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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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У Колина Робертсона было 3 минуты, чтобы рассказать миру о предложенном людьми решении проблем медицинской помощи — с использованием солнечных батарей. Но вот, что произошло...
- Social energy entrepreneur
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TodayCегодня I'm going to talk
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Сегодня я расскажу вам
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about unexpectedнеожиданный discoveriesоткрытия.
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о неожиданных открытиях.
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Now I work in the solarсолнечный technologyтехнологии industryпромышленность.
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Я работаю с технологиями солнечной энергетики.
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And my smallмаленький startupзапускать
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Недавно созданная мной фирма
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is looking to forceсила ourselvesсами
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идёт по пути бережного обращения
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into the environmentОкружающая среда
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с окружающей средой,
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by payingплатеж attentionвнимание to ...
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обращая внимание...
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... payingплатеж attentionвнимание to crowd-sourcingкраудсорсинга.
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... обращая внимание на краудсорсинг.
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It's just a quickбыстро videoвидео
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Вот краткое видео того,
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of what we do.
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чем мы занимаемся.
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Huh. Hangвешать on a momentмомент.
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Хм! Подождите секунду.
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It mightмог бы take a momentмомент to loadнагрузка.
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Нужно пару секунд для загрузки.
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(LaughterСмех)
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We'llЧто ж just -- we can just skipпропускать --
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Вообще-то мы можем пропустить —
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I'll just skipпропускать throughчерез the videoвидео insteadвместо ...
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я пойду дальше и пропущу видео...
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(LaughterСмех)
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No.
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Нет.
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(MusicМузыка)
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This is not ...
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Что же это...
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(LaughterСмех)
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Okay.
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Хорошо.
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Solarсолнечная technologyтехнологии is ...
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Технология солнечной энергетики...
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Oh, that's all my time?
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Ах, моё время истекло?
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Okay. Thank you very much.
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Хорошо. Большое спасибо.
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Translated by Olga Dmitrochenkova
Reviewed by Aliaksandr Autayeu

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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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