TECH FOR GOOD TEN: Reporting war crimes, shaping a ‘new’ Magna Carta and improving adult literacy
9th June 2015
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Tech For Good Ten: 9th June 2015
1 // EyeWitness app lets smartphones report war crimes
In the hands of campaigners and victims around the world, the new EyeWitness to Atrocities Google Play app will act as an essential video evidence recorder in the combat against human rights violations.
2 // Automotive industry leaders and US roads safety agency launch driver alcohol detection prototype
A consortium of the world’s leading car makers unveil technology which disables cars if drivers attempt to turn the key when over the alcohol limit.
3 // The British Library project marks the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta by asking young people what a digital age version should cover
4 // Former UN money expert directly addressing the basic need for international mobile money transfers
With the click of a smart phone button, in all Western nations, Ismail Ahmed says it's possible for "people to send money like they send text messages.”
5 // Meet the finalists of the Apps for Good Awards 2015
The free educational programme movement announces its UK-based shortlisted apps for social good teams - made up of 12-19 year old students - ahead of its 18th June ceremony in London.
6 // A handy spare account, or something more menacing? ‘Fake’ Facebooking facts revealed
“160,000 Facebook pages are hacked into every day. Hackers can get into your profile, falsify your personal information, then move on to do any number of creepy things, including…”
7 // Bicycle that steers you every which way but wrong with prototype built-in digital sat nav system
3D printed with vibrating handlebars, the SOLID bike is a model of both digital and urban cycling innovation.
8 // London’s police officers to be equipped with video devices as standard by next year
Mayor Boris Johnson announces plans to equip the city’s 20,000 bobbies as “a need to make technology available to more officers in a single city than anywhere else in the world.”
9 // Competition for mobile apps that improve adult literacy launched by innovation engine, Xprize
On the heels of its call out for children’s literacy development, the facilitator of exponential change launches its second learning-related campaign, this time connected to adult learning.
10 // Think you know your world? Test your Geography with this digital global development game
20 questions which stretch your knowledge, not only of the world’s geographical make-up, but in connection to who holds the globe’s power, money and resources. There’s a few 'I didn’t know that’ curve balls to keep you feeling like a every day is a school day.