Andrew Pelling: This scientist makes ears out of apples
Andrew Pelling: Deze wetenschapper maakt oren van appels
Andrew Pelling's unconventional and creative scientific process is founded on play. Full bio
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for old electronics,
naar oude elektronica,
in mijn lab en knutselruimte.
dingen kunt in- en uitschakelen.
turn things on and off.
into an awesome robot.
omtoveren tot een... gewèldige robot.
a lot of stuff out of garbage,
gebouwd van vuilnis
have even been kind of useful.
to amuse myself.
te bouwen om mezelf te vermaken.
so I just made it part of my day job.
tot mijn dagelijkse werk.
een biologisch onderzoekslab,
biological research lab,
and exploration above all else.
aan nieuwsgierigheid en exploratie.
on any particular problem,
op een bepaald probleem
any particular disease.
om een bepaalde ziekte te genezen.
waar mensen naartoe kunnen
and find answers.
en antwoorden te vinden.
to build the equipment they need
om eigen apparatuur te bouwen
from around the world
en wetenschappers uit de hele wereld
we value unconventional ideas,
aan onconventionele ideeën,
I was taking it apart,
uit elkaar aan het halen
in some new and creative way?
en creatieve manier weer in elkaar zetten?
tell me what fruit this is?
mij vertellen welk fruit dit is?
That's right -- it's an apple.
dan de meeste appels.
than most apples.
menselijke cellen in hebben laten groeien.
we grew human cells into it.
Macintosh apple,
after removing all the apple cells
their shape and texture.
hun vorm en textuur.
the apple cells used to be.
that you can see in blue.
die blauwe daar.
these guys start multiplying
zich te vermenigvuldigen
of how our own tissues are organized.
onze eigen weefsels zijn georganiseerd.
these scaffolds into the body,
in het lichaam kunt implanteren.
and a blood supply
when people started asking me,
body parts out of apples?"
lichaamsdelen maken? '
to the right place."
of wood carving for a living.
literally carve some ears
in the ear-manufacturing business.
on this for decades.
really expensive and problematic,
erg duur en problematisch.
from proprietary products,
en dat kostte een paar cent.
to make these things.
om deze dingen te maken.
can be built from garbage,
kan je maken van afval
only requires soap and water.
vereist slechts water en zeep.
the instructions online as open source.
online gezet als open source.
missie-gedreven bedrijf opgericht
a mission-driven company,
to make it easier
om het gemakkelijker te maken
and a soldering iron
en een soldeerbout heeft,
about is if one day,
of het ooit mogelijk zal zijn
and augment our own bodies
te herstellen en te verbeteren
your pee smell funny.
je plas wat raar ruiken.
and I was noticing
the stalks of these asparagus,
are all these tiny little vessels.
forms these structures.
deze structuren vormt.
of our nerves and spinal cord.
van onze zenuwen en het ruggenmerg.
down these channels?
in deze kanalen laten groeien?"
to form new connections
misschien asperges gebruiken
and severed nerves.
en doorgesneden zenuwen.
working on this.
die hieraan werken.
die het doen met asperges.
really promising pilot data.
gegevens van proefprojecten.
wat er daadwerkelijk mogelijk is.
dat ik jullie heb laten zien,
that's all around me on this stage
om mee te werken
my lab is involved in
waar mijn lab bij betrokken is,
of me playing with your garbage.
van mijn spel met jullie afval.
of my scientific practice.
van mijn wetenschappelijke praktijk.
to be unconventional and to be creative
om onconventioneel en creatief te zijn
om menselijke appeloren te maken.
are looking at some old,
piece-of-crap technology,
rommel-technologie kijkt,
to get in touch with me,
wat we samen kunnen bouwen.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Andrew Pelling - BiohackerAndrew Pelling's unconventional and creative scientific process is founded on play.
Why you should listen
Scientist, professor, entrepreneur and TED Fellow Andrew Pelling has built a career on unapologetic curiosity, creativity and serendipity. He is a professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Ottawa, where he founded and directs a curiosity-driven research lab that brings together artists, scientists, social scientists and engineers. The lab uses low-cost, open source materials and methods to explore speculative living technologies of the future. He has, for instance, created human body parts made from plants and grown living skins on LEGOs -- innovations with the potential to replace prohibitively expensive commercial biomaterials.
Pelling is also the co-founder and CTO of Spiderwort Inc., a mission driven company developing open source platforms to enable the widespread and global adoption of biological research in all environments and economic contexts. Most recently, he founded pHacktory, a street-level research lab in Ottawa that amplifies community ideas through a potent mixture of craft, serendipity and curiosity.
Pelling's work has been in the international media spotlight for many years, with recognition in outlets such as Wired, Huffington Post, NPR, Scientific American, Popular Science, BBC, Der Spiegel, Deutsche Welle and others, as well as numerous highlights in the Canadian media and Scientific media. He was named a TED Fellow in 2016.
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