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People's Radio - now with sound!
A radio channel made of ‘spoken tweets’ - short voice messages. Anyone can call a free-number - record a message and it'll be played on the People’s Radio. Citizens will be able to hear what's occurring in neighbouring communities and data gathered
36 evaluations so far
Raise a Red Flag - Updated 5/17 with new information about a potential pilot!
Some organizations with strong ties to the outside world have staff on the ground in hard-to-access areas. Let's give these disparate networks of well-positioned, better-connected individuals a platform to Raise a Red Flag when trouble is observed!
29 evaluations so far
Enabler Cards
What if we can enable people who live in hard-to-access areas to gather and send information, by giving them the information and tools to do so before violence erupts? Building on several inspirations and ideas, Enabler Cards explore that question.
22 evaluations so far
Stop Mass Sexual Violence
The devastating consequences of rape--HIV, STDs and unwanted pregnancy--are preventable with inexpensive medications. Tracking these life-saving medications gives early, anonymous and geographic data about where mass sexual violence is occurring.
36 evaluations so far
CrisisTracker: Real-time Social Media Curation
CrisisTracker is a web platform that extracts situation awareness reports from public tweets during humanitarian disasters. It combines automated processing with crowdsourcing to quickly detect new events and bring together related evidence.
16 evaluations so far
Diaspora Alert
Using friends and family members from diasporas all around the world to gather information on first signs of mass violence and light the bat signal on behalf of their loved ones back home.
25 evaluations so far
Making DIStress calls - Updated
What if we had a unique SOS number that could be called from any cell phone irrespective of the carrier?
20 evaluations so far
Membrane Operable Logistic Electronic Epidermis (M.O.L.Es)
Electronic tattoos (“Biostamp”) conforms to the skin like a Flexible band-aid-like sticker that contains sensors and electronics This sensor will be able to detect heartbeat, respiration, motion, temperature and maybe even blood oxygenation.
18 evaluations so far
*UPDATED w/ FAQ* A Voice For All: Use COSPAS-SARSAT to Empower Victims of Violence
A simple device that can function anywhere in the world where internet and cellular access are restricted, or non-existent - for free.
16 evaluations so far
π - People's Intelligence: Networked reporting and verification
People's Intelligence automates the collection of relevant human rights and humanitarian information from hard to access areas and verifies it using crowdsourcing and “dumb” mobile phones.
12 evaluations so far
The Beacon: Let Us Know You're Safe
The Beacon is an SMS based community alert and messaging system. Participants check in to The Beacon daily. If they fail to check in friends and family are alerted; if many people stop checking in suddenly, alerts are sent out to members nearby.
21 evaluations so far
P.A.C.T. - Portable Anonymous Communication Technology
Creating global transparency through empowering people to disseminate information anonymously using low cost, portable communication technologies that allow voice, text, pictures, and videos to be shared with each other and the world.
20 evaluations so far
StoryMaker - Create compelling, professional news stories using only a mobile phone
When mass violence happens, it is often difficult for professionals to reach and document in time. Citizens following simple task-based assignments can be relied upon to create credible documentation with only a mobile phone and no prior experience.
21 evaluations so far
Quadcopter signal network
Quadcopters are capable of patrolling large areas, and they can easily carry cameras that can observe trouble areas and record warning signs and messages.
16 evaluations so far
THREAD - a way to thread together information to take appropriate action
Thread is a platform that pieces together information from different places and connects this to the appropriate people and organizations to take action. By leveraging existing projects and technologies, Thread, connects them together.
15 evaluations so far
Knowing by Numbers - Monitoring Total Network Connectivity
If when lines of communication can not be kept open, we can still use averaged network activity and connectivity declines as proxy indicators of a potential humanitarian crisis.
16 evaluations so far
UN open satellite video monitoring
A satellite, managed by a UN agency, with a high resolution camera scanning Earth and providing open access to images
16 evaluations so far