Carlos Bautista: The awful logic of land mines -- and an app that helps people avoid them
カルロス・バウティスタ: 地雷の残酷な論理と地雷の回避を支援するアプリ
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,
and comfortable, right?
地雷が埋められていると
when you might step on one.
という状況です
in my home country, Colombia.
そんな地域が たくさんあります
internal armed conflict,
number of land mines
of the Colombian population.
被害に遭っています
not to kill their targets.
重傷を負わせるのが狙いです
caring for an injured soldier
負傷者の手当てに人手がかかり
who has been killed.
より大きくなるという理屈です
about five years ago
会ったのは 5年前のこと
for the Colombian government
映画を撮った時です
命を落としました
an abandoned house, not outside,
その人が入った時でした
Adriana was forced to leave.
とてもよく似た家でした
with the fear that she, or her children,
自分や子供たちが地雷を踏まないかと
has been running for so long
あまりにも長く続いたので
have seen our country in peace,
暮らしているのを見たことがありません
from all this suffering,
暮らしている者にとって
with all my heart.
試みに全力を注ぐことです
that for almost 30 years,
私は30年近く
when I met my wife.
私は変わったんです
about the Colombian armed conflict.
とても熱心に取り組んでいました
been affected by land mines and by war.
深い傷を負っていることが理解できました
to the United States
in a fair way to our society,
役立ちそうなもの―
really broad application
拡張現実(AR)で
to deactivate land mines more safely.
支援するのが目的です
the only country in the world
地中から除去されていないために
with any sort of explosive device.
58カ国を超えています
戦乱の激化により
Syria, Ukraine and Yemen,
イエメンなどの各国で
ほぼ倍増しています
are trying to get rid of land mines,
that involved land mines
will start returning to their lands,
自宅に戻ってくることです
to start exploding more often
爆発する事例が
残ることにしました
called MineSafe.
作り始めたんです
from the community
地域から発信された情報をもとに
as the most transited
caused by a land mine.
起きていない経路を示すアプリです
can also be used to determine
特定することにも役立ちます
in the countryside of Colombia.
大都市以外の地域に暮らしています
crowdsource information from all of them
クラウドソーシングで収集し分析できれば
and her children
恐怖で外出できなかった人々も
can not only be used for that.
さらに別の場面にも活用できます
to become more productive.
from explosive devices,
to find new, fertile grounds
見つけて 食物の生産を
with the Colombian government
パイロットプロジェクトで
with Cambodia and Somalia as well.
連絡を取りながら 進めています
by private money
to every single place
このプロジェクトを展開したいです
is finally coming to an end,
ようやく終わりが見えてきました
are still buried under our feet.
今なお 私たちの足元に埋まったままです
to help both people and land
人々の平和を取り戻し
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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