Projects - Tech for public challenges

The Internet of Ownership

New York, NY

The Internet of Ownership is a resource for the emerging online democratic economy.

Queensland Law Handbook

Queensland, Australia

Queensland Law Handbook is a comprehensive and accessible resource designed to help Queensland residents withtheir legal problems.

Haqdarshak

India

Haqdarshak enables citizens to access government welfare schemes for which they are eligible. They provide onlineand offline support with documentation and applications.

MobLab Dispatch

The MobLab Dispatch is a round-up of the most thought-provoking stories, resources, opportunities and discussions about changemaking in today’s networked world.

MetaSUB

413 E 69th St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Metagenomics & Metadesign of Subways & Urban Biomes

yAvo

Moldova (the Republic of)

yAvo is a free legal advice service where users can post legal or law related queries on the platform, which are thenanswered by lawyers and legal professionals registered on the site.

C-App

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

C-App provides guidance, support, and advice for most parts of the application process for Employment and Support Allowance and Personal Independent payment benefits, respectively.

Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Response

Wish you had a better way to make sense of Twitter during disasters than this? Type in a keyword like #ChileEarthquake in Twitter's search box above and you'll see more tweets than you can possibly read in a day let alone keep up with for more than a few minutes. Wish there way were an easy, free and open…

eBird

Ithaca, New York

Code for Australia School Finder

New South Wales, Australia

School Finder is an online tool for parents or guardians to find the right school for their kids.

Quality education

LawzGrid

India

LawzGrid allows individuals and businesses to seek legal information, find a lawyer and create online legaldocuments based on their requirements.

Legal Chat

Australia

Legal Services Commission of South Australia’s Legal Chat service provides live chat support during working hours.

Oyez

565 W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60661, USA

It aims to be a complete and authoritative source for all audio recorded in the Court since the installation of a recording system in October 1955.

Bots for Charity

Direct Relief, 6100 Wallace Becknell Road, Santa Barbara, California 93117, USA

Direct Relief began leveraging the Facebook Chatbot technology to better solicit their stakeholders.

Law Padi

Nigeria

LawPadi started as an online legal advice system to provide information and resources to people in Nigeria.

Purple Air

110 West 13800 South, Draper, UT 84020, USA

A low cost air quality sensor network providing real time measurement of air quality on a public map.

air quality

Code for Australia Foresight

Victoria, Australia

Foresight is a platform that layers complex datasets into one single source of truth.

NetHope

10615 Judicial Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA

NetHope is a collaboration of leading international NGOs serving tens of millions each year in 180+ countries.

Copernicus

Avenue d'Auderghem 45, Brussels, Belgium

The European Union Earth Observation Programme

Arizona Eviction Help

Arizona

Arizona Eviction Help makes it easier for tenants to learn about eviction hearings, identify potential defenses to useand create court documents to use.

housing

Lexassisto

India

Lexassisto is an interactive online resource that attempts to make the law and information about legal processesmore accesible to people.

Mulika

Kenya

Mulika allows users to annoymously report corruption by government officials and other crimes through SMS. Userscan report a case by sending a text message, which is forwarded to relevant officials.

Baobab Law

South Africa

Baobab.law attempts to remove barriers to legal assistance by providing DIY legal solutions in the form of videotutorials. Videos are recorded with professional lawyers, and are available in multiple languages.

Code & Response (film)

A film about civic hackers and digital humanitarians responding to crises

Justice Innovation Startup Lab

University of Southern California LA

Learn about design thinking, justice innovation, and legal tech and apply them to the challenge of developing products and services that yield better justice outcomes.

Legistify

India

Legistify is a platform where people in need of legal assistance can find a lawyer.

Legal Swipe

Toronto

Legalswipe educates users about their legal rights through a series of menus and cues.

Presolv360

India

Presolv360 is an online dispute prevention service that aims to prevent legal disputes and litigation. The Presolv forAll service is available as a free service for underprivileged members of the society.

Lawger

Canada

Lawger uses an online bidding system to connect people with lawyers. Once users submit their legal problem, lawyers registered with the programme can bid on the case.

Catalist

United States of America (the)

Catalist compiles, enhances, stores, and dynamically updates data on over 256 million unique voting-age individuals across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Working with Catalist can help you build membership, target persuasive messaging, engage activists, drive an issue agenda, and register or mobilize voters.

CanDo

Everyone a humanitarian

LawGives

Canada

LawGives is an online legal service platform. Users can input their legal problem and the site generates free quotes and consultations from registered attorneys.

Refugees United

Kampala Accountancy Bureau, Plot 3 Wampewo Avenue, Kampala, Uganda

REUNITE's family tracing platform helps refugees and displaced persons search, connect and communicate with their loved ones. Here is how we do it.

refugees

Proterra

1815 Rollins Road, Burlingame, CA 94010, USA

Heavy-duty electric vehicle manufacturer delivering clean, quiet transportation for all.

mobility

Project Homeless Connect

25 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA, USA

Project Homeless Connect connects San Franciscans experiencing homelessness with the care they need to move forward.

Gravyty First Draft

Self-written emails for you to send to your donors.

Ignis

Lincoln, NE, USA

The system attaches to a drone, and drops small incendiaries known as “dragon eggs” from a safe height, at a much lower cost and personal risk than a helicopter.

fires

Lexcare

India

Lexcare is an online forum where people can post legal questions and recieve advice. Users can also find lawyers andconsult them for a fee.

Facebook Safety Check

Facebook

Matras 2

Qatar

Matras 2 offers a range of services, related to matters such as vehicle registration, immigration and visadocumentation, and loss of documents.

Find a legal aid adviser

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Find A Legal Aid Adviser is an online tool through which users can find a legal aid adviser or a family mediator.

Meditect

Côte d'Ivoire

Meditect offers an innovative mobile solution which combines blockchain and artificial intelligence to allow pharmacists and patients to scan their medicines and thus ensure their authenticity.