Nonprofit organization Direct Relief has unveiled its Online Medical Aid Distribution Map with help from Esri’s ArcGIS, Google Earth and SAP applications to keep the flow of aid transparent. – Humanitarian
organization Direct Relief International has launched an online aid-tracking portal
called the Online Medical
Aid Distribution Map. Announced on Dec. 16, the Web tool provides
pharmaceutical and medical manufacturers with precise data on where their aid
packages have been shipped t…
IBM is supporting a program that uses the donated computing power of 1.5 million Web-connected PCs in 80 countries around the world to help hunt for proteins that researchers believe are related to life-threatening diseases such as cancer, AIDS and influenza. – Tapping the unused cycle time of 1.5 million PCs donated by hundreds of
thousands of volunteers in more than 80 countries, the Help Conquer Cancer
Project working with the IBM-supported
World Community Grid has
achieved a breakthrough in automating the process of finding potentially
cancer-caus…
A top US domestic security chief announced Wednesday a strategy to make ordinary citizens the first line of defense against increasingly complex — and sometimes homegrown — terrorist threats. “For too long, we’ve treated the public as a liability to be protected rather than an asset in our
Given the respect I have for Ellie Smeal and Kathy Spillar, among others, it’s still hard to believe that they think Afghan women can be liberated by an invading, bombing, imprisoning American army.
