Carlos Bautista: The awful logic of land mines -- and an app that helps people avoid them
Carlos Bautista: De gruwelijke logica van landmijnen -- en een app waarmee mensen ze kunnen ontwijken
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,
veilig en op je gemak, toch?
and comfortable, right?
landmijnen verborgen lagen,
when you might step on one.
in my home country, Colombia.
internal armed conflict,
number of land mines
of the Colombian population.
van de Colombiaanse bevolking woont.
not to kill their targets.
niet om het slachtoffer te doden.
caring for an injured soldier
het verzorgen van een gewonde soldaat,
who has been killed.
about five years ago
ongeveer vijf jaar geleden,
for the Colombian government
Colombiaanse overheid werkte
an abandoned house, not outside,
verlaten huis, niet erbuiten,
Adriana was forced to leave.
achter zich had moeten laten.
with the fear that she, or her children,
met de angst dat zij of haar kinderen
has been running for so long
heeft ondertussen zo lang geduurd
have seen our country in peace,
ons land ooit in vrede heeft gezien.
from all this suffering,
van al dat lijden,
with all my heart.
verandering teweeg te brengen.
that for almost 30 years,
gedurende die 30 jaar
when I met my wife.
toen ik mijn vrouw ontmoette.
about the Colombian armed conflict.
de Colombiaanse burgeroorlog.
been affected by land mines and by war.
en oorlog op ons land hebben gehad.
to the United States
de Verenigde Staten te gaan,
in a fair way to our society,
konden bijdragen aan onze samenleving
zouden kunnen helen.
aan een Augmented Reality,
really broad application
to deactivate land mines more safely.
veiliger kunnen uitschakelen.
the only country in the world
het enige land ter wereld is
with any sort of explosive device.
explosieven aanwezig.
de intensivering van oorlogen
Syria, Ukraine and Yemen,
Oekraïne en Jemen
landmijnen bijna verdubbeld
are trying to get rid of land mines,
proberen de landmijnen op te ruimen,
that involved land mines
werden gebruikt, over is?
will start returning to their lands,
weer terug te keren naar hun grondgebieden
vaker burgers te treffen.
to start exploding more often
van New York University,
called MineSafe.
de zogenaamde MineSafe app.
from the community
van gegevens uit de gemeenschap
as the most transited
die het vaakst bereisd worden
caused by a land mine.
met een landmijn gebeurt.
can also be used to determine
ook worden gebruikt om te beslissen
zones zijn voor ontmijning.
in the countryside of Colombia.
op het platteland van Colombia.
crowdsource information from all of them
gegevens van hen allen zouden verzamelen
and her children
en haar kinderen kunnen helpen
en betrouwbare wegen.
can not only be used for that.
kan ook anders worden gebruikt.
to become more productive.
helpen om productiever te zijn.
from explosive devices,
to find new, fertile grounds
weer nieuwe, vruchtbare grond vinden
with the Colombian government
aangegaan met de Colombiaanse overheid
with Cambodia and Somalia as well.
met Cambodja en Somalië.
by private money
door privégeld hier in Amerika,
to every single place
aanpassen voor iedere plaats
is finally coming to an end,
is bijna afgelopen,
are still buried under our feet.
liggen nog begraven onder onze voeten.
to help both people and land
helpen zowel mensen als landen
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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