ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Sengeh - Biomechatronics engineer
Even the most advanced prosthetic isn't useful if it's hard to wear. This observation guides TED Fellow David Sengeh's work at the Biomechatronics group in the MIT Media Lab.

Why you should listen

David Sengeh was born and raised in Sierra Leone, where more than 8,000 men, women and children had limbs amputated during a brutal civil war. He noticed that many people there opted not to wear a prosthesis because proper fit is such an issue.

Sengeh has pioneered a new system for creating prosthetic sockets, which fit a prothesis onto a patient's residual limb. Using MRI to map the shape, computer-assisted design to predict internal strains and 3D printing to allow for different materials to be used in different places, Sengeh is creating sockets that are far more comfortable than traditional models. These sockets can be produced cheaply and quickly, making them far more likely to help amputees across the globe. 

Sengeh was named one of Forbes' 30 under 30 in Technology in 2014, and in April 2014, Sengeh won the $15,000 "Cure it!" Lemelson-MIT National Collegiate Student Prize.

More profile about the speaker
David Sengeh | Speaker | TED.com
TED2014

David Sengeh: The sore problem of prosthetic limbs

Dejvid Senge (David Sengeh): Bolan problem protetičkih udova

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Šta je nagnalo Davida Sengea da napravi komforniju protezu ekstremiteta? Odrastao je u Sijera Leoneu, a previše ljudi koje voli je ostalo bez ekstremiteta, posle brutalnog građanskog rata. Kada je primetio da ljudi koji imaju proteze njih ne nose, rešio je da otkrije zašto - i da taj problem reši sa svojim timom u MIT Media Lab-u.
- Biomechatronics engineer
Even the most advanced prosthetic isn't useful if it's hard to wear. This observation guides TED Fellow David Sengeh's work at the Biomechatronics group in the MIT Media Lab. Full bio

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I was bornрођен and raisedОдгојен in SierraSijera LeoneLeone,
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Rođen sam i odrastao
u Sijera Leoneu,
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a smallмали and very beautifulЛепа countryземљу
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maloj i veoma lepoj zemlji
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in WestZapad AfricaAfrika,
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u zapadnoj Africi,
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a countryземљу richбогат bothи једно и друго in physicalфизички resourcesресурса
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zemlji bogatoj kako prirodnim resursima
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and creativeкреативан talentталенат.
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tako i kreativnim talentima.
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HoweverMeđutim, SierraSijera LeoneLeone is infamousзлогласни
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Ipak, Sijera Leone je ozloglašen
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for a decade-longdesetogodišnje rebelПобуњеник warрат in the '90s
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zbog decenijskog
pubunjeničkog rata '90-ih
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when entireцео villagesсела were burntзапаљен down.
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kada su cela sela spaljena.
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An estimatedпроцењено 8,000 menмушкарци, womenЖене and childrenдеца
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Približno kod 8000
muškaraca, žena i dece
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had theirњихова armsруке and legsноге amputatedamputirana duringу току this time.
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je izvršena amputacija ruku
i nogu tokom ovog perioda.
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As my familyпородица and I ranтрчао for safetyбезбедност
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Dok smo moja porodica i ja
bežali ka bezbednosti,
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when I was about 12 from one of those attacksнапади,
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kada sam imao 12 godina,
od jednog od tih napada,
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I resolvedрешено that I would do everything I could
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odlučio sam da ću učiniti
sve što je u mojoj moći
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to ensureосигурати that my ownвластити childrenдеца
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da osiguram da moja deca
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would not go throughкроз the
sameисти experiencesискуства we had.
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ne prođu kroz isto iskustvo
koje smo mi imali.
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They would, in factчињеница, be partдео of a SierraSijera LeoneLeone
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Oni će biti, u stvari,
deo Sijera Leonea
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where warрат and amputationamputacija
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kada rat i amputacije
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were no longerдуже a strategyстратегија for gainingдобивање powerмоћ.
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ne budu više strategija
za dobijanje moći.
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As I watchedгледао people who I knewзнала, lovedвољен onesоне,
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Dok sam gledao osobe
koje poznajem, voljene,
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recoverопоравити се from this devastationrazaranje,
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kako se oporavljaju od razaranja,
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one thing that deeplyдубоко troubledузнемирен me
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jedna stvar koja me je duboko mučila
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was that manyмноги of the amputeesbogalje in the countryземљу
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je to što većina osoba
sa amputacijom u zemlji
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would not use theirњихова prosthesesproteze zajedno.
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ne želi da nosi proteze.
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The reasonразлог, I would come to find out,
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Razlog, koji sam kasnije saznao,
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was that theirњихова prostheticprotetske socketspriključaka
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je taj što je njihovo ležište proteze
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were painfulболан because they did not fitфит well.
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bilo bolno jer se nije dobro uklapala.
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The prostheticprotetske socketutičnice is the partдео
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Ležište proteze je deo
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in whichкоја the amputeeIMP insertsUmeće theirњихова residualostatak limbудова,
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u koji osoba s amputiranim udom
uvlači patrljak,
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and whichкоја connectsповезује to the prostheticprotetske anklezglob.
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i koji se povezuje
sa zglobom proteze.
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Even in the developedразвијен worldсвет,
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Čak i u razvijenom svetu,
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it takes a periodраздобље of threeтри weeksнедељама to oftenчесто yearsгодине
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potreban je period
od tri nedelje do čak par godina
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for a patientпацијент to get a comfortableудобан socketutičnice, if ever.
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da pacijent dobije udobno ležište,
ako ga ikad i dobije.
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ProsthetistsProsthetists still use conventionalконвенционално processesпроцесима
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Prostetičari i dalje koriste
konvencionalne metode
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like moldingOblikovanje and castingkasting
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kao što je kalupljenje i livenje
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to createстворити single-materialsingl-materijal prostheticprotetske socketspriključaka.
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kako bi napravili ležišta za proteze
od jednog materijala.
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SuchTakva socketspriključaka oftenчесто leaveодлази intolerableнедопустиво amountsизноси
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Takva ležišta često vrše
nepodnošljivu količinu
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of pressureпритисак on the limbsudovi of the patientпацијент,
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pritiska na udove pacijenta,
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leavingодлазак them with pressureпритисак soresrane and blistersplikovi.
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ostavljajući ih sa ranama
i plikovima usled pritiska.
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It does not matterматерија
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Uopšte nije važno
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how powerfulмоћан your prostheticprotetske anklezglob is.
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koliko je jak vaš zglob proteze.
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If your prostheticprotetske socketutičnice is uncomfortableнеудобан,
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Ako je ležište vaše proteze neudobno,
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you will not use your legnoga,
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vi nećete koristiti vašu nogu,
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and that is just simplyједноставно unacceptableнеприхватљиво in our ageстарост.
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i to je jednostavno neprihvatljivo
u našem dobu.
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So one day, when I metиспуњен professorпрофесор HughHugh HerrHer
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I tako jednog dana,
kada sam sreo profesora Hju Hera
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about two and a halfпола yearsгодине agoпре,
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pre dve ipo godine,
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and he askedпитао me if I knewзнала
how to solveреши this problemпроблем,
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on me je upitao da li znam
kako da rešim ovaj problem,
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I said, "No, not yetјош увек,
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ja sam rekao: „Ne, ne još uvek,
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but I would love to figureфигура it out."
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ali bih voleo to da rešim.“
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And so, for my PhPH.D. at the MITMIT-A MediaMediji LabLaboratorija,
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I tako sam za svoj doktorat
na MIT Media laboratoriji,
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I designedдизајниран customPrilagođeni prostheticprotetske socketspriključaka
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dizajnirao prilagođena ležišta proteze
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quicklyбрзо and cheaplyјефтино
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brzo i jeftino -
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that are more comfortableудобан
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a ona su mnogo udobnija
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than conventionalконвенционално prosthesesproteze zajedno.
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nego uobičajene proteze.
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I used magneticмагнетски resonanceрезонанца imagingza obradu slika
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Koristio sam magnetnu rezonancu
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to captureхватање the actualстварно shapeоблик of the patient'sПацијенткиње anatomyанатомија,
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kako bih snimio stvarni
oblik anatomije pacijenta,
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then use finiteконачан elementелемент modelingмоделирање to better predictпредвидети
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onda je korišćeno modelovanje konačnih
elemenata kako bi bolje predvideli
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the internalинтерни stressesnaglašava and strainsIsteže
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unutrašnje napone i naprezanja
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on the normalнормално forcesсиле,
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pri normalnim silama,
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and then createстворити a prostheticprotetske socketutičnice for manufactureпроизводња.
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i onda je napravljeno
ležište proteze za proizvođača.
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We use a 3D printerштампач to createстворити
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Koristili smo 3D štampač da napravimo
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a multi-materialmulti-materijal prostheticprotetske socketutičnice
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više-materijalno ležište proteze
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whichкоја relieveste oslobadja pressureпритисак where neededпотребно
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koje ublažava pritisak
tamo gde je to potrebno
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on the anatomyанатомија of the patientпацијент.
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na anatomiji pacijenta.
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In shortкратак, we're usingКористећи dataподаци
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Ukratko, koristimo podatke
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to make novelРоман socketspriključaka quicklyбрзо and cheaplyјефтино.
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da napravimo nova
ležišta brzo i jeftino.
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In a recentскорашњи trialсуђење we just wrappedомотан up
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U skorašnjem ispitivanju
koje smo upravo završili
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at the MediaMediji LabLaboratorija,
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u Media Lab-u,
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one of our patientsпацијенти, a U.S. veteranveteran
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jedan od naših pacijenata,
američki veteran
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who has been an amputeeIMP for about 20 yearsгодине
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koji već 20 godina
živi bez amputiranog uda
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and wornnosio dozensдесетине of legsноге,
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i koji je nosio desetine nogu,
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said of one of our printedштампани partsделови,
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rekao je za jedan od naših
odštampanih delova:
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"It's so softмеко, it's like walkingХодање on pillowsjastuci,
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„Tako je mek, osećaj je kao da hodaš
po jastucima,
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and it's effingFin sexyсекси."
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a i vrlo je seksi.“
(Smeh)
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(LaughterSmeh)
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03:48
DisabilityInvaliditeta in our ageстарост
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Invaliditet u našem dobu
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should not preventспречити anyoneбило ко
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ne bi trebalo nikog
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from livingживи meaningfulсмислено livesживи.
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da spreči da živi smislen život.
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My hopeнадати се and desireжеља is that the toolsалати and processesпроцесима
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Moja nada i želja je da alati i procesi
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we developразвити in our researchистраживање groupгрупа
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koje razvijamo u našoj razvojnoj grupi
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can be used to bringдовести highlyвисоко functionalфункционалан prosthesesproteze zajedno
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mogu biti upotrebljeni
kako bi visoko funkcionalne proteze
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to those who need them.
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došle do onih kojima su neophodne.
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For me, a placeместо to beginзапочети healingлечење the soulsдуше
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Za mene, mesto za početak
lečenja duša
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of those affectedутицало, дјеловало by warрат and diseaseболест
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onih koji su zahvaćeni
ratom i bolešću,
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is by creatingстварање comfortableудобан and affordableприступачан interfacesинтерфејс
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je pravljenje udobnih
i pristupačnih interfejsa
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for theirњихова bodiesтела.
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za njihova tela.
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WhetherDa li it's in SierraSijera LeoneLeone or in BostonBoston,
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Bilo to u Sijera Leoneu ili u Bostonu,
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I hopeнадати се this not only restoresvraća u prethodno stanje
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nadam se da ovo ne samo da obnavlja
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but indeedзаиста transformsтрансформише theirњихова
senseсмисао of humanљудско potentialпотенцијал.
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već zaista transformiše njihov
osećaj za ljudski potencijal.
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Thank you very much.
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Hvala vam mnogo.
(Aplauz)
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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Translated by Predrag Ljubenović
Reviewed by Mile Živković

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Sengeh - Biomechatronics engineer
Even the most advanced prosthetic isn't useful if it's hard to wear. This observation guides TED Fellow David Sengeh's work at the Biomechatronics group in the MIT Media Lab.

Why you should listen

David Sengeh was born and raised in Sierra Leone, where more than 8,000 men, women and children had limbs amputated during a brutal civil war. He noticed that many people there opted not to wear a prosthesis because proper fit is such an issue.

Sengeh has pioneered a new system for creating prosthetic sockets, which fit a prothesis onto a patient's residual limb. Using MRI to map the shape, computer-assisted design to predict internal strains and 3D printing to allow for different materials to be used in different places, Sengeh is creating sockets that are far more comfortable than traditional models. These sockets can be produced cheaply and quickly, making them far more likely to help amputees across the globe. 

Sengeh was named one of Forbes' 30 under 30 in Technology in 2014, and in April 2014, Sengeh won the $15,000 "Cure it!" Lemelson-MIT National Collegiate Student Prize.

More profile about the speaker
David Sengeh | Speaker | TED.com

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