ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nick Sears - Inventor
Working with his father, Ron Sears, Nick Sears is designing and building the Orb, a rotating LED display that uses persistence of vision to produce moving images in 3D space.

Why you should listen

Nick Sears is a classic tinkerer -- his resume  lists jobs that run the gamut from writing a mobile messaging framework to building a DC-DC switching voltage regulator. Along with his dad, Ron Sears, he's got a pretty neat father-son project going on: the Orb.

It's inspired by Buckminster Fuller's 1962 proposal for the Geoscope, which called for "a 200-foot-diameter sphere covered with 10 million computer-controlled light sources to be suspended over the East River in full view of the United Nations." But by making the sphere spin, the Sears realized, they could use persistence of vision and LEDs to create a bright display with a three-dimensional effect using far fewer light sources.

Sears is now a student in the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU. He and his father presented the Orb version 2 at Coachella in 2008 and continue to tinker with it.

More profile about the speaker
Nick Sears | Speaker | TED.com
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Nick Sears: Demo: The Orb

Nik Sirs (Nick Sears): Demonstracija: Kugla

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Izumitelj Nik Sirs prikazuje prvu generaciju Kugle, rotirajućeg displeja istrajnosti vida koji stvara 3D slike koje svetle. Kratka i kul priča o pronalaženju.
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Working with his father, Ron Sears, Nick Sears is designing and building the Orb, a rotating LED display that uses persistence of vision to produce moving images in 3D space. Full bio

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In 1962, BuckminsterBukminster FullerFuller
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presentedпредстављен the particularlyпосебно audaciouseskimska proposalпредлог for the GeoscopeGeoscope.
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predstavio je naročito odvažan
predlog Geoskopa.
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It was a 200-foot- Срање diameterпречник geodesicpredstavljaju celinu sphereсфера
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To je bila geodetska sfera
prečnika 60 metara
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to be suspendedobustavljena over the EastIstok RiverReka in NewNovi YorkYork CityGrad, in fullпуна viewпоглед of the UnitedUjedinjeni NationsNacija.
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koja bi visila nad rekom Ist u Njujorku,
ispred Ujedinjenih nacija.
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It was a bigвелики ideaидеја, for sure, and it was one that he feltосетио could trulyзаиста informобавестити
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To je svakako bila velika ideja,
i mislio je da bi ona mogla da informiše
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and deeplyдубоко affectутицати the decisionодлука makingстварање of this bodyтело
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i duboko utiče na odluke ovog tela
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throughкроз animationsанимације of globalглобално dataподаци, trendsтрендови
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kroz animacije
globalnih podataka, trendova,
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and other informationинформације regardingу погледу the globeглобус, on this sphereсфера.
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i drugih informacija koje se tiču zemlje,
sve na ovoj sferi.
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And todayданас, 45 yearsгодине laterкасније,
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Danas, 45 godina kasnije,
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we clearlyјасно have no lessмање need for this kindкинд of clarityјасноћа and perspectiveперспектива,
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postoji jednaka potreba za ovakvom
jasnoćom i perspektivom,
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but what we do have is improvedпобољшано technologyтехнологија.
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ali imamo poboljšanu tehnologiju.
Danas nam nije potrebno milion sijalica
da napravimo sferični displej.
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TodayDanas we don't need one millionмилиона lightсветло bulbslukovice to createстворити a sphericalсферично displayприказ.
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We can use LEDsLed diode.
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Možemo koristiti LED sijalice.
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LEDsLed diode are smallerмањи, they're cheaperјефтиније, they're longerдуже lastingkoji je trajao, they're more efficientефикасан.
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LED sijalice su manje, jeftinije,
duže traju i efikasnije su.
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MostVećina importantlyважно for this, they're fasterбрже.
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Najbitnije za nas je to što su brže.
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And this speedбрзина, combinedкомбиновано with today'sданас high-performancevisokih performansi micro-controllersmikro-kontroleri,
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Ova brzina, u kombinaciji sa današnjim
mikrokontrolerima visokih performansi,
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allowsомогућава us to actuallyзаправо simulateсимулирати, in this pieceпиеце,
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dozvoljava nam da na ovom delu simuliramo
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over 17,000 LEDsLed diode -- usingКористећи just 64.
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preko 17 000 LED sijalica,
koristeći samo 64.
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And the way this happensсе дешава is throughкроз the phenomenonфеномен of persistenceупорност of visionвизија.
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Ovo se dešava kroz pojavu koja se naziva
istrajnost vida.
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But as this ringпрстен rotatesротира at about 1,700 rpmobrtaja u minuti -- that's 28 timesпута perпер secondдруго.
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Ovaj krug okreće se na oko 1700 obrtaja -
to je 28 puta u sekundi.
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The equator'sekvator je speedбрзина is actuallyзаправо about 60 milesмиља perпер hourсат.
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Brzina ekvatora je zapravo
oko 100 kilometara na sat.
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There are fourчетири on-boardugrađeni micro-controllersmikro-kontroleri
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Na uređaju postoje 4 mikrokontrolera
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that, eachсваки time this ringпрстен rotatesротира
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koji, svaki put
kada se ovaj prsten okrene,
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it, as it passesпролази the rearзадњи of the displayприказ,
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kada on prođe zadnji deo displeja,
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it picksizdvajanja up a positionпозиција signalсигнал.
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dobija signal o poziciji.
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And from that, the on-boardugrađeni micro-controllersmikro-kontroleri
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Mikrokontroleri na uređaju
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can extrapolateEkstrapolirati the positionпозиција of the ringпрстен at all pointsбодова around the revolutionреволуција
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mogu da izvuku položaj prstena
u svim tačkama u toku okretanja
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and displayприказ arbitraryпроизвољан bitmapRasterska slika imagesслике and animationsанимације.
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i da pokažu arbitrarne slike i animacije.
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But this is really just the beginningпочетак.
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Ali ovo je samo početak.
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In additionдодатак to higherвише resolutionрезолуција versionsверзије of this displayприказ,
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Pored verzija ovog displeja
sa većom rezolucijom,
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my fatherотац and I are workingрад on a newново patent-pendingpatent-na čekanju designдизајн
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moj otac i ja radimo na novom dizajnu
za koji sledi patent
sa potpuno volumetrijskim displejom
koji koristi istu ovu pojavu.
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for a fullyпотпуно volumetriczapreminski displayприказ usingКористећи the sameисти phenomenonфеномен.
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It achievesostvaruje this by rotatingRotiranje LEDsLed diode about two axesосе.
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Ovo se postiže tako što se LED sijalice
okreću oko dve ose.
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So as you can see here, this is a, eleven-inch11-inčni diameterпречник circuitструјно коло boardодбор, табла.
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Kao što možete ovde videti,
ovo je strujno kolo prečnika 27cm.
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These blocksблокови representзаступати LEDsLed diode.
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Ovi blokovi predstavljaju LED sijalice.
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And so you could see that as this discdisk rotatesротира about this axisоса,
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Možete videti da se ovaj disk
okreće oko ove ose,
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it will createстворити a discdisk of lightсветло that we can controlконтрола.
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stvoriće disk svetlosti
koji možemo da kontrolišemo.
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That's nothing newново: that's a propellerpropeler clockсат;
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To nije ništa novo - to je "propeler" sat,
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that's the rimsfelne that you can buyкупити for your carауто.
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to su felne koje možete
kupiti za svoj automobil.
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But what is newново is that, when we rotateротирати this discdisk about this axisоса,
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Ali novo je to da kada ovaj disk
obrnemo oko ove ose,
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this discdisk of lightсветло actuallyзаправо becomesпостаје a sphereсфера of lightсветло.
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disk svetlosti zapravo postaje
sfera svetlosti.
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And so we can controlконтрола that with micro-controllersmikro-kontroleri
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I to možemo kontrolisati
uz pomoć mikrokontrolera i stvoriti
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and createстворити a fullyпотпуно volumetriczapreminski, three-dimensionalтродимензионално displayприказ with just 256 LEDsLed diode.
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potpuno volumetrijski, 3D displej
uz samo 256 LED sijalica.
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Now this pieceпиеце is currentlyтренутно in processпроцес --
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Na ovome trenutno još radimo -
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dueдуе out in MayMaja -- but what we'veми смо doneГотово is we'veми смо put togetherзаједно a smallмали demodemo,
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treba da izađe u maju, ali napravili smo
malu demonstraciju,
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just to showсхов the geometricгеометријски translationпревод of pointsбодова into a sphereсфера.
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kako bi pokazali geometrijski prelaz
tačaka u sferu.
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I've got a little videoвидео to showсхов you,
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Imam video za vas,
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but keep in mindум that this is with no electronicелектронски controlконтрола,
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ali imajte na umu da je ovo
bez elektronske kontrole,
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and this is alsoтакође with only fourчетири LEDsLed diode.
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i koristeći samo 4 LED sijalice.
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This is actuallyзаправо only about 1.5 percentпроценат of what the finalконачни displayприказ will be in MayMaja.
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Ovo je zapravo samo 1,5% onoga
kako će izgledati konačni displej u maju.
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So, take a look.
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Pogledajte.
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And here you can see it's rotatingRotiranje about the verticalвертикала axisоса only, creatingстварање circlesкругови.
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Ovde vidite da se okreće samo
oko svoje vertikalne ose, praveći krugove.
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And then, as the other axisоса kicksudaraca in,
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Onda nastupa druga osa
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those actuallyзаправо blurmrlja into a volumeзапремине.
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i njih dve se stapaju u volumen.
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And the shutterblende speedбрзина of the cameraКамера
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Brzina zatvarača na kameri
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actuallyзаправо makesчини it slightlyмало lessмање effectiveефикасан in this caseслучај.
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u ovom slučaju to zapravo čini
nešto manje efektivnim.
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But this pieceпиеце is dueдуе out in MayMaja.
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Ali ovo treba da izađe u maju.
Biće postavljeno na Prolećnoj izložbi
interaktivnih telekomunikacija
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It'llTo cu be on displayприказ at the InteractiveInteraktivni TelecommunicationsTelekomunikacije SpringProleće ShowPrikaži
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in GreenwichGreenwich VillageSelo in NewNovi YorkYork CityGrad -- that's openотворен to the publicјавно,
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u Grinič Vilidžu u Njujorku,
biće otvoreno za javnost,
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definitelyдефинитивно inviteпозовите you all to come and attendprisustvuju -- it's a fantasticфантастичан showсхов.
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pozivam vas sve da dođete i posetite je,
to je fantastična izložba.
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There are hundredsстотине of studentученик innovatorsиноватори with fantasticфантастичан projectsпројеката.
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Tu je stotine studenata inovatora
sa fantastičnim projektima.
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This pieceпиеце, actuallyзаправо, will be on displayприказ
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Ovo delo će zapravo biti postavljeno
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down in the SierraSijera SimulcastSimulcast LoungeDnevna soba
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u sali Sijera simulkast
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in the breaksпауза betweenизмеђу now and the endкрај of the showсхов.
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u pauzama između početka i kraja izložbe.
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So I'd love to talk to you all, and inviteпозовите you
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Voleo bih da popričam
sa svima vama i da vas pozovem
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to come down and take a closerближе look.
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da dođete i pogledate za sebe.
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It's an honorчаст to be here. ThanksHvala ti very much.
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Čast je biti ovde. Mnogo vam hvala.
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
Translated by Mile Živković
Reviewed by Ivana Korom

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nick Sears - Inventor
Working with his father, Ron Sears, Nick Sears is designing and building the Orb, a rotating LED display that uses persistence of vision to produce moving images in 3D space.

Why you should listen

Nick Sears is a classic tinkerer -- his resume  lists jobs that run the gamut from writing a mobile messaging framework to building a DC-DC switching voltage regulator. Along with his dad, Ron Sears, he's got a pretty neat father-son project going on: the Orb.

It's inspired by Buckminster Fuller's 1962 proposal for the Geoscope, which called for "a 200-foot-diameter sphere covered with 10 million computer-controlled light sources to be suspended over the East River in full view of the United Nations." But by making the sphere spin, the Sears realized, they could use persistence of vision and LEDs to create a bright display with a three-dimensional effect using far fewer light sources.

Sears is now a student in the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU. He and his father presented the Orb version 2 at Coachella in 2008 and continue to tinker with it.

More profile about the speaker
Nick Sears | Speaker | TED.com