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Wed, 2011-06-15 08:18 — mdmcdonald
The Knowledge Science working group is focused on exploring the advancement of knowledge science.

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Why Social Media Is the Front Line of Disaster Response

Fri, 2013-06-21 18:50 — Maeryn Obley

mashable.com - May 21st, 2013 - Zoe Fox

Nearly one million people are affected by natural disasters each year. In the U.S. alone, some 400 people die from disasters that cost the economy $17.6 billion. Helping respond to these cataclysmic events, social media is now a go-to tool for those effected by disasters.

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Open Data to Fight Poverty

Tue, 2013-06-18 18:49 — Kathy Gilbeaux

openaid.de - by Claudia Schwegmann - May 7, 2013

Germany has just published its first batch of open data according to the standard of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). The term open data refers to quantitative and qualitative data that is machine readible and openly licenced, so that third parties are able and allowed to reuse the data. . . The following guest post by Tom Berry from aidinfo explains how open data can make a difference in fighting poverty.

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The Dictatorship of Data

Sun, 2013-06-02 23:55 — Maeryn Obley

Body count: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara briefing the press on Vietnam at the Pentagon in 1965.Image: Body count: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara briefing the press on Vietnam at the Pentagon in 1965.

technologyreview.com - May 31st, 2013 - Kenneth Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

Big data is poised to transform society, from how we diagnose illness to how we educate children, even making it possible for a car to drive itself. Information is emerging as a new economic input, a vital resource. Companies, governments, and even individuals will be measuring and optimizing everything possible.

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Meet BRCK, a Backup Generator for the Internet

Sun, 2013-05-12 22:42 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                   

ushahidi.com - by Rob Baker - May 7, 2013

Ushahidi is a team of programmers and mappers who are constantly on the move.

Being constantly handicapped with spotty internet access has led us to realize that the way the entire world is connecting to the web is changing.

So Ushahidi set out to redesign the modem for the changing way we all connect to the web.

Enter BRCK: The easiest, most reliable way to connect to the Internet, anywhere in the world.

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BRCK
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1776324009/brck-your-backup-generator-for-the-internet

 

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The Benefits of Mobile Health, on Hold

Fri, 2013-03-15 09:52 — Maeryn Obley

opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com - March 13th, 2011 - Tina Rosenberg

The world now has 5 billion mobile phones – one for every person over 15.  Africa has a billion people and 750 million phones, and mobile is growing so fast there that in a few years there will be more phones than people.   In some countries this is already true — South Africa has 47 million people, but 52 million SIM cards.

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Verily: Crowdsourced Verification for Disaster Response

Fri, 2013-03-01 18:30 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                   

irevolution.net - by Patrick Meier - February 19, 2013

Social media is increasingly used for communicating during crises. This rise in Big (Crisis) Data means that finding the proverbial needle in the growing haystack of information is becoming a major challenge.

QCRI and Masdar have launched an experimental  platform called Verily. We are applying best practices in time-critical crowd-sourcing coupled with gamification and reputation mechanisms to leverage the good will of (hopefully) thousands of digital Samaritans during disasters.

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Veri.ly
http://www.veri.ly/

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How Facebook Can Ruin Study Abroad

Fri, 2013-02-01 20:58 — Maeryn Obley

Art created for this article by Dave Cutler for the Chronicle.

Image: Art created for this article by Dave Cutler for the Chronicle.

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chronicle.com - January 14th, 2013 - Robert Huesca

Taking an administrative leave in Benin for the past six months provided an eye-opening contrast to my first study-abroad experience, in Mexico City back in 1980. Of particular note was the insidious impact of new communication technologies on living and learning in another culture.

As a former director of the office of international programs at Trinity University, in San Antonio, I am particularly attuned to the issues that concern professionals in study abroad—ranging from cultural immersion to health and safety.

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iDoctor: Could a smartphone be the future of medicine?

Wed, 2013-01-30 18:55 — LuLu2012

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Searching social media sources by geography

Sat, 2012-11-17 13:30 — Maeryn Obley

submitted by Samuel Bendett

homelandsecuritynewswire.com - November 16th, 2012

Geofeedia has created a group of algorithms that can search multiple social media sources by geography in real time.

“You just type in a place name, address and zip code (to find a Tweet, video or image),” CEO Phil Harris told the Chicago Sun Times.

Harris started and financed the company with chief operating officer Mike Mulroy and chief technology officer Scott Mitchell.

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Twitter’s New Lifeline Feature in Japan Helps People Find Relevant Accounts Quickly During Emergencies

Sun, 2012-09-23 21:38 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Janine Rees - by Matthew Panzarino - September 22, 2012

Twitter just launched a very cool feature in Japan called Lifeline. It allows Japanese users of Twitter to use their postal code to find and follow local accounts that are important in emergencies.

These could be accounts that are maintained by city, district or prefecture governments, which will be updating in the event of natural disasters or emergencies. These accounts could also include local media and utility companies that are informing customers about electricity outages or other necessary services.

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