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Tracking some of the world's biggest killers, via cellphone

Rae Ellen Bichell

December 25, 2017 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Madagascar

A new project uses cellphones to provide users with information about mosquitos carrying deadly viruses as well as the ability to report sightings of virus carrying mosquitos. Through this reporting system, entomologists are able to more comprehensively and quickly know where work has to be done to keep people safe from disease.

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How Georgia State Stopped Students From Slipping Through The Cracks

Martha Dalton

December 18, 2017 |

WABE |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Georgia

Georgia State University recognized that a large portion of their students don't graduate. They identified academic behaviours that correlate to flunking out and hired advisors to keep an eye on all students and contact them to help if a student exhibits one of these behaviours.

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How a custom Microsoft app is helping the Caribbean rebuild after hurricanes

Gregory Scruggs

December 17, 2017 |

GeekWire |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Antigua and Barbuda, Codrington

Bringing data analysis technology into post-disaster scenarios can improve methods of allocating funding for disaster relief and reconstruction projects. The UN and Microsoft have partnered to develop the Building Damage Assessment app. Teams on the ground can use the software package to collect and analyze data, which can then be easily disseminated and shared with policymakers.

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Estonia, the Digital Republic

Nathan Heller

December 11, 2017 |

The New Yorker |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Estonia

The e-Estonia project eliminates information silos, pairing blockchain with an easy to use data-sharing platform. The X-Road platform platform acts like a bridge, linking the information in places like doctors offices and governmental agencies together, providing a more efficient data management system for users and bureaucrats alike. The e-Estonia program also offers e-residencies to those who wish to use the services outside of the country. Blockchain technology lends the entire system added security.

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A Tech-Based Tool To Address Campus Sexual Assault

Anya Kamenetz

December 06, 2017 |

NPR |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

A software platform, developed by a women-led nonprofit startup, aims to make it easier and less traumatic for victims to report sexual assault. In use on 12 college campuses, Callisto provides administrators and students with appropriate resources, and highlights patterns and repeat offenders. Since its adoption, the platform's founder says, victims are reporting incidents faster, making it easier for schools or the police to take effective action.

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7,500 Strangers Just Bought A Crumbling French Chateau Together

Laurel Wamsley

December 05, 2017 |

NPR |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: France, Les Trois-Moutiers

Dartagnans is a French crowdfunding platform that aims to use crowdfunding as a way to protect the “cultural heritage” of France. Most recently, a fundraiser for a historic castle succeeded in raising 500,000 euros, which will go toward restoring the heritage site that dates back to the 13th century. Though it’s not the most traditional way to restore old buildings, the platform has had several successes in this realm.

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Meet Arachnid, the crawler hunting child abuse photos across the web

Edward Siddons

December 05, 2017 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba

For all the positive tools and platforms the internet has helped create over the decades, it can also be an extremely dark place, and has unfortunately enabled the horrific and wide-spread sharing of millions of images depicting child abuse, including of rape and torture. Artificial Intelligence - specifically the Arachnid web crawler launched by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection - is proving the most efficient and effective weapon in shutting down these abominable sites, combing through scores of data at a speed no human or government can match, and issuing takedown notices.

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Can This Game-Like App Help Students Do Better in School?

Tara Garcia Mathewson

November 29, 2017 |

Wired |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

The Fresno school district is getting surprising results following the rollout of Strides, a student portal app that gamefies the learning experience and in doing so incentivizes students to stay engaged. Like with other social media apps, students earn points and maintain streaks, but in this case they rack up awards for attendance, academic performance, and extracurricular participation. Still digesting the success of the technology, schools are working to strike the right balance between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to ensure students remain interested in the app and their school work.

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Engineering solutions for the future of modern medicine

Lucy Jolin

November 28, 2017 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: England

The healthcare world is highly innovative right now as it tries to make medicine more personalized and harnesses engineering. Hitachi is trying to aggregate data in order to prevent disease and help the healthcare system function better.

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The New Technologies That Could Slow the Slaughter of Sharks

Matthew O. Berger

November 20, 2017 |

News Deeply |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

Each year millions of sharks are inadvertently slaughtered by long-line fishing gear, and the decimation of top predator populations has detrimental effects on the greater ocean ecosystem. New tracking technology that allows researchers and institutions to follow the movements of sharks and overlay the data with that of commercial fishing boats is proving a promising way to help prevent bycatch as well as illegal fishing, and better protect shark populations.

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