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Emerging tech that could make outsized contributions to existing battles.
Suggested reading: Pathways Through the Portal: A Field Scan of Emerging Technologies in the Public Interest
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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.
Seeing AI
Redmond, WAA free app that narrates the world around you. Designed for the low vision community, this research project harnesses the power of AI to describe people, text and objects
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.
An approach to machine learning where the data is not centralized
Atlas AI
Palo AltoOur software measures economic and infrastructure conditions across Africa, informing how capital can be deployed to drive forward economic progress.
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.
Aspen Tech Policy Hub Fellowship Program
Bay Area, CA, USAOur program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs.
Development Seed is supporting the World Bank to identify dangerous housing in Colombia through the use of artificial intelligence.
Your Priorities applies AI
Reykjavík, IcelandEmpowering citizens democratically with Artificial Intelligence
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
FarmChat
India (Bhārat)Using Chatbots to Answer Farmer Queries in India
Governance for a Post Nation-State world. For everyone, anywhere.
Horizon State is about unlocking the power of communities to drive organisations forward.
This is an exploratory overview of current and upcoming sources of data, processing pipelines, and data products. It is aimed at helping non-experts explore and harness the unfolding revolution of Earth observation, with an emphasis on understanding current capabilities and project development considerations.
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
Technology and Design programming for the people of East Oakland and beyond
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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.
Machine learning software that scans Ukrainian government procurement contracts for signs of corruption
U.S. Federal Blockchain program
GSA (General Services Administration), F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAGSA launched the U.S. Federal Blockchain program for federal agencies and U.S. businesses who are interested in exploring distributed ledger tech.
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Waterloo, ON, CanadaCIGI builds bridges from knowledge to power by conducting world-leading research and analysis to offer innovative policy solutions for the digital era.
Institute for the Future
Institute for the Future, Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA, USA50 years of leading the world in strategic futures
Legal Chat
AustraliaLegal Services Commission of South Australia’s Legal Chat service provides live chat support during working hours.
Eleven Predictions on the Influence of Emerging Technologies
Media Democracy Fund
Media Democracy Fund, Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USAAt the crossroads of digital technology and social justice.
How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass
The gallery was founded in Brooklyn in 2013 to support artists making computer-based artworks, by installing solo exhibitions of experimental media art.
This OII research programme investigates legal, ethical, and social aspects of AI, machine learning, and other emerging information technologies.
BRCK
iHub NairobiAccess the internet simply and reliably where you are. BRCK is a rugged, self powered, cloud enabled wifi hotspot router with built in fail-overs.
Bots for Charity
Direct Relief, 6100 Wallace Becknell Road, Santa Barbara, California 93117, USADirect Relief began leveraging the Facebook Chatbot technology to better solicit their stakeholders.
Innovation has been at the core of our corporate DNA since 1936, and the last several years have seen a wave of innovation that is delivering the promise of Smart Parking to cities of all sizes.
Help train an AI that encourages women to use more assertive language in their bios and professional descriptions.
Law Padi
NigeriaLawPadi started as an online legal advice system to provide information and resources to people in Nigeria.
It’s not just for financial institutions; government agencies can use this digital ledger technology to protect trusted records and simplify interactions with citizens.
Purple Air
110 West 13800 South, Draper, UT 84020, USAA low cost air quality sensor network providing real time measurement of air quality on a public map.
NetHope
10615 Judicial Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, USANetHope is a collaboration of leading international NGOs serving tens of millions each year in 180+ countries.
Investigate how weather and climate change are impacting our communities and environment.
The Sentry
1420 K Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20005, USAThe Sentry is an investigative and policy team that follows the dirty money connected to African war criminals and transnational war profiteers and seeks to shut those benefiting from violence out of the international financial system.
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.
Brandwatch Consumer Research
48 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10010, USAGet consumer fit by accessing data from 100 million sources and over 1.3 trillion individual posts.
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