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Topher White: What can save the rainforest? Your used cell phone
Topher White: Čo môže zachrániť dažďový prales? Váš použitý mobil.
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Vo zvukoch pralesa je štebot vtákov, cvrlikanie cikád, laškovanie gibonov.
Ale v pozadí počuť takmer neprestajný zvuk motorovej píly z ilegálnej ťažby dreva. Technický inžinier Topher White predstavuje jednoduchý, prispôsobiteľný spôsob, ako zastaviť túto brutálnu deforestáciu – a ten sa začína využitím vášho starého mobilného telefónu.
Topher White - Conservation technologist
Through his startup Rainforest Connection, Topher White transforms used cell phones into guardians of the rainforest. Full bio
Through his startup Rainforest Connection, Topher White transforms used cell phones into guardians of the rainforest. Full bio
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00:12
(Rainforest noises)
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(zvuky pralesa)
00:21
In the summer of 2011,
as a tourist,
as a tourist,
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V lete roku 2011 som ako turista
00:25
I visited the rainforests of Borneo
for the very first time,
for the very first time,
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po prvýkrát navštívil
dažďový prales na Borneu,
dažďový prales na Borneu,
00:29
and as you might imagine,
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a ako si môžete predstaviť,
00:31
it was the overwhelming sounds
of the forest that struck me the most.
of the forest that struck me the most.
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to, čo ma najviac zasiahlo,
bol ohromujúci zvuk pralesa.
bol ohromujúci zvuk pralesa.
00:36
There's this constant cacophony of noise.
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Táto neprestajná kakofónia zvukov.
00:39
Some things actually do stick out.
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Niektoré zvuky z nej sú veľmi nápadné.
00:42
For example, this here is a big bird,
a rhinoceros hornbill.
a rhinoceros hornbill.
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Napríklad toto je veľký vták
– zobákorožec veľký,
– zobákorožec veľký,
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This buzzing is a cicada.
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toto cvrlikanie je cikáda.
00:51
This is a family of gibbons.
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Toto je rodina gibonov.
00:54
It's actually singing to each other
over a great distance.
over a great distance.
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Navzájom si spievajú na veľkú vzdialenosť.
00:59
The place where this was recorded
was in fact a gibbon reserve,
was in fact a gibbon reserve,
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Miesto vzniku tejto nahrávky
bola gibonia rezervácia,
bola gibonia rezervácia,
01:02
which is why you can hear so many of them,
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preto ich môžete počuť tak veľa.
01:04
but in fact the most important noise that
was coming out of the forest that time
was coming out of the forest that time
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Ale v skutočnosti najdôležitejší zvuk,
ktorý z pralesa vtedy vychádzal,
ktorý z pralesa vtedy vychádzal,
01:09
was one that I didn't notice,
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bol zvuk, ktorý som nepostrehol,
01:10
and in fact nobody there
had actually noticed it.
had actually noticed it.
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a vlastne nikto ho tam
v skutočnosti nepostrehol.
v skutočnosti nepostrehol.
01:14
So, as I said, this was a gibbon reserve.
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Ako som povedal,
bola to gibonia rezervácia.
bola to gibonia rezervácia.
01:16
They spend most of their time
rehabilitating gibbons,
rehabilitating gibbons,
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Väčšinu času sa venovali
rehabilitácii gibonov,
rehabilitácii gibonov,
01:19
but they also have
to spend a lot of their time
to spend a lot of their time
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ale taktiež museli tráviť dosť času
01:21
protecting their area from illegal logging
that takes place on the side.
that takes place on the side.
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ochranou svojho územia pred ilegálnou
ťažbou dreva, ktorá tam prebiehala.
ťažbou dreva, ktorá tam prebiehala.
01:25
And so if we take the sound of the forest
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A keď odstránime zvuky pralesa,
01:27
and we actually turn down the gibbons,
the insects, and the rest,
the insects, and the rest,
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a vlastne vypneme gibony, hmyz a ostatné,
01:31
in the background, the entire time,
in recordings you heard,
in recordings you heard,
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v pozadí nahrávky,
čo ste po celý čas počúvali
čo ste po celý čas počúvali
01:34
was the sound of a chainsaw
at great distance.
at great distance.
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bol zvuk motorových píl z veľkej diaľky.
01:38
They had three full-time guards
who were posted around this sanctuary
who were posted around this sanctuary
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Majú tam troch strážcov na plný úväzok,
rozostavených okolo rezervácie,
rozostavených okolo rezervácie,
01:42
whose job was in fact
to guard against illegal logging,
to guard against illegal logging,
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ktorých prácou je chrániť ju
pred ilegálnou ťažbou.
pred ilegálnou ťažbou.
01:46
and one day, we went walking,
again as tourists, out into the forest,
again as tourists, out into the forest,
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Jedného dňa, keď sme ako turisti
išli na prechádzku do lesa,
išli na prechádzku do lesa,
01:50
and within five minutes' walk,
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vo vzdialenosti 5 minút chôdze
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we stumbled upon somebody
who was just sawing a tree down,
who was just sawing a tree down,
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sme narazili na niekoho,
kto práve pílil strom,
kto práve pílil strom,
01:55
five minutes' walk, a few hundred meters
from the ranger station.
from the ranger station.
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5 minút chôdze, niekoľko sto metrov
od stanice rangerov.
od stanice rangerov.
01:58
They hadn't been able
to hear the chainsaws,
to hear the chainsaws,
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Nepočuli zvuk motorových píl,
02:01
because as you heard,
the forest is very, very loud.
the forest is very, very loud.
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pretože, ako ste počuli,
prales je veľmi, veľmi hlučný.
prales je veľmi, veľmi hlučný.
02:04
It struck me as quite unacceptable
that in this modern time,
that in this modern time,
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Zarazilo ma to ako absolútne neprijateľné,
že v dnešnej dobe,
že v dnešnej dobe,
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just a few hundred meters away
from a ranger station in a sanctuary,
from a ranger station in a sanctuary,
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len pár sto metrov od stanice
rangerov v rezervácii,
rangerov v rezervácii,
02:13
that in fact nobody could hear it when
someone who has a chainsaw gets fired up.
someone who has a chainsaw gets fired up.
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vlastne nikto nemôže začuť,
ako niekto naštartuje motorovú pílu.
ako niekto naštartuje motorovú pílu.
02:17
It sounds impossible,
but in fact, it was quite true.
but in fact, it was quite true.
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Znie to ako nemožné, ale je to naozaj tak.
Takže ako zastavíme ilegálnu ťažbu dreva?
02:21
So how do we stop illegal logging?
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02:23
It's really tempting, as an engineer,
always to come up with a high-tech,
always to come up with a high-tech,
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Je naozaj pokušením technika – inžiniera,
vždy prísť s high-tech,
vždy prísť s high-tech,
02:26
super-crazy high-tech solution,
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super bláznivým high-tech riešením,
02:28
but in fact, you're in the rainforest.
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ale v skutočnosti ste v dažďovom pralese.
02:30
It has to be simple,
it has to be scalable,
it has to be scalable,
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Musí to byť jednoduché,
musí to byť škálovateľné,
musí to byť škálovateľné,
02:33
and so what we also noticed
while were there was that
while were there was that
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a keď sme tam boli, všimli sme si,
02:36
everything we needed was already there.
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že všetko, čo sme potrebovali,
bolo už tam.
bolo už tam.
02:38
We could build a system
that would allow us to stop this
that would allow us to stop this
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Mohli sme vybudovať systém,
ktorý by nám to umožnil zastaviť,
ktorý by nám to umožnil zastaviť,
02:41
using what's already there.
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s použitím toho, čo už tam je.
02:43
Who was there? What was
already in the forest?
already in the forest?
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Kto tam bol?
Čo už bolo v pralese?
Čo už bolo v pralese?
02:45
Well, we had people.
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Nuž, mali sme ľudí.
02:46
We had this group there that was
dedicated, three full-time guards,
dedicated, three full-time guards,
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Mali sme tam na to určenú skupinu,
troch strážcov na plný úväzok,
troch strážcov na plný úväzok,
02:50
that was dedicated to go and stop it,
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ktorých úlohou bolo ísť a zastaviť to,
02:51
but they just needed to know
what was happening out in the forest.
what was happening out in the forest.
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ale tí len potrebovali vedieť,
čo sa deje v pralese.
čo sa deje v pralese.
02:54
The real surprise, this is the big one,
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Skutočným prekvapením, a to bolo veľké,
02:56
was that there was connectivity
out in the forest.
out in the forest.
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bolo to, že v pralese bol signál.
02:59
There was cell phone service
way out in the middle of nowhere.
way out in the middle of nowhere.
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Bolo pokrytie mobilným operátorom,
ďaleko, uprostred ničoho.
ďaleko, uprostred ničoho.
03:02
We're talking hundreds of kilometers
from the nearest road,
from the nearest road,
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Hovoríme o stovkách kilometrov
od najbližšej cesty,
od najbližšej cesty,
03:05
there's certainly no electricity,
but they had very good cell phone service,
but they had very good cell phone service,
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určite tam nie je elektrina,
ale mali veľmi dobré mobilné pokrytie.
ale mali veľmi dobré mobilné pokrytie.
03:08
these people in the towns
were on Facebook all the time,
were on Facebook all the time,
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Títo ľudia v mestečkách
boli celú dobu na Facebooku,
boli celú dobu na Facebooku,
03:11
they're surfing the web on their phones,
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surfovali na webe na svojich telefónoch,
03:13
and this sort of got me thinking
that in fact it would be possible
that in fact it would be possible
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a to ma istým spôsobom
priviedlo na myšlienku,
priviedlo na myšlienku,
03:16
to use the sounds of the forest,
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využiť zvuk pralesa,
03:18
pick up the sounds
of chainsaws programmatically,
of chainsaws programmatically,
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programovo vybrať
zvuk motorových píl,
zvuk motorových píl,
03:20
because people can't hear them,
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keďže ľudia ich nemôžu počuť,
03:22
and send an alert.
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a poslať výstrahu.
03:24
But you have to have a device
to go up in the trees.
to go up in the trees.
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Ale musíte mať zariadenie,
s ktorým môžete ísť hore na stromy.
s ktorým môžete ísť hore na stromy.
03:26
So if we can use some device
to listen to the sounds of the forest,
to listen to the sounds of the forest,
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Takže ak môžeme použiť nejaké zariadenie,
ktoré by počúvalo zvuky pralesa,
ktoré by počúvalo zvuky pralesa,
03:30
connect to the cell phone
network that's there,
network that's there,
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pripojilo sa k mobilnej sieti,
ktorá tam je,
ktorá tam je,
03:32
and send an alert to people on the ground,
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a poslalo výstrahu ľuďom v teréne,
03:34
perhaps we could have a solution
to this issue for them.
to this issue for them.
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tak to by mohlo byť pre nich
riešením tohto problému.
riešením tohto problému.
03:38
But let's take a moment
to talk about saving the rainforest,
to talk about saving the rainforest,
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Ale porozprávajme sa chvíľu
o záchrane dažďového pralesa,
o záchrane dažďového pralesa,
03:41
because it's something that we've
definitely all heard about forever.
definitely all heard about forever.
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pretože to je niečo, čo určite
všetci sústavne počúvame.
všetci sústavne počúvame.
03:45
People in my generation
have heard about saving the rainforest
have heard about saving the rainforest
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Ľudia z mojej generácie
počúvali o záchrane pralesa
počúvali o záchrane pralesa
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since we were kids,
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od svojho detstva,
03:50
and it seems that the message
has never changed:
has never changed:
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a zdá sa, že posolstvo sa vôbec nezmenilo:
03:52
We've got to save the rainforest,
it's super urgent,
it's super urgent,
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Musíme zachrániť dažďový prales,
je to super urgentné,
je to super urgentné,
03:54
this many football fields
have been destroyed yesterday.
have been destroyed yesterday.
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tie počty futbalových ihrísk,
ktoré sa zničili za včerajšok,
ktoré sa zničili za včerajšok,
03:57
and yet here we are today,
about half of the rainforest remains,
about half of the rainforest remains,
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a predsa nám dnes
zostala asi polovica pralesa,
zostala asi polovica pralesa,
04:00
and we have potentially more urgent
problems like climate change.
problems like climate change.
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a máme potenciálne urgentnejšie problémy,
ako napr. klimatické zmeny.
ako napr. klimatické zmeny.
04:05
But in fact, this is the little-known fact
that I didn't realize at the time:
that I didn't realize at the time:
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Ale v skutočnosti, to je málo známy fakt,
ktorý som si ani ja vtedy neuvedomoval:
ktorý som si ani ja vtedy neuvedomoval:
04:09
Deforestation accounts
for more greenhouse gas
for more greenhouse gas
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odlesňovanie zodpovedá
za viac skleníkových plynov
za viac skleníkových plynov
04:12
than all of the world's planes,
trains, cars, trucks and ships combined.
trains, cars, trucks and ships combined.
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ako všetky lietadlá, vlaky, autá,
nákladiaky a lode na Zemi spolu.
nákladiaky a lode na Zemi spolu.
04:16
It's the second highest contributor
to climate change.
to climate change.
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Je to druhým najväčším
pôvodcom klimatických zmien.
pôvodcom klimatických zmien.
04:18
Also, according to Interpol,
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Taktiež, podľa Interpolu,
04:21
as much as 90 percent of the logging
that takes place in the rainforest
that takes place in the rainforest
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až 90 % ťažby, ktorá sa deje
v dažďových pralesoch,
v dažďových pralesoch,
04:25
is illegal logging,
like the illegal logging that we saw.
like the illegal logging that we saw.
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je ilegálna ťažba,
ako tá, ktorú sme videli.
ako tá, ktorú sme videli.
04:29
So if we can help people in the forest
enforce the rules that are there,
enforce the rules that are there,
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Takže ak pomôžeme ľuďom v pralese
presadiť pravidlá, ktoré tam sú,
presadiť pravidlá, ktoré tam sú,
04:33
then in fact we could eat heavily
into this 17 percent
into this 17 percent
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tak naozaj môžeme výrazne
odhryznúť z tých 17 %
odhryznúť z tých 17 %
04:37
and potentially have a major impact
in the short term.
in the short term.
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a potenciálne vytvoriť značný efekt
v krátkej dobe.
v krátkej dobe.
04:39
It might just be the cheapest,
fastest way to fight climate change.
fastest way to fight climate change.
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Môže to byť najlacnejšia, najrýchlejšia
cesta v boji s klimatickými zmenami.
cesta v boji s klimatickými zmenami.
04:44
And so here's the system that we imagine.
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A tu je systém, ktorý si predstavujeme.
Vyzerá to super hight-tech.
04:46
It looks super high tech.
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04:48
The moment a sound of a chainsaw
is heard in the forest,
is heard in the forest,
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V momente, ako sa motorová píla
ozve v lese,
ozve v lese,
04:50
the device picks up the sound
of the chainsaw,
of the chainsaw,
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zariadenie zachytí jej zvuk
04:52
it sends an alert through the standard
GSM network that's already there
GSM network that's already there
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a pošle výstrahu štandardnou
GSM sieťou, ktorá tam už existuje,
GSM sieťou, ktorá tam už existuje,
04:56
to a ranger in the field
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rangerovi v teréne,
04:58
who can in fact show up in real time
and stop the logging.
and stop the logging.
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ktorý tak môže zasiahnuť
v reálnom čase a zastaviť ťažbu.
v reálnom čase a zastaviť ťažbu.
05:01
It's no more about going out
and finding a tree that's been cut.
and finding a tree that's been cut.
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Už to nie je o chodení von
a nachádzaní vyrezaných stromov.
a nachádzaní vyrezaných stromov.
05:05
It's not about seeing
a tree from a satellite
a tree from a satellite
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Nie je to o pozeraní
na stromy zo satelitu
na stromy zo satelitu
v oblasti, ktorá bola vyťažená holorubom,
05:07
in an area that's been clear cut,
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05:09
it's about real-time intervention.
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je to intervencii v reálnom čase.
05:11
So I said it was the cheapest
and fastest way to do it,
and fastest way to do it,
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Ako som povedal, je to
najlacnejšie a najrýchlejšie riešenie,
najlacnejšie a najrýchlejšie riešenie,
05:14
but in fact, actually, as you saw,
they weren't able to do it,
they weren't able to do it,
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ale v skutočnosti, ako ste videli,
oni to nevedeli spraviť,
oni to nevedeli spraviť,
05:17
so it may not be so cheap and fast.
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takže to možno nebolo
až také lacné a rýchle.
až také lacné a rýchle.
05:19
But if the devices in the trees
were actually cell phones,
were actually cell phones,
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Ale ak by zariadenia na stromoch boli
vlastne mobilné telefóny,
vlastne mobilné telefóny,
05:22
it could be pretty cheap.
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mohlo by to byť celkom lacné.
05:24
Cell phones are thrown away
by the hundreds of millions every year,
by the hundreds of millions every year,
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Mobilné telefóny sa zahadzujú
po stovkách miliónov každý rok,
po stovkách miliónov každý rok,
stovky miliónov len v samotných
Spojených štátoch,
Spojených štátoch,
05:28
hundreds of millions in the U.S. alone,
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05:30
not counting the rest of the world,
which of course we should do,
which of course we should do,
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nepočítajúc zvyšok sveta,
čo by sme samozrejme mali,
čo by sme samozrejme mali,
05:33
but in fact, cell phones are great.
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ale v skutočnosti, mobilné telefóny
sú vynikajúce.
sú vynikajúce.
05:36
They're full of sensors.
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Sú plné senzorov.
05:37
They can listen
to the sounds of the forest.
to the sounds of the forest.
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Môžu počúvať zvuky pralesa.
05:39
We do have to protect them.
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Musíme ich ochrániť.
05:41
We have to put them in this box
that you see here,
that you see here,
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Musíme ich dať do takéhoto boxu,
ako vidíte tu,
ako vidíte tu,
05:43
and we do have to power them.
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a musíme ich dobíjať.
05:45
Powering them is one of the greater
engineering challenges
engineering challenges
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Dobíjanie je jednou z najväčších
technických výziev
technických výziev
s ktorou sme sa museli popasovať,
05:47
that we had to deal with,
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because powering a cell phone
under a tree canopy,
under a tree canopy,
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pretože dobíjanie mobilu v korune stromu,
05:51
any sort of solar power
under a tree canopy,
under a tree canopy,
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akýkoľvek druh
solárnej energie v korune stromu,
solárnej energie v korune stromu,
05:54
was an as-yet-unsolved problem,
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bolo dosiaľ nevyriešeným problémom,
05:56
and that's this unique
solar panel design that you see here,
solar panel design that you see here,
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a toto je jedinečný dizajn
solárneho panelu, ktorý tu vidíte,
solárneho panelu, ktorý tu vidíte,
05:58
which in fact is built also from recycled
byproducts of an industrial process.
byproducts of an industrial process.
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ktorý taktiež zostavený z recyklovaných
vedľajších produktov priemyselnej výroby.
vedľajších produktov priemyselnej výroby.
06:03
These are strips that are cut down.
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Toto sú pásiky, ktoré sa odrezávajú.
06:05
So this is me putting it all together
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To som ja, ako to skladám celé dokopy
06:09
in my parents' garage, actually.
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v garáži mojich rodičov.
06:11
Thanks very much to them
for allowing me to do that.
for allowing me to do that.
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Ďakujem veľmi pekne,
že mi to dovolili robiť.
že mi to dovolili robiť.
06:13
As you can see,
this is a device up in a tree.
this is a device up in a tree.
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Ako vidíte, tu je zariadenie
hore na strome.
hore na strome.
06:18
What you can see from here, perhaps,
is that they are pretty well obscured
is that they are pretty well obscured
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Odtiaľto vidíte, že sú dosť dobre ukryté,
06:21
up in the tree canopy at a distance.
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ďaleko hore v korune stromu.
06:23
That's important, because although
they are able to hear chainsaw noises
they are able to hear chainsaw noises
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To je dôležité, pretože hoci
dokážu zachytiť zvuk píly
dokážu zachytiť zvuk píly
06:27
up to a kilometer in the distance,
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na kilometrovú vzdialenosť,
06:28
allowing them to cover
about three square kilometers,
about three square kilometers,
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čo im dovoľuje pokryť zhruba 3 km2,
06:31
if someone were to take them,
it would make the area unprotected.
it would make the area unprotected.
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ak by ich niekto vzal,
územie by zostalo nechránené.
územie by zostalo nechránené.
06:35
So does it actually work?
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Takže, funguje to vlastne?
06:38
Well, to test it,
we took it back to Indonesia,
we took it back to Indonesia,
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Aby sme to otestovali,
zobrali sme to späť do Indonézie,
zobrali sme to späť do Indonézie,
06:41
not the same place, but another place,
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nie na to isté miesto, ale inde
06:43
to another gibbon reserve
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do inej gibonej rezervácie,
06:44
that was threatened daily
by illegal logging.
by illegal logging.
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ktorá bola denne ohrozená
ilegálnou ťažbou.
ilegálnou ťažbou.
06:48
On the very second day, it picked up
illegal chainsaw noises.
illegal chainsaw noises.
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Hneď na druhý deň to zachytilo
zvuky motorových píl.
zvuky motorových píl.
06:52
We were able to get a real-time alert.
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Dokázali sme zachytiť výstrahu
v reálnom čase.
v reálnom čase.
06:54
I got an email on my phone.
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Dostal som e-mail na môj telefón.
06:55
Actually, we had just climbed the tree.
Everyone had just gotten back down.
Everyone had just gotten back down.
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Práve sme sa šplhali na strom
a všetci sa práve dostali späť dolu.
a všetci sa práve dostali späť dolu.
06:59
All these guys are smoking cigarettes,
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Všetci tí chlapíci fajčili cigarety,
07:01
and then I get an email,
and they all quiet down,
and they all quiet down,
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a keď som dostal e-mail,
a oni všetci stíchli,
a oni všetci stíchli,
07:04
and in fact you can hear the chainsaw
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naozaj bolo počuť motorovú pílu,
07:06
really, really faint in the background,
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veľmi veľmi slabo v pozadí,
07:08
but no one had noticed it
until that moment.
until that moment.
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ale nikto si to do toho momentu nevšimol.
07:11
And so then we took off
to actually stop these loggers.
to actually stop these loggers.
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A tak sme sa zobrali a šli sme
zastaviť tých drevorubačov.
zastaviť tých drevorubačov.
07:14
I was pretty nervous.
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Bol som dosť nervózny.
07:15
This is the moment where we've actually
arrived close to where the loggers are.
arrived close to where the loggers are.
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Toto je moment, keď sme dorazili
do blízkosti miesta, kde sa nachádzali.
do blízkosti miesta, kde sa nachádzali.
07:20
This is the moment where you can see
where I'm actually regretting
where I'm actually regretting
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Toto je moment, kde vidíte,
že už aj ľutujem
že už aj ľutujem
07:23
perhaps the entire endeavor.
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možno celé moje snaženie.
07:25
I'm not really sure what's on
the other side of this hill.
the other side of this hill.
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Nie som si istý, čo je
na druhej strane kopca.
na druhej strane kopca.
07:27
That guy's much braver than I am.
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Ten chlap je oveľa statočnejší ako ja.
07:29
But he went, so I had to go, walking up,
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Ale on šiel, tak som musel aj ja,
kráčal som hore
kráčal som hore
07:34
and in fact, he made it over the hill,
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a prešiel cez kopec
07:36
and interrupted the loggers in the act.
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a prichytil drevorubačov pri čine.
07:39
For them, it was such a surprise --
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Pre nich to bolo prekvapenie –
07:41
they had never, ever
been interrupted before --
been interrupted before --
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nikdy predtým ich nikto nevyrušil –
07:43
that it was such an impressive
event for them,
event for them,
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bola to pre nich taká pôsobivá udalosť,
že, ako sme počuli od našich partnerov,
sa tam už odvtedy neukázali.
sa tam už odvtedy neukázali.
07:45
that we've heard from our partners
they have not been back since.
they have not been back since.
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07:48
They were, in fact, great guys.
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Boli to naozaj skvelí chlapi.
07:50
They showed us how
the entire operation works,
the entire operation works,
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Ukázali nám priebeh celej operácie
07:52
and what they really convinced us
on the spot was that
on the spot was that
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a v teréne nás presvedčili o tom,
07:55
if you can show up
in real time and stop people,
in real time and stop people,
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že keď sa ukážete v reálnom čase
a zastavíte tých ľudí,
a zastavíte tých ľudí,
07:57
it's enough of a deterrent
they won't come back.
they won't come back.
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je to dostatočne odstrašujúce na to,
aby sa nikdy nevrátili.
aby sa nikdy nevrátili.
08:01
So --
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Takže –
08:03
Thank you. (Applause)
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Ďakujem.
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08:09
Word of this spread, possibly
because we told a lot of people,
because we told a lot of people,
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Správa o tom sa rozšírila, zrejme preto,
že sme to povedali mnohým ľuďom,
že sme to povedali mnohým ľuďom,
08:13
and in fact, then some really
amazing stuff started to happen.
amazing stuff started to happen.
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a potom sa začali diať
skutočne úžasné veci.
skutočne úžasné veci.
08:16
People from around the world
started to send us emails, phone calls.
started to send us emails, phone calls.
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Ľudia z celého sveta nám začali
posielať e-maily, telefonovať.
posielať e-maily, telefonovať.
08:20
What we saw was that people
throughout Asia,
throughout Asia,
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Videli sme, že ľudia z celej Ázie,
08:22
people throughout Africa,
people throughout South America,
people throughout South America,
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ľudia z Afriky, z južnej Ameriky,
nám hovorili, že by to tiež vedeli využiť,
08:25
they told us that they could use it too,
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08:27
and what's most important,
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a dôležité je
08:28
what we'd found that
we thought might be exceptional,
we thought might be exceptional,
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zistenie, že to, čo sme
považovali za výnimku,
považovali za výnimku,
08:31
in the forest there was
pretty good cell phone service.
pretty good cell phone service.
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že v pralese bol celkom dobrý
mobilný signál,
mobilný signál,
08:33
That was not exceptional, we were told,
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dozvedeli sme sa,
že to nie je nič výnimočné.
že to nie je nič výnimočné.
08:35
and that particularly is on the periphery
of the forests that are most under threat.
of the forests that are most under threat.
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a že obzvlášť je to na okrajoch pralesov,
ktoré sú práve najviac ohrozené.
ktoré sú práve najviac ohrozené.
08:39
And then something
really amazing happened,
really amazing happened,
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A potom sa stalo niečo naozaj úžasné,
08:41
which was that people started sending us
their own old cell phones.
their own old cell phones.
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a to, že nám ľudia začali posielať
ich vlastné staré mobilné telefóny.
ich vlastné staré mobilné telefóny.
08:45
So in fact what we have now is a system
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Takže teraz máme systém,
08:47
where we can use people on the ground,
people who are already there,
people who are already there,
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kde môžeme použiť ľudí v teréne,
ľudí, ktorí sú už tam,
ľudí, ktorí sú už tam,
08:50
who can both improve
and use the existing connectivity,
and use the existing connectivity,
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ktorí môžu vylepšiť a využiť
existujúce pripojenie na sieť,
existujúce pripojenie na sieť,
08:53
and we're using old cell phones
that are being sent to us
that are being sent to us
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a používame staré mobilné telefóny,
ktoré nám posielajú
ktoré nám posielajú
08:56
by people from around the world
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ľudia z celého sveta,
08:57
that want their phones to be doing
something else in their afterlife,
something else in their afterlife,
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ktorí chcú, aby ich telefóny
robili niečo iné vo svojom druhom živote.
robili niečo iné vo svojom druhom živote.
09:01
so to speak.
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09:01
And if the rest of the device
can be completely recycled,
can be completely recycled,
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A ak sa dá nejaké zariadenie
kompletne recyklovať,
kompletne recyklovať,
09:04
then we believe it's
an entirely upcycled device.
an entirely upcycled device.
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tak my veríme, že je to
plne znovu použité zariadenie.
plne znovu použité zariadenie.
09:07
So again, this didn't come
because of any sort of high-tech solution.
because of any sort of high-tech solution.
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Čiže znova, toto nevzniklo
ako nejaké high-tech riešenie.
ako nejaké high-tech riešenie.
09:11
It just came from using
what's already there,
what's already there,
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Toto vzišlo z využitia toho,
čo už existuje,
čo už existuje,
09:13
and I'm thoroughly convinced
that if it's not phones,
that if it's not phones,
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a som plne presvedčený,
že ak by to neboli mobilné telefóny,
že ak by to neboli mobilné telefóny,
09:16
that there's always
going to be enough there
going to be enough there
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stále bude existovať niečo,
na čom možno vystavať podobné riešenia,
09:18
that you can build similar solutions
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ktoré môžu byť veľmi efektívne
v novom kontexte.
v novom kontexte.
09:20
that can be very effective
in new contexts.
in new contexts.
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09:22
Thank you very much.
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Ďakujem veľmi pekne!
09:24
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Topher White - Conservation technologistThrough his startup Rainforest Connection, Topher White transforms used cell phones into guardians of the rainforest.
Why you should listen
In 2012, Topher White founded Rainforest Connection, a startup which converts recycled cell-phones into solar-powered listening devices to monitor and protect remote areas of the rainforest. Now an established NGO, Rainforest Connection has helped stop illegal logging and poaching operations in Sumatra, and the system is being expanded to three more rainforest reserves in Indonesia, the Amazon and Africa.
With a background in physics and engineering, White worked as web chief of ITER and co-founded Enthuse, a sports engagement and mobile rewards platform. For Rainforest Connection, he’s fashioned a simple device made of discarded cell phones and solar panels that detects and sends alerts when it picks up the sound of chainsaws in protected rainforests, allowing for intervention in real time.
Topher White | Speaker | TED.com