Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Posted by Roberto
10:00 AM
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AGGREGATING INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC FOR USE IN CRISIS RESPONSE
Ushahidi, which means "testimony" in Swahili, is a website that was initially developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election fallout at the beginning of 2008. Reports were submitted via the web and mobile phone. This initial deployment of Ushahidi had 45,000 users in Kenya, and was the catalyst for realizing there was a need for a platform which could be use by others around the world.
Today, the Ushahidi Engine is a free and open source platform that allows anyone to gather distributed data via SMS, email or web and visualize it on a map or timeline.
Ushahidi
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Posted by Roberto
4:44 PM
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JILL BOLTE TAYLOR'S STROKE OF INSIGHT
Brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor studied her own stroke as it happened -- and has become a powerful voice for brain recovery:
An exploration of human emotion:
We Feel Fine
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