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Ayah Bdeir: Building blocks that blink, beep and teach
Ayah Bdeit: Stavebné bloky, ktoré blikajú, pípajú a učia
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Predstavte si elektronickú stavebnicu jednoduchú na hranie ako Lego. TED Fellow Aya Bdeir predstavuje littleBits, skupinu jednoduchých, zamieňateľných blokov, ktoré robia programovanie takou jednoduchou a dôležitou časťou kreativity, ako je spájanie kociek stavebnice.
Ayah Bdeir - Engineer and artist
Ayah Bdeir is an engineer and artist, and is the founder of littleBits and karaj, an experimental art, architecture and technology lab in Beirut. Full bio
Ayah Bdeir is an engineer and artist, and is the founder of littleBits and karaj, an experimental art, architecture and technology lab in Beirut. Full bio
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This may sound strange,
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Môže to znieť zvláštne,
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but I'm a big fan of the concrete block.
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ale som veľkým fanúšikom betónových blokov.
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The first concrete blocks were manufactured in 1868
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Prvý betónový blok bol vyrobený v roku 1868
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with a very simple idea:
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s jednoduchým cieľom:
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modules made of cement of a fixed measurement
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moduly vyrobené z cementu rovnakých rozmerov,
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that fit together.
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ktoré do seba zapadajú.
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Very quickly concrete blocks became
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Veľmi rýchlo sa betónové bloky stali
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the most-used construction unit in the world.
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najpoužívanejšou stavebnou jednotkou na svete.
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They enabled us to to build things that were larger than us,
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Umožnili nám stavať veci, ktoré boli väčšie ako my,
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buildings, bridges,
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budovy, mosty,
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one brick at a time.
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jednou tehlou naraz.
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Essentially concrete blocks had become
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V podstate sa betónové bloky stali
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the building block of our time.
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stavebnými blokmi naších čias.
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Almost a hundred years later in 1947,
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Takmer o sto rokov neskôr v roku 1947
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LEGO came up with this.
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prišlo LEGO s týmto.
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It was called the Automatic Binding Brick.
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Volalo sa to Automatic Binding Brick - automaticky spojiteľné kocky.
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And in a few short years,
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A o niekoľko rokov neskôr
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LEGO bricks took place in every household.
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kocky LEGO zaujali svoje miesto v každej domácnosti.
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It's estimated that over 400 billion bricks have been produced --
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Odhaduje sa, že bolo vyrobených viac ako 400 miliárd kociek -
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or 75 bricks for every person on the planet.
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alebo 75 kociek pre každú osobu na planéte.
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You don't have to be an engineer
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Nemusíte byť inžinier,
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to make beautiful houses, beautiful bridges, beautiful buildings.
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aby ste vytvorili krásne domy, krásne mosty, krásne budovy.
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LEGO made it accessible.
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LEGO to urobilo dostupným.
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LEGO has essentially taken the concrete block, the building block of the world,
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LEGO v podstate vzalo betónový blok, stavebný blok sveta,
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and made it into the building block
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a vytvorilo z neho stavebný blok
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of our imagination.
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našej fantázie.
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Meanwhile the exact same year,
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Zatiaľ sa v tom istom roku
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at Bell Labs the next revolution was about to be announced,
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v Bellových laboratóriách schyľovalo k ďalšej revolúcii,
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the next building block.
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k ďalšiemu stavebnému bloku.
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The transistor was a small plastic unit
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Tranzistor bola malá plastová súčiastka,
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that would take us from a world
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ktorá nás vyniesla zo sveta
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of static bricks piled on top of each other
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statických blokov postavených jeden na druhom,
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to a world where everything was interactive.
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do sveta, kde je všetko interaktívne.
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Like the concrete block,
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Tak, ako betónový blok,
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the transistor allows you to build
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aj tranzistor umožňuje stavať
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much larger, more complex circuits, one brick at a time.
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oveľa väčšie, komplexnejšie obvody, jednou tehlou naraz.
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But there's a main difference:
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Je tu však podstatný rozdiel:
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The transistor was only for experts.
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Tranzistor bol len pre expertov.
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I personally don't accept this,
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Osobne to nepríjmam,
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that the building block of our time
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že stavebný blok našej doby
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is reserved for experts,
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je vyhradený pre expertov,
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so I decided to change that.
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a tak som sa rozhodla zmeniť to.
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Eight years ago when I was at the Media Lab,
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Pred ôsmimi rokmi, keď som bola v Media Lab,
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I started exploring this idea
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začala som skúmať myšlienku,
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of how to put the power of engineers
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ako vložiť silu inžinierov
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in the hands of artists and designers.
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do rúk umelcov a dizajnérov.
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A few years ago I started developing littleBits.
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Pred niekoľkými rokmi som začala vyvíjať littleBits.
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Let me show you how they work.
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Dovoľte mi ukázať, ako fungujú.
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LittleBits are electronic modules
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LittleBits sú elektronické moduly,
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with each one specific function.
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každý s jednou špecifickou funkciou.
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They're pre-engineered
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Sú pripravené,
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to be light, sound,
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aby boli svetlom, zvukom,
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motors and sensors.
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motormi a senzormi.
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And the best part about it
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A to najlepšie na tom je,
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is they snap together with magnets.
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že sa spájajú magnetmi.
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So you can't put them the wrong way.
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Takže ich nemôžete spojiť nesprávne.
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The bricks are color-coded.
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Kocky majú farebné označenie.
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Green is output, blue is power,
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Zelená je výstup, modrá je zdroj,
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pink is input and orange is wire.
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ružová je vstup a oranžová je vodič.
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So all you need to do is snap a blue to a green
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Takže všetko, čo potrebujete, je pripojiť modrý k zelenému
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and very quickly you can start making larger circuits.
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a veľmi rýchlo môžete začať tvoriť väčšie obvody.
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You put a blue to a green,
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Pripojíte modrý k zelenému,
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you can make light.
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vytvoríte svetlo.
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You can put a knob in between
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Vložíte medzi ne gombík
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and now you've made a little dimmer.
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a vyrobili ste stmievač.
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Switch out the knob
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Vymeňte stmievač
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for a pulse module,
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za pulzný modul,
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which is here,
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ktorý je tu,
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and now you've made a little blinker.
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a teraz máte malý blikač.
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Add this buzzer
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A tento bzučiak,
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for some extra punch
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na druhý pokus,
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and you've created a noise machine.
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a máte stroj na hluk.
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I'm going to stop that.
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Už prestanem.
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So beyond simple play,
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Takže v jednoduchej hre
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littleBits are actually pretty powerful.
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s littleBits sú vlastne veľké možnosti.
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Instead of having to program, to wire, to solder,
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Namiesto programovania, káblovania, spájkovania,
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littleBits allow you to program
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littleBits vám umožní programovať
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using very simple intuitive gestures.
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jednoduchými intuitívnymi gestami.
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So to make this blink faster or slower,
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Takže pre rýchlejšie alebo pomalšie blikanie
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you would just turn this knob
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stačí otočiť týmto gombíkom
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and basically make it pulse faster or slower.
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a prosto ho nechať pulzovať rýchlejšie alebo pomalšie.
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The idea behind littleBits
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Myšlienka littleBits je,
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is that it's a growing library.
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že je to vlastne rastúca knižnica.
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We want to make every single interaction in the world
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Chceme premeniť každú jednu interakciu na svete
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into a ready-to-use brick.
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na hotovú kocku.
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Lights, sounds, solar panels, motors --
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Svetlá, zvuky, solárne panely, motory -
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everything should be accessible.
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všetko môže byť dostupné.
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We've been giving littleBits to kids and seeing them play with them.
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Dávali sme littleBits deťom a sledovali sme ich hru.
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And it's been an incredible experience.
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Bola to neuveriteľná skúsenosť.
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The nicest thing is how they start to understand
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Najkrajšia vec je, ako začali rozumieť
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the electronics around them from everyday
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každodennej elektronike tak,
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that they don't learn at schools.
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ako sa to nenaučili v škole.
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For example, how a nightlight works,
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Napríklad, ako pracujú nočné svetlá,
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or why an elevator door stays open,
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alebo prečo dvere výťahu ostanú otvorené,
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or how an iPod responds to touch.
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alebo ako iPod reaguje na dotyk.
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We've also been taking littleBits to design schools.
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Brávali sme littleBits to dizajnových škol.
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So for example, we've had designers
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Tak napríklad, mali sme dizajnérov
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with no experience with electronics whatsoever
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bez akýchkoľvek skúseností s elektronikou,
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start to play with littleBits as a material.
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ktorí sa začali hrať s littleBits ako s materiálom.
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Here you see, with felt and paper water bottles,
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Tu vidíte plastové fľaše s plsťou a papierom
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we have Geordie making ...
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a máme Geordie, ktorý robí ...
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(Clanging)
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(Rinčanie)
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(Buzzing)
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(Bzučanie)
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A few weeks ago we took littleBits to RISD
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Pred pár týždňami sme vzali littleBits do RISD
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and gave them to some designers
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a dali sme ich niekoľkým dizajnérom
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with no experience in engineering whatsoever --
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bez akýchkoľvek skúseností v technike-
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just cardboard, wood and paper -- and told them "Make something."
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len kartón, drevo a papier - a povedali im "Urobte niečo."
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Here's an example of a project they made,
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Tu je príklad projektu, ktorý vytvorili.
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a motion-activated confetti canon ball.
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Pohybovo-aktivovaná konfetová kanónová guľa.
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(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
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But wait, this is actually my favorite project.
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No počkať, to je vlastne môj najobľúbenejší projekt.
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It's a lobster made of playdough
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To je homár vyrobený z plastelíny,
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that's afraid of the dark.
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ktorý sa bojí tmy.
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(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
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To these non-engineers, littleBits became another material,
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Pre týchto netechnikov sa littleBits stal ďalším materiálom,
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electronics became just another material.
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elektronika sa stala len ďalším materiálom.
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And we want to make this material accessible to everyone.
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A my chceme urobiť tento materiál dostupný každému.
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So littleBits is open-source.
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Preto je littleBits open-source.
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You can go on the website, download all the design files, make them yourself.
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Môžete ísť na web stránku, stiahnuť všetky dizajnové súbory, vytvoriť si vlastné.
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We want to encourage a world
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Chceme podporiť svet
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of creators, of inventors, of contributors,
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tvorcov, vynálezcov, prispievateľov,
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because this world that we live in,
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pretože tento svet, v ktorom žijeme,
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this interactive world, is ours.
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tento interaktívny svet je náš.
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So go ahead and start inventing.
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Tak poďte do toho a začnite vymýšľať.
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Thank you.
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Ďakujem.
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(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ayah Bdeir - Engineer and artistAyah Bdeir is an engineer and artist, and is the founder of littleBits and karaj, an experimental art, architecture and technology lab in Beirut.
Why you should listen
Ayah Bdeir is the creator of littleBits, an open source system of preassembled, modular circuits that snap together with magnets – making learning about electronics fun, easy and creative. An engineer, inventor and interactive artist, Ayah received her master’s degree from the MIT Media Lab and undergraduate degrees in computer engineering and sociology from the American University of Beirut. Ayah has taught graduate classes at NYU and Parsons and taught numerous workshops to get non-engineers – particularly young girls – interested in science and technology. She is also the founder of karaj, Beirut’s lab for experimental art, architecture and technology. littleBits was named Best of Toyfair, has won the editor’s Choice award from MAKE magazine, and has been acquired by MoMA for its collection.
Ayah Bdeir | Speaker | TED.com