The quake hit at 3.15pm local time, near the city of Khash, close to the border with Pakistan, and the tremors were felt as far away as Delhi and Abu Dhabi. Iranian state TV is saying that 40 people have died, but one unofficial source puts the number closer to 100.
International Medical Corps is a model for global not-for-profits, with a plan that goes way beyond drop-in disaster relief. In Haiti, IMC is training locals, building communities, and doing everything it can to put itself to pasture.
After a major earthquake or flood, people need help but can be hard to find. A new technique--using tracking data from phones to figure out where people have fled to--could make it easier to get them help.
We spend billions on advertising. A program that takes ad dollars and invests them into local renewable energy projects would mean major change if it was implemented widely.
A new crowd-sourced person finder/information gathering app called Missing.net has arrived. In the aftermath of recent global disasters, several similar systems have been created, suggesting a new trend in altruistic tech.
