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Taylor Wilson: Yup, I built a nuclear fusion reactor
Taylor Wilson: Yup, Saya membangun reaktor fusi nuklir
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Taylor Wilson percaya fusi nuklir adalah solusi untuk kebutuhan energi masa depan kita, dan bahwa anak-anak bisa mengubah dunia. Dan dia tahu sesuatu tentang keduanya: Ketika berusia 14 tahun, dia membangun sebuah reaktor fusi di garasi orangtuanya. Sekarang pada usia 17 tahun, dia melakukan presentasi di TED dengan persiapan singkat untuk memberi tahu (versi singkat) dari ceritanya.
Taylor Wilson - Nuclear scientist
At 14, Taylor Wilson became the youngest person to achieve fusion -- with a reactor born in his garage. Now he wants to save our seaports from nuclear terror. Full bio
At 14, Taylor Wilson became the youngest person to achieve fusion -- with a reactor born in his garage. Now he wants to save our seaports from nuclear terror. Full bio
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So my name is Taylor Wilson.
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Nama saya Taylor Wilson.
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I am 17 years old
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Saya berusia 17 tahun
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and I am a nuclear physicist,
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dan saya adalah fisikawan nuklir
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which may be a little hard to believe, but I am.
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mungkin agak sulit dipercaya, tapi itulah saya.
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And I would like to make the case
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Dan saya akan menjelaskan
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that nuclear fusion
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bahwa fusi nuklir
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will be that point,
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akan sampai pada,
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that the bridge that T. Boone Pickens talked about
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jembatan yang dibicarakan oleh T. Boone Pickens
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will get us to.
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akan membawa kita ke sana.
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So nuclear fusion is our energy future.
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Jadi fusi nuklir adalah energi masa depan kita.
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And the second point,
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Dan yang kedua,
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making the case that kids can really change the world.
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menjelaskan bahwa anak-anak dapat mengubah dunia.
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So you may ask --
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Jadi Anda mungkin bertanya --
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(Applause)
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You may ask me,
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Anda mungkin bertanya,
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well how do you know what our energy future is?
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bagaimana anda mengetahui apa energi masa depan kita?
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Well I built a fusion reactor
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Saya membangun sebuah reaktor fusi
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when I was 14 years old.
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ketika berusia 14 tahun.
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That is the inside of my nuclear fusion reactor.
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Inilah bagian dalam reaktor fusi nuklir saya.
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I started building this project
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Saya memulai proyek ini
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when I was about 12 or 13 years old.
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ketika berusia 12 atau 13 tahun.
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I decided I wanted to make a star.
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Saya memutuskan saya ingin "membuat bintang."
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Now most of you are probably saying,
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Sekarang mungkin banyak diantara anda berkata,
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well there's no such thing as nuclear fusion.
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tidak ada hal seperti fusi nuklir.
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I don't see any nuclear power plants with fusion energy.
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Saya tidak pernah melihat pembangkit listrik bertenaga fusi nuklir.
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Well it doesn't break even.
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Itu tidak akan impas.
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It doesn't produce more energy out than I put in,
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Tidak akan menghasilkan energi lebih banyak daripada energi yang diberikan
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but it still does some pretty cool stuff.
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tetapi masih bisa melakukan beberapa hal yang bagus.
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And I assembled this in my garage,
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Saya merakitnya di dalam garasi saya,
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and it now lives in the physics department
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dan sekarang alat ini ada di departemen fisika
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of the University of Nevada, Reno.
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Universitas Nevada di Reno.
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And it slams together deuterium,
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Fusi nuklir menabrakkan deuterium,
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which is just hydrogen with an extra neutron in it.
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yaitu hidrogen dengan neutron ekstra di dalamnya.
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So this is similar to the reaction
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Jadi ini mirip dengan reaksi
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of the proton chain that's going on inside the Sun.
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rantai proton yang terjadi di dalam Matahari.
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And I'm slamming it together so hard
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Saya menabrakkannya dengan sangat keras
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that that hydrogen fuses together,
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hingga hidrogen itu menyatu,
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and in the process it has some byproducts,
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dan proses ini menghasilkan beberapa produk sampingan,
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and I utilize those byproducts.
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dan saya memanfaatkan produk sampingan ini.
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So this previous year,
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Jadi tahun lalu,
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I won the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
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Saya memenangkan Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
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I developed a detector that replaces the current detectors
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Saya mengembangkan detektor yang menggantikan detektor
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that Homeland Security has.
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yang dimiliki Departemen Keamanan Dalam Negeri.
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For hundreds of dollars,
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Dengan harga ratusan dolar,
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I've developed a system that exceeds the sensitivity
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saya telah mengembangkan sebuah sistem yang melebihi sensitivitas
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of detectors that are hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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detektor seharga ratusan ribu dolar itu.
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I built this in my garage.
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Saya membuatnya di dalam garasi saya.
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(Applause)
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(Tepuk tangan)
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And I've developed a system
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Dan saya telah mengembangkan sistem
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to produce medical isotopes.
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untuk memproduksi isotop medis.
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Instead of requiring multi-million-dollar facilities
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Tanpa memerlukan fasilitas seharga jutaan dolar
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I've developed a device that, on a very small scale,
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saya mengembangkan perangkat pada skala yang sangat kecil,
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can produce these isotopes.
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yang dapat memproduksi isotop.
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So that's my fusion reactor in the background there.
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Jadi itulah reaktor fusi saya di belakang sana.
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That is me at the control panel
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Itulah saya pada papan pengendali
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of my fusion reactor.
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dari reaktor fusi saya.
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Oh, by the way, I make yellowcake in my garage,
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Oh, sebagai selingan, saya membuat urania di garasi saya,
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so my nuclear program is as advanced as the Iranians.
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sehingga program nuklir saya sama majunya dengan program nuklir Iran.
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So maybe I don't want to admit to that.
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Mungkin saya tidak mau mengakui hal itu.
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This is me at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland,
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Inilah saya di CERN di Jenewa, Swiss,
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which is the preeminent particle physics laboratory in the world.
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yang merupakan laboratorium fisika partikel terkemuka di dunia.
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And this is me with President Obama,
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Inilah saya bersama Presiden Obama,
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showing him my Homeland Security research.
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menunjukkan penelitian Keamanan Dalam Negeri saya kepadanya.
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(Applause)
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(Tepuk tangan)
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So in about seven years
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Jadi dalam sekitar tujuh tahun
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of doing nuclear research,
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melakukan penelitian nuklir,
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I started out with a dream
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saya mulai dengan mimpi
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to make a "star in a jar," a star in my garage,
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untuk membuat sebuah "bintang dalam toples," bintang di garasi saya,
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and I ended up meeting the president
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dan akhirnya saya bertemu presiden
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and developing things that I think can change the world,
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dan mengembangkan hal-hal yang saya pikir bisa mengubah dunia,
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and I think other kids can too.
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dan saya pikir anak-anak yang lain juga bisa.
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So thank you very much.
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Jadi terima kasih banyak.
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Taylor Wilson - Nuclear scientistAt 14, Taylor Wilson became the youngest person to achieve fusion -- with a reactor born in his garage. Now he wants to save our seaports from nuclear terror.
Why you should listen
Physics wunderkind Taylor Wilson astounded the science world when, at age 14, he became the youngest person in history to produce fusion. The University of Nevada-Reno offered a home for his early experiments when Wilson’s worried parents realized he had every intention of building his reactor in the garage.
Wilson now intends to fight nuclear terror in the nation's ports, with a homemade radiation detector priced an order of magnitude lower than most current devices. In 2012, Wilson's dreams received a boost when he became a recipient of the $100,000 Thiel Prize. Wilson now intends revolutionize the way we produce energy, fight cancer, and combat terrorism using nuclear technology.
Taylor Wilson | Speaker | TED.com