ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sanjay Dastoor - Roboticist
Sanjay Dastoor is the co-founder of Boosted Boards, a startup that aims to build the world's lightest electric vehicles.

Why you should listen

Sanjay Dastoor met pals John Ulmen and Matthew Tran while studying engineering at Stanford University, where the three often found themselves talking about the need for a better way to get around campus. So they created one -- an electric longboard which they call Boosted Boards. The CEO of this Silicon Valley startup, which raised nearly a half million in crowdsourced funding through Kickstarter, Dastoor hopes to provide a new way to commute for those who live within a six-mile radius of work.

With his co-founders at Boosted, Dastoor participated in the Y Combinator and StartX incubator programs. He is finishing his PhD on bio-inspired robotics at Stanford, and he holds a MS from Stanford and a BS from UC Berkeley. He has also worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and SRI International.

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Sanjay Dastoor: A skateboard, with a boost

Sanjay Dastoor: Nje tryeze rreshkitese, me dicka plus

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Imagjinoni nje automjet elektrik qe mund t'ju coje ne pune--ose ngado ne nje rreze prej 6 miljesh--shpejt, pa frustrimin e trafikut ose te benzines. Tani, imagjinoni qe mund ta ngrini lehtesisht dhe ta merrni me vete. Po, ky lloj i ri tryeze rreshkitese mund te ndryshoje tabllone e transportit te mengjesit.
- Roboticist
Sanjay Dastoor is the co-founder of Boosted Boards, a startup that aims to build the world's lightest electric vehicles. Full bio

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Today I'm going to show you an electric vehicle
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Sot do t'ju tregoj nje automjet elektrik
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that weighs less than a bicycle,
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qe peshon me pak se nje biciklete
00:20
that you can carry with you anywhere,
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qe mund ta merrni me vete kudo
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that you can charge off a normal wall outlet in 15 minutes,
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qe mund ta karikoni per vetem 15 minuta, ne nje prize te zakonshme
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and you can run it for 1,000 kilometers
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dhe qe me pas mund ta ngisni per 1,000 km
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on about a dollar of electricity.
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me nje kosto prej rreth nje dollari ne energji elektrike.
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But when I say the word electric vehicle,
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Por, kur permend fjalen "automjet elektrik"
00:35
people think about vehicles. They think about cars
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njerezit mendojne per automjete. Ata mendojne per makina
00:38
and motorcycles and bicycles, and the vehicles that you use every day.
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motocikleta, bicikleta dhe automjete qe ju perdorni perdite.
00:41
But if you come about it from a different perspective,
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Por, nese kjo shihet ne nje tjeter kendveshtrim
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you can create some more interesting,
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atehere mund te krijohen koncepte me interesante,
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more novel concepts.
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me inovatore.
00:49
So we built something.
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Keshtu, ne ndertuam dicka.
00:51
I've got some of the pieces in my pocket here.
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Disa nga copezat i kam ketu ne xhep.
00:54
So this is the motor.
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Ky eshte motorri.
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This motor has enough power to take you
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Nje motorr ky qe ka fuqine per te te ngjitur
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up the hills of San Francisco at about 20 miles per hour,
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kodrave te San Fraciscos me rreth 20 milje ne ore,
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about 30 kilometers an hour,
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rreth 30 kilometra ne ore,
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and this battery, this battery right here
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dhe kjo bateri, kjo bateria ketu
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has about six miles of range, or 10 kilometers,
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ka nje rreze prej gjashte (6) miljesh, ose 10 kilometrash,
01:11
which is enough to cover about half of the car trips
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e cila eshte mese e mjaftueshme per te mbuluar rreth gjysmen e udhetimit me makine
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in the U.S. alone.
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vetem ne Sh.B.A.
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But the best part about these components
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Por, me e mira e ketyre komponenteve
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is that we bought them at a toy store.
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eshte fakti qe i kemi blere ne nje dyqan lodrash.
01:20
These are from remote control airplanes.
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Keto jane pjese te nje aeroplani te komanduar.
01:23
And the performance of these things has gotten so good
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Dhe performanca e ketyre gjerave eshte permiresuar deri ne ate pike
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that if you think about vehicles a little bit differently,
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sa te menduarit paksa ndryshe rreth automjeteve,
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you can really change things.
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mundet me te vertete te besh ndryshim.
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So today we're going to show you one example
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Pra, sot do t'ju tregojme nje shembull
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of how you can use this.
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se si mund ta perdorni kete.
01:33
Pay attention to not only how fun this thing is,
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Kushtojini vemendje jo vetem aspektit argetues te demostrimit,
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but also how the portability that comes with this
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por gjithashtu edhe menyres se si transportueshmeria qe ka
01:38
can totally change the way you interact with a city like San Francisco.
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mund ta ndryshoje plotesisht menyren se si bashkeveprojme ne nje qytet si San Francisko.
01:43
(Music)
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Muzike
02:02
[6 Mile Range] [Top Speed Near 20mph]
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[Rreze prej 6 miljesh] [Shpejtesia maksimale afersisht 20 metra per ore]
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[Uphill Climbing]
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[Ngjitje ne Malore]
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[Regenerative Braking]
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[Frenim Rigjenerues]
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(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
02:56
(Cheers)
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(Ovacion)
03:00
So we're going to show you what this thing can do.
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Pra, do t'ju tregojme se cfare eshte ne gjendje te bej kjo gje.
03:04
It's really maneuverable. You have a hand-held remote,
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Eshte me te vertete e manovrueshme. Ju keni nje telekomande qe e mbani ne duar,
03:06
so you can pretty easily control acceleration, braking,
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cka e ben te lehte kontrollin e rritjes se shpejtesise, frenimin,
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go in reverse if you like, also have braking.
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te ecni ne te kunderten nese deshironi, si dhe te frenuarit.
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It's incredible just how light this thing is.
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Eshte e pabesueshme se sa e lehte kjo gje eshte.
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I mean, this is something you can pick up and carry with you
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Ajo cka dua te them eshte se kjo eshte dicka qe mund ta marresh me vete lehtesisht
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anywhere you go.
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ngado shkon.
03:28
So I'll leave you with one of the most compelling facts
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Pra, po ju le me nje nga faktet me bindese
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about this technology and these kinds of vehicles.
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rreth kesaj teknologjie dhe ketij lloj automjeti.
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This uses 20 times less energy
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Kjo perdor 20 here me pak elektricitet
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for every mile or kilometer that you travel than a car,
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per nje milje ose kilometer udhetim, nga c'mund te perdore nje makine,
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which means not only is this thing fast to charge
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cka do te thote se jo vetem kerkon me pak kohe per tu karikuar
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and really cheap to build,
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dhe ka nje kosto shume te ulet per tu ndertuar,
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but it also reduces the footprint of your energy use
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por edhe zvogelon perdorimin e elektricitetit
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in terms of your transportation.
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persa i perket transportit tuaj.
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So instead of looking at large amounts of energy needed
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Pra, ne vend se te shohim per sasi te medha elektriciteti qe jane te nevojshme
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for each person in this room to get around in a city,
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qe secili prej nesh, ne kete salle, te levize neper qytet
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now you can look at much smaller amounts
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tashme mund ti referohemi sasive shume me te vogla
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and more sustainable transportation.
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dhe nje transporti me te qendrueshem.
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So next time you think about a vehicle,
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Pra, heren tjeter kur te mendoni per nje automjet,
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I hope, like us, you're thinking about something new.
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shpresoj, sikunder ne, te mendoni per dicka te re.
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Thank you.
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Faleminderit.
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(Applause)
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Translated by Iris Xholi
Reviewed by Helena Bedalli

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sanjay Dastoor - Roboticist
Sanjay Dastoor is the co-founder of Boosted Boards, a startup that aims to build the world's lightest electric vehicles.

Why you should listen

Sanjay Dastoor met pals John Ulmen and Matthew Tran while studying engineering at Stanford University, where the three often found themselves talking about the need for a better way to get around campus. So they created one -- an electric longboard which they call Boosted Boards. The CEO of this Silicon Valley startup, which raised nearly a half million in crowdsourced funding through Kickstarter, Dastoor hopes to provide a new way to commute for those who live within a six-mile radius of work.

With his co-founders at Boosted, Dastoor participated in the Y Combinator and StartX incubator programs. He is finishing his PhD on bio-inspired robotics at Stanford, and he holds a MS from Stanford and a BS from UC Berkeley. He has also worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and SRI International.

More profile about the speaker
Sanjay Dastoor | Speaker | TED.com