Ayah Bdeir: Building blocks that blink, beep and teach

Translator: Sandra Petrović Reviewer: Matej Divjak

This may sound strange,

Morda bo zvenelo čudno,

but I'm a big fan of the concrete block.

ampak zelo so mi všeč betonski bloki.

The first concrete blocks were manufactured in 1868

Prvi betonski bloki so bili proizvedeni leta 1868

with a very simple idea:

s čisto enostavno idejo:

modules made of cement of a fixed measurement

proizvesti posamezne enote standardnih mer,

that fit together.

ki se zlahka zlagajo skupaj.

Very quickly concrete blocks became

Hitro so betonski bloki postali

the most-used construction unit in the world.

glavni gradbeni element na svetu.

They enabled us to to build things that were larger than us,

Gradnja objektov, večjih od nas: zgradb, mostov... je postala resničnost,

buildings, bridges,

one brick at a time.

'kamen na kamen'.

Essentially concrete blocks had become

Skratka, betonski bloki so postali

the building block of our time.

glavni gradbeni element našega časa.

Almost a hundred years later in 1947,

Skoraj sto let pozneje, leta 1947,

LEGO came up with this.

je LEGO izumil ta predmet.

It was called the Automatic Binding Brick.

Imenoval se je kocka s samodejnim povezovanjem.

And in a few short years,

V zelo kratkem času

LEGO bricks took place in every household.

so imeli LEGO kocke v vsakem gospodinjstvu.

It's estimated that over 400 billion bricks have been produced --

Ocenjujejo, da je bilo izdelanih že več kot 400 milijard kock -

or 75 bricks for every person on the planet.

oz. 75 kock na vsakega Zemljana.

You don't have to be an engineer

Četudi niste gradbeni inženir,

to make beautiful houses, beautiful bridges, beautiful buildings.

lahko še vseeno gradite čudovite hiše, mostove in zgradbe.

LEGO made it accessible.

LEGO je to omogočil vsakomur.

LEGO has essentially taken the concrete block, the building block of the world,

LEGO je vzel betonski blok, glavno gradbeno enoto sveta,

and made it into the building block

in jo spremenil v gradbeno enoto naše domišljije.

of our imagination.

Meanwhile the exact same year,

Medtem se je istega leta

at Bell Labs the next revolution was about to be announced,

pri Bell Labs že pripravljala naslednja revolucija,

the next building block.

naslednja gradbena enota.

The transistor was a small plastic unit

Tranzistor je bil majhen plastičen delec,

that would take us from a world

ki je spremenil svet,

of static bricks piled on top of each other

poln statičnih opek, ene na drugi,

to a world where everything was interactive.

v svet interakcije.

Like the concrete block,

Tako kot predtem betonski blok nam tranzistor omogoča gradnjo

the transistor allows you to build

much larger, more complex circuits, one brick at a time.

veliko večjih, bolj zapletenih tokokrogov, delec po delec.

But there's a main difference:

A obstaja pomembna razlika:

The transistor was only for experts.

tranzistor je bil namenjen le strokovnjakom.

I personally don't accept this,

Jaz osebno ne morem sprejeti,

that the building block of our time

da je glavna gradbena enota našega časa

is reserved for experts,

dostopna samo strokovnjakom, zato sem se odločila to spremeniti.

so I decided to change that.

Eight years ago when I was at the Media Lab,

Pred osmimi leti sem se pri Media Labu začela raziskovati idejo,

I started exploring this idea

of how to put the power of engineers

da bi moč inženirjev

in the hands of artists and designers.

dala v roke umetnikov in oblikovalcev.

A few years ago I started developing littleBits.

Pred nekaj leti sem tako začela razvijati 'littleBits'.

Let me show you how they work.

Naj vam pokažem, kako delujejo.

LittleBits are electronic modules

'LittleBits' so elektronske enote

with each one specific function.

in vsaka ima posebno funkcijo.

They're pre-engineered

Enote so prednastavljene,

to be light, sound,

da služijo kot luč, zvokovna enota,

motors and sensors.

motor in senzor.

And the best part about it

Najboljše pri tem je,

is they snap together with magnets.

da skočijo skupaj s pomočjo magnetov.

So you can't put them the wrong way.

Tako jih ne morete narobe sestaviti.

The bricks are color-coded.

Enote so označene z barvami.

Green is output, blue is power,

Zelena pomeni izhodni signal, modra električno energijo.

pink is input and orange is wire.

roza dovod in oranžna žico.

So all you need to do is snap a blue to a green

Tako morate samo modro potisniti ob zeleno

and very quickly you can start making larger circuits.

in že lahko začnete sestavljati večje tokokroge.

You put a blue to a green,

Če postavite modro ob zeleno,

you can make light.

lahko sestavite luč.

You can put a knob in between

Vstavite vmes stikalo

and now you've made a little dimmer.

in tako ste naredili zatemnilnik.

Switch out the knob

Zamenjajte stikalo

for a pulse module,

za utripajočo enoto,

which is here,

ki je tukaj.

and now you've made a little blinker.

Sedaj ste sestavili utripajočo luč.

Add this buzzer

Pa še to brenčalo

for some extra punch

za pravo mero

and you've created a noise machine.

in dobili ste nekakšen majhen alarm.

I'm going to stop that.

Bom nehala zdaj.

So beyond simple play,

Razen preproste igre

littleBits are actually pretty powerful.

imajo 'littleBits' veliko moč.

Instead of having to program, to wire, to solder,

Namesto da bi programirali, sestavljali in še spajkali,

littleBits allow you to program

'littleBits' omogočajo, da programiramo že s preprostimi, intuitivnimi gibi.

using very simple intuitive gestures.

So to make this blink faster or slower,

Za spremembo hitrosti utripanja

you would just turn this knob

samo zavrtimo ta gumb

and basically make it pulse faster or slower.

in tako pospešimo ali upočasnimo utripanje.

The idea behind littleBits

'LittleBits' so zamišljeni kot rastoči nabor delcev.

is that it's a growing library.

We want to make every single interaction in the world

Čisto vsako interakcijo na svetu bi radi spremenili v tako preprosto enoto.

into a ready-to-use brick.

Lights, sounds, solar panels, motors --

Luč, zvok, sončne celice, motorji -

everything should be accessible.

vse bi moralo biti dostopno.

We've been giving littleBits to kids and seeing them play with them.

Enote smo dali otrokom in jih opazovali pri igri.

And it's been an incredible experience.

Neverjetna izkušnja!

The nicest thing is how they start to understand

Najlepše je, ko začnejo razumeti delovanje vsakdanjih elektronskih naprav,

the electronics around them from everyday

that they don't learn at schools.

česar jih v šoli ne učijo.

For example, how a nightlight works,

Kako na primer deluje nočna lučka

or why an elevator door stays open,

ali zakaj se vrata dvigala ne zaprejo

or how an iPod responds to touch.

ali kako iPod prepozna naš dotik.

We've also been taking littleBits to design schools.

Tudi šole za oblikovanje so jih dobile.

So for example, we've had designers

Tako so mladi oblikovalci

with no experience with electronics whatsoever

popolnoma brez izkušenj z elektroniko

start to play with littleBits as a material.

poskusili uporabiti 'littleBits' kot gradbeni material.

Here you see, with felt and paper water bottles,

Tukaj lahko vidite, kako iz filca in tetrapaka

we have Geordie making ...

Geordie izdeluje...

(Clanging)

(žvenket)

(Buzzing)

(brnenje)

A few weeks ago we took littleBits to RISD

Nedavno smo jih nesli na RISD

and gave them to some designers

in jih dali oblikovalcem čisto brez izkušenj v konstruiranju -

with no experience in engineering whatsoever --

just cardboard, wood and paper -- and told them "Make something."

samo karton, les in papir - in jim rekli: "No, ustvarite nekaj!"

Here's an example of a project they made,

Tu je primer enega projekta:

a motion-activated confetti canon ball.

Top, ki strelja konfete in se aktivira ob zaznavi giba.

(Laughter)

(smeh)

But wait, this is actually my favorite project.

Ampak to je moj najljubši izdelek!

It's a lobster made of playdough

Ta je jastog, narejen iz plastelina,

that's afraid of the dark.

ki se boji teme.

(Laughter)

(smeh)

To these non-engineers, littleBits became another material,

Niso inženirji, pa so jih uporabili kot vsak drug material,

electronics became just another material.

elektronika je postala le še en material.

And we want to make this material accessible to everyone.

Naš cilj je, da bi bil ta material na voljo vsem.

So littleBits is open-source.

Zato so 'littleBits' odprtokodni.

You can go on the website, download all the design files, make them yourself.

Z naše spletne strani lahko prenesete načrte in jih naredite sami.

We want to encourage a world

Ustvariti želimo svet poln ustvarjalcev, izumiteljev, sodelavcev,

of creators, of inventors, of contributors,

because this world that we live in,

ker ta svet, v katerem živimo, ta interaktivni svet, je naš svet.

this interactive world, is ours.

So go ahead and start inventing.

Tako da izvolite izumljati.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(aplavz)