Biomimicry in action | Janine Benyus

Translator: Triin Sinissaar Reviewer: Mailis Laos

If I could reveal anything

Kui ma saaksin avaldada midagi,

that is hidden from us,

mis on meie eest varjatud,

at least in modern cultures,

vähemasti tänapäeva kultuurides,

it would be to reveal something that we've forgotten,

avaldaksin ma selle, mille oleme unustanud,

that we used to know

aga mida teadsime kunagi

as well as we knew our own names.

sama hästi nagu oma nime,

And that is that we live in a competent universe,

ja see on, et elame väga võimekas universumis

that we are part of a brilliant planet,

ning oleme osake ülimalt targast planeedist.

and that we are surrounded by genius.

Ja et meid ümbritsevad geeniused.

Biomimicry is a new discipline

Biomimikri on uus teadusharu,

that tries to learn from those geniuses,

mis püüab neilt geeniustelt õppust võtta

and take advice from them, design advice.

ja kuulata nende nõuandeid disaini osas.

That's where I live,

Mina elan siin.

and it's my university as well.

Ja see on samas ka minu ülikool.

I'm surrounded by genius. I cannot help but

Mind ümbritsevad geeniused. Ma ei saa teisiti,

remember the organisms and the ecosystems

kui pean meenutama organisme ja ökosüsteeme,

that know how to live here gracefully on this planet.

mis oskavad sellel planeedil mõnusalt elada.

This is what I would tell you to remember

See on asi, mida paluksin teil meenutada,

if you ever forget this again.

kui peaksite selle taas unustama.

Remember this.

Pidage meeles seda.

This is what happens every year.

See toimub igal aastal.

This is what keeps its promise.

See on usaldusväärne.

While we're doing bailouts, this is what happened.

Samal ajal, kui meie tegeleme tühiasjadega, sünnib see.

Spring.

Kevad.

Imagine designing spring.

Kujutlege kevade disainimist.

Imagine that orchestration.

Kujutlege seda orkestratsiooni.

You think TED is hard to organize. (Laughter) Right?

Teie meelest on TEDi raske korraldada. (Naer) Eks?

Imagine, and if you haven't done this in a while, do.

Kujutlege ja kui te pole seda ammu teinud, siis proovige.

Imagine the timing, the coordination,

Kujutlege ajastatust, koordineerimist,

all without top-down laws,

ja seda kõike ilma ülalt alla antud seadusteta,

or policies, or climate change protocols.

ilma poliitikata või kliimamuutuse protokollideta.

This happens every year.

See sünnib igal aastal.

There is lots of showing off.

On palju eputamist.

There is lots of love in the air.

Õhus on palju armastust.

There's lots of grand openings.

On palju suurejoonelisi avamänge.

And the organisms, I promise you,

Uskuge mind, organismidel

have all of their priorities in order.

on prioriteedid täiesti paigas.

I have this neighbor that keeps me in touch with this,

Mul on naaber, kes ei lase mul seda unustada.

because he's living, usually on his back,

Ta veedab aega enamasti selili,

looking up at those grasses.

imetledes rohukõrsi.

And one time he came up to me --

Kord tuli ta minu juurde,

he was about seven or eight years old -- he came up to me.

ta oli siis seitsme- või kaheksa-aastane ja tuli mulle külla.

And there was a wasp's nest

Mul oli aias üks herilasepesa,

that I had let grow in my yard,

mille olin kasvama jätnud.

right outside my door.

See oli otse ukse kõrval.

And most people knock them down when they're small.

Enamik inimesi lõhub need niipea, kui need tekivad.

But it was fascinating to me,

Aga mind see paelus.

because I was looking at this sort of fine Italian end papers.

Imetlesin seda nagu peent dekoratiivpaberit.

And he came up to me and he knocked.

Naabripoiss tuli mu ukse taha ja koputas.

He would come every day with something to show me.

Tal oli iga päev mulle midagi näidata.

And like, knock like a woodpecker on my door until I opened it up.

Ta koputas mu uksele nagu rähn, kuni avasin.

And he asked me

Ja ta küsis mu käest,

how I had made the house for those wasps,

kuidas olin ma herilastele selle maja ehitanud.

because he had never seen one this big.

Sest ta ei olnud kunagi nii suurt herilasepesa näinud.

And I told him, "You know, Cody,

Vastasin talle: "Tead, Cody,

the wasps actually made that."

selle ehitasid herilased ise."

And we looked at it together.

Me vaatasime seda koos.

And I could see why he thought,

Ma sain aru, miks ta nii arvas,

you know -- it was so beautifully done.

sest see oli tõesti ilusti tehtud.

It was so architectural. It was so precise.

See oli nii arhitektuurne. Nii täpne.

But it occurred to me, how in his small life

Ja ma mõtlesin, kuidas ta juba oma noores eas

had he already believed the myth

on hakanud uskuma müüti,

that if something was that well done,

et kui miski on hästi tehtud,

that we must have done it.

peab see olema meie tehtud.

How did he not know --

Kuidas ta ei teadnud -

it's what we've all forgotten --

ja ka me kõik oleme selle unustanud -,

that we're not the first ones to build.

et inimene ei ole esimene, kes midagi ehitab.

We're not the first ones to process cellulose.

Me ei ole esimesed, kes töötlevad tselluloosi.

We're not the first ones to make paper. We're not the first ones

Me ei ole esimesed, kes teevad paberit. Me ei ole esimesed,

to try to optimize packing space,

kes püüavad optimeerida mahutavust,

or to waterproof, or to try to heat and cool a structure.

teha asju veekindlaks või kütta ja jahutada mingit rajatist.

We're not the first ones to build houses for our young.

Me ei ole esimesed, kes ehitavad maju oma järglaste jaoks.

What's happening now, in this field called biomimicry,

Valdkonnas, mida nimetatakse biomimikriks,

is that people are beginning to remember

on inimesed hakanud nüüd meenutama,

that organisms, other organisms,

et ka teised organismid,

the rest of the natural world,

ehk ülejäänud loodus,

are doing things very similar to what we need to do.

teeb üpris samasuguseid asju, mida meilgi on vaja teha.

But in fact they are doing them in a way

Aga nemad teevad seda kõike viisil,

that have allowed them to live gracefully on this planet

mis on võimaldanud neil elada sellel planeedil mõnusalt

for billions of years.

miljardeid aastaid.

So these people, biomimics,

Seega on biomimikri harrastajad

are nature's apprentices.

looduse õpipoisid.

And they're focusing on function.

Nad keskenduvad funktsioonidele.

What I'd like to do is show you a few of the things

Tahaksin näidata paari asja,

that they're learning.

millest nad on õppust võtnud.

They have asked themselves,

Nad esitasid endale küsimuse:

"What if, every time I started to invent something,

"Mis juhtuks, kui ma iga kord, kui hakkan midagi leiutama,

I asked, 'How would nature solve this?'"

küsiksin: "Kuidas loodus seda lahendaks?"

And here is what they're learning.

Ja nad on saanud teada järgmist.

This is an amazing picture from a Czech photographer named Jack Hedley.

Selle fantastilise pildi tegi tšehhi fotograaf Jack Hedley.

This is a story about an engineer at J.R. West.

See on lugu Jaapani Raudtee insenerist.

They're the people who make the bullet train.

Nemad kavandasid kuulrongi.

It was called the bullet train

See nimetati kuulrongiks,

because it was rounded in front,

sest selle esiots on ümar.

but every time it went into a tunnel

Iga kord, kui see tunnelisse sisenes,

it would build up a pressure wave,

tekitas see õhulaine,

and then it would create like a sonic boom when it exited.

mis põhjustas kõrvulukustava kõmaka, kui rong tunnelist väljus.

So the engineer's boss said,

Inseneri ülemus käskis:

"Find a way to quiet this train."

"Leidke lahendus, kuidas rong sõidaks vaikselt."

He happened to be a birder.

Insener oli juhuslikult ka linnuvaatleja.

He went to the equivalent of an Audubon Society meeting.

Ta käis linnukaitseühingu koosviibimistel end täiendamas.

And he studied -- there was a film about king fishers.

Seal nägi ta filmi jäälindudest.

And he thought to himself, "They go from one density of medium,

Ja mõtles endamisi: "Nad liiguvad ühe tihedusega keskkonnast,

the air, into another density of medium, water,

õhust, teise tihedusega keskkonda, vette,

without a splash. Look at this picture.

ilma pritsimata. Vaadake seda pilti.

Without a splash, so they can see the fish.

Ilma pritsimata, et nad näeksid kalu.

And he thought, "What if we do this?"

Ta mõtles: "Kui teeks ka samamoodi?"

Quieted the train.

Ta muutis rongi vaikseks.

Made it go 10 percent faster on 15 percent less electricity.

Pani selle liikuma 10% kiiremini 15% väiksema elektrikuluga.

How does nature repel bacteria?

Kuidas tõrjub loodus baktereid?

We're not the first ones to have to protect ourselves

Me ei ole esimesed, kes peavad end kaitsma

from some bacteria.

bakterite eest.

Turns out that -- this is a Galapagos Shark.

Tuleb välja, et... See on Galapagose hai.

It has no bacteria on its surface, no fouling on its surface, no barnacles.

Tema nahal ei ole baktereid, nahapind on puhas ja parasiitideta.

And it's not because it goes fast.

Põhjuseks pole tema liikumiskiirus.

It actually basks. It's a slow-moving shark.

Tõtt-öelda ta uimerdab. See hai liigub aeglaselt.

So how does it keep its body free of bacteria build-up?

Kuidas ta siis hoiab oma keha bakteritest puhtana?

It doesn't do it with a chemical.

Ta ei kasuta mingit kemikaali.

It does it, it turns out, with the same denticles

Selgub, et ta teeb seda samasuguste naastude abil,

that you had on Speedo bathing suits,

nagu kasutati Speedo ujumistrikoode juures,

that broke all those records in the Olympics,

mis aitasid sportlastel olümpiamängudel rekordeid purustada.

but it's a particular kind of pattern.

Neil on eriline muster.

And that pattern, the architecture of that pattern

Tema nahanaastude mustri struktuur

on its skin denticles

on selline, mis

keep bacteria from being able to land and adhere.

ei lase bakteritel nahale laskuda ega kinnituda.

There is a company called Sharklet Technologies

Ettevõte nimega Sharklet Technologies

that's now putting this on the surfaces in hospitals

kasutab seda pindade viimistlemiseks haiglates,

to keep bacteria from landing,

et bakterid ei saaks sinna kinnituda.

which is better than dousing it with anti-bacterials or harsh cleansers

See on parem, kui nühkida pindu antibakteriaalsete vahendite või

that many, many organisms are now becoming drug resistant.

puhastusvedelikega, mille suhtes paljud organismid on juba resistentsed.

Hospital-acquired infections are now killing

Haiglast saadud nakkustesse sureb

more people every year in the United States

USAs igal aastal rohkem inimesi

than die from AIDS or cancer or car accidents combined --

kui aidsi, vähki ja autoõnnetustesse kokku -

about 100,000.

umbes sada tuhat inimest.

This is a little critter that's in the Namibian desert.

See loomake elab Namiibia kõrbes.

It has no fresh water that it's able to drink,

Seal pole joomiseks värsket vett.

but it drinks water out of fog.

Aga ta imeb vett udust.

It's got bumps on the back of its wing covers.

Tema tiibade peal on mügarikud.

And those bumps act like a magnet for water.

Need mügarikud tõmbavad justkui magnetiga vett ligi.

They have water-loving tips, and waxy sides.

Neil on vett külgetõmbavad otsad ja vahajad küljed.

And the fog comes in and it builds up on the tips.

Kui udu tuleb, koguneb niiskus otstele.

And it goes down the sides and goes into the critter's mouth.

Ja siis voolab külgedelt alla otse loomakese suhu.

There is actually a scientist here at Oxford

Siin Oxfordis on üks teadlane,

who studied this, Andrew Parker.

Andrew Parker, kes seda uuris.

And now kinetic and architectural firms like Grimshaw

Kineetilise arhitektuuri ettevõtted nagu Grimshaw

are starting to look at this as a way

on võtnud selle eeskujuks ja hakanud

of coating buildings

katma ehitisi niisuguse materjaliga,

so that they gather water from the fog.

mis võimaldab udust vett koguda.

10 times better than our fog-catching nets.

See on 10 korda parem kui udukogumisvõrk.

CO2 as a building block.

Süsinikdioksiid kui ehituskivi.

Organisms don't think of CO2 as a poison.

Organismid ei pea CO2 mürgiks.

Plants and organisms that make shells,

Taimed, organismid, mis loovad endale karbi,

coral, think of it as a building block.

ja korallid peavad seda ehituskiviks.

There is now a cement manufacturing company

USAs alustas hiljuti tööd ettevõte

starting in the United States called Calera.

nimega Clara, mis toodab tsementi.

They've borrowed the recipe from the coral reef,

Nad laenasid retsepti korallrahult.

and they're using CO2 as a building block

Nad kasutavad CO2 ehituskivina,

in cement, in concrete.

tootes tsementi, betooni.

Instead of -- cement usually

Tsemendi tootmisel tavaliselt

emits a ton of CO2 for every ton of cement.

eraldub tonn CO2 iga tonni tsemendi kohta.

Now it's reversing that equation,

Nemad pöörasid selle võrrandi tagurpidi

and actually sequestering half a ton of CO2

ja hoopis seovad pool tonni CO2

thanks to the recipe from the coral.

tänu korallidelt saadud retseptile.

None of these are using the organisms.

Mitte keegi neist ei kasuta organisme endid.

They're really only using the blueprints or the recipes

Nad kasutavad ainult projekte või retsepte,

from the organisms.

mis on organismidelt saadud.

How does nature gather the sun's energy?

Kuidas loodus kogub päikeseenergiat?

This is a new kind of solar cell

See on uut tüüpi päikesekollektor,

that's based on how a leaf works.

mis põhineb lehe ülesehitusel.

It's self-assembling.

See pakib end ise kokku.

It can be put down on any substrate whatsoever.

Selle võib paigaldada ükskõik millisele alusele.

It's extremely inexpensive

See on väga odav

and rechargeable every five years.

ja uuesti laetav iga viie aasta tagant.

It's actually a company a company that I'm involved in called OneSun,

See on ettevõte OneSun, kus ma töötan

with Paul Hawken.

koos Paul Hawkeniga.

There are many many ways that nature filters water

Loodus filtreerib vett paljudel eri viisidel,

that takes salt out of water.

et eemaldada sealt soola.

We take water and push it against a membrane.

Me surume vee vastu membraani.

And then we wonder why the membrane clogs

Ja imestame, miks membraan umbe läheb

and why it takes so much electricity.

ja miks see nii palju elektrit kulutab.

Nature does something much more elegant.

Loodus teeb midagi palju elegantsemat.

And it's in every cell.

See toimib igas rakus.

Every red blood cell of your body right now

Igal punasel vereliblel teie kehas

has these hourglass-shaped pores

on need liivakella kujulised poorid,

called aquaporins.

mida kutsutakse akvaporiinideks.

They actually export water molecules through.

Nad lasevad läbi vee molekule.

It's kind of a forward osmosis.

See toimib nagu osmoos.

They export water molecules through,

Nad lasevad veemolekulid läbi

and leave solutes on the other side.

ja jätavad lahustatud aine teisele poole.

A company called Aquaporin is starting to make desalination

Ettevõte nimega Aquaporin on alustanud soola eemaldamise

membranes mimicking this technology.

membraanide tootmist, jäljendades seda tehnoloogiat.

Trees and bones are constantly reforming themselves

Puud ja luud kohandavad end pidevalt

along lines of stress.

vastavalt survejoontele.

This algorithm has been put into a software program

See algoritm sisestati tarkvaraprogrammi,

that's now being used to make bridges lightweight,

mida kasutatakse nüüd kergemate sildade

to make building beams lightweight.

ja kergemate ehitustalade valmistamisel.

Actually G.M. Opel used it

Seda kasutas autofirma Opel,

to create that skeleton you see,

et luua karkassi, mida siin näete,

in what's called their bionic car.

oma niinimetatud bioonilise auto jaoks.

It lightweighted that skeleton using a minimum amount of material,

See aitas muuta karkassi kergemaks ja kasutada minimaalset materjalikogust,

as an organism must,

nagu organismile kohane,

for the maximum amount of strength.

maksimaalse tugevuse saavutamiseks.

This beetle, unlike this chip bag here,

See mardikas, erinevalt sellest krõpsupakist,

this beetle uses one material, chitin.

kasutab materjali nimega kitiin.

And it finds many many ways

Tal on mitmeid mooduseid,

to put many functions into it.

kuidas seda kasutada.

It's waterproof.

See on veekindel.

It's strong and resilient.

See on tugev ja elastne.

It's breathable. It creates color through structure.

See laseb õhku läbi. Selle struktuur loob värvi.

Whereas that chip bag has about seven layers to do all of those things.

Aga krõpsupakil on umbes seitse kihti, et seda kõike saavutada.

One of our major inventions

Üks peamisi avastusi,

that we need to be able to do

mida peaksime tegema, kui tahame

to come even close to what these organisms can do

ligilähedaseltki saavutada seda, mida need organismid,

is to find a way

on leida moodus,

to minimize the amount of material, the kind of material we use,

kuidas viia miinimumini kasutatava materjali hulk

and to add design to it.

ja lisada sellele disain.

We use five polymers in the natural world

Loodus kasutab viit polümeeri,

to do everything that you see.

et teha kõike seda, mida te näete.

In our world we use about 350 polymers

Oma maailmas kasutame me 350 polümeeri,

to make all this.

et valmistada kõike seda.

Nature is nano.

Loodus on nano.

Nanotechnology, nanoparticles, you hear a lot of worry about this.

Nanotehnoloogia, nanoosakesed, nendega seoses tõstatakse palju probleeme.

Loose nanoparticles. What is really interesting to me

Seoses lahtiste nanoosakestega. Minu meelest on huvitav aga hoopis see,

is that not many people have been asking,

kui vähesed inimesed on esitanud küsimuse:

"How can we consult nature about how to make nanotechnology safe?"

"Kuidas saaks loodus meile õpetada, kuidas muuta nanotehnoloogia turvaliseks?"

Nature has been doing that for a long time.

Loodus teeb seda kõike juba ammu.

Embedding nanoparticles in a material for instance, always.

Näiteks on ta alati nanoosakesi ainesse sadestanud.

In fact, sulfur-reducing bacteria,

Väävlit redutseerivad bakterid

as part of their synthesis,

eraldavad sünteesi jooksul

they will emit, as a byproduct,

kõrvalproduktina

nanoparticles into the water.

vette nanoosakesi.

But then right after that, they emit a protein

Aga kohe pärast seda eritavad nad valku,

that actually gathers and aggregates those nanoparticles

mis kogub ja seob need nanoosakesed.

so that they fall out of solution.

Nii et need settivad lahusest välja.

Energy use. Organisms sip energy,

Energiakasutus. Organismid tarbivad energiat säästlikult.

because they have to work or barter for every single bit that they get.

Sest nad peavad iga pisemagi energiahulga saamiseks kõvasti vaeva nägema.

And one of the largest fields right now,

Üks kiiremini arenevamaid teemasid,

in the world of energy grids,

millest räägitakse energiavõrkude valdkonnas,

you hear about the smart grid.

on "tark elektrivõrk".

One of the largest consultants are the social insects.

Meie parimateks konsultantideks on ühiselulised putukad.

Swarm technology. There is a company called Regen.

Sülemi-tehnoloogia. Ettevõte nimega Regen

They are looking at how ants and bees

uurib, kuidas sipelgad ja mesilased

find their food and their flowers

leiavad toitu või lilli

in the most effective way

kõige efektiivsemalt,

as a whole hive.

tegutsedes sülemina.

And they're having appliances in your home

See ettevõte paneb teie kodumasinad

talk to one another through that algorithm,

selle algoritmi abil üksteisega suhtlema

and determine how to minimize peak power use.

ja otsustama, kuidas vältida maksimaalvõimsuse kasutamist.

There's a group of scientists in Cornell

Cornellis on grupp teadlasi,

that are making what they call a synthetic tree,

kes püüavad valmistada sünteetilist puud.

because they are saying, "There is no pump at the bottom of a tree."

Nad ütlevad: "Puu all ei ole ju mingit pumpa."

It's capillary action and transpiration pulls

Selle kapillaarjõud ja aurumine tõmbavad

water up, a drop at a time,

vett tilkhaaval ülespoole,

pulling it, releasing it from a leaf and pulling it up through the roots.

nii et see vabaneb lehe pinnalt ja tõmmatakse läbi juurte üles.

And they're creating -- you can think of it as a kind of wallpaper.

Nad püüavad luua midagi tapeedilaadset.

They're thinking about putting it on the insides of buildings

Nende idee on paigaldada seda ehitiste sisse,

to move water up without pumps.

et see imeks vett üles ilma pumpadeta.

Amazon electric eel -- incredibly endangered,

Amasoonase elektriangerjas. Väga ohustatud.

some of these species --

Mõned selle liigi esindajad

create 600 volts of electricity

tekitavad 600-voldist elektrit

with the chemicals that are in your body.

oma kehas asuvate kemikaalide abil.

Even more interesting to me is that

Isegi veel huvitavam on see,

600 volts doesn't fry it.

et 600 volti ei kõrveta teda surnuks.

You know we use PVC, and we sheath wires

Te teate materjali nimega PVC. Me kasutame

with PVC for insulation.

PVC-d kaablite isoleerimiseks.

These organisms, how are they insulating

Aga kuidas isoleerivad need organismid

against their own electric charge?

end iseenda elektrilaengu vastu?

These are some questions that we've yet to ask.

Nendele küsimustele pole veel vastust leitud.

Here's a wind turbine manufacturer that went to a whale.

On tuuleturbiinide tootja, kes võttis eeskujuks vaala.

Humpback whale has scalloped edges on its flippers.

Küürvaala uimede servad on lainelised.

And those scalloped edges

Need lainelised servad

play with flow in such a way

mängivad vooluga niimoodi,

that is reduces drag by 32 percent.

et see vähendab veetakistust 32%.

These wind turbines can rotate in incredibly slow windspeeds, as a result.

Tänu sellele pöörlevad need tuuleturbiinid ka väga väikese tuulega.

MIT just has a new radio chip

MIT on loonud uue raadiokiibi,

that uses far less power than our chips.

mis kasutab palju vähem energiat kui meie omad.

And it's based on the cochlear of your ear,

See põhineb kõrva kuulmiselundil

able to pick up internet, wireless, television signals

ja sama kiip on võimeline võtma vastu interneti,

and radio signals, in the same chip.

traadita interneti, televisiooni ja raadio signaale.

Finally, on an ecosystem scale.

Lõpuks, kui rääkida ökosüsteemi tasandist.

At Biomimicry Guild, which is my consulting company,

Biomimikri Gildis, mis on minu konsultatsioonifirma,

we work with HOK Architects.

teeme me koostööd arhitektuuribürooga HOK,

We're looking at building whole cities

käsitledes nende planeerimisosakonnas

in their planning department.

tervete linnade ehitamist.

And what we're saying is that,

Meie seisukoht on selline,

shouldn't our cities do at least as well,

kas meie linnad ei peaks toimima vähemalt sama hästi,

in terms of ecosystem services,

ökosüsteemi teenuste osas,

as the native systems that they replace?

kui looduslikud süsteemid, mida nad asendavad?

So we're creating something called Ecological Performance Standards

Me loome niinimetatud "ökoloogiliste näitajate standardid",

that hold cities to this higher bar.

mis kehtestavad linnade jaoks kõrgemad nõudmised.

The question is -- biomimicry is an incredibly powerful

Küsimus on selles - biomimikri on uskumatult võimas

way to innovate.

innovatsiooni meetod.

The question I would ask is, "What's worth solving?"

Mind huvitab: "Milliseid küsimusi tasuks lahendada?"

If you haven't seen this, it's pretty amazing.

Kui te pole seda varem näinud, on see üsna hämmastav.

Dr. Adam Neiman.

Dr Adam Neiman.

This is a depiction of

Siin on kujutatud

all of the water on Earth

kogu maailma vett

in relation to the volume of the Earth --

Maa ruumala suhtes,

all the ice, all the fresh water, all the sea water --

kogu jää, joogivesi ja merevesi,

and all the atmosphere that we can breathe, in relation to the volume of the Earth.

ja kogu hingatav õhk Maa ruumala suhtes.

And inside those balls

Ja nende kerade sees

life, over 3.8 billion years,

on elu 3,8 miljardi aastaga

has made a lush, livable place for us.

loonud meile lopsaka, elamiskõlbuliku paiga.

And we are in a long, long line

Meie kuulume pikka-pikka

of organisms

organismide jadasse,

to come to this planet and ask ourselves,

kes on saabunud sellele planeedile ja küsinud endalt:

"How can we live here gracefully over the long haul?"

"Kuidas saaksime siin pikemat aega mõnusalt elada?"

How can we do what life has learned to do?

Kuidas teha seda, mida elu on õppinud tegema?

Which is to create conditions conducive to life.

Nimelt, looma tingimused, mis edendavad elu.

Now in order to do this, the design challenge

Et seda saavutada, on meie sajandi disainerite jaoks

of our century, I think,

minu arvates suurim väljakutse see,

we need a way to remind ourselves of those geniuses,

et me peame endale neid geeniusi meelde tuletama

and to somehow meet them again.

ja nendega kuidagiviisi taas kokku saama.

One of the big ideas, one of the big projects

Üks suuri ideid, suuri projekte,

I've been honored to work on

mille kallal mul on olnud au töötada,

is a new website. And I would encourage you all to please go to it.

on üks internetilehekülg. Soovitaksin teil kõigil seda külastada.

It's called AskNature.org.

Selle aadress on AskNature.org.

And what we're trying to do, in a TEDesque way,

Püüame seal TEDi stiilis

is to organize all biological information

süstematiseerida bioloogilist informatsiooni

by design and engineering function.

vastavalt disaini ja inseneriteaduse eesmärkidele.

And we're working with EOL, Encyclopedia of Life,

Teeme ka koostööd EOLi ehk "Elu entsüklopeediaga",

Ed Wilson's TED wish.

mis oli Ed Wilsoni TED-iunistus.

And he's gathering all biological information

Tema tegeleb kõige bioloogilise info kogumisega

on one website.

ühele internetilehele.

And the scientists who are contributing to EOL are answering a question,

EOLi heaks töötavad teadlased vastavad küsimusele:

"What can we learn from this organism?"

"Mida võime sellelt organismilt õppida?"

And that information will go into AskNature.org.

See info avaldatakse lehel AskNature.org.

And hopefully, any inventor, anywhere in the world,

Loodetavasti saab iga leiutaja, ükskõik millises maailma otsas,

will be able, in the moment of creation,

oma loomehetkel tippida sinna

to type in, "How does nature remove salt from water?"

küsimuse: "Kuidas loodus eemaldab veest soola?"

And up will come mangroves, and sea turtles

Ja saab vastuseks mangroovid, merekilpkonnad

and your own kidneys.

ja inimese enda neerud.

And we'll begin to

Nii muutub pisitasa

be able to

võimalikuks

do as Cody does,

teha sama, mida teeb Cody,

and actually be in touch

ja olla tõesti ühenduses

with these incredible models,

nende uskumatute eeskujudega,

these elders that have been here

nende elatanutega, kes on olnud siin

far, far longer than we have.

palju-palju kauem kui meie.

And hopefully, with their help,

Ja loodetavasti, nende abiga,

we'll learn how to live on this Earth,

me õpime, kuidas elada selles maailmas,

and on this home that is ours, but not ours alone.

selles kodus, mis kuulub meile, kuid mitte ainult.

Thank you very much.

Tänan teid väga.

(Applause)

(Aplaus)