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Real-time Disaster and Relief Information

From MIT Global Challenge Problem Set:

 

"The availability of timely and accurate information about the situation on the ground - to search and rescue teams, medics, relief workers - in the hours and days following a disaster is complicated by difficulties of volume, validity, and coordination."

 

globalchallenge.mit.edu/problems/view/9

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Make integration less black and white

From OpenIDEO: "We need to come up with new, innovative ways to handle the discussion of integration in order to improve incentives that creates value for individuals and society as a whole."

 

openideo.com/open/what-is-the-global-challenge-that-most-concerns-you-right-now-and-that-global-innovation-leaders-could-begin-to-solve/agenda-concepts/how-can-we-make-integration-questions-less-black-and-white/

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Coordinate Disaster Relief to Make it Efficient And Effective

From OpenIDEO: "Is there a better way to coordinate the good will, resources and energy of the global community to more efficiently and effectively bring relief to the victims of disaster?" openideo.com/open/what-is-the-global-challenge-that-most-concerns-you-right-now-and-that-global-innovation-leaders-could-begin-to-solve/agenda-concepts/how-can-disaster-relief-be-coordinated-to-make-it-most-efficient-and-effective/ ...more »

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Share social innovation best practices

From OpenIDEO: "Social innovation endeavors are popping up everywhere - from sanitary pads, to toilets, to solar roofing. How can we share business model, design and financing best practices across industries?" openideo.com/open/what-is-the-global-challenge-that-most-concerns-you-right-now-and-that-global-innovation-leaders-could-begin-to-solve/agenda-concepts/how-can-we-share-social-innovation-best-practices-/ ...more »

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Ecocities to 3D

Planned ecocities, such as Masdar City, should be available in 3D in for example Google Earth.

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Smart energy data services

Smart energy meters, and smart grids will soon be part of households' everyday life in many countries. We need better services connected to the data that these technologies provide.

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Decrease cholera

Peter Hotez of George Washington University, says the problem is there are "too few doses on hand". People in regions in which cholera is prevalent, such as Africa, do not use much vaccine as the immunity the vaccines elicit does not last long.

 

More info here (specifically Haiti):

www.newscientist.com/article/dn19781-haitis-cholera-outbreak-will-go-from-bad-to-worse.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=health

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Clean oceans from garbage

Nick Mallos, a marine scientist, describes the trash vortex as being more like an archipelago in character, with parts being clear ocean, while other parts are dense and deep with trash.

 

More information here:

greenbuildingelements.com/2010/11/30/the-problem-when-trash-meets-ocean/

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Re-grow rainforest

For example, Willie Smits has found a way to re-grow clearcut rainforest in Borneo: www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/willie_smits_restores_a_rainforest.html

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Visualize the hidden data to use it effectively

Hans Rosling says we should visualize the hidden data to use it effectively. www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html

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