Keith Kirkland: Wearable tech that helps you navigate by touch
키스 커클랜드(Keith Kirkland): 촉감으로 작동하는 착용 기술
Keith Kirkland is the cofounder of WearWorks, a company that builds products and experiences that communicate information through touch. Full bio
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the roof of your mouth
or duck, duck, goose as a child?
수건돌리기를 했던 건요?
we're using touch to understand something.
촉감이 이용되는 것들이죠.
the sense of touch.
그에 관련된 감각을 말하죠.
our entire lives.
when my friend,
walked over behind me.
제 뒤로 와서는
into the left side of my lower back,
around to the front of my right shoulder.
어깨 앞쪽에 댔어요.
how to improve my posture.
알려준 것입니다.
at that very moment
to teach movement using technology.
새로운 방식의 개발에 관한 거였어요.
that could teach a person kung fu.
도복을 만들고 싶었거든요.
to communicate movement
어떻게 전달해야 할지
it became crystal clear: touch.
where she had placed each of her fingers,
진동 모터를 달아
of my current and optimal posture,
자료를 산출했다면
볼 수 있었을 거예요.
needing to be in the room.
of the puzzle that was missing.
단서 하나가 빠져 있었어요.
two inches off of your lap,
2인치 정도 올려 보란 것을
so you know to lift up?
들어 올리는 느낌을 줄까요?
at the bottom of your wrist,
느낌을 줄까요?
agreed-upon haptic language
통용되는 촉각 언어가
set out to create that language.
그 언어를 만들어 보기로 했어요.
was not a kung fu suit.
도복은 아니었지만
of navigation,
orient a user toward a destination,
목적지를 찾아갈 수 있게 하는데
was the right way to go.
멈춰 보라고 했어요.
with hundreds of people,
실험해 봤는데
within about 15 seconds.
people out of their phones
휴대전화에서 해방시키고
돌아오게 하려는 거였어요.
who stood to benefit most from our work
가장 많은 혜택을 보는 사람들은
a blind organization, they told us,
처음에 이렇게 말했죠,
for the blind experience."
쓸 수 있는 걸 개발해 보세요."
with three guiding principles:
세 가지 이념이 있습니다.
in our lifetimes
designed for touch.
시각 장애인 한 분이
of the New York City Marathon
달릴 수 있게 도왔습니다.
due to the heavy rain,
a complex route using only touch.
찾아갈 수 있다는 것을요.
to recognize millions of colors
complex pitch and tone.
인지합니다.
Morse code-like cell phone notifications.
등에 많이 밀려나 있죠.
a kiss or a punch,
주먹에 맞으면
instinctive and immediate.
catch-up on the back end
방금 무슨 일이 벌어진 건지
of what just occurred.
속으로 계산하고 있겠죠.
conscious thought is pretty slow.
꽤 느리기 마련입니다.
of language acquisition.
달팽이의 속도에 비교하는 셈이죠.
German and currently Swedish,
현재는 스웨덴어를 배우고 있는데
of how different languages are organized.
다른 언어들이 구조에 대해 알 수 있었어요.
of well-established languages
an entirely new haptic language,
영감으로 삼을 수 있었죠.
mechanics wasn't the best way
최선이 아닐 때도 있다는 걸 알려 줬습니다.
across every culture,
미소는 미소인 것 처럼
underlying mechanism of touch
and cultural boundaries?
허물 수 있다면 어떨까요?
buzz-buzz-buzz, buzz-buzz,
웅웅거리는 소리를 보내면
vibration means "stop."
we challenged ourselves.
스스로에게 도전했습니다.
of being in a vehicle
along with our body's reaction to it.
그 때 몸의 반응까지도요.
a vibration pattern, sure.
feel like it was the right thing to do.
느끼게 할 수도 있겠죠.
assignment of haptic cues to meanings.
이상의 것이 요구됩니다.
human experience into meaningful insights
의미를 가진 통찰로 순화해
gestures and products.
만드는 능력이 필요합니다.
the human ability
주변의 환경을 감지하고 반응하는
미개척 분야인 "촉감"은
how we all see the world around us.
힘을 가지고 있어요.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Keith Kirkland - Haptic designerKeith Kirkland is the cofounder of WearWorks, a company that builds products and experiences that communicate information through touch.
Why you should listen
Navigation is inherently visual, and nowhere is that more clear than for the 285 million people in the world living with a visual impairment. With WAYBAND, a wrist-wearable haptic navigation device for the blind and visually impaired, WearWorks has created and patented an intuitive way to guide a person to a destination using vibration, without the need for any visual or audio cues. In 2017, WAYBAND was used to help a person who is blind run the first 15 miles of the NYC marathon without sighted assistance.
Kirkland is a public speaker, mechanical engineer, accessories designer and industrial designer with experience developing innovation-based concepts and experiences. He has worked with organizations ranging from the MET Museum, The Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, Unilever, Futureworks, Mini Cooper, Discovery Channel, Dropbox, The Yokohama Government, Coach and the National Science Foundation.
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