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Louisiana Enters the Era of the Digital Driver's License

Skip Descant

January 15, 2019 |

Government Technology |

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Response Location: United States, Louisiana

Louisiana rolled out its digital driver's license (DDL) app in July 2018, which includes a digital representation of a physical license and a real-time validity check feature called VerifyYou. Since the launch, 77,000 people have downloaded the app.

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Solar Farms Shine a Ray of Hope on Bees and Butterflies

Jodi Helmer

January 14, 2019 |

Scientific American |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

As farmland is converted to space for solar panels, researchers are planting native wildflowers amongst the technology to support populations of bees and other insects facing endangerment. While it's not the only solution needed to reverse the decline of pollinating species, as seen in the past decade, planting them in solar sites are a useful start.

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In Pakistan, sanitation and water access improves quality of life

Mahwish Qayyum

January 14, 2019 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: Pakistan

In Pakistan, water sanitation and hygiene is more than just a public health issue - it's also an issue of women's rights and safety as women face harassment when attempting to access water or when having to defecate in places that are not private. However, new hand pumps from NGOs and other state-sanctioned improvement projects have helped ensure that women have clean water closer to home, and that working toilets are provided at schools.

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Digital Death Doulas Handle Your Online Afterlife with Jiwa

Kristi Alexandra

January 13, 2019 |

Loose Lips Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

A tech start-up allows individuals to control what happens to their digital assets after death. Not all companies that manage your online data have deceased user policies. And where law firms and social media companies have been slow to acknowledge individual privacy rights and personal digital authorship after death, jiwa is stepping in. The company offers consultations and management of digital wills, encouraging people to consider their online afterlife.

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Guardian to be first national newspaper with biodegradable wrapping

Jim Waterson

January 11, 2019 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, London

National newspapers and mailers could do a lot to reduce plastic waste. Take a look at the UK's Guardian. In response to reader comments, the newspaper has stopped wrapping its deliveries in plastic, switching instead to a biodegradable material made from potato starch.

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How Singapore is using tech to rehabilitate prisoners

Varissara Charassangsomboon

January 11, 2019 |

GovInsider |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Singapore

The Digitalisation of Inmate Rehabilitation & Corrections Tool (DIRECT) project gives inmates in Singapore tablets to communicate with family members and access e-learning resources. Similar initiatives have been shown to reduce recidivism rates. “The resources in DIRECT allow for inmates to take greater ownership of their rehabilitation and prepare them for reintegration back into society upon their release,” Neo Ming Feng, the Deputy Superintendent of Prisons, said.

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How to reduce light pollution, an underestimated threat to our environment

Alisha McDarris

January 11, 2019 |

Popular Science |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Flagstaff, Arizona

There is so little artificial light in Flagstaff that you can see the Milky Way from downtown. The city has banned sweeping searchlights, required outdoor light to be shielded downwards, and switched illumination on all roadways and parking lots to low-pressure sodium lights. Annual “star parties” and other events keep residents committed to reducing light pollution, which has big impacts on human and animal health.

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With search for Alzheimer's drugs failing, tech firms try to offer solutions

Casey Ross

January 10, 2019 |

STAT |

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Response Location: United States, Las Vegas, Nevada

With little progress made on a successful treatment for Alzheimer's and prices for monitored care and medications rising, several technology companies are focusing on better ways to manage care. Through tactics such as virtual reality, robotic animals and facial analyzation, these companies are trying to both better serve the patient as well as support the families.

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India's city of Pune focuses on sanitation system of the future

Linda Givetash, Priti Gupta

January 10, 2019 |

NBC News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Pune

Public restrooms are not the norm throughout India, making open defecation a well-practiced habit, but in Nune, India, a Toilet Board Coalition is working to change that. From mobile bathrooms to built in sensors that will detect potential disease outbreaks, the city is focusing on rewriting its sanitation history.

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An Online Tool to Catch Workplace Sexual Predators

Jess McHugh

January 10, 2019 |

Wall Street Journal |

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Response Location: United States

Callisto Campus has given students at 12 colleges a secure, online place to record the details of sexual misconduct and to spot repeat offenders using a system that removes barriers to reporting abuse. Survivors who used it were six times more likely to report assaults to campus authorities. The company that makes the system is testing it for use in the workplace, after learning from female startup founders how frequently they were harassed by investors. Callisto Expansion, the workplace version, may face more reluctance among employers unwilling to make it easier to report harassment and assaults.

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