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Opti prepares today's infrastructure for tomorrow's storms. We provide Continuous Monitoring and Adaptive Control (CMAC) of stormwater systems at watershed scale.
Samurai is a Frontier Artificial Intelligence Lab Dedicated to Eliminating Online Violence
We develop a computer vision method to measure changes in the physical appearances of neighborhoods from street-level imagery.
This group is being formed to evaluate, design, validate, and source the fabrication of open source emergency medical supplies around the world, given a variety of local supply conditions.
Pollution Explorers
EuropeWearable technology to map subjective perception of air quality. Pollution Explorers is a participatory project exploring air quality issues through people’s subjective perception and wearable technology.
Beta Blocks
Boston, MAExploring new approaches for community-led innovation in public spaces.
WITNESS is an international nonprofit organization that trains and supports people using video in their fight for human rights.
The Soft Robotics Toolkit grew out of research conducted at Harvard University and Trinity College Dublin which focused on developing better instructional kits for hands-on design courses (Dónal P. Holland et al. 2014).
It’s not just for financial institutions; government agencies can use this digital ledger technology to protect trusted records and simplify interactions with citizens.
This OII research programme investigates legal, ethical, and social aspects of AI, machine learning, and other emerging information technologies.
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The Trevor Project received a grant from Google AI Impact to do machine learning on incoming calls to route callers to FAQs or humans.
Sensors.AFRICA
NairobiWe are here to give you actionable information about the quality of your city's air, water and sound.
Programa de Derechos Humanos
Mexico City, CDMX, MexicoEl Programa de Derechos Humanos busca, desde su creación en el año de 1998, contribuir a la plena vigencia de los derechos humanos en México a través de la investigación con pertinencia social, la incidencia en el contexto político y social y la promoción de la justicia.
Wagbot
New ZealandWagbot is a Facebook Messenger-based chatbot designed to answer questions from school children about sexualhealth and related issues.
Embracing Our Humanity to Maximize Machines
Facebook Tracking Exposed
Italy (Italia)a project to improve the transparency behind Facebook’s algorithms
The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation.
Legal Chat
AustraliaLegal Services Commission of South Australia’s Legal Chat service provides live chat support during working hours.
WorkIt Walmart employee app
New York CityAI bot that can navigate and serve up FAQ content in conversations with workers
“The Checkpoint tipline is primarily used to gather data for research, and is not a helpline that will be able to provide a response to every user.”
Blackbaud
Charleston, South CarolinaThe world's leading cloud software company powering #socialgood.
LinkNYC is a first-of-its-kind communication network, bringing the fastest free public Wi-Fi to millions of New Yorkers and visitors.
Copy, Paste, Legislate
Phoenix, AZ, USAAn investigative series deploying algorithms to detect copy-paste legislation
Help train an AI that encourages women to use more assertive language in their bios and professional descriptions.
A useful comparison of videochat solutions
ICTworks™ is the premier community for international development professionals committed to utilizing new and emerging technologies to magnify the intent of communities to accelerate their social and economic development.
Question Bridge is an innovative transmedia project that facilitates a dialogue between Black men from diverse and contending backgrounds and creates a platform for them to represent and redefine Black male identity in America.
Blockchain for Social Impact
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Knight Way, Stanford, CA, USAA field scan of blockchain for social good projects by the Stanford Graduate School of Business
A startup developing an automated toolkit for energy monitoring and management
Luftdaten
Stuttgart, GermanyMeasure air quality yourself
US Federal Virtual/Augmented Reality program
United States of America (the)The Federal VR and AR Program is a collaborative hub for the research and refinement of VR and AR business cases and pilot programs across government.
Washington, D.C. – Eleven projects that seek to help develop and expand best practices in immersive storytelling, including narratives, ethics and production, will receive a share of $285,000 as winners ... Read More
PakAirQuality
PakistanPakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی) provides community-driven air quality data to increase social awareness.
ml5.js aims to make machine learning approachable for a broad audience of artists, creative coders, and students. The library provides access to machine learning algorithms and models in the browser, building on top of TensorFlow.js with no other external dependencies.
Tea Base
Chinatown Centre, Spadina Avenue, Toronto, ON, CanadaTea Base is a DIY community art space in the basement of the Chinatown Centre in Toronto.
Citizen participation and machine learning for a better democracy
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)The experiment will test whether machine learning and natural language processing (NLP) can effectively cluster similar proposals and recommendations from ‘like minded citizens’ on the Consul digital democracy platform
Hiring people from the bottom of the pyramid to complete digital work - SamaHub is Samasource’s training data annotation platform used to manage the entire annotation lifecycle. The platform ensures high-quality, human-powered training data and validation for world leading AI teams.
Digital Trust for Places & Routines (DTPR) is an open-source communication standard to increase the transparency, legibility and accountability of digital technology in the built environment.
Principled Artificial Intelligence
Berkman Center For Internet, Everett Street, Cambridge, MA, USAA map of ethical and rights-based approaches
In partnership with municipal crowdfunding platform Neighborly and the Berkeley Blockchain Lab, Berkeley City Council is planning on issuing municipal bonds on the blockchain.
Automating NYC
New York CityWe want to empower New Yorkers to advocate for ADSs that work to undo unjust systems instead of encoding inequality.
Follow air quality in your city in real-time, and protect yourself from pollution thanks to our personalized advice and hourly forecasts.
Eleven Predictions on the Influence of Emerging Technologies
The MobLab Dispatch is a round-up of the most thought-provoking stories, resources, opportunities and discussions about changemaking in today’s networked world.
People with access to lasercutters and 3D printers are designing and fabricating face masks for front-line healthcare workers
Bloomberg Philanthropies Government Innovation program
Bloomberg Philanthropies, 25 East 78th Street, New York, NY 10075, USAAPPLYING THE BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES APPROACH TO DRIVE INNOVATION IN CITIES
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Soofa
24 Thorndike Street, Cambridge, MA 02141Soofa makes smart, social, and sustainable technologies for cities and communities. We’re revolutionizing the way we communicate in cities.
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