Simone Giertz: Why you should make useless things
סימון גירץ: למה כדאי ליצור דברים חסרי-תועלת
Simone Giertz runs a YouTube channel about robotics. Full bio
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if you get nervous when onstage,
כשאתם נלחצים על הבמה,
to make you feel better.
להרגיש טוב יותר.
feels kind of weird and wrong.
מרגיש קצת מוזר ולא תקין.
on moving past stuff like that,
as much as you're looking at me --
כפי שאתם מסתכלים עלי --
really comfortable, right?
I made myself a shirt.
הכנתי לעצמי חולצה.
as much as you're looking at me
כפי שאתם מסתכלים עלי
of the reason I made this.
some sort of solution to it.
it's kind of boring,
זה די משעמם,
seven-year-olds in the audience,
a machine that could do it for you?
שהייתה יכולה לעשות זאת עבורכם?
by zero out of 10 dentists,
ע"י אפס מתוך 10 רופאי שיניים,
revolutionize the world of dentistry,
בתחום רפואת השיניים,
helmet three years ago
לפני שלוש שנים
and I put up a camera,
clip of it working.
של הקסדה בפעולה.
modern-day fairy tale
into the comment sections
starts a YouTube channel
פותחת ערוץ יוטיוב
niche for myself on the internet
to be at the top of your field
about my machines,
like cutting hair with drones --
בעזרת רחפנים --
wake up in the morning --
that helps me chop vegetables.
student growing up.
I had straight A's,
כל ציון שקיבלתי היה "טוב מאוד",
performance anxiety.
to my brother around that time.
how difficult it is for me to tell you,
לספר לך את זה,
to think that I'm stupid.
our parents' house down.
את הבית של ההורים,
and the thing I'm so upset about
ומה שאני מודאגת ממנו
במבחן במתמטיקה.
between here and here.
about hardware.
especially if you're teaching yourself,
במיוחד בלימוד עצמי,
difficult to do.
of making you feel stupid.
לגרום לכם להרגיש טיפשים.
guarantee success 100 percent of the time.
במאה אחוז מהפעמים.
nearly impossible to fail.
of trying to succeed,
things that would fail.
שנידונו לכישלון.
realize it at the time,
was actually quite smart,
הייתה בעצם צעד די חכם,
learning about hardware,
with my performance anxiety.
עם חרדת הביצוע שלי.
all pressure and expectations from myself,
got replaced by enthusiasm,
that people struggle with.
or medium-sized things
או בינוניים
presents this whole new set of problems
מביא איתו סדרה חדשה של בעיות
is the first step in my process
of the potential problems I might have
העשויות לצוץ
my hands start shaking
הידיים שלי מתחילות לרעוד
open this entire time
במשך כל הזמן הזה
all good on that one.
nervous about is my hands shaking.
הוא שהידיים שלי ירעדו.
behind the paper
to see the paper quivering.
in the audience are probably like,
or form a business?"
a glass of water for you onstage
if you get thirsty,
want to drink that water,
to see that my hands are shaking.
לכך שהידיים שלי רועדות.
that hands you a glass of water?
in the googly-eye shirt.
because I have a thing --
כי יש לי משהו --
"head orbit device,"
this platform around you
you can get photos of your entire head.
לקבל תמונות של הראש בשלמותו.
it's a very versatile machine.
אפשרויות מגוונות.
some snacks on it, for example,
למשל,
just clap your hands a little bit more --
למחוא כפיים עוד קצת --
little personal solar system,
that's what we're here for.
בשבילה אנחנו כאן.
כלומר, עדיין --
on this machine a little bit
על המכונה הזו קצת
and put it on the platform,
ולהניח אותה על הבמה,
are shaking a little bit,
a very mesmerizing piece of equipment.
sometimes get stage fright?
חווים פחד במה לפעמים?
like simple engineering slapstick,
כהנדסה של הומור סלפסטיק פשטני,
on something bigger than that.
that often gets lost in engineering,
שנעדרים לרוב מההנדסה,
to learn about hardware
anxiety get in the way.
going to build something useful,
בכוונתי לבנות משהו מועיל,
never have planned for,
never have planned for.
I was enthusiastic about what I was doing,
שהתלהבתי ממה שעשיתי,
with other people.
of making useless things,
בבניית דברים חסרי-תועלת,
what the best answer is.
מהו הפיתרון הטוב ביותר.
exactly how the world works.
כיצד עובד העולם.
isn't the answer,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Simone Giertz - Inventor, robotics enthusiastSimone Giertz runs a YouTube channel about robotics.
Why you should listen
Simone Giertz is a Swedish inventor, YouTuber and robotics enthusiast. She is world-renowned for her useless machines and has risen to the very top of the field -- mainly because the field is very tiny and not of interest to the general populace. Giertz has set out to automate everything from brushing teeth to cutting hair and has more than one million subscribers on YouTube.
Simone Giertz | Speaker | TED.com