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Mick Ebeling: The invention that unlocked a locked-in artist
Mick Ebeling: Vynález, ktorý oslobodil uväzneného umelca
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Graffiti umelca menom TEMPT zanechala nervová choroba ALS paralyzovaného od hlavy po päty a prinútila ho komunikovať žmurkaním. V tejto pozoruhodnej reči, uskutočnenej v rámci TEDActive, sa podnikateľ Mick Ebeling delí o to, ako s tímom spolupracovníkov vybudovali open-sourcový prístroj, ktorý dal tomuto umelcovi -- a ostatným v rovnakom stave -- prostriedok k tomu, aby sa mohli znova venovať umeniu.
Mick Ebeling - Entrepreneur
Mick Ebeling founded the Not Impossible Foundation, a nonprofit that develops creative solutions to real-world problems. Full bio
Mick Ebeling founded the Not Impossible Foundation, a nonprofit that develops creative solutions to real-world problems. Full bio
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I have had the distinct blessing in my life
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V živote som mal veľké šťastie, pretože som
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to have worked on a bunch of amazing projects.
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pracoval na kope skvelých projektov.
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But the coolest I ever worked on
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Ale najlepší, na ktorom som robil,
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was around this guy.
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súvisel s týmto chlapíkom.
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This guy's name is TEMPT.
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Volá sa TEMPT.
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TEMPT was one of the foremost graffiti artists in the 80s.
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TEMPT bol v 80. rokoch jeden z popredných graffiti umelcov.
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And he came up home from a run one day
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A raz prišiel domov z akcie
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and said, "Dad, my legs are tingling."
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a povedal, "Oci, brnia mi nohy."
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And that was the onset of ALS.
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A to bol začiatok ALS.
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So TEMPT is now completely paralyzed.
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Takže TEMPT je teraz kompletne paralyzovaný.
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He only has use of his eyes.
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Môže používať len oči.
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I was exposed to him.
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Stretol som sa s ním.
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I have a company that does design and animation,
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Mám spoločnosť, ktorá sa zaoberá dizajnom a animáciou,
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so obviously graffiti is definitely an intricate part
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čiže graffiti je určite neoddeliteľnou súčasťou
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of what we admire and respect in the art world.
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toho, čo vo svete umenia obdivujeme a rešpektujeme.
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And so we decided that we were going to sponsor
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A tak sme sa rozhodli, že
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Tony, TEMPT, and his cause.
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Tonyho, TEMPTa, a jeho prípad, finančne podporíme.
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So I went and met with his brother and father
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Takže som sa stretol s jeho bratom a otcom
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and said, "We're going to give you this money.
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a povedal, "Dáme vám toľkoto peňazí.
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What are you going to do with it?"
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Čo s nimi urobíte?"
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And his brother said, "I just want to be able to talk to Tony again.
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A jeho brat povedal, "Jediné, čo chcem, je znovu sa môcť s Tonym rozprávať.
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I just want to be able to communicate with him
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Chcem byť schopný s ním komunikovať
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and him to be able to communicate with me."
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a aby bol on schopný komunikovať so mnou."
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And I said, "Wait a second, isn't that -- I've seen Stephen Hawking --
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A ja na to, "Počkajte, nie je to -- videl som Stephena Hawkinga --
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don't all paralyzed people have the ability to communicate
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nemôžu všetci paralyzovaní ľudia komunikovať
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via these devices?"
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prostredníctvom takých zariadení?"
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And he said, "No, unless you're in the upper echelon and
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A on povedal, "Nie, pokiaľ nepatríte do vyššej vrstvy,
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you've got really amazing insurance,
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nemáte skutočne výbornú poistku,
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you can't actually do that.
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nemôžete.
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These devices aren't accessible to people."
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Tieto zariadenia nie sú ľuďom dostupné."
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And I said, "Well, how do you actually communicate?"
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A ja som povedal, "No, tak ako teda komunikujete?"
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Has everyone seen the movie "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly?"
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Videli ste film "Skafander a motýľ"?
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That's how they communicate --
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Presne tak komunikujú --
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so run their finger along.
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ukazujú prstom.
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I said, "That's archaic. How can that be?"
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Povedal som, "To je predpotopné. Ako to tak môže byť?"
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So I showed up with the desire to just write a check,
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Takže, hoci som sa tam objavil len, aby som proste vypísal šek,
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and instead, I wrote a check
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miesto toho som vypísal šek takým spôsobom,
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that I had no freaking idea how I was going to cash.
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že som nemal najmenšie poňatie, ako ho splatím.
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I committed to his brother and his father right then and there --
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Priamo vtedy a tam som sa bratovi a otcovi zaviazal --
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I'm like, "All right, here's the deal:
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Hovorím, "Dobre, tu je dohoda:
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Tony's going to speak, we're going to get him a machine,
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Tony bude rozprávať, zaobstaráme mu prístroj,
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and we're going to figure out a way for him to do his art again.
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a vymyslíme spôsob, ako by sa mohol zasa venovať umeniu.
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Because it's a travesty that someone who still has all of that in him
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Pretože to je výsmech, že niekto, kto má toto všetko stále v sebe,
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isn't able to communicate it."
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nie je schopný to šíriť ďalej."
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So I spoke at a conference a couple months after that.
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Takže o pár mesiacov som prednášal na konferencii.
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I met these guys called GRL,
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Stretol som chalanov, ktorí si hovoria GRL,
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Graffiti Research Lab,
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Graffiti Research Lab,
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and they have a technology
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a oni majú takú technológiu,
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that allows them to project a light onto any surface
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ktorá dokáže premietať svetlo na akýkoľvek povrch
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and then, with a laser pointer, draw on it,
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a potom na neho s laserovým ukazovátkom kresliť
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and it just registers the negative space.
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a ono to proste registruje negatívny priestor.
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So they go around and do art installations like this.
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Chodia po rôznych miestach a robia takéto inštalácie.
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All the things that go up there, they said there's a life cycle.
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Povedali, že všetky veci, ktoré sa tam objavujú, majú svoj životný cyklus.
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First it starts with the sexual organs,
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Najprv to začne pohlavnými orgánmi,
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then it starts with cuss words,
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potom nasledujú nadávky,
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then it was Bush slanders
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potom to bolo ohováranie Busha
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and then people actually got to art.
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a potom sa ľudia konečne dostali k umeniu.
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But there was always a life cycle to their presentations.
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Ale ich prezentácie mali vždy svoj životný cyklus.
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So I went home and was having dinner with my wife
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Tak som šiel domov a večeral s manželkou
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and was telling her about this,
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a rozprával jej o tom,
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and we were like, "Well wait a second. If we know that this technology exists
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a hovorili sme si, "No počkať, keď vieme, že existuje takáto technológia,
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where you can use your eyes to control things,
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kde môžete na ovládanie vecí používať oči,
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why don't we figure out a way for TEMPT to control a laser
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prečo nevymyslíme spôsob, akým by TEMPT kontroloval laser
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and he could do graf again? Well that would be awesome."
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a mohol by znova kresliť, to by bolo úžasné."
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So that started the journey.
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To odštartovalo proces.
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And about two years later, about a year later,
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A asi o dva roky neskôr, asi o rok neskôr,
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after a bunch of organization
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po veľkom organizovaní
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and a bunch of moving things around,
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a množstve presúvaní vecí,
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we'd accomplished a couple things.
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sme dokázali niekoľko vecí.
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One, we battered down the doors of the insurance companies,
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Po prvé, rozrazili sme vchodové dvere poisťovní
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and we actually got TEMPT a machine
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a nakoniec sme získali pre TEMPTa prístroj,
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that let him communicate -- a Stephen Hawking machine.
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ktorý mu umožnil komunikovať -- prístroj Stephena Hawkinga.
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(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
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Which was awesome.
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Čo bolo úžasné.
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And he's seriously one of the funniest -- I call him Yoda,
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A on je vážne jeden z najvtipnejších ľudí -- volám ho Yoda,
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because you talk to the guy, you get an email from him,
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pretože s ním rozprávate, dostanete od neho email
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and you're like, "I'm not worthy. This guy's so amazing."
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a hovoríte si, "Ja z neho nemôžem. Ten chalan je skvelý."
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The other thing we did
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Ďalšia vec, ktorú sme urobili,
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is we flew seven programmers from all over the world --
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bola tá, že sme nahrnuli 7 programátorov z celého sveta --
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literally every corner of the world --
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doslova z každého kúta sveta --
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into our house.
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do nášho domu.
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My wife and kids and I moved to our back garage,
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Moja žena, deti a ja sme sa presťahovali do našej zadnej garáže,
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and these hackers and programmers
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a náš dom ovládli títo hackeri, programátori,
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and conspiracy theorists and anarchists took over our house.
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konšpirační teoretici a anarchisti.
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A lot of our friends thought we were absolutely stupid to do that
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Veľa našich priateľov si myslelo, že sme sa kompletne zbláznili
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and that we were going to come back
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a že, keď sa vrátime,
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and all the pictures on the wall would be removed and graf on the walls.
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na stenách nebudú obrazy a miesto nich tam budú všade graffiti.
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But for over two weeks,
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Ale dva týždne
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we programmed,
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sme programovali,
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we went to the Venice boardwalk,
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boli sme na promenáde vo Venice,
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my kids got involved,
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moje deti sa zapojili,
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my dog got involved,
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môj pes sa zapojil
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and we created this.
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a vytvorili sme toto.
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This is called the EyeWriter,
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Volá sa to EyeWriter,
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and you can see the description.
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a tu vidíte popis.
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This is a cheap pair of sunglasses
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Toto sú lacné okuliare,
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that we bought at the Venice Beach boardwalk,
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ktoré sme kúpili na promenáde Venice Beach,
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some copper wire
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nejaké medené drôty
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and some stuff from Home Depot and Radio Shack.
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a nejaké veci z Home Depot a Radio Shack.
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We took a PS3 camera, hacked it open,
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Vzali sme PS3 kameru, otvorili ju,
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mounted it to an LED light,
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primontovali ju k LED žiarovke
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and now there's a device that is free --
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a teraz máme zariadenie, ktoré je zadarmo --
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you build this yourself, we publish the code for free,
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sami si ho postavíte, kód sme zadarmo zverejnili,
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you download the software for free.
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aj software si stiahnete zadarmo.
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And now we've created a device
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A vytvorili sme zariadenie,
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that has absolutely no limitations.
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ktoré nemá vôbec žiadne obmedzenia.
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There's no insurance company that can say "No."
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Nie je tu žiadna poisťovňa, ktorá by mohla povedať "nie."
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There's no hospital that can say "No."
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Nie je tu žiadna nemocnica, ktorá by mohla povedať "nie."
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Anybody who's paralyzed now has access
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Hocikto paralyzovaný teraz môže
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to actually draw or communicate using only their eyes.
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kresliť alebo komunikovať prostredníctvom svojich očí.
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(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
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Thank you.
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Ďakujem.
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Thank you guys very much. That was awesome.
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Ďakujem vám veľmi pekne. To bolo skvelé.
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So at the end of the two weeks,
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Takže po dvoch týždňoch
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we went back to TEMPT's room.
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sme sa vrátili do TEMPTovej izby.
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I love this picture, because this is someone else's room
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Mám rád túto fotku, pretože toto je izba niekoho iného
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and that's his room.
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a to je jeho izba.
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So there's all this hustle and bustle going on for the big unveiling.
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Tak tam je kvôli tomu veľkému odhaleniu rušno.
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And after over a year of planning,
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A asi po roku plánovania,
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two weeks of programming,
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dvoch týždňoch programovania,
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carb-fest and all-night sessions,
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tonách karbohydrátov a celonočných akciách,
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Tony drew again for the first time in seven years.
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Tony po siedmych rokoch po prvýkrát znova kreslil.
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And this is an amazing picture,
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A toto je úžasná fotka,
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because this is his life support system,
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pretože toto je jeho prístroj, ktorý ho drží pri živote,
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and he's looking over his life support system.
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a skrz neho sa pozerá.
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We kicked his bed so that he could see out.
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Odsunuli sme mu posteľ, aby vidiel von.
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And we set up a projector
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A nainštalovali sme projektor
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on a wall out in the parking lot outside of his hospital.
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na stenu parkoviska pred jeho nemocnicou.
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And he drew again for the first time,
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A po tej dlhej dobe znova prvýkrát kreslil
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in front of his family and friends --
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pred očami svojej rodiny a priateľov --
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and you can only imagine
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a neviete si predstaviť,
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what the feeling in the parking lot was.
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aká atmosféra na parkovisku vládla.
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The funny thing was, we had to break into the parking lot too,
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Vtipné je to, že sme sa do toho parkoviska museli vlámať,
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so we totally felt like we were legit in the whole graf scene too.
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takže sme mali totálne pocit, že to robíme presne tak, ako sa na graffiti scéne má.
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(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
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So at the end of this, he sent us an email,
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Po tom všetkom nám poslal email
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and this is what the email said:
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a v ňom bolo:
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"That was the first time I've drawn anything for seven years.
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"To bolo po prvýkrát za sedem rokov, čo som niečo nakreslil.
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I feel like I had been held underwater,
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Mám pocit, ako by som bol držaný pod hladinou
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and someone finally reached down
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a konečne sa niekto ponoril
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and pulled my head up so I could breathe."
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a vytiahol ma, aby som mohol dýchať."
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Isn't that awesome?
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Nie je to úžasne?
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(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
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So that's kind of our battle cry.
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Takže to je také naše heslo.
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That's what keeps us going and keeps us developing.
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Pomáha nám ísť ďalej a rozvíjať sa.
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And we've got such a long way to go with this.
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A prešli sme s tým tak dlhú cestu.
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This is an amazing device,
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Je to úžasné zariadenie,
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but it's the equivalent of an Etch A Sketch.
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ale je ekvivalentom detskej kresliacej tabuľky.
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And someone who has that kind of artistic potential deserves so much more.
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A niekto, kto má tak obrovský umelecký potenciál, si zaslúži omnoho viac.
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So we're in the process of trying to figure out
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Takže sme v procese, kedy sa snažíme prísť na to,
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how to make it better, faster, stronger.
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ako ho vylepšiť, zrýchliť, zosilniť.
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Since that time, we've had all kinds of acknowledgment.
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Za tú dobu sme získali mnoho reakcií.
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We've won a bunch of awards.
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Vyhrali sme kopu cien.
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Remember, it's free; none of us are making any money on this thing.
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Pamätajte, je to zdarma; nikto na tejto veci nezarába.
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It's all coming out of our own pockets.
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Všetko to ide z našich vreciek.
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So the awards were like, "Oh, this is fantastic."
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Takže z tých cien sme boli akože, "Oh, toto je fantastické."
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Armstrong Twittered about us,
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Armstrong o nás twittoval
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and then in December, Time magazine honored us
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a potom nás časopis Time ocenil
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as one of the top 50 inventions of 2010, which was really cool.
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ako jeden z 50 najlepších vynálezov roku 2010, čo bolo fakt super.
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(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
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The coolest thing about this --
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Najlepšie na tom je to --
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and this is what's completing the whole circle --
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a to uzatvára celý kruh --
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is that in April of this year,
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že v apríli tohto roku
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at the Geffen MOCA in downtown Los Angeles,
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v Geffen MOCA v Los Angeles
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there's going to be an exhibition called "Art of the Streets."
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bude výstava s názvom "Art of the Streets."
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And "Art of the Streets" is going to have
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A na "Art of the Streets" budú
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pretty much the bad-asses of the street art scene --
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v podstate všetci machri street art scény --
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Banksy, Shepard Fairey, KAWS --
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Banksy, Shepard Fairey, CAWs --
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all of these guys will be there.
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všetci títo chalani tam budú.
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TEMPT's going to be in the show,
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TEMPT na tej výstave bude tiež,
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which is pretty awesome.
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čo je fakt super.
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(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
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So basically this is my point:
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Takže v podstate tým chcem povedať toto:
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If you see something that's not possible,
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Ak vidíte niečo, čo je nemožné,
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make it possible.
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urobte to možným.
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Everything in this room wasn't possible --
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Všetko v tejto miestnosti bolo najprv nemožné --
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this stage, this computer, this mic, the EyeWriter --
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toto pódium, tento počítač, tento mikrofón, EyeWriter --
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wasn't possible at one point.
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voľakedy neboli možné.
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Make it possible, everyone in this room.
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Umožnite ich -- každý v tejto miestnosti.
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I'm not a programmer,
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Ja nie som programátor,
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never done anything with ocular recognition technology,
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nikdy som sa nevenoval technológii optického rozpoznávania,
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but I just recognized something and associated myself with amazing people
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ale niečo som rozpoznal a spojil sa s úžasnými ľuďmi,
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so that we could make something happen.
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aby sme spolu niečo dokázali.
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And this is the question I want everyone to ask yourself
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A toto je otázka, ktorú chcem, aby si každý položil
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every single day
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každý jeden deň,
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when you come up with something you feel that needs to be done:
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keď objavíte niečo, čo si myslíte, že by malo byť urobené.
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if not now, then when? And if not me, then who?
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Ak nie teraz, potom kedy? A ak nie ja, potom kto?
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Thank you guys.
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Ďakujem.
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mick Ebeling - EntrepreneurMick Ebeling founded the Not Impossible Foundation, a nonprofit that develops creative solutions to real-world problems.
Why you should listen
Raised in a family of entrepreneurs and philanthropists, Mick Ebeling is founder of the Not Impossible Foundation, an organization comprised of thinkers, dreamers, and doers, with a mission to take ideas that once seemed impossible to possible, when the right people are connected and empowered.
After befriending ALS patient and renowned street artist Tempt, he and a team of programmers, hackers, artists and inventors developed the EyeWriter -- a low-cost eye-tracking device that allows artists with the nerve disease ALS to draw using only their eyes. Through his latest initiative, Project Daniel, he helped create a 3D-printed prosthetic lab in Sudan. His new book is Not Impossible: The Art and Joy of Doing What Couldn't Be Done.
He is also the founder of The Ebeling Group, an international production company and creative think tank, representing some of the world's leading design and directing collectives.
He says: "If not now, then when? If not me, then who?"
Mick Ebeling | Speaker | TED.com