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

Kenneth Shinozuka: Moj jednostavan izum za sigurnost moga djeda

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Šezdeset posto ljudi koji pate od senilnosti često odluta. To je problem koji može biti iznimno stresan i za pacijente i za njegovatelje. U ovom šarmantnom govoru poslušajte kako je tinejdžerski inovator Kenneth Shinozuka osmislio novo rješenje kako bi pomogao svom djedu, noćnom lutalici, i svojoj teti koja o njemu brine... i kako se nada da će pomoći i drugima oboljelim od Alzheimerove bolesti.
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Rak? Srčani udar? Dijabetes?
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The answerodgovor is actuallyzapravo nonenijedan of these;
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Odgovor glasi - nijedno od ponuđenih.
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it's Alzheimer'sAlzheimerove diseasebolest.
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Radi se o Alzheimerovoj bolesti.
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EverySvaki 67 secondssekundi,
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someonenetko in the UnitedUjedinjeni StatesDržava
is diagnoseddijagnosticira with Alzheimer'sAlzheimerove.
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nekome u SAD-u dijagnosticiran je
Alzheimer.
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As the numberbroj of Alzheimer'sAlzheimerove patientspacijenti
triplestrojke by the yeargodina 2050,
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Kako se broj oboljelih do 2050. bude
utrostručavao,
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caringbrižan for them, as well as
the restodmor of the agingstarenje populationpopulacija,
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briga za njih, kao i za ostatak
populacije,
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will becomepostati an overwhelmingneodoljiv
societaldruštvene challengeizazov.
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postat će ogroman društveni izazov.
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My familyobitelj has experiencediskusan firsthandiz prve ruke
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Moja je obitelj iz prve ruke iskusila
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the strugglesborbe of caringbrižan
for an Alzheimer'sAlzheimerove patientpacijent.
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poteškoće u brizi za oboljele od
Alzheimera.
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GrowingUzgoj up in a familyobitelj
with threetri generationsgeneracije,
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Odrastajući u obitelji s tri generacije,
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I've always been very closeblizu
to my grandfatherdeda.
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uvijek sam bio iznimno blizak s djedom.
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When I was fourčetiri yearsgodina oldstar,
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Kada sam imao četiri godine,
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my grandfatherdeda and I
were walkinghodanje in a parkpark in JapanJapan
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djed i ja šetali smo parkom u Japanu
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when he suddenlyiznenada got lostizgubljen.
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kada se on iznenada izgubio.
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It was one of the scariestnajstrašniji momentstrenutke
I've ever experiencediskusan in my life,
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Bio je to jedan od najstrašnijih trenutaka
u mom životu,
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and it was alsotakođer the first
instanceprimjer that informedinformiran us
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i bio je to i prvi slučaj koji nam je rekao
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that my grandfatherdeda
had Alzheimer'sAlzheimerove diseasebolest.
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da moj djed boluje od Alzheimera.
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Over the pastprošlost 12 yearsgodina,
his conditionstanje got worsegore and worsegore,
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Tijekom zadnjih 12 godina stanje mu se
sve više i više pogoršavalo,
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and his wanderingluta in particularposebno
causedizazvan my familyobitelj a lot of stressstres.
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a njegovo je lutanje mojoj obitelji
uzrokovalo jako puno stresa.
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My aunttetka, his primaryosnovni caregiverskrbnik,
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Moja teta, djedova primarna skrbnica,
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really struggledborili to stayboravak awakebudan at night
to keep an eyeoko on him,
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mučila se ostajući budna
kako bi pazila na njega
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and even then oftenčesto failedneuspjeh
to catchulov him leavingnapuštanje the bedkrevet.
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i opet često ne bi ni primijetila kako
izlazi iz kreveta.
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I becamepostao really concernedzabrinut
about my aunt'stetka je well-beingblagostanje
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Jako sam se počeo brinuti i za tetinu
dobrobit
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as well as my grandfather'sDjed je safetysigurnosni.
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i za djedovu sigurnost.
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I searchedtražili extensivelyopsežno for a solutionriješenje
that could help my family'sobitelj problemsproblemi,
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Predano sam tražio rješenje koje bi moglo
pomoći problemima moje obitelji,
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but couldn'tne mogu find one.
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ali nisam ga mogao naći.
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Then, one night about two yearsgodina agoprije,
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Onda jedne noći prije neke dvije godine
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I was looking after my grandfatherdeda
and I saw him steppingkoračni out of the bedkrevet.
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pazio sam na djeda i vidio sam ga kako
izlazi iz kreveta.
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The momenttrenutak his footnoga landedsletio on the floorkat,
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U trenutku kad mu je stopalo dotaklo pod,
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I thought, why don't I put
a pressurepritisak sensorsenzor on the heelPeta of his footnoga?
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pomislio sam: mogao bih mu na petu
postaviti senzor za pritisak.
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OnceJednom he steppedzgazi ontona the floorkat
and out of the bedkrevet,
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Kad bi iskoračio iz kreveta i stao na pod,
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the pressurepritisak sensorsenzor would detectotkriti an
increasepovećati in pressurepritisak causedizazvan by bodytijelo weighttežina
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senzor za pritisak očitao bi povećanje u
pritisku uzrokovano tjelesnom težinom
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and then wirelesslybežično sendposlati an audibleAkustički alertuzbuna
to the caregiver'sskrbnik je smartphonesmartphone.
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i zatim bežično poslao zvučno upozorenje
na smartphone njegove skrbnice.
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That way, my aunttetka could sleepspavati
much better at night
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Tako bi moja teta mogla puno bolje spavati
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withoutbez havingima to worrybrinuti
about my grandfather'sDjed je wanderingluta.
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ne morajući se brinuti o djedovom lutanju.
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So now I'd like to performizvesti
a demonstrationdemonstracija of this sockčarapa.
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Sad bih volio izvesti demonstraciju
ove čarape.
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Could I please have
my sockčarapa modelmodel on the stagefaza?
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Može li mi se moj model za čarape
pridružiti na pozornici?
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Great.
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Odlično.
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So oncejednom the patientpacijent
stepskoraci ontona the floorkat --
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Kad pacijent stane na pod --
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(RingingZvoni) --
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(Zvuk zvona) --
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an alertuzbuna is sentposlao
to the caregiver'sskrbnik je smartphonesmartphone.
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skrbnica dobiva obavijest na svoj
smartphone.
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Thank you. (ApplausePljesak)
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Hvala vam. (Pljesak)
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Thank you, sockčarapa modelmodel.
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Hvala tebi, modelu za čarape.
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So this is a drawingcrtanje
of my preliminarypreliminaran designdizajn.
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Ovo je crtež mog prvotnog dizajna.
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My desireželja to createstvoriti
a sensor-basedna temelju senzora technologytehnologija
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Moja želja za stvaranjem tehnologije
bazirane na senzoru
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perhapsmožda stemmedproizišla from my lifelongdoživotan love
for sensorssenzori and technologytehnologija.
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vjerojatno je potekla od moje cjeloživotne
ljubavi prema senzorima i tehnologiji
02:33
When I was sixšest yearsgodina oldstar,
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Kad sam imao šest godina.,
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an elderlypostariji familyobitelj friendprijatelj
fellpao down in the bathroomkupaonica
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stariji obiteljski prijatelj pao je
u kupaonici
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and sufferedpatio severeozbiljan injuriesozljede.
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i zadobio teške ozljede.
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I becamepostao concernedzabrinut
about my ownvlastiti grandparentsDjed i baka
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Zabrinuo sam se za vlastite bake i djedove
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and decidedodlučio to inventizumiti
a smartpametan bathroomkupaonica systemsistem.
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i odlučio izumiti pametan
kupaonski sustav.
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MotionPrijedlog sensorssenzori would be installedinstaliran
insideiznutra the tilespločice of bathroomkupaonica floorspodovi
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Senzori pokreta bili bi postavljeni unutar
pločica kupaonskih podova
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to detectotkriti the fallsSlapovi of elderlypostariji patientspacijenti
wheneverkada they fellpao down in the bathroomkupaonica.
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kako bi detektirali padove starijih
pacijenata kad god bi pali u kupaonici.
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SinceOd I was only sixšest yearsgodina oldstar at the time
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Budući da sam tada imao samo šest godina
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and I hadn'tnije graduateddiplomirao
from kindergartenDječji vrtić yetjoš,
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i još nisam završio ni vrtić,
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I didn't have the necessarypotreban resourcesresursi and
toolsalat to translatePrevedi my ideaideja into realitystvarnost,
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nisam imao potrebne resurse i alate
kako bih svoju ideju proveo u djelo.
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but nonethelessipak, my researchistraživanje experienceiskustvo
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Kako bilo, ovo istraživačko iskustvo
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really implantedugrađuju in me a firmfirma desireželja
to use sensorssenzori to help the elderlypostariji people.
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u meni je uistinu usadilo snažnu želju za
korištenjem senzora za pomoć starijima.
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I really believe that sensorssenzori can improvepoboljšati
the qualitykvaliteta of life of the elderlypostariji.
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Uistinu vjerujem da im senzori mogu
poboljšati kvalitetu života.
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When I laidlaid out my planplan, I realizedshvatio
that I facedsuočeni threetri mainglavni challengesizazovi:
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Kad sam izrađivao plan, shvatio sam da
postoje tri osnovne poteškoće:
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first, creatingstvaranje a sensorsenzor;
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prva, stvaranje senzora;
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seconddrugi, designingprojektiranje a circuitstrujni krug;
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druga, dizajniranje strujnog kruga;
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and thirdtreći, codingšifriranje a smartphonesmartphone appapp.
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i treća, kodiranje aplikacije.
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This madenapravljen me realizeostvariti that my projectprojekt
was actuallyzapravo much harderteže to realizeostvariti
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Tada sam shvatio da je moj projekt
teže realizirati
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than I initiallyu početku had thought it to be.
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nego što sam u početku mislio.
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First, I had to createstvoriti a wearablenosiva sensorsenzor
that was thintanak and flexiblefleksibilno enoughdovoljno
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Prvo sam morao napraviti tanak nosivi
senzor, a opet dovoljno fleksibilan
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to be wornnosi comfortablyudobno
on the bottomdno of the patient'sbolesnički footnoga.
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da bi bio udoban za nošenje
na donjem dijelu stopala.
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After extensiveopsežna researchistraživanje and testingtestiranje
of differentdrugačiji materialsmaterijali like rubberguma,
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Nakon iscrpnog istraživanja i testiranja
raznih materijala poput gume,
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whichkoji I realizedshvatio was too thickgust to be wornnosi
snuglyDobro on the bottomdno of the footnoga,
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za koju sam shvatio da je predebela
da bi se nosila pripijena za stopalo,
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I decidedodlučio to printotisak a filmfilm sensorsenzor
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odlučio sam isprintati filmski senzor
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with electricallyelektrički conductiveVodljivi
pressure-sensitiveosjetljiv na pritisak inktinta particlesčestice.
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s električki provodnim česticama tinte
osjetljiv na pritisak.
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OnceJednom pressurepritisak is appliedprimijenjen, the connectivityPovezivanje
betweenizmeđu the particlesčestice increasespovećava.
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Kad dođe do pritiska,
povezanost među česticama se povećava.
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ThereforeStoga, I could designdizajn a circuitstrujni krug
that would measuremjera pressurepritisak
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Stoga sam mogao dizajnirati strujni krug
koji bi mjerio pritisak
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by measuringmjerenje electricalelektrična resistanceotpornost.
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mjereći električni otpor.
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NextSljedeći, I had to designdizajn
a wearablenosiva wirelessbežični circuitstrujni krug,
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Zatim sam trebao dizajnirati
bežični strujni krug,
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but wirelessbežični signalsignal transmissionprijenos
consumestroši lots of powervlast
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ali prijenos bežičnog signala troši
puno energije
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and requirestraži heavyteško, bulkyprostran batteriesbaterije.
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i zahtijeva teške i velike baterije.
04:01
ThankfullySrećom, I was ableu stanju to find out
about the BluetoothBluetooth lownizak energyenergija technologytehnologija,
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Srećom, otkrio sam niskoenergetsku
bluetooth tehnologiju
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whichkoji consumestroši very little powervlast
and can be drivenupravljan by a coin-sizedveličine novčića batterybaterija.
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koja troši jako malo energije i može je
pokrenuti baterija veličine novčića.
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This preventedspriječiti the systemsistem
from dyingumiranje in the middlesrednji of the night.
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Zahvaljujući ovome, sustav
ne bi krepao usred noći.
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LastlyNa kraju, I had to codekodirati a smartphonesmartphone appapp
that would essentiallyu srži transformtransformirati
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Posljednje, morao sam kodirati
smartphone aplikaciju koja je
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the care-giver'snjega giver smartphonesmartphone
into a remotedaljinski monitormonitor.
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njegovateljici omogućavala
daljinski nadzor.
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For this, I had to expandproširiti uponna
my knowledgeznanje of codingšifriranje with JavaJava and XCodeXCode
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Za to sam trebao proširiti svoje znanje
o kodiranju u Javi i XCodeu
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and I alsotakođer had to learnnaučiti about how to codekodirati
for BluetoothBluetooth lownizak energyenergija devicesuređaji
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i naučiti kako kodirati
niskoenergetske bluetooth uređaje
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by watchinggledanje YouTubeMladost tutorialsTutoriali
and readingčitanje variousraznovrstan textbooksudžbenici.
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gledajući tutoriale na YouTubeu
i čitajući razne udžbenike.
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IntegratingSastavljanje u cjelinu these componentskomponente, I was ableu stanju
to successfullyuspješno createstvoriti two prototypesprototipova,
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Integrirajući ove komponente, mogao sam
uspješno stvoriti dva prototipa,
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one in whichkoji the sensorsenzor
is embeddedugrađen insideiznutra a sockčarapa,
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u jednom je senzor bio ugrađen u čarapu,
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and anotherjoš that's
a re-attachableponovno priklju? na traktorska sensorsenzor assemblyskupština
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a u drugom je senzor mogao biti pričvršćen
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that can be adheredpoštuje anywherebilo kuda
that makesmarke contactkontakt
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bilo gdje gdje bi imao kontakta
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with the bottomdno of the patient'sbolesnički footnoga.
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s donjim dijelom pacijentova stopala.
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I've testedtestiran the deviceuređaj on my grandfatherdeda
for about a yeargodina now,
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Testirao sam napravu na svom djedu
gotovo godinu dana,
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and it's had a 100 percentposto successuspjeh ratestopa
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i ima stopu uspješnosti od 100 posto
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in detectingotkrivanje the over 900
knownznan casesslučajevi of his wanderingluta.
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u detektiranju preko 900 nama poznatih
slučajeva njegova lutanja.
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Last summerljeto, I was ableu stanju
to betabeta testtest my deviceuređaj
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Prošlog ljeta bio sam u mogućnosti
beta-testirati svoj uređaj
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at severalnekoliko residentialstambeni
carebriga facilitiespostrojenja in CaliforniaCalifornia,
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u nekolicini mjesnih ustanova
za njegu u Kaliforniji
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and I'm currentlytrenutno incorporatingsjedinjavanje
the feedbackpovratna veza
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Trenutno pokušavam inkorporirati
povratnu informaciju
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to furtherunaprijediti improvepoboljšati the deviceuređaj
into a marketableutržive productproizvod.
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kako bih napravu unaprijedio za tržište.
Testirajući je na brojnim pacijentima,
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TestingTestiranje the deviceuređaj on a numberbroj of patientspacijenti
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madenapravljen me realizeostvariti that I neededpotreban
to inventizumiti solutionsrješenja
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shvatio sam da trebam osmisliti rješenja
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for people who didn't want
to wearnositi socksčarape to sleepspavati at night.
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za ljude koji ne žele nositi
čarape u krevetu.
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So sensorsenzor datapodaci, collectedprikupljeni
on a vastogroman numberbroj of patientspacijenti,
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Podatci senzora, prikupljeni na
ogromnom broju pacijenata
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can be usefulkoristan for improvingpoboljšanje patientpacijent carebriga
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mogu biti korisni u unapređenju skrbi
o pacijentima
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and alsotakođer leadingvodeći to a curelijek
for the diseasebolest, possiblymožda.
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a možda i u pronalasku lijeka ovoj bolesti.
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For exampleprimjer, I'm currentlytrenutno examiningispitivanje
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Primjerice, trenutno proučavam
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correlationskorelacije betweenizmeđu the frequencyfrekvencija
of a patient'sbolesnički nightlynoću wanderingluta
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povezanost između učestalosti
noćnog lutanja pacijenata
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and his or her dailydnevno activitiesdjelatnost and dietdijeta.
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i njihovih dnevnih aktivnosti i prehrane.
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One thing I'll never forgetzaboraviti
is when my deviceuređaj first caughtzatečen
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Nikad neću zaboraviti kako je naprava
prvi put uhvatila mog
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my grandfather'sDjed je wanderingluta
out of bedkrevet at night.
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djeda kad se uputio na noćno lutanje.
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At that momenttrenutak, I was really struckpogođen
by the powervlast of technologytehnologija
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Tad me je uistinu zadivila moć tehnologije
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to changepromijeniti livesživot for the better.
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da nam promijeni živote nabolje.
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People livingživot happilySretno and healthfullyhealthfully --
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Ljudi koji vode sretne i zdrave živote --
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that's the worldsvijet that I imaginezamisliti.
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takav ja svijet zamišljam.
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Thank you very much.
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Puno vam hvala.
05:42
(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
Translated by Anja Kolobarić
Reviewed by Ivan Stamenkovic

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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.

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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 | Speaker | TED.com

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