Have PyBossa running and have begun spec on the data interchange process.

 

Problem:

 

http://www.rhok.org/problems/integrating-microtasking-existing-crowdsour...

We've added a standard: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0Bxx77...

 

And, we've also created a form that leverages this standard, allowing legislator's offices to easily add this form to their website to quickly auto-generate the standard and send emails to their office.  The steps we're working on include:

 

-Geo-coded zipcode +4

-Legislative bill look up for Washington State and State of Oregon.

 

We've accomplished a form standardization process.

 

Next steps:

Link it to different states to aut

Coordinate is a simple mobile app and database that allows emergency response officials to plot hazards in an accurate and structured manner.  It allows an EOC and other response agencies to receive validated reports from responders out in the disaster area.  Information can be updated out in the disaster area allowing for a better common operating picture of what hazards still need to be resolved.

 

Project Members:

 

Nick Costa

Benjamin Hitov 

Avni Khatri 

Eron Gjoni

Amos Scott

Justin Kates

 

A couple of examples of how Coordinate will be used:

 

 

A major storm has occurred resulting in many trees and power lines being brought to the ground.  The Emergency Operations Center has been established to help coordinate the response.  Roads need to be cleared and downed power lines need to be removed

Fire Engine 4 has been responding to emergency calls since the incident started.  While traveling to calls, the Fire Officer has been plotting hazards on his smartphone with the Coordinate app.  The EOC has been monitoring these hazards as he plots them in the Coordinate Web UI and map displayed in the facility.

A Public Works crew has been dispatched by the EOC to handle a tree across a roadway.  They clear the tree, and the hazard that was plotted is edited to show it being cleared by Public Works at 3:30pm.  The EOC sees this and knows that the road is now opened back up

The Mayor's Office has been receiving calls about downed power lines all across the City.  A phone operator is taking these reports and entering them into the Coordinate Web UI.  All users on Coordinate are seeing these new incidents being plotted in the system.

A citizen, about to venture out after the storm to purchase food, visits the City's website to view the roads that are still closed.  He views a map on the website with information about hazards still out in the community, and determines that he should stay in his home until the roads are cleared.

 

Project Presentation:

 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hj4Vt_Q9DdIBsw48VEOy0pLx1Lt8bTZv...

 

Coordinate was named the winner of the December 2011 RHoK Boston event!

Watertech has access to many sensors spread across many companies that are used to monitor water coming into and going out of various systems. The goal of this solution is to enable a user to visualize the data collected by each of these sensors over time, and break the data down into a hierarchy defined by Company, Facility, Building, and System. We have created a system the models the structure and provides an interface to import sensor data, and a dashboard web application that lets a user select and graph individual sensors from any combination of items in the hierarchy on the same graph. These graphs can be evaluated within the application or exported to images or to CSV files that allow further analysis. Ultimately the goal is to provide a tool that allows users to evaluate their water usage and compare it to their production and to production of other companies in the same industry. This would allow companies to make more environmentally conscious decisions and create metrics about the water cost per unit of product made.

SnappyGames is a group of people who met at the London Random Hacks Of Kindness event in December 2011. We got together on a weekend to develop an educational computer game targeted at teenagers, and designed specifically for use in classrooms. The game allows students to explore the complexities and uncertainties involved in purchase decisions, and how these decisions can affect their long-term financial stability.

 

"All or Bust" is an interactive, multi-user computer simulation that can be used as a teaching tool in classrooms. Using a network of tablet computers and large displays, students can learn together in teams, while a teacher can observe their progress and moderate discussions. This pedagogical model and the technical framework were taken from an existing gaming platform called 4Decades. 4Decades was developed by Stefan Kreitmayer and has been used in management training for business leaders.

http://play4decades.com/

 

In the current version of the game, players can choose for a range of consumer products whether they prefer to pay them upfront or pay by credit. To inform this decision making, the tablets provide players with a forecast of how any decision will impact their financial situation in the next year. This short-term forecast allows players to try out, compare and evaluate various options before committing to a decision. However, since the game progresses over several decades of players' lives, players need to think ahead. Coming up with good long-term strategies is a process of creative problem solving that encourages players to draw on a variety of resources and skills. Resources include

 

- their personal subject matter knowledge

- their personal expectations about how the simulation reflects reality

- each other's knowledge and expectations

 

While discussing in-game decisions, teams use and practice their communication skills, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity.

Seed Swap App is a website for exchanging seeds among farmers and hobbyists.

 

People can upload a list of seed quantities they want to share with others, specifying species, variety, quantity and geographic location. People can also add a wishlist of seeds, and will be able to find people offering them in the surroundings, with a geographical search.

 

 Supporting  things globally online is very easy and popular at the moment. There  are Systems like Google+1;FaceBook Like and Flatter - to just name 3.  Offlike  aims to extend this pattern to local "offline" things. By placing  QR-Codes ( or later NFC ) on real places with real problems - and giving  the user the option to support this thing we hope to increase  involvement with problems that matter for you - localy - offline . 

Internet-based client service database designed to help non-profits and NGOs manage and report on their client service data - even if they have zero IT staff. URL: www.wirecar.org

Touch is a software that targets 3 main aspects of humanity's vulnerabilities to threats and disasters, both natural and human caused. It permits the free communication of information in the society but also tries to protect the same society by involving the different police departments and humanitarian agencies all over the globe. It was initially designed to solve 6 problem definitions of Rhok3 (http://www.rhok.org) 1. OneCrisis 2. Automatic Geo-Tagging of social media status update 3. All Hazards Search 4. NGO collaaboration Space 5. Urgent Needs Center 6. Disaster Safe but finally thanks to GOD, it came to resolve more than expected. It solves more than 7 problem definitions found in Rhok3. Some of these problem definitions details are given below: For: - All Hazards Search: Citizens typically are unaware of all the hazards where they live, work or play. They need a simple online search to get a map of all the hazards at a certain location as well as a written description of each. Emergency Management can then provide information on how the citizen can mitigate those hazards and reduce their risk. - NGO collaboration Space: NGOs would have either a widget that they could integrate into a cloud-based logistics management application or an easy to access website where they could quickly provide information per sector on where they are operating or what they are doing. Entering this information could take place from either a mobile device or a website, and needs to be extremely easy. - Another problem: Person Finder via Voice & Image: In case of japan earthquake, this system could help.a lot of missing people could found via this system.if someone find any person that needs help and seems to be missed, simply must record his voice and take a picture from his face and then upload to our website.we test these voice and image files with created models of every profiles and if any match occurs, we'll give the profile information to the uploader of the voice and image.we can get uploader 's email and send an email whenever we had a match in our models in future. Thanks for the time you have taken to read this summary, I hope it inspired you. Be blessed. Rweze Florian, Software Developer and Business Entrepreneur

we are using data from a traffic management website to provide optimal routes for a emergency vehicle and drawing it on a map .