Smelfies, and other experiments in synthetic biology | Ani Liu

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What if our plants
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Što kada bi naše biljke
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could sense the toxicity levels in the soil
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mogle osjetiti razinu toksina u zemlji
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and express that toxicity through the color of its leaves?
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i izraziti tu razinu kroz boju svog lišća?
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What if those plants could also remove those toxins from the soil?
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Što kada bi te biljke mogle i ukloniti te toksine iz tla?
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Instead, what if those plants
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Ili, što kada bi one mogle
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grew their own packaging,
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proizvesti svoju ambalažu,
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or were designed to only be harvested
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ili da se uzgoje tako da se beru
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by their owners' own patented machines?
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samo patentiranim strojevima svojih vlasnika?
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What happens when biological design
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Što se dogodi kada biološki dizajn
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is driven by the motivations of mass-produced commodities?
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pokreće motivacija masovno proizvedenih dobara?
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What kind of world would that be?
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Kakav bi to bio svijet?
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My name is Ani, and I'm a designer and researcher at MIT Media Lab,
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Zovem se Ani, dizajnerica sam i istraživačica u laboratoriju MIT-a,
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where I'm part of a relatively new and unique group called Design Fiction,
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gdje sam dio relativno nove i jedinstvene grupe, imenom Fikcija dizajna,
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where we're wedged somewhere between science fiction and science fact.
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bavimo se nečim što je između znanstvene fantastike i znanstvene činjenice.
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And at MIT, I am lucky enough to rub shoulders with scientists
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Na MIT-u imam dovoljno sreće da radim sa znanstvenicima
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studying all kinds of cutting edge fields
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koji proučavaju razna najnovija područja,
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like synthetic neurobiology,
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poput sintetičke neurobiologije,
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artificial intelligence, artificial life
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umjetne inteligencije i života
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and everything in between.
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te svega ostalog između.
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And across campus, there's truly brilliant scientists
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Širom kampusa ima zaista sjajnih znanstvenika,
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asking questions like, "How can I make the world a better place?"
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koji postavljaju pitanja poput, "Kako ja ovaj svijet mogu učiniti boljim?"
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And part of what my group likes to ask is, "What is better?"
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A dio onoga što moja grupa voli pitati je: "Što je bolje?"
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What is better for you, for me,
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Što je bolje za vas, za mene,
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for a white woman, a gay man,
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za bjelkinju, gay muškarca,
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a veteran, a child with a prosthetic?
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za veterana, dijete s protezom?
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Technology is never neutral.
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Tehnologija nikada nije neutralna.
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It frames a reality
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Ona oblikuje stvarnost
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and reflects a context.
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i odražava kontekst.
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Can you imagine what it would say about the work-life balance at your office
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Možete li zamisliti što bi rekla o balansu života i rada na vašem poslu
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if these were standard issue on the first day?
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ako bi se ovo pojavilo prvog dana?
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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I believe it's the role of artists and designers
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Vjerujem da je uloga umjetnika i inženjera
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to raise critical questions.
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da postavljaju ključna pitanja.
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Art is how you can see and feel the future,
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Umjetnost je ono kako vidite i osjećate budućnost,
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and today is an exciting time to be a designer,
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a danas je uzbudljivo biti dizajner,
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for all the new tools becoming accessible.
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zbog svih novih dostupnih alata.
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For instance, synthetic biology
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Na primjer, sintetička biologija
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seeks to write biology as a design problem.
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pokušava predstaviti biologiju kao problem dizajna.
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And through these developments,
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Kroz ove razvoje,
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my lab asks, what are the roles and responsibilities
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u mojem laboratoriju se pitamo koje su uloge i odgovornosti
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of an artist, designer, scientist or businessman?
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umjetnika, dizajnera, znanstvenika ili poslovnog čovjeka?
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What are the implications
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Koje su implikacije
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of synthetic biology, genetic engineering,
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sintetičke biologije, genetskog inženjeringa
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and how are they shaping our notions of what it means to be a human?
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i kako oni oblikuju naš pojam toga što znači biti čovjek?
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What are the implications of this on society, on evolution
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Koje su implikacije ovoga na društvo, na evoluciju
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and what are the stakes in this game?
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i koji su sve ulozi u igri?
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My own speculative design research at the current moment
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Moje vlastito spekulativno istraživanje o dizajnu trenutno
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plays with synthetic biology,
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tiče se sintetičke biologije,
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but for more emotionally driven output.
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ali za rezultate koji su više vođeni emocijama.
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I'm obsessed with olfaction as a design space,
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Opsjednuta sam mirisom kao prostorom za dizajn
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and this project started with this idea
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i ovaj proces je započeo idejom,
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of what if you could take a smell selfie, a smelfie?
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što kada biste mogli napraviti selfi mirisa, smelfi?
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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What if you could take your own natural body odor
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Što kada biste mogli snimiti miris vlastitog tijela
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and send it to a lover?
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i poslati ga svom partneru?
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Funny enough, I found that this was a 19th century Austrian tradition,
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Zanimljivo, otkrila sam da je ovo bila tradicija u Austriji u 19. stoljeću,
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where couples in courtship would keep a slice of apple
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kada su parovi kao dio udvaranja držali komadić jabuke
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crammed under their armpit during dances,
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ispod pazuha tijekom plesa,
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and at the end of the evening,
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a na kraju večeri,
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the girl would give the guy she most fancied her used fruit,
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djevojka bi dala taj komadić mladiću koji joj se najviše svidio
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and if the feeling was mutual,
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i ako je osjećaj bio obostran,
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he would wolf down that stinky apple.
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on bi pojeo tu smrdjivu jabuku.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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Famously, Napoleon wrote many love letters to Josephine,
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Poznato je da je Napoleon napisao Jozefini mnogo ljubavnih pisama,
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but perhaps amongst the most memorable is this brief and urgent note:
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no, možda je najpoznatija ona njegova kratka i hitna poruka:
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"Home in three days. Don't bathe."
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"Doma za tri dana. Ne kupaj se."
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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Both Napoleon and Josephine adored violets.
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I Napoleon i Jozefina obožavali su ljubice.
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Josephine wore violet-scented perfume,
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Jozefina je nosila parfem od ljubica,
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carried violets on their wedding day,
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nosila je ljubice i na dan vjenčanja,
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and Napoleon sent her a bouquet of violets
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a Napoleon joj je slao buket ljubica
svake godine na njihovu godišnjicu.
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every year on their anniversary.
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When Josephine passed away,
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Kada je Jozefina preminula,
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he planted violets at her grave,
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posadio je ljubice na njenom grobu
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and just before his exile,
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i neposredno prije nego što je izgnan,
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he went back to that tomb site,
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vratio se do njezinog groba,
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picked some of those flowers, entombed them in a locket
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ubrao nešto tog cvijeća, spremio ga u medaljon
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and wore them until the day he died.
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i nosio sa sobom do svoje smrti.
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And I found this so moving,
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Ovo me je tako dirnulo,
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I thought, could I engineer that violet to smell just like Josephine?
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pomislila sam, mogu li stvoriti ljubicu koja bi mirisala kao Jozefina?
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What if, for the rest of eternity,
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Što kada bi, do kraja vječnosti,
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when you went to visit her site,
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uvijek kada odete na njen grob,
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you could smell Josephine just as Napoleon loved her?
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mogli pomirisati Jozefinu, onakvu kakvu je Napoelon volio?
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Could we engineer new ways of mourning,
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Bismo li mogli osmisliti nove načine žalovanja,
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new rituals for remembering?
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nove rituale prisjećanja?
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After all, we've engineered transgenic crops
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Već smo napravili i transgenične usjeve,
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to be maximized for profit,
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zbog veće zarade,
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crops that stand up to transport,
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usjeve koji podnose transport,
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crops that have a long shelf life,
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usjeve koji imaju dug životni vijek,
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crops that taste sugary sweet but resist pests,
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usjeve koji su slatkog ukusa, ali odolijevaju štetočinama,
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sometimes at the expense of nutritional value.
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ponekad nauštrb hranjive vrijednosti.
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Can we harness these same technologies for an emotionally sensitive output?
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Možemo li iskoristiti iste tehnologije za emotivno osjetljive rezultate?
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So currently in my lab,
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Trenutno u mojem laboratoriju
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I'm researching questions like, what makes a human smell like a human?
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istražujem pitanja poput, zašto čovjek miriše kao čovjek?
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And it turns out it's fairly complicated.
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Ispostavlja se da je to prilično složeno.
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Factors such as your diet, your medications, your lifestyle
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Čimbenici poput ishrane, lijekova, stila života,
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all factor into the way you smell.
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sve utječe na to kako mirišete.
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And I found that our sweat is mostly odorless,
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Otkrila sam da je znoj obično bez mirisa,
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but it's our bacteria and microbiome
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ali naše bakterije i mikrobiomi
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that's responsible for your smells, your mood, your identity
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odgovorni su za vaš miris, raspoloženje, identitet
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and so much beyond.
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i još mnogo toga.
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And there's all kinds of molecules that you emit
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Postoje razne molekule koje ispuštate,
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but which we only perceive subconsciously.
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a koje primjećujemo samo podsvjesno.
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So I've been cataloging and collecting
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Stoga sam bilježila i sakupljala
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bacteria from different sites of my body.
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bakterije s raznih mjesta na svom tijelu.
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After talking to a scientist, we thought,
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Nakon razgovora sa znanstvenikom,
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maybe the perfect concoction of Ani
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pomislili smo, možda bi savršena kombinacija Ani
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is like 10 percent collarbone, 30 percent underarm,
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bila 10% ključne kosti, 30% pazuha,
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40 percent bikini line and so forth,
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40% bikini zone i tako dalje,
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and occasionally I let researchers from other labs
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i ponekad bih dala istraživačima iz drugih laboratorija
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take a sniff of my samples.
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pomirisati moje uzorke.
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And it's been interesting to hear how smell of the body
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Zanimljivo je čuti kako miris tijela
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is perceived outside of the context of the body.
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ljudi osjete izvan konteksta tijela.
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I've gotten feedback such as,
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Dobila sam odgovore poput:
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smells like flowers, like chicken,
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miriše poput cvijeća, poput piletine,
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like cornflakes,
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poput kukuruznih pahuljica,
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like beef carnitas.
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poput goveđeg mesa.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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At the same time, I cultivate a set of carnivorous plants
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U isto vrijeme, uzgajam biljke mesožderke,
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for their ability to emit fleshlike odors to attract prey,
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zbog njihove sposobnosti ispuštanja mirisa sličnih mesu, da privuku plijen,
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in an attempt to kind of create this symbiotic relationship
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kako bih pokušala stvoriti simbiotsku vezu
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between my bacteria and this organism.
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između mojih bakterija i ovog organizma.
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And as it so happens, I'm at MIT and I'm in a bar,
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I kako to obično ide, na MIT-u sam, sjedim u baru,
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and I was talking to a scientist
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pričam sa znanstvenikom
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who happens to be a chemist and a plant scientist,
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i ustanovi se da je on kemičar i botaničar
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and I was telling him about my project,
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i pričam mu o svom projektu,
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and he was like, "Well, this sounds like botany for lonely women."
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a on kaže na to: "Pa to zvuči kao botanika za usamljene žene."
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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Unperturbed, I said, "OK."
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A ja samo kažem: "U redu."
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I challenged him.
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Izazvala sam ga.
"Možemo li uzgojiti biljku koja će mi uzvratiti ljubav?"
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"Can we engineer a plant that can love me back?"
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And for some reason, he was like, "Sure, why not?"
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Iz nekog razloga rekao je: "Naravno, zašto ne?"
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So we started with, can we get a plant to grow towards me
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I krenuli smo s tim, možemo li natjerati biljku da raste prema meni
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like I was the sun?
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kao da sam ja sunce?
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And so we're looking at mechanisms in plants such as phototropism,
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I tako proučavamo mehanizme kod biljaka, poput fototropizma,
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which causes the plant to grow towards the sun
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koji uzrokuje da biljke rastu prema suncu,
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by producing hormones like auxin,
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proizvodeći hormone poput auksina,
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which causes cell elongation on the shady side.
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koji dovodi do produživanja stanica na strani hladovine.
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And right now I'm creating a set of lipsticks
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Trenutno radim na liniji ruževa za usne,
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that are infused with these chemicals
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u koje smo unijeli te tvari,
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that allow me to interact with a plant on its own chemical signatures --
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a koje mi daju mogućnost komuniciranja s biljkom kroz njene kemijske signale,
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lipsticks that cause plants to grow where I kiss it,
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ruž za usne od kojih biljke rastu tamo gdje ih poljubim,
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plants that blossom where I kiss the bloom.
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biljke koje procvjetaju tamo gde poljubim cvijet.
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And through these projects,
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Kroz ove projekte,
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I'm asking questions like,
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postavljam pitanja poput,
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how do we define nature?
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kako definirati prirodu?
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How do we define nature when we can reengineer its properties,
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Kako definirati prirodu kada joj promjenimo svojstva,
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and when should we do it?
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i kada to trebamo učiniti?
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Should we do it for profit, for utility?
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Radimo li to zbog zarade ili praktične koristi?
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Can we do it for emotional ends?
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Zbog emocionalne koristi?
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Can biotechnology be used to create work as moving as music?
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Može li se biotehnologija koristiti za stvaranje djela dirljivih poput glazbe?
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What are the thresholds between science
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Koje su granice između znanosti
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and its ability to shape our emotional landscape?
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i njene mogućnosti da oblikuje naš emocionalni prikaz?
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It's a famous design mantra that form follows function.
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Čuvena je mantra dizajna da oblik prati funkciju.
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Well, now, wedged somewhere between science, design and art
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Sada, zastajući negdje između znanosti, dizajna i umjetnosti,
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I get to ask,
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moram pitati,
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what if fiction informs fact?
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što ako fikcija oblikuje činjenicu?
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What kind of R&D lab would that look like
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Kakav bi to bio istraživački laboratorij
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and what kind of questions would we ask together?
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i kakva bismo pitanja zajedno postavljali?
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We often look to technology as the answer,
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Često u tehnologiji tražimo odgovor,
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but as an artist and designer,
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ali kao umjetnica i dizajnerica,
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I like to ask, but what is the question?
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volim pitati, što je, zapravo, pitanje?
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Thank you.
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Hvala.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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