Carlos Bautista: The awful logic of land mines -- and an app that helps people avoid them
Carlos Bautista: A lógica terrível das minas terrestres — e uma aplicação que ajuda as pessoas a evitá-las
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,
onde vivemos,
and comfortable, right?
e confortáveis, não é?
when you might step on one.
se podíamos pisar alguma.
in my home country, Colombia.
no meu país, a Colômbia.
internal armed conflict,
armado interno durante 50 anos,
number of land mines
de minas terrestres
of the Colombian population.
da população colombiana.
not to kill their targets.
não a matar os seus alvos.
o que é terrível,
caring for an injured soldier
com um soldado ferido
who has been killed.
que foi morta.
about five years ago
há uns cinco anos
para o governo colombiano
for the Colombian government
de documentários.
an abandoned house, not outside,
duma casa abandonada,
Adriana was forced to leave.
à que Adriana fora forçada a abandonar.
with the fear that she, or her children,
de que ela, ou algum dos filhos
has been running for so long
durou tanto tempo
have seen our country in peace,
vimos o nosso país em paz.
from all this suffering,
de todo este sofrimento,
with all my heart.
com todas as minhas forças.
that for almost 30 years,
que, durante quase 30 anos
when I met my wife.
quando encontrei a minha mulher.
about the Colombian armed conflict.
pelo conflito armado da Colômbia.
been affected by land mines and by war.
afetado profundamente
to the United States
aos Estados Unidos da América
in a fair way to our society,
de modo justo para a nossa sociedade
really broad application
muito abrangente,
to deactivate land mines more safely.
minas terrestres, de modo mais seguro.
the only country in the world
o único país do mundo
com as minas terrestres.
with any sort of explosive device.
com qualquer tipo de engenho explosivo.
Syria, Ukraine and Yemen,
a Síria, a Ucrânia e o Iémen,
quase duplicou
are trying to get rid of land mines,
ver-se livres das minas terrestres,
that involved land mines
que envolveu minas terrestres
will start returning to their lands,
começa a regressar às suas terras
to start exploding more often
vão começar a explodir mais vezes
de Ciências Informáticas
called MineSafe.
uma aplicação chamada MineSafe.
from the community
da comunidade
as the most transited
como as mais utilizadas
caused by a land mine.
provocados por minas terrestres.
can also be used to determine
também podem ser usados para determinar
para serem limpas de minas.
in the countryside of Colombia.
nas zonas rurais da Colômbia.
crowdsource information from all of them
do público de todas elas.
and her children
e os seus filhos,
seguros e de confiança.
can not only be used for that.
usadas para outras coisas.
to become more productive.
ajudá-las a serem mais produtivas.
from explosive devices,
de engenhos explosivos
to find new, fertile grounds
encontrar terrenos novos e férteis
with the Colombian government
com o governo colombiano
with Cambodia and Somalia as well.
com o Camboja e a Somália.
financiado com dinheiro privado
by private money
to every single place
levá-lo a qualquer local
ainda sejam uma ameaça.
is finally coming to an end,
está finalmente a chegar ao fim
are still buried under our feet.
debaixo dos nossos pés.
to help both people and land
para ajudar as pessoas e a 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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