Carlos Bautista: The awful logic of land mines -- and an app that helps people avoid them
Carlos Bautista: La terribile logica delle mine terrestri e un'app che aiuta le persone a evitarle
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,
in cui vivete,
and comfortable, right?
e a vostro agio, vero?
when you might step on one.
quando ne calpesterete una.
in my home country, Colombia.
Paese d'origine, la Colombia.
internal armed conflict,
conflitto interno armato,
number of land mines
di mine terrestri
of the Colombian population.
della popolazione colombiana.
not to kill their targets.
non per uccidere i loro bersagli.
caring for an injured soldier
per curare un soldato ferito
who has been killed.
uccisa.
about five years ago
circa cinque anni fa
for the Colombian government
per il governo colombiano
an abandoned house, not outside,
abbandonata, non all'esterno.
che Adriana fu costretta a lasciare.
Adriana was forced to leave.
with the fear that she, or her children,
con la paura che lei o i suoi figli
has been running for so long
è durato così a lungo
have seen our country in peace,
abbiamo mai visto il nostro Paese in pace,
from all this suffering,
da tutta questa sofferenza,
with all my heart.
con tutto il mio cuore.
that for almost 30 years,
che dopo quasi 30 anni,
when I met my wife.
quando incontrai mia moglie.
about the Colombian armed conflict.
dal conflitto armato in Colombia.
been affected by land mines and by war.
stato colpito dalle mine e dalla guerra.
to the United States
negli Stati Uniti
in a fair way to our society,
in modo giusto alla nostra società,
really broad application
di ampia applicazione
to deactivate land mines more safely.
the only country in the world
l'unico Paese al mondo
with any sort of explosive device.
da ogni sorta di esplosivo.
della guerra
Syria, Ukraine and Yemen,
Siria, Ucraina e Yemen,
are trying to get rid of land mines,
provano a liberarsi dalle mine,
that involved land mines
che ha coinvolto l'uso di mine
will start returning to their lands,
a ritornare nelle proprie terre,
to start exploding more often
ad esplodere sempre più spesso
di entrare a far parte
called MineSafe.
un'app chiamata MineSafe.
from the community
provenienti dalla communità
as the most transited
stati dichiarati i più transitati
caused by a land mine.
anche essere utilizzati per determinate
can also be used to determine
sminate.
in the countryside of Colombia.
nelle campagne della Colombia.
crowdsource information from all of them
raccogliere informazioni da tutti loro
and her children
e i suoi figli
can not only be used for that.
usare in altri modi.
to become more productive.
a diventare più produttivi.
from explosive devices,
dagli esplosivi,
to find new, fertile grounds
di trovare nuovi terreni fertili
with the Colombian government
con il governo Colombiano
with Cambodia and Somalia as well.
anche con la Cambogia e la Somalia.
by private money
da fondi privati
to every single place
in ogni luogo
is finally coming to an end,
sta finalmente volgendo al termine,
are still buried under our feet.
sono ancora sepolte sotto i nostri piedi.
to help both people and land
per aiutare sia le persone che la terra
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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