Simone Bianco and Tom Zimmerman: The wonderful world of life in a drop of water
Simone Bianco e Tom Zimmerman: O mundo maravilhoso da vida em uma gota d'água
A theoretical physicist by training, IBM's Simone Bianco believes that the 21st century will be the century when the synergy between AI and biology will be fully realized. Full bioTom Zimmerman - Master inventor
Tom Zimmerman is a master inventor at IBM Research – Almaden exploring the frontiers of human-machine interaction and environmental sensing. Full bio
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on a fantastic journey
numa jornada incrível
que chamamos de anciãos.
because a half a billion years ago
porque, há meio bilhão de anos,
of oxygen in the air,
de oxigênio no ar,
but you probably know them as plankton.
provavelmente os conhecem como plânctons.
and I'm an inventor.
uma palestra sobre algo que inventei,
about an invention I made --
could solve a big problem he was having.
resolver um problema que ele estava tendo,
of plankton in 3D fast enough
dos plânctons em 3D, rápido o suficiente,
their sensing and behavior.
seus sentidos e comportamentos.
for my microscope, so ...
para meu microscópio, então...
de amendoim com o chocolate.
studying these amazing creatures.
e estudar estas criaturas incríveis.
to discover something.
your breath for a second.
sua respiração por um segundo.
two-thirds of our oxygen using the sun.
do nosso oxigênio, usando a luz do sol.
because they're still here.
porque eles ainda estão aqui.
de vocês sabem, desde 1950,
surface temperature of the earth
we are pumping into the air.
que estamos lançando no ar.
may not seem like a big deal to us,
pode não parecer grande coisa para nós,
that the global phytoplankton population
que a população global de fitoplânctons
as 40 percent between 1950 and 2010
entre 1950 e 2010,
the fish that eat them.
os peixes que se alimentam dos plânctons.
around the world
of protein from animals.
primária de proteína animal.
about breathing.
só à respiração.
we will need to replace.
que precisaremos repor.
that is interesting.
of the carbon we burn today.
do carbono que queimamos hoje.
clean that carbon out of the air.
limpam o carbono do ar.
hold a grudge.
não conseguem dar conta
of carbon we are dumping into the air.
que lançamos no ar.
that our big carbon footprint
pegada de carbono
that sustain us.
que nos sustentam.
that allow us to breathe
que nos permitem respirar,
fazendo algo a respeito?
about something you cannot see.
com algo que não podemos ver.
in "The Little Prince" that goes,
que gosto muito e diz:
is invisible to the eye."
that if more people could come
se mais pessoas pudessem
we could all rally together
nos manifestar juntos
para a vida em nosso planeta.
to life on our planet.
scuba diving with plankton.
para mergulhar com os plânctons.
by a factor of 1000,
of a human hair is as big as my hand.
de um fio de cabelo
a machine to do just that.
faz exatamente isso.
"Fantastic Voyage"
"Viagem Fantástica" ou "Viagem Insólita"?
favorite actors.
preferidos de todos os tempos.
assisti à "Viagem Fantástica",
I saw "Fantastic Voyage,"
through the bloodstream
pela corrente sanguínea
num nível celular.
by science fiction.
pela ficção científica.
and turn fantasy into reality.
a fantasia em realidade.
que me permite viajar
people like you explore the virtual world.
a explorarem o mundo virtual.
o mundo microscópico.
that got Simone's attention.
que chamou a atenção do Simone.
behind the lens.
of plankton water
contendo água com plânctons,
ou no meu aquário, que nunca troco a água.
change the water on.
of the plankton on the image sensor.
no sensor de imagem.
is an XY plotter,
to follow the plankton as they swim.
e seguir os plânctons quando eles nadam.
de movimento neste capacete
the microscope with my head.
com a minha cabeça.
from this image sensor.
do sensor de imagem.
I can move the microscope.
posso mover o microscópio.
to go scuba diving with plankton.
para mergulhar com os plânctons.
maravilhoso da vida em uma gota d'água.
of life in a drop of water.
at all limited to a single drop.
não estamos limitados a uma única gota.
in the center of your screen,
of our waters.
de nossas águas.
by the environment.
pelo meio ambiente.
nature is an amazing recycler.
é uma recicladora incrível.
they are decomposed and recycled,
decompostas e recicladas
by solar energy.
if, you know, our garbage collectors
se nossos coletores de lixo
Let's look for something else.
ice-cream-cone-shaped things?
com formato de cone de sorvete?
those are amazing creatures.
são criaturas incríveis.
but they are a single cell.
que acabamos de conhecer?
it's about 1,000 cells --
em torno de mil células.
15 for the stomach
15 para o estômago,
for reproduction,
if you ask me.
na minha opinião.
é apenas uma única célula,
and react to its environment.
ao seu meio ambiente.
when it's happy;
quando estiver feliz;
to get away from something
tentando fugir de algo,
for Cellular Construction
no Centro de Construção Celular
Science Foundation,
Nacional de Ciências,
of contamination in food and water,
de contaminação em alimentos e água,
that are, let's say, behind everything,
que estão, digamos, atrás de tudo,
the majority of oxygen in the air.
a maioria do oxigênio no ar.
and carbon dioxide
e dióxido de carbono,
your lungs right now.
nossos pulmões neste momento.
got their photosynthesis capability
a capacidade de fazer fotossíntese,
tiny plankton into their cells.
plânctons em suas células.
solar panels on top of our roofs.
painéis solares em nossos telhados.
is even more amazing than science fiction.
mais incrível do que a ficção científica.
how vital plankton are to our lives
os plânctons são para nossa vida,
todos vamos morrer.
take your pick.
you win or you die.
ou você ganha ou você morre.
we have known about global warming
é que sabemos do aquecimento global,
scientist, Arrhenius,
of burning fossil fuel
dos combustíveis fósseis
but it's not too late if we act now.
mas ainda há tempo para agirmos.
our world is based on fossil fuels,
são a base do nosso mundo,
to run on renewable energy from the Sun
da energia renovável do Sol,
and secure future.
mais seguro e sustentável.
here, the plankton,
minúsculas, os plânctons,
aqui está o motivo:
of people all around the globe
das pessoas ao redor do mundo
violência e saúde.
they're swimming around,
to eat and reproduce.
para comer e reproduzir.
é programada para fazer isso,
have the same agenda.
de células tenham a mesma intenção.
makes a country vulnerable.
torna um país vulnerável.
all around the oil resources.
ao redor de todos os recursos do petróleo.
is distributed around the whole globe,
é distribuída por todo o planeta,
são como um cigarro global.
coal is like an unfiltered type.
é como um cigarro sem filtro.
the best time to quit is when?
quando é a melhor hora para parar?
com câncer no pulmão.
some people may abandon facts and reason.
ignorar os fatos e a razão.
and inevitably force change.
inevitavelmente, forçará a mudança.
our neocortex, our new brain,
nosso neocórtex, nosso novo cérebro,
creatures on the earth.
umas das criaturas mais antigas da Terra.
to harness the energy
para aproveitar a energia
for millions of years --
por milhões de anos:
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Simone Bianco - Cell engineerA theoretical physicist by training, IBM's Simone Bianco believes that the 21st century will be the century when the synergy between AI and biology will be fully realized.
Why you should listen
Simone Bianco, PhD, is research staff member and IBM rock star at IBM Research – Almaden, where he leads the Cellular Engineering group. He's passionate about making biology a quantitative science by using tools from mathematics, physics, engineering and computer science. He believes this interdisciplinary approach will not only impact biological and medical fields but also will advance biologically inspired engineering and computer science. His research spans many scientific fields, from genomic and evolutionary biology to bioengineering, epidemiology, statistical physics and computer science.
Bianco studied physics at the University of Pisa, Italy, the school of Galileo Galilei and Enrico Fermi, and he got his PhD from the University of North Texas. He held research appointments at the College of William and Mary and at the University of California San Francisco. Bianco is a founding principal investigator of the Center for Cellular Construction, an NSF funded multi-institution initiative which aims to build self-organized devices from living organisms.
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Tom Zimmerman - Master inventor
Tom Zimmerman is a master inventor at IBM Research – Almaden exploring the frontiers of human-machine interaction and environmental sensing.
Why you should listen
Tom Zimmerman has more than 60 patents on user input devices, wireless communication, image and audio signal processing, biometrics, encryption and microscopy. His Data Glove and PowerGlove inventions helped establish the field of virtual reality. His electric field Personal Area Network invention sends data through the human body, and it can prevent airbags from injuring children in cars. Zimmerman's environmental work includes research on the yaw stability of wind turbines and solar thermal storage at MIT, and building wireless sensors to monitor sea turtles in the US and Costa Rica.
Zimmerman is currently developing AI-powered microscopes to monitor plankton in their natural environment and studying the response of plankton to toxins in his work with the Center For Cellular Construction. He supports the DIY community through articles in Make Magazine and his passion for volunteering in the public schools earned him the California Medal for Service from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver.
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