Cholera was reported in Haiti for the first time in over 50 years last October. There was no way to predict how far it would spread through water supplies and how bad the situation would get. And not knowing where help was needed always ensured that help was in short supply in the areas that needed it most.
Kolera ishte raportuar ne Haiti per her te pare ne 50 vitet e fundit tetorin e kaluar. Nuk kishte asnje menyrae per ta predikuar se sa gjat do te shprendahej permes furnizuesve te ujit dhe se sa keq do te shkonte situata. Dhe mosditja se kur do te kishin nevoj per ndihme gjithmone duke siguruar se ndihma ishte ne mungese ne vende te cilat duhet me se shumti.
We've gotten good at predicting and preparing for storms before they take innocent lives and cause irreversible damage, but we still can't do that with water, and here's why. Right now, if you want to test water in the field, you need a trained technician, expensive equipment like this, and you have to wait about a day for chemical reactions to take place and provide results. It's too slow to get a picture of conditions on the ground before they change, too expensive to implement in all the places that require testing. And it ignores the fact that, in the meanwhile, people still need to drink water. Most of the information that we collected on the cholera outbreak didn't come from testing water; it came from forms like this, which documented all the people we failed to help.
Ne arritem nje predikim te mire ne pergatitjen per stuhite perpara se te marrin jet njerezish dhe te shkaktojne deme te mdha, mirepo akoma nuk mund ta bejme kete me ujin, dhe do ja u spjegoj arsyen. Tani, nese deshiron ta testosh ujin ne fushe, ju duhet nje teknik i trajnuar, paisje te shtrenjta sikurse kjo, dhe ju duhet te prisni rreth nje dite per nje permbledhje kimike dhe per sjellje te rezultateve. Eshte shum e ngadalte per te planifkuar rreth kushteve ne natyre perpara se ato te ndryshojne, shume e shtrenjte per ta implementuar ne te gjitha vendet qe kane nevoje per testime. Dhe e anashkalon faktin se, nderkohe, njerezve akoma ju nevoitet uje per te pire. Shumicen e informacioneve qe ne mbledhim ne trazirat e koleres nuk erdhen nga testimet e ujit; erdhen nga format sikurse kjo, te cilat dokumentuan te gjithe njerezit qe deshtuam ti ndihmojme.
Countless lives have been saved by canaries in coalmines -- a simple and invaluable way for miners to know whether they're safe. I've been inspired by that simplicity as I've been working on this problem with some of the most hardworking and brilliant people I've ever known. We think there's a simpler solution to this problem -- one that can be used by people who face conditions like this everyday.
Pak jete jane shpetuar nga kanarit ne Koalmines -- nje metode e thjesht e pa-vlere per ta ditur se jane te sigurt Jam inspiruar nga kjo thjeshtesi gjat gjith kohes qe kam qen duke punuar me kete problem me disa prej njerezve me punetor dhe me te shkelqyer qe kam njohur. Ne mendojme se ka nje zgjidhje shum te thjesht te ketij problemi -- njera e cila mund te perdoret me njerez te cilet jane perballur me te njejtat kushte cdo dite.
It's in its early stages, but this is what it looks like right now. We call it the Water Canary. It's a fast, cheap device that answers an important question: Is this water contaminated? It doesn't require any special training. And instead of waiting for chemical reactions to take place, it uses light. That means there's no waiting for chemical reactions to take place, no need to use reagents that can run out and no need to be an expert to get actionable information.
Eshte ne kohet e pare te tyre, mirepo kjo eshte ashty sesi duket per momentin. Ne e quajme kete kanarina me uje. Eshte e shpejt, dhe paisje e lire e cila i pergjigjet nje pyetjeje te rendesishme: A eshte ky uje i kontaminuar? Nuk i nevojitet ndonje trajnim i vecante. Dhe ne vend qe te presim per reaksione kimike qe te zejne vende, perdor driten. Qe do te thot se nuk ka ndonje pritje per reaksione kimike qe te zejne vend, nuk i nevojiten reagjent te cilet mund te mungojne dhe nuk ka nevoj per te qene ekspert per te marre informacione te nevojshme.
To test water, you simply insert a sample and, within seconds, it either displays a red light, indicating contaminated water, or a green light, indicating the sample is safe. This will make it possible for anyone to collect life-saving information and to monitor water quality conditions as they unfold.
Per te testuar ujin, ju thjesht vendosni nje ekzemplare dhe per nje sekond, ose shfaq nje drite te kuqe, qe indikon ujin e kontaminuar, ose nje te gjelbert, e cila thot se eshte uje i sigurte. Kjo do ta beje te mundur per secilin qe mbledh informacione per mbrojtjen e njerezve dhe per te monitoruar kualitetin dhe kushtet e ujit gjersa ato nuk vershojne.
We're also, on top of that, integrating wireless networking into an affordable device with GPS and GSM. What that means is that each reading can be automatically transmitted to servers to be mapped in real time. With enough users, maps like this will make it possible to take preventive action, containing hazards before they turn into emergencies that take years to recover from. And then, instead of taking days to disseminate this information to the people who need it most, it can happen automatically. We've seen how distributed networks, big data and information can transform society. I think it's time for us to apply them to water.
Ne gjithashtu jemi, ne krye te saj, duke integruar rrjetat e internetit pa tela ne nje paisje te mundeshme me GPS dhe GMS. (satelit dhe rrjet i telefonis mobile). Cfare kjo do te thot eshte qe secili lexim do te transferohet automatikish ne server per tu hartuar ne kohen reale. Me shfrytezues te mjaftueshem, hartat sikurse kjo do te bejne te mundshme per te marre veprime te parashikuara, per mbajtjen e demeve perpara se te kthehen ne emergjente qe merr vite per ta mbuluar ate. Dhe pastaj, ne vend te marrjes se diteve per te diseminuar keto informacione per njerezve te cilet ju duhen, mund te ndodhe automatikisht. Kemi pare se si rrjetet e shperndara, te dhenat e medha dhe informacionet mund ta transformojne shoqerine. Mendoj se eshte koha tani qe ti aplikojme ato ne uje.
Our goal over the next year is to get Water Canary ready for the field and to open-source the hardware so that anyone can contribute to the development and the evaluation, so we can tackle this problem together.
Synimi yne per vitin e ardhshem eshte qe te marrim kanarinen e ujit per ne fushe dhe per ta lene hardverin e hapur qe secili mund te kontriboj ne zhvillimin dhe evulumin, qe mund ta atakojme kete problem.
Thank you.
Faliminderit.
(Applause)
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