TEDActive 2011
Mick Ebeling: The invention that unlocked a locked-in artist
Mick Ebeling: Izum koji je oslobodio zatočenog umjetnika
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ALS (amiotrofična lateralna skleroza), bolest živčanog sustava, ostavila je graffiti umjetnika TEMPT-a paraliziranog od glave do pete, te je bio prisiljen komunicirati treptaj po treptaj. U dojmljivom govoru na TEDActive-u, poduzetnik Mick Ebeling podijelio je s nama kako su on i njegovi suradnici izradili izum otvorenog koda koji je dao umjetniku -- i daje drugima u sličnoj situaciji -- mogućnost ponovnog bavljenja umjetnošću.
Mick Ebeling - Entrepreneur
Mick Ebeling founded the Not Impossible Foundation, a nonprofit that develops creative solutions to real-world problems. Full bio
Mick Ebeling founded the Not Impossible Foundation, a nonprofit that develops creative solutions to real-world problems. Full bio
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I have had the distinct blessing in my life
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Imao sam poseban blagoslov u životu,
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to have worked on a bunch of amazing projects.
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radio sam na mnoštvu zapanjujućih projekata.
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But the coolest I ever worked on
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Ali najbolji na kojem sam ikad radio
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was around this guy.
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je bio vezan uz ovog tipa.
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This guy's name is TEMPT.
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Njegovo ime je TEMPT
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TEMPT was one of the foremost graffiti artists in the 80s.
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TEMPT je bio jedan od najistaknutijih graffiti umjetnika u 80ima.
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And he came up home from a run one day
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Došao je kući poslije trčanja jednog dana
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and said, "Dad, my legs are tingling."
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i rekao, "Tata, kroz noge mi prolaze trnci."
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And that was the onset of ALS.
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I to je bio početak ALS-a.
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So TEMPT is now completely paralyzed.
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TEMPT je sada potpuno paraliziran.
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He only has use of his eyes.
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Može samo koristiti svoje oči.
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I was exposed to him.
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I susreo sam se s njim.
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I have a company that does design and animation,
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Vlasnik sam tvrtke koja se bavi dizajnom i animacijom,
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so obviously graffiti is definitely an intricate part
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tako da su graffiti definitivno zamršen dio
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of what we admire and respect in the art world.
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onoga čemu se divimo i što poštujemo u svijetu umjetnosti.
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And so we decided that we were going to sponsor
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I tako smo odlučili da ćemo sponzorirati
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Tony, TEMPT, and his cause.
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Tonya, TEMPT-a, i njegov cilj.
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So I went and met with his brother and father
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Otišao sam i upoznao njegovog brata i oca
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and said, "We're going to give you this money.
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i rekao, "Dat ćemo vam ovaj novac.
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What are you going to do with it?"
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Što ćete učiniti s njim?"
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And his brother said, "I just want to be able to talk to Tony again.
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I njegov brat je rekao, "Samo želim ponovno razgovarati s Tonyem.
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I just want to be able to communicate with him
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Samo želim biti u mogućnosti ponovno komunicirati s njim
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and him to be able to communicate with me."
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i da on može komunicirati sa mnom."
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And I said, "Wait a second, isn't that -- I've seen Stephen Hawking --
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I ja sam rekao, "Čekaj malo, nije li to -- vidio sam Stephena Hawkinga --
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don't all paralyzed people have the ability to communicate
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nemaju li svi paralizirani ljudi mogućnost komunikacije
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via these devices?"
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putem ovih uređaja?"
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And he said, "No, unless you're in the upper echelon and
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A on je rekao, "Ne, ukoliko nisi bogat,
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you've got really amazing insurance,
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imaš stvarno nevjerojatno zdravstveno osiguranje,
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you can't actually do that.
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ne možeš to ostvariti.
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These devices aren't accessible to people."
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Ovi uređaji nisu dostupni ljudima."
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And I said, "Well, how do you actually communicate?"
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Rekao sam, "Dobro, kako zapravo komunicirate?"
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Has everyone seen the movie "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly?"
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Jesu li svi vidjeli film "Ronilačko zvono i leptir"?
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That's how they communicate --
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Tako komuniciraju --
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so run their finger along.
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pomiču prst uz slova abecede.
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I said, "That's archaic. How can that be?"
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Rekao sam, "To je zastarjelo. Kako je to moguće?"
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So I showed up with the desire to just write a check,
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Pojavio sam se s željom da jednostavno ispišem ček,
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and instead, I wrote a check
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a umjesto toga, ispisao sam ček
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that I had no freaking idea how I was going to cash.
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za koji nisam imao blage veze kako ću ga unovčiti.
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I committed to his brother and his father right then and there --
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Obvezao sam se njegovom bratu i ocu u tom trenutku, na tom mjestu --
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I'm like, "All right, here's the deal:
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rekao sam im, "U redu, ovako stoje stvari:
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Tony's going to speak, we're going to get him a machine,
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Tony će progovoriti, nabavit ćemo mu uređaj,
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and we're going to figure out a way for him to do his art again.
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i osmislit ćemo kako mu omogućiti da se ponovno bavi umjetnošću.
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Because it's a travesty that someone who still has all of that in him
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Zato što je smiješno da netko tko još uvijek ima sve to u sebi
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isn't able to communicate it."
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nije u mogućnosti to izraziti."
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So I spoke at a conference a couple months after that.
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Tako sam govorio na konferenciji par mjeseci nakon toga.
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I met these guys called GRL,
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i upoznao dečke koji se nazivaju GRL,
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Graffiti Research Lab,
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"Laboratorij za istraživanje graffita",
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and they have a technology
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i oni imaju tehnologiju
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that allows them to project a light onto any surface
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koja im dopušta da projiciraju svjetlost na bilo koju površinu
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and then, with a laser pointer, draw on it,
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i crtaju po njoj laserskim pokazivačem,
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and it just registers the negative space.
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koji bilježi samo negativni prostor.
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So they go around and do art installations like this.
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Tako oni putuju i rade ovakve umjetničke instalacije.
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All the things that go up there, they said there's a life cycle.
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Sve stvari koje projiciraju na taj način imaju svoj životni ciklus.
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First it starts with the sexual organs,
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Prvo započinje s reproduktivnim organima,
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then it starts with cuss words,
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zatim počinju psovke,
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then it was Bush slanders
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nakon toga dolazi ogovaranje Busha
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and then people actually got to art.
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i nakon toga ljudi zapravo dolaze do umjetnosti.
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But there was always a life cycle to their presentations.
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Ali uvijek je postojao životni ciklus u njihovim prezentacijama.
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So I went home and was having dinner with my wife
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Došao sam kući i večerao sa ženom,
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and was telling her about this,
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govoreći joj o tome,
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and we were like, "Well wait a second. If we know that this technology exists
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i onda smo shvatili, "Čekaj malo, ako znamo da postoji ovakva tehnologija
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where you can use your eyes to control things,
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koja dozvoljava da koristiš oči kako bi upravljao stvarima,
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why don't we figure out a way for TEMPT to control a laser
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zašto ne pokušamo pronaći način da TEMPT upravlja laserom
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and he could do graf again? Well that would be awesome."
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i onda bi mogao ponovno crtati graffite, pa to bi bilo sjajno."
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So that started the journey.
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I tako je započelo putovanje.
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And about two years later, about a year later,
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I nakon dvije godine, godinu dana nakon ovih događaja,
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after a bunch of organization
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nakon puno organizacije
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and a bunch of moving things around,
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i puno premještanja raznih stvari,
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we'd accomplished a couple things.
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postigli smo određene uspjehe.
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One, we battered down the doors of the insurance companies,
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Prvo, srušili smo vrata osiguravajućih kuća,
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and we actually got TEMPT a machine
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i zaista nabavili TEMPT-u uređaj
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that let him communicate -- a Stephen Hawking machine.
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koji mu omogućuje komuniciranje -- stroj Stephena Hawkinga.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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Which was awesome.
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Što je odlično.
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And he's seriously one of the funniest -- I call him Yoda,
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I on je ozbiljno jedan od najzabavnijih -- zovem ga Yoda,
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because you talk to the guy, you get an email from him,
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jer razgovaraš s njim, dobiješ email od njega,
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and you're like, "I'm not worthy. This guy's so amazing."
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i dođeš do zaključka, "Nisam dostojan ovoga. Ovaj momak je zaista nevjerojatan."
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The other thing we did
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Druga stvar koju smo učinili je
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is we flew seven programmers from all over the world --
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ta da smo okupili sedam programera iz cijelog svijeta --
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literally every corner of the world --
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doslovno iz svakog kutka svijeta --
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into our house.
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u našem domu.
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My wife and kids and I moved to our back garage,
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Moja žena, djeca i ja preselili smo se u našu garažu,
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and these hackers and programmers
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i ovi hakeri i programeri
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and conspiracy theorists and anarchists took over our house.
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i teoretičari zavjere i anarhisti preuzeli su našu kuću.
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A lot of our friends thought we were absolutely stupid to do that
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Mnogi naši prijatelji su nas smatrali ludima što smo to učinili
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and that we were going to come back
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i vjerovali su da će kada se vratimo
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and all the pictures on the wall would be removed and graf on the walls.
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sve slike sa zidova biti uklonjene i da će zidovi biti išarani.
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But for over two weeks,
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Ali kroz dva tjedna,
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we programmed,
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mi smo programirali,
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we went to the Venice boardwalk,
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išli smo na šetalište Venice,
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my kids got involved,
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moja djeca su se uključila u rad,
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my dog got involved,
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moj pas se uključio,
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and we created this.
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i stvorili smo ovo.
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This is called the EyeWriter,
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Ovo se zove EyeWriter,
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and you can see the description.
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i kao što možete vidjeti u opisu.
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This is a cheap pair of sunglasses
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Ovo je jeftin par sunčanih naočala
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that we bought at the Venice Beach boardwalk,
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koje smo kupili na šetalištu Venice Beach,
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some copper wire
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malo bakrene žice
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and some stuff from Home Depot and Radio Shack.
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i neke stvari iz trgovina elektroničkom opremom.
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We took a PS3 camera, hacked it open,
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Uzeli smo kameru za PlayStation3, rastavili ju,
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mounted it to an LED light,
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montirali ju na LED svjetiljku,
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and now there's a device that is free --
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i sada imate uređaj koji je besplatan --
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you build this yourself, we publish the code for free,
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napravite ga sami, objavili smo kod besplatno,
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you download the software for free.
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i softver se skine besplatno.
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And now we've created a device
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I sada smo kreirali uređaj
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that has absolutely no limitations.
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koji nema nikakvih ograničenja.
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There's no insurance company that can say "No."
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Nema osiguravajuće tvrtke koja može reći "ne".
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There's no hospital that can say "No."
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Nema bolnice koja može reći "ne".
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Anybody who's paralyzed now has access
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Tko god je paraliziran sada ima mogućnost
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to actually draw or communicate using only their eyes.
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zaista crtati ili komunicirati koristeći samo svoje oči.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
04:38
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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Thank you guys very much. That was awesome.
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Hvala vam jako puno momci. To je bilo odlično.
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So at the end of the two weeks,
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Na kraju ta dva tjedna,
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we went back to TEMPT's room.
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vratili smo se u TEMPT-ovu sobu.
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I love this picture, because this is someone else's room
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Volim ovu sliku, jer ovo je soba nekog drugog
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and that's his room.
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i ovo je njegova soba.
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So there's all this hustle and bustle going on for the big unveiling.
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Tako da je tu zbrka i strka oko velikog predstavljanja.
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And after over a year of planning,
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I nakon više od godinu dana planiranja,
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two weeks of programming,
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dva tjedna programiranja,
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carb-fest and all-night sessions,
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hrane bogate ugljikohidratima i cjelonoćnih zasjedanja,
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Tony drew again for the first time in seven years.
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Tony je ponovno crtao, prvi put nakon sedam godina.
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And this is an amazing picture,
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I ovo je zapanjujuća slika,
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because this is his life support system,
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jer ovo je njegov sustav za održavanje na životu,
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and he's looking over his life support system.
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i on gleda preko njega.
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We kicked his bed so that he could see out.
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Pomaknuli smo njegov krevet kako bi mogao vidjeti van.
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And we set up a projector
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I postavili smo projektor
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on a wall out in the parking lot outside of his hospital.
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na zidu parkirališta ispred njegove bolnice.
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And he drew again for the first time,
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I on je crtao ponovno prvi put,
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in front of his family and friends --
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pred svojom obitelji i prijateljima --
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and you can only imagine
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i možete samo zamisliti
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what the feeling in the parking lot was.
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kakvi su osjećaji bili na parkiralištu.
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The funny thing was, we had to break into the parking lot too,
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Smiješno je to što smo morali provaliti na parkiralište,
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so we totally felt like we were legit in the whole graf scene too.
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tako da smo se osjećali potpuno autentično kao dio graffiti scene.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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So at the end of this, he sent us an email,
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I na kraju svega toga, poslao nam je e-poštu,
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and this is what the email said:
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i evo što je pisalo u e-pošti:
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"That was the first time I've drawn anything for seven years.
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"To je prvi put da sam išta nacrtao nakon sedam godina.
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I feel like I had been held underwater,
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Osjećam se kao da su me držali pod vodom,
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and someone finally reached down
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i da je netko napokon posegnuo dolje
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and pulled my head up so I could breathe."
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i izvukao mi glavu da mogu disati."
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Isn't that awesome?
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Nije li to fenomenalno.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
05:56
So that's kind of our battle cry.
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To je na neki način naš borbeni poklič.
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That's what keeps us going and keeps us developing.
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To je ono što nas pokreće i što nas potiče da razvijamo.
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And we've got such a long way to go with this.
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I imamo tako puno posla s ovim.
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This is an amazing device,
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Ovo je zadivljujuć uređaj,
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but it's the equivalent of an Etch A Sketch.
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ali je to ekvivalent dječje igračke za crtanje.
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And someone who has that kind of artistic potential deserves so much more.
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I netko tko ima toliki umjetnički potencijal zaslužuje puno više.
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So we're in the process of trying to figure out
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Tako da pokušavamo otkriti
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how to make it better, faster, stronger.
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kako ga učiniti boljim, bržim, jačim.
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Since that time, we've had all kinds of acknowledgment.
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Od tada, dobili smo mnoga priznanja.
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We've won a bunch of awards.
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Osvojili smo mnoštvo nagrada.
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Remember, it's free; none of us are making any money on this thing.
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Upamtite, ovo je besplatno, nitko od nas ne zarađuje na ovome.
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It's all coming out of our own pockets.
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Sve sami plaćamo.
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So the awards were like, "Oh, this is fantastic."
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Tako da su nagrade govorile, "O, pa ovo je fantastično."
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Armstrong Twittered about us,
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Armstong je pisao na svom Twitter profilu o nama,
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and then in December, Time magazine honored us
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i u prosincu, časopis Time odao nam je počast
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as one of the top 50 inventions of 2010, which was really cool.
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proglasivši nas jednim od top 50 izuma u 2010., što je bilo zaista sjajno.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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The coolest thing about this --
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Najbolja stvar kod ovoga je --
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and this is what's completing the whole circle --
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i to je ono što zatvara cijeli krug --
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is that in April of this year,
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da će u travnju ove godine,
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at the Geffen MOCA in downtown Los Angeles,
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u muzeju suvremene umjetnosti Geffen u Los Angelesu,
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there's going to be an exhibition called "Art of the Streets."
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biti postavljena izložba pod nazivom "Umjetnost ulica".
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And "Art of the Streets" is going to have
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I "Umjetnost ulica" predstavit će
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pretty much the bad-asses of the street art scene --
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sve glavne face ulične umjetnosti --
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Banksy, Shepard Fairey, KAWS --
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Banksy, Shepard Fairey, CAWs --
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all of these guys will be there.
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svi ti dečki će biti tamo.
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TEMPT's going to be in the show,
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TEMPT će sudjelovati u izložbi,
06:57
which is pretty awesome.
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što je zaista divno.
06:59
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
07:01
So basically this is my point:
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Ovo je moja pouka:
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If you see something that's not possible,
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Ako vidite nešto što je nemoguće,
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make it possible.
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učinite to mogućim.
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Everything in this room wasn't possible --
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Sve u ovoj sobi nije bilo moguće --
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this stage, this computer, this mic, the EyeWriter --
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ova pozornica, ovo računalo, ovaj mikrofon, EyeWriter --
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wasn't possible at one point.
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sve to nije bilo moguće u jednom trenutku.
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Make it possible, everyone in this room.
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Učinite mogućim -- svi u ovoj sobi.
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I'm not a programmer,
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Nisam programer,
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never done anything with ocular recognition technology,
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nikad nisam radio ništa s tehnologijom očnog prepoznavanja,
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but I just recognized something and associated myself with amazing people
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ali sam jednostavno prepoznao nešto i povezao se sa zadivljujućim ljudima
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so that we could make something happen.
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kako bismo učinili da se nešto dogodi.
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And this is the question I want everyone to ask yourself
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I ovo je pitanje koje želim da si svatko od vas postavi
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every single day
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svaki dan
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when you come up with something you feel that needs to be done:
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kada nađete nešto za što mislite da se treba napraviti.
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if not now, then when? And if not me, then who?
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Ako ne sada, onda kada? I ako ne ja, onda tko?
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Thank you guys.
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Hvala vam ljudi.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mick Ebeling - EntrepreneurMick Ebeling founded the Not Impossible Foundation, a nonprofit that develops creative solutions to real-world problems.
Why you should listen
Raised in a family of entrepreneurs and philanthropists, Mick Ebeling is founder of the Not Impossible Foundation, an organization comprised of thinkers, dreamers, and doers, with a mission to take ideas that once seemed impossible to possible, when the right people are connected and empowered.
After befriending ALS patient and renowned street artist Tempt, he and a team of programmers, hackers, artists and inventors developed the EyeWriter -- a low-cost eye-tracking device that allows artists with the nerve disease ALS to draw using only their eyes. Through his latest initiative, Project Daniel, he helped create a 3D-printed prosthetic lab in Sudan. His new book is Not Impossible: The Art and Joy of Doing What Couldn't Be Done.
He is also the founder of The Ebeling Group, an international production company and creative think tank, representing some of the world's leading design and directing collectives.
He says: "If not now, then when? If not me, then who?"
Mick Ebeling | Speaker | TED.com