TEDGlobal 2012
Neil Harbisson: I listen to color
Nil Harbison (Neil Harbisson): Ja slušam boju
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Umetnik Nil Harbison se rodio potpuno slep za boje, ali je ovih dana, za njegovu glavu povezan jedan uređaj koji pretvara boju u zvučne frekvencije. Umesto da posmatra svet u sivim tonovima, Harbison može da čuje simfoniju boja -- i čak da sluša lica i slike.
Neil Harbisson - Sonochromatic Cyborg Artist
Neil Harbisson's "eyeborg" allows him to hear colors, even those beyond the range of sight. Full bio
Neil Harbisson's "eyeborg" allows him to hear colors, even those beyond the range of sight. Full bio
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Well, I was born with a rare visual condition
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Rođen sam sa retkim stanjem čula vida,
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called achromatopsia, which is total color blindness,
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ahromatopsijom, što je potpuno slepilo za boje,
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so I've never seen color,
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znači da nikad nisam video boju
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and I don't know what color looks like,
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i ne znam kako boja izgleda,
00:28
because I come from a grayscale world.
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jer dolazim iz sveta sivila.
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To me, the sky is always gray,
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Za mene je nebo uvek sivo,
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flowers are always gray,
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cveće je uvek sivo,
00:35
and television is still in black and white.
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a televizija je još uvek crno-bela.
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But, since the age of 21,
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Ali, od svoje 21. godine,
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instead of seeing color, I can hear color.
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mogu da čujem boje umesto da ih vidim.
00:44
In 2003, I started a project
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2003. sam započeo projekat
00:47
with computer scientist Adam Montandon,
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sa Adamom Montandonom, stručnjakom za kompjutere,
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and the result, with further collaborations
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i rezultat je, u saradnji sa
00:53
with Peter Kese from Slovenia
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Peterom Keseom iz Slovenije
00:55
and Matias Lizana from Barcelona,
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i Matijasom Lizanom iz Barselone,
00:58
is this electronic eye.
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ovo elektronsko oko.
01:00
It's a color sensor that detects
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To je senzor za boju koji mi otkriva
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the color frequency in front of me — (Frequency sounds) —
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frekvenciju boje ispred mene -- (Zvuci frekvencije)
01:06
and sends this frequency to a chip installed
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i šalje je u čip koji je instaliran
01:08
at the back of my head, and I hear the color in front of me
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pozadi na mojoj glavi, tako da čujem boju ispred sebe
01:11
through the bone, through bone conduction.
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pomoću provodljivosti kosti.
01:14
(Frequency sounds) So, for example, if I have, like —
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(Zvuci frekvencije).Tako, na primer, ovo --
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This is the sound of purple. (Frequency sounds)
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ovo je zvuk ljubičaste. (Zvuci frekvencije)
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For example, this is the sound of grass. (Frequency sounds)
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Ovo je, na primer, zvuk trave. (Zvuci frekvencije)
01:32
This is red, like TED. (Frequency sounds)
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Ova je crvena, kao TED. (Zvuci frekvencije)
01:34
This is the sound of a dirty sock. (Laughter)
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Ovo je zvuk prljave čarape. (Smeh)
01:38
Which is like yellow, this one.
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Koji je kao žuta, evo ovaj.
01:40
So I've been hearing color all the time for eight years,
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Ja već osam godina slušam boju,
01:44
since 2004, so I find it completely normal now
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od 2004. i meni je skroz u redu
01:47
to hear color all the time.
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da sve vreme čujem boju.
01:49
At the start, though, I had to memorize the names you give
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U početku sam morao da pamtim ime
01:53
for each color, so I had to memorize the notes,
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svake boje, morao sam da pamtim tonove,
01:56
but after some time, all this information
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ali posle izvesnog vremena cela ova informacija
01:58
became a perception.
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je postala percepcija.
02:00
I didn't have to think about the notes.
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Nisam morao da razmišljam o tonovima.
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And after some time, this perception became a feeling.
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Posle nekog vremena, ova percepcija je postala osećaj.
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I started to have favorite colors,
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Neke boje su mi postale omiljene
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and I started to dream in colors.
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i počeo sam da sanjam u boji.
02:08
So, when I started to dream in color is when I felt
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Počeo sam da sanjam u boji kada sam
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that the software and my brain had united,
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osetio da su se softver i moj mozak sjedinili,
02:15
because in my dreams, it was my brain creating
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jer je moj mozak u snovima stvarao
02:18
electronic sounds. It wasn't the software,
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elektronske zvuke, a ne softver.
02:20
so that's when I started to feel like a cyborg.
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Tada sam počeo da se osećam kao kiborg.
02:24
It's when I started to feel that the cybernetic device
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Počeo sam da osećam da kibernetski uređaj
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was no longer a device.
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više nije bio uređaj.
02:29
It had become a part of my body,
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Postao je deo mog tela,
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an extension of my senses,
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dodatak mojim čulima
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and after some time, it even became a part
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i posle nekog vremena, postao je čak deo
02:37
of my official image.
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mog zvaničnog imidža.
02:40
This is my passport from 2004.
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Ovo je moj pasoš iz 2004.
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You're not allowed to appear on U.K. passports
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U pasošu UK nije dozvoljena slika
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with electronic equipment, but I insisted
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sa elektronskom opremom, ali sam insistirao
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to the passport office that what they were seeing
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u odeljenju za pasoše da je ono što vide,
02:51
was actually a new part of my body,
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u stvari, jedan novi deo mog tela,
02:53
an extension of my brain, and they finally accepted me
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produžetak mog mozga i na kraju su prihvatili
02:57
to appear with the passport photo.
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da imam tu sliku na pasošu.
02:59
So, life has changed dramatically since I hear color,
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Život mi se značajno promenio otkad čujem boju,
03:03
because color is almost everywhere,
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jer boja je svuda prisutna,
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so the biggest change for example is
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pa je najveća promena, na primer,
03:08
going to an art gallery, I can listen to a Picasso,
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da odlaženjem u umetničku galeriju mogu da slušam Pikasa.
03:13
for example. So it's like I'm going to a concert hall,
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Kao da idem u koncertnu dvoranu,
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because I can listen to the paintings.
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jer mogu da slušam slike.
03:18
And supermarkets, I find this is very shocking,
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A supermarketi, stvarno je šokantno,
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it's very, very attractive to walk along a supermarket.
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veoma je zgodno šetati se sa kraja na kraj.
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It's like going to a nightclub.
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Kao da si u noćnim klubu.
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It's full of different melodies. (Laughter) Yeah.
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Pun je raznih melodija. (Smeh). Da.
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Especially the aisle with cleaning products.
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Naročito red sa sredstvima za čišćenje.
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It's just fabulous. (Laughter)
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Fenomenalno je. (Smeh)
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Also, the way I dress has changed.
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Način oblačenja mi se takođe promenio.
03:36
Before, I used to dress in a way that it looked good.
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Pre sam se oblačio tako da to izgleda lepo.
03:38
Now I dress in a way that it sounds good. (Laughter)
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Sad se oblačim tako da to zvuči dobro. (Smeh)
03:43
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
03:48
So today I'm dressed in C major,
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Danas sam se obukao u C-dur,
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so it's quite a happy chord. (Laughter)
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što je skroz srećan akord. (Smeh)
03:54
If I had to go to a funeral, though,
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Kad bih morao da idem na sahranu,
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I would dress in B minor, which would be
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obukao bih se u h-mol, bila bi to
03:58
turquoise, purple and orange. (Laughter)
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tirkizna, ljubičasta i narandžasta. (Smeh)
04:07
Also, food, the way I look at food has changed,
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Takođe se promenio i moj način pogleda na hranu,
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because now I can display the food on a plate,
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mogu da izložim hranu na tanjir,
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so I can eat my favorite song. (Laughter)
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pa mogu da jedem omiljenu pesmu. (Smeh)
04:18
So depending on how I display it,
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Zavisi kako izlažem hranu,
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I can hear and I can compose music with food.
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mogu da komponujem muziku pomoću hrane.
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So imagine a restaurant where we can have, like,
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Zamislite restoran gde možemo imati
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Lady Gaga salads as starters. (Laughter) I mean,
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za predjelo salatu Lady Gaga. (Smeh) Mislim
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this would get teenagers to eat their vegetables, probably.
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da bi ovo pomoglo tinejdžerima da jedu povrće.
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And also, some Rachmaninov piano concertos
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I takođe, Rahmanjinov koncert za klavir
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as main dishes, and some Bjork or Madonna desserts,
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kao glavno jelo, a Bjork ili Madonu za desert,
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that would be a very exciting restaurant
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bio bi to veoma uzbudljiv restoran,
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where you can actually eat songs.
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gde bi, u stvari, jeli pesme.
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Also, the way I perceive beauty has changed,
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Promenio se i način na koji doživljavam lepotu,
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because when I look at someone, I hear their face,
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jer kad pogledam nekog, čujem njegovo lice,
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so someone might look very beautiful but sound terrible.
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pa tako, neko može da izgleda jako lepo, ali da zvuči užasno.
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(Laughter) And it might happen the opposite,
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(Smeh) A može da se desi i suprotno.
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the other way around. So I really enjoy creating, like,
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Zaista uživam da stvaram
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sound portraits of people.
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zvučne portrete ljudi.
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Instead of drawing someone's face, like drawing the shape,
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Umesto da nacrtam nečije lice, crtajući oblike,
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I point at them with the eye and I write down
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ja uperim oko u njih i zapisujem
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the different notes I hear, and then I create sound portraits.
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različite tonove koje čujem i tako stvaram zvučne portrete.
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Here's some faces.
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Evo nekih lica.
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(Musical chords)
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(Muzički akordi)
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Yeah, Nicole Kidman sounds good. (Laughter)
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Da, Nikol Kidman dobro zvuči. (Smeh)
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Some people, I would never relate, but they sound similar.
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Neki ljudi zvuče slično, a nikad ih ne bih doveo u vezu.
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Prince Charles has some similarities with Nicole Kidman.
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Princ Čarls ima neke sličnosti sa Nikol Kidman.
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They have similar sound of eyes.
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Slično im zvuče oči.
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So you relate people that you wouldn't relate,
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Tako povezujete ljude koje ne biste doveli u vezu,
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and you can actually also create concerts
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a možete da napravite i koncerte
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by looking at the audience faces.
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gladajući lica publike.
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So I connect the eye, and then I play the audience's faces.
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Uključim oko i zatim odsviram lica publike.
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The good thing about this is,
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Ono što je dobro u vezi s ovim je,
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if the concert doesn't sound good, it's their fault.
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da ako koncert ne zvuči dobro, to je njihova greška.
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It's not my fault, because — (Laughter)
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Nije moja greška -- (Smeh)
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And so another thing that happens is that
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Još jedna stvar se dešava,
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I started having this secondary effect
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počeo je da mi se pojavljuje sekundarni efekat,
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that normal sounds started to become color.
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obični zvuci su počeli da se pretvaraju u boju.
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I heard a telephone tone, and it felt green
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Čuo sam telefon, činio mi se zelen,
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because it sounded just like the color green.
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zvučao je kao zelena boja.
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The BBC beeps, they sound turquoise,
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Bipovi na BBC-u zvuče tirkizno,
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and listening to Mozart became a yellow experience,
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a slušanje Mocarta postalo je žuto iskustvo,
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so I started to paint music and paint people's voices,
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pa sam počeo da slikam muziku, da slikam ljudske glasove,
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because people's voices have frequencies
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jer ljudski glasovi imaju frekvencije
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that I relate to color.
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koje ja povezujem sa bojama.
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And here's some music translated into color.
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Evo malo muzike pretvorene u boju.
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For example, Mozart, "Queen of the Night," looks like this.
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Na primer, Mocartova "Kraljica noći" izgleda ovako.
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(Music) Very yellow and very colorful,
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(Muzika) Veoma žuto i živopisno,
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because there's many different frequencies.
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jer ima mnogo različitih frekvencija.
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(Music)
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(Muzika)
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And this is a completely different song.
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A ovo je skroz drugačija pesma.
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(Music) It's Justin Bieber's "Baby." (Laughter)
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(Muzika) Ovo je Džastin Biberova "Baby". (Smeh)
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(Music)
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(Muzika)
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It is very pink and very yellow.
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Ovo je veoma ružičasto i žuto.
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So, also voices, I can transform speeches into color,
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Takođe i govore, kao i glasove, mogu pretvoriti u boju,
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for example, these are two very well-known speeches.
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na primer, ovo su dva vrlo poznata govora.
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One of them is Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream,"
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Jedan je "Ja imam san" Martina Lutera Kinga,
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and the other one is Hitler.
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a drugi je Hitlerov.
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And I like to exhibit these paintings in the exhibition halls
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Volim da izlažem ove slike bez natpisa
07:18
without labels, and then I ask people,
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i onda pitam ljude:
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"Which one do you prefer?"
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"Koja vam se više dopada?"
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And most people change their preference
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I mnogi promene svoj izbor
07:25
when I tell them that the one on the left is Hitler
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kad im kažem da je ona sa leve strane Hitler,
07:28
and the one on the right is Martin Luther King.
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a ona sa desne Martin Luter King.
07:31
So I got to a point when I was able to perceive 360 colors,
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Došao sam do tačke kada sam mogao da razlikujem 360 boja,
07:37
just like human vision.
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kao i ljudski vid.
07:39
I was able to differentiate all the degrees of the color wheel.
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Mogao sam da razlikujem sve nijanse spektralnog kruga.
07:42
But then, I just thought that
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Onda sam pomislio da
07:44
this human vision wasn't good enough.
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ljudski vid nije dovoljno dobar.
07:47
There's many, many more colors around us
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Postoji mnogo, mnogo više boja oko nas
07:50
that we cannot perceive,
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nego što možemo da vidimo,
07:51
but that electronic eyes can perceive.
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ali elektronsko oko može to da zapazi.
07:53
So I decided to continue extending my color senses,
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Odlučio sam da nastavim da proširujem svoje čulo vida,
07:57
and I added infrared and I added ultraviolet
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dodao sam infracrvenu i ultraljubičastu
08:01
to the color-to-sound scale, so now I can hear colors
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u moju skalu boje i zvuka. Sad čujem boje
08:05
that the human eye cannot perceive.
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koje ljudsko oko ne može da vidi.
08:07
For example, perceiving infrared is good because you can
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Na primer, uočavanje infracrvene je dobro,
08:10
actually detect if there's movement detectors in a room.
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jer možete otkriti detektore pokreta u prostoriji.
08:14
I can hear if someone points at me with a remote control.
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Čujem ako neko uperi u mene daljinski upravljač.
08:18
And the good thing about perceiving ultraviolet is that
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Dobra stvar oko percepcije ultraljubičaste
08:21
you can hear if it's a good day or a bad day to sunbathe,
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je da mogu čuti da li je dobar ili loš dan za sunčanje,
08:26
because ultraviolet is a dangerous color,
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jer ultraljubičasta je veoma opasna boja,
08:28
a color that can actually kill us, so I think we should all have this wish
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boja koja nas zaista može ubiti, pa mislim da bi svi
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to perceive things that we cannot perceive.
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trebalo da imamo želju da uočimo stvari koje ne uočavamo.
08:35
That's why, two years ago,
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Zato sam pre dve godine
08:37
I created the Cyborg Foundation,
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stvorio Kiborg fondaciju,
08:38
which is a foundation that tries to help people
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koja pokušava da pomogne ljudima
08:41
become a cyborg, tries to encourage people
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da postanu kiborzi, da ohrabri ljude
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to extend their senses
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da prošire svoja čula
08:45
by using technology as part of the body.
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koristeći tehnologiju kao deo tela.
08:48
We should all think that knowledge comes from our senses,
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Svi treba da mislimo da znanje potiče iz naših čula,
08:52
so if we extend our senses,
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pa ako ih proširimo,
08:54
we will consequently extend our knowledge.
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samim tim ćemo proširiti svoje znanje.
08:57
I think life will be much more exciting
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Mislim da će život biti mnogo uzbudljiviji
09:00
when we stop creating applications for mobile phones
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kada prestanemo da pravimo aplikacije za mobilne telefone
09:03
and we start creating applications for our own body.
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i počnemo da stvaramo aplikacije za svoja tela.
09:06
I think this will be a big, big change
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Mislim da će to biti velika, velika promena
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that we will see during this century.
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koju ćemo videti u ovom veku.
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So I do encourage you all to think about which senses
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Zato vas podstičem da razmislite koja biste
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you'd like to extend.
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čula voleli da proširite.
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I would encourage you to become a cyborg.
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Podstičem vas da postanete kiborg.
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You won't be alone. Thank you. (Applause)
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Nećete biti sami. Hvala. (Aplauz)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Neil Harbisson - Sonochromatic Cyborg ArtistNeil Harbisson's "eyeborg" allows him to hear colors, even those beyond the range of sight.
Why you should listen
Born with the inability to see color, Neil Harbisson wears a prosthetic device — he calls it an "eyeborg" — that allows him to hear the spectrum, even those colors beyond the range of human sight. His unique experience of color informs his artwork — which, until he met cyberneticist Adam Montandon at a college lecture, was strictly black-and-white. By working with Montandon, and later with Peter Kese, Harbisson helped design a lightweight eyepiece that he wears on his forehead that transposes the light frequencies of color hues into sound frequencies.
Harbisson's artwork blurs the boundaries between sight and sound. In his Sound Portraits series, he listens to the colors of faces to create a microtonal chord. In the City Colours project, he expresses the capital cities of Europe in two colors (Monaco is azure and salmon pink; Bratislava yellow and turquoise).
Neil Harbisson | Speaker | TED.com