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  • How a Louisville company aims to make electric cars cost less and drive farther using technology from CU

    January 02, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Colorado

    Solid state battery technology is gaining momentum towards positively impacting electric cars in both cost and distance efficiency. In Louisville, Colorado, one company is looking at expanding this momentum by raising funds to build the largest solid state battery factory that is focusing on making "light, fast-charging and, hopefully, cheaper batteries for electric transportation, from next-generation electric vehicles to drones or even electric airplanes."

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  • Chicago murder rate drops for second year in a row

    January 01, 2019 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Data-driven policing, higher rates of gun seizures, increased hiring and a focus on improving community trust have positively impacted Chicago police. For second year in a row, the city saw a drop in murder rates, shootings, robberies, burglaries and carjackings.

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  • Newcastle's 'digital twin' to help city plan for disasters

    December 30, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: England, Newcastle

    Thanks to technology used in "Formula One teams and engine manufacturers like Rolls Royce," Newcastle is digitally replicating the entire city in order to project potential natural disaster occurrence and population increases. In doing so, the city is able to prepare for ways to act should a disaster occur.

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  • How a Tech Geek Is Using Machine Learning to Hold Human Rights Abusers Accountable

    December 28, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Patrick Ball, cofounder of the nonprofit Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG), has helped use quantitative data to put numbers behind things that were before unprovable — i.e. the difference between genocide and random violence. Ball and HRDAG have analyzed existing data to come up with the "invisible" data, overlaying several sets of statistics with machine learning to come up with stats like the fact that you were eight times more likely to be killed by the army in the Ixil region in the early 1980s if you were indigenous. Ball also advises nine truth commissions, four UN commissions, and more.

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  • Business For Good: Giving PTSD the Attention it Deserves

    December 27, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    An Army veteran who served in Iraq saw that post traumatic Stress disorder afflicted too many of his peers. He started a mental health technology company that tracks health data from heart rate to exercise to time spent meditating or journaling. The app can signal to users when they should check in with professionals. The business is attracting funding and partnerships.

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  • Virtual Reality Helps Hospice Workers See Life And Death Through A Patient's Eyes

    December 27, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Biddeforde, Maine

    The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine is using virtual reality to help medical students empathize with patients who are at the end of their lives. The technology has also been used to create other simulations and help health-care workers in training better understand their patients, but critics say that, without careful supervision, these virtual realities can create and reinforce prejudice.

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  • Mobile fingerprint scanners may save you from being arrested due to mistaken identity

    December 27, 2018 |

    Coloradoan |

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    Response Location: United States, Larimer County, Colorado

    Mobile fingerprint scanners are proving to be a useful asset to the Larimer County Sheriff's Office in Northern Colorado. From confirming the identity of those without their license to identifying a dead body, this technology is improving efficiency and accuracy for law enforcement.

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  • Leveraging technology to keep Indian women safe

    December 26, 2018 |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    Indian women have turned to smartphone apps like Safecity to help protect them from sexual violence. These apps use a combination of geo tracking and crowd-sourced stories to illuminate patterns of abuse in certain locations. Now, authorities, organizations, and individuals are using these apps to track and reduce instances of sexual violence around the world.

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  • How a Colorado family launched a Christmas toy hack-a-thon for children with disabilities that has gone global

    December 25, 2018 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    What began as an individual project for a family adapting toys for their children with disabilities to use and communicate with has turned into a global non-profit operation. With a dedicated volunteer base and a frugal idea to make toys more accessible, those with disabilities across the world have been able to receive toys that are both fun and accessible.

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  • As Polar Bear Attacks Increase in Warming Arctic, a Search for Solutions

    December 19, 2018 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: Canada, Churchill, Manitoba

    As sea ice melts, polar bears in the Arctic spend increasingly more time on land, leading to dangerous conflicts with people. While Inuit communities and conservationists are at odds on how to manage the bears, researchers are developing technologies to reduce fatal conflicts. Patrols and the use of BEARDAR, a radar system that spots the animals on the landscape, have shown some promise.

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