Dean Kamen: New prosthetic arm for veterans

Prevoditelj: Davorin Jelačić Recezent: Tilen Pigac - EFZG

I got a visit almost exactly a year ago,

U posjet mi je došao, prije skoro točno godinu dana,

a little over a year ago, from a very senior person at the Department of Defense.

malo više od godinu dana, visoki dužnosnik Ministarstva obrane.

Came to see me and said, "1,600 of the kids that we've sent out

Došao me posjetiti i rekao, „1.600 mladih koje smo poslali

have come back missing at least one full arm.

vratili su se bez barem jedne cijele ruke.

Whole arm. Shoulder disarticulation.

Cijele ruke. Odsječene u ramenu.

And we're doing the same thing we did for -- more or less,

A mi činimo isto što smo činili, više ili manje,

that we've done since the Civil War, a stick and a hook.

još od građanskog rata, štap i kuku.

And they deserve more than that."

A oni zaslužuju više od toga."

And literally, this guy sat in my office in New Hampshire and said,

I taj mi je tip, doslovno, sjedeći u mojem uredu u New Hampshireu, rekao,

"I want you to give me something that we can put on these kids

"Želim da mi date nešto što možemo staviti na tu djecu

that'll pick up a raisin or a grape off a table,

a što će moći podići grožđicu ili grejpfrut sa stola,

they'll be able to put it in their mouth without destroying either one,

i oni će ih moći staviti u usta bez da ih unište,

and they'll be able to know the difference without looking at it."

a također i da znaju razliku između njih bez gledanja."

You know, had efferent, afferent, and haptic response.

Znate, da imaju živčani prijenos u oba smjera i osjet dodira.

He finishes explaining that, and I'm waiting for the big 300 pound paper proposal,

Završio je objasnivši to, ja sam čekao na veliku službenu ponudu od 150 kilograma,

and he said, "That's what I want from you."

a on je rekao, "To je ono što želim od vas."

I said, "Look, you're nuts. That technology's just not available right now.

Rekao sam, „Gledajte, ludi ste. Ta tehnologija trenutno jednostavno nije dostupna.

And it can't be done.

To se ne može učiniti.

Not in an envelope of a human arm,

Ne u okviru ljudske ruke,

with 21 degrees of freedom, from your shoulder to your fingertips."

s 21 stupnjem slobode, od ramena do vrhova prstiju."

He said, "About two dozen of these 1,600 kids have come back bilateral.

Rekao je, „Oko dva tuceta od tih 1.600 djece vratili su se bez obje ruke.

You think it's bad to lose one arm?

Mislite da je loše izgubiti jednu ruku?

That's an inconvenience compared to having both of them gone."

To je tek neugoda u odnosu na to kad nemate nijednu."

I got a day job,

Imam normalan posao,

and my nights and weekends are already filled up with things like,

i noći i vikendi su mi ispunjeni stvarima koje volim,

let's supply water to the world, and power to the world, and educate all the kids,

dostava vode svijetu, dostava energije svijetu, obrazovanje sve djece,

which, Chris, I will not talk about. I don't need another mission.

o čemu, Chris, neću govoriti. Ne treba mi dodatni zadatak.

I keep thinking about these kids with no arms.

Ali i dalje mislim na tu djecu bez ruku.

He says to me, "We've done some work around the country.

On mi kaže, „Nešto smo i radili u zemlji.

We've got some pretty amazing neurology and other people."

Imamo prilično zapanjujuće neurologe i druge ljude."

I said, "I'll take a field trip, I'll go see what you got."

Rekao sam, „Otići ću u terenski obilazak, pogledat ću što to imate."

Over the next month I visited lots of places, some out here, around the country,

U sljedećih mjesec dana posjetio sam mnoga mjesta, neka i ovdje, širom zemlje,

found the best of the best.

pronašao najbolje od najboljih.

I went down to Washington. I saw these guys, and said,

Otišao sam u Washington, našao se s tim ljudima, i rekao,

"I did what you asked me. I looked at what's out there.

„Učinio sam što ste tražili. Pogledao sam što je na raspolaganju.

I still think you're nuts. But not as nuts as I thought."

I dalje mislim da ste ludi. Ali ne baš toliko ludi koliko sam mislio."

I put a team together, a little over 13 months ago,

Okupio sam tim, prije malo više od 13 mjeseci,

got up to 20 some-odd people.

ustao pred dvadesetak ljudi.

We said, we're going to build a device that does what he wants.

Rekli smo, napravit ćemo uređaj koji radi ono što on traži.

We have 14 out of the 21 degrees of freedom;

Postigli smo 14 od 21 stupnja slobode;

you don't need the ones in the last two fingers.

ne trebaju vam oni u zadnja dva prsta.

We put this thing together.

Sklopili smo uređaj.

A couple of weeks ago we took it down to Walter Reed,

Prije nekoliko tjedana odnijeli smo ga u Walter Reed,

which is unfortunately more in the news these days.

koji je, nažalost, ovih dana više u vijestima.

We showed it to a bunch of guys.

Pokazali smo ga mnogima.

One guy who described himself as being lucky,

Jednom tipu koji se opisao kao srećković,

because he lost his left arm, and he's a righty.

jer je izgubio lijevu ruku, a dešnjak je.

He sat at a table with seven or eight of these other guys.

Sjeo je za stol sa sedmoricom ili osmoricom drugih momaka.

Said he was lucky, because he had his good arm,

Kaže da je sretan jer ima svoju dobru ruku,

and then he pushed himself back from the table. He had no legs.

a zatim se odgurne od stola. Nije imao noge.

These kids have attitudes that you just can't believe.

Ti mladići imaju stav u koji jednostavno ne možete povjerovati.

So I'm going to show you now, without the skin on it,

Sada ću vam pokazati, bez omotača,

a 30-second piece, and then I'm done.

video od 30 sekundi, i tada sam završio.

But understand what you're looking at

Ali shvatite: ono što gledate

we made small enough to fit on a 50th percentile female,

načinili smo dovoljno malenim da odgovara 50 posto žena,

so that we could put it in any of these people.

kako bismo ga mogli ugraditi bilo kojem od tih ljudi.

It's going to go inside something that we use in CAT scans and

Ulazit će u nešto što koristimo u CAT skeniranju i

MRIs of whatever is their good arm,

MRI od onoga što je njihova dobra ruka,

to make silicon rubber, then coat it, and paint it in 3D --

kako bi se napravila silikonska guma, zatim obložila i obojila u 3D,

exact mirror image of their other limb.

točan zrcalni prikaz njihovog drugog ekstremiteta.

So, you won't see all the really cool stuff that's in this series elastic set of 14 actuators,

Tako da nećete vidjeti sve zanimljive stvari koje su u ovom nizu elastičnog sklopa od 14 pokretača,

each one which has its own capability to sense temperature and pressure.

od kojih svaki ima vlastitu sposobnost osjeta temperature i pritiska.

It also has a pneumatic cuff that holds it on,

Također ima i pneumatsku orukvicu koja pridržava,

so the more they put themselves under load, the more it attaches.

i tim više prianja što se više optereti.

They take the load off, and it becomes, again, compliant.

Kad se opterećenje ukloni, ona ponovno postaje fleksibilna.

I'm going to show you a guy doing a couple of simple things with this

Pokazat ću vam momka koji obavlja nekoliko jednostavnih radnji s ovim

that we demonstrated in Washington. Can we look at this thing?

kao što smo demonstrirali u Washingtonu. Možemo li to pogledati?

Watch the fingers grab. The thumb comes up. Wrist.

Pogledajte kako prsti zahvaćaju. Palac se podiže. Zapešće.

This weighs 6.9 pounds.

Težina uređaja je 3,5 kilograma.

Going to scratch his nose.

Sada će se počešati po nosu.

It's got 14 active degrees of freedom.

Ima 14 aktivnih stupnjeva slobode.

Now he's going to pick up a pen with his opposed thumb and index finger.

Sada će podići olovku s palcem i kažiprstom.

Now he's going to put that down, pick up a piece of paper,

Sada će je spustiti, podići list papira,

rotate all the degrees of freedom in his hand and wrist, and read it.

rotirati sve stupnjeve slobode u ruci i zapešću, i pročitati s papira.

(Applause)

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