I-TED ayisishiyagalombili ikhuluma ngezobuchwepheshe bezempilo

Uma ungumuntu ovele ejabulela ukudlala abezindaba efomini yevidiyo, mhlawumbe usuvele wazi ukuthi kunenqwaba yeTED Talks enhle ngezihloko ezihlukahlukene ze-inthanethi. Njengoba ubuchwepheshe bezempilo kanye nempilo emisha kuqhubeka nokuchuma, abanye abaholi abakhulu bacabanga ukuthi bavele esiteshini se-TED sokuletha endaweni yabo yobuchwepheshe. Ngezansi uzothola izinkulumo eziyisishiyagalolunye ze-TED Talks kulabo abanokubambisana nobuchwepheshe bezempilo.

Ukubikezela izitayela zesikhathi esizayo

Enkulumweni yakhe ye-TED ka-2012, isazi samakhemikhali uLee Cronin-uprofesa eYunivesithi yaseGlasgow-wabuza ukuthi singakwazi yini ukuba 'app' chemistry. Wayelokhu ebuza ukuthi kukhona yini into enjengomshini wamakhemikhali wendawo yonke okuvela kuwo noma iyiphi i-molecule engokwemvelo. Ukwazi ukuphendula lo mbuzo ngosizo lwephrinta ye-3-D. Ukusebenzisa ama-inks amakhemikhali, kungenzeka ngempela ukukhiqiza ama-chemical compounds.

UCronin wachaza ubuchwepheshe obuvumela ukuba sinyathelise imithi yethu enkulumweni yakhe: Phrinta Imithi Yakho. UCronin uphinde ubikezele ukuthi ngokusebenzisa ama-stem amaseli kanye nezakhi zofuzo esingase sikwazi ukuphrinta izidakamizwa zethu siqu. Eqinisweni, izidakamizwa ezinyathelisiwe manje sezizohweba. I-US Yokudla Nezidakamizwa Zokudla Kwezidakamizwa okokuqala ivume imithi enqunyiwe eyenziwe ngokunyathelisa kwe-3-D.

Enye inkulumo eyayihloswe ngekusasa yanikezwa umcimbi we-TEDx wendawo ePhiladelphia nguDkt. Stephen Klasko, umongameli kanye noMphathi Omkhulu we-Thomas Jefferson University kanye nesibhedlela esithintekayo.

Enkulumweni yakhe, uDkt. Klasko usithatha uhambo oluya enyakeni ka-2024. Uveza umbono wakhe ngokunakekelwa kwezempilo esikhathini esizayo kanye nezinguquko ezidingekayo ukuze zifike lapho. U-Klasko ukholelwa ukuthi lokhu kufaka phakathi ukuguqula imfundo yezokwelapha, ukuthuthukisa isipiliyoni sabathengi nokuhlanganisa ubuchwepheshe kanye nezinqubo ezivela kwamanye amasimu zibe usizo lwezempilo.

Ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bezempilo ukuze buyeke

Ukuqhubeka nesihloko sokuzijabulisa impilo ngokusebenzisa izindlela zedijithali, u-Ellen Jorgensen namalungu akhe bafuna indawo lapho umuntu angahamba khona futhi ahlanganyele ngokufunda nge-biology yakhe ngokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe.

Ungomunye wabasunguli be-Genspace, okuyisakhiwo esivumelanisa uhulumeni sika-DIYbio. I-Genspace, ne-Jorgensen, ihamba phambili ekuhambeni kwenhlangano ye-biotechnology. Uma i-biohacking ikuthandayo, ividiyo ka-JEDensen ye-TED Biohacking-Ungayenza, Kungenzeka kube nesithakazelo.

Ubuchwepheshe be-Genome-editing njengo-CRISPR budlala indima ebalulekile ekunyakeni kwe-biohacking. Isazi sesifo sokubeletha uJennifer Doudna sibonisa izakhi ze-CRISPR-Cas9 enkulumweni yakhe: Indlela i-CRISPR isenza ngayo ukuhlela i-DNA yethu. Nakuba uDoudna esungula leli thuluzi, manje ubonakalisa impumelelo yokuziphatha kweDNA yethu futhi ikhuthaza abanye ukuba benze okufanayo.

Ukuhlola ukusetshenziswa kosizo lobuchwepheshe beselula

Namuhla, abantu abaningi e-Afrika engaphansi kwe-Sahara banokufinyelela efonini ephathekayo kunokuba bakwazi ukuthola amanzi asebenzayo. Ngalokhu engqondweni, u-Andrew Bastawrous-udokotela ohlinzayo wezilanga nomqambi-waqala ukucabanga ngendlela yokusebenzisa amandla ubuchwepheshe beselula ukuthuthukisa impilo ye-eye, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni ezingaphansi kwamalungelo.

Enkulumweni ye-TED yaseBastawrous, uchaza ukuthi ithimba lakhe lakhiqiza kanjani i-kit ebonakalayo yokuhlola i-eye futhi yashintsha imishini yezokwelapha ebanzi neyinkimbinkimbi ngezinhlelo zokusebenza ze-smartphone.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukucacisa isizathu sokulahleka kombono, ithimba le-Bastawrous lenze i-hardware e-3D ephrintiwe engabizi engakwazi ukufakwa kwi-smartphone iphinde ivumele ukuhlolwa okuhle kwekhwalithi ngemuva kweso, eyenziwa yinoma ubani onokuqeqeshwa okuncane, noma yikuphi umhlaba.

Ngokufanayo, uJorge Soto-ubuchwepheshe bomdlavuza-wachaza indlela intuthuko eyenziwa ngayo ekuthuthukiseni ukuhlolwa komdlavuza ovulekile, okuzoba yingxenye yesikhulumi eselula futhi kuzobona izinhlobo zakudala zamanyevuza ekhanda ngendlela engalingani.

Njengoba umdlavuza usekhona, ezimweni eziningi, utholakala kuphela uma izimpawu zikhula, ucwaningo lukaSoto lunganikeza ukuphumelela futhi lungasiza abantu abakude kangaka abazange bakwazi ukuthola ubuchwepheshe bokuthoma bokuqala.

Isivivinyo se-Soto esihlotshaniswayo enkulumweni yakhe ye-TED 'Ikusasa Lokutholakala Kweqanda Lokuqala?' inokwethenjelwa futhi idinga kuphela isampula segazi elula.

Ukuthuthukisa imibono yezwe

Enye yezinkulumo ezithandeka kakhulu ze-TED, u-David Eagleman-isazi sezinzwa-ohlola ukucabangela nobuciko be-plasticity-uchaza ukulinganiselwa kwombono wethu. Ngamazwi akhe, "sithinteka yizinto zethu zezinto eziphilayo," futhi ucwaningo lwakhe luhlose ukwandisa umhlaba wethu ngalezi zinkinga futhi uvule ubukhulu obusha obungaphandle.

Ukuze asixoshe ezweni lethu elilinganiselwe, u-Eagleman nabalingani bakhe bahlela idivayisi efakekayo ene-interface egijima kumafoni namathebulethi.

Idivaysi yokuqala, i-vest yezinzwa, ihlinzeka abantu izinzwa ezintsha futhi ibenze baqaphele izinto ngaphambili ezingafundwa. Isivuno sichaza umsindo ube iphethini lokudlidliza ubuchopho bomuntu obungakwazi ukufunda ukuyihumusha. Ukuhlolwa kwabantu abayizithulu kubonise ukuthi, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, abantu baqala ukuqonda ulimi lwe-vest nokuzwa izwe elibazungezile.

Enye idivayisi eguqulwayo eyayihamba phambili imithi ingumdwebo wesikhashana ongasetshenziselwa ukuqapha isiguli. U-Todd Coleman ungumkhiqizi wezinto eziphilayo owanikeza i-TEDMED enkulumweni echaza ukuthuthukiswa kwemigqa yokuqapha. UCleman kanye neqembu lakhe baphefumulelwe ukuthuthukisa uhlelo oluphezulu lokuguga oluzosebenzisa izinhlamvu ezifanayo njengokwakhompyutha. Okungcono, kungenzeka ukuthi igqoke ekhaya ukuqapha idatha yakho yezempilo nokudlulisa nge-wireless. Umkhiqizo wokuphela wawuyi-tattoo-efana neyakhiwe enezinzwa ezifakwe emathinini ahambisana nezimo ezivame ukusetshenziswa ezibhedlela.

Amaphayona avela emasimini e-epigenetics

I-Epigenetics imelela ukuguquka okusha emithi. Iphakamisa ukuthi izakhi zethu zofuzo azizona njengeziqu njengoba sasizicabangile. Esikhundleni salokho, zingaba (kabusha) zihlelwe ngokusekelwe ezihlokweni ezihlukene zenhlalo nezemvelo. UMosi Szyf uyisazi sokuhlola izindlela eziguqula izakhi zethu zofuzo. Uqala inkulumo yakhe ye-TED ngendaba yokuziphatha komama omama okhathazayo okubonakala sengathi kuthonya inzalo yabo. USzyf uyaqhubeka achaza indlela okuhlangenwe nakho kokuqala kokuphila okulotshwe ngayo ku-DNA yethu.

Ngokuphambene nalokho esasivame ukukholelwa, i-genome yethu ayiyona umbhalo obhaliwe ngaphambilini. Ihambisana nezwe elinamandla futhi ngokusho kocwaningo lukaSzyf, ukuhlangenwe nakho kokuphila kanye nemvelo esikuyo kuyo kungashintsha ukukhuluma kwethu kwezakhi zofuzo. Ucwaningo olunjengalo lukwazi kakhulu ukuqonda ukuziphatha komuntu. Ibuye inikeze ukwaziswa okusha ekuthuthukiseni kwezifo ezahlukene futhi kungase kuhlinzekwe ngezinketho zokwelashwa ze-epigenetic.