ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Colin Robertson - Social energy entrepreneur
Colin Robertson is apparently "attempting to make the world's first crowdsourced solar energy solution" Or is he?

Why you should listen

Colin Robertson is a young entrepreneur with a single, world-changing idea: crowdsource solar energy solutions to the global climate crisis. He is a passionate believer in the idea that we can solve all of our problems by coming together in groups.

He is also a fictional character created by ImprovEverywhere for a special prank at TED2012. He is played by Eugene Cordero, an actor and comedian based in Los Angeles, and a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. 

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Colin Robertson | Speaker | TED.com
TED2012

Improv Everywhere: A TED speaker's worst nightmare

一位TED演讲者的噩梦

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- Social energy entrepreneur
Colin Robertson is apparently "attempting to make the world's first crowdsourced solar energy solution" Or is he? Full bio

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Today今天 I'm going to talk
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今天,我要谈一谈
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about unexpected意外 discoveries发现.
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一些出人意料的发现
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Now I work in the solar太阳能 technology技术 industry行业.
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现在我在太阳能技术产业工作
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And my small startup启动
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我那间小小的公司刚刚创办
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is looking to force ourselves我们自己
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正在寻求迫使我们
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into the environment环境
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融入自然的方法
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by paying付款 attention注意 to ...
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这要通过关注...
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... paying付款 attention注意 to crowd-sourcing众包.
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关注众包来实现
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It's just a quick video视频
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这段小视频
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of what we do.
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展示了我们所做的工作
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Huh. Hang on a moment时刻.
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哈,等一下
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It might威力 take a moment时刻 to load加载.
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加载视频需要点时间
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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We'll just -- we can just skip跳跃 --
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也许我们可以跳过--
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I'll just skip跳跃 through通过 the video视频 instead代替 ...
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我会跳过视频...
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(Laughter笑声)
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No.
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不要啊
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(Music音乐)
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(音乐)
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This is not ...
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这不是...
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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Okay.
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好吧
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(Laughter笑声)
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Solar太阳能 technology技术 is ...
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太阳能技术是...
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Oh, that's all my time?
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不会吧,我的时间已经到了?
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Okay. Thank you very much.
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好吧,非常感谢
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(Applause掌声)
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Translated by Ying Ding
Reviewed by Angelia King

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Colin Robertson - Social energy entrepreneur
Colin Robertson is apparently "attempting to make the world's first crowdsourced solar energy solution" Or is he?

Why you should listen

Colin Robertson is a young entrepreneur with a single, world-changing idea: crowdsource solar energy solutions to the global climate crisis. He is a passionate believer in the idea that we can solve all of our problems by coming together in groups.

He is also a fictional character created by ImprovEverywhere for a special prank at TED2012. He is played by Eugene Cordero, an actor and comedian based in Los Angeles, and a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. 

More profile about the speaker
Colin Robertson | Speaker | TED.com

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