Simone Bianco and Tom Zimmerman: The wonderful world of life in a drop of water
Simone Bianco e Tom Zimmerman: O fantástico mundo da vida numa gota de 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 viagem fantástica
a que chamamos "Anciãos".
because a half a billion years ago
que, há 500 milhões de anos,
of oxygen in the air,
de oxigénio no ar,
but you probably know them as plankton.
provavelmente conhecem-nos por plâncton.
and I'm an inventor.
about an invention I made --
sobre uma de minhas invenções,
could solve a big problem he was having.
poderia resolver um grande problema dele.
of plankton in 3D fast enough
do plâncton em 3D, suficientemente depressa
their sensing and behavior.
dos padrões sensoriais e comportamentais.
uma aplicação para o meu microscópio.
for my microscope, so ...
studying these amazing creatures.
no estudo destas fantásticas criaturas.
to discover something.
que nos alarmou.
your breath for a second.
a respiração por um segundo.
two-thirds of our oxygen using the sun.
de nosso oxigénio usando o sol.
because they're still here.
eles ainda estão aqui.
Como muitos de vocês sabem,
surface temperature of the earth
da superfície da Terra
we are pumping into the air.
de dióxido de carbono.
may not seem like a big deal to us,
that the global phytoplankton population
a população global de fitoplâncton
as 40 percent between 1950 and 2010
entre 1950 e 2010
the fish that eat them.
que se alimentam do plâncton.
around the world
of protein from animals.
como principal fonte de proteína animal.
a nossa respiração.
about breathing.
we will need to replace.
substituir muita comida.
that is interesting.
of the carbon we burn today.
que consumimos hoje.
clean that carbon out of the air.
remove este carbono do ar.
hold a grudge.
não está a dar conta
of carbon we are dumping into the air.
que estamos a emitir.
that our big carbon footprint
pegada de carbono
that sustain us.
que nos mantêm vivos.
that allow us to breathe
que nos permitem respirar
ser minúsculo,
about something you cannot see.
com algo que não vemos.
in "The Little Prince" that goes,
de que gosto muito, e que é assim:
is invisible to the eye."
that if more people could come
conseguissem ver o plâncton...
we could all rally together
de todos nos unirmos
to life on our planet.
scuba diving with plankton.
com o plâncton.
by a factor of 1000,
cerca de 1000 vezes,
of a human hair is as big as my hand.
fosse da largura da minha mão.
a machine to do just that.
capaz de fazer isso.
"Fantastic Voyage"
"Viagem Fantástica"?
favorite actors.
atores preferidos.
I saw "Fantastic Voyage,"
through the bloodstream
pela corrente sanguínea
by science fiction.
and turn fantasy into reality.
a fantasia em realidade.
people like you explore the virtual world.
a viajar pelo mundo virtual.
a nível microscópico.
that got Simone's attention.
behind the lens.
atrás da lente.
of plankton water
com água e plâncton
change the water on.
colocamos uma luz LED
of the plankton on the image sensor.
no sensor de imagens.
is an XY plotter,
é uma impressora de grande formato
to follow the plankton as they swim.
seguindo o plâncton enquanto nada.
neste capacete
the microscope with my head.
o microscópio na minha cabeça.
from this image sensor.
do sensor de imagem.
I can move the microscope.
com a cabeça.
to go scuba diving with plankton.
mergulhar com o plâncton.
of life in a drop of water.
numa gota de água.
at all limited to a single drop.
não estamos limitados a uma gota.
in the center of your screen,
of our waters.
by the environment.
ao meio ambiente.
nature is an amazing recycler.
é excelente em reciclagem.
they are decomposed and recycled,
decompostas e recicladas,
by solar energy.
if, you know, our garbage collectors
se desaparecerem.
Let's look for something else.
Vamos procurar mais.
ice-cream-cone-shaped things?
que parecem cones de gelado?
those are amazing creatures.
criaturas fascinantes.
but they are a single cell.
que acabámos de ver?
it's about 1,000 cells --
tendo umas 1000 células.
15 for the stomach
15 no estômago,
for reproduction,
if you ask me.
and react to its environment.
when it's happy;
quando está feliz;
to get away from something
for Cellular Construction
do Centro de Construção Celular
Science Foundation,
of contamination in food and water,
contaminantes em alimentos e na água,
that are, let's say, behind everything,
the majority of oxygen in the air.
a maior parte do oxigénio no ar.
and carbon dioxide
e o dióxido de carbono
your lungs right now.
nos nossos pulmões.
got their photosynthesis capability
ancestrais puderam fazer a fotossíntese
tiny plankton into their cells.
nas suas células.
solar panels on top of our roofs.
usamos painéis solares nos telhados.
is even more amazing than science fiction.
fascinante que a ficção científica.
how vital plankton are to our lives
é essencial para as nossas vidas
take your pick.
you win or you die.
ou ganhamos, ou morremos.
we have known about global warming
é acompanharmos o aquecimento global
scientist, Arrhenius,
of burning fossil fuel
de combustíveis fósseis
but it's not too late if we act now.
mas ainda não é tarde se agirmos agora.
our world is based on fossil fuels,
depende de combustíveis fósseis.
to run on renewable energy from the Sun
para que tudo funcione a energia solar,
and secure future.
sustentável e seguro.
here, the plankton,
aqui do plâncton,
of people all around the globe
das pessoas no planeta
a violência e a saúde.
they're swimming around,
to eat and reproduce.
para comerem e para se reproduzirem.
programada para isso,
have the same agenda.
de células tenham o mesmo objetivo.
makes a country vulnerable.
torna um país vulnerável,
all around the oil resources.
por causa desses recursos.
is distributed around the whole globe,
é distribuída por todo o planeta,
são como os cigarros do planeta.
coal is like an unfiltered type.
de cigarros sem filtro.
the best time to quit is when?
quando é que é melhor parar?
cancro de pulmão.
some people may abandon facts and reason.
ignoram os factos
and inevitably force change.
fá-las-á mudar.
our neocortex, our new brain,
os nossos cérebros
creatures on the earth.
criaturas mais antigas da Terra.
to harness the energy
aproveitarmos a energia
for millions of years --
durante 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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