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Fiorenzo Omenetto: Silk, the ancient material of the future
Fjorenco Omeneto: Svila, drevni materijal budućnosti
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Fjorenco Omeneto predstavlja više od 20 zapanjujućih novih načina upotrebe svile, jednog od najelegantnijih materijala prirode - u prenošenju svetlosti, poboljšanju održivosti, ojačanju i pravljenju medicinskih skokova i granica. Na bini, pokazuje nekoliko intrigantnih predmeta za različitu upotrebu.
Fiorenzo Omenetto - Biomedical engineer
Fiorenzo G. Omenetto's research spans nonlinear optics, nanostructured materials (such as photonic crystals and photonic crystal fibers), biomaterials and biopolymer-based photonics. Most recently, he's working on high-tech applications for silk. Full bio
Fiorenzo G. Omenetto's research spans nonlinear optics, nanostructured materials (such as photonic crystals and photonic crystal fibers), biomaterials and biopolymer-based photonics. Most recently, he's working on high-tech applications for silk. Full bio
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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I'm thrilled to be here.
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Oduševljen sam što sam ovde.
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I'm going to talk about a new, old material
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Govoriću o novom starom materijalu
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that still continues to amaze us,
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koji nas i dalje zadivljuje,
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and that might impact the way we think
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i koji će možda uticati na naš način razmišljanja
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about material science, high technology --
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o materijalnoj nauci, visokoj tehnologiji -
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and maybe, along the way,
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i možda, tokom tog puta,
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also do some stuff for medicine and for global health and help reforestation.
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takođe učini nešto za medicinu i globalno zdravlje i pomogne ošumljavanju.
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So that's kind of a bold statement.
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Pa to je neka vrsta hrabre tvrdnje.
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I'll tell you a little bit more.
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Reću ću vam još ponešto.
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This material actually has some traits that make it seem almost too good to be true.
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Ovaj materijal zapravo ima neke osobine koje ga čine skoro suviše dobrim da bi bio istinit.
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It's sustainable; it's a sustainable material
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Održiv je; održiv je materijal
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that is processed all in water and at room temperature --
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obrađen potpuno u vodi i na sobnoj temperaturi -
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and is biodegradable with a clock,
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i potpuno je biorazgradiv sa vremenom,
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so you can watch it dissolve instantaneously in a glass of water
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pa ga možete posmatrati kako se odmah rastvara u čaši vode
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or have it stable for years.
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ili ga čuvati u čvrstom stanju godinama.
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It's edible; it's implantable in the human body
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Jestiv je, može se umetnuti u ljudsko telo
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without causing any immune response.
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bez izazivanja bilo kakvog imunog odgovora.
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It actually gets reintegrated in the body.
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Zapravo se u telu reintegriše.
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And it's technological,
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I tehnološki je,
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so it can do things like microelectronics,
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pa može da se koristi u mikroelektronici,
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and maybe photonics do.
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ili kao fotoni.
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And the material
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A materijal izgleda
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looks something like this.
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nekako ovako.
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In fact, this material you see is clear and transparent.
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U stvari, ovaj materijal koji vidite je čist i providan.
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The components of this material are just water and protein.
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Komponente ovog materijala su samo voda i proteini.
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So this material is silk.
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Dakle, ovo je svila.
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So it's kind of different
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Dakle, malo je drugačije
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from what we're used to thinking about silk.
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od onoga što smo imali običaj da mislimo o svili.
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So the question is, how do you reinvent something
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I pitanje je, kako da smislimo novu upotrebu
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that has been around for five millennia?
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nečega što postoji već pet milenijuma?
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The process of discovery, generally, is inspired by nature.
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Proces otkrivanja, generalno, jeste inspirisan prirodom.
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And so we marvel at silk worms --
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Svi se divimo svilenim bubama -
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the silk worm you see here spinning its fiber.
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svilena buba koju ovde vidite vrti svoja vlakna.
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The silk worm does a remarkable thing:
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Ove bube rade neverovatnu stvar:
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it uses these two ingredients, protein and water,
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koriste dva sastojka, protein i vodu,
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that are in its gland,
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koji se nalaze u njihovim žlezdama,
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to make a material that is exceptionally tough for protection --
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da naprave materijal koji je izuzetno teško zaštititi -
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so comparable to technical fibers
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u poređenju sa tehničkim vlaknima
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like Kevlar.
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kao što je kevlar.
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And so in the reverse engineering process
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I u obrnutom inženjerskom procesu
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that we know about,
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şa kojim znamo
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and that we're familiar with,
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da rukujemo,
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for the textile industry,
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u tekstilnoj industriji,
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the textile industry goes and unwinds the cocoon
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tekstilna industrija sakuplja i odmotava čaure
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and then weaves glamorous things.
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i onda tka glamurozne stvari.
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We want to know how you go from water and protein
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Želimo da znamo kako od vode i proteina nastaje
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to this liquid Kevlar, to this natural Kevlar.
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tečni kevlar, pa onda prirodni kevlar.
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So the insight
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Dakle uvideti
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is how do you actually reverse engineer this
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kako zapravo obrnuti proces i
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and go from cocoon to gland
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od čaure stići do žlezde
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and get water and protein that is your starting material.
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i uzeti vodu i protein koji su vaši početni materijali.
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And this is an insight
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I to je zapažanje
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that came, about two decades ago,
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nastalo pre skoro dve decenije
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from a person that I'm very fortunate to work with,
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od strane osobe sa kojom imam vrlo mnogo sreće da radim,
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David Kaplan.
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Dejvid Kaplan.
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And so we get this starting material.
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I tako dobijamo ovaj početni materijal.
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And so this starting material is back to the basic building block.
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I tako se ovaj početni materijal vraća u osnovni kockasti oblik.
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And then we use this to do a variety of things --
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I onda to koristimo za različite stvari -
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like, for example, this film.
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kao na primer, za film.
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And we take advantage of something that is very simple.
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I koristimo prednosti nečega što je vrlo jednostavno.
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The recipe to make those films
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Recept za pravljenje tih filmova
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is to take advantage of the fact
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jeste korišćenje činjenice
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that proteins are extremely smart at what they do.
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da su proteini neverovatno pametni u onome što čine.
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They find their way to self-assemble.
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Oni sami nađu put ka zajedičkom okupljanju.
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So the recipe is simple: you take the silk solution, you pour it,
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Dakle, recept je jednostavan: uzmete rastvor svile, izlijete ga
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and you wait for the protein to self-assemble.
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i sačekate da se proteini sami grupišu.
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And then you detach the protein and you get this film,
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I onda izdvojite ovaj protein i dobijete ovaj film,
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as the proteins find each other as the water evaporates.
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kada proteini pronađu jedni druge (voda isparava).
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But I mentioned that the film is also technological.
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Ali pomenuo sam da je film takođe i tehnološki.
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And so what does that mean?
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Šta to znači?
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It means that you can interface it
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To znači da možete da ga spojite
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with some of the things that are typical of technology,
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sa nekim stvarima tipičnim za tehnologiju,
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like microelectronics and nanoscale technology.
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poput mikroelektronike ili nano tehnologije.
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And the image of the DVD here
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A ova slika DVDa
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is just to illustrate a point
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je tu samo radi ilustracije
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that silk follows very subtle topographies of the surface,
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da svila prati vrlo suptilno topografiju površine,
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which means that it can replicate features on the nanoscale.
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što znači da mogu da ponove funkciju nano tehnologije.
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So it would be able to replicate the information
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I tako bi bila u stanju da ponovi informaciju
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that is on the DVD.
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koja je na DVDu.
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And we can store information that's film with water and protein.
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I možemo da skladištimo informacije snimljene vodom i proteinom.
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So we tried something out, and we wrote a message in a piece of silk,
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Tako smo probali nešto, i napisali poruku na parčetu svile,
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which is right here, and the message is over there.
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upravo ovde, a poruka je tamo.
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And much like in the DVD, you can read it out optically.
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I slično DVDu, može optički da se očita.
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And this requires a stable hand,
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Ovo zahteva mirnu ruku,
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so this is why I decided to do it onstage in front of a thousand people.
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pa sam zato rešio da to uradim na bini pred hiljadu ljudi.
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So let me see.
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Da probamo.
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So as you see the film go in transparently through there,
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Kao što vidite, film prolazi bez problema,
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and then ...
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i onda...
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(Applause)
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(aplauz)
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And the most remarkable feat
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A najznačajnije je to
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is that my hand actually stayed still long enough to do that.
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što je moja ruka stajala mirno dovoljno dugo da se ovo uradi.
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So once you have these attributes
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I jednom kada imate atribute
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of this material,
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ovog materijala,
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then you can do a lot of things.
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možete da radite mnoge stvari.
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It's actually not limited to films.
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Nije ograničeno na filmove.
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And so the material can assume a lot of formats.
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Materijal može poprimiti mnogo oblika.
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And then you go a little crazy, and so you do various optical components
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I onda malo poludite i uradite čitav niz različitih optičkih komponenti
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or you do microprism arrays,
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ili uradite male prizmatične nizove,
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like the reflective tape that you have on your running shoes.
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poput reflektujućih traka koje imate na patikama za trčanje-
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Or you can do beautiful things
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Ili možete napraviti prelepe stvari
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that, if the camera can capture, you can make.
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koje kamera može uhvatiti.
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You can add a third dimensionality to the film.
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Možete dodati treću dimenziju filmu.
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And if the angle is right,
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I ako je ugao dobar,
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you can actually see a hologram appear in this film of silk.
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možete čak i videti hologram na filmu ili svili.
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But you can do other things.
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Ali možete praviti i druge stvari.
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You can imagine that then maybe you can use a pure protein to guide light,
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U tom slučaju možete zamisliti da koristite čist protein za pravljenje svetlosti,
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and so we've made optical fibers.
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i tako smo napravili optička vlakna.
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But silk is versatile and it goes beyond optics.
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Ali svila je svestrana i ide dalje od optike.
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And you can think of different formats.
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I možete razmišljati o različitm formatima.
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So for instance, if you're afraid of going to the doctor and getting stuck with a needle,
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Na primer, ako se bojite odlaska kod doktora jer ćete zaglaviti sa iglom,
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we do microneedle arrays.
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pravimo nizove mikroigala.
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What you see there on the screen is a human hair
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Ovo što vidite na ekranu je ljudska dlaka
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superimposed on the needle that's made of silk --
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postavljena pored igle napravljene od svile -
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just to give you a sense of size.
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samo da steknete osećaj veličine.
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You can do bigger things.
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Možete raditi veće stvari.
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You can do gears and nuts and bolts --
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Možete praviti zupčanike, zavrtnje i klinove -
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that you can buy at Whole Foods.
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koje možete kupiti u Whole Foods.
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And the gears work in water as well.
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A zupčanici rade i pod vodom.
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So you think of alternative mechanical parts.
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I tako razmišljate o alternativnim mehaničkim delovima.
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And maybe you can use that liquid Kevlar if you need something strong
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A možda možete uzeti i tečni kevlar ako morate da napravite nešto jako
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to replace peripheral veins, for example,
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da zamenite periferne vene, na primer,
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or maybe an entire bone.
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ili čak i čitavu kost.
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And so you have here a little example
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I ovde imate jedan primer
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of a small skull --
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male lobanje -
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what we call mini Yorick.
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zovemo je mini Jorik.
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(Laughter)
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(smeh)
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But you can do things like cups, for example,
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Ali možete praviti stvari poput šolja, na primer,
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and so, if you add a little bit of gold, if you add a little bit of semiconductors
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i ako dodate malo zlata, ako dodate malo poluprovodnika
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you could do sensors that stick on the surfaces of foods.
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možete napraviti senzore koji stoje na površini hrane.
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You can do electronic pieces
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Možete praviti elektronske delove
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that fold and wrap.
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koji se savijaju i obmotavaju.
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Or if you're fashion forward, some silk LED tattoos.
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Ili ako volite modu, LED tetovaže.
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So there's versatility, as you see,
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Postoji različitost, kao što vidite,
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in the material formats,
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u materijalnim oblicima
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that you can do with silk.
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koje možete raditi sa svilom.
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But there are still some unique traits.
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Ali postoje i jedinstveni oblici.
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I mean, why would you want to do all these things for real?
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Mislim, zašto biste stvarno hteli da pravite ove stvari?
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I mentioned it briefly at the beginning;
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Pomenuo sam to kratko na početku;
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the protein is biodegradable and biocompatible.
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protein je biorazgradiv i kompatibilan sa prirodom.
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And you see here a picture of a tissue section.
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Ovde vidite delić tkiva.
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And so what does that mean, that it's biodegradable and biocompatible?
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I šta to znači, da je biorazgradiv i u skladu sa prirodom?
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You can implant it in the body without needing to retrieve what is implanted.
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Možete ga ugraditi u telo bez potrebe da ugrađeno izvadite.
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Which means that all the devices that you've seen before and all the formats,
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To znači da svi uređaji koje ste videli ranije i svi oblici,
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in principle, can be implanted and disappear.
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u principu mogu se ugraditi i nestati.
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And what you see there in that tissue section,
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I ono što vidite na ovom isečku tkiva,
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in fact, is you see that reflector tape.
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zapravo je reflektujuća traka.
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So, much like you're seen at night by a car,
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Dakle, slično onom što vidite noću u kolima,
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then the idea is that you can see, if you illuminate tissue,
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ideja je da onda možete videti, ako stavite svetlost u tkivo,
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you can see deeper parts of tissue
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možete videti dublje delove tkiva
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because there is that reflective tape there that is made out of silk.
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jer postoji ta reflektujuća traka napravljena od svile.
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And you see there, it gets reintegrated in tissue.
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I kako vidite, reintegriše se u tkivu.
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And reintegration in the human body
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A reintegracija u ljudskom telu
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is not the only thing,
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nije jedina stvar.
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but reintegration in the environment is important.
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Ali važna je reintegracija u prirodi.
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So you have a clock, you have protein,
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Imate vreme, protein,
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and now a silk cup like this
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i sada svilena šolja poput ove
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can be thrown away without guilt --
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može biti bačena bez osećaja krivice.
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(Applause)
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unlike the polystyrene cups
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Za razliku od polistirenih čaša
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that unfortunately fill our landfills everyday.
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koje nažalost ispunjavaju naša polja svaki dan.
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It's edible,
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Jestivo je,
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so you can do smart packaging around food
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možete pakovati hranu u to, tako da se
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that you can cook with the food.
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ona može kuvati sa hranom.
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It doesn't taste good,
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Nije ukusno,
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so I'm going to need some help with that.
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pa će mi biti potrebna pomoć oko toga.
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But probably the most remarkable thing is that it comes full circle.
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Ali verovatno najznačajnija stvar jeste što se pravi pun krug.
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Silk, during its self-assembly process,
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Svila se, tokom samo-okupljajućeg procesa,
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acts like a cocoon for biological matter.
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ponaša kao čaura iz bioloških razloga.
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And so if you change the recipe,
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I ako promenite recept,
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and you add things when you pour --
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i dodate stvari prilikom izlivanja -
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so you add things to your liquid silk solution --
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dakle dodate stvari u vašu tečnu soluciju svile -
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where these things are enzymes
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gde se ove stvari enzimišu
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or antibodies or vaccines,
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ili vakcinišu ili stvaraju antitela,
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the self-assembly process
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samo-okupljajući proces
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preserves the biological function of these dopants.
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čuva biološku funkciju ovih supstanci.
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So it makes the materials environmentally active
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I čini da materijali budu aktivni u okolini
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and interactive.
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i međusobno.
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So that screw that you thought about beforehand
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I tako onaj šraf o kojem ste ranije razmišljali
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can actually be used
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može biti iskorišćen
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to screw a bone together -- a fractured bone together --
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da spoji kost - polomljenu kost -
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and deliver drugs at the same,
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i ubacuje lek u isto vreme,
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while your bone is healing, for example.
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dok vaša kost zarasta, na primer.
07:52
Or you could put drugs in your wallet and not in your fridge.
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Ili možete staviti lek u vaš novčanik a ne u vaš frižider.
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So we've made a silk card
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Napravili smo svilenu kartu
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with penicillin in it.
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sa penicilinom u njoj.
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And we stored penicillin at 60 degrees C,
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I pohranili smo ga na 60 stepeni C,
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so 140 degrees Fahrenheit,
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dakle 140 stepeni farenhajta,
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for two months without loss of efficacy of the penicillin.
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na dva meseca bez gubitka efikasnosti penicilina.
08:07
And so that could be ---
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I to bi moglo biti -
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that could be potentially a good alternative
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i to bi potencijalno mogla biti dobra alternativa
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to solar powered refrigerated camels. (Laughter)
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hladnim skladištenim pakovanjima.
08:18
And of course, there's no use in storage if you can't use [it].
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I naravno, nema smisla imati skladište ako ga ne možete koristiti.
08:21
And so there is this other unique material trait
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I postoji i to drugo jedinstveno svojstvo
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that these materials have, that they're programmably degradable.
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koje ovaj materijal ima, oni su programirani za razgradnju.
08:28
And so what you see there is the difference.
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Tako da ovo što ovde vidite je drugačije.
08:30
In the top, you have a film that has been programmed not to degrade,
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Na vrhu, imate film koji je programiran da se ne razgrađuje,
08:33
and in the bottom, a film that has been programmed to degrade in water.
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a na dnu, film koji je programiran da se razgradi u vodi.
08:36
And what you see is that the film on the bottom
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I to što vidite na ovom filmu na dnu
08:38
releases what is inside it.
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otpušta ono što je unutra.
08:40
So it allows for the recovery of what we've stored before.
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Dakle omogućava oporavak onoga što smo sačuvali ranije.
08:43
And so this allows for a controlled delivery of drugs
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I to omogućava kontrolisan unos lekova
08:46
and for reintegration in the environment
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i reintegraciju u okruženju
08:49
in all of these formats that you've seen.
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svih ovih formata koje ste videli.
08:51
So the thread of discovery that we have really is a thread.
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Dakle otkriće do kojeg smo došli je zapravo osobina.
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We're impassioned with this idea that whatever you want to do,
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Strastveni smo u vezi ideje da sve što želite da uradite,
08:57
whether you want to replace a vein or a bone,
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bilo da je to zamena vene ili kosti,
08:59
or maybe be more sustainable in microelectronics,
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ili da mikroelektonika bude više održiva,
09:02
perhaps drink a coffee in a cup
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možda pijete kafu iz šolje
09:04
and throw it away without guilt,
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i da je bacite bez griže savesti,
09:06
maybe carry your drugs in your pocket,
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možda nosite svoje lekove u džepu,
09:08
deliver them inside your body
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unesete ih u vaše telo
09:10
or deliver them across the desert,
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ili prenesete preko pustoši,
09:12
the answer may be in a thread of silk.
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odgovor može biti u svojstvima svile.
09:14
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
09:16
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Fiorenzo Omenetto - Biomedical engineerFiorenzo G. Omenetto's research spans nonlinear optics, nanostructured materials (such as photonic crystals and photonic crystal fibers), biomaterials and biopolymer-based photonics. Most recently, he's working on high-tech applications for silk.
Why you should listen
Fiorenzo Omenetto is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and leads the laboratory for Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics and Biophotonics at Tufts University and also holds an appointment in the Department of Physics. Formerly a J. Robert Oppenheimer Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory before joining Tufts, his research is focused on interdisciplinary themes that span nonlinear optics, nanostructured materials (such as photonic crystals and photonic crystal fibers), optofluidics and biopolymer based photonics. He has published over 100 papers and peer-review contributions across these various disciplines.
Since moving to Tufts at the end of 2005, he has proposed and pioneered (with David Kaplan) the use of silk as a material platform for photonics, optoelectronics and high-technology applications. This new research platform has recently been featured in MIT's Technology Review as one of the 2010 "top ten technologies likely to change the world."
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