Emerging tech
Emerging tech that could make outsized contributions to existing battles.
Global energy sector methane emissions estimated by using facility-level satellite observations
Global energy sector methane emissions estimated by using facility-level satellite observations
Meta Smart Glasses
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses with AI integration
Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputacion (BSC-CNS)
Public supercomputing and AI research center and home of MareNostrum
The Democracy Futures Project
The Democracy Futures Project is an initiative to develop the capacity of philanthropies to think long-term about American democracy.
Open Hardware Summit (OSHWA)
Since 2010, the Open Source Hardware Association, a 501(c)(3) not for profit charity, has hosted the Open Hardware Summit- a comprehensive conference for the open hardware community and the ever chang...
Waymo
Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy at McGill
The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy examines how media and emerging technologies shape democracy.
Tackling civic participation challenges with emerging technologies
This paper offers a comprehensive examination of the role emerging digital technologies can play in improving citizen participation.
Astera Institute
We empower visionary, high-leverage science and technology projects with the capacity to create transformative progress for human civilization.
Scanning the Horizon
The report serves as an entry point to this ‘forecasting’ stream of work that organizations working in the digital rights ecosystem often overlook, especially when resources are scarce, and they are f...
Solar Protocol
This website is hosted across a network of solar powered servers and is sent to you from whichever server is in the most sunshine.
Framework for Conducting National Dialogues on Frontier Technologies
A key question is: Â who gets a say in the direction AI and other frontier technologies go?
Nieman Lab Predictions for Journalism 2025
Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in journalism and media what they think is coming in the next 12 months. At the end of a trying 2024, here’s what they had to say.
San José Data Usage Protocols & Public Comment initiative
Public Comment period for emerging place-based tech deployed in San José
Regulatory Innovation Office (UK)
Science Secretary launches new Regulatory Innovation Office to speed up public access to new technologies
Sentinel
Conservation X Labs’ Sentinel transforms wildlife monitoring tools — like trail cameras and acoustic recorders — with revolutionary and intuitive AI technology, processing environmental data in real-t...
Nucleic Acid Barcode Identification Tool (NABIT)
The NABIT (Nucleic Acid Barcode Identification Tool) is a low-cost, hand-held, field-ready automated tool to validate the identity of a wildlife or food product, anywhere in the world, without special...
Earth Fire Alliance
Earth Fire Alliance is a global, community-led, non-profit coalition aligned to deliver transformative real-time data from all fires on Earth.
Rapid
Rapid integrates advanced mapping tools, authoritative geospatial open data, and cutting-edge technology to empower OpenStreetMap mappers at all levels to get started quickly, making accurate and fres...
DEMOCRACY X
In 2023, the Danish Board of Technology and ParticipationDenmark merged. We are now called DEMOCRACY X, with a focus on technology, society and sustainability.
Radiant Earth
Increasing shared understanding of our world through community-led initiatives that make data easier to access and use.
Clay
Clay is a nonprofit team on a mission to make Earth observation as useful and ubiquitous as a Google search. We believe in using open, responsible AI to make Earth observation a force for positive cha...
deliberAIde
We are developing an end-to-end platform for in-person, online and hybrid deliberative participation processes, starting with: AI-assistance for defining the process; anonymously transcribing and docu...
Auglinn
Drop notes and questions outdoors with augmented reality, and create 2D and 3D maps. Interact with citizens outdoors and let the city speak.
Air Quality Improvement and Monitoring
6-month pilot of three pole-mounted static air quality machines
NYC Smart City Testbed
The NYC Smart City Testbed Program is inspiring innovation within City government by streamlining and accelerating the citywide process for piloting emerging technologies.
The Things Network New York
Let's build an open, free and community-owned IoT data network for New York!
The Things Network
We are a global collaborative Internet of Things ecosystem that creates networks, devices and solutions using LoRaWAN®.
Improving the Energy Efficiency of Buildings with Drones
Developed out of NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering, Building Diagnostic Robotics (BDR) created robotics tools and AI analytics to aid in assessing building envelope efficiency.
The Citizens’ Biometrics Council
Bringing together 50 members of the UK public to deliberate on the use of biometrics technologies like facial recognition.
Atlas of Urban AI
ATLAS is a crowdsourced (map) repository of projects happening in cities involving the use of artificial intelligence systems.
Jur
A blockchain-based platform for decentralized "network states"
Talk to the City
Talk to the City is an open-source AI platform that strengthens collective decision-making by transforming large-scale public input into actionable insights.
Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI)
The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence in UK government
AfricaOSH
The African affiliate of the global Open Science Hardware community, plus its global summit
Chat2024
An AI startup's chatbots representing each of the 17 major US presidential candidates.
JournalismAI's project gallery
Six AI tools under active development by professional newsrooms
ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society
Creating knowledge and strategies for responsible, ethical and inclusive automated decision-making.
The Civic AI Observatory
Nesta and Newspeak House announce the Civic AI Observatory (civicai.uk), an initiative to support civic organisations plan and adapt to the rapidly evolving field of Generative AI.
Civicspace.tech
A collection of approachable but well-researched primers on emerging tech and potential benefits and risks
AI4D-Lab
The AI4D multidisciplinary research lab run by two public academic institutions in Tanzania, UDOM & NM-AIST. We set forth an objective to establish a multidisciplinary AI4D lab that fosters capacity d...
AI Impact Lab
At AI Impact Labs, we are dedicated to helping nonprofits and mission-driven companies stay ahead of the curve by providing comprehensive support and training on using generative AI in their workflows...
Anticipatory Innovation
Public sector needs to prepare for what is coming next, continuously identify, test and implement innovative solutions to benefit from future opportunities while reducing the risks through increased r...
Predicting Well Groundwater Quality Using Cloud-Based Machine Learning: DataKind San Francisco Partners with Aquaya and DataKind
A writeup of the partnership
Eye In The Sky
Using High-Altitude Balloons [and drones] for Decision Support in Wildfire Operations
Dot Go
The first object interaction app for the visually impaired. iOS only.
Jacobs Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech
Making cities stronger, fairer, and more resilient through responsible technology.
Mozilla AI
A startup — and community — building trustworthy and open-source AI.
Master on Artificial Intelligence for Public Services (AI4Gov)
A course from the Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial in Boadilla del Monte, Spain
Beyond Borders: Satellite Applications for Humanitarian Emergencies
A report by the UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub