It would be a lot easier to end the disease if infected people just stayed put, but they tend to move around and bring malaria with them. But using cell phone data, scientists can help predict where outbreaks will spread, and work to stop them before they start.
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In your pocket, you have an incredibly powerful device that can be used to collect massive amounts of data. Nexleaf Analytics wants to help, by using our phones to quantify the world around us.
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Possibly not the descriptive paeans that Apple was hoping for, but until they provide a smartphone that can teleport users to the 29th century, that's what they'll get.
Fleksy’s inventors just wanted to make an easier way for your cell-phone keyboard not to misspell everything. They quickly found out this could be truly revolutionary for the visually impaired.
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And other illnesses. A new application for phones might rapidly expand the ability to test foods for pathogens, which could do amazing things for our fairly lax food safety protocols.
At the big RIO+20 conference, world leaders will talk about how to solve issues caused by global poverty. But the real solutions lie in the hands of business leaders who can find a way to tap into the enormous market.
Last week a new French effort to shake up the cell phone industry began when Free.fr launched an all-but-free, unlimited cell phone service. It was expected to wake up the bigger industry players--and now we know it has.
