ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Bruno Bowden - Engineer and origamist
An engineer with Google (he helped build Google Earth), Bruno Bowden is also an enthusiastic folder of paper.

Why you should listen

Bruno Bowden was part of the team at Keyhole, the company that built EarthViewer -- a groundbreaking (and addictive) piece of software that lets you fly smoothly over an image of the globe assembled from satellite photos, and then zoom in on your own house. When Google bought Keyhole, Bowden helped turn the software into the indispensable Google Earth. Recently, he's moved over to the Google Gadgets side, helping to build more gotta-have-it technology.

He is also an enthusiastic student of the new origami, as practiced by masters such as Robert Lang.

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Rufus Cappadocia - Cellist
Globe-trotting, genre-hopping cellist Rufus Cappadocia plays the music of our sphere.

Why you should listen

Rufus Cappadocia uses his cello to play the music he hears around the world, filtered through the music in his head. A dedicated musicologist, he has played and studied deeply in many genres, from Haitian voodoo music to Indian ghazal, from Celtic to Balkan. The rich, jazz-inflected sound he pulls from his instrument (which he started playing at age 3) is a passionate through-line in all his work.

Cappadocia writes, records, and plays live, both solo and in several groups -- including Bethany & Rufus (Bethany is Bethany Yarrow, the daughter of Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary) and the Vodou Jazz Ensemble.

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Rufus Cappadocia | Speaker | TED.com
TED2008

Bruno Bowden + Rufus Cappadocia: Watch me fold origami (blindfolded)

Ο Μπρούνο Μπόουντεν διπλώνει ενώ ο Ρούφους Καπαντόσια παίζει

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Μετά την ομιλία του Ρόμπερτ Λάνγκ για τα οριγκάμι στο TED2008, ο Μπρούνο Μπόουντεν ανέβηκε στη σκηνή με ένα στοίχημ ― να διπλώσει μία από τις εντυπωσιακά πολύπλοκες φιγούρες οριγκάμι του Λάνγκ σε λιγότερο από 2 λεπτά. Τον συνόδευε, παίζοντας τσέλο, ο Ρούφους Καπαντόσια.
- Engineer and origamist
An engineer with Google (he helped build Google Earth), Bruno Bowden is also an enthusiastic folder of paper. Full bio - Cellist
Globe-trotting, genre-hopping cellist Rufus Cappadocia plays the music of our sphere. Full bio

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HelloΓεια σου everyoneΟλοι.
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Γεια σας.
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And so the two of us are here to give you an exampleπαράδειγμα of creationδημιουργία.
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Είμαστε εδώ οι δυο μας για να σας δώσουμε ένα παράδειγμα δημιουργίας.
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And I'm going to be foldingπτυσσόμενος one of RobertΡόμπερτ Lang'sLang modelsμοντέλα.
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Εγώ θα διπλώσω ένα από τα μοντέλα του Ρόμπερτ Λανγκ.
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And this is the pieceκομμάτι of paperχαρτί it will be madeέκανε from,
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Αυτό είναι το χαρτί που θα χρησιμοποιήσω,
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and you can see all of the foldsπτυχώσεις that are neededαπαιτείται for it.
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και μπορείτε να δείτε όλες τις διπλώσεις που θα χρειαστεί να κάνω.
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And RufusRufus is going to be doing some improvisationαυτοσχεδίαση
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Ο Ρούφους θα παίξει ελεύθερα
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on his customπροσαρμοσμένη, five-stringπέντε string electricηλεκτρικός celloβιολοντσέλο,
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στο ιδιόσκευο πεντάχορδο ηλεκτρικό του τσέλο·
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and it's very excitingσυναρπαστικός to listen to him.
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είναι συναρπαστικό ακρόαμα.
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Are you readyέτοιμος to go? OK.
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Έτοιμος; Εντάξει.
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Just to make it a little bitκομμάτι more excitingσυναρπαστικός.
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Και για να το κάνουμε λίγο πιο συναρπαστικό.
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All right. Take it away, RufusRufus.
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Εντάξει. Πάμε, Ρούφους.
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(MusicΜουσική)
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All right. There you go.
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Εντάξει. Ορίστε.
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(LaughterΤο γέλιο)
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Translated by Lazaros Boudakidis
Reviewed by Spyros Kasimatis

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Bruno Bowden - Engineer and origamist
An engineer with Google (he helped build Google Earth), Bruno Bowden is also an enthusiastic folder of paper.

Why you should listen

Bruno Bowden was part of the team at Keyhole, the company that built EarthViewer -- a groundbreaking (and addictive) piece of software that lets you fly smoothly over an image of the globe assembled from satellite photos, and then zoom in on your own house. When Google bought Keyhole, Bowden helped turn the software into the indispensable Google Earth. Recently, he's moved over to the Google Gadgets side, helping to build more gotta-have-it technology.

He is also an enthusiastic student of the new origami, as practiced by masters such as Robert Lang.

More profile about the speaker
Bruno Bowden | Speaker | TED.com
Rufus Cappadocia - Cellist
Globe-trotting, genre-hopping cellist Rufus Cappadocia plays the music of our sphere.

Why you should listen

Rufus Cappadocia uses his cello to play the music he hears around the world, filtered through the music in his head. A dedicated musicologist, he has played and studied deeply in many genres, from Haitian voodoo music to Indian ghazal, from Celtic to Balkan. The rich, jazz-inflected sound he pulls from his instrument (which he started playing at age 3) is a passionate through-line in all his work.

Cappadocia writes, records, and plays live, both solo and in several groups -- including Bethany & Rufus (Bethany is Bethany Yarrow, the daughter of Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary) and the Vodou Jazz Ensemble.

More profile about the speaker
Rufus Cappadocia | Speaker | TED.com