ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ayah Bdeir - Engineer and artist
Ayah Bdeir is an engineer and artist, and is the founder of littleBits and karaj, an experimental art, architecture and technology lab in Beirut.

Why you should listen
Ayah Bdeir is the creator of littleBits, an open source system of preassembled, modular circuits that snap together with magnets – making learning about electronics fun, easy and creative. An engineer, inventor and interactive artist, Ayah received her master’s degree from the MIT Media Lab and undergraduate degrees in computer engineering and sociology from the American University of Beirut. Ayah has taught graduate classes at NYU and Parsons and taught numerous workshops to get non-engineers – particularly young girls – interested in science and technology. She is also the founder of karaj, Beirut’s lab for experimental art, architecture and technology. littleBits was named Best of Toyfair, has won the editor’s Choice award from MAKE magazine, and has been acquired by MoMA for its collection.
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Ayah Bdeir: Building blocks that blink, beep and teach

Ayah Bdeir: Igralne kocke, ki utripajo, brenčijo in učijo

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Zamislite si igralni set elektronike, s katerim je igranje tako enostavno kot z LEGO kockami. Članica programa TED Fellows Ayah Bdeir predstavlja 'littleBits', igralni set sestavljivih enot, s katerimi postane programiranje tako enostaven in pomemben del ustvarjalnosti, kot je zlaganje kock.
- Engineer and artist
Ayah Bdeir is an engineer and artist, and is the founder of littleBits and karaj, an experimental art, architecture and technology lab in Beirut. Full bio

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This maylahko soundzvok strangečudno,
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but I'm a bigvelik fanventilator of the concretebeton blockblok.
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ampak zelo so mi všeč betonski bloki.
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The first concretebeton blocksbloki were manufacturedizdelani in 1868
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Prvi betonski bloki
so bili proizvedeni leta 1868
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with a very simplepreprosto ideaideja:
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s čisto enostavno idejo:
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modulesmoduli madeizdelane of cementcement of a fixeddoločen measurementmerjenje
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proizvesti posamezne
enote standardnih mer,
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that fitfit togetherskupaj.
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ki se zlahka zlagajo skupaj.
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Very quicklyhitro concretebeton blocksbloki becamepostati
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Hitro so betonski bloki postali
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the most-usednajbolj uporabljanih constructionGradnja unitenota in the worldsvet.
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glavni gradbeni element na svetu.
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They enabledomogočeno us to to buildzgraditi things that were largervečje than us,
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Gradnja objektov, večjih od nas:
zgradb, mostov... je postala resničnost,
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buildingszgradbe, bridgesMostovi,
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one brickopeka at a time.
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'kamen na kamen'.
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EssentiallyV bistvu concretebeton blocksbloki had becomepostane
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Skratka, betonski bloki so postali
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the buildingstavbe blockblok of our time.
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glavni gradbeni element našega časa.
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AlmostSkoraj a hundredsto yearslet laterpozneje in 1947,
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Skoraj sto let pozneje, leta 1947,
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LEGOLEGO cameprišel up with this.
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je LEGO izumil ta predmet.
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It was calledpozval the AutomaticSamodejno BindingZavezujoče BrickOpeke.
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Imenoval se je kocka
s samodejnim povezovanjem.
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And in a fewmalo shortkratek yearslet,
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V zelo kratkem času
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LEGOLEGO bricksopeke tookvzel placemesto in everyvsak householdgospodinjstvo.
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so imeli LEGO kocke
v vsakem gospodinjstvu.
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It's estimatedocenjeno that over 400 billionmilijardo bricksopeke have been producedproizvedeni --
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Ocenjujejo, da je bilo izdelanih
že več kot 400 milijard kock -
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or 75 bricksopeke for everyvsak personoseba on the planetplanet.
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oz. 75 kock na vsakega Zemljana.
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You don't have to be an engineerinženir
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Četudi niste gradbeni inženir,
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to make beautifullepo houseshiše, beautifullepo bridgesMostovi, beautifullepo buildingszgradbe.
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lahko še vseeno gradite
čudovite hiše, mostove in zgradbe.
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LEGOLEGO madeizdelane it accessibledostopen.
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LEGO je to omogočil vsakomur.
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LEGOLEGO has essentiallyv bistvu takensprejeti the concretebeton blockblok, the buildingstavbe blockblok of the worldsvet,
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LEGO je vzel betonski blok,
glavno gradbeno enoto sveta,
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and madeizdelane it into the buildingstavbe blockblok
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in jo spremenil v gradbeno enoto
naše domišljije.
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of our imaginationdomišljijo.
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MeanwhileMedtem the exacttočno sameenako yearleto,
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Medtem se je istega leta
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at BellBell LabsLabs the nextNaslednji revolutionrevolucija was about to be announcednapovedal,
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pri Bell Labs že pripravljala
naslednja revolucija,
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the nextNaslednji buildingstavbe blockblok.
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naslednja gradbena enota.
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The transistortranzistor was a smallmajhna plasticplastika unitenota
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Tranzistor je bil majhen plastičen delec,
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that would take us from a worldsvet
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ki je spremenil svet,
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of staticstatični bricksopeke piledzloži on topna vrh of eachvsak other
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poln statičnih opek, ene na drugi,
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to a worldsvet where everything was interactiveinteraktivno.
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v svet interakcije.
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Like the concretebeton blockblok,
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Tako kot predtem betonski blok
nam tranzistor omogoča gradnjo
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the transistortranzistor allowsdovoljuje you to buildzgraditi
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much largervečje, more complexkompleksno circuitsvezja, one brickopeka at a time.
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veliko večjih, bolj zapletenih tokokrogov,
delec po delec.
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But there's a mainglavni differenceRazlika:
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A obstaja pomembna razlika:
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The transistortranzistor was only for expertsstrokovnjaki.
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tranzistor je bil namenjen
le strokovnjakom.
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I personallyosebno don't acceptsprejema this,
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Jaz osebno ne morem sprejeti,
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that the buildingstavbe blockblok of our time
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da je glavna gradbena enota našega časa
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is reservedpridržane for expertsstrokovnjaki,
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dostopna samo strokovnjakom,
zato sem se odločila to spremeniti.
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so I decidedodločil to changesprememba that.
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EightOsem yearslet agonazaj when I was at the MediaMedia LabLaboratorij,
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Pred osmimi leti sem se pri Media Labu
začela raziskovati idejo,
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I startedzačel exploringraziskovati this ideaideja
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of how to put the powermoč of engineersinženirji
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da bi moč inženirjev
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in the handsroke of artistsumetniki and designersoblikovalci.
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dala v roke umetnikov in oblikovalcev.
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A fewmalo yearslet agonazaj I startedzačel developingrazvoj littleBitslittleBits.
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Pred nekaj leti sem tako
začela razvijati 'littleBits'.
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Let me showshow you how they work.
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Naj vam pokažem, kako delujejo.
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LittleBitsLittleBits are electronicelektronsko modulesmoduli
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'LittleBits' so elektronske enote
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with eachvsak one specificspecifično functionfunkcijo.
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in vsaka ima posebno funkcijo.
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They're pre-engineeredpre-inženirstva
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Enote so prednastavljene,
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to be lightsvetloba, soundzvok,
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da služijo kot luč, zvokovna enota,
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motorsmotorji and sensorssenzorji.
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motor in senzor.
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And the bestnajboljši partdel about it
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Najboljše pri tem je,
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is they snapsnap togetherskupaj with magnetsmagneti.
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da skočijo skupaj s pomočjo magnetov.
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So you can't put them the wrongnarobe way.
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Tako jih ne morete narobe sestaviti.
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The bricksopeke are color-codedbarvno lestvico.
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Enote so označene z barvami.
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GreenZelena is outputizhod, bluemodra is powermoč,
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Zelena pomeni izhodni signal,
modra električno energijo.
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pinkroza is inputvnos and orangeoranžna is wirežica.
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roza dovod in oranžna žico.
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So all you need to do is snapsnap a bluemodra to a greenzelena
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Tako morate samo modro potisniti ob zeleno
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and very quicklyhitro you can startZačni makingizdelavo largervečje circuitsvezja.
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in že lahko začnete
sestavljati večje tokokroge.
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You put a bluemodra to a greenzelena,
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Če postavite modro ob zeleno,
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you can make lightsvetloba.
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lahko sestavite luč.
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You can put a knobgumb in betweenmed
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Vstavite vmes stikalo
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and now you've madeizdelane a little dimmerdimmer.
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in tako ste naredili zatemnilnik.
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SwitchStikalo out the knobgumb
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Zamenjajte stikalo
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for a pulseimpulz modulemodul,
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za utripajočo enoto,
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whichki is here,
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ki je tukaj.
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and now you've madeizdelane a little blinkerŽmigavac.
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Sedaj ste sestavili utripajočo luč.
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AddDodaj this buzzerZumer
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Pa še to brenčalo
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for some extraekstra punchudarec
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za pravo mero
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and you've createdustvarjeno a noisehrup machinestroj.
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in dobili ste nekakšen majhen alarm.
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I'm going to stop that.
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Bom nehala zdaj.
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So beyondnaprej simplepreprosto playigraj,
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Razen preproste igre
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littleBitslittleBits are actuallydejansko prettylepa powerfulmočno.
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imajo 'littleBits' veliko moč.
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InsteadNamesto of havingimeti to programprogram, to wirežica, to solderspajkanje,
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Namesto da bi programirali,
sestavljali in še spajkali,
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littleBitslittleBits allowdovolite you to programprogram
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'littleBits' omogočajo, da programiramo
že s preprostimi, intuitivnimi gibi.
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usinguporabo very simplepreprosto intuitiveintuitiven gesturesgeste.
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So to make this blinkutripa fasterhitreje or slowerpočasneje,
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Za spremembo hitrosti utripanja
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you would just turnobrat this knobgumb
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samo zavrtimo ta gumb
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and basicallyv bistvu make it pulseimpulz fasterhitreje or slowerpočasneje.
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in tako pospešimo
ali upočasnimo utripanje.
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The ideaideja behindzadaj littleBitslittleBits
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'LittleBits' so zamišljeni
kot rastoči nabor delcev.
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is that it's a growingrastoče libraryknjižnica.
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We want to make everyvsak singlesamski interactioninterakcija in the worldsvet
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Čisto vsako interakcijo na svetu
bi radi spremenili v tako preprosto enoto.
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into a ready-to-usepripravljen za uporabo brickopeka.
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LightsLuči, soundszvoki, solarsončna energija panelsplošče, motorsmotorji --
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Luč, zvok, sončne celice, motorji -
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everything should be accessibledostopen.
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vse bi moralo biti dostopno.
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We'veSmo been givingdajanje littleBitslittleBits to kidsotroci and seeingvidenje them playigraj with them.
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Enote smo dali otrokom
in jih opazovali pri igri.
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And it's been an incredibleneverjetno experienceizkušnje.
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Neverjetna izkušnja!
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The nicestnajlepše thing is how they startZačni to understandrazumeti
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Najlepše je, ko začnejo razumeti
delovanje vsakdanjih elektronskih naprav,
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the electronicselektronika around them from everydayvsak dan
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that they don't learnučiti se at schoolsšole.
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česar jih v šoli ne učijo.
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For exampleprimer, how a nightlightnightlight worksdela,
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Kako na primer deluje nočna lučka
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or why an elevatordvigalo doorvrata staysostane openodprto,
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ali zakaj se vrata dvigala ne zaprejo
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or how an iPodiPod respondsodgovarja to touchdotaknite se.
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ali kako iPod prepozna naš dotik.
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We'veSmo alsotudi been takingjemanje littleBitslittleBits to designoblikovanje schoolsšole.
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Tudi šole za oblikovanje so jih dobile.
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So for exampleprimer, we'vesmo had designersoblikovalci
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Tako so mladi oblikovalci
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with no experienceizkušnje with electronicselektronika whatsoeverkarkoli
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popolnoma brez izkušenj z elektroniko
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startZačni to playigraj with littleBitslittleBits as a materialmaterial.
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poskusili uporabiti 'littleBits'
kot gradbeni material.
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Here you see, with feltčutil and paperpapir watervoda bottlessteklenice,
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Tukaj lahko vidite,
kako iz filca in tetrapaka
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we have GeordieGeordie makingizdelavo ...
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Geordie izdeluje...
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(ClangingClanging)
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(žvenket)
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(BuzzingBrenčanje)
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(brnenje)
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A fewmalo weekstednih agonazaj we tookvzel littleBitslittleBits to RISDRISD
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Nedavno smo jih nesli na RISD
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and gavedala them to some designersoblikovalci
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in jih dali oblikovalcem
čisto brez izkušenj v konstruiranju -
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with no experienceizkušnje in engineeringinženiring whatsoeverkarkoli --
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just cardboardkartona, woodles and paperpapir -- and told them "Make something."
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samo karton, les in papir -
in jim rekli: "No, ustvarite nekaj!"
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Here'sTukaj je an exampleprimer of a projectprojekt they madeizdelane,
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Tu je primer enega projekta:
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a motion-activatedaktivirate z gibanjem confettikonfeti canonkanonsko pravo ballžoga.
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Top, ki strelja konfete
in se aktivira ob zaznavi giba.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(smeh)
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But wait, this is actuallydejansko my favoritenajljubši projectprojekt.
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Ampak to je moj najljubši izdelek!
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It's a lobsterJastog madeizdelane of playdoughplaydough
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Ta je jastog, narejen iz plastelina,
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that's afraidstrah of the darktemno.
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ki se boji teme.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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To these non-engineersbrezalkoholne inženirjev, littleBitslittleBits becamepostati anotherdrugo materialmaterial,
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Niso inženirji, pa so jih uporabili
kot vsak drug material,
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electronicselektronika becamepostati just anotherdrugo materialmaterial.
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elektronika je postala le še en material.
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And we want to make this materialmaterial accessibledostopen to everyonevsi.
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Naš cilj je, da bi bil
ta material na voljo vsem.
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So littleBitslittleBits is open-sourceodprtokodno.
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Zato so 'littleBits' odprtokodni.
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You can go on the websitespletno stran, downloadprenesi all the designoblikovanje filesdatoteke, make them yourselfsami.
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Z naše spletne strani lahko prenesete
načrte in jih naredite sami.
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We want to encouragespodbujati a worldsvet
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Ustvariti želimo svet poln ustvarjalcev,
izumiteljev, sodelavcev,
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of creatorsustvarjalci, of inventorsizumitelji, of contributorssodelavci,
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because this worldsvet that we livev živo in,
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ker ta svet, v katerem živimo,
ta interaktivni svet, je naš svet.
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this interactiveinteraktivno worldsvet, is oursnaša.
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So go aheadnaprej and startZačni inventingizumljanja.
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Tako da izvolite izumljati.
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Thank you.
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Hvala.
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(ApplauseAplavz)
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(aplavz)
Translated by Sandra Petrović
Reviewed by Matej Divjak

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ayah Bdeir - Engineer and artist
Ayah Bdeir is an engineer and artist, and is the founder of littleBits and karaj, an experimental art, architecture and technology lab in Beirut.

Why you should listen
Ayah Bdeir is the creator of littleBits, an open source system of preassembled, modular circuits that snap together with magnets – making learning about electronics fun, easy and creative. An engineer, inventor and interactive artist, Ayah received her master’s degree from the MIT Media Lab and undergraduate degrees in computer engineering and sociology from the American University of Beirut. Ayah has taught graduate classes at NYU and Parsons and taught numerous workshops to get non-engineers – particularly young girls – interested in science and technology. She is also the founder of karaj, Beirut’s lab for experimental art, architecture and technology. littleBits was named Best of Toyfair, has won the editor’s Choice award from MAKE magazine, and has been acquired by MoMA for its collection.
More profile about the speaker
Ayah Bdeir | Speaker | TED.com