From douglas at publicsphereproject.org Wed Apr 15 12:00:37 2020 From: douglas at publicsphereproject.org (Doug Schuler) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:00:37 -0700 Subject: [Ci4cg-announce] Fwd: The United Nations Development Programme COVID-19 Contest Announcement Message-ID: The COVID-19 Detect & Protect Challenge with Hackster COVID-19 is an unprecedented global health and humanitarian emergency, which threatens to create devastating social, economic, and political crises. In some of the world's most vulnerable areas, the impact could be catastrophic. This extraordinary situation demands innovation and ingenuity from the best and brightest of humanity, wherever it may be found. Today, the United Nations Development Programme is announcing the *COVID-19 Detect and Protect Challenge *, in partnership with Hackster and some of the world's leading technology companies. We're calling on the community to support developing countries through the sharing and transfer of open source technology. This challenge has three priority actions: - Design replicable, low-cost tools and resources to aid viral detection - Flatten the curve in communities with preventive solutions - Reduce the disease's impact on the economies of these vulnerable areas The 10 best entries will receive a $1,000 Visa gift card, an NXP HoverGames drone and telemetry radio, and most importantly, a Global UNDP Innovator Award badge and certificate. JOIN THE CHALLENGE TODAY Copyright © 2020 Hackster.io, an Avnet Community. All rights reserved. Douglas Schuler douglas at publicsphereproject.org Twitter: @doug_schuler ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Public Sphere Project http://www.publicsphereproject.org/ Mailing list ~ Collective Intelligence for the Common Good * http://lists.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci 4cg-announce* Creating the World Citizen Parliament http://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/may-june-2013/creating-the-world-citizen-parliament Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (project) http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/lv Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (book) http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11601 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: