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  • Building for Real With Digital Blocks

    October 15, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Sweden

    To get input on city design plans from citizens without any technical knowledge, some city planners are turning to Minecraft, an easy-to-use computer game that allows users to build in a three dimensional environment. Useful for planning public spaces (rather than designing a building), Minecraft has been adopted by UN Habitat to plan everything from soccer fields in Nairobi to a riverbank in Kosovo.

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  • Pinterest says AI reduced reported self-harm content by 88%

    October 10, 2019 |

    VentureBeat |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Using artificial intelligence, social media companies can quickly identify and reach out to those at risk for self-harm. Pinterest, a San Francisco-based social media company, is employing AI to support its user’s emotional well-being. Those who search for content related to self-harm receive links to support resources thanks to the help of collaborations with groups like the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Vibrant Emotional Health. The effort has significantly reduced content related to self-harm on the platform.

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  • Want To Reduce Suicides? Follow The Data — To Medical Offices, Motels And Even Animal Shelters

    September 23, 2019 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Hillsboro, Oregon

    To reduce the rate of suicides in Oregon, a Washington County epidemiologist formed an unlikely collaboration with the county's death investigators in order to build a comprehensive pool of data about where and why suicides were taking place. The outcome was a better understanding of prevention tactics that included partnering with "motel clerks and housekeepers, animal shelter workers, pain clinic staffers and more" to teach warning signs and ways to respond.

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  • Upcoming Philadelphia Based App Connects LGBTQ Folks with Informed Affordable Health Care

    September 04, 2019 |

    Philadelphia Gay News |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    When you're new to a city, finding health practitioners that you trust can be difficult, and it's made even more challenging if you identify as LGBTQ and are looking for queer-competent providers. A new app launching in Philadelphia changes that thought, by acting as a "queer health care 'Yelp.'”

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  • Tech giants and 2-year colleges are teaming up to teach in-demand skills

    September 04, 2019 |

    Education Dive |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Amazon has developed a cloud computing certificate. It is one of a growing number of technology companies partnering with community colleges and increasingly four year colleges to offer vendor-specific curriculum. But critics don't believe colleges will be able to change coursework as fast as the quickly evolving industry requires and argue that such as an approach is an imposition on academic freedom.

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  • How Singapore is reshaping the civil service with robots

    September 04, 2019 |

    GovInsider |

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    Response Location: Singapore

    Automating repetitive tasks allows civil servants to manage often tedious and high-volume workloads. By introducing forms of automated technology that are already common in the public sector, Singapore has updated its government agencies, allowing civil servants to focus on higher-order tasks. Bots help with services such as payroll, emails, and reconciling budgets.

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  • CU Anschutz unveils out-of-home gun storage map to help improve safety, prevent suicide

    August 26, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Aurora, Colorado

    For individuals wanting to store their guns outside of their homes, they can now find a space using the Colorado Gun Storage Map. The interactive tool was developed in collaboration between the Colorado School of Public Health, the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and the Colorado Safety Coalition, with the goal of helping those in crisis situations find spaces like law enforcement agencies and special storage facilities to store their firearms.

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  • KCPD uses new strategy for predicting, fighting crime

    August 23, 2019 |

    KCTV-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    Using a method of targeting trouble-prone locations called "risk terrain modeling," Kansas City police saw double-digit declines in crime in the targeted areas. The method uses crime data to show where crime flourishes. Then police, working with community members, determine what about that location could change to reduce risk, such as improving street lighting or moving a bus stop that acts as a magnet for trouble. The program suggests that focusing on places, not just people, can prevent crime rather than just reacting after the fact with arrests, although the results are only preliminary.

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  • How Steep Is That Sidewalk? A Digital Map for People With Disabilities

    August 21, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Crowdsourcing data allows developers to help those with limited mobility find accessible routes. The AccessMap Seattle project, in collaboration with the Taskar Center for Accessible Technology at the University of Washington and OpenStreetMap, has tested and is improving a map where users can find and edit information about the elevation of rotes, sidewalks, and crosswalks to serve those who are challenged with their mobility.

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  • Can monitoring social media help prevent violence at Montgomery schools?

    August 09, 2019 |

    The Montgomery Advertiser |

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    Response Location: United States, Alabama

    A growing number of U.S. schools are partnering with technology companies and using software programs to monitor students' social media for violent posts. However, some are expressing concern about how this practice and its algorithms may violate student privacy and lead to further discrimination against students of color.

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