Carlos Bautista: The awful logic of land mines -- and an app that helps people avoid them
Karlos Bautista (Carlos Bautista): Grozna logika iza nagaznih mina i aplikacija koja pomaže ljudima da ih izbegnu
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,
i ugodno, zar ne?
and comfortable, right?
when you might step on one.
kada možete nagaziti na jednu od njih.
in my home country, Colombia.
u mojoj otadžbini, Kolumbiji.
internal armed conflict,
unutrašnjeg oružanog sukoba,
number of land mines
of the Colombian population.
od trećine stanovništva Kolumbije.
not to kill their targets.
a ne da ubiju svoje mete.
caring for an injured soldier
da se brine o povređenom vojniku
who has been killed.
about five years ago
pre oko pet godina
for the Colombian government
an abandoned house, not outside,
u napuštenoj kući, ne izvan nje,
Adriana was forced to leave.
bila primorana da napusti.
with the fear that she, or her children,
da bi ona ili njena deca
has been running for so long
traje toliko dugo
have seen our country in peace,
našu državu u miru,
from all this suffering,
od svih ovih patnji,
with all my heart.
that for almost 30 years,
da sam se skoro trideset godina
when I met my wife.
kada sam upoznao svoju suprugu.
about the Colombian armed conflict.
oružanog sukoba u Kolumbiji.
been affected by land mines and by war.
nagaznim minama i ratom.
to the United States
ovde, u Sjedinjene Države,
in a fair way to our society,
doprinesemo našem društvu
really broad application
sa širokom lepezom primene
to deactivate land mines more safely.
da bezbednije deaktivira nagazne mine.
the only country in the world
koja mora da brine o nagaznim minama.
with any sort of explosive device.
raznim vrstama eksplozivnih naprava.
Syria, Ukraine and Yemen,
Libija, Sirija, Ukrajina i Jemen,
se skoro udvostručio -
are trying to get rid of land mines,
da se reše nagaznih mina,
that involved land mines
koji je koristio nagazne mine okonča?
will start returning to their lands,
da se vraća na svoju zemlju,
to start exploding more often
da eksplodiraju sve češće
sam odlučio da se pridružim
na Njujorškom univerzitetu
called MineSafe.
pod nazivom „Minska bezbednost“.
from the community
podatke iz zajednice
as the most transited
kao najčešće korišćene
caused by a land mine.
prouzrokovane nagaznom minom.
can also be used to determine
mogu koristiti da se odrede
in the countryside of Colombia.
u seoskim predelima u Kolumbiji.
crowdsource information from all of them
prikupiti informacije od svih njih
and her children
kao što su Adrijana i njena deca
can not only be used for that.
koristiti ne samo za to,
to become more productive.
da postanu produktivniji.
from explosive devices,
od eksplozivnih naprava
to find new, fertile grounds
novo plodno zemljište
with the Colombian government
u partnerstvu sa kolumbijskom vladom
with Cambodia and Somalia as well.
sa Kambodžom i Somalijom, takođe.
by private money
ovde u Sjedinjenim Državama,
to every single place
prema svakom pojedinačnom mestu
predstavljaju opasnost.
is finally coming to an end,
konačno se bliži kraju,
are still buried under our feet.
i dalje su zakopane pod našim nogama.
to help both people and land
da pomognemo ljudima i državi da nađu mir.
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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