ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dean Kamen - Inventor
Dean Kamen landed in the limelight with the Segway, but he has been innovating since high school, with more than 150 patents under his belt. Recent projects include portable energy and water purification for the developing world, and a prosthetic arm for maimed soldiers.

Why you should listen

Dean Kamen is an innovator, but not just of things. He hopes to revolutionize attitudes, quality of life, awareness. While an undergraduate, he developed the first portable infusion device, which delivers drug treatments that once required round-the-clock hospital care. And, through his DEKA Research and Development, which he cofounded in 1982, he developed a portable dialysis machine, a vascular stent, and the iBOT -- a motorized wheelchair that climbs stairs (Stephen Colbert took one for a spin).

Yes, he's a college dropout, but he's a huge believer in education, and in 1989 established the nonprofit FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) to inspire teenagers to pursue careers in science. FIRST sponsors lively annual competitions, where students form teams to create the best robot.

His focus now is on off-grid electricity and water purification for developing countries; another recent project, previewed at TED2007, is a prosthetic arm for maimed soldiers (read an update here). He's also working on a power source for the wonderful Think car. And, with more funding in the works, we haven't seen the last of the Segway.

More profile about the speaker
Dean Kamen | Speaker | TED.com
TED2007

Dean Kamen: Luke, a new prosthetic arm for soldiers

Din Kejmen (Dean Kamen) predstavlja novi model prostetičke ruke

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Pronalazač Din Kejman predstavlja model prostetičke ruke. Bavi se ovim projektom na zahtev Ministarstva odbrane Sjedinjenih Država. Njegova neistaknuta posvećenost rešavanju problema primenom tehnologije, a uz poštovanje ljudskog duha, nikada nije bila jasnije predstavljena.
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Dean Kamen landed in the limelight with the Segway, but he has been innovating since high school, with more than 150 patents under his belt. Recent projects include portable energy and water purification for the developing world, and a prosthetic arm for maimed soldiers. Full bio

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I got a visitпосетите almostскоро exactlyбаш тако a yearгодине agoпре,
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Pre skoro tačno godinu dana, malo duže od godinu dana,
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a little over a yearгодине agoпре, from a very seniorвиши personособа at the DepartmentMinistarstvo of DefenseOdbrana.
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posetio me je stari stručnjak koji radi u Ministarstvu odbrane.
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CameDošao to see me and said, "1,600 of the kidsклинци that we'veми смо sentпослат out
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Rekao mi je: "1.600 mladića koje smo poslali u rat
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have come back missingнедостаје at leastнајмање one fullпуна armрука.
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se vratilo bez barem jedne cele ruke.
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WholeCela armрука. ShoulderRame disarticulationrazbacivanje.
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Cele ruke. Iščupane iz ramena.
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And we're doing the sameисти thing we did for -- more or lessмање,
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Mi im i dalje nudimo isti tretman koji je u primeni, manje-više
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that we'veми смо doneГотово sinceОд the CivilCivilnog WarRat, a stickштап and a hookкука.
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od perioda Građanskog rata, štap i kuku.
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And they deserveзаслужују more than that."
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Oni zaslužuju više od toga."
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And literallyбуквално, this guy satсат in my officeканцеларија in NewNovi HampshireHampshire and said,
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Ovaj tip je bukvalno sedeo u mojoj kancelariji u Nju Hemširu i rekao:
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"I want you to give me something that we can put on these kidsклинци
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"Želim da mi pronađeš takvo rešenje koje bi omogućilo toj deci
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that'llто ће pickпицк up a raisinраисин or a grapegrejp off a tableсто,
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da uzmu zrno suvog ili svežeg grožđa sa stola,
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they'llони ће be ableу могуцности to put it in theirњихова mouthуста withoutбез destroyingуништавајући eitherили one,
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da mogu da ga prinesu ustima, a pritom ga ne unište
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and they'llони ће be ableу могуцности to know the differenceразлика withoutбез looking at it."
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kao i da mogu da osete razliku bez gledanja u njega."
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You know, had efferentefferent, afferentafferent, and haptickroz govor tela responseодговор.
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Da imaju eferentni, aferentni i taktilni odgovor.
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He finisheszavrši sa explainingобјашњавајући that, and I'm waitingчекајући for the bigвелики 300 poundфунта paperпапир proposalпредлог,
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Završio je izlaganje i ja sam očekivao predlog projekta
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and he said, "That's what I want from you."
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napisanog na 136 kg papira, a on reče: "To je ono što očekujem od tebe."
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I said, "Look, you're nutsораси. That technology'sтехнологија just not availableдоступан right now.
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Rekoh: "Slušaj, ovo je ludost. Ne posedujemo takvu tehnologiju.
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And it can't be doneГотово.
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To se ne može uraditi.
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Not in an envelopeковерта of a humanљудско armрука,
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Neizvodljivo je to napraviti u obliku ljudske ruke,
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with 21 degreesстепени of freedomслобода, from your shoulderраме to your fingertipsvrhovima prstiju."
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koja poseduje 21 stepen slobode kretanje, od ramena do vrhova prstiju."
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He said, "About two dozenдесетак of these 1,600 kidsклинци have come back bilateralbilateralni.
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On reče: "Otprilike dve desetine ove dece se sa bojišta vratilo bez obe ruke.
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You think it's badлоше to loseизгубити one armрука?
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Misliš da je život bez jedne ruke loš?
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That's an inconvenienceneugodnosti comparedУ поређењу to havingимати bothи једно и друго of them goneотишла."
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To je ništa u poređenju sa amputiranjem obe ruke."
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I got a day jobпосао,
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Imam regularni posao, a u toku noći i vikendima se
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and my nightsноћи and weekendsвикендом are alreadyвећ filledиспуњен up with things like,
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već bavim problemima dopremanja vode po svetu,
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let's supplyснабдевање waterвода to the worldсвет, and powerмоћ to the worldсвет, and educateобразовати all the kidsклинци,
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preraspodele svetske moći i obrazovanjem sve dece,
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whichкоја, ChrisKris, I will not talk about. I don't need anotherдруги missionмисија.
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a o tome, Kris, ipak neću pričati. Ne treba mi još jedan misija.
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I keep thinkingразмишљање about these kidsклинци with no armsруке.
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Ali sve vreme razmišljam o toj deci bez ruku.
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He saysкаже to me, "We'veMoramo doneГотово some work around the countryземљу.
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On reče: "Bavili smo se ovim po celoj zemlji. Došli smo
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We'veMoramo got some prettyприлично amazingНевероватно neurologyнеурологија and other people."
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do fantastičnih rezultata u neurologiji, imamo i druge stručnjake."
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I said, "I'll take a fieldпоље tripпутовање, I'll go see what you got."
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Rekoh: "Krenuću na put, pogledaću čime raspolažete."
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Over the nextследећи monthмесец дана I visitedпосетила lots of placesместа, some out here, around the countryземљу,
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Tokom narednih meseci posetio sam mnoga mesta,
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foundнашао the bestнајбоље of the bestнајбоље.
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po celoj državi, i otkrio sam najbolje od najboljeg.
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I wentотишао down to WashingtonWashington. I saw these guys, and said,
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Otišao sam u Vašington. Sastao sam se tim tipovima i rekao,
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"I did what you askedпитао me. I lookedпогледао at what's out there.
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"Uradio sam ono što ste želeli. Analizirao sam šta je već urađeno.
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I still think you're nutsораси. But not as nutsораси as I thought."
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I dalje mislim da ste ludi. Ali niste onoliko ludi koliko sam mislio
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I put a teamтим togetherзаједно, a little over 13 monthsмесеци agoпре,
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da jeste." Sastavio sam tim, pre malo više od 13 meseci,
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got up to 20 some-odd149 people.
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od otprilike 20-tak neuobičajenih ljudi. Odlučili smo
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We said, we're going to buildизградити a deviceуређај that does what he wants.
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da napravimo uređaj koji će raditi baš ono što je traženo.
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We have 14 out of the 21 degreesстепени of freedomслобода;
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Došli smo do 14 stepena slobode od mogućih 21,
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you don't need the onesоне in the last two fingersпрстима.
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nije vam neophodna sloboda kretanja u poslednja dva prsta.
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We put this thing togetherзаједно.
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To smo sve ukombinovali.
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A coupleпар of weeksнедељама agoпре we tookузела it down to WalterWalter ReedReed,
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Pre par nedelja smo to preneli u Valter Rid,
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whichкоја is unfortunatelyнажалост more in the newsвести these daysдана.
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koji je na nesreću sve više na vestima ovih dana.
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We showedпоказао it to a bunchгомилу of guys.
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Pokazali smo to gomili ljudi.
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One guy who describedописани himselfсам as beingбиће luckyСрећно,
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Jedan dečko je sebe samtrao srećkovićem,
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because he lostизгубљено his left armрука, and he's a rightyOk.
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jer je izgubio levu ruku, a on je desnoruk.
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He satсат at a tableсто with sevenседам or eightосам of these other guys.
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Sedeo je za stolom sa 7 ili 8 drugih mladića.
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Said he was luckyСрећно, because he had his good armрука,
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On reče da je srećan, jer i dalje ima funkcionalnu ruku.
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and then he pushedгурнут himselfсам back from the tableсто. He had no legsноге.
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a onda se udaljio od stola. On nije imao noge.
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These kidsклинци have attitudesставови that you just can't believe.
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Ova deca imaju takve stavove da vi u to ne možete da poverujete.
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So I'm going to showсхов you now, withoutбез the skinкожа on it,
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Sada ću vam pokazati kostur uređaja bez navlake,
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a 30-second pieceпиеце, and then I'm doneГотово.
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snimak od 30 sekundi i sa time završavam.
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But understandРазумем what you're looking at
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Treba da razumete da je ono što ćete sada videti napravljeno
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we madeмаде smallмали enoughдовољно to fitфит on a 50thтх percentilepercentila femaleзенски пол,
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da bude takvih dimenzija da odgovara i ženskim osobama,
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so that we could put it in any of these people.
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tako da možemo to da implantiramo na bilo koju osobu.
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It's going to go insideу something that we use in CATMAČKA scansскенира and
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To će biti prikačeno za ono što koristimo pri rentgenskom snimanju
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MRIsMr nije of whateverшта год is theirњихова good armрука,
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i magnetnoj rezonanci ili za ono što je njihov zdravi deo ruke,
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to make siliconсилицијум rubberгума, then coatkaput it, and paintбоје it in 3D --
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napravimo potom gumu od silicijuma, obložimo je, iscrtamo u 3D-u,
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exactтачно mirrorогледало imageслика of theirњихова other limbудова.
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i tako dobijemo tačnu projekciju u ogledalu njihovog drugog ekstremiteta.
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So, you won'tнеће see all the really coolхладан stuffствари that's in this seriesсерије elasticSpojite setкомплет of 14 actuatorssistemi (aktuatori),
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Nećete videti dobre stvari koje smo imali u seriji od 14 nosioca aktivnosti,
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eachсваки one whichкоја has its ownвластити capabilityспособност to senseсмисао temperatureтемпература and pressureпритисак.
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a to je da svaki od tih delova može osetiti temperaturu i pritisak.
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It alsoтакође has a pneumaticпнеуматски cuffmanžetna that holdsдржи it on,
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Takođe poseduje pneumatski zatvarač,
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so the more they put themselvesсами underиспод loadоптерећење, the more it attachesprilaže.
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tako da što više preopteretite ruku, ona se prisnije vezuje.
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They take the loadоптерећење off, and it becomesпостаје, again, compliantusaglašen.
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Ako se oslobode tereta, uređaj to prati. Pokazaću vam
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I'm going to showсхов you a guy doing a coupleпар of simpleједноставно things with this
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dečka koji izvodi nekoliko jednostavnih radnji uz pomoć
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that we demonstratedдемонстрирано in WashingtonWashington. Can we look at this thing?
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naprave koju smo predstavili u Vašingtonu. Da li možemo to da pogledamo?
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Watch the fingersпрстима grabграб. The thumbпалац comesдолази up. WristZglob.
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Posmatrajte prste kako uzimaju predmet. Palac se pomera na gore. Ručni zglob.
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This weighsтежи 6.9 poundsкилограма.
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Ovo je teško oko 3 kg.
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Going to scratchогреботина his noseнос.
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Sada će se počešati po nosu.
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It's got 14 activeактиван degreesстепени of freedomслобода.
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To ima 14 aktivnih stepena slobode.
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Now he's going to pickпицк up a penхемијска оловка with his opposedпротив thumbпалац and indexиндекс fingerпрст.
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Sada će uzeti olovku palcem i kažiprstom.
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Now he's going to put that down, pickпицк up a pieceпиеце of paperпапир,
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Sada će je spustiti i uzeće komad papira,
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rotateротирати all the degreesстепени of freedomслобода in his handруку and wristручни зглоб, and readчитати it.
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rotiraće sve stepene slobode u svojoj šaci i ručnom zglobu kako bi to pročitao.
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
Translated by Jelena Nedjic
Reviewed by Marija Milenovic

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dean Kamen - Inventor
Dean Kamen landed in the limelight with the Segway, but he has been innovating since high school, with more than 150 patents under his belt. Recent projects include portable energy and water purification for the developing world, and a prosthetic arm for maimed soldiers.

Why you should listen

Dean Kamen is an innovator, but not just of things. He hopes to revolutionize attitudes, quality of life, awareness. While an undergraduate, he developed the first portable infusion device, which delivers drug treatments that once required round-the-clock hospital care. And, through his DEKA Research and Development, which he cofounded in 1982, he developed a portable dialysis machine, a vascular stent, and the iBOT -- a motorized wheelchair that climbs stairs (Stephen Colbert took one for a spin).

Yes, he's a college dropout, but he's a huge believer in education, and in 1989 established the nonprofit FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) to inspire teenagers to pursue careers in science. FIRST sponsors lively annual competitions, where students form teams to create the best robot.

His focus now is on off-grid electricity and water purification for developing countries; another recent project, previewed at TED2007, is a prosthetic arm for maimed soldiers (read an update here). He's also working on a power source for the wonderful Think car. And, with more funding in the works, we haven't seen the last of the Segway.

More profile about the speaker
Dean Kamen | Speaker | TED.com