Carlos Bautista: The awful logic of land mines -- and an app that helps people avoid them
Карлос Баутиста: Страшная логика наземных мин — и приложение, чтобы обходить их стороной
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,
своего дома,
and comfortable, right?
и вам ничего не угрожает, так?
when you might step on one.
наступить на одну из них
in my home country, Colombia.
в моей родной стране, Колумбии.
internal armed conflict,
number of land mines
of the Colombian population.
населения Колумбии.
not to kill their targets.
caring for an injured soldier
тратится гораздо больше ресурсов,
who has been killed.
about five years ago
я познакомился с Адрианой Родригез;
for the Colombian government
an abandoned house, not outside,
а не снаружи заброшенного дома —
Adriana was forced to leave.
была вынуждена покинуть Адриана.
with the fear that she, or her children,
что она или её дети
has been running for so long
идёт уже так долго,
have seen our country in peace,
не видели мира в нашей стране.
from all this suffering,
with all my heart.
пытаюсь изменить всё это.
that for almost 30 years,
что за почти 30 лет жизни
when I met my wife.
когда я познакомился с женой.
about the Colombian armed conflict.
гражданской войны в Колумбии.
been affected by land mines and by war.
от войны и от наземных мин.
to the United States
in a fair way to our society,
значительный вклад в наше общество,
really broad application
очень широкое приложение
to deactivate land mines more safely.
в обезвреживании наземных мин.
the only country in the world
with any sort of explosive device.
устройствами разных типов.
Syria, Ukraine and Yemen,
почти удвоилось,
are trying to get rid of land mines,
пытаются избавиться от наземных мин,
that involved land mines
где использовали наземные мины,
will start returning to their lands,
начинают возвращаться домой,
to start exploding more often
в Нью-Йоркском университете,
called MineSafe.
from the community
as the most transited
по которым прошло больше всего людей,
caused by a land mine.
can also be used to determine
также позволяют определиться с тем,
разминировать в первую очередь.
in the countryside of Colombia.
живёт почти 15 миллионов человек.
crowdsource information from all of them
мы получали информацию от всех них,
and her children
как Адриана и её дети,
can not only be used for that.
to become more productive.
from explosive devices,
от взрывных устройств,
to find new, fertile grounds
новые плодородные земли
with the Colombian government
с правительством Колумбии работает
with Cambodia and Somalia as well.
с Камбоджей и Сомали.
by private money
to every single place
is finally coming to an end,
наконец подходит к концу,
are still buried under our feet.
до сих пор у нас под ногами.
to help both people and land
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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