Kenneth Shinozuka: My simple invention, designed to keep my grandfather safe
Kenneth Shinozuka: Můj jednoduchý vynález, který udrží mého dědu v bezpečí
Kenneth Shinozuka designs smart products ... He's been doing so since he was in kindergarten. Full bio
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to Americans' health?
pro zdraví Američanů?
is diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
s Alzheimerem.
až trojnásobně,
triples by the year 2050,
the rest of the aging population,
societal challenge.
for an Alzheimer's patient.
o pacienta s Alzheimerem.
with three generations,
to my grandfather.
were walking in a park in Japan
parkem v Japonsku,
I've ever experienced in my life,
co jsem kdy zažil,
instance that informed us
had Alzheimer's disease.
his condition got worse and worse,
se jeho stav neustále zhoršoval
caused my family a lot of stress.
naší rodině hodně stresu.
to keep an eye on him,
a hlídat ho,
to catch him leaving the bed.
about my aunt's well-being
that could help my family's problems,
které by naší rodině mohlo pomoci,
and I saw him stepping out of the bed.
a uviděl jsem jej vstávat z postele.
a pressure sensor on the heel of his foot?
na jeho patu?
and out of the bed,
increase in pressure caused by body weight
způsobený vahou těla
to the caregiver's smartphone.
zvukové varování na telefon pečovatele.
much better at night
spát v noci v klidu,
about my grandfather's wandering.
a demonstration of this sock.
my sock model on the stage?
s modelem na pódium?
steps onto the floor --
to the caregiver's smartphone.
of my preliminary design.
a sensor-based technology
senzorové technologie
for sensors and technology.
pro čidla a techniku.
fell down in the bathroom
about my own grandparents
a smart bathroom system.
chytrý koupelnový systém.
inside the tiles of bathroom floors
by byly umístěné pohybové senzory
whenever they fell down in the bathroom.
že mi bylo pouze šest
from kindergarten yet,
tools to translate my idea into reality,
k přetavení své myšlenky v realitu.
to use sensors to help the elderly people.
využít senzory k pomoci starým lidem.
the quality of life of the elderly.
zlepšit kvalitu života starým lidem.
that I faced three main challenges:
čelím třem zásadním výzvám:
mobilní aplikace.
was actually much harder to realize
je ve skutečnosti mnohem složitější,
that was thin and flexible enough
tenké a ohebné čidlo,
on the bottom of the patient's foot.
na pacientově chodidle komfortní.
of different materials like rubber,
různých materiálů jako guma,
snugly on the bottom of the foot,
na pohodlné nošení,
pro tenký tištěný senzor
pressure-sensitive ink particles.
citlivými na tlak.
between the particles increases.
vodivost mezi částicemi roste.
that would measure pressure
pro měření tlaku
a wearable wireless circuit,
bezdrátový obvod,
consumes lots of power
spotřebovává mnoho energie
about the Bluetooth low energy technology,
s nízkou spotřebou,
and can be driven by a coin-sized battery.
a může být napájeno knoflíkovou baterií.
from dying in the middle of the night.
uprostřed noci.
that would essentially transform
která by změnila
into a remote monitor.
monitorovací zařízení.
my knowledge of coding with Java and XCode
své znalosti programování v Javě a XCode
for Bluetooth low energy devices
nízkoenergetická Bluetooth zařízení
and reading various textbooks.
a čtením různých knih.
to successfully create two prototypes,
úspěšně vytvořil dva prototypy,
is embedded inside a sock,
umístěno uvnitř ponožky,
a re-attachable sensor assembly
that makes contact
kde je kontakt
for about a year now,
testoval na dědovi,
known cases of his wandering.
přes 900 případů zatoulání.
to beta test my device
beta verzi svého zařízení
care facilities in California,
v Kalifornii
the feedback
jejich zpětnou vazbu
into a marketable product.
a jeho uvedení na trh.
to invent solutions
že potřebuji vymyslet řešení
to wear socks to sleep at night.
kteří nechtějí spát v noci s ponožkami.
on a vast number of patients,
získaných z množství pacientů
for the disease, possibly.
of a patient's nightly wandering
nočních toulek pacientů
is when my device first caught
poprvé zachytilo
out of bed at night.
by the power of technology
možnostmi technologií
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kenneth Shinozuka - Smart product inventorKenneth Shinozuka designs smart products ... He's been doing so since he was in kindergarten.
Why you should listen
When he was six years old, a family friend of Kenneth Shinozuka fell down in the bathroom. The friend was ok -- but the incident inspired him to design a motion detection system that could be embedded in bathroom tiles. He never actually made one in real life (remember, he was only six) ... but he was hooked on both the promise of invention and the potential of technology.
Since then, Shinozuka has designed smart devices for his grandfather, who has Alzheimer's disease. One invention that caught the eye of both the media and awards programs such as the Google Science Fair: a pair of smart socks, designed to send an alert to a caregiver if a patient gets out of bed. In 2014, he won the $50,000 Scientific American Science in Action Award, while he was also a 2014 Davidson Fellow.
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