How super glue was invented | Moments of Vision 8 - Jessica Oreck

Kako je izmišljen superlepak | Trenuci vizije 8 - Džesika Orek

Prevodilac: Mile Živković Lektor: Milenka Okuka

In a Moment of Vision...

U Trenutku vizije...

It's the 1940s, the height of World War II, Rochester, New York.

Tokom 1940-tih, na vrhuncu Drugog svetskog rata u Ročesteru, Njujork.

A chemist by the name of Harry Coover is conducting research for Eastman Kodak.

Hemičar Hari Kuver vrši istraživanje za firmu Istman Kodak.

He and his team are looking for a clear plastic

On i njegov tim su u potrazi za providnom plastikom

to produce precision gunsights for the military.

kako bi proizveli precizne nišane za vojsku.

They begin working with a family of chemicals called cyanoacrylates,

Počinju da rade sa grupom hemikalija poznatim kao cijanokrilati,

but find, to their extreme annoyance,

ali na njihovo izuzetno nerviranje,

that the chemicals stick to everything permanently.

otkrivaju da se hemikalije trajno lepe za sve što dotaknu.

The cyanoacrylates are discarded.

Cijanokrilati se odbacuju.

After the war, Coover is working at Kodak's chemical plant in Tennessee.

Nakon rata, Kuver radi u Kodakovom hemijskom postrojenju u Tenesiju.

This time, he and his team are researching

Ovog puta, on i njegov tim istražuju

heat-resistant polymers for jet airplane canopies.

polimere otporne na toplotu za potrebe površina na mlaznim aviona.

They try cyanoacrylates, but find, to their great frustration,

Onda pokušavaju sa cijanoakrilatima, ali na njihovo izuzetno nerviranje,

that the chemicals stick to everything permanently.

otkrivaju da se hemikalije trajno lepe za sve što dotaknu.

Again, the cyanoacrylates are discarded.

I ovog puta, cijanokrilati se odbacuju.

Coover, however, in a moment of vision,

Ipak, Kuver u trenutku vizije shvata

realizes that the quality that makes these chemicals so infuriating to work with

da svojstvo koje ove hemikalije čini toliko iritantnim za rad

is exactly what makes them valuable.

je upravo ono što ih čini vrednim.

He takes out a patent and begins marketing a super glue.

On prijavljuje patent i počinje da reklamira superlepak.

Years later during the Vietnam War,

Godinama kasnije, tokom Vijetnamskog rata,

field medics find that using super glue on an open wound

doktori na terenu otkrivaju da stavljanje superlepka na otvorenu ranu

instantly stops the bleeding,

odmah zaustavlja krvarenje,

saving countless lives.

što spašava nebrojene živote.

Today, medical grade super glue is still used in surgery,

Danas se medicinski superlepak još uvek koristi kod operacija,

but it's also a nearly indispensable household item.

ali je i skoro nezamenljiva kućna potrepština.