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. 

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TED2012

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Colin Robertson havde 3 minutter på TED scenen til at fortælle verdenen om hans soldrevne crowdsourcede løsning til sundhedsplejen. Og så...
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about unexpecteduventet discoveriesopdagelser.
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Now I work in the solarsol technologyteknologi industryindustri.
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Jeg arbejder indenfor solcelle-industrien
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And my smalllille startupstart op
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og min lille iværkssætter-virksomhed
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is looking to forcekraft ourselvesos selv
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forsøger at tvinge sig selv
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into the environmentmiljø
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ind i miljøet
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by payingbetale attentionopmærksomhed to ...
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ved at lægge mærke til ...
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... payingbetale attentionopmærksomhed to crowd-sourcingcrowd-sourcing.
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... lægge mærke til crowd-sourcing.
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It's just a quickhurtig videovideo
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Dette er bare en kort video
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of what we do.
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om hvad vi gør.
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Huh. HangHænge on a momentøjeblik.
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Hov. Vent et øjeblik.
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It mightmagt take a momentøjeblik to loadbelastning.
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Den er måske lidt tid om at loade.
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(LaughterLatter)
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We'llVi vil just -- we can just skipspringe --
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Vi kan bare -- vi kan bare skippe --
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I'll just skipspringe throughigennem the videovideo insteadi stedet ...
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Jeg skipper bare gennem videoen i stedet ...
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(LaughterLatter)
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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 er ikke ...
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(LaughterLatter)
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Okay.
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Okay.
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(LaughterLatter)
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SolarSolar technologyteknologi is ...
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Solcelle-teknologi er ...
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Oh, that's all my time?
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Hov, er det alt min tid?
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Okay. Thank you very much.
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Okay. Mange tak.
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Translated by Morten Faarkrog
Reviewed by Mikael Fuhr

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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