ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Colin Robertson - Social energy entrepreneur
Colin Robertson is apparently "attempting to make the world's first crowdsourced solar energy solution" Or is he?

Why you should listen

Colin Robertson is a young entrepreneur with a single, world-changing idea: crowdsource solar energy solutions to the global climate crisis. He is a passionate believer in the idea that we can solve all of our problems by coming together in groups.

He is also a fictional character created by ImprovEverywhere for a special prank at TED2012. He is played by Eugene Cordero, an actor and comedian based in Los Angeles, and a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. 

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Colin Robertson | Speaker | TED.com
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Colin Robertson hadde 3 minutter på TED-scenen for å fortelle verden om sin soldrevne crowdsourced helsevesen. Og så...
- Social energy entrepreneur
Colin Robertson is apparently "attempting to make the world's first crowdsourced solar energy solution" Or is he? Full bio

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TodayI dag I'm going to talk
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I dag skal jeg snakke
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about unexpecteduventet discoveriesfunn.
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om tilfeldige oppdagelser.
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Now I work in the solarsolenergi technologyteknologi industryindustri.
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Jeg jobber i solteknologi-bransjen.
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And my smallliten startupoppstart
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Og mitt lille selskap
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is looking to forcemakt ourselvesoss
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prøver å tvinge oss selv
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into the environmentmiljø
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inn i miljøet
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by payingbetale attentionoppmerksomhet to ...
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ved å gi oppmerksomhet til ...
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... payingbetale attentionoppmerksomhet to crowd-sourcingpublikum-sourcing.
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... gi oppmerksomhet til crowd-sourcing.
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It's just a quickrask videovideo
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Det er bare en kort video
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of what we do.
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Huh. HangHenge on a momentøyeblikk.
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Huh. Vent et øyeblikk.
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It mightkanskje take a momentøyeblikk to loadlaste.
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Det kan ta et øyeblikk å laste ned.
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(LaughterLatter)
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(Latter)
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We'llVi just -- we can just skiphoppe --
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Vi vil bare -- vi kan bare hoppe over --
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I'll just skiphoppe throughgjennom the videovideo insteadi stedet ...
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Jeg kan bare hoppe over videoen.
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(LaughterLatter)
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No.
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Nei.
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(MusicMusikk)
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(Musikk)
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This is not ...
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Dette er ikke ...
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(LaughterLatter)
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Okay.
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OK.
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(LaughterLatter)
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SolarSolenergi technologyteknologi is ...
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Solteknologi er ...
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Oh, that's all my time?
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Å, det var all tiden jeg hadde?
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Okay. Thank you very much.
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OK. Tusen takk.
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Translated by Dan Meyer
Reviewed by Martin Hassel

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Colin Robertson - Social energy entrepreneur
Colin Robertson is apparently "attempting to make the world's first crowdsourced solar energy solution" Or is he?

Why you should listen

Colin Robertson is a young entrepreneur with a single, world-changing idea: crowdsource solar energy solutions to the global climate crisis. He is a passionate believer in the idea that we can solve all of our problems by coming together in groups.

He is also a fictional character created by ImprovEverywhere for a special prank at TED2012. He is played by Eugene Cordero, an actor and comedian based in Los Angeles, and a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. 

More profile about the speaker
Colin Robertson | Speaker | TED.com

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