Iintetho ze-TED zithetha ngeTeknoloji yezeMpilo

Ukuba ungumntu osele anandipha imithombo yeendaba kwividiyo, mhlawumbi sele uqaphela ukuba kukho ininzi yeTED Talks kwiintlobo ezahlukeneyo zezifundo kwi-intanethi. Njengokuba iteknoloji yezempilo kunye nempilo emitsha iyaqhubeka iphumelela, ezinye iinkokeli ezicingileyo ziye zavela kwiqonga le-TED ukubonisa kwindawo yabo yobuchule. Ngezantsi uzakufumana iintetho ezi-9 zeTED kwiintetho zezobugcisa bezempilo.

Ukuqikelela izinto ezizayo

Ngomxholo wakhe we-TED ka-2012, umzululwazi u-Lee Cronin-uprofesa kwiYunivesithi yaseGlasgow-wabuza ukuba ingaba 'singayisebenzisa' i- chemistry. Wayebuza ukuba kukho into enje into ekhoyo yendalo yamakhemikhali eyenzelwe kuyo nayiphi na i-molecule yendalo. Wakwazi ukuphendula lo mbuzo ngoncedo lomshicileli we-3-D. Ukusebenzisa iikhoksi zeekhemikhali, ngokwenene kunokwenzeka ukuvelisa izixhobo zeekhemikhali.

UCronin wachaza iteknoloji esivumela ukuba sishicilele amayeza ethu kwintetho yakhe: Phrinta unyango lwakho. UCronin uqikelele ukuba ngokusebenzisa iiseli zethu zentsholongwane kunye namajethi esinokukwazi ukuprinta zethu izidakamizwa. Enyanisweni, izidakamizwa eziprintwayo ngoku ziba zizentengiso. I-US yokuLawula nokuLawulwa kweMilo okokuqala ivume imithi enqunyiwe eyenziwe ngokushicilelwa kwe-3-D.

Enye inkulumo eyayikhethwe ngexesha elizayo yanikwa kwingingqi yeTEDx yasePhiladelphia nguDkt. Stephen Klasko, umongameli kunye ne-CEO yeYunivesithi yaseTomas Jefferson kunye nesibhedlele esihlangeneyo.

Kwintetho yakhe, uDkt. Klasko usithatha ngethuba lohambo ukuya kunyaka we-2024. Ubeka umbono wakhe ngezempilo kunye neenguqu ezifunekayo ukuze zifike khona. U-Klasko ukholelwa ukuba oku kufanele kubandakanye ukuguqula imfundo yezokwelapha, ukuphucula amava abaxhamli kunye nokudibanisa iteknoloji kunye nokuveliswa kwamanye amazwe ukuya kwiinkonzo zempilo.

Ukusebenzisa iteknoloji yezempilo kwi-biohack

Ukuqhubela phambili kwesihloko sokwenza impilo ngeendlela zedijithali, u-Ellen Jorgensen kunye nabaqabane bakhe babefuna indawo apho umntu angaya khona kwaye afunde ngokuphathelele kwi-biology yakhe usebenzisa iteknoloji.

Ungomnye wabasunguli be-Genspace, eyindawo ehambelana noorhulumente ka-DIYbio. Genspace, kunye noJorgensen, zihamba phambili kwi-biotechnology. Ukuba i-biohacking ikuthandayo, ividiyo ye-TED ye-TED ye-Biohacking-Unokuyenza, Kungenokuba inomdla.

Ubugcisa be-Genome-editing technology njenge-CRISPR inendima ebalulekileyo kwinkutha ye-biohacking. I-Geneticist uJennifer Doudna ibonisa izinto ze-CRISPR-Cas9 kwintetho yakhe: Indlela i-CRISPR eye isenza ngayo Hlela iDNA yethu. Nangona uDoudna waqulunqa le sixhobo, ngoku ubonakalisa impembelelo yokuziphatha kweDNA yethu kwaye ikhuthaza abanye ukuba benze okufanayo.

Ukuphonononga ukusetyenziswa kwezixhobo zeteknoloji yeselula

Namhlanje, abantu abaninzi kwi-Afrika engaphantsi kwe-Sahara bafikelela kufowuni ephathekayo kunokuba banokufikelela kumanzi asebenzayo. Ngaloo nto engqondweni, u-Andrew Bastawrous-ugqirha weziliso kunye nomqambi-qalile ukucinga malunga nendlela yokwenza ubuchule bekhnoloji yeselula ukuphucula impilo yamehlo, ingakumbi kwiindawo ezingenamalungelo.

Inkulumo ye-TED ngo-Bastawrous, uchaza indlela iqela lakhe liye lavelisa ngayo i-kit ebonakalayo yokuhlolwa kwamehlo kwaye yatshintsha izixhobo zokusebenza zonyango ezinobunzima nezibuthathaka kunye ne-smartphone zokusebenza.

Ngaphezu koko, ukucacisa isizathu sokulahleka kombono, iqela leBastawr 'livelise i-hardware epapashwe nge-3D enokuthengwa kwiintlobo zezinto eziphathekayo ezinokuthi zithathwe kwi-smartphone kwaye zenze uvavanyo olufanelekileyo lwempiliso yelihlo, lwenziwa ngumntu onokuqeqeshwa okufutshane, naphi na hlabathi.

Ngokufanayo, uJorge Soto-ubuchwepheshe bomdlavuza-wachaza indlela inkqubela phambili eyenziwa ngayo ekuphuhliseni uvavanyo lomhlaza womhlaza ovulekileyo, oluya kuba yinxalenye yesipilati esiphezulu kwaye iya kubona iifom zangaphambili zeesifo somdlavuza ngendlela engalinganiyo.

Ekubeni umhlaza uphantsi, kwiimeko ezininzi, zifunyanwe kuphela xa izibonakaliso zikhula, uphando lukaSoto luyakwazi ukubonelela ngempumelelo kwaye lunokunceda abantu abazange bakwazi ukufikelela kwiinkqubo zobuchwepheshe bokuqala.

Uvavanyo lwee-Soto iintetho malunga nentetho yakhe ye-TED 'Ixesha elizayo lokuThengwa kweCarcer Early?' lithembekile kwaye ludinga kuphela isampuli yegazi.

Ukuphakamisa imbono yehlabathi

Ngenye yeentetho ze-TED ezonwabileyo, u-David Eagleman-ophengululi-ophengulula imbono kunye neengqondo zeplastiki-uchaza ukulinganiselwa kwemibono yethu. Ngamazwi akhe, "siyanqandwa yi-biology yethu," kwaye uphando lwakhe lujolise ukwandisa ihlabathi lethu ngaphaya kwezi zinto ziphazamisekile kwaye zivule imilinganiselo emitsha ekhona ngaphandle.

Ukusigxotha kwilizwe lethu elilinganiselweyo, u-Eagleman kunye nabalingane bakhe baqulunqa isicatshulwa esinxibayo kunye nesimo esibonakalayo kwiisefowuni kunye neepilisi.

Isixhobo sokuqala, isitya esivumayo, sinika abantu iingqondo ezintsha kwaye zibenza bazi izinto ezazingekho ngaphambili. Isibambiso sichaza isandi sibe ngumzekelo wokudandatheka kwengqondo yomntu inokufunda ukutolika. Ukuvavanya abantu abayizithulu kubonise ukuba, ngokuhamba kwexesha, abantu baqala ukuqonda ulwimi lwe-vest kunye nokuva ihlabathi elibajikelezile.

Esinye isicatshulwa esinxibekayo esaphuma kwiyeza lusetshentshana lwesikhashana olungasetyenziselwa ukubeka isigulane isigulane. U-Todd Coleman ungumvelisi wezinto eziphilayo owenza i-TEDMED intetho echaza ukuphuhliswa kwamatye okubeka esweni. Coleman kunye neqela lakhe baphefumlelwe ukuba bahlakulele inkqubo ephezulu yokunyaniseka eyayiza kusebenzisa ii-chips ezifanayo njengekhompyutha. Ngokufanelekileyo, inokugqithiselwa ekhaya ukubeka iliso impilo yakho kunye nokuthumela i-wirelessly idatha. Umphumo wokugqibela wawunomfanekiso-tattoo ofana neentloko ezifakwe kwiimpawu eziqhelekileyo eziqhelekileyo ezisetyenziselwa kwizibhedlele.

Abavulindlela abasuka kwiindawo ze-epigenetics

I-Epigenetics imele iinguqulelo ezintsha kwiyeza. Ibonisa ukuba izakhi zethu zegesi azikho njenge-static njengoko sasicinga. Kunoko, bangaba (kwakhona) baqulunqwe ngokubhekiselele kwiimeko ezahlukeneyo zentlalo neyendalo. UMoses Szyf uyingcali ehlolisisa iindlela ezenza ii-genes zethu ziphephe. Uqala intetho yakhe yeTED ngembali yokuziphatha komama okuthakazelisayo okubonakalayo kukuchaphazela inzala yabo. USzyf uyaqhubeka achaza indlela amava obomi bokuqala abhalwa ngayo kwiDNA yethu.

Ngokuchasene noko sikukholelwa kukho, i-genome yethu ayiyibhalo elibhalwe ngaphambili. Ihambelana nehlabathi elinamandla kwaye ngokubhekiselele kuphando lukaSzyf, amava okuphila kunye nendalo esicacileyo kuyo inokutshintsha indlela yethu yomzimba. Uphando olunjengalo lukwazi ukuqonda ukuziphatha kwabantu. Kwakhona kunika ulwazi olutsha malunga nokuphuhliswa kwezifo ezahlukileyo kwaye lunakho ukubonelela ngeendlela zokwenza unyango lwe-epigenetic.