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.
by Ryne Hager, Android Police
How does Android’s new Earthquake Alerts System work? In short: As quickly and ...
by Laura McGorman, Guanghua Chi, and Han Fang, Brookings
In addition to its devastating public health impacts, ...
by Andrew Gregory, The Guardian
Artificial intelligence is to be used to tackle racial inequalities in the NHS ...
by Ellen Macarthur Foundation
In a typical commercial kitchen, up to 20% of all food purchased is ...
by Future Food Systems
With $20 billion of food wasted across Australia annually and nearly a $1 trillion ...
by International Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations
The International Organization for Migration ...
by Inès Magoum, Afrik 21
Monrovia City Corporation (MCC) took the opportunity of the launch of the second State ...
This article is published in collaboration with Forbes
Around the world, 3.2 billion people are affected by ...
by Edward Lempinen, Berkeley News
Deep streams of data from Earth-imaging satellites arrive in databases every ...
by Noah Smith, Direct Relief
Data collection and information tools are informing disaster response to ...
by Mark Minevich, Global Digital Cognitive Strategist, Digital Visionary, Artificial Intelligence expert, Venture ...
by TechHQ
In the US, The Bright Initiative worked with the community service project ‘Find A Shot’, which ...