TEDGlobal 2012
Neil Harbisson: I listen to color
Neil Harbisson: Ja slušam boje
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Umjetnik Neil Harbisson rođen je potpuno slijep za boje, ali trenutno je na njegovu glavu priključena naprava koja pretvara boje u čujne frekvencije. Umjesto da gleda svijet u nijansama sive, Harbisson može čuti simfoniju boja - i da, čak slušati lica i slike.
Neil Harbisson - Sonochromatic Cyborg Artist
Neil Harbisson's "eyeborg" allows him to hear colors, even those beyond the range of sight. Full bio
Neil Harbisson's "eyeborg" allows him to hear colors, even those beyond the range of sight. Full bio
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00:16
Well, I was born with a rare visual condition
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Rođen sam s rijetkim vizualnim poremećajem
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called achromatopsia, which is total color blindness,
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koji se naziva akromatopsija, što je potpuna sljepoća za boje,
00:23
so I've never seen color,
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nikada nisam vidio boju
00:25
and I don't know what color looks like,
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i ne znam kako boja izgleda
00:28
because I come from a grayscale world.
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zato što dolazim iz svijeta nijansi sive.
00:31
To me, the sky is always gray,
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Za mene je nebo uvijek sivo,
00:33
flowers are always gray,
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cvijeće je uvijek sivo,
00:35
and television is still in black and white.
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a televizija je i dalje crno-bijela.
00:37
But, since the age of 21,
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Međutim, od svoje 21. godine,
00:40
instead of seeing color, I can hear color.
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umjesto da vidim boje, ja ih čujem.
00:44
In 2003, I started a project
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2003. godine sam započeo projekt
00:47
with computer scientist Adam Montandon,
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s računalnim znanstvenikom Adamom Montandom,
00:49
and the result, with further collaborations
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a rezultat je uz daljnju suradnju
00:53
with Peter Kese from Slovenia
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s Peterom Keseom iz Slovenije
00:55
and Matias Lizana from Barcelona,
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i Matiasom Lizanom iz Barcelone,
00:58
is this electronic eye.
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ovo elektroničko oko.
01:00
It's a color sensor that detects
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To je senzor za boje koji otkriva
01:02
the color frequency in front of me — (Frequency sounds) —
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frekvenciju boje ispred mene - (zvuk frekvencije) -
01:06
and sends this frequency to a chip installed
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i šalje te frekvencije u čip postavljen
01:08
at the back of my head, and I hear the color in front of me
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na moj zatiljak, tako da čujem boje ispred sebe
01:11
through the bone, through bone conduction.
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kroz kosti, kroz kondukciju kostima.
01:14
(Frequency sounds) So, for example, if I have, like —
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(Zvuk frekvencije) Dakle, na primjer, imate ovo -
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This is the sound of purple. (Frequency sounds)
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ovo je zvuk ljubičaste. (Zvuk frekvencije)
01:24
For example, this is the sound of grass. (Frequency sounds)
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Ovo je zvuk boje trave. (Zvuk frekvencije)
01:32
This is red, like TED. (Frequency sounds)
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– ovo je crveno, kao TED. (Zvuk frekvencije)
01:34
This is the sound of a dirty sock. (Laughter)
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Ovo je zvuk prljave čarape. (Smijeh)
01:38
Which is like yellow, this one.
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Što je kao žuta, ova.
01:40
So I've been hearing color all the time for eight years,
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Slušam boje cijelo vrijeme već osam godina,
01:44
since 2004, so I find it completely normal now
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od 2004. pa mi je potpuno normalno
01:47
to hear color all the time.
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da sada stalno čujem boje.
01:49
At the start, though, I had to memorize the names you give
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U početku sam morao zapamtiti imena koja se daju
01:53
for each color, so I had to memorize the notes,
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svakoj boji, morao sam zapamtiti zabilješke,
01:56
but after some time, all this information
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ali nakon nekog vremena, sve su te informacije
01:58
became a perception.
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postale percepcija.
02:00
I didn't have to think about the notes.
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Nisam više morao misliti o bilješkama.
02:02
And after some time, this perception became a feeling.
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Nakon nekog vremena percepcija je postala osjećaj.
02:04
I started to have favorite colors,
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Počeo sam imati omiljene boje
02:06
and I started to dream in colors.
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i počeo sam sanjati u boji.
02:08
So, when I started to dream in color is when I felt
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Kada sam počeo sanjati u bojama, tada sam osjetio
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that the software and my brain had united,
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da su se softver i moj mozak ujedinili,
02:15
because in my dreams, it was my brain creating
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zato što u snovima moj mozak stvara
02:18
electronic sounds. It wasn't the software,
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elektroničke zvukove, ne softver.
02:20
so that's when I started to feel like a cyborg.
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Tada sam se počeo osjećati kao kiborg.
02:24
It's when I started to feel that the cybernetic device
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Tada sam počeo osjećati da kibernetička naprava
02:27
was no longer a device.
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nije više naprava.
02:29
It had become a part of my body,
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Postala je dio mog tijela,
02:32
an extension of my senses,
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produžetak mojih osjetila,
02:34
and after some time, it even became a part
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te nakon nekog vremena, postala je i dio
02:37
of my official image.
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moje službene slike.
02:40
This is my passport from 2004.
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Ovo je moja putovnica iz 2004. godine.
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You're not allowed to appear on U.K. passports
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Na putovnicama Ujedinjenog Kraljevstva
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with electronic equipment, but I insisted
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ne smijete se slikati s elektroničkom opremom,
02:48
to the passport office that what they were seeing
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ali u uredu za putovnice inzistirao sam da je ono što vide
02:51
was actually a new part of my body,
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zapravo novi dio mog tijela,
02:53
an extension of my brain, and they finally accepted me
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produžetak mog mozga i napokon su prihvatili
02:57
to appear with the passport photo.
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da se pojavim na slikama za putovnicu.
02:59
So, life has changed dramatically since I hear color,
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Dakle, život se dramatično promijenio otkako čujem boje,
03:03
because color is almost everywhere,
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jer boje su gotovo posvuda,
03:05
so the biggest change for example is
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tako je jedna od najvećih promjena
03:08
going to an art gallery, I can listen to a Picasso,
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bila otići u umjetničku galeriju - mogu čuti Picassa,
03:13
for example. So it's like I'm going to a concert hall,
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na primjer.
03:16
because I can listen to the paintings.
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Dakle to je kao da odlazim u koncertnu dvoranu jer mogu čuti slike.
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And supermarkets, I find this is very shocking,
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I supermarketi su mi jako šokantni,
03:20
it's very, very attractive to walk along a supermarket.
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vrlo je privlačno hodati supermarketom.
03:23
It's like going to a nightclub.
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Slično je odlasku u noćni klub.
03:25
It's full of different melodies. (Laughter) Yeah.
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Sve je puno različitih melodija. (Smijeh) Da.
03:28
Especially the aisle with cleaning products.
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Posebno police s proizvodima za čišćenje.
03:30
It's just fabulous. (Laughter)
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Jednostavno sjajno. (Smijeh)
03:33
Also, the way I dress has changed.
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Također, način na koji se oblačim se promijenio.
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Before, I used to dress in a way that it looked good.
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Prije sam se oblačio tako da izgleda dobro.
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Now I dress in a way that it sounds good. (Laughter)
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Sada se oblačim tako da zvuči dobro. (Smijeh)
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
03:48
So today I'm dressed in C major,
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Danas sam obučen u C-duru,
03:51
so it's quite a happy chord. (Laughter)
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što je poprilično sretan akord. (Smijeh)
03:54
If I had to go to a funeral, though,
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Ako bih morao ići na pogreb,
03:56
I would dress in B minor, which would be
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obukao bih se u B-mol, što bi bilo
03:58
turquoise, purple and orange. (Laughter)
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tirkizna, ljubičasta i narančasta. (Smijeh)
04:07
Also, food, the way I look at food has changed,
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Također, hrana, promijenio se način na koji gledam hranu
04:11
because now I can display the food on a plate,
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jer sada mogu izložiti hranu na tanjuru
04:15
so I can eat my favorite song. (Laughter)
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i mogu jesti svoju najdražu pjesmu. (Smijeh)
04:18
So depending on how I display it,
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Dakle, ovisno o tome kako ju izložim,
04:19
I can hear and I can compose music with food.
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mogu čuti i skladati glazbu hranom.
04:22
So imagine a restaurant where we can have, like,
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Zamislite restoran gdje možete imati, recimo,
04:25
Lady Gaga salads as starters. (Laughter) I mean,
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Lady Gaga salatu kao predjelo. (Smijeh)
04:28
this would get teenagers to eat their vegetables, probably.
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Mislim, to bi vjerojatno navelo tinejdžere da jedu povrće.
04:31
And also, some Rachmaninov piano concertos
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Također, Rachmaninov piano koncert
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as main dishes, and some Bjork or Madonna desserts,
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kao glavno jelo, malo Bjork ili Madonne za desert,
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that would be a very exciting restaurant
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bio bi to vrlo uzbudljiv restoran
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where you can actually eat songs.
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u kojem biste mogli jesti pjesme.
04:43
Also, the way I perceive beauty has changed,
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Način na koji vidim ljepotu se također promijenio.
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because when I look at someone, I hear their face,
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Kada vidim nekoga, čujem njihovo lice,
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so someone might look very beautiful but sound terrible.
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tako netko može izgledati vrlo lijepo, ali zvučati užasno.
04:57
(Laughter) And it might happen the opposite,
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(Smijeh) A može se dogoditi i obrnuto.
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the other way around. So I really enjoy creating, like,
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Tako uživam u stvaranju
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sound portraits of people.
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zvučnih portreta ljudi.
05:03
Instead of drawing someone's face, like drawing the shape,
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Umjesto da crtam nečije lice, crtam oblike,
05:07
I point at them with the eye and I write down
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uperim u njih oko i zapišem
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the different notes I hear, and then I create sound portraits.
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različite note koje čujem, te potom stvaram zvučne portrete.
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Here's some faces.
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Evo nekih lica.
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(Musical chords)
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(Glazbeni akord)
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Yeah, Nicole Kidman sounds good. (Laughter)
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Da, Nicole Kidman zvuči dobro. (Smijeh)
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Some people, I would never relate, but they sound similar.
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Neke ljudi nikada ne bih povezao, ali zvuče slično.
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Prince Charles has some similarities with Nicole Kidman.
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Princ Charles ima sličnosti s Nicole Kidman.
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They have similar sound of eyes.
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Imaju sličan zvuk očiju.
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So you relate people that you wouldn't relate,
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Ako možete povezati ljude koje inače ne biste povezali,
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and you can actually also create concerts
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možete skladati koncerte
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by looking at the audience faces.
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samo gledajući u lica publike.
05:48
So I connect the eye, and then I play the audience's faces.
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Spojim oko i onda sviram lica publike.
05:51
The good thing about this is,
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Dobra stvar u tome jest,
05:53
if the concert doesn't sound good, it's their fault.
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ako koncert zvuči loše, krivnja je njihova.
05:56
It's not my fault, because — (Laughter)
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Nije moja krivnja, zato što - (Smijeh)
05:58
And so another thing that happens is that
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Još jedna stvar koja mi se počela događati
06:02
I started having this secondary effect
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jest sekundarni efekt
06:05
that normal sounds started to become color.
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normalnih zvukova koji su počeli dobivati boju.
06:09
I heard a telephone tone, and it felt green
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Čujem zvuk telefona i osjećam ga zeleno,
06:12
because it sounded just like the color green.
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jer zvuči baš kao zelena boja.
06:15
The BBC beeps, they sound turquoise,
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Zvuk najave BBC-a zvuči tirkizno,
06:18
and listening to Mozart became a yellow experience,
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a slušanje Mozarta postalo je žuto iskustvo.
06:21
so I started to paint music and paint people's voices,
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Tako sam počeo slikati glazbu i ljudske glasove,
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because people's voices have frequencies
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zato što glasovi ljudi imaju frekvencije
06:28
that I relate to color.
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koje ja povezujem s bojama.
06:29
And here's some music translated into color.
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Evo neke glazbe prevedene u boje.
06:34
For example, Mozart, "Queen of the Night," looks like this.
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Na primjer, Mozartova „Kraljica noći“ izgleda ovako.
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(Music) Very yellow and very colorful,
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(Glazba) Vrlo žuto i raznobojno,
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because there's many different frequencies.
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zato što ima puno raznih frekvencija.
06:44
(Music)
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(Glazba)
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And this is a completely different song.
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A ovo je potpuno drugačija pjesma.
06:50
(Music) It's Justin Bieber's "Baby." (Laughter)
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(Glazba) To je „Baby“ Justina Biebera. (Smijeh)
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(Music)
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(Glazba)
06:56
It is very pink and very yellow.
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Jako je ružičasta i jako žuta.
06:59
So, also voices, I can transform speeches into color,
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Jednako kao glasove i govore mogu prevesti u boje.
07:06
for example, these are two very well-known speeches.
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Na primjer, ovo su dva vrlo poznata govora.
07:10
One of them is Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream,"
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Jedan je „Imam san“ Marthina Luthera Kinga,
07:14
and the other one is Hitler.
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a drugi je Hitler.
07:15
And I like to exhibit these paintings in the exhibition halls
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Volim pokazivati ove slike u izložbenim dvoranama
07:18
without labels, and then I ask people,
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bez oznaka i pitati ljude:
07:21
"Which one do you prefer?"
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„Koji vam je draži?“
07:23
And most people change their preference
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Većina ljudi promijeni mišljenje
07:25
when I tell them that the one on the left is Hitler
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kada im kažem da je lijeva Hitler,
07:28
and the one on the right is Martin Luther King.
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a desna Marthin Luther King.
07:31
So I got to a point when I was able to perceive 360 colors,
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Došao sam do točke kada sam mogao razlikovati 360 boja,
07:37
just like human vision.
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baš kao ljudski vid.
07:39
I was able to differentiate all the degrees of the color wheel.
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Mogao sam razlikovati sve stupnjeve kromatskog spektra.
07:42
But then, I just thought that
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Ali onda sam pomislio da
07:44
this human vision wasn't good enough.
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ljudski vid nije dovoljno dobar.
07:47
There's many, many more colors around us
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Postoji mnogo, mnogo boja oko nas
07:50
that we cannot perceive,
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koje ne možemo raspoznati,
07:51
but that electronic eyes can perceive.
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ali elektroničko oko može.
07:53
So I decided to continue extending my color senses,
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Stoga sam odlučio nastaviti proširivati svoj osjet boje,
07:57
and I added infrared and I added ultraviolet
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te sam dodao infracrveno i ultraljubičasto
08:01
to the color-to-sound scale, so now I can hear colors
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u svoju boja-u-zvuk skalu.
08:05
that the human eye cannot perceive.
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Sada mogu čuti boje koje ljudsko oko ne može primijetiti.
08:07
For example, perceiving infrared is good because you can
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Na primjer, uočavanje infracrvene je dobro jer zapravo mogu
08:10
actually detect if there's movement detectors in a room.
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otkriti postoje li detektori pokreta u sobi.
08:14
I can hear if someone points at me with a remote control.
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Mogu čuti ako netko uperi u mene daljinski upravljač.
08:18
And the good thing about perceiving ultraviolet is that
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Dobra stvar u uočavanju ultraljubičaste
08:21
you can hear if it's a good day or a bad day to sunbathe,
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jest da mogu vidjeti je li dobar ili loš dan za sunčanje,
08:26
because ultraviolet is a dangerous color,
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jer ultraljubičasta je opasna boja,
08:28
a color that can actually kill us, so I think we should all have this wish
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boja koja nas doslovno može ubiti, pa mislim da bi svi trebali željeti
08:32
to perceive things that we cannot perceive.
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zamjećivati stvari koje ne zamjećujemo.
08:35
That's why, two years ago,
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Zato sam prije dvije godine
08:37
I created the Cyborg Foundation,
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stvorio Cyborg Fundation,
08:38
which is a foundation that tries to help people
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zakladu koja pokušava pomoći ljudima
08:41
become a cyborg, tries to encourage people
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da postanu kiborg,
08:44
to extend their senses
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pokušava potaknuti ljude da prošire svoje osjete
08:45
by using technology as part of the body.
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korištenjem tehnologije kao dijelom svoga tijela.
08:48
We should all think that knowledge comes from our senses,
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Svi smatramo da znanje dolazi iz osjeta,
08:52
so if we extend our senses,
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dakle ako proširimo svoje osjete,
08:54
we will consequently extend our knowledge.
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moći ćemo proširiti i svoje znanje.
08:57
I think life will be much more exciting
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Mislim da će život biti puno uzbudljiviji
09:00
when we stop creating applications for mobile phones
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kada budemo prestali stvarati aplikacije za mobitele
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and we start creating applications for our own body.
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i počnemo stvarati aplikacije za svoja tijela.
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I think this will be a big, big change
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Mislim da će ovo biti velika, velika promjena
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that we will see during this century.
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koju ćemo vidjeti tijekom ovog stoljeća.
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So I do encourage you all to think about which senses
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Stoga vas potičem da razmislite koje biste osjete
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you'd like to extend.
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voljeli proširiti.
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I would encourage you to become a cyborg.
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Potičem vas da postanete kiborg.
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You won't be alone. Thank you. (Applause)
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Nećete u tome biti sami. Hvala. (Pljesak)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Neil Harbisson - Sonochromatic Cyborg ArtistNeil Harbisson's "eyeborg" allows him to hear colors, even those beyond the range of sight.
Why you should listen
Born with the inability to see color, Neil Harbisson wears a prosthetic device — he calls it an "eyeborg" — that allows him to hear the spectrum, even those colors beyond the range of human sight. His unique experience of color informs his artwork — which, until he met cyberneticist Adam Montandon at a college lecture, was strictly black-and-white. By working with Montandon, and later with Peter Kese, Harbisson helped design a lightweight eyepiece that he wears on his forehead that transposes the light frequencies of color hues into sound frequencies.
Harbisson's artwork blurs the boundaries between sight and sound. In his Sound Portraits series, he listens to the colors of faces to create a microtonal chord. In the City Colours project, he expresses the capital cities of Europe in two colors (Monaco is azure and salmon pink; Bratislava yellow and turquoise).
Neil Harbisson | Speaker | TED.com