ABOUT THE SPEAKER
AnnMarie Thomas - Educator
AnnMarie Thomas works on the playful side of engineering -- using cool tools to teach and help others.

Why you should listen

AnnMarie Thomas joined the faculty of the University of St. Thomas in the fall of 2006. Previously, she was a faculty member at Art Center College of Design. She is the director of the UST Design laboratory and leads a team of students looking at both the playful side of engineering (squishy circuits for students, the science of circus, toy design) and ways to use engineering design to help others (projects in technology design for older adults). Thomas, in partnership with collaborator Jan Hansen, is co-director of the University of St. Thomas Center for Pre-Collegiate Engineering Education (CPCEE).

Thomas teaches Engineering Graphics, Machine Design, Dynamics (with Circus Lab), Toy Design, Product Design for an Aging Population, and Brain Machine Interfaces (seminar). She organizes the School of Engineering Design Night (featuring the ENGR320 Machine Design competition), and the Design Discussions seminar series.

Thomas has also worked on underwater robotics (at MIT, Caltech and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute), specializing in biologically inspired propulsion. She has consulted on projects ranging from the design/creation of a "musical earthquake-playing robot" to the initial research for a book on earthquakes in Los Angeles. At Caltech, she founded the Caltech Robotics Outreach Group (CROG) and the Caltech/JPL/LEGO Middle School Robotics Conference.

Get the recipes for the two squishy circuits play doughs here >>

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AnnMarie Thomas: Hands-on science with squishy circuits

AnMari Tomas: Nauka iz prve ruke uz pomoć gnjecavih kola

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U energičnom pregledu na TED U, AnMari Tomas pokazuje kako različiti sastojci plastelina kućne izrade mogu biti korišćeni u prikazivanju mogućnosti električne energije -- uključenjem LED dioda, pokretanjem motora i kako ona prave dizajnere od naših najmlađih.
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I'm a hugeогромно believervernik in hands-onaktivni educationобразовање.
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Veliki sam ljubitelj edukacije "iz prve ruke".
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But you have to have the right toolsалати.
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Ali za to moramo imati određene alate.
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If I'm going to teachнаучити my daughterћерка about electronicsелектроника,
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Ako želim da učim svoju ćerku o elektronici,
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I'm not going to give her a solderinglemljenje ironгвожђе.
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neću joj dati lemilicu.
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And similarlyслично, she findsфиндс prototypingпрототип boardsбоардс
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Ili nešto slično tome, pošto su štampane ploče
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really frustratingfrustrirajuжe for her little handsруке.
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veoma nezgodne za njene male ruke.
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So my wonderfulДивно studentученик SamSem. and I
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Tako da smo moj divni student Sem i ja
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decidedодлучио to look at the mostнајвише tangibleопипљиво thing we could think of:
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odlučili da pronađemo najopipljivije stvari kojih smo se setili,
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Play-DohPlastelin.
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testo za igru (plastelin kućne izrade).
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And so we spentпотрошено a summerлето
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I tako smo proveli leto
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looking at differentразличит Play-DohPlastelin recipesРецепти.
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tražeći različite recepte za plastelin.
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And these recipesРецепти probablyвероватно look really familiarпознат
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Ovi recepti verovatno izgledaju veoma poznato
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to any of you who have madeмаде homemadeдомаће play-doughPlay-testo --
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za bilo koga od vas ko je pravio plastelin kućne izrade --
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prettyприлично standardстандард ingredientsсастојци you probablyвероватно have in your kitchenкухиња.
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standardnih sastojaka koje verovatno imate u vašoj kuhinji.
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We have two favoriteомиљени recipesРецепти --
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Imamo dva omiljena recepta --
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one that has these ingredientsсастојци
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jedan koji ima sledeće sastojke
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and a secondдруго that had sugarшећер insteadуместо тога of saltсо.
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i drugi koji ima šećer umesto soli.
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And they're great. We can make great little sculpturesскулптуре with these.
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I oni su super. Možemo praviti sjajne male figurice sa njima.
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But the really coolхладан thing about them is when we put them togetherзаједно.
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Ali ono što je super kod njih događa se kad ih spojimo zajedno.
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You see that really saltyslano Play-DohPlastelin?
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Vidite, plastelin sa puno soli,
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Well, it conductssprovodi electricityелектрична енергија.
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on provodi struju.
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And this is nothing newново.
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I to nije ništa novo.
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It turnsокреће се out that regularредовно Play-DohPlastelin that you buyкупити at the storeпродавница conductssprovodi electricityелектрична енергија,
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Ispostavlja se da plastelin koji kupujete u prodavnici provodi struju,
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and highвисоко schoolшкола physicsфизика teachersнаставници have used that for yearsгодине.
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i srednjoškolski nastavnici fizike to koriste godinama.
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But our homemadeдомаће play-doughPlay-testo
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Ali naš plastelin kućne izrade
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actuallyзаправо has halfпола the resistanceотпорност of commercialкомерцијално Play-DohPlastelin.
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ustvari ima upola manje otpornosti od komercijalnog plastelina.
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And that sugarшећер doughtesto?
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A plastelin pravljen sa šećerom?
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Well it's 150 timesпута more resistantотпорна to electricелектрични currentТренутни
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Pa on je 150 puta otporniji na električnu struju
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than that saltсо doughtesto.
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od plastelina pravljenog od soli.
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So what does that mean?
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I šta to znači?
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Well it meansзначи if you them togetherзаједно you suddenlyизненада have circuitsкругови --
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To znači da ako ih spojite zajedno dobijate kolo --
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circuitsкругови that the mostнајвише creativeкреативан, tinyситни, little handsруке
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kola koja najkreativnije male ruke
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can buildизградити on theirњихова ownвластити.
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mogu same da stvore.
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And so I want to do a little demodemo for you.
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Htela bi da vam prikažem mali demo.
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So if I take this saltсо doughtesto,
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Ako uzmem ovaj plastelin pravljen od soli --
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again, it's like the play-doughPlay-testo you probablyвероватно madeмаде as kidsклинци,
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opet govorim, ovo je verovatno plastelin koji ste pravili kao deca --
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and I plugплуг it in --
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I kad ga priključim
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it's a two-lead2-olovo batteryбатерија packпаковање, simpleједноставно batteryбатерија packпаковање,
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u jednostavno pakovanje baterija koje --
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you can buyкупити them at RadioRadio ShackKoliba
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možete ih kupiti u prodavnici uređaja
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and prettyприлично much anywhereбило где elseдруго --
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ili čak bilo gde
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we can actuallyзаправо then
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onda ustvari
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lightсветло things up.
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dobijamo svetlost.
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But if any of you have studiedстудирала electricalелектрични engineeringинжењеринг,
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Ako je neko od vas studirao elektroniku, zna
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we can alsoтакође createстворити a shortкратак circuitструјно коло.
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da takođe možemo napraviti kratak spoj.
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If I pushпусх these togetherзаједно, the lightсветло turnsокреће се off.
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Ako ih spojim, svetlo će se ugasiti.
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Right, the currentТренутни wants to runтрцати throughкроз the play-doughPlay-testo, not throughкроз that LED.
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U redu, struja želi da prođe kroz plastelin, a ne kroz LED diodu.
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If I separateзасебан them again, I have some lightсветло.
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Ako ih odvojim, opet će raditi.
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Well now if I take that sugarшећер doughtesto,
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I sad ako uzmem plastelin pravljen od šećera,
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the sugarшећер doughtesto doesn't want to conductponašanje electricityелектрична енергија.
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a šećer ne provodi struju.
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It's like a wallзид to the electricityелектрична енергија.
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Ponaša se kao zid za struju.
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If I placeместо that betweenизмеђу, now all the doughtesto is touchingдодирујући,
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Ako ga stavim između, tako da se svi plastelini dodiruju,
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but if I stickштап that lightсветло back in,
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i ako opet priključim bateriju,
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I have lightсветло.
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imam svetlo.
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In factчињеница, I could even addдодати some movementпокрет to my sculpturesскулптуре.
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Ustvari, mogla bih da dodam pokret mojim skulpturama.
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If I want a spinningпредење tailРеп, let's grabграб a motorмоторни,
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Ako želim da dodam motor, mogu da ga dodam,
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put some play-doughPlay-testo on it, stickштап it on
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staviću malo plastelina na njega, priključiću ga
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and we have spinningпредење.
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i motor se pokreće.
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And onceједном you have the basicsosnove,
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Kada naučite osnove,
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we can make a slightlyмало more complicatedкомпликован circuitструјно коло.
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možete praviti malo komplikovanija kola.
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We call this our sushisuši circuitструјно коло. It's very popularпопуларно with kidsклинци.
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Ovo zovemo suši kolo. Veoma je popularno kod dece.
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I plugплуг in again the powerмоћ to it.
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Opet ću da ga uključim.
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And now I can startпочетак talkingпричају about parallelпаралелно and seriesсерије circuitsкругови.
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Sada već mogu pričati o paralernim i serijskim krugovima.
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I can startпочетак pluggingPriključite in lots of lightsсветла.
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Mogu priključivati mnogo više dioda.
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And we can startпочетак talkingпричају about things like electricalелектрични loadоптерећење.
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Možemo pričati čak i o električnom opterećenju.
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What happensсе дешава if I put in lots of lightsсветла
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Šta se dešava kad postavim puno LED dioda
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and then addдодати a motorмоторни?
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i onda dodam motor?
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It'llTo cu dimZatamnjivanje.
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Radiće.
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We can even addдодати microprocessorsmikroprocesore
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Možemo dodati čak i mikroprocesore
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and have this as an inputулазни
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i imati ovo kao izvor
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and createстворити squishysquishy soundзвук musicмузика that we'veми смо doneГотово.
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i kreirati mnogo kompleksnija kola.
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You could do parallelпаралелно and seriesсерије circuitsкругови
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Možete praviti paralelna i serijska kola
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for kidsклинци usingКористећи this.
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za decu.
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So this is all in your home kitchenкухиња.
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Dakle, ovo je sve u vašoj kuhinji.
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We'veMoramo actuallyзаправо triedПокушали to turnред it into an electricalелектрични engineeringинжењеринг labлаб.
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Koju smo pokušali da pretvorimo u električnu laboratoriju.
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We have a websiteвеб сајт, it's all there. These are the home recipesРецепти.
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Imamo i web sajt, sve je tamo. Ovo su kućni recepti.
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We'veMoramo got some videosвидеос. You can make them yourselvesсами.
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Imamo i video klipove. Možete ih sami praviti.
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And it's been really funзабавно sinceОд we put them up to see where these have goneотишла.
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Bilo je zabavno od kad smo ih postavili da vidimo dokle smo dogurali.
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We'veMoramo had a momмама in UtahUtah who used them with her kidsклинци,
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Jedna majka u Juti koristi ih sa svojom decom
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to a scienceНаука researcheristraživač in the U.K.,
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pa čak i naučnik u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu
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and curriculumкурикулум developersпрограмери in HawaiiNa Havajima.
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i programer na Havajima.
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So I would encourageохрабрити you all to grabграб some Play-DohPlastelin,
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Tako da vas ohrarujem da uzmete plastelin,
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grabграб some saltсо, grabграб some sugarшећер and startпочетак playingиграње.
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malo soli, brašna i šećera i počnete da se igrate.
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We don't usuallyобично think of our kitchenкухиња as an electricalелектрични engineeringинжењеринг labлаб
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Ne razmišljamo o kuhinji kao o laboratoriji električnog inžinjeringa
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or little kidsклинци as circuitструјно коло designersдизајнери,
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ili o maloj deci kao dizajnerima kola,
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but maybe we should.
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ali bi možda trebalo.
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Have funзабавно. Thank you.
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Uživajte. Hvala.
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Translated by Dejan Gavrilovic
Reviewed by Ivana Korom

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
AnnMarie Thomas - Educator
AnnMarie Thomas works on the playful side of engineering -- using cool tools to teach and help others.

Why you should listen

AnnMarie Thomas joined the faculty of the University of St. Thomas in the fall of 2006. Previously, she was a faculty member at Art Center College of Design. She is the director of the UST Design laboratory and leads a team of students looking at both the playful side of engineering (squishy circuits for students, the science of circus, toy design) and ways to use engineering design to help others (projects in technology design for older adults). Thomas, in partnership with collaborator Jan Hansen, is co-director of the University of St. Thomas Center for Pre-Collegiate Engineering Education (CPCEE).

Thomas teaches Engineering Graphics, Machine Design, Dynamics (with Circus Lab), Toy Design, Product Design for an Aging Population, and Brain Machine Interfaces (seminar). She organizes the School of Engineering Design Night (featuring the ENGR320 Machine Design competition), and the Design Discussions seminar series.

Thomas has also worked on underwater robotics (at MIT, Caltech and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute), specializing in biologically inspired propulsion. She has consulted on projects ranging from the design/creation of a "musical earthquake-playing robot" to the initial research for a book on earthquakes in Los Angeles. At Caltech, she founded the Caltech Robotics Outreach Group (CROG) and the Caltech/JPL/LEGO Middle School Robotics Conference.

Get the recipes for the two squishy circuits play doughs here >>

More profile about the speaker
AnnMarie Thomas | Speaker | TED.com