Crowdsourcing: a tool to aid emergency response
Crowdsourcing, a practice that has been around since 1714, when the British government offered a 20,000 reward to anyone who could solve the “longitude problem”, when sailors didn’t have an accurate way of measuring their east-west position (Riccardi, 2016). In concept, crowdsourcing is “using the power of the internet and social media to ‘virtually’ harness…
Is technology making healthcare better?
It’s no secret that technology is apart of everyday lives, social, work, domestic and now even our health. Many products including smart watches and apps are available to help people track their health habits like exercise and step goals, heart rates and even menstrual cycles for women. Since the covid-19 pandemic, healthcare has needed to…
Social Gaming
Video games, a popular activity that has grown ever since the technology boom in the 1980’s. Today, with fast internet and new technology at our fingertips, video games have become apart of our social lives too. Now you may not consider yourself a hardcore gamer, but there is a choice you partake in social gaming…
Thought and Blogged 