Catherine Mohr: How I became part sea urchin
Catherine Mohr: Mam w sobie coś z jeżowca
Catherine Mohr loves what she does -- she's just not ever sure what it will be next. Full bio
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Galapagos Islands,
na północy wysp Galapagos,
and a big school of sharks.
of friends for about a week,
z przyjaciółmi przez tydzień
hammerhead sharks.
mocno trzymać kamerę,
throwing you into the rocks
for that beautiful photograph.
all the way through your hand,
to zawsze oznacza kłopot,
have a venom on them that,
gives you horrible, painful inflammation.
potworny i bolesny stan zapalny.
in my mind at this point.
into, like, little scientists,
adrenaline brain kicked in,
i miałam pustkę w głowie,
get my glove off with these in here."
"Przecież nie zdejmę z nimi rękawiczki".
coming up in front of my face.
and starts freaking out.
have gotten into that wound already?"
and very calmly explains,
spokojnym głosem:
down really hard over my hand,
dissipate a bit before we have to surface
zanim będzie trzeba się wynurzyć
They don't feed when they're schooling.
w zorganizowanej ławicy.
the same books that I have.
with sea urchin spines,
jest oddalona o dwa dni drogi,
from any medical help,
is, unfortunately, cook your hand.
as hot as you can stand,
absolutely insane.
for several weeks after that,
przez kilka tygodni.
fine motor skills returned.
stiff and painful for weeks
który był zesztywniały i bolał,
a tip of the urchin spine
"You know, we should get this out.
for a few weeks out on a Monday.
za kilka tygodni, w poniedziałek.
in a horseback riding accident.
facing six weeks on the couch,
if it hadn't been for my friends.
gdyby nie moi przyjaciele
at my house every night for weeks.
co wieczór przez kilka tygodni.
hard to sustain over the long term,
utrzymał się przez dłuższy czas,
to just one friend,
zmniejszyło się do tylko jednego,
in the evenings --
during this period of convalescence.
mojej rekonwalescencji.
pronounced well enough
and drove up into the mountains
samochodem w góry,
Just the opposite, in fact.
a wręcz przeciwnie.
to that marvelous introvert
would have approached me
than needing a walker
a funny little epilogue.
I could reschedule that surgery,
mogłam umówić się na zabieg
from all the bones in your body --
ze wszystkich kości w ciele,
that you happen to have lodged
warm-blooded-mammal brain,
that that confers.
z którymi się to wiąże.
w pełni człowiekiem,
is one of the things
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Catherine Mohr - RoboticistCatherine Mohr loves what she does -- she's just not ever sure what it will be next.
Why you should listen
An engineer turned surgeon turned strategist, Catherine Mohr is always on the lookout for new technologies to help improve patient outcomes while trying to stay in her sweet spot -- the steep part of the learning curve.
As VP of Strategy for Intuitive Surgical in Silicon Valley, faculty at Singularity University and advisor to med-tech startups in the UK, the US and her native New Zealand, Mohr follows her self-admittedly geeky passions wherever they lead her, as she designs, makes, writes, tinkers, plays and travels all over the world.
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