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Comunitaria is an app available on both Android and Apple devices that allows, through blockchain technology, to make donations so that people residing in marginalised neighbourhoods can access fresh products from local stores. Now, it is going to expand its reach by adding a new area of green energy to its bottom line goal.
In November 2022, the Humanitarian Technology Unit of the Japanese Red Cross and Disaster Management Institute, jointly conducted Japan's first demonstration experiment on Real-time monitoring of tsunami evacuation status. This was carried out by using human flow data and AI acquired by a smartphone app, used in the Tsunami disaster prevention drill organised by the Cabinet Office in Nemuro City of Hokkaido.
Lifeguard VR is a virtual reality app developed for the Meta Quest 2 VR headset. This training simulation will help lifeguards save lives by reinforcing cognitive skills used to identify drowning victims taught in the classroom through immersive training scenarios.
Bonjour Henry is the first voice assistant dedicated specifically to the elderly who are losing their independence. The solution was designed and developed in Montpellier, France, within the BIC incubator and accelerated by 21, the accelerator of the French Red Cross.
The Safe Delivery App is a smartphone application developed by Maternity Foundation, that offers skilled birth attendants with instant access to evidence-based and up-to-date clinical guidelines to provide safer births for mothers and newborns, everywhere.
