ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Greg Gage - Neuroscientist
TED Fellow Greg Gage helps kids investigate the neuroscience in their own backyards.

Why you should listen

As half of Backyard Brains, neuroscientist and engineer Greg Gage builds the SpikerBox -- a small rig that helps kids understand the electrical impulses that control the nervous system. He's passionate about helping students understand (viscerally) how our brains and our neurons work, because, as he said onstage at TED2012, we still know very little about how the brain works -- and we need to start inspiring kids early to want to know more.

Before becoming a neuroscientist, Gage worked as an electrical engineer making touchscreens. As he told the Huffington Post: "Scientific equipment in general is pretty expensive, but it's silly because before [getting my PhD in neuroscience] I was an electrical engineer, and you could see that you could make it yourself. So we started as a way to have fun, to show off to our colleagues, but we were also going into classrooms around that time and we thought, wouldn't it be cool if you could bring these gadgets with us so the stuff we were doing in advanced Ph.D. programs in neuroscience, you could also do in fifth grade?" His latest pieces of gear: the Roboroach, a cockroach fitted with an electric backpack that makes it turn on command, and BYB SmartScope, a smartphone-powered microscope.

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TED2015

Greg Gage: How to control someone else's arm with your brain

Greg Gage: Kako kontrolirati nečiju ruku vašim mozgom

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Greg Gage ima misiju učiniti znanost o mozgu pristupačnu svima. U ovoj zabavnoj i pomalo jezivoj demontraciji, neuroznanstvenik i TED Senior Fellow koristi jednostavan "uradi sam" set kako bi oduzeo slobodnu volju jednom članu publike. Ovo nije mađioničarski trik, već zaista funkcionira. Jednostavno morate vidjeti da biste vjerovali.
- Neuroscientist
TED Fellow Greg Gage helps kids investigate the neuroscience in their own backyards. Full bio

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00:14
The brainmozak is an amazingnevjerojatan and complexkompleks organorgulje.
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Mozak je čudesan i složen organ.
00:17
And while manymnogi people
are fascinatedopčinjen by the brainmozak,
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Iako mozak fascinira mnoge ljude,
00:20
they can't really tell you that much
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ne znaju mnogo
00:21
about the propertiesnekretnine
about how the brainmozak worksdjela
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o tome kako zapravo mozak funkcionira
00:24
because we don't teachučiti
neuroscienceneuroznanost in schoolsškola.
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jer nas ne podučavaju
neuroznanosti u školi.
00:26
And one of the reasonsrazlozi
why is that the equipmentoprema
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Jedan od razloga zašto je oprema
00:28
is so complexkompleks and so expensiveskup
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toliko složena i skupa
00:31
that it's really only doneučinio at majorglavni
universitiessveučilišta and largeveliki institutionsinstitucije.
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jest što se koristi samo na velikim
sveučilištima i velikim institucijama.
00:35
And so in ordernarudžba to be ableu stanju
to accesspristup the brainmozak,
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Kako bismo mogli doći do mozga,
00:37
you really need to dedicateposvetiti your life
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moramo tome posvetiti svoj život
00:39
and spendprovesti sixšest and a halfpola yearsgodina
as a graduatediplomirani studentstudent
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i proći šest i pol godina
diplomskog studija
00:42
just to becomepostati a neuroscientistneuroznanstvenik
to get accesspristup to these toolsalat.
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da postanemo neuroznanstvenici
i dobijemo pristup tim alatima.
00:45
And that's a shamesram
because one out of fivepet of us,
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To je prava šteta s obzirom na to
da će svaka peta osoba ovdje,
00:47
that's 20 percentposto of the entirečitav worldsvijet,
will have a neurologicalneurološki disorderporemećaj.
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to je 20 posto cijelog svijeta,
patiti od nekog neurološkog poremećaja.
00:51
And there are zeronula cureslijekove
for these diseasesoboljenja.
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Nema lijeka za te bolesti.
00:54
And so it seemsčini se that
what we should be doing
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Stoga bismo trebali
00:57
is reachingdostizanje back earlierranije
in the eductionzahtijevao processpostupak
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u ranijem procesu obrazovanja
00:59
and teachingnastava studentsstudenti about neuroscienceneuroznanost
so that in the futurebudućnost,
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podučavati učenike o neuroznanosti
kako bi se oni u budućnosti
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they maysvibanj be thinkingmišljenje about possiblymožda
becomingpostaje a brainmozak scientistnaučnik.
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možda opredijelili za karijeru
neuroznanstvenika.
01:08
When I was a graduatediplomirani studentstudent,
my lablaboratorija matemat u šahu TimTim MarzulloMarzullo and myselfsebe,
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Na diplomskom studiju ja i moj
laboratorijski partner Tim Marzullo,
01:11
decidedodlučio that what if we tookuzeo
this complexkompleks equipmentoprema that we have
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odlučili smo da tu složenu opremu
01:15
for studyingučenje the brainmozak and madenapravljen it simplejednostavan
enoughdovoljno and affordabledostupan enoughdovoljno
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za proučavanje mozga pojednostavimo
i učinimo dovoljno povoljnom
01:19
that anyonebilo tko that you know, an amateuramater
or a highvisok schoolškola studentstudent,
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tako da svatko, laik ili srednjoškolac,
01:22
could learnnaučiti and actuallyzapravo participatesudjelovati
in the discoveryotkriće of neuroscienceneuroznanost.
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može učiti i zaista sudjelovati
u otkriću neuroznanosti.
01:25
And so we did just that.
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Upravo to smo i napravili.
01:27
A fewnekoliko yearsgodina agoprije, we startedpočeo
a companydruštvo calledzvao BackyardDvorištu BrainsMozak
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Prije nekoliko godina, pokrenuli
smo tvrtku Backyard Brains.
01:30
and we make DIYDIY neuroscienceneuroznanost equipmentoprema
and I broughtdonio some here tonightvečeras,
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Radimo neuroznanstvenu opremu po principu
"uradi sam". Nešto od toga sam i donio.
01:34
and I want to do some demonstrationsdemonstracije.
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Htio bih vam demonstrirati nešto.
01:37
You guys want to see some?
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Želite li vidjeti nešto?
01:38
So I need a volunteerdobrovoljac.
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Trebam dobrovoljca.
01:41
So right before -- what is your nameime?
(ApplausePljesak)
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Točno prije -- kako se zovete?
(Pljesak)
01:44
SamSam KellyKelly: SamSam.
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Sam Kelly: Sam.
01:45
GregGreg GageGage: All right, SamSam, I'm going
to recordsnimiti from your brainmozak.
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Greg Gage: U redu, Sam. Snimit ću vam mozak.
01:48
Have you had this before?
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Jeste li ikada ovo radili?
01:49
SKSK: No.
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SK: Ne.
01:50
GGGG: I need you to stickštap out
your armruka for scienceznanost,
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GG: Ispružite ruku za znanost,
01:53
rollsvitak up your sleeverukav a bitbit,
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podignite malo rukav.
01:54
So what I'm going to do,
I'm puttingstavljanje electrodeselektrode on your armruka,
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Postavljam vam elektrode na ruku.
01:57
and you're probablyvjerojatno wonderingpitate,
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Vjerojatno se pitate,
01:59
I just said I'm going to recordsnimiti from your
brainmozak, what am I doing with your armruka?
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što radim s vašom rukom, s obzirom da sam
upravo rekao da ću snimati vaš mozak.
02:02
Well, you have about 80 billionmilijardi neuronsneuroni
insideiznutra your brainmozak right now.
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Imate oko 80 milijardi neurona u mozgu.
02:06
They're sendingslanje electricalelektrična messagesporuke
back and forthdalje, and chemicalkemijski messagesporuke.
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Oni na sve strane šalju
električne i kemijske poruke.
02:09
But some of your neuronsneuroni
right here in your motormotor cortexkorteks
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No neki vaši neuroni ovdje
u motoričkoj moždanoj kori
02:12
are going to sendposlati messagesporuke down
when you movepotez your armruka like this.
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odaslat će poruke dolje
kada ovako pokrenete ruku.
02:15
They're going to go down
acrosspreko your corpuszbirka callosumcallosum,
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One će sići preko žuljevitog tijela,
02:17
down ontona your spinalspinalni cordvrpca
to your lowerdonji motormotor neuronneuron
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i spustiti se leđnom moždinom,
do vaših donjih motoričkih neurona
02:20
out to your musclesmišići here,
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u ovaj mišić.
02:21
and that electricalelektrična dischargeiscjedak
is going to be pickedizabran up
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Taj će živčani impuls zabilježiti
02:24
by these electrodeselektrode right here
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ove elektrode
02:25
and we're going to be ableu stanju to listen
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i moći ćemo čuti
02:27
to exactlytočno what your brainmozak
is going to be doing.
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što točno vaš mozak radi.
02:29
So I'm going to turnskretanje this on for a seconddrugi.
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Uključit ću nakratko ovo.
02:31
Have you ever heardčuo
what your brainmozak soundszvukovi like?
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Jeste li ikada čuli zvuk svoga mozga?
02:34
SKSK: No.
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SK: Ne.
02:35
GGGG: Let's try it out.
So go aheadnaprijed and squeezeiscijediti your handruka.
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GG: Idemo to probati. Stisnite ruku.
02:37
(RumblingHukovima)
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(Tutnjanje)
02:38
So what you're listeningslušanje to,
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Ovo što slušate,
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so this is your motormotor unitsjedinice
happeningdogađa right here.
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ovo se upravo manifestiraju
vaše motoričke jedinice.
02:44
Let's take a look at it as well.
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Pogledajmo i kako to izgleda.
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So I'm going to standstajati over here,
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Stat ću ovdje,
02:49
and I'm going to openotvoren up our appapp here.
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i otvorit ću našu aplikaciju.
02:52
So now I want you to squeezeiscijediti.
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Sada stisnite ruku.
02:53
(RumblingHukovima)
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(Tutnjanje)
02:54
So right here, these are the motormotor unitsjedinice
that are happeningdogađa
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Točno ovdje, ovo su motoričke jedinice
koje se manifestiraju
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from her spinalspinalni cordvrpca
out to her musclemišić right here,
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od njene leđne moždine sve do
ovog njenog mišića.
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and as she's doing it,
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Dok to ona radi,
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you're seeingvidim the electricalelektrična activityaktivnost
that's happeningdogađa here.
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vidite električne impulse
koji ovdje putuju.
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You can even clickklik here
and try to see one of them.
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Možete čak i kliknuti ovdje
i vidjeti jednoga od njih.
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So keep doing it really hardteško.
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Nastavite to raditi snažno.
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So now we'veimamo pausedzastao
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Sada smo se zaustavili
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on one motormotor actionakcijski potentialpotencijal that's
happeningdogađa right now insideiznutra of your brainmozak.
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na jednom potencijalu motoričke radnje
koja se upravo sada odvija u vašem mozgu.
03:13
Do you guys want to see some more?
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Želite li vidjeti još više?
03:15
(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
03:16
That's interestingzanimljiv,
but let's get it better.
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Ovo je zanimljivo, no pokušajmo
to učiniti zanimljivijim.
03:18
I need one more volunteerdobrovoljac.
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Trebam još jednog dobrovoljca.
03:21
What is your nameime, sirgospodine?
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Kako se zovete?
03:24
MiguelMiguel GoncalvesAndré Gonçalves: MiguelMiguel.
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Miguel Goncalves: Miguel.
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GGGG: MiguelMiguel, all right.
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GG: Miguel, uredu.
03:26
You're going to standstajati right here.
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Stajat ćete ovdje.
03:27
So when you're movingkreće your armruka like this,
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Kada pomičete rukom ovako,
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your brainmozak is sendingslanje a signalsignal
down to your musclesmišići right here.
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vaš mozak šalje signal
ovim dolje mišićima.
03:33
I want you to movepotez your armruka as well.
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Htio bih da i vi pomičete ruku.
03:34
So your brainmozak is going to sendposlati
a signalsignal down to your musclesmišići.
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Mozak će vam odaslati signal mišićima.
03:37
And so it turnsokreti out that there is
a nerveživac that's right here
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Ispostavilo se da točno
ovdje postoji živac
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that runsradi up here that innervatesproteže
these threetri fingersprsti,
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koji seže sve do gore i
oživčuje ova tri prsta,
03:44
and it's closeblizu enoughdovoljno to the skinkoža
that we mightmoć be ableu stanju
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a dovoljno je blizu koži da
ga možemo stimulirati.
03:47
to stimulatestimulirati that so that what we can do
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Na taj način možemo
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is copykopirati your brainmozak signalssignali
going out to your handruka
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kopirati vaše moždane signale
koji putuju u vašu ruku
03:52
and injectubrizgati it into your handruka,
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i unijeti ih u vašu ruku,
03:54
so that your handruka will movepotez
when your brainmozak tellsgovori your handruka to movepotez.
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pa će se vaša ruka pomicati onda kada
vaš mozak naloži vašoj ruci da se miče.
03:57
So in a senseosjećaj, she will take away
your freebesplatno will
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To znači da će ona
oduzeti vašu slobodu odlučivanja
04:00
and you will no longerviše have
any controlkontrolirati over this handruka.
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i nećete više imati kontrolu
nad ovom rukom.
04:03
You with me?
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Jeste spremni?
04:05
So I just need to hookkuka you up.
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Moram vas samo priključiti.
04:07
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
04:09
So I'm going to find your ulnarulnarne arterije nerveživac,
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Moram pronaći vaš ulnarni živac,
04:11
whichkoji is probablyvjerojatno right around here.
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koji je vjerojatno ovdje negdje.
04:14
You don't know what you're signingpotpisivanje up for
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Ne znate u što ste se upustili
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when you come up.
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kada dođete na pozornicu.
04:17
So now I'm going to movepotez away
and we're going to plugutikač it in
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Odmaknut ću se i uključiti vas
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to our human-to-humančovjeka na čovjeka interfacesučelje over here.
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na naše međuljudsko sučelje.
04:24
Okay, so SamSam, I want you
to squeezeiscijediti your handruka again.
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Sam, stisnite ponovo svoju ruku.
04:29
Do it again. PerfectSavršen.
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Ponovo. Odlično.
04:31
So now I'm going to hookkuka you up
over here so that you get the --
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Sada ću vas spojiti ovdje.
04:34
It's going to feel
a little bitbit weirdčudan at first,
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Isprva ćete se osjećati malo čudno,
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this is going to feel like a --
(LaughterSmijeh)
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ovo će se činiti kao -- (Smijeh)
04:38
You know, when you loseizgubiti your freebesplatno will,
and someonenetko elsedrugo becomespostaje your agentAgente,
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Kada izgubite slobodnu volju
i netko drugi postane vaš izvršitelj,
04:42
it does feel a bitbit strangečudan.
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to je zaista neobičan osjećaj.
04:44
Now I want you to relaxOpusti se your handruka.
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Sada opustite ruku.
04:46
SamSam, you're with me?
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Sam, jeste li spremni?
04:47
So you're going to squeezeiscijediti.
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Stisnut ćete ruku.
04:48
I'm not going to turnskretanje it on yetjoš,
so go aheadnaprijed and give it a squeezeiscijediti.
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Još neću uključiti program,
pa samo stisnite.
04:52
So now, are you readyspreman, MiguelMiguel?
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Jeste li spremni, Miguel?
04:54
MGMG: ReadySpreman as I'll ever be.
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MG: Spremniji od ovog ne mogu biti.
04:56
GGGG: I've turnedokrenut it on, so go aheadnaprijed
and turnskretanje your handruka.
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GG: Uključio sam ga, slobodno okrenite ruku.
04:59
Do you feel that a little bitbit?
MGMG: NopeNe.
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Osjećate li to malo?
MG: Ne.
05:01
GGGG: Okay, do it again?
MGMG: A little bitbit.
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GG: Uredu. Ponovite.
MG: Malo.
05:03
GGGG: A little bitbit? (LaughterSmijeh)
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GG: Malo? (Smijeh)
05:04
So relaxOpusti se.
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Opustite se.
05:05
So hithit it again.
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Stisnite ponovo.
05:07
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
05:08
Oh, perfectsavršen, perfectsavršen.
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Savršeno!
05:10
So relaxOpusti se, do it again.
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Opustite, stisnite ponovo.
05:12
All right, so right now,
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Uredu, sada upravo
05:14
your brainmozak is controllingkontrolni your armruka
and it's alsotakođer controllingkontrolni his armruka,
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Vaš mozak kontrolira vašu ruku,
a ujedno kontrolira i njegovu ruku.
05:19
so go aheadnaprijed and just do it one more time.
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Slobodno ponovite.
05:21
All right, so it's perfectsavršen. (LaughterSmijeh)
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Savršeno. (Smijeh)
05:23
So now, what would happendogoditi se
if I tookuzeo over my controlkontrolirati of your handruka?
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Što bi se dogodilo da ja preuzmem
kontrolu nad vašom rukom?
05:27
And so, just relaxOpusti se your handruka.
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Opustite ruku.
05:29
What happensdogađa se?
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Što se događa?
05:31
AhAh, nothing.
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Ništa.
05:32
Why not?
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Zašto?
05:34
Because the brainmozak has to do it.
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Zato što je mozak taj
koji mora kontrolirati.
05:35
So you do it again.
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Ponovite.
05:37
All right, that's perfectsavršen.
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Odlično.
05:39
Thank you guys for beingbiće
suchtakav a good sportsport.
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Hvala vam oboje na hrabrosti.
05:42
This is what's happeningdogađa
all acrosspreko the worldsvijet --
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Ovo se događa diljem svijeta
05:44
electrophysiologyelektrofiziologija!
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elektrofiziologija!
05:45
We're going to bringdonijeti on
the neuro-revolutionneuro-revolucija.
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Donijet ćemo neuro-revoluciju.
05:48
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
05:49
(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
Translated by Maja Covic
Reviewed by Ivan Stamenkovic

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Greg Gage - Neuroscientist
TED Fellow Greg Gage helps kids investigate the neuroscience in their own backyards.

Why you should listen

As half of Backyard Brains, neuroscientist and engineer Greg Gage builds the SpikerBox -- a small rig that helps kids understand the electrical impulses that control the nervous system. He's passionate about helping students understand (viscerally) how our brains and our neurons work, because, as he said onstage at TED2012, we still know very little about how the brain works -- and we need to start inspiring kids early to want to know more.

Before becoming a neuroscientist, Gage worked as an electrical engineer making touchscreens. As he told the Huffington Post: "Scientific equipment in general is pretty expensive, but it's silly because before [getting my PhD in neuroscience] I was an electrical engineer, and you could see that you could make it yourself. So we started as a way to have fun, to show off to our colleagues, but we were also going into classrooms around that time and we thought, wouldn't it be cool if you could bring these gadgets with us so the stuff we were doing in advanced Ph.D. programs in neuroscience, you could also do in fifth grade?" His latest pieces of gear: the Roboroach, a cockroach fitted with an electric backpack that makes it turn on command, and BYB SmartScope, a smartphone-powered microscope.

More profile about the speaker
Greg Gage | Speaker | TED.com