Carlos Bautista: The awful logic of land mines -- and an app that helps people avoid them
Carlos Bautista: La logique effroyable des mines antipersonnel -- et une application qui permet de les éviter
TED Resident Carlos Bautista wants to close the information and technology gap for people in developing countries. Full bio
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autour de chez vous,
the place where you live,
and comfortable, right?
et en sécurité, n'est-ce pas ?
qu'il y ait des mines antipersonnel
when you might step on one.
allez marcher sur l'une d'entre elles.
in my home country, Colombia.
dans mon pays natal, la Colombie.
internal armed conflict,
qui dure depuis 50 ans,
number of land mines
de mines antipersonnel
of the Colombian population.
de la population colombienne.
not to kill their targets.
et non tuer leurs victimes.
qui se cache derrière ces mines,
caring for an injured soldier
lorsqu'on s'occupe d'un soldat blessé
d'une personne qui a été tuée.
who has been killed.
about five years ago
il y a environ cinq ans.
for the Colombian government
pour le gouvernement colombien
sur une mine antipersonnel.
an abandoned house, not outside,
d'une maison abandonnée,
qu'Adriana fut contrainte d'abandonner.
Adriana was forced to leave.
with the fear that she, or her children,
qu'elle ou un de ses enfants,
has been running for so long
depuis si longtemps
have seen our country in peace,
jamais vu notre pays en paix,
from all this suffering,
de toute cette souffrance,
with all my heart.
pour changer les choses.
that for almost 30 years,
que pendant presque 30 ans,
en moi lorsque j'ai rencontré ma femme.
when I met my wife.
about the Colombian armed conflict.
par le conflit armé colombien.
been affected by land mines and by war.
par les mines antipersonnel et la guerre.
to the United States
ici aux États-Unis
in a fair way to our society,
d'une façon juste à notre société,
really broad application
à grande amplitude,
to deactivate land mines more safely.
de manière plus sécurisée.
je me suis aussi rendu compte
the only country in the world
le seul pays dans le monde
des mines antipersonnel.
with any sort of explosive device.
par des dispositifs explosifs.
d'une aggravation de la guerre
Syria, Ukraine and Yemen,
la Syrie, l'Ukraine et le Yémen,
are trying to get rid of land mines,
tentent de s'en débarrasser,
that involved land mines
qui implique des mines antipersonnel
will start returning to their lands,
vont revenir chez eux
to start exploding more often
vont se mettre à exploser plus souvent
j'ai décidé de rejoindre
à l'université de New York,
une application appelée MineSafe.
called MineSafe.
from the community
de la population
as the most transited
déclarés comme les plus utilisés
caused by a land mine.
ne soit causé par une mine antipersonnel.
can also be used to determine
être utilisées pour déterminer
in the countryside of Colombia.
dans les campagnes de Colombie.
crowdsource information from all of them
les informations de toutes ces personnes
and her children
comme Adriana et ses enfants
aussi servir à autre chose.
can not only be used for that.
to become more productive.
les aider à devenir plus productifs.
from explosive devices,
de ces dispositifs explosifs,
to find new, fertile grounds
de nouvelles terres fertiles
with the Colombian government
avec le gouvernement colombien
with Cambodia and Somalia as well.
contacts avec le Cambodge et la Somalie.
by private money
par des investisseurs privés
to every single place
soit utilisée dans tous les endroits
représentent toujours une menace.
is finally coming to an end,
est enfin sur le point de se terminer,
are still buried under our feet.
de nombreuses années de guerre
to help both people and land
les personnes et les terres
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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