Kenneth Shinozuka: My simple invention, designed to keep my grandfather safe
ケネス・シノヅカ: 祖父の身を守るための僕のシンプルな発明
Kenneth Shinozuka designs smart products ... He's been doing so since he was in kindergarten. Full bio
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to Americans' health?
アメリカ人の健康問題は何でしょう?
糖尿病?
is diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
診断が下されています
triples by the year 2050,
2050年までに3倍に増えるとされ
the rest of the aging population,
彼らの介護をすることは
societal challenge.
アルツハイマー病患者を
for an Alzheimer's patient.
実際に味わいました
with three generations,
to my grandfather.
were walking in a park in Japan
公園を散歩していると
I've ever experienced in my life,
最も恐ろしい思いをした瞬間であり
instance that informed us
had Alzheimer's disease.
知らされました
his condition got worse and worse,
祖父の症状はどんどん悪化し
caused my family a lot of stress.
特に大きなストレスになりました
主に担っている叔母は
to keep an eye on him,
夜中に起きていようと苦労し
to catch him leaving the bed.
脱け出すのを止められませんでした
about my aunt's well-being
叔母の健康がとても
that could help my family's problems,
解決法を色々と探しましたが
and I saw him stepping out of the bed.
ベッドから出ようとするのを見ました
a pressure sensor on the heel of his foot?
つけたら どうだろう?と思いました
and out of the bed,
increase in pressure caused by body weight
圧力の増加を感知して
to the caregiver's smartphone.
無線送信するのです
much better at night
祖父の徘徊を心配せずに
about my grandfather's wandering.
a demonstration of this sock.
デモンストレーションを行います
my sock model on the stage?
出てきてもらえますか?
steps onto the floor --
to the caregiver's smartphone.
送信されます
( 拍手 )
of my preliminary design.
設計図です
a sensor-based technology
生み出したいという思いは
for sensors and technology.
好きであることが発端かもしれません
fell down in the bathroom
風呂場で転倒し
about my own grandparents
心配になり
a smart bathroom system.
構築することにしました
inside the tiles of bathroom floors
タイルに内蔵し
whenever they fell down in the bathroom.
転倒するのを感知するのです
from kindergarten yet,
tools to translate my idea into reality,
資金も道具も持っていませんでしたが
to use sensors to help the elderly people.
という願いは強固になりました
the quality of life of the elderly.
生活の質を高めることができると考えています
that I faced three main challenges:
3つの困難に直面する事がわかりました
was actually much harder to realize
当初考えていたよりも
that was thin and flexible enough
薄くて柔軟な
on the bottom of the patient's foot.
作らなければなりませんでした
of different materials like rubber,
様々な素材を試した結果
snugly on the bottom of the foot,
厚すぎることがわかったので
pressure-sensitive ink particles.
印刷することにしました
between the particles increases.
導電性が高まります
that would measure pressure
a wearable wireless circuit,
設計しなければなりませんでしたが
consumes lots of power
大量の電力と
about the Bluetooth low energy technology,
低エネルギー技術を知りました
and can be driven by a coin-sized battery.
コイン大の電池で動くものです
from dying in the middle of the night.
電池切れになることが防げます
that would essentially transform
遠隔モニターに変えられる―
into a remote monitor.
しなければなりませんでした
my knowledge of coding with Java and XCode
JavaやXCodeをさらに勉強し
for Bluetooth low energy devices
ためのコード化を
and reading various textbooks.
色々なテキストを使って学びました
to successfully create two prototypes,
2つのプロトタイプを作りました
is embedded inside a sock,
内蔵されているもの
a re-attachable sensor assembly
触れるものなら
that makes contact
再装着可能な
for about a year now,
祖父に試用してもらい
known cases of his wandering.
感知しました
to beta test my device
カリフォルニアの
care facilities in California,
ベータテストすることができ
the feedback
改善できるように
into a marketable product.
試してもらうことで
to invent solutions
靴下を履かない人のための
to wear socks to sleep at night.
いうことがわかりました
on a vast number of patients,
センサーのデータは
for the disease, possibly.
治療にもつながるかもしれません
of a patient's nightly wandering
相互関係を調べています
is when my device first caught
私のデバイスが初めて
out of bed at night.
感知したときのことです
by the power of technology
変えることのできる
思い描いています
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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