ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Fawn Qiu - Technologist
Fawn Qiu is a multi-disciplinary technologist who introduces the creative side of engineering through playful projects.

Why you should listen

When Qiu managed product development in the technology industry, she noticed a significant lack of women and minorities in her company, so she began to experiment with introducing engineering to people in a more creative and accessible way. From costumes that blink to robots that move to a physical version of the popular app Flappy Bird, these projects engaged people from diverse backgrounds, especially women and minorities. As a result, she founded Make Anything, an organization that empowers people from all technological backgrounds through creative technology workshops.

Qiu was a former research assistant at the MIT Media Lab. She has also developed and launched several mobile applications at major technology companies. Her interactive art installations have been featured in festivals and galleries around the world. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree from The University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s Degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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Fawn Qiu: Easy DIY projects for kid engineers

फान क्युई: मुलांसाठी स्वतः अभियांत्रिकी शिकविणारे खेळ

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I design engineering projects
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मी प्रकल्प बनविते.
00:14
for middle school
and high school students,
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इंजिनिअरिंगचे ---माध्यमिक शाळेसाठी
00:17
often using materials
that are pretty unexpected.
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काही अनोख्या वस्तूंचा वापर करून
00:21
My inspiration comes
from problems in my daily life.
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त्यासाठी मला प्रेरणा मिळत असते
माझ्या दैनंदिन अडचणीतून.
00:24
For example,
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उदाहरण सांगायचे तर,
00:26
one time I needed a costume
to go to a comic convention,
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मला एकदा एका विनोदी गणवेश
स्पर्धेत भाग घेण्यासाठी पोशाख हवा होता
00:30
but I didn't want to spend too much money,
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त्यासाठी जास्त खर्च करू इच्छित नव्हते.
00:32
so I made my own ...
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मी तो स्वतः तयार केला...
00:34
with a light-up crown and skirt.
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एक चमकदार मुकुट व स्कर्ट घेऊन
00:36
(Laughter)
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(हशा )
00:38
Another time,
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दुसऱ्यांदा,
00:39
I was devastated
because my favorite mobile game,
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मी उधवस्त झाले कारण माझा आवडता खेळ
00:43
Flappy Bird,
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फ्लॅपी बर्ड
00:45
was being taken off the app store.
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अॅप स्टोअरवरून गायब झाला तेव्हा ,
00:46
(Laughter)
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(हशा)
00:48
So I was faced with the dilemma
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मी द्विधा मनस्थितीत होतो .
00:50
to either never update my phone
or never play Flappy Bird again.
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फोन अपडेट कधीही करु नये किंवा
फ्लॅपी बर्ड कधीही पुन्हा खेळू नये.
00:54
(Laughter)
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(हशा)
00:57
Unhappy with both options,
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कोणत्याही पर्यायाने मी दु:खी होणार.
00:59
I did the only thing
that made sense to me.
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मला योग्य वाटणारी एक गोष्ट मी केली
01:01
I made a physical version of Flappy Bird
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मी फ्लापी बर्डची एक प्रतिकृती तयार केली
01:04
that could never be
taken off the app store.
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जी अॅप स्टोअर वरून कधीही
गायब झाली नसती
01:06
(Laughter)
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(हशा)
01:09
(Music)
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(संगीत)
01:14
(Beeping)
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बीप आवाज
01:17
(Music)
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(संगीत)
01:18
(Laughter)
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(हशा )
01:21
So a few of my friends
were also pretty addicted to the game,
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माझे काही मित्र या
खेळाचे व्यसनी झाले होते.
01:24
and I invited them to play as well.
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मी त्यांना खेळण्यासाठी बोलाविले
01:26
(Video) Friend: Ah!
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दृश्य: मित्र अरे
01:28
(Laughter)
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(हशा)
01:31
(Video) Friend: What the heck?
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(चलचित्र) मित्र: अरे नवलच आहे?
01:32
(Laughter)
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(हशा)
01:33
And they told me that it was
just as infuriating as the original game.
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त्यानी सांगितले हा खेळ मूळ खेळासारखाच
वैताग देणारा आहे.
01:37
(Laughter)
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(हशा)
01:39
So I uploaded a demo
of this project online,
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मी या खेळाची माहिती इंटरनेटवर टाकली
01:42
and to my surprise it went viral.
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नवल झाले ती माहिती व्हायरल झाली
01:44
It had over two million views
in just a few days.
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काही दिवसातच वीस लाख लोकांनी ती पहिली
01:48
(Laughter)
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(हशा)
01:49
And what's more interesting
are people's comments.
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गमत अशी कि काहींनी त्यवर प्रतिक्रिया दिली
01:52
A lot of people
wanted to make it their own,
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अनेकांना तसे बनवायचे होते.
01:55
or asked me how it was made.
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काहींनी मला त्याची कृती विचारली.
01:57
So this kind of confirmed my idea
that through a creative project,
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माझी या कृतीला जनमानसाची मान्यताच मिळाली.
02:01
we can teach people about engineering.
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आम्ही इंजिनिअरिगचे
धडे देउ शकत होतो
02:04
With the money made from the viral video,
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आमच्या व्हीडीयोतून पैसे मिळायचे त्यातून.
02:06
we were able to let students
in our classroom
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आम्ही मुलांना वर्गात
02:08
all make their own game in a box.
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असे खेळ बनविण्यास समर्थ केले.
02:11
Although it was pretty challenging,
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जरी हे आव्हानात्मक होते.
02:13
they learned a lot of new concepts
in engineering and programming.
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त्यातून ते इन्जिनिअरिन्गचे.
02:17
And they were all eager to learn
so they could finish the game as well.
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ते यासाठी लवकर शिकू इच्छित होते कि
त्यांना लवकर खेळ साम्पिता येईल.
02:20
(Laughter)
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(हशा)
02:22
So before Flappy Bird Box,
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फ्लॅपी बर्ड अगोदर
02:25
I had the idea of using creative
engineering projects to teach students.
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माझी कल्पना होती निर्मिती उपक्रम करून
इंजिनिअरिंग कवावे
02:30
When I was teaching at a middle school,
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मी जेव्हा माध्यमिक शाळेत होत्ये
02:32
we asked our students to build a robot
from a standard technology kit.
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त्यावेळी आम्ही विद्यर्थ्याना साहित्य देऊन
यंत्रमानव बनविण्यास सांगितला.
02:37
And I noticed that
a lot of them seemed bored.
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बरेच ते करण्यस उनुत्सुक आढळले.
02:40
Then a few of them
started taking pieces of paper
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नंतर काहींनी कागद घेतले
02:43
and decorating their robots.
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आणि त्या यंत्रमानवास सजवू लागले.
02:45
And then more of them got into it,
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त्या कामात अनेकांनी सहभाग घेतला.
02:47
and they became
more interested in the project.
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त्या सर्वाना त्यातच अधिक रस वाटला.
02:49
So I started looking
for more creative ways
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मी क्रीयाशिल्तेचे नवे मार्ग शोधू लागले.
02:52
to introduce technology to students.
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तंत्रज्ञानाची ओळख करून देण्यास.
02:55
What I found was that most technology kits
available in school
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मला आढळले कि शाळांमध्ये
जे साहित्य दिले जाते
02:59
look a little intimidating.
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ते अनुकरण करणारेच असते.
03:01
They're all made of plastic parts
that you can't customize.
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प्लास्टिक पासून बनविलेले असल्ने
हवा तसा आकार देता येत नाही.
03:05
On top of that,
they're all very expensive,
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याशिवाय ते महाग असतात.
03:08
costing hundreds of dollars per kit.
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प्रत्येक कीट शेकडो डॉल्लर किमतीचे असतात.
03:10
So that's certainly not very affordable
for most classroom budgets.
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काही वर्गाना ते विकत घेणे परवडत नाही.
03:15
Since I didn't find anything,
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त्यात काही खास न वाटल्याने
03:16
I decided to make something on my own.
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मी स्व स्वतः काही बनविण्याचे ठरविले
03:19
I started with paper and fabric.
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काही कागद व कपडे मी घेतले.
03:22
After all, we all played
with those since we were kids,
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आम्ही लहान असल्याने त्याशी खूप खेळलो
03:25
and they are also pretty cheap
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ते स्वस्त होते.
03:26
and can be found
anywhere around the house.
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ते आपल्या घरात सहज मिळायचे.
03:30
And I prototyped a project
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मी एक प्राथमिक उपकरण तयार केले.
03:31
where students
can create a light-up creature
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त्या द्वारा विद्यार्थी
चमकदार प्राणी बनवायचे.
03:34
using fabric and googly eyes.
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कपडे व फसवे डोळे वापरून.
03:37
They were all helping
each other in classrooms,
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ते या कामात एकमेकांना मदत करायचे;
03:39
and were laughing
and discussing the project.
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हे सर्व ते हसत खेळत चर्चा करीत करायचे.
03:41
And most importantly,
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महत्वाचे असे,
03:42
they were able to insert
their own creativity into the project.
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ते आपल्या उपकरणात त्यांची निर्मिती क्षमता
ओतपोत भरलेली असायची
03:46
So because of the success of this project,
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कारण या उपकरणाच्या यशस्वीतेने
03:48
I continued to create
more engineering projects
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मला अधिक प्रकल्प बनविण्यास उतेजन मिळाले.
03:51
to challenge my students.
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विद्यार्थ्यांना ही ते आव्हान होते.
03:53
And I also started to take
these workshops outside of school
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मी हि कार्यशाळा शाळेच्या बाहेर
नेण्यास सुरवात केली.
03:57
and into the community.
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ती मी समाजात नेली.
03:58
And something really interesting happened.
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त्यानंतर मजेदार घडले.
04:01
I noticed a lot of people
from very diverse backgrounds
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मला आढळले विविध स्तरातील लोक
04:04
started coming to our workshops.
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या कार्यशाळेत येऊ लागले.
04:06
And specifically,
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विशेषतः
04:08
there were a lot more women
and minorities than I expected,
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यात खूप महिला व अल्पसंख्यांक सहभागी झाले.
04:12
and that you wouldn't usually see
at a traditional engineering workshop.
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जे नेहमीच्या अभियांत्रिकी
कार्यशाळेत आढळत नाही.
04:17
Now take a look at this employee report
at a major technology company in 2016.
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२०१६ च्या काही मुख्य कंपन्यांची
आकडेवारी पाहू
04:23
Women make up only 19 percent
of the technology workforce.
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महिलांचा यात १९ टक्के सहभाग होता.
04:27
And underrepresented minorities
make up only four percent.
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आणि अल्पसंख्यांक होते चार टक्के
04:31
This statistic might look familiar
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हि आकडेवारी माहित असेल.
04:33
if you walked into
a high school robotics club,
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जर तुम्ही बेत दिली असेल
शाळेतील यंत्रमानव कार्यशाळेस वा
04:37
or a college engineering class.
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महाविद्यालयीन अभियांत्रिकी
कार्यशाळेस
04:39
Now, there's a wide variety of problems
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आता विविध समस्या येथे होत्या.
04:44
that contribute to the lack of diversity
in the technology force.
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तांत्रिक क्षेत्रात विविधतेचा अभाव होता.
04:48
Perhaps one solution could be
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त्यास एक उकल होती
04:50
to introduce technology to students
through creative projects.
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हे तंत्रज्ञान क्रीयाशील्तेतून देणे.
04:55
I'm not saying that this
could solve everything,
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मी अस म्हणत नाही कि
तेवढ्याने सर्व काही ठीक होईल.
04:59
but it could introduce technology
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पण यातान्त्राची असणं ओळख होईल
05:02
to people who originally
wouldn't be interested in it
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ज्यांना यात पूर्वी रस नव्हता.
05:04
because of how it has been
portrayed and taught in school.
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शाळेत ज्या प्रकारे हे
शिकविले जायचे त्यामुळे
05:08
So how do we start to change
the perception of technology?
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मग आम्ही हि तंत्र शिक्षणाची
संकल्पना कशी बदलली.
05:13
Most students think
that it's boring or unwelcoming,
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अनेकांना हे शिकणे कंटाळवाणे वाटे.
05:18
so I have always designed projects
following three principles.
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म्हणून मी माझी उपकरणे
तीन बाबींचा विचार करून बनविली.
05:22
First is having a low floor,
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त्यासाठी खालचा मजला असावा
05:24
and that means this project
is easy to get started.
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त्यामुळे ते सहज सुरु होई.
05:29
So take a look at this tutorial.
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हा पाठ पहा.
05:31
The first project
we asked students to learn
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पहिला उपक्रम जो आम्ही मुलांना शिकविला.
05:34
is to make a circuit on paper.
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तो होता कागदावर सर्किट काढणे.
05:36
As you can see, it doesn't
take very long to learn,
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ते शिकायला काही फार वेळ लागत नाही.
05:38
and it's pretty easy even for beginners.
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सुरवातकरणाऱ्यांना ते सोपे वाटते.
05:41
And having a low floor also means
that we're removing the financial barrier
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तळमजला असल्याने खर्च कमी असे.
05:46
that prevents people
from completing a project.
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खर्च हि बाब मोठी अडचण होती
प्रकल्प पूर्ण करण्यास
05:49
So with paper, copper tape,
lightbulb and a battery,
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त्यासाठी वापरले कागद ,
बल्ब, तांब्याची पट्टी व बैटेरी
05:53
people can complete this project
for under a dollar.
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यास एक डोल्लर लागे.
05:57
So second principle
is having a high ceiling.
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दुसरी बाब उंच चहात असणे
06:00
This means that there's
a lot of room to grow,
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म्हणजे त्यामुळे खूप जागा मिळेल.
06:03
and students are
constantly being challenged.
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आणि मुले सतत शिकतील.
06:07
At first it might just be
a light-up creature,
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सुरवातीचा प्रकल्प होता चमकणारा प्राणी.
06:10
but then you can add sensors
and microcontrollers,
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नंतर त्यात सेन्सर व मायक्रोकंट्रोलर टाकणे
06:12
and start to program the creature
to interact with its environment.
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आणि प्रोग्राम वापरून त्याची
परिसराशी आंतर्क्रिया करणे
06:16
(Laughter)
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(हशा)
06:18
And finally,
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आणि शेवटी,
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the third principle is customization.
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तीसरी बाब त्यात गरजेनुस आर बदल करणे
06:21
This means that we can make
this project relevant to anyone.
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म्हणजे त्यामुळे ते कोणाशी उपयुक्त ठरेल .
06:26
That's the beauty
of using everyday materials;
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दैनंदिन वस्तूंचा वापर
हे याचे खास वैशिष्ट.
06:29
it's very easy to customize
using paper and fabric.
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कागद व कापड वापरून असे करता येत्ये,
06:33
So even if you don't like Flappy Bird,
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जर तुम्हाला फ्लॅपी बर्ड आवडत नसेल
06:36
you can still make your own game.
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तर आवडीचा खेळ बनविता येईल.
06:39
(Video) Student: So our game
is about Justin Bieber,
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दृश्य : आपला खेळ आहे जस्टीन बिबर बद्दल.
06:41
because he's been speeding,
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तो वेगाने जात आहे.
06:44
and the object is to prevent him
from getting caught by the LAPD --
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LAPD द्वारा त्यास अटकाव
करणे हे आपले लक्ष्य आहे .
06:49
(Laughter)
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(हशा)
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(Video) Student:
Yeah, but he's changing so --
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दृश्य :विद्यार्थी पहा तो बदलत आहे.
06:54
we're a part of his posse.
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आम्ही त्यात सहभागी आहोत.
06:56
(Laughter)
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(हशा )
06:58
Thank you.
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आभारी आहे.
06:59
(Applause)
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(टाळ्या)
Translated by arvind patil
Reviewed by Abhinav Garule

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Fawn Qiu - Technologist
Fawn Qiu is a multi-disciplinary technologist who introduces the creative side of engineering through playful projects.

Why you should listen

When Qiu managed product development in the technology industry, she noticed a significant lack of women and minorities in her company, so she began to experiment with introducing engineering to people in a more creative and accessible way. From costumes that blink to robots that move to a physical version of the popular app Flappy Bird, these projects engaged people from diverse backgrounds, especially women and minorities. As a result, she founded Make Anything, an organization that empowers people from all technological backgrounds through creative technology workshops.

Qiu was a former research assistant at the MIT Media Lab. She has also developed and launched several mobile applications at major technology companies. Her interactive art installations have been featured in festivals and galleries around the world. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree from The University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s Degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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