ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Greg Gage - Neuroscientist
TED Fellow Greg Gage helps kids investigate the neuroscience in their own backyards.

Why you should listen

As half of Backyard Brains, neuroscientist and engineer Greg Gage builds the SpikerBox -- a small rig that helps kids understand the electrical impulses that control the nervous system. He's passionate about helping students understand (viscerally) how our brains and our neurons work, because, as he said onstage at TED2012, we still know very little about how the brain works -- and we need to start inspiring kids early to want to know more.

Before becoming a neuroscientist, Gage worked as an electrical engineer making touchscreens. As he told the Huffington Post: "Scientific equipment in general is pretty expensive, but it's silly because before [getting my PhD in neuroscience] I was an electrical engineer, and you could see that you could make it yourself. So we started as a way to have fun, to show off to our colleagues, but we were also going into classrooms around that time and we thought, wouldn't it be cool if you could bring these gadgets with us so the stuff we were doing in advanced Ph.D. programs in neuroscience, you could also do in fifth grade?" His latest pieces of gear: the Roboroach, a cockroach fitted with an electric backpack that makes it turn on command, and BYB SmartScope, a smartphone-powered microscope.

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TED2015

Greg Gage: How to control someone else's arm with your brain

Greg Gejdž (Greg Gage): Kako da kontrolišete nečiju ruku svojim mozgom

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Greg Gejdž je na misiji da učini nauku o mozgu dostupnom svima. U ovoj zabavnoj i pomalo jezivoj demonstraciji, neuronaučnik i stariji član TED Fellows programa koristi jednostavnu i jeftinu opremu iz kućne radinosti kako bi oduzeo slobodnu volju osobi iz publike. Ovo nije jeftini trik; ovo zaista deluje. Morate da vidite da biste se uverili.
- Neuroscientist
TED Fellow Greg Gage helps kids investigate the neuroscience in their own backyards. Full bio

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The brainмозак is an amazingНевероватно and complexкомплекс organорган.
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Mozak je neverovatan i složen organ.
00:17
And while manyмноги people
are fascinatedфасциниран by the brainмозак,
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I dok mnoge fascinira mozak,
ne mogu vam zaista mnogo reći
00:20
they can't really tell you that much
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o svojstvima funkcionisanja mozga
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about the propertiesсвојства
about how the brainмозак worksИзвођење радова
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because we don't teachнаучити
neuroscienceнеуронаука in schoolsшколе.
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jer ne predajemo neuronauke u školama.
00:26
And one of the reasonsразлоге
why is that the equipmentопрема
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Jedan od razloga zbog čega je oprema
00:28
is so complexкомплекс and so expensiveскупо
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tako složena i skupa
jeste taj da se ona koristi
00:31
that it's really only doneГотово at majorглавни
universitiesуниверзитети and largeвелики institutionsинституције.
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samo na većim univerzitetima
i u velikim ustanovama.
00:35
And so in orderнаручи to be ableу могуцности
to accessприступ the brainмозак,
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Stoga, da biste mogli da pristupite mozgu,
00:37
you really need to dedicateпосветити your life
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morate stvarno da posvetite život
00:39
and spendпотрошити sixшест and a halfпола yearsгодине
as a graduateдипломирани studentученик
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i provedete šest i po godina
kao postdiplomac
samo da biste postali neuronaučnik
i dobili pristup ovim instrumentima.
00:42
just to becomeпостати a neuroscientistneurolog
to get accessприступ to these toolsалати.
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00:45
And that's a shameсрамота
because one out of fiveпет of us,
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To je šteta, jer će jedan od petoro nas,
00:47
that's 20 percentпроценат of the entireцео worldсвет,
will have a neurologicalнеуролошки disorderпоремећај.
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a to je 20 posto čitavog sveta,
imati neurološki poremećaj.
00:51
And there are zeroнула curesлечи
for these diseasesболести.
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A ne postoje lekovi za ove bolesti.
00:54
And so it seemsИзгледа that
what we should be doing
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Tako da se čini da ono što treba raditi
00:57
is reachingпостизање back earlierраније
in the eductioneduction processпроцес
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jeste ranije dosezati
kroz obrazovni proces
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and teachingУчити studentsстуденти about neuroscienceнеуронаука
so that in the futureбудућност,
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i učiti učenike o neuronaukama
tako da u budućnosti
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they mayможе be thinkingразмишљање about possiblyмогуће
becomingпостаје a brainмозак scientistнаучник.
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mogu razmišljati o tome da možda postanu
stručnjaci za mozak.
Kada sam bio postdiplomac, moj kolega
iz laboratorije Tim Marculo i ja
01:08
When I was a graduateдипломирани studentученик,
my labлаб matedruže TimTim MarzulloMarzullo and myselfЈа сам,
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01:11
decidedодлучио that what if we tookузела
this complexкомплекс equipmentопрема that we have
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smo razmišljali: šta ako uzmemo
ovu složenu opremu koju imamo
01:15
for studyingстудирање the brainмозак and madeмаде it simpleједноставно
enoughдовољно and affordableприступачан enoughдовољно
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za izučavanje mozga i učinimo je
dovoljno jednostavnom i pristupačnom
01:19
that anyoneбило ко that you know, an amateurаматер
or a highвисоко schoolшкола studentученик,
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tako da bilo ko, amater ili srednjoškolac,
01:22
could learnучи and actuallyзаправо participateучествовати
in the discoveryоткриће of neuroscienceнеуронаука.
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može da uči i učestvuje
u otkrivanju neuronauka.
01:25
And so we did just that.
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I upravo smo to uradili.
Pre nekoliko godina, osnovali smo firmu
pod nazivom "Mozgovi iz dvorišta"
01:27
A fewнеколико yearsгодине agoпре, we startedпочела
a companyкомпанија calledпозвани BackyardDvorišta BrainsMozak
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01:30
and we make DIYDIY neuroscienceнеуронаука equipmentопрема
and I broughtдоведен some here tonightвечерас,
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i napravili smo
neuronaučnu opremu iz kućne radinosti
i doneo sam nešto od toga večeras
da vam demonstriram.
01:34
and I want to do some demonstrationsдемонстрације.
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01:37
You guys want to see some?
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Želite da vidite?
01:38
So I need a volunteerволонтер.
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Treba mi dobrovoljac.
01:41
So right before -- what is your nameиме?
(ApplauseAplauz)
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Kako se zovete? (Aplauz)
01:44
SamSem. KellyKelly: SamSem..
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Sem Keli: Sem.
01:45
GregGreg GageGage: All right, SamSem., I'm going
to recordзапис from your brainмозак.
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Greg Gejdž: U redu, Sem,
obaviću neka očitavanja vašeg mozga.
01:48
Have you had this before?
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Da li ste nekada radili ovo?
01:49
SKSK: No.
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SK: Ne.
01:50
GGG.G.: I need you to stickштап out
your armрука for scienceНаука,
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GG: Hoću da ispružite ruku u ime nauke,
01:53
rollролл up your sleeverukav a bitмало,
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zavrnite rukav malo.
01:54
So what I'm going to do,
I'm puttingстављање electrodesелектроде on your armрука,
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Staviću elektrode na vašu ruku,
01:57
and you're probablyвероватно wonderingпитајући се,
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i verovatno se pitate,
01:59
I just said I'm going to recordзапис from your
brainмозак, what am I doing with your armрука?
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upravo sam rekao da ću da očitavam
sa mozga, šta radim sa rukom?
02:02
Well, you have about 80 billionмилијарде neuronsнеурона
insideу your brainмозак right now.
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Pa, imate oko 80 milijardi neurona
unutar svog mozga u ovom trenutku.
02:06
They're sendingслање electricalелектрични messagesпоруке
back and forthнапред, and chemicalхемијски messagesпоруке.
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Oni šalju elektro i hemijske poruke
napred i nazad.
02:09
But some of your neuronsнеурона
right here in your motorмоторни cortexкортекс
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Ali neki od vaših neurona
ovde u motoričkom korteksu
02:12
are going to sendпошаљи messagesпоруке down
when you moveпотез your armрука like this.
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će poslati poruke nadole
kada ovako pomerite ruku.
02:15
They're going to go down
acrossпреко your corpusкорпус callosumцаллосум,
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Krenuće preko vašeg korpus kalosuma,
preko kičmene moždine
02:17
down ontoна your spinalспинална cordкабл
to your lowerниже motorмоторни neuronнеурон
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do nižih motoričkih neurona
prema vašim mišićima ovde,
02:20
out to your musclesмишићи here,
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02:21
and that electricalелектрични dischargeotpust
is going to be pickedизабран up
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a to električno pražnjenje će primiti
02:24
by these electrodesелектроде right here
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ove elektrode ovde
02:25
and we're going to be ableу могуцности to listen
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i moći ćemo da čujemo
02:27
to exactlyбаш тако what your brainмозак
is going to be doing.
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upravo ono što će vaš mozak raditi.
02:29
So I'm going to turnред this on for a secondдруго.
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Uključiću ovo na sekundu.
Da li ste ikada čuli kako vaš mozak zvuči?
02:31
Have you ever heardслушао
what your brainмозак soundsзвуци like?
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SK: Ne.
02:34
SKSK: No.
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GG: Hajde da probamo. Stegnite svoju ruku.
02:35
GGG.G.: Let's try it out.
So go aheadнапред and squeezeскуеезе your handруку.
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02:37
(RumblingJe to)
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(Krčanje)
02:38
So what you're listeningслушање to,
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Ono što čujete,
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so this is your motorмоторни unitsјединице
happeningдогађај right here.
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to se pokreću vaše
motoričke jedinice ovde.
02:44
Let's take a look at it as well.
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Hajde da pogledamo i ovo.
02:46
So I'm going to standстој over here,
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Stajaću ovde
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and I'm going to openотворен up our appапликација here.
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i otvoriću našu aplikaciju.
02:52
So now I want you to squeezeскуеезе.
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Sad hoću da stegnete.
02:53
(RumblingJe to)
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(Krčanje)
02:54
So right here, these are the motorмоторни unitsјединице
that are happeningдогађај
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Ovo ovde su motoričke jedinice,
koje idu od njene kičmene moždine
ka njenim mišićima ovde,
02:57
from her spinalспинална cordкабл
out to her muscleмишић right here,
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i dok to radi,
03:00
and as she's doing it,
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vidite električnu aktivnost
koja se odvija.
03:01
you're seeingвиди the electricalелектрични activityактивност
that's happeningдогађај here.
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Možete čak i da kliknete ovde
da vidite neku od njih.
03:04
You can even clickкликните here
and try to see one of them.
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Nastavite da to radite snažno.
03:06
So keep doing it really hardтешко.
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Sada smo pauzirali
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So now we'veми смо pausedпаузирана
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na jednom motoričkom akcionom potencijalu
koji se upravo dešava unutar vašeg mozga.
03:09
on one motorмоторни actionпоступак potentialпотенцијал that's
happeningдогађај right now insideу of your brainмозак.
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03:13
Do you guys want to see some more?
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Želite da vidite još nešto?
03:15
(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
03:16
That's interestingзанимљиво,
but let's get it better.
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Zanimljivo je, ali neka bude još bolje.
03:18
I need one more volunteerволонтер.
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Treba mi još jedan dobrovoljac.
03:21
What is your nameиме, sirгосподине?
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Kako se zovete, gospodine?
03:24
MiguelMiguel GoncalvesGoncalves: MiguelMiguel.
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Migel Gonzales: Migel.
GG: Migel, u redu.
03:25
GGG.G.: MiguelMiguel, all right.
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03:26
You're going to standстој right here.
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Vi ćete stajati ovde.
03:27
So when you're movingкретање your armрука like this,
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Kada pomerate ruku ovako,
03:29
your brainмозак is sendingслање a signalсигнал
down to your musclesмишићи right here.
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vaš mozak šalje signal ka mišićima ovde.
03:33
I want you to moveпотез your armрука as well.
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Hoću da i vi pomerate ruku.
03:34
So your brainмозак is going to sendпошаљи
a signalсигнал down to your musclesмишићи.
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Vaš mozak će poslati signal
ka vašim mišićima.
03:37
And so it turnsокреће се out that there is
a nerveнерв that's right here
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Ovde postoji nerv
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that runsтрчи up here that innervatesinnervates
these threeтри fingersпрстима,
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koji se nadovezuje ovde
koji inerviše ova tri prsta
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and it's closeБлизу enoughдовољно to the skinкожа
that we mightМожда be ableу могуцности
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i dovoljno je blizu kože
03:47
to stimulatestimulise that so that what we can do
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da bismo mogli da ga stimulišemo
03:49
is copyкопирај your brainмозак signalsсигналима
going out to your handруку
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tako da kopiramo moždane signale
koji idu ka vašoj ruci
03:52
and injectубризгати it into your handруку,
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i ubacimo ih u vašu ruku,
tako da će se vaša ruka pomerati
kada mozak kaže vašoj ruci da se pomera.
03:54
so that your handруку will moveпотез
when your brainмозак tellsкаже your handруку to moveпотез.
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03:57
So in a senseсмисао, she will take away
your freeбесплатно will
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Tako da će vam ona, na neki način,
oduzeti slobodnu volju
04:00
and you will no longerдуже have
any controlконтрола over this handруку.
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i više nećete imati kontrolu
nad ovom rukom.
Da li me pratite?
04:03
You with me?
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04:05
So I just need to hookкука you up.
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Samo treba da vas spojim.
04:07
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
04:09
So I'm going to find your ulnarlakatna nerveнерв,
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Pronaći ću vaš ulnarni nerv,
04:11
whichкоја is probablyвероватно right around here.
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koji je verovatno ovde negde.
04:14
You don't know what you're signingпотписивање up for
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Ne znate šta će vas snaći
04:16
when you come up.
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kad izađete.
04:17
So now I'm going to moveпотез away
and we're going to plugплуг it in
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Sada ćemo ga priključiti ovde
04:20
to our human-to-humanчовек-човек interfaceприступ over here.
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na naš interfejs čovek-čovek.
04:24
Okay, so SamSem., I want you
to squeezeскуеезе your handруку again.
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Okej Sem, hoću da ponovo
stisnete svoju ruku.
04:29
Do it again. PerfectSavršen.
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Uradite to ponovo. Savršeno.
04:31
So now I'm going to hookкука you up
over here so that you get the --
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Sada ću da vas prikačim ovde
tako da dobijete -
04:34
It's going to feel
a little bitмало weirdчудан at first,
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Biće malo čudan osećaj u početku,
04:36
this is going to feel like a --
(LaughterSmeh)
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osetićete kao - (Smeh)
04:38
You know, when you loseизгубити your freeбесплатно will,
and someoneнеко elseдруго becomesпостаје your agentAgente,
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Znate, kada izgubite slobodnu volju,
i neko drugi postane vaš pokretač,
04:42
it does feel a bitмало strangeчудан.
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to bude pomalo čudno.
04:44
Now I want you to relaxOpusti se your handруку.
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Sada hoću da opustite ruku.
04:46
SamSem., you're with me?
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Sem, je l' me pratite?
04:47
So you're going to squeezeскуеезе.
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Dakle, stisnućete šaku.
04:48
I'm not going to turnред it on yetјош увек,
so go aheadнапред and give it a squeezeскуеезе.
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Neću još da uključujem,
zato hajde stisnite ruku.
04:52
So now, are you readyспреман, MiguelMiguel?
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Jeste li spremni, Migel?
04:54
MGMG: ReadySpreman as I'll ever be.
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MG: Spreman kao nikad pre.
04:56
GGG.G.: I've turnedокренуо се it on, so go aheadнапред
and turnред your handруку.
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GG: Uključio sam,
pa hajde okrenite svoju ruku.
04:59
Do you feel that a little bitмало?
MGMG: NopeJok.
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Da li osećate pomalo?
MG: Ne.
05:01
GGG.G.: Okay, do it again?
MGMG: A little bitмало.
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GG: Okej, uradite to ponovo?
MG: Pomalo.
05:03
GGG.G.: A little bitмало? (LaughterSmeh)
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GG: Pomalo? (Smeh)
05:04
So relaxOpusti se.
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Opustite se.
05:05
So hitхит it again.
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Hajde ponovo.
05:07
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
05:08
Oh, perfectсавршен, perfectсавршен.
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Savršeno, savršeno.
05:10
So relaxOpusti se, do it again.
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Opustite se, hajde ponovo.
05:12
All right, so right now,
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U redu. Sada,
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your brainмозак is controllingконтролисање your armрука
and it's alsoтакође controllingконтролисање his armрука,
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vaš mozak kontroliše vašu ruku,
a takođe kontroliše i njegovu,
05:19
so go aheadнапред and just do it one more time.
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pa hajde uradite to još jednom.
05:21
All right, so it's perfectсавршен. (LaughterSmeh)
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U redu, savršeno. (Smeh)
05:23
So now, what would happenдесити се
if I tookузела over my controlконтрола of your handруку?
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Šta bi se dogodilo kada bih ja
preuzeo kontrolu nad vašom rukom?
05:27
And so, just relaxOpusti se your handруку.
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Samo opustite ruku.
05:29
What happensсе дешава?
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Šta se dešava?
05:31
AhAh, nothing.
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Ništa.
05:32
Why not?
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Zašto ne?
05:34
Because the brainмозак has to do it.
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Zato što mozak to mora da uradi.
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So you do it again.
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Thank you.
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Translated by Ivana Krivokuća
Reviewed by Milos Milosavljevic

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Greg Gage - Neuroscientist
TED Fellow Greg Gage helps kids investigate the neuroscience in their own backyards.

Why you should listen

As half of Backyard Brains, neuroscientist and engineer Greg Gage builds the SpikerBox -- a small rig that helps kids understand the electrical impulses that control the nervous system. He's passionate about helping students understand (viscerally) how our brains and our neurons work, because, as he said onstage at TED2012, we still know very little about how the brain works -- and we need to start inspiring kids early to want to know more.

Before becoming a neuroscientist, Gage worked as an electrical engineer making touchscreens. As he told the Huffington Post: "Scientific equipment in general is pretty expensive, but it's silly because before [getting my PhD in neuroscience] I was an electrical engineer, and you could see that you could make it yourself. So we started as a way to have fun, to show off to our colleagues, but we were also going into classrooms around that time and we thought, wouldn't it be cool if you could bring these gadgets with us so the stuff we were doing in advanced Ph.D. programs in neuroscience, you could also do in fifth grade?" His latest pieces of gear: the Roboroach, a cockroach fitted with an electric backpack that makes it turn on command, and BYB SmartScope, a smartphone-powered microscope.

More profile about the speaker
Greg Gage | Speaker | TED.com