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Taylor Wilson - Nuclear scientist
At 14, Taylor Wilson became the youngest person to achieve fusion -- with a reactor born in his garage. Now he wants to save our seaports from nuclear terror.

Why you should listen

Physics wunderkind Taylor Wilson astounded the science world when, at age 14, he became the youngest person in history to produce fusion. The University of Nevada-Reno offered a home for his early experiments when Wilson’s worried parents realized he had every intention of building his reactor in the garage.

Wilson now intends to fight nuclear terror in the nation's ports, with a homemade radiation detector priced an order of magnitude lower than most current devices. In 2012, Wilson's dreams received a boost when he became a recipient of the $100,000 Thiel Prize. Wilson now intends revolutionize the way we produce energy, fight cancer, and combat terrorism using nuclear technology.

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Taylor Wilson: Yup, I built a nuclear fusion reactor

Taylor Wilson: Po, unë ndertova nje reaktor berthamor me fuzion

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Taylor Wilson beson fuzioni bërthamor është një zgjidhje për nevojat tona të energjisë në të ardhmen, dhe se fëemijët mund të ndryshojnë botën. Dhe di diçka në lidhje me keto te dyja: Kur ai ishte 14, ai ndërtoi një reaktor bërthamor funksional në garazhin e prindërve të tij. Tani 17 vjeç, ai hipën në skenën e TED për të treguar (version i shkurtër ) historinë e tij.
- Nuclear scientist
At 14, Taylor Wilson became the youngest person to achieve fusion -- with a reactor born in his garage. Now he wants to save our seaports from nuclear terror. Full bio

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So my name is Taylor Wilson.
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Unë quhem Taylor Wilson.
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I am 17 years old
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Jam 17 vjeç
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and I am a nuclear physicist,
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dhe jam një fizikant bërthamor
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which may be a little hard to believe, but I am.
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e cila mund të jetë pak e vështirë për t'u besuar, por ja që jam.
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And I would like to make the case
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Dhe do të doja ta vërtetoja
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that nuclear fusion
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se fuzioni bërthamor
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will be that point,
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do të jetë ajo pikë
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that the bridge that T. Boone Pickens talked about
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që do te na coje ura për të cilën
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will get us to.
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foli T. Boone Pickens.
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So nuclear fusion is our energy future.
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Pra fuzioni bërthamor është e ardhmja jone energjitike.
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And the second point,
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Dhe pika e dytë,
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making the case that kids can really change the world.
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te vertetoj se të rinjtë me të vërtetë mund të ndryshojnë botën.
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So you may ask --
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Pra ju mund të pyesni -
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(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
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You may ask me,
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Ju mund të më pyesni,
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well how do you know what our energy future is?
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mirë por si e di ti se si është e ardhmja e energjisë sonë?
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Well I built a fusion reactor
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Unë ndertova një reaktor fuzioni
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when I was 14 years old.
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kur isha 14 vjeç.
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That is the inside of my nuclear fusion reactor.
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Kjo është brendësia e reaktorit tim me fuzion bërthamor.
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I started building this project
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Fillova të ndërtoj këtë projekt
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when I was about 12 or 13 years old.
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kur unë isha 12 apo 13 vjeç.
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I decided I wanted to make a star.
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Une vendosa që doja të bëja një yll.
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Now most of you are probably saying,
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Tani shumica nga ju me siguri jeni duke thënë
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well there's no such thing as nuclear fusion.
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se nuk ka ndonjë gjë të tillë si fuzioni bërthamor.
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I don't see any nuclear power plants with fusion energy.
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Une nuk shoh ndonje impiant me fuqi bërthamore me energji fuzioni
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Well it doesn't break even.
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Nuk ka rentabilitet.
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It doesn't produce more energy out than I put in,
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Nuk prodhon më shumë energji sesa konsumon,
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but it still does some pretty cool stuff.
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por prapë bën disa gjëra shumë të bukura.
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And I assembled this in my garage,
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E montova atë në garazhin tim,
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and it now lives in the physics department
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dhe tani është ne departamentin e fizikës
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of the University of Nevada, Reno.
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te Universitetit te Nevadës, Reno.
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And it slams together deuterium,
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Ajo bën goditjen e deuterium ( hidrogjen i rende),
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which is just hydrogen with an extra neutron in it.
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që është thjesht hidrogjen me nje neutron shtesë në të.
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So this is similar to the reaction
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Pra kjo eshte e ngjashme me reaksionin
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of the proton chain that's going on inside the Sun.
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e zinxhir të protonit që ndodh brenda në Diell.
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And I'm slamming it together so hard
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Dhe bej që të përplasen së bashku aq fort
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that that hydrogen fuses together,
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saqe hidrogjeni ndizet
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and in the process it has some byproducts,
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dhe ne proces gjeneron disa nënprodukte
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and I utilize those byproducts.
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që une i përdor.
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So this previous year,
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Vitin që kaloi,
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I won the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
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une fitova Panairin Ndërkombëtar të Shkencave dhe Inxhinierisë të Intel.
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I developed a detector that replaces the current detectors
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Une zhvillova nje detektor që zëvendëson detektoret aktual
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that Homeland Security has.
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që ka Sigurimi i Shtetit.
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For hundreds of dollars,
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Per qindra dollarë,
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I've developed a system that exceeds the sensitivity
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une kam zhvilluar nje sistem që kalon sensitivitetin
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of detectors that are hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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e detektoreve që janë me qindra mijëra dollarë.
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I built this in my garage.
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Unë e ndërtova këtë në garazhin tim.
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(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
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And I've developed a system
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Dhe kam zhvilluar një sistem
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to produce medical isotopes.
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për të prodhuar izotope mjekësore.
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Instead of requiring multi-million-dollar facilities
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Ne vend të kërkimit të paisjeve shumë milion dollarëshe
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I've developed a device that, on a very small scale,
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kam zhvilluar një paisje që, në një shkallë të vogël,
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can produce these isotopes.
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mund të prodhojne këto izotope.
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So that's my fusion reactor in the background there.
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Pra, ky është reaktori im me fuzion në sfond.
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That is me at the control panel
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Ky jam unë në panelin e kontrollit
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of my fusion reactor.
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të reaktorit me fuzion.
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Oh, by the way, I make yellowcake in my garage,
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Oh, meqë ra fjala, un koncentroj uraniumin në garazhin tim,
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so my nuclear program is as advanced as the Iranians.
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kështu programi im bërthamor është po aq i avancuar sa i Iranianëve,
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So maybe I don't want to admit to that.
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Ndoshta nuk dua ta pranoj atë.
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This is me at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland,
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Pra ketu jam unë në CERN ne Gjeneve, Zvicër,
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which is the preeminent particle physics laboratory in the world.
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që është laboratori më i shquar i fizikës së grimcave në të gjithë botën.
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And this is me with President Obama,
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Ja ku jam unë me Presidentin Obama,
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showing him my Homeland Security research.
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duke i treguar atij kërkimin tim të Sigurimit të Brendshëm.
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(Applause)
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So in about seven years
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Kështu që brenda shtatë vjeteve
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of doing nuclear research,
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të kërkimit bërthamor,
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I started out with a dream
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une fillova me një ëndërr
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to make a "star in a jar," a star in my garage,
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të bëjë nje ''yll ne kavanoz,'' një yll ne garazhin tim,
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and I ended up meeting the president
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dhe arrita të takoj presidentin
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and developing things that I think can change the world,
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dhe të zhvilloj gjëra që besoj se mund të ndryshojnë botën,
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and I think other kids can too.
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dhe mendoj qe edhe fëmijë të tjerë mund ta bëjnë gjithashtu.
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So thank you very much.
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Faleminderit shumë.
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(Applause)
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Translated by Egzon Shaqiri
Reviewed by Spartak Ferrollari

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Taylor Wilson - Nuclear scientist
At 14, Taylor Wilson became the youngest person to achieve fusion -- with a reactor born in his garage. Now he wants to save our seaports from nuclear terror.

Why you should listen

Physics wunderkind Taylor Wilson astounded the science world when, at age 14, he became the youngest person in history to produce fusion. The University of Nevada-Reno offered a home for his early experiments when Wilson’s worried parents realized he had every intention of building his reactor in the garage.

Wilson now intends to fight nuclear terror in the nation's ports, with a homemade radiation detector priced an order of magnitude lower than most current devices. In 2012, Wilson's dreams received a boost when he became a recipient of the $100,000 Thiel Prize. Wilson now intends revolutionize the way we produce energy, fight cancer, and combat terrorism using nuclear technology.

More profile about the speaker
Taylor Wilson | Speaker | TED.com

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