Projects

Fall 2008

Building on the experiences from the first course on ICT4D, the NextLab course is continuing with some of the previous projects as well as designing and deploying new ones.

    Economic Empowerment:

  1. Giving Farmers a Fighting Chance (ITESM Zacatecas, Mexico)
  2. Multilevel marketing for microfinance (COBIS, Ecuador)
  3. M-commerce interface (United Villages, India)

    4. Health:

  4. Mobile diagnostics for cervical cancer (CIDRZ, Zambia)

    5. Education:

  5. Mobile social network for students in low-income communities (Telmex, Mexico)

    6. Environment and Community:

  6. Disaster Management (CRS, India)

    7. The Next Billion in Our Neighborhood:

  7. Thrive in Five Baby Blog (Mayor’s Office, Boston)

Spring 2008

Assured Labor

Assured Labor seeks to improve the lives of workers in developing countries by using mobile phones to match dependable workers with honest employers in Brazil. Assured Labor released its first beta on July 2008. Learn more.


Making labor markets more efficient (with Assured Labor, Brazil) from nextlab on Vimeo.


Assured Labor Presentation from nextlab on Vimeo.

KBox

KBox at Beehive gives offline access to valuable educational web resources to a school in Malawi with no Internet connectivity by storing educational content on an Edubuntu machine. Learn more.

Cervical Cancer Screening in Zambia

Cell phone-based tool to help nurses with cervical cancer screening in Zambia. In collaboration with Dimagi in Cambridge and the Center for Infectious Diseases in Zambia. Learn more.


Camera phones to help screen for cancer from nextlab on Vimeo.

Disaster management

Disaster management is a tool that helps relief workers in India. In partnership with CRS India, a local NGO. Learn more.

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FreePress

FreePress in collaboration with HannaTek seeks to provide a method for citizens with oppressive governments involved in media censorship to provide breaking news. Learn more.

IRD/Path

IRD/Path is an RFID-based tool that uses mobile phones to track pneumonia patients in Pakistan. Learn more.


RFID Bracelet for pneumonia tracking from andresmh on Vimeo.

Mosoko

Mosoko is trying to develop a Craigslist for the bottom billion using mobile phones. In collaboration with Nokia. Learn more.


Mosoko from nextlab on Vimeo.

Smart Microloans

Smart Microloans is a project to provide an ICT solution for consumers of micro loans in the village of Rajugela, India. Learn more.


Smart Microloans from andresmh on Vimeo.