to be creative
til å være ukonvensjonell og kreativ
menneskelige epleører.
are looking at some old,
ser et gammelt,
piece-of-crap technology,
med funksjonsfeil,
to get in touch with me,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Andrew Pelling - BiohackerAndrew Pelling's unconventional and creative scientific process is founded on play.
Why you should listen
Scientist, professor, entrepreneur and TED Fellow Andrew Pelling has built a career on unapologetic curiosity, creativity and serendipity. He is a professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Ottawa, where he founded and directs a curiosity-driven research lab that brings together artists, scientists, social scientists and engineers. The lab uses low-cost, open source materials and methods to explore speculative living technologies of the future. He has, for instance, created human body parts made from plants and grown living skins on LEGOs -- innovations with the potential to replace prohibitively expensive commercial biomaterials.
Pelling is also the co-founder and CTO of Spiderwort Inc., a mission driven company developing open source platforms to enable the widespread and global adoption of biological research in all environments and economic contexts. Most recently, he founded pHacktory, a street-level research lab in Ottawa that amplifies community ideas through a potent mixture of craft, serendipity and curiosity.
Pelling's work has been in the international media spotlight for many years, with recognition in outlets such as Wired, Huffington Post, NPR, Scientific American, Popular Science, BBC, Der Spiegel, Deutsche Welle and others, as well as numerous highlights in the Canadian media and Scientific media. He was named a TED Fellow in 2016.
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