Crowdsourcing and supercomputing are being used to combat the Ebola crisis by creating localized solutions informed by community circumstances. A Twitter app called the Samaritan Radar uses algorithms to detect words implying depression in tweets and sends guidelines to followers on providing support to address issues like suicide prevention. An upcoming prototype transformer robot called J-deite Quarter is a 1/4 scale model, and a full size version in 2020 could potentially be utilized for military purposes if developed by the wrong parties. New virtual reality technologies like Nimble Sense aim to allow users to control experiences like spaceship dogfights using skeletal hand tracking and software like Oculus Rift.

1. 6 ITEMS THIS WEEK TO
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2. DATA CREATE LOCALISED SOLUTIONS
Crowdsourcing and supercomputing combat Ebola, to create solutions
sensitised to circumstances at community level. Data-analytics and
communication technologies applied to achieve localised solutions
attempt to curb the global crisis at its roots.
SOURCES:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/2283820
SOCIAL MEDIA APP FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION
‘The Samatarian Radar’ is a Twitter web app launched by the charity Samatarians. App
uses an algorithm to pick up keywords and phrases within a tweet that imply depression,
then sends an email to users who follow the account which had tweeted with guidelines
on reaching out and giving support. Application of the app on Twitter and other social
platforms could provide early-warning systems and support networks for various social
problems.
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SOURCE:
http://www.thedrum.com/news/2014/10/29/samaritans-launches-twitter-web-app-it-preps-six-year-strategy-
digitise
http://qz.com/287178
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3. THIS TRANSFORMER IS NOT A TOY
J-deite Quarter is still a miniature prototype,1/4 of a standard-size
automobile when in vehicle-mode. Come 2020, the full-size Transformer
could be available. Fingers crossed it is Autobot, its eventual utilisation
as a war machine is not far-fetched at all.
SOURCES:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/science/real-life-transformer-introduced-at-tokyo-expo/
FUTURE IN OUR HANDS
Sensorial immersion on a whole new level in virtual reality using our
hands. ‘Nimble Sense’ is a depth sensing camera system utilising
skeletal hand tracking hardware and software developed primarily for
Oculus Rift. Imagine piloting that spaceship with our hands in a shooting
dogfight in the world of Eve: Valkyrie.
SOURCE:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nimblevr/nimble-sense-bring-your-hands-into-virtual-
reality
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article/410907
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjr9Ert7K-Y

4. LIVE IN A WORLD OF YOUR CHOSEN STORY
Insights from the brains behind Google Earth, about the future of story-telling
where technology provides humans with the means to immerse in stories like
never before. Story-telling has a pivotal role in the creation of all cultures in this
world. Soon we will be living everyday in worlds of our chosen stories.
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SOURCE:
http://www.pcauthority.com.au/Feature/396706,niantic-labs-john-hanke-on-alternate-reality-games-
SCENT OF A COMET
Humanity satisfies our curiosity with the five senses so it is natural to want to know
how a comet smells. It is now proven that comets emit a foul concoction. One
description says ‘rotten eggs, cat pee and stale beer’.
SOURCE:
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/192840-humanity-sniffs-its-first-comet-sadly-it-stinks-of-rotten-
eggs-cat-pee-and-stale-beer
and-the-future-of-storytelling.aspx

5. UNTIL THE NEXT 6 ITEMS…
HAPPY WEEKEND!
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