ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kenneth Shinozuka - Smart product inventor
Kenneth 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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Kenneth Shinozuka: My simple invention, designed to keep my grandfather safe

肯尼斯.筱冢: 保護爺爺安全的小發明

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60%的失智症患者會迷路走失,而這會給患者本身和看護人帶來巨大壓力。在這一場吸引人的演講中,少年發明家肯尼斯.筱冢向我們介紹了他的小創意,來幫助他夜遊的爺爺以及照顧爺爺的姑姑......他希望這一發明也能夠幫助其他失智症患者。
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00:12
What's the fastest最快的 growing生長 threat威脅
to Americans'美國人 health健康?
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在威脅美國人健康的疾病中,
增速最快的是哪種?
00:16
Cancer癌症? Heart attacks攻擊? Diabetes糖尿病?
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癌癥?心臟病?糖尿病?
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The answer回答 is actually其實 none沒有 of these;
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其實都不是。
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it's Alzheimer's老年癡呆症 disease疾病.
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答案是失智症(阿爾茨海默病)。
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Every一切 67 seconds,
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每隔 67 秒,
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someone有人 in the United聯合的 States狀態
is diagnosed確診 with Alzheimer's老年癡呆症.
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美國就有一人被診斷出患有失智症。
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As the number of Alzheimer's老年癡呆症 patients耐心
triples三元 by the year 2050,
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而到 2050 年,
失智症患者的數量會翻三倍,
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caring愛心 for them, as well as
the rest休息 of the aging老化 population人口,
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照顧這些患者,以及其他老齡人口
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will become成為 an overwhelming壓倒
societal社會的 challenge挑戰.
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將會成為巨大的社會挑戰。
00:38
My family家庭 has experienced有經驗的 firsthand第一手
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我的家庭就有切身體驗,
00:40
the struggles鬥爭 of caring愛心
for an Alzheimer's老年癡呆症 patient患者.
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知道照顧失智症患者的辛苦。
00:42
Growing生長 up in a family家庭
with three generations,
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我成長於三代同堂的家庭,
00:45
I've always been very close
to my grandfather祖父.
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從小就跟爺爺非常親近。
00:47
When I was four years年份 old,
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當我四歲時,
00:48
my grandfather祖父 and I
were walking步行 in a park公園 in Japan日本
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我跟爺爺在公園裡散步,
00:51
when he suddenly突然 got lost丟失.
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突然間他走失了。
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It was one of the scariest最可怕的 moments瞬間
I've ever experienced有經驗的 in my life,
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這是迄今為止最讓我害怕的回憶之一,
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and it was also the first
instance that informed通知 us
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也是第一次使我們意識到,
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that my grandfather祖父
had Alzheimer's老年癡呆症 disease疾病.
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爺爺得了失智症。
01:00
Over the past過去 12 years年份,
his condition條件 got worse更差 and worse更差,
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過去 12 年來,他的病情逐漸加重,
01:04
and his wandering飄零 in particular特定
caused造成 my family家庭 a lot of stress強調.
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尤其是他出去遊盪的時候,
全家都會很緊張。
01:07
My aunt姑媽, his primary caregiver護理人員,
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姑媽是爺爺的主要看護人,
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really struggled掙扎 to stay awake甦醒 at night
to keep an eye on him,
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她夜裡硬撐著不敢睡覺,
為了看住爺爺,
01:12
and even then often經常 failed失敗
to catch抓住 him leaving離開 the bed.
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即使這樣,也經常沒能阻止
爺爺下床。
01:15
I became成為 really concerned關心
about my aunt's阿姨的 well-being福利
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我開始非常擔心姑媽的健康
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as well as my grandfather's爺爺的 safety安全.
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和我爺爺的安全。
01:19
I searched搜索 extensively廣泛 for a solution
that could help my family's家庭的 problems問題,
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我廣泛搜尋,想要找到一個方法
可以幫助我的家人。
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but couldn't不能 find one.
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卻都以失敗告終。
01:24
Then, one night about two years年份 ago,
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後來,兩年前的一個晚上,
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I was looking after my grandfather祖父
and I saw him stepping步進 out of the bed.
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我在照顧爺爺的時候,
看到他正想要下床,
01:31
The moment時刻 his foot腳丫子 landed登陸 on the floor地板,
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他的腳碰到地面的瞬間,
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I thought, why don't I put
a pressure壓力 sensor傳感器 on the heel腳跟 of his foot腳丫子?
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我想到,為何不在他的後腳跟
放個壓力傳感器呢?
01:36
Once一旦 he stepped加強 onto the floor地板
and out of the bed,
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當他下床著地的時候,
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the pressure壓力 sensor傳感器 would detect檢測 an
increase增加 in pressure壓力 caused造成 by body身體 weight重量
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傳感器就能檢測到由於爺爺體重
而造成的壓力上漲,
01:42
and then wirelessly無線 send發送 an audible聽得見 alert警報
to the caregiver's照顧者 smartphone手機.
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並能將警報信號通過無線網路
傳輸到看護人的智能手機。
01:45
That way, my aunt姑媽 could sleep睡覺
much better at night
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這樣一來,我姑媽晚上
就可以睡得更好一些。
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without having to worry擔心
about my grandfather's爺爺的 wandering飄零.
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不用一直擔心爺爺會到處走動。
01:51
So now I'd like to perform演出
a demonstration示範 of this sock襪子.
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現在我來展示一下
我發明的壓力感應襪子。
01:57
Could I please have
my sock襪子 model模型 on the stage階段?
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能邀請我的襪子模特到臺上來嗎?
02:00
Great.
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很好。
02:04
So once一旦 the patient患者
steps腳步 onto the floor地板 --
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一旦病人的腳著地 ﹣﹣
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(Ringing鈴聲) --
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(警報聲)﹣﹣
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an alert警報 is sent發送
to the caregiver's照顧者 smartphone手機.
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警報就會被發送到看護人的智能手機上。
02:16
Thank you. (Applause掌聲)
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謝謝。(掌聲)
02:18
Thank you, sock襪子 model模型.
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謝謝這位模特。
02:24
So this is a drawing畫畫
of my preliminary初步 design設計.
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這就是我初步設計的草圖。
02:27
My desire慾望 to create創建
a sensor-based基於傳感器的 technology技術
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我之所以想要創造一個
基於傳感器的技術,
02:30
perhaps也許 stemmed朵朵 from my lifelong終身 love
for sensors傳感器 and technology技術.
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原因可能來自我對傳感器
和相關科技長期以來的熱愛。
02:33
When I was six years年份 old,
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當我六歲時,
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an elderly老年 family家庭 friend朋友
fell下跌 down in the bathroom浴室
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家裡有一位長者在浴室跌倒了,
02:37
and suffered遭遇 severe嚴重 injuries受傷.
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並因此傷得很重。
02:39
I became成為 concerned關心
about my own擁有 grandparents祖父母
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我開始擔心祖父母的安全,
02:41
and decided決定 to invent發明
a smart聰明 bathroom浴室 system系統.
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並且決心要發明一套智能浴室系統。
02:43
Motion運動 sensors傳感器 would be installed安裝
inside the tiles瓷磚 of bathroom浴室 floors地板
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運動傳感器將會被嵌入在
浴室的地磚裡面,
02:47
to detect檢測 the falls下降 of elderly老年 patients耐心
whenever每當 they fell下跌 down in the bathroom浴室.
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當老人摔倒在地板上的時候
就能夠檢測到壓力。
02:51
Since以來 I was only six years年份 old at the time
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當時我才只有6歲,
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and I hadn't有沒有 graduated畢業
from kindergarten幼兒園 yet然而,
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幼稚園尚未畢業,
02:55
I didn't have the necessary必要 resources資源 and
tools工具 to translate翻譯 my idea理念 into reality現實,
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沒法獲取所需的資源和工具
來實現我的想法,
03:00
but nonetheless儘管如此,, my research研究 experience經驗
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儘管如此,我的研究經歷
03:02
really implanted植入 in me a firm公司 desire慾望
to use sensors傳感器 to help the elderly老年 people.
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讓我樹立起堅定的信念,
利用傳感器去幫助老人。
03:06
I really believe that sensors傳感器 can improve提高
the quality質量 of life of the elderly老年.
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我堅信傳感器可以提高
老年人的生活質量。
03:12
When I laid鋪設 out my plan計劃, I realized實現
that I faced面對 three main主要 challenges挑戰:
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當我開始細化我的計劃時,
我意識到我面臨著三大挑戰:
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first, creating創建 a sensor傳感器;
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第一,創造傳感器;
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second第二, designing設計 a circuit電路;
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第二,設計電路;
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and third第三, coding編碼 a smartphone手機 app應用.
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第三,寫出手機軟件。
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This made製作 me realize實現 that my project項目
was actually其實 much harder更難 to realize實現
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這讓我意識到,實現我的計劃
比我一開始想象的要難得多。
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than I initially原來 had thought it to be.
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First, I had to create創建 a wearable穿戴式 sensor傳感器
that was thin and flexible靈活 enough足夠
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首先,我需要發明一個可穿戴、
足夠輕薄靈活的傳感器,
03:30
to be worn磨損的 comfortably舒服
on the bottom底部 of the patient's耐心 foot腳丫子.
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能讓病人舒適地穿在腳上。
03:33
After extensive廣泛 research研究 and testing測試
of different不同 materials物料 like rubber橡膠,
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在廣泛地研究和嘗試了許多種材料之後,
比如橡膠,
03:36
which哪一個 I realized實現 was too thick to be worn磨損的
snugly緊貼 on the bottom底部 of the foot腳丫子,
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我意識到它們都太厚了,
穿在腳上不夠服帖。
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I decided決定 to print打印 a film電影 sensor傳感器
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我決定打印一個薄膜式傳感器,
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with electrically conductive導電
pressure-sensitive壓敏 ink墨水 particles粒子.
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使用能感知壓力的電子墨水來構造。
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Once一旦 pressure壓力 is applied應用的, the connectivity連接
between之間 the particles粒子 increases增加.
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一旦產生壓力,墨水粒子之間的
連通性就增加了。
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Therefore因此, I could design設計 a circuit電路
that would measure測量 pressure壓力
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因此,我就可以通過測量電阻的方法,
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by measuring測量 electrical電動 resistance抵抗性.
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設計測試壓力的電路。
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Next下一個, I had to design設計
a wearable穿戴式 wireless無線 circuit電路,
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接下來,我需要設計
可穿戴的無線電路。
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but wireless無線 signal信號 transmission傳輸
consumes消耗 lots of power功率
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但是無線信號傳輸非常耗電,
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and requires要求 heavy, bulky笨重 batteries電池.
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並且需要笨重的電池。
04:01
Thankfully感激地, I was able能夠 to find out
about the Bluetooth藍牙 low energy能源 technology技術,
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所幸我找到了低功耗的藍牙技術,
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which哪一個 consumes消耗 very little power功率
and can be driven驅動 by a coin-sized硬幣大小 battery電池.
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耗电很少,紐扣電池就能夠發動起來。
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This prevented防止 the system系統
from dying垂死 in the middle中間 of the night.
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這就避免了系統工作到半夜
就沒電的狀況。
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Lastly最後, I had to code a smartphone手機 app應用
that would essentially實質上 transform轉變
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最後,我需要自己寫
一款智能手機軟件,
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the care-giver's護理者的 smartphone手機
into a remote遠程 monitor監控.
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它將看護人的智能手機
變成遠程監控器。
04:17
For this, I had to expand擴大 upon
my knowledge知識 of coding編碼 with JavaJava的 and XCode的XCode
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為此,在 Java 和 XCode 知識的基礎上
我繼續鑽研編程,
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and I also had to learn學習 about how to code
for Bluetooth藍牙 low energy能源 devices設備
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並自學了如何用代碼
去操縱藍牙低功耗設備,
04:24
by watching觀看 YouTubeYouTube的 tutorials教程
and reading various各個 textbooks教科書.
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為此我看了很多的 YouTube 指導視頻
以及翻了很多書。
04:29
Integrating整合 these components組件, I was able能夠
to successfully順利 create創建 two prototypes原型,
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把這些組件拼接起來後,
我成功做出來了兩個原型,
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one in which哪一個 the sensor傳感器
is embedded嵌入式 inside a sock襪子,
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其中一個原型,傳感器被嵌入襪子裡,
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and another另一個 that's
a re-attachable再附 sensor傳感器 assembly部件
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而另一個,傳感器則是可以拆卸的,
04:37
that can be adhered堅持 anywhere隨地
that makes品牌 contact聯繫
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可以粘在病人腳底
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with the bottom底部 of the patient's耐心 foot腳丫子.
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任何產生接觸的地方。
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I've tested測試 the device設備 on my grandfather祖父
for about a year now,
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我在爺爺身上試驗了大約一年,
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and it's had a 100 percent百分 success成功 rate
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它的準確率高達 100%,
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in detecting檢測 the over 900
known已知 cases of his wandering飄零.
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成功檢測到了我爺爺
超過 900 次的發病情況。
04:50
Last summer夏季, I was able能夠
to beta公測 test測試 my device設備
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去年夏天,我開始在美國加州的
一些護理院試用這套設備,
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at several一些 residential住宅
care關心 facilities設備 in California加州,
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目前我正在收集反饋,
04:55
and I'm currently目前 incorporating結合
the feedback反饋
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to further進一步 improve提高 the device設備
into a marketable銷售 product產品.
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來進一步完善這個裝置,
使它成為可以進入市場的產品。
05:00
Testing測試 the device設備 on a number of patients耐心
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在一些病人試用的過程中,
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made製作 me realize實現 that I needed需要
to invent發明 solutions解決方案
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我意識到我需要創新解決方案,
05:05
for people who didn't want
to wear穿 socks襪子 to sleep睡覺 at night.
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來幫助那些不想穿著襪子睡覺的人。
05:08
So sensor傳感器 data數據, collected
on a vast廣大 number of patients耐心,
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從大規模的病人身上
采集到的傳感器數據,
05:11
can be useful有用 for improving提高 patient患者 care關心
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不僅對於照顧病人有幫助作用,
05:13
and also leading領導 to a cure治愈
for the disease疾病, possibly或者.
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對於疾病本身的治療也可能會有幫助。
05:16
For example, I'm currently目前 examining檢查
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例如,我現在在檢測的是
05:18
correlations相關 between之間 the frequency頻率
of a patient's耐心 nightly每夜 wandering飄零
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病人夜間活動的頻率
05:21
and his or her daily日常 activities活動 and diet飲食.
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與白天的行為和飲食之間的關聯。
05:25
One thing I'll never forget忘記
is when my device設備 first caught抓住
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我永遠忘不了
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my grandfather's爺爺的 wandering飄零
out of bed at night.
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我的設備第一次成功檢測到
我爺爺半夜下床的時刻。
05:30
At that moment時刻, I was really struck來襲
by the power功率 of technology技術
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那一刻,我強烈地感受到了
科技的力量,
05:33
to change更改 lives生活 for the better.
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它能讓生活更加美好。
05:36
People living活的 happily高高興興 and healthfully有益健康 --
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人們可以健康快樂地生活 ﹣﹣
05:38
that's the world世界 that I imagine想像.
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那就是我夢想中的世界。
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Thank you very much.
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非常感謝。
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kenneth Shinozuka - Smart product inventor
Kenneth 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.

More profile about the speaker
Kenneth Shinozuka | Speaker | TED.com

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