WEBVTT 00:10.600 --> 00:11.950 - My name is Bjorn Hartmann. 00:11.950 --> 00:14.450 I am an Associate Professor of Computer Science 00:14.450 --> 00:17.360 and Electrical Engineering here at UC Berkeley. 00:17.360 --> 00:18.950 I'm also the Faculty Director 00:18.950 --> 00:21.650 for the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, 00:21.650 --> 00:24.490 which is where the slick event is being held. 00:24.490 --> 00:27.880 So, I and other members of the team here at UC Berkeley 00:27.880 --> 00:30.410 had the chance to visit Phoenix Spark 00:30.410 --> 00:31.900 at Travis Air Force Base, 00:31.900 --> 00:34.020 and we felt there was a great alignment 00:34.020 --> 00:35.510 in the types of goals 00:35.510 --> 00:39.830 of bringing design and innovation to institutions, 00:39.830 --> 00:42.500 so we train our students in that process 00:42.500 --> 00:46.080 and Phoenix Spark, of course, brings that process 00:46.080 --> 00:48.020 to the whole air force 00:48.020 --> 00:50.440 and in this particular event 00:50.440 --> 00:53.540 we wanna share some of the best practices 00:53.540 --> 00:55.290 in terms of design process 00:55.290 --> 00:56.760 and some of the emerging tools 00:56.760 --> 00:58.050 in terms of digital fabrication 00:58.050 --> 01:00.510 that can really accelerate a design process 01:00.510 --> 01:02.450 and share that with the attendees here 01:02.450 --> 01:04.890 so they can become empowered 01:04.890 --> 01:07.693 to make a difference in their work. 01:08.560 --> 01:09.623 What I think is, 01:10.940 --> 01:14.050 is really exciting is that 01:15.630 --> 01:19.730 Travis, with Phoenix Spark, now has shown this interest in 01:19.730 --> 01:22.010 how can we use human center design 01:22.010 --> 01:26.070 and rapid prototyping to improve the processes 01:26.070 --> 01:28.460 and the lives of people on base, 01:28.460 --> 01:32.580 and I think we have years of experience 01:32.580 --> 01:34.680 in how to teach that process 01:34.680 --> 01:37.230 to people who are not necessarily professional designers. 01:37.230 --> 01:41.100 Many of the students that we have here at UC Berkeley 01:41.100 --> 01:42.990 become professionals in other fields, 01:42.990 --> 01:45.250 but they can learn the design process 01:45.250 --> 01:47.590 to become effective change-makers 01:47.590 --> 01:49.300 in their respective disciplines, 01:49.300 --> 01:52.100 and so, that's really what we're looking for. 01:52.100 --> 01:56.700 I think we have expertise in teaching the process, 01:56.700 --> 01:59.360 and people at Travis have expertise. 01:59.360 --> 02:01.190 They know what the problems are, 02:01.190 --> 02:05.670 where that process can be applied to your benefits. 02:05.670 --> 02:09.210 The collaboration between Travis and UC Berkeley 02:09.210 --> 02:13.150 so far, has involved back-and-forth visits 02:13.150 --> 02:15.270 of the Travis teams to campus 02:15.270 --> 02:18.790 and of us to Travis Air Force Base. 02:18.790 --> 02:23.160 And I think in the future, there are a couple of ideas 02:23.160 --> 02:25.440 of ways we can take this forward. 02:25.440 --> 02:28.020 In one direction, it would be really interesting 02:28.020 --> 02:30.380 to get student teens here 02:30.380 --> 02:32.530 to ideate 02:32.530 --> 02:33.510 and work on 02:33.510 --> 02:36.210 the types of design opportunities you identify 02:36.210 --> 02:40.040 that people Travis know are real-world problems 02:40.040 --> 02:41.510 that need to be solved. 02:41.510 --> 02:43.860 So that's a big benefit 02:43.860 --> 02:45.520 to get real-world problems, 02:45.520 --> 02:47.310 bring them into the university, 02:47.310 --> 02:50.310 and vise versa, I think we here have the freedom 02:50.310 --> 02:55.310 to explore the cutting edge of technology and design 02:55.330 --> 02:59.090 and so we can send post cards from the future 02:59.090 --> 03:02.740 and help inform what kind of tools 03:02.740 --> 03:04.840 and kind of processes 03:04.840 --> 03:07.870 you might implement at Phoenix Spark 03:07.870 --> 03:11.953 and also at other Spark labs on other bases.