Kenneth Shinozuka: My simple invention, designed to keep my grandfather safe
קנץ' שינוזוקה: ההמצאה הפשוטה שלי, מתוכננת לשמור על סבי בטוח
Kenneth Shinozuka designs smart products ... He's been doing so since he was in kindergarten. Full bio
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to Americans' health?
is diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
triples by the year 2050,
the rest of the aging population,
societal challenge.
for an Alzheimer's patient.
with three generations,
to my grandfather.
were walking in a park in Japan
I've ever experienced in my life,
שאי פעם חוויתי בחיי,
instance that informed us
had Alzheimer's disease.
his condition got worse and worse,
המצב שלו החמיר והחמיר,
caused my family a lot of stress.
to keep an eye on him,
to catch him leaving the bed.
לתפוס אותו יוצא מהמיטה.
about my aunt's well-being
that could help my family's problems,
שיוכל לעזור לבעיות של המשפחה שלי,
and I saw him stepping out of the bed.
a pressure sensor on the heel of his foot?
and out of the bed,
increase in pressure caused by body weight
שיגרם בגלל משקל הגוף
to the caregiver's smartphone.
לסמרטפון של המטפל.
much better at night
about my grandfather's wandering.
a demonstration of this sock.
לבצע הדגמה של הגרב הזו.
my sock model on the stage?
steps onto the floor --
to the caregiver's smartphone.
of my preliminary design.
a sensor-based technology
for sensors and technology.
fell down in the bathroom
about my own grandparents
a smart bathroom system.
inside the tiles of bathroom floors
whenever they fell down in the bathroom.
של חולים זקנים אם הם יפלו באמבטיה
from kindergarten yet,
tools to translate my idea into reality,
כדי לתרגם את הרעיונות שלי למציאות,
to use sensors to help the elderly people.
בחיישנים כדי לעזור לאנשים זקנים.
the quality of life of the elderly.
לשפר את איכות החיים של הזקנים.
that I faced three main challenges:
הבנתי שעמדתי בפני שלושה אתגרים:
was actually much harder to realize
היה למעשה הרבה יותר קשה למימוש
that was thin and flexible enough
חיישן לביש שהיה דק וגמיש מספיק
on the bottom of the patient's foot.
of different materials like rubber,
של חומרים שונים כמו גומי,
snugly on the bottom of the foot,
להלבש בנוחות על כף הרגל,
pressure-sensitive ink particles.
between the particles increases.
החיבוריות בין החלקיקים גדלה.
that would measure pressure
a wearable wireless circuit,
מעגל אלחוטי לביש,
consumes lots of power
about the Bluetooth low energy technology,
את טכנולוגית הבלוטות' עם האנרגיה הנמוכה,
and can be driven by a coin-sized battery.
מופעלת על ידי סוללה בגודל מטבע.
from dying in the middle of the night.
that would essentially transform
אפליקצית סמרטפון שבעיקרון תהפוך
into a remote monitor.
my knowledge of coding with Java and XCode
את הידע שלי בתכנות ג'אווה ו-XCode
for Bluetooth low energy devices
למכשירי בלוטות' באנרגיה נמוכה
and reading various textbooks.
וקריאה של ספרים שונים.
to successfully create two prototypes,
הייתי מסוגל ליצור בהצלחה שני אבות טיפוס,
is embedded inside a sock,
a re-attachable sensor assembly
that makes contact
for about a year now,
במשך בערך שנה עכשיו,
known cases of his wandering.
to beta test my device
לעשות ניסוי בטא למכשיר
care facilities in California,
the feedback
into a marketable product.
to invent solutions
to wear socks to sleep at night.
on a vast number of patients,
מספר גדול של מטופלים,
את הטיפול במטופלים
for the disease, possibly.
of a patient's nightly wandering
is when my device first caught
זה כשהמכשיר שלי זיהה לראשונה
out of bed at night.
by the power of technology
מהכוח של הטכנולוגיה
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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