Stories
Below is a collection of inspiring / empowering / feel-good articles we have stumbled across where people or organisations are using data for good causes. We hope they inspire you to think about how you are/could be utilising your data or at the very least make you hopeful for the future!
If you come across an interesting article/topic/organisation send it through to us at connect@data4good.com.au and it could be featured on this page or in our next newsletter!
*Words are not all ours, authors are credited in individual articles.
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Inside a project that used AI to help survivors of modern slavery
By McKinsey & Company For survivors of modern slavery, the end of the nightmare is hardly the end of the story. After rescue or escape, the recovery process begins. That process can be long and complicated, and it’s often aided by anti-slavery ...
Internet of Things in agriculture
By Agriculture Victoria The Internet of Things (IoT) is about making “dumb” things “smart” by connecting them to each other and to the internet. It enables physical objects to be sensed and controlled remotely, creating opportunities for more...
The Emissions Impact of Coronavirus Lockdowns, As Shown by Satellites
There’s a high chance you’re reading this while practicing social distancing, or while your corner of the world is under some type of advised or enforced lockdown....
How AI could predict sight-threatening eye conditions
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK and USA and is the third largest cause of blindness across the globe. The latest research collaboration between Google Health, DeepMind and Moorfields Eye Hospital ...
Big Data says time’s running out to save the Environment
BY LITO VILISONI WILSON-U. MELBOURNE Big data can help scientists chart not only the degradation of the environment but also help achieve sustainability, according to a new paper. Lead author Rebecca Runting from the University of Melbourne’s Scho...
Using AI to find where the wild things are
According to the World Wildlife Fund, vertebrate populations have shrunk an average of 60 percent since the 1970s. And a recent UN global assessment found that we’re at risk of losing one million species to extinction, many of which may become e...
Help us train AI models to detect deforestation.
By Albert Van Jaarsveld CEO International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis The Amazon is disappearing. The Amazon rainforest, spanning 5.5 million square kilometers, is an area half the size of the US, and larger than the European Union. Thi...
Opportunities for big data in conservation and sustainability
Big data reveals new, stark pictures of the state of our environments. It also reveals ‘bright spots’ amongst the broad pattern of decline and—crucially—the key conditions for these cases. Big data analyses could benefit the planet if tightly...
AUSTLANG provides an insight into the different indigenous languages used in Australia
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. AUSTLANG provides information ...
COVID-19 Resources
As with many of the global challenges we work to tackle every day, the Coronavirus Disease-2019, or COVID-19, requires collective action and a coordinated response. It can't be contained by any one country, organization, or person....
Indigenous knowledge linked to pollution data
By Dr Scott Chambers Scientists who study the atmosphere often use seasonal averages in their studies of pollution, because seasonal variability acts as a driver of changes in pollution. Dr Scott Chambers, a member of ANSTO’s expert radon team, was...
Machine learning meets African agriculture
By Nilesh Bell-Gorsia – Executive Producer, Google Developer Studio n 2016, a crop-destroying caterpillar, Fall Armyworm (FAW) was first detected in Africa. The crop pest has since devastated agriculture by infecting millions of corn fields, w...
