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Colin Robertson - Social energy entrepreneur
Colin Robertson is apparently "attempting to make the world's first crowdsourced solar energy solution" Or is he?

Why you should listen

Colin Robertson is a young entrepreneur with a single, world-changing idea: crowdsource solar energy solutions to the global climate crisis. He is a passionate believer in the idea that we can solve all of our problems by coming together in groups.

He is also a fictional character created by ImprovEverywhere for a special prank at TED2012. He is played by Eugene Cordero, an actor and comedian based in Los Angeles, and a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. 

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Colin Robertson | Speaker | TED.com
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Colin Robertson hade tre minuter på TED-scenen för att berätta för världen om sin soldrivna sjukvårdslösning. Och då...
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TodayIdag I'm going to talk
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about unexpectedoväntat discoveriesupptäckter.
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om oväntade upptäckter.
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Now I work in the solarsol- technologyteknologi industryindustri.
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Jag jobbar inom solkraftindustrin.
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And my smallsmå startupbörja
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Min lilla start
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is looking to forcetvinga ourselvesoss själva
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är ett försök att tvinga oss
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into the environmentmiljö
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in i miljön
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by payingbetalande attentionuppmärksamhet to ...
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genom att uppmärksamma...
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... payingbetalande attentionuppmärksamhet to crowd-sourcingpubliken-sourcing.
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...uppmärksamma crowdsourcing.
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It's just a quicksnabbt videovideo-
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Det är en snabb video
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of what we do.
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av vad vi gör.
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Huh. HangHang on a momentögonblick.
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Öh. Vänta lite.
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It mightmakt take a momentögonblick to loadladda.
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Det kan ta en stund att ladda.
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(LaughterSkratt)
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(Skratt)
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We'llVi kommer just -- we can just skiphoppa --
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Vi kan -- vi kan hoppa över --
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I'll just skiphoppa throughgenom the videovideo- insteadistället ...
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Jag hoppar över videon istället...
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(LaughterSkratt)
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No.
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Nej.
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(MusicMusik)
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(Musik)
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This is not ...
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Det här är inte...
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(LaughterSkratt)
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Okay.
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Okej.
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(LaughterSkratt)
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SolarSolar technologyteknologi is ...
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Solkraftteknologi är...
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Oh, that's all my time?
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Oj, var det all min tid?
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Okay. Thank you very much.
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Okej. Tack så mycket.
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Translated by Lisbeth Pekkari
Reviewed by Johan Cegrell

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Colin Robertson - Social energy entrepreneur
Colin Robertson is apparently "attempting to make the world's first crowdsourced solar energy solution" Or is he?

Why you should listen

Colin Robertson is a young entrepreneur with a single, world-changing idea: crowdsource solar energy solutions to the global climate crisis. He is a passionate believer in the idea that we can solve all of our problems by coming together in groups.

He is also a fictional character created by ImprovEverywhere for a special prank at TED2012. He is played by Eugene Cordero, an actor and comedian based in Los Angeles, and a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. 

More profile about the speaker
Colin Robertson | Speaker | TED.com

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