ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dean Kamen - Inventor
Dean Kamen landed in the limelight with the Segway, but he has been innovating since high school, with more than 150 patents under his belt. Recent projects include portable energy and water purification for the developing world, and a prosthetic arm for maimed soldiers.

Why you should listen

Dean Kamen is an innovator, but not just of things. He hopes to revolutionize attitudes, quality of life, awareness. While an undergraduate, he developed the first portable infusion device, which delivers drug treatments that once required round-the-clock hospital care. And, through his DEKA Research and Development, which he cofounded in 1982, he developed a portable dialysis machine, a vascular stent, and the iBOT -- a motorized wheelchair that climbs stairs (Stephen Colbert took one for a spin).

Yes, he's a college dropout, but he's a huge believer in education, and in 1989 established the nonprofit FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) to inspire teenagers to pursue careers in science. FIRST sponsors lively annual competitions, where students form teams to create the best robot.

His focus now is on off-grid electricity and water purification for developing countries; another recent project, previewed at TED2007, is a prosthetic arm for maimed soldiers (read an update here). He's also working on a power source for the wonderful Think car. And, with more funding in the works, we haven't seen the last of the Segway.

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TED2007

Dean Kamen: Luke, a new prosthetic arm for soldiers

Dean Kamen menunjukkan tangan prostetik baru

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Penemu Dean Kamen menunjukkan tangan prostetik yang dia kembangkan atas permintaan Departemen Pertahanan Amerika. Komitmennya untuk menggunakan teknologi guna menyelesaikan masalah dengan menghargai semangat manusia tidak pernah lebih jelas dari ini.
- Inventor
Dean Kamen landed in the limelight with the Segway, but he has been innovating since high school, with more than 150 patents under his belt. Recent projects include portable energy and water purification for the developing world, and a prosthetic arm for maimed soldiers. Full bio

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I got a visitmengunjungi almosthampir exactlypersis a yeartahun agolalu,
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a little over a yeartahun agolalu, from a very seniorsenior personorang at the DepartmentDepartemen of DefensePertahanan.
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sedikit lebih dari setahun yang lalu, dari seorang yang sangat senior di Departemen Pertahanan.
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CameDatang to see me and said, "1,600 of the kidsanak-anak that we'vekita sudah sentdikirim out
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Dia datang berkunjung dan berkata, "1.600 dari prajurit yang kita kirimkan
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have come back missinghilang at leastpaling sedikit one fullpenuh armlengan.
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kembali dengan paling tidak satu tangan yang hilang.
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WholeSeluruh armlengan. ShoulderBahu disarticulationdisarticulation.
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Seluruh lengan. Terpotong pada bahunya.
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And we're doing the samesama thing we did for -- more or lesskurang,
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Dan kami melakukan hal yang sama sejak, kurang lebih,
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that we'vekita sudah doneselesai sincesejak the CivilSipil WarPerang, a sticktongkat and a hookmenghubungkan.
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yang kami lakukan sejak Perang Sipil, tongkat dan pengait.
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And they deservepantas more than that."
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Dan mereka pantas mendapat lebih dari itu."
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And literallysecara harfiah, this guy satduduk in my officekantor in NewBaru HampshireHampshire and said,
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Dan orang ini duduk di kantor saya di New Hampshire dan berkata,
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"I want you to give me something that we can put on these kidsanak-anak
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"Saya ingin Anda memberikan sesuatu yang dapat kami pasang pada mereka
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that'llitu akan pickmemilih up a raisinkismis or a grapeanggur off a tablemeja,
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sehingga mereka dapat mengambil kismis atau anggur dari atas meja,
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they'llmereka akan be ablesanggup to put it in theirmereka mouthmulut withouttanpa destroyingmenghancurkan eitherantara one,
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dan dapat memasukkannya ke dalam mulut tanpa menghancurkannya,
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and they'llmereka akan be ablesanggup to know the differenceperbedaan withouttanpa looking at it."
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dan mereka akan tahu perbedaannya tanpa perlu melihatnya."
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You know, had efferenteferen, afferentaferen, and haptichaptic responsetanggapan.
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Anda tahu, memiliki tanggapan eferen, aferen, dan haptik.
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He finishesselesai explainingmenjelaskan that, and I'm waitingmenunggu for the bigbesar 300 poundpound paperkertas proposalusul,
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Dia selesai menjelaskan dan saya menunggu proposal tebal seberat 300 pon,
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and he said, "That's what I want from you."
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dan dia berkata, "Hanya itu yang saya inginkan darimu."
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I said, "Look, you're nutsgila. That technology'steknologi itu just not availabletersedia right now.
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Saya berkata, "Wah, Anda gila. Teknologi itu belum tersedia sekarang.
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And it can't be doneselesai.
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Itu tidak dapat dilakukan.
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Not in an envelopeamplop of a humanmanusia armlengan,
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Tidak untuk tangan manusia
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with 21 degreesderajat of freedomkebebasan, from your shoulderbahu to your fingertipsujung jari."
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dengan 21 derajat kebebasan, dari bahu hingga ujung jarimu."
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He said, "About two dozenlusin of these 1,600 kidsanak-anak have come back bilateralbilateral.
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Dia berkata, "Sekitar dua lusin dari mereka, 1.600 prajurit kembali tanpa kedua tangan.
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You think it's badburuk to losekalah one armlengan?
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Anda pikir kehilangan satu tangan itu buruk?
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That's an inconvenienceketidaknyamanan compareddibandingkan to havingmemiliki bothkedua of them gonepergi."
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Itu lebih sulit dibandingkan kehilangan semuanya."
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I got a day jobpekerjaan,
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Saya mendapat pekerjaan untuk siang hari,
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and my nightsmalam and weekendsakhir pekan are alreadysudah filledterisi up with things like,
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malam dan akhir pekan saya telah dipenuhi dengan hal-hal seperti,
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let's supplymenyediakan waterair to the worlddunia, and powerkekuasaan to the worlddunia, and educatemendidik all the kidsanak-anak,
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marilah pasok air dan listrik ke seluruh dunia, dan mendidik semua anak-anak,
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whichyang, ChrisChris, I will not talk about. I don't need anotherlain missionmisi.
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di mana, Chris, saya tidak akan mengatakannya. Saya tidak perlu misi lainnya.
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I keep thinkingberpikir about these kidsanak-anak with no armssenjata.
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Saya tetap memikirkan para prajurit tanpa tangan ini.
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He saysmengatakan to me, "We'veKami telah doneselesai some work around the countrynegara.
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Dia berkata, "Kami telah melakukan beberapa proyek di negara ini.
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We'veKami telah got some prettycantik amazingmenakjubkan neurologyneurologi and other people."
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Ada beberapa ahli saraf hebat dan orang-orang lainnya."
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I said, "I'll take a fieldbidang tripperjalanan, I'll go see what you got."
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Saya berkata, "Saya akan pergi, melihat apa yang Anda punya."
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Over the nextberikutnya monthbulan I visiteddikunjungi lots of placestempat, some out here, around the countrynegara,
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Selama sebulan berikutnya saya mengunjungi banyak tempat di seluruh negara,
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foundditemukan the bestterbaik of the bestterbaik.
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mencari yang terbaik dari yang terbaik.
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I wentpergi down to WashingtonWashington. I saw these guys, and said,
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Saya pergi ke Washington, melihat orang ini dan berkata,
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"I did what you askedtanya me. I lookedtampak at what's out there.
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"Saya melakukan apa yang Anda minta, melihat apa yang ada.
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I still think you're nutsgila. But not as nutsgila as I thought."
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Saya masih berpikir Anda gila. Namun tidak segila yang saya pikir."
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I put a teamtim togetherbersama, a little over 13 monthsbulan agolalu,
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Saya membentuk sebuah tim, sekitar 13 bulan yang lalu,
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got up to 20 some-oddSome-Odd people.
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bersama dengan 20 orang yang cukup aneh.
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We said, we're going to buildmembangun a devicealat that does what he wants.
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Kami berkata, kami akan membuat alat seperti yang ia inginkan.
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We have 14 out of the 21 degreesderajat of freedomkebebasan;
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Kami memiliki 14 dari 21 derajat kebebasan;
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you don't need the onesyang in the last two fingersjari.
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Anda tidak perlu itu pada dua jari terakhir.
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We put this thing togetherbersama.
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Kami menempatkannya bersama-sama.
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A couplepasangan of weeksminggu agolalu we tookmengambil it down to WalterWalter ReedReed,
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Beberapa minggu yang lalu kami membawanya ke Walter Reed,
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whichyang is unfortunatelysayangnya more in the newsberita these dayshari.
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yang sayangnya lebih banyak diberitakan belakangan ini.
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We showedmenunjukkan it to a bunchbanyak of guys.
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Kami menunjukkannya kepada sekelompok orang.
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One guy who describeddijelaskan himselfdiri as beingmakhluk luckyberuntung,
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Seseorang yang menggambarkan dirinya beruntung
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because he lostkalah his left armlengan, and he's a rightyrighty.
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karena kehilangan tangan kirinya, dan dia bukan kidal.
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He satduduk at a tablemeja with seventujuh or eightdelapan of these other guys.
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Dia duduk di meja dengan tujuh atau delapan orang lainnya.
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Said he was luckyberuntung, because he had his good armlengan,
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Berkata dia beruntung, karena memiliki tangan yang baik,
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and then he pushedmendorong himselfdiri back from the tablemeja. He had no legskaki.
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lalu dia mendorong dirinya mundur ke belakang meja. Dia tidak memiliki kaki.
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These kidsanak-anak have attitudessikap that you just can't believe.
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Perilaku orang-orang ini sulit untuk dipercaya.
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So I'm going to showmenunjukkan you now, withouttanpa the skinkulit on it,
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Jadi saya akan menunjukkan pada Anda, tangan tanpa kulit,
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a 30-second piecebagian, and then I'm doneselesai.
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cuplikan selama 30 detik, lalu saya akan selesai.
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But understandmemahami what you're looking at
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Namun harap dipahami bahwa apa yang Anda lihat
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we madeterbuat smallkecil enoughcukup to fitcocok on a 50thth percentilepersentil femalewanita,
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kami membuatnya cukup kecil agar cocok pada 50 persen wanita,
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so that we could put it in any of these people.
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jadi kami dapat memasangnya pada orang-orang ini.
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It's going to go insidedalam something that we use in CATKUCING scansscan and
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Ini akan masuk pada sesuatu yang kami gunakan dalam pemindaian CAT dan
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MRIsMRI of whateverterserah is theirmereka good armlengan,
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MRI atau apapun dari tangan mereka yang masih baik,
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to make siliconsilikon rubberkaret, then coatmantel it, and paintcat it in 3D --
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untuk membuat karet silikon, lalu melapisi dan memulasnya secara 3 dimensi
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exacttepat mirrorcermin imagegambar of theirmereka other limbdahan.
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gambaran sebenarnya dari bagian tubuh mereka yang lain.
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So, you won'tbiasa see all the really coolkeren stuffbarang that's in this seriesseri elasticelastis setset of 14 actuatorsaktuator,
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Jadi Anda tidak akan melihat semua hal mengagumkan dari rangkaian 14 aktuator elastis ini.
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eachsetiap one whichyang has its ownsendiri capabilitykemampuan to sensemerasakan temperaturesuhu and pressuretekanan.
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semuanya memiliki kemampuan untuk merasakan panas dan tekanan.
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It alsojuga has a pneumaticpneumatik cuffmanset that holdsmemegang it on,
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Tangan ini juga memiliki manset pneumatik yang menahannya,
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so the more they put themselvesdiri underdibawah loadbeban, the more it attachesmenempel.
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sehingga semakin banyak bebannya akan semakin sulit digerakkan.
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They take the loadbeban off, and it becomesmenjadi, again, compliantsesuai.
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Saat bebannya diambil, tangan ini menjadi ringan kembali.
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I'm going to showmenunjukkan you a guy doing a couplepasangan of simplesederhana things with this
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Saya akan menunjukkan seseorang melakukan beberapa hal sederhana dengan ini
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that we demonstratedditunjukkan in WashingtonWashington. Can we look at this thing?
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yang kami tunjukkan di Washington. Dapatkah kita melihatnya?
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Watch the fingersjari grabmengambil. The thumbibu jari comesdatang up. WristPergelangan tangan.
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Lihatlah genggaman tangannya. Jempolnya. Pergelangan tangan.
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This weighsBeratnya 6.9 poundspound.
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Beratnya 6,9 pon.
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Going to scratchmenggaruk his nosehidung.
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Dia akan menggaruk hidungnya.
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It's got 14 activeaktif degreesderajat of freedomkebebasan.
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Tangan ini memiliki 14 derajat kebebasan aktif.
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Now he's going to pickmemilih up a penpena with his opposedmenentang thumbibu jari and indexindeks fingerjari.
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Kini dia akan mengambil pulpen dengan jempol dan telunjuknya.
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Now he's going to put that down, pickmemilih up a piecebagian of paperkertas,
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Kini dia akan meletakkannya, mengambil secarik kertas
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rotatememutar all the degreesderajat of freedomkebebasan in his handtangan and wristpergelangan tangan, and readBaca baca it.
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memutar tangan dan pergelangannya, dan membacanya.
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(ApplauseTepuk tangan)
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(Tepuk tangan)

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dean Kamen - Inventor
Dean Kamen landed in the limelight with the Segway, but he has been innovating since high school, with more than 150 patents under his belt. Recent projects include portable energy and water purification for the developing world, and a prosthetic arm for maimed soldiers.

Why you should listen

Dean Kamen is an innovator, but not just of things. He hopes to revolutionize attitudes, quality of life, awareness. While an undergraduate, he developed the first portable infusion device, which delivers drug treatments that once required round-the-clock hospital care. And, through his DEKA Research and Development, which he cofounded in 1982, he developed a portable dialysis machine, a vascular stent, and the iBOT -- a motorized wheelchair that climbs stairs (Stephen Colbert took one for a spin).

Yes, he's a college dropout, but he's a huge believer in education, and in 1989 established the nonprofit FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) to inspire teenagers to pursue careers in science. FIRST sponsors lively annual competitions, where students form teams to create the best robot.

His focus now is on off-grid electricity and water purification for developing countries; another recent project, previewed at TED2007, is a prosthetic arm for maimed soldiers (read an update here). He's also working on a power source for the wonderful Think car. And, with more funding in the works, we haven't seen the last of the Segway.

More profile about the speaker
Dean Kamen | Speaker | TED.com