Catherine Mohr: How I became part sea urchin
Catherine Mohr: Bagaimana saya menjadi bagian dari bulu babi
Catherine Mohr loves what she does -- she's just not ever sure what it will be next. Full bio
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Galapagos Islands,
Kepulauan Galapagos bagian utara,
dan sekelompok hiu.
and a big school of sharks.
sekitar satu minggu,
of friends for about a week,
hammerhead sharks.
dengan tangan berjaga-jaga
menghempas Anda ke bebatuan
throwing you into the rocks
pemandangan indah untuk difoto,
for that beautiful photograph.
sesuatu menembus tangan Anda,
all the way through your hand,
have a venom on them that,
yang jika Anda pernah terkena,
bengkak yang sangat buruk dan menyakitkan.
gives you horrible, painful inflammation.
apa yang saya pikirkan waktu itu.
in my mind at this point.
seperti ilmuwan kecil,
into, like, little scientists,
adrenaline brain kicked in,
adrenalin pada otak mulai bekerja,
lepas sarung tangan kalau masih menancap."
get my glove off with these in here."
menyebar di depan wajah saya.
coming up in front of my face.
and starts freaking out.
dan mulai ketakutan,
sudah masuk ke dalam luka?"
have gotten into that wound already?"
dan dengan tenangnya menjelaskan,
and very calmly explains,
down really hard over my hand,
pada ikat pinggang dengan sangat erat,
dissipate a bit before we have to surface
sebelum kita naik ke permukaan
Mereka tidak berburu saat berkelompok.
They don't feed when they're schooling.
buku yang sama seperti saya.
the same books that I have.
with sea urchin spines,
dari pertolongan medis,
from any medical help,
malangnya, memasak tangan Anda.
is, unfortunately, cook your hand.
as hot as you can stand,
ke air sepanas yang bisa ditahan,
Anda benar-benar akan jadi gila.
absolutely insane.
for several weeks after that,
beberapa minggu setelahnya,
motorik halusnya pulih.
fine motor skills returned.
yang tetap kaku dan sakit beberapa minggu
stiff and painful for weeks
ujung duri bulu babi
a tip of the urchin spine
"Anda tahu, ini harus dikeluarkan.
"You know, we should get this out.
di hari Senin beberapa minggu kemudian.
for a few weeks out on a Monday.
dari kecelakaan menunggang kuda.
in a horseback riding accident.
facing six weeks on the couch,
menjalani enam minggu di sofa.
jika bukan karena teman saya.
if it hadn't been for my friends.
setiap malam selama beberapa minggu.
at my house every night for weeks.
hard to sustain over the long term,
sulit dipertahankan dalam jangka panjang,
sampai hanya satu teman saja,
to just one friend,
in the evenings --
selama periode pemulian ini.
during this period of convalescence.
untuk mengangkat beban berat,
pronounced well enough
dan berkendara naik ke pegunungan
and drove up into the mountains
Tapi sebaliknya.
Just the opposite, in fact.
si pendiam yang mengagumkan itu
to that marvelous introvert
di keadaan yang lain.
would have approached me
puteri 14 tahun yang hebat,
Ya.
tak ada yang membuat Anda seksi
than needing a walker
a funny little epilogue.
sedikit epilog yang lucu.
I could reschedule that surgery,
saya bisa menjadwal ulang operasinya,
dari seluruh tulang di tubuh --
from all the bones in your body --
yang telah bersarang
that you happen to have lodged
sebagian bulu babi.
otak adrenalin, otak mamalia,
warm-blooded-mammal brain,
yang dibawanya.
that that confers.
bahwa saya bukan sepenuhnya manusia,
is one of the things
paling cintai akan saya.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Catherine Mohr - RoboticistCatherine Mohr loves what she does -- she's just not ever sure what it will be next.
Why you should listen
An engineer turned surgeon turned strategist, Catherine Mohr is always on the lookout for new technologies to help improve patient outcomes while trying to stay in her sweet spot -- the steep part of the learning curve.
As VP of Strategy for Intuitive Surgical in Silicon Valley, faculty at Singularity University and advisor to med-tech startups in the UK, the US and her native New Zealand, Mohr follows her self-admittedly geeky passions wherever they lead her, as she designs, makes, writes, tinkers, plays and travels all over the world.
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