Carlos Bautista: The awful logic of land mines -- and an app that helps people avoid them
Carlos Bautista: La terrible lógica detrás de las minas antipersona. Y una aplicación para evitarlas.
TED Resident Carlos Bautista wants to close the information and technology gap for people in developing countries. Full bio
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the place where you live,
la mayoría del tiempo, ¿cierto?
and comfortable, right?
antipersonales enterradas aquí,
when you might step on one.
en mi país natal: Colombia.
in my home country, Colombia.
armado interno de 50 años
internal armed conflict,
de minas terrestres
number of land mines
de la población colombiana.
of the Colombian population.
no para matar a sus víctimas.
not to kill their targets.
la cual es terrible,
requiere más recursos
caring for an injured soldier
who has been killed.
about five years ago
hace unos cinco años
el gobierno colombiano
for the Colombian government
ella fue forzada a dejar su casa...
por haber pisado una mina antipersona.
an abandoned house, not outside,
una casa abandonada, no afuera,
Adriana fue forzada a dejar.
Adriana was forced to leave.
with the fear that she, or her children,
con el temor de que ella o sus hijos
has been running for so long
que ni mi mamá ni yo hemos visto
have seen our country in peace,
de todo ese sufrimiento,
from all this suffering,
cambiar eso con todo mi corazón.
with all my heart.
ya me estaba acostumbrando a eso, ¿saben?
that for almost 30 years,
cuando conocí a mi esposa.
when I met my wife.
el conflicto armado colombiano.
about the Colombian armed conflict.
que había sido afectado nuestro país
been affected by land mines and by war.
en búsqueda de nuevas habilidades
to the United States
in a fair way to our society,
justamente con nuestra sociedad
really broad application
para ayudar al personal militar
to deactivate land mines more safely.
de manera más segura.
no es el único país en el mundo
the only country in the world
por las minas antipersona.
with any sort of explosive device.
por alguna clase de dispositivo explosivo.
un escalamiento de la guerra
Syria, Ukraine and Yemen,
Siria, Ucrania y Yemen,
de las minas antipersona
librarse de las minas antipersona,
are trying to get rid of land mines,
that involved land mines
que involucra minas antipersona?
va a regresar a sus tierras
will start returning to their lands,
escondidas van a empezar a explotar
to start exploding more often
de la Universidad de Nueva York,
una aplicación llamada MineSafe.
called MineSafe.
from the community
para sugerir los caminos
as the most transited
ocasionados por minas antipersona.
caused by a land mine.
can also be used to determine
pueden usarse también
para el desminado.
in the countryside of Colombia.
en las zonas rurales de Colombia.
crowdsource information from all of them
obtener información de todos ellos
como Adriana y sus hijos
and her children
can not only be used for that.
también a ser más productivos.
to become more productive.
tierras libres de dispositivos explosivos
from explosive devices,
suelos nuevos y fértiles
to find new, fertile grounds
with the Colombian government
con el gobierno colombiano
with Cambodia and Somalia as well.
contactos en Camboya y Somalia.
by private money
con capital privado aquí en EE.UU.,
amenazado por las minas antipersona.
to every single place
finalmente está llegando a su fin,
is finally coming to an end,
de los años de la guerra
are still buried under our feet.
bajo nuestros pies.
to help both people and land
y a la tierra a encontrar la paz.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Carlos Bautista - Entrepreneur, creative technologistTED Resident Carlos Bautista wants to close the information and technology gap for people in developing countries.
Why you should listen
Carlos Bautista is working to develop MineSafe: a crowd-sourced information system for people in landmine-affected areas around the world. MineSafe aimsto analyze and deliver safe paths and reliable information for their daily commutes.
Bautista in an entrepreneur and creative technologist who has collaborated with other professionals to create a number of companies and research projects, ranging from a tailored shoe company to an augmented reality app that helps military personnel to deactivate landmines. He's worked with start-ups in New York City, helping them to develop and implement technological tools to enhance their educational services, using human-centered design methodologies.
As a professor, Bautista coached a team of young women during the summer of 2017, guiding them through the design thinking process at the Cornell and CUNY Women in Technology in NY (WiTNY) program. This experience allowed students to experiment with the use of empathy to develop successful technological products. Bautista has also taught classes at the Politécnico Grancolombiano in interactive design, 3D design and animation, web design, augmented reality and descriptive geometry. Bautista led the process of opening the Industrial Design program in Politécnico Grancolombiano, which opened in 2015.
Bautista is based in NYC working as a research associate at Tandon School of Engineering's computer science department, under the supervision of professor Claudio Silva, Interim Director of Center for Data Science. Together they are working to develop MineSafe to help people in rural areas of the world to move freely and safely without worrying about landmines.
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