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Sonaar Luthra: Meet the Water Canary
Sonar Lutra: upoznajte "Water Canary"
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Posle krize, kako možemo da znamo da je voda bezbedna za piće? Današnji testovi su spori i kompleksni, a zakasneli rezultati mogu biti smrtonosni, kao u slučaju izbijanja kolere posle zemljotresa na Haitiju 2010. godine. TED stipendista Sonar Lutra predstavlja svoj dizajn jednostavne naprave koja brzo testira bezbednost vode - "Vesnik zatrovane vode".
Sonaar Luthra -
Sonaar Luthra is the creator of Water Canary, a water-testing device that collects real-time water-quality data from the field. Full bio
Sonaar Luthra is the creator of Water Canary, a water-testing device that collects real-time water-quality data from the field. Full bio
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Cholera was reported in Haiti
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Kolera je zabeležena na Haitiju
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for the first time in over 50 years
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po prvi put u poslednjih pedeset godina
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last October.
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prošlog oktobra.
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There was no way to predict
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Nije bilo načina da se predvidi
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how far it would spread through water supplies
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koliko može da se proširi putem vode
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and how bad the situation would get.
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i koliko loša situacija može da postane.
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And not knowing where help was needed
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To što nismo znali gde je pomoć potrebna
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always ensured that help was in short supply
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je značilo da je ona uvek bila nedovoljna
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in the areas that needed it most.
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u oblastima gde je bila najpotrebnija.
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We've gotten good at predicting and preparing for storms
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Postali smo dobri u predviđanju i pripremama za oluje
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before they take innocent lives
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pre nego što su oduzimale nevine živote
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and cause irreversible damage,
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i nanosile nenadoknadive štete,
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but we still can't do that with water,
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ali to još uvek ne možemo da uradimo sa vodom
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and here's why.
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i evo zašto.
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Right now, if you want to test water in the field,
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U ovom trenutku, ako želite da proverite vodu na terenu,
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you need a trained technician,
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treba vam obučeni tehničar,
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expensive equipment like this,
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skupa oprema kao ova
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and you have to wait about a day
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i potrebno je da se čeka oko jednog dana
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for chemical reactions to take place and provide results.
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da se odigraju hemijske reakcije i time obezbede rezultate.
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It's too slow
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Suviše je sporo
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to get a picture of conditions on the ground
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dobiti sliku o stanju na terenu
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before they change,
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pre nego što se ono promeni;
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too expensive to implement
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previše skupo za primenu
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in all the places that require testing.
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na svim mestima koja zahtevaju proveru.
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And it ignores the fact that, in the meanwhile,
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I to zanemaruje činjenicu da u međuvremenu
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people still need to drink water.
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ljudi i dalje moraju da piju vodu.
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Most of the information that we collected on the cholera outbreak
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Većina informacija koje smo prikupili o izbijanju kolere
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didn't come from testing water;
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nije došla od testiranja vode,
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it came from forms like this,
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došla je iz formulara kao što je ovaj,
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which documented all the people
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kojim smo dokumentovali sve ljude
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we failed to help.
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kojima nismo uspeli da pomognemo.
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Countless lives have been saved
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Kanarinci su spasili nebrojeni živote
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by canaries in coalmines --
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u rudnicima uglja -
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a simple and invaluable way
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jednostavan i jeftin način
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for miners to know whether they're safe.
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zahvaljujući kom su rudari znali da li su bezbedni.
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I've been inspired by that simplicity as I've been working on this problem
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Ta jednostavnost me je inspirisala dok sam radio na ovom problemu
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with some of the most hardworking and brilliant people I've ever known.
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sa nekim od najvrednijih i brilijantnih ljudi koje sam ikada upoznao..
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We think there's a simpler solution to this problem --
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Smartamo da postoji jednostavno rešenje za ovaj problem -
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one that can be used
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ono koje mogu koristiti
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by people who face conditions like this everyday.
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ljudi koji se sreću sa ovakvim situacijama svakodnevno.
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It's in its early stages,
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U ranoj fazi je,
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but this is what it looks like right now.
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ali ovako izgleda trenutno.
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We call it the Water Canary.
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Zovamo ga "Vesnik zatrovane vode."
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It's a fast, cheap device
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To je brza, jeftina sprava
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that answers an important question:
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koja odgovara na bitno pitanje:
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Is this water contaminated?
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Da li je voda zagađena?
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It doesn't require any special training.
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Ne zahteva nikakvu posebu obuku.
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And instead of waiting for chemical reactions to take place,
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I umesto čekanja na hemijske reakcije
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it uses light.
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koristi svetlost.
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That means there's no waiting
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To znači da nema čekanja
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for chemical reactions to take place,
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na hemijske reakcije,
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no need to use reagents that can run out
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nema potrebe za korišćenjem reagensa koji mogu da se potroše
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and no need to be an expert
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i ne treba da budete stručnjak
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to get actionable information.
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da biste dobili adekvatnu informaciju.
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To test water, you simply insert a sample
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Da biste testirali vodu, možete jednostavno ubaciti uzorak
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and, within seconds,
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i za nekoliko sekundi,
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it either displays a red light, indicating contaminated water,
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ili pokazuje crvenu lampicu, što označava zagađenu vodu,
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or a green light, indicating the sample is safe.
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ili zelenu, što ukazuje da je uzorak bezbedan.
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This will make it possible
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Ovo će omogućiti
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for anyone to collect life-saving information
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svakome da prikuplja informacije od životnog značaja
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and to monitor water quality conditions as they unfold.
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i da prati kvalitet vode kako se uslovi menjaju.
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We're also, on top of that,
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Takođe smo, povrh toga,
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integrating wireless networking
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ugradili bežično umrežavanje
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into an affordable device
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u uređaj po prihvatljivoj ceni
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with GPS and GSM.
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sa GPSom i GSMom.
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What that means is that each reading can be automatically transmitted to servers
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Što znači da svako očitavanje može automatski da se prosledi serverima
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to be mapped in real time.
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kako bi se mapiralo u stvarnom vremenu.
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With enough users,
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Sa dovoljno korisnika,
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maps like this will make it possible
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mape ovog tipa učinile bi mogućim
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to take preventive action,
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otkrivanje i preventivno delovanje,
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containing hazards before they turn into emergencies
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zaraza pre nego što se one pretvore u vanredna stanja
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that take years to recover from.
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od kojih se godinama oporavlja.
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And then, instead of taking days
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I onda, umesto danima
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to disseminate this information to the people who need it most,
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distribuirati ove informacije ljudima kojima su najpotrebnije,
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it can happen automatically.
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mouće je to uraditi trenutno.
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We've seen how distributed networks,
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Videli smo kako distribuirane mreže,
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big data and information
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sa mnogo podataka i informacija
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can transform society.
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mogu da promene društvo.
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I think it's time for us to apply them to water.
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Mislim da je vreme da ih primenimo na vodu.
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Our goal over the next year is to get Water Canary ready for the field
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Naša misija narednih godina je da osposobimo ovaj projekat za teren
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and to open-source the hardware
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i obezbedimo hardver pod licencom tvorenog tipa,
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so that anyone can contribute to the development and the evaluation,
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tako da svi mogu da doprinesu razvoju i proceni,
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so we can tackle this problem together.
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kako bismo ovaj problem pobedili zajedno.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sonaar Luthra -Sonaar Luthra is the creator of Water Canary, a water-testing device that collects real-time water-quality data from the field.
Why you should listen
Sonaar Luthra was a writer and educator when he enrolled in NYU's famed Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) -- a breeding ground for cross-disciplinary thinking. He tells the TED Blog what happened next:
"I wanted to come up with some way of becoming what I was calling an 'urban planner for the global village.' And ... I fell in love with circuitry and with making tangible objects that had real functionality. Next thing I knew, I found myself in a class called Design for UNICEF, taught by Clay Shirky in association with UNICEF’s Innovations Lab.
"I wanted to see what was possible with water, and I was lucky to have an incredible team and the support of faculty that were willing to take on such a huge challenge. We started off as novices but we all became water experts in the process."
Read the TED Blog's full Q&A with Sonaar Luthra, "Waterwise" >>
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