ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Bruno Bowden - Engineer and origamist
An engineer with Google (he helped build Google Earth), Bruno Bowden is also an enthusiastic folder of paper.

Why you should listen

Bruno Bowden was part of the team at Keyhole, the company that built EarthViewer -- a groundbreaking (and addictive) piece of software that lets you fly smoothly over an image of the globe assembled from satellite photos, and then zoom in on your own house. When Google bought Keyhole, Bowden helped turn the software into the indispensable Google Earth. Recently, he's moved over to the Google Gadgets side, helping to build more gotta-have-it technology.

He is also an enthusiastic student of the new origami, as practiced by masters such as Robert Lang.

More profile about the speaker
Bruno Bowden | Speaker | TED.com
Rufus Cappadocia - Cellist
Globe-trotting, genre-hopping cellist Rufus Cappadocia plays the music of our sphere.

Why you should listen

Rufus Cappadocia uses his cello to play the music he hears around the world, filtered through the music in his head. A dedicated musicologist, he has played and studied deeply in many genres, from Haitian voodoo music to Indian ghazal, from Celtic to Balkan. The rich, jazz-inflected sound he pulls from his instrument (which he started playing at age 3) is a passionate through-line in all his work.

Cappadocia writes, records, and plays live, both solo and in several groups -- including Bethany & Rufus (Bethany is Bethany Yarrow, the daughter of Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary) and the Vodou Jazz Ensemble.

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Rufus Cappadocia | Speaker | TED.com
TED2008

Bruno Bowden + Rufus Cappadocia: Watch me fold origami (blindfolded)

Bruno Bowden vouwt terwijl Rufus Cappadoccia speelt

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Na de voordracht van Robert Lang over origami op TED2008, stapte Bruno Bowden met een uitdaging op het podium -- hij zou één van Lang's verbazingwekkend ingewikkelde origamifiguren vouwen, geblinddoekt, in minder dan 2 minuten. Hij wordt vergezeld door de cellist Rufus Cappadocia.
- Engineer and origamist
An engineer with Google (he helped build Google Earth), Bruno Bowden is also an enthusiastic folder of paper. Full bio - Cellist
Globe-trotting, genre-hopping cellist Rufus Cappadocia plays the music of our sphere. Full bio

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Hallo allemaal.
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And so the two of us are here to give you an examplevoorbeeld of creationschepping.
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Wij beiden zijn dus hier om jullie een voorbeeld van creatie te geven.
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And I'm going to be foldingvouwen one of RobertRobert Lang'sDe lang modelsmodellen.
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En ik ga één van Robert Lang's modellen vouwen.
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And this is the piecestuk of paperpapier it will be madegemaakt from,
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En dit is het papiertje waarvan het gemaakt zal worden,
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and you can see all of the foldsplooien that are needednodig for it.
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je kan al de vouwen zien die hiervoor nodig zijn.
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And RufusRufus is going to be doing some improvisationimprovisatie
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En Rufus gaat wat improviseren
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on his customaangepaste, five-stringvijf-snarige electricelektrisch cellocello,
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op zijn handgemaakte, vijfsnarige cello,
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and it's very excitingopwindend to listen to him.
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en het is heel opwindend om naar hem te luisteren.
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Are you readyklaar to go? OK.
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Ben je klaar om te starten? OK.
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Just to make it a little bitbeetje more excitingopwindend.
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En om het wat spannender te maken.
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All right. Take it away, RufusRufus.
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Ok. Ga je gang Rufus.
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All right. There you go.
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Translated by Joris Leemans
Reviewed by Erik Mulder

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Bruno Bowden - Engineer and origamist
An engineer with Google (he helped build Google Earth), Bruno Bowden is also an enthusiastic folder of paper.

Why you should listen

Bruno Bowden was part of the team at Keyhole, the company that built EarthViewer -- a groundbreaking (and addictive) piece of software that lets you fly smoothly over an image of the globe assembled from satellite photos, and then zoom in on your own house. When Google bought Keyhole, Bowden helped turn the software into the indispensable Google Earth. Recently, he's moved over to the Google Gadgets side, helping to build more gotta-have-it technology.

He is also an enthusiastic student of the new origami, as practiced by masters such as Robert Lang.

More profile about the speaker
Bruno Bowden | Speaker | TED.com
Rufus Cappadocia - Cellist
Globe-trotting, genre-hopping cellist Rufus Cappadocia plays the music of our sphere.

Why you should listen

Rufus Cappadocia uses his cello to play the music he hears around the world, filtered through the music in his head. A dedicated musicologist, he has played and studied deeply in many genres, from Haitian voodoo music to Indian ghazal, from Celtic to Balkan. The rich, jazz-inflected sound he pulls from his instrument (which he started playing at age 3) is a passionate through-line in all his work.

Cappadocia writes, records, and plays live, both solo and in several groups -- including Bethany & Rufus (Bethany is Bethany Yarrow, the daughter of Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary) and the Vodou Jazz Ensemble.

More profile about the speaker
Rufus Cappadocia | Speaker | TED.com