Andrew Pelling: This scientist makes ears out of apples
Endru Peling (Andrew Pelling): Ovaj ludi naučnik pravi uši od jabuka
Andrew Pelling's unconventional and creative scientific process is founded on play. Full bio
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for old electronics,
u svojoj radionici.
stvari koje se pokreću.
turn things on and off.
uključivati i isključivati stvari.
into an awesome robot.
pretvoriti u sjajnog robota.
a lot of stuff out of garbage,
have even been kind of useful.
čak su bile i nekako korisne.
samo prilika za igru,
to amuse myself.
kako bih se zabavio.
so I just made it part of my day job.
napravio deo svog posla.
biological research lab,
koja se bavi biologijom,
and exploration above all else.
i istraživanje, iznad svega.
on any particular problem,
ni na jedan poseban problem
any particular disease.
nijednu posebnu bolest.
and find answers.
i pronađu odgovore.
to build the equipment they need
da stvore neophodnu opremu
da se neguje kreativnost.
from around the world
we value unconventional ideas,
što cenimo netipične ideje,
testiramo i potvđujemo
I was taking it apart,
rastavljao ga
da rasturim biološki sistem,
in some new and creative way?
na neki nov i kreativan način?
tell me what fruit this is?
koje je ovo voće?
That's right -- it's an apple.
than most apples.
od većine jabuka.
we grew human cells into it.
razvili ljudske ćelije.
Macintosh apple,
Mekintošovu jabuku
after removing all the apple cells
ostala nam je
their shape and texture.
njihov oblik i teksturu.
the apple cells used to be.
that you can see in blue.
koje vidite u plavoj boji.
these guys start multiplying
of how our own tissues are organized.
na koji su organizovana naša tkiva.
these scaffolds into the body,
and a blood supply
when people started asking me,
body parts out of apples?"
delove tela od jabuka?"
to the right place."
of wood carving for a living.
literally carve some ears
in the ear-manufacturing business.
se ne bavi proizvodnjom ušiju.
on this for decades.
decenijama radili na ovome.
really expensive and problematic,
prilično skupe i komplikovane,
from proprietary products,
koja je koštala nekoliko centi.
to make these things.
da se ove stvari naprave.
can be built from garbage,
može se napraviti iz smeća
only requires soap and water.
zahteva samo sapun i vodu.
the instructions online as open source.
stavili na internet kao otvorena.
a mission-driven company,
kompaniju sa misijom
to make it easier
and a soldering iron
about is if one day,
and augment our own bodies
i poboljšaju naša tela
your pee smell funny.
and I was noticing
the stalks of these asparagus,
are all these tiny little vessels.
forms these structures.
stvara ove strukture.
of our nerves and spinal cord.
naših nerava i kičmene moždine.
down these channels?
unutar ovih kanala?
to form new connections
za stvaranje novih veza
and severed nerves.
oštećenih i prekinutih nerava.
working on this.
really promising pilot data.
obećavajuću ideju za početak.
that's all around me on this stage
oko sebe na ovoj sceni
my lab is involved in
of me playing with your garbage.
mog igranja vašim smećem.
of my scientific practice.
u mom bavljenju naukom.
to be unconventional and to be creative
da bude netipičan i kreativan
ljudske uši od jabuka.
are looking at some old,
piece-of-crap technology,
pokvarene tehnologije,
to get in touch with me,
da stupite u kontakt sa mnom
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Andrew Pelling - BiohackerAndrew Pelling's unconventional and creative scientific process is founded on play.
Why you should listen
Scientist, professor, entrepreneur and TED Fellow Andrew Pelling has built a career on unapologetic curiosity, creativity and serendipity. He is a professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Ottawa, where he founded and directs a curiosity-driven research lab that brings together artists, scientists, social scientists and engineers. The lab uses low-cost, open source materials and methods to explore speculative living technologies of the future. He has, for instance, created human body parts made from plants and grown living skins on LEGOs -- innovations with the potential to replace prohibitively expensive commercial biomaterials.
Pelling is also the co-founder and CTO of Spiderwort Inc., a mission driven company developing open source platforms to enable the widespread and global adoption of biological research in all environments and economic contexts. Most recently, he founded pHacktory, a street-level research lab in Ottawa that amplifies community ideas through a potent mixture of craft, serendipity and curiosity.
Pelling's work has been in the international media spotlight for many years, with recognition in outlets such as Wired, Huffington Post, NPR, Scientific American, Popular Science, BBC, Der Spiegel, Deutsche Welle and others, as well as numerous highlights in the Canadian media and Scientific media. He was named a TED Fellow in 2016.
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