Carlos Bautista: The awful logic of land mines -- and an app that helps people avoid them
Carlos Bautista: Logica îngrozitoare a minelor de teren - și o aplicație care îi ajută pe oameni să le ocolească
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,
în care locuiți,
and comfortable, right?
when you might step on one.
când ați putea călca pe una.
in my home country, Colombia.
în țara mea natală, Columbia
internal armed conflict,
intern de 50 de ani,
number of land mines
de mine terestre
of the Colombian population.
din populația columbiană.
not to kill their targets.
nu să-și ucidă țintele.
acestui concept îngrozitor
caring for an injured soldier
pentru a îngriji un soldat rănit
who has been killed.
care a fost ucisă.
about five years ago
cam acum cinci ani
for the Colombian government
pentru guvernul columbian
să-și părăsească locuința...
an abandoned house, not outside,
unei case abandonate, nu afară,
Adriana was forced to leave.
a fost forțată să o părăsească.
with the fear that she, or her children,
cu teama că ea sau copiii ei
has been running for so long
se desfășoară de atâta timp
have seen our country in peace,
nu am văzut țara pașnică,
from all this suffering,
de toată această suferință,
with all my heart.
să schimb ceva.
that for almost 30 years,
că pentru aproape 30 de ani,
when I met my wife.
când am întâlnit-o pe soția mea.
about the Colombian armed conflict.
de conflictul armat columbian.
been affected by land mines and by war.
țara noastră de război și mine.
to the United States
in a fair way to our society,
în mod favorabil societății,
really broad application
to deactivate land mines more safely.
să dezactiveze minele mai sigur.
the only country in the world
with any sort of explosive device.
cu un tip de dispozitiv exploziv.
din cauza escaladării războiului
Syria, Ukraine and Yemen,
Siria, Ucraina și Yemen,
are trying to get rid of land mines,
încearcă să scape de minele terestre,
that involved land mines
care a implicat mine de teren
will start returning to their lands,
to start exploding more often
să explodeze mai des
called MineSafe.
o aplicație numită MineSafe.
from the community
de la comunitate
as the most transited
declarate ca cele mai folosite
caused by a land mine.
cauzate de mine terestre.
can also be used to determine
pot fi folosite și pentru a determina
in the countryside of Colombia.
locuiesc în Columbia rurală acum.
crowdsource information from all of them
furniza informații de la ei toți
and her children
ca Adriana și copiii ei
și de încredere.
can not only be used for that.
doar pentru asta.
to become more productive.
să devină mai productivi.
from explosive devices,
de dispozitive explozive,
to find new, fertile grounds
terenuri noi, fertile
with the Colombian government
cu guvernul columbian
with Cambodia and Somalia as well.
și cu Cambodgia și Somalia.
by private money
din fonduri private
to every single place
is finally coming to an end,
ajunge în sfârșit la capăt,
are still buried under our feet.
încă ne sunt îngropate sub picioare.
to help both people and land
să ajutăm oamenii și ținutul
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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