Carlos Bautista: The awful logic of land mines -- and an app that helps people avoid them
Carlos Bautista: Die furchtbare Logik der Landminen – und eine App, die Menschen hilft, sie zu meiden
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,
sicher und geborgen, richtig?
and comfortable, right?
when you might step on one.
in my home country, Colombia.
meinem Heimatland, Kolumbien.
andauernden bewaffneten Unruhen
internal armed conflict,
an Landminen überall im Land vergraben,
number of land mines
der kolumbianischen Bevölkerung
of the Colombian population.
dass sie das Opfer nicht töten,
not to kill their targets.
um einen Verwundeten zu versorgen,
caring for an injured soldier
who has been killed.
vor ungefähr fünf Jahren getroffen,
about five years ago
Regierung als Dokumentarfilmer arbeitete.
for the Colombian government
gezwungen, ihr Haus zu verlassen,
getötet, als er auf eine Landmine trat.
verlassenen Haus, nicht draußen.
an abandoned house, not outside,
das Adriana verlassen musste.
Adriana was forced to leave.
dass eines ihrer Kinder oder sie
with the fear that she, or her children,
dauern bereits so lange an,
has been running for so long
unser Land je in Frieden gesehen haben.
have seen our country in peace,
all diesem Leid abgeschirmt gelebt hat,
from all this suffering,
versuchen, es zu ändern.
with all my heart.
that for almost 30 years,
mich in den letzten 30 Jahren
als ich meine Frau getroffen habe.
when I met my wife.
about the Colombian armed conflict.
Konflikte in Kolumbien.
verstehen, wie tief unser Land
been affected by land mines and by war.
in die USA zu kommen,
to the United States
die uns dabei helfen würden,
in a fair way to our society,
eine faire Art und Weise zu helfen
dabei zu helfen, sie zu heilen.
habe ich angefangen,
really broad application
Landminen sicherer zu deaktivieren.
to deactivate land mines more safely.
das einzige Land auf der Welt ist,
the only country in the world
die mit Sprengfallen kontaminiert sind.
with any sort of explosive device.
in Ländern wie Libyen, Syrien, Ukraine
Syria, Ukraine and Yemen,
des Krieges fast verdoppelt,
are trying to get rid of land mines,
loszuwerden, erhöhen andere die Anzahl.
in dem Landminen benutzt werden, endet?
that involved land mines
die Binnenvertriebenen an,
will start returning to their lands,
versteckte Landminen viel öfter
to start exploding more often
Science Department an der NYU beizutreten,
MineSafe zu entwickeln.
called MineSafe.
aus der Gemeinschaft,
from the community
as the most transited
die als die meist benutzten gelten,
Zwischenfall mit einer Landmine.
caused by a land mine.
can also be used to determine
auch dazu genutzt werden,
Nutzung von Minen zu befreien.
nun in Kolumbien auf dem Land.
in the countryside of Colombia.
crowdsource information from all of them
Informationen von all jenen sammeln,
und ihren Kindern zu helfen,
and her children
nicht nur dafür genutzt werden.
can not only be used for that.
to become more productive.
dabei helfen, produktiver zu werden.
Ländereien von Sprengstoffen befreit sind,
from explosive devices,
to find new, fertile grounds
um wieder Nahrung anzubauen.
mit der kolumbianischen Regierung,
with the Colombian government
with Cambodia and Somalia as well.
nach Kambodscha und Somalia.
by private money
Geldern hier in den USA finanziert,
das Projekt in jedes Gebiet bringen,
to every single place
eine Bedrohung darstellen.
nähert sich endlich einem Ende,
is finally coming to an end,
are still buried under our feet.
Jahren des Krieges sind immer noch
sowohl Menschen als auch dem Land
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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