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So first off is a pretty general article that goes over some recent uses of crowdsourcing in Disaster Relief. http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/21/crowdsourcing-disaster-relief/ The first example is of http://oscargrantprotests.com/Ushahidi_Oakland/ which runs on the same platform as Ushahidi that we know from the readings. … Continue reading →

Here’s the video that we didn’t get a chance to show last class explaining attempts to use Cellphones as Microscopes in the developing world. http://www.livescience.com/common/media/video/player.php?aid=19748 There’s a WIRED article as well about the technology. http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2008/12/gallery_microscope_phone?slide=2&slideView=2 See you guys on Tuesday! … Continue reading →