Simone Bianco and Tom Zimmerman: The wonderful world of life in a drop of water
Simone Bianco e Tom Zimmerman: Il meraviglioso mondo della vita in una goccia d'acqua
A theoretical physicist by training, IBM's Simone Bianco believes that the 21st century will be the century when the synergy between AI and biology will be fully realized. Full bioTom Zimmerman - Master inventor
Tom Zimmerman is a master inventor at IBM Research – Almaden exploring the frontiers of human-machine interaction and environmental sensing. Full bio
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on a fantastic journey
accompagnarvi in un fantastico viaggio
che noi chiamiamo gli Anziani.
because a half a billion years ago
perché, 500 milioni di anni fa,
of oxygen in the air,
di ossigeno nell'aria.
but you probably know them as plankton.
voi li conoscete con il nome di plancton.
and I'm an inventor.
io sono un inventore.
about an invention I made --
could solve a big problem he was having.
poteva risolvere un suo grosso problema:
of plankton in 3D fast enough
abbastanza velocemente
their sensing and behavior.
matematica del suo comportamento.
for my microscope, so ...
per il mio microscopio, quindi...
studying these amazing creatures.
a studiare queste creature spettacolari.
to discover something.
nello scoprire qualcosa.
your breath for a second.
il respiro per un secondo.
two-thirds of our oxygen using the sun.
del nostro ossigeno grazie al sole.
because they're still here.
il plancton è ancora qui.
della superficie terrestre
surface temperature of the earth
we are pumping into the air.
che emettiamo nell'aria.
may not seem like a big deal to us,
possa non sembrarci gran cosa,
that the global phytoplankton population
che la popolazione di fitoplancton globale
as 40 percent between 1950 and 2010
the fish that eat them.
che mangiano il plancton.
around the world
of protein from animals.
di proteine animali.
about breathing.
we will need to replace.
that is interesting.
of the carbon we burn today.
del carbonio che bruciamo.
clean that carbon out of the air.
ripulisce l'aria dal carbonio.
hold a grudge.
un problema.
a stare al passo
of carbon we are dumping into the air.
che immettiamo nell'aria.
that our big carbon footprint
sta schiacciando
that sustain us.
that allow us to breathe
che ci permettono di respirare
about something you cannot see.
di qualcosa che non si vede.
in "The Little Prince" that goes,
c'è una frase che mi piace molto:
is invisible to the eye."
è invisibile agli occhi".
that if more people could come
faccia a... ciglia con il plancton,
we could all rally together
di mettere il turbo
to life on our planet.
scuba diving with plankton.
by a factor of 1000,
of a human hair is as big as my hand.
di un capello è grande quanto una mano.
a machine to do just that.
una macchina che fa proprio questo.
"Fantastic Voyage"
"Viaggio Allucinante"
favorite actors.
preferiti di sempre.
I saw "Fantastic Voyage,"
through the bloodstream
di viaggiare nel flusso sanguigno
a livello cellulare.
by science fiction.
and turn fantasy into reality.
a trasformare la fantasia in realtà.
people like you explore the virtual world.
la gente a esplorare il mondo virtuale.
that got Simone's attention.
che ha attirato l'attenzione di Simone.
behind the lens.
dietro la lente.
of plankton water
di acqua con del plancton
change the water on.
a cui non cambio mai l'acqua.
of the plankton on the image sensor.
sul sensore di immagini.
is an XY plotter,
to follow the plankton as they swim.
e seguire il plancton che nuota.
su questo casco
the microscope with my head.
con la testa.
from this image sensor.
dal sensore di immagini.
I can move the microscope.
il microscopio.
to go scuba diving with plankton.
a immergerci con il plancton.
of life in a drop of water.
della vita in una goccia d'acqua.
at all limited to a single drop.
a una sola goccia.
in the center of your screen,
al centro dello schermo
of our waters.
by the environment.
dall'ambiente.
nature is an amazing recycler.
è una riciclatrice incredibile.
they are decomposed and recycled,
costruite, decomposte e riciclate,
by solar energy.
if, you know, our garbage collectors
Let's look for something else.
ice-cream-cone-shaped things?
a forma di cono gelato?
those are amazing creatures.
sono creature spettacolari.
but they are a single cell.
da un'unica cellula.
it's about 1,000 cells --
hanno circa 1.000 cellule -
15 for the stomach
15 per lo stomaco,
for reproduction,
if you ask me.
and react to its environment.
e di reagire all'ambiente.
when it's happy;
to get away from something
di scappare da qualcosa,
for Cellular Construction
for Cellular Construction
Science Foundation,
Science Foundation,
of contamination in food and water,
di contaminanti nel cibo e nell'acqua,
that are, let's say, behind everything,
dietro a tutto, sono alghe.
the majority of oxygen in the air.
la maggior quantità di ossigeno nell'aria.
and carbon dioxide
e l'anidride carbonica
your lungs right now.
i polmoni in questo momento.
got their photosynthesis capability
attivarono la fotosintesi
tiny plankton into their cells.
nelle proprie cellule.
solar panels on top of our roofs.
i pannelli solari sui tetti delle case.
is even more amazing than science fiction.
persino più fantastico della fantascienza.
how vital plankton are to our lives
sia fondamentale per la nostra vita
take your pick.
you win or you die.
si vince o si muore.
we have known about global warming
il riscaldamento globale
scientist, Arrhenius,
of burning fossil fuel
della combustione fossile
but it's not too late if we act now.
ma non è tardi se agiamo adesso.
our world is based on fossil fuels,
si basa sui combustibili fossili,
to run on renewable energy from the Sun
con l'uso di energie solari rinnovabili
and secure future.
più sicuro e più sostenibile.
here, the plankton,
queste piccole creature,
of people all around the globe
per la popolazione mondiale
lavoro, violenza, salute.
they're swimming around,
to eat and reproduce.
per mangiare e riprodursi.
è programmata per questo,
have the same agenda.
di cellule facciano lo stesso.
makes a country vulnerable.
rende vulnerabile un Paese,
all around the oil resources.
intorno alle risorse di petrolio.
is distributed around the whole globe,
è distribuita su tutto il pianeta
sono una sigaretta mondiale.
coal is like an unfiltered type.
è una sigaretta senza filtro.
the best time to quit is when?
qual è il momento migliore per smettere?
some people may abandon facts and reason.
potrebbero ignorare fatti e ragioni.
and inevitably force change.
inevitabilmente a cambiare.
our neocortex, our new brain,
il nostro nuovo cervello,
creatures on the earth.
fra le più antiche creature sulla Terra.
to harness the energy
per sfruttare quell'energia
for millions of years --
per milioni di anni:
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Simone Bianco - Cell engineerA theoretical physicist by training, IBM's Simone Bianco believes that the 21st century will be the century when the synergy between AI and biology will be fully realized.
Why you should listen
Simone Bianco, PhD, is research staff member and IBM rock star at IBM Research – Almaden, where he leads the Cellular Engineering group. He's passionate about making biology a quantitative science by using tools from mathematics, physics, engineering and computer science. He believes this interdisciplinary approach will not only impact biological and medical fields but also will advance biologically inspired engineering and computer science. His research spans many scientific fields, from genomic and evolutionary biology to bioengineering, epidemiology, statistical physics and computer science.
Bianco studied physics at the University of Pisa, Italy, the school of Galileo Galilei and Enrico Fermi, and he got his PhD from the University of North Texas. He held research appointments at the College of William and Mary and at the University of California San Francisco. Bianco is a founding principal investigator of the Center for Cellular Construction, an NSF funded multi-institution initiative which aims to build self-organized devices from living organisms.
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Tom Zimmerman - Master inventor
Tom Zimmerman is a master inventor at IBM Research – Almaden exploring the frontiers of human-machine interaction and environmental sensing.
Why you should listen
Tom Zimmerman has more than 60 patents on user input devices, wireless communication, image and audio signal processing, biometrics, encryption and microscopy. His Data Glove and PowerGlove inventions helped establish the field of virtual reality. His electric field Personal Area Network invention sends data through the human body, and it can prevent airbags from injuring children in cars. Zimmerman's environmental work includes research on the yaw stability of wind turbines and solar thermal storage at MIT, and building wireless sensors to monitor sea turtles in the US and Costa Rica.
Zimmerman is currently developing AI-powered microscopes to monitor plankton in their natural environment and studying the response of plankton to toxins in his work with the Center For Cellular Construction. He supports the DIY community through articles in Make Magazine and his passion for volunteering in the public schools earned him the California Medal for Service from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver.
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