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  • Steps toward age-friendliness in West Sacramento

    December 13, 2018 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    As part of a larger effort to make the city of West Sacramento more friendly to their aging population, an on-demand ride-sharing app was developed to make transportation more accessible for seniors who cannot easily use public transportation. The response has been overwhelming, and the project will soon be able to support itself financially. The city is also using another app to help connect seniors with volunteer opportunities that make use of their skills, which was something else they learned was desired by doing focus groups.

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  • Asian Ride-Sharing Apps Speed Up to Cut Men Out of Equation

    December 13, 2018 |

    OZY |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    Across Asia, ride-sharing startups are being created to provide women with safe transportation options. From India to Pakistan to Saudi Arabia, these companies starting all-women teams of drivers or offering women the option to hire female drivers. These companies are part of a larger, global trend as a – albeit short-term – response to the #MeToo culture.

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  • App that works as panic button helped save Grand Junction teen from alleged kidnapping

    December 08, 2018 |

    The Denver Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Grand Junction, Colorado

    In Colorado an alleged kidnapping was thwarted thanks to an app that acted as a panic button on a teen's cell phone, alerting police to his exact location. It's one of several apps taking hold across the country, including in schools where they are a tool to alert responders to mass shootings, and provide key information for police, such as the layout of a school. Panic button apps have been installed on phones in some school districts in New York, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and California.

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  • Depression Can Be Hard To Talk About, So Farmers Turn To Twitter For Support

    December 07, 2018 |

    Wyoming Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    #Agtwitter provides a space for social connection among farmers. What started as a hashtag to disseminate advice about farming practices and farm equipment has grown into a digital space where people can connect and even vent about their personal challenges. In a region characterized by high suicide rates, Agtwitter helps lessen the often-isolating expanses of America’s mountain west.

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  • Inspecting bridges is hard and dangerous. Send in the drones

    December 05, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Inspecting bridges for repairs can be a risky protocol for those involved, so Intel is attempting to utilize drones to mitigate the danger. The data collected can be more efficiently shared and analyzed, which in turn reduced the cost of performing bridge inspections.

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  • Scientists develop 10-minute universal cancer test

    December 04, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Australia, Queensland

    A new inexpensive and fast procedure can detect the presence of cancer cells in a person’s body. The ease and 90% accuracy rate of this test could make it an effective initial scan for malignant cells detecting cancer earlier.

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  • Betting on a new way to make concrete that doesn't pollute

    December 02, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Piscataway, New Jersey

    Solidia, a cement and concrete technology company, is changing the chemistry of how cement is created that could make the building material cheaper and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Cement plants create more carbon dioxide than any other manufacturing process, so the American-based company is testing how to use the greenhouse gas to incorporate it into the mixture instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. So far, it can reduce as much as 70 percent of CO2 that is normally emitted from the process and it's faster to make than normal concrete.

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  • Meet Singapore's robotic police task force

    November 30, 2018 |

    GovInsider |

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    Response Location: Singapore

    The Singapore Police Force is utilizing technology to expand their surveillance efforts with patrol robots and drones. From search and rescue operations to identifying concerning sounds, these tools will support officers by increasing the efficiency of response protocols.

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  • Coastal farmers tackle salinity with innovative measures

    November 30, 2018 |

    Village Square |

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    Response Location: India, Tharangambadi

    In coastal Tamil Nadu, farmers are using traditional techniques to combat salinity and drought conditions. Farmers caution that as sea levels rise and the climate changes, traditional practices and organic farming will be necessary to harvest crops.

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  • Putting this material on roofs can help clean up smoggy air

    November 29, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Air quality is a growing problem for much of the world, but has been especially noticeable as of late thanks to the large wildfires that have overtaken much of California. While many are focused on reducing emissions in order to impact the air quality, the 3M Company has identified another short term solution in the form of turning smog into water through the use of roofing granules.

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