ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Bruno Bowden - Engineer and origamist
An engineer with Google (he helped build Google Earth), Bruno Bowden is also an enthusiastic folder of paper.

Why you should listen

Bruno Bowden was part of the team at Keyhole, the company that built EarthViewer -- a groundbreaking (and addictive) piece of software that lets you fly smoothly over an image of the globe assembled from satellite photos, and then zoom in on your own house. When Google bought Keyhole, Bowden helped turn the software into the indispensable Google Earth. Recently, he's moved over to the Google Gadgets side, helping to build more gotta-have-it technology.

He is also an enthusiastic student of the new origami, as practiced by masters such as Robert Lang.

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Bruno Bowden | Speaker | TED.com
Rufus Cappadocia - Cellist
Globe-trotting, genre-hopping cellist Rufus Cappadocia plays the music of our sphere.

Why you should listen

Rufus Cappadocia uses his cello to play the music he hears around the world, filtered through the music in his head. A dedicated musicologist, he has played and studied deeply in many genres, from Haitian voodoo music to Indian ghazal, from Celtic to Balkan. The rich, jazz-inflected sound he pulls from his instrument (which he started playing at age 3) is a passionate through-line in all his work.

Cappadocia writes, records, and plays live, both solo and in several groups -- including Bethany & Rufus (Bethany is Bethany Yarrow, the daughter of Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary) and the Vodou Jazz Ensemble.

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TED2008

Bruno Bowden + Rufus Cappadocia: Watch me fold origami (blindfolded)

Bruno Bowden faz uma dobragem enquanto Rufus Cappadoccia toca violoncelo

Filmed:
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Depois da palestra de Robert Lang sobre origami no Ted2008, Bruno Bowden sobe ao palco com um desafio - dobrar, com os olhos vendados, em menos de 2 minutos, uma das surpreendentemente complicadas figuras origami de Lang. Ele é acompanhado pelo violoncelista Rufus Cappadocia.
- Engineer and origamist
An engineer with Google (he helped build Google Earth), Bruno Bowden is also an enthusiastic folder of paper. Full bio - Cellist
Globe-trotting, genre-hopping cellist Rufus Cappadocia plays the music of our sphere. Full bio

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Olá a todos.
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And so the two of us are here to give you an exampleexemplo of creationcriação.
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Estamos aqui os dois para vos dar um exemplo de criação.
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And I'm going to be foldingdobrando one of RobertRobert Lang'sLang modelsmodelos.
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Eu vou dobrar um dos modelos de Robert Lang.
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And this is the piecepeça of paperpapel it will be madefeito from,
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Isto é o pedaço de papel a partir do qual ele vai ser feito,
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and you can see all of the foldsdobras that are needednecessário for it.
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e podem ver todas as dobras que vão ser necessárias.
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And RufusRufus is going to be doing some improvisationimprovisação
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O Rufus vai improvisar um pouco,
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on his custompersonalizado, five-stringcinco cordas electricelétrico cellovioloncelo,
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no seu violoncelo eléctrico, personalizado, de cinco cordas,
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and it's very excitingemocionante to listen to him.
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e é muito entusiasmante ouvi-lo.
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Are you readypronto to go? OK.
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Estás pronto para começar? OK.
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Just to make it a little bitpouco more excitingemocionante.
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Só para tornar tudo um pouco mais excitante,
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All right. Take it away, RufusRufus.
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Tudo bem. Podes começar Rufus
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(MusicMúsica)
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All right. There you go.
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OK. Aqui têm.
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Translated by Sara Inglês
Reviewed by Orlando Figueiredo

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Bruno Bowden - Engineer and origamist
An engineer with Google (he helped build Google Earth), Bruno Bowden is also an enthusiastic folder of paper.

Why you should listen

Bruno Bowden was part of the team at Keyhole, the company that built EarthViewer -- a groundbreaking (and addictive) piece of software that lets you fly smoothly over an image of the globe assembled from satellite photos, and then zoom in on your own house. When Google bought Keyhole, Bowden helped turn the software into the indispensable Google Earth. Recently, he's moved over to the Google Gadgets side, helping to build more gotta-have-it technology.

He is also an enthusiastic student of the new origami, as practiced by masters such as Robert Lang.

More profile about the speaker
Bruno Bowden | Speaker | TED.com
Rufus Cappadocia - Cellist
Globe-trotting, genre-hopping cellist Rufus Cappadocia plays the music of our sphere.

Why you should listen

Rufus Cappadocia uses his cello to play the music he hears around the world, filtered through the music in his head. A dedicated musicologist, he has played and studied deeply in many genres, from Haitian voodoo music to Indian ghazal, from Celtic to Balkan. The rich, jazz-inflected sound he pulls from his instrument (which he started playing at age 3) is a passionate through-line in all his work.

Cappadocia writes, records, and plays live, both solo and in several groups -- including Bethany & Rufus (Bethany is Bethany Yarrow, the daughter of Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary) and the Vodou Jazz Ensemble.

More profile about the speaker
Rufus Cappadocia | Speaker | TED.com