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 avea la dispoziţie 3 minute pentru a vorbi lumii despre soluţia sa pentru un sistem de sănătate bazat pe energie solară şi folosindu-se de puterea mulţimilor. Şi deodată...
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TodayAstăzi I'm going to talk
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about unexpectedneașteptat discoveriesdescoperiri.
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Now I work in the solarsolar technologytehnologie industryindustrie.
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Lucrez în industria tehnologiei solare.
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And my smallmic startuplansare
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Şi mica mea firmă
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is looking to forceforta ourselvesnoi insine
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încearcă să ne introducă
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into the environmentmediu inconjurator
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în mediu
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by payingde plată attentionAtenţie to ...
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acordând atenţie...
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... payingde plată attentionAtenţie to crowd-sourcingmulţime aprovizionare.
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... acordând atenţie puterii mulţimilor.
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It's just a quickrapid videovideo
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E doar un film scurt
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of what we do.
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despre activitatea noastră.
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Huh. HangStea on a momentmoment.
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Oh. Aşteptaţi un moment.
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It mightar putea take a momentmoment to loadsarcină.
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S-ar putea să ia o clipă până se încarcă.
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We'llVom just -- we can just skipocolire --
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O să -- putem să sărim peste --
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I'll just skipocolire throughprin the videovideo insteadin schimb ...
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Voi trece peste film atunci...
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No.
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Nu.
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This is not ...
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Okay.
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OK.
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SolarSolare technologytehnologie is ...
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Tehnologia solară e...
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Oh, that's all my time?
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Oh, a trecut tot timpul meu?
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Okay. Thank you very much.
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În regulă. Vă mulţumesc frumos.
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Translated by Karina Herman
Reviewed by Laszlo Kereszturi

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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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