Kenneth Shinozuka: My simple invention, designed to keep my grandfather safe
Kenneth Shinozuka: La mia semplice invenzione progettata per la sicurezza di mio nonno
Kenneth Shinozuka designs smart products ... He's been doing so since he was in kindergarten. Full bio
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to Americans' health?
sulla salute degli americani?
is diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
viene diagnosticato l'Alzheimer.
triples by the year 2050,
triplicherà entro il 2050,
the rest of the aging population,
il resto della popolazione anziana,
societal challenge.
for an Alzheimer's patient.
di un malato di Alzheimer.
with three generations,
con tre generazioni,
to my grandfather.
molto vicino a mio nonno.
were walking in a park in Japan
in un parco in Giappone
I've ever experienced in my life,
che abbia mai vissuto.
instance that informed us
che ci fece capire
had Alzheimer's disease.
his condition got worse and worse,
le sue condizioni andarono peggiorando,
caused my family a lot of stress.
preoccupava la mia famiglia.
to keep an eye on him,
per sorvegliarlo,
to catch him leaving the bed.
di alzarsi dal letto.
about my aunt's well-being
sia per il benessere di mia zia,
that could help my family's problems,
che potesse aiutare la mia famiglia,
and I saw him stepping out of the bed.
e lo vidi scendere dal letto.
a pressure sensor on the heel of his foot?
a pressione sotto il suo tallone?
sul pavimento e fuori dal letto,
and out of the bed,
increase in pressure caused by body weight
di pressione dovuto al peso corporeo
to the caregiver's smartphone.
allo smartphone del badante.
much better at night
poteva dormire meglio,
about my grandfather's wandering.
che mio nonno vagabondasse.
a demonstration of this sock.
di questo calzino.
my sock model on the stage?
la mia modella-calzino?
steps onto the floor --
sul pavimento --
to the caregiver's smartphone.
allo smartphone del badante.
(Applausi)
of my preliminary design.
del mio progetto iniziale.
una tecnologia basata sui sensori
a sensor-based technology
for sensors and technology.
per sensori e tecnologia.
fell down in the bathroom
cadde in bagno
about my own grandparents
a smart bathroom system.
un bagno intelligente,
inside the tiles of bathroom floors
nelle piastrelle del pavimento del bagno
whenever they fell down in the bathroom.
anziani in caso di caduta in bagno.
from kindergarten yet,
tools to translate my idea into reality,
per realizzare le mie idee.
di ricerca mi ha inculcato
to use sensors to help the elderly people.
per aiutare gli anziani.
the quality of life of the elderly.
migliorare la vita degli anziani.
mi resi conto di tre sfide principali:
that I faced three main challenges:
was actually much harder to realize
era in effetti molto più difficile
that was thin and flexible enough
abbastanza sottile e flessibile
on the bottom of the patient's foot.
sotto il piede del paziente.
of different materials like rubber,
di materiali diversi come la gomma,
snugly on the bottom of the foot,
comodamente sotto il piede,
di inchiostro sensibili alla pressione.
pressure-sensitive ink particles.
between the particles increases.
la connettività fra le particelle.
that would measure pressure
che misurasse la pressione
a wearable wireless circuit,
un circuito indossabile senza fili,
consumes lots of power
consuma molta energia
about the Bluetooth low energy technology,
tecnologia a basso consumo,
and can be driven by a coin-sized battery.
alimentato da una batteria a bottone.
from dying in the middle of the night.
nel cuore della notte.
that would essentially transform
per trasformare, in sostanza,
into a remote monitor.
in un monitor remoto.
my knowledge of coding with Java and XCode
le mie conoscenze di sviluppo Java e XCode
for Bluetooth low energy devices
i dispositivi Bluetooth a basso consumo
and reading various textbooks.
e leggendo diversi libri.
to successfully create two prototypes,
ho realizzato con successo due prototipi:
is embedded inside a sock,
è incorporato nel calzino
a re-attachable sensor assembly
a qualsiasi punto a contatto
that makes contact
for about a year now,
per circa un anno
del 100 per cento
known cases of his wandering.
casi conosciuti dei suoi vagabondaggi.
to beta test my device
testare il mio dispositivo
care facilities in California,
the feedback
il dispositivo per commercializzarlo.
into a marketable product.
to invent solutions
che dovevo trovare soluzioni
to wear socks to sleep at night.
per dormire la notte.
on a vast number of patients,
su un vasto numero di pazienti
l'assistenza al paziente
for the disease, possibly.
una cura per la malattia.
of a patient's nightly wandering
dei vagabondaggi notturni del paziente,
is when my device first caught
segnalò per la prima volta
out of bed at night.
dal potere della tecnologia
by the power of technology
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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