by Data4Good | Jul 10, 2022 |
By George Newhouse, The Big Smoke NAIDOC Week is a time to celebrate Indigenous culture and community and acknowledge the survival of Indigenous peoples in the face of adversity. It is also an opportunity to reflect on the history of colonisation and the damage it has...
by Data4Good | Jun 22, 2022 |
by Robin de Vries, Geospatial Analyst To solve the plastic pollution problem, we must first understand its dimensions. Knowing how much and what kind of plastic has accumulated in the ocean garbage patches is especially important. A key objective for our Research Team...
by Data4Good | Jun 14, 2022 |
By Lilian Ta & Casey Merrick The Challenge BaptistCare NSW & ACT has been a leading provider of care to the aged and disadvantaged since 1944. In late 2021 and early 2022, a team of volunteers from Data4Good undertook a project to help BaptistCare...
by Data4Good | Jun 5, 2022 |
by Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine The battery-free devices could be used to gather environmental data over long distances and provide insights into an ecosystem’s health. Taking inspiration from floating dandelion seeds, University of Washington researchers...
by Data4Good | May 31, 2022
by Ryan Layer, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder Using big data to find cancerous mutations – When determining what type of cancer mutation a patient has, the gold standard is to compare two samples from the patient: one...
