Do you see something strange in your neighborhood and do you want others in the area to know that? An app has been launched in Las Vegas with the slogan: “AlertNest: Know Your Nest And Alert The Rest” “There are many community angels willing to help when they see these messages,” said Kep…
Watch it! Resident on the lookout. Design of a support service for neighborhood WhatsApp groups to improve safety Thesis by Welke Wennekers (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering) In the coalition agreement (May 2018) the municipality of The Hague has expressed that they want to support…
The MEDI@4SEC project focuses upon understanding the opportunities, challenges and ethical considerations of enhancing social media use for public security: the good, the bad and the ugly. The good comprises using social media for problem solving, fighting crime, decreasing fear of crime and…
The sharing economy is a really exciting concept. The idea has been around for a decade now and popularised by internet startups like the accommodation sharing platform AirBnb and carpooling service by Uber. In South Africa, in the true spirit of Ubuntu, Springleap is a good example, enabling…
Someone is murdered in Washington, DC every couple of days. If it’s someone famous (or rich), that news makes a splash. It’ll be on television and in the paper, paraded across websites and memorialized by the powerful. If the person isn’t famous, the news will be almost nowhere. In fact, it…
