By Anna de Paula Hanika, Google.org
Google Green - Help us all be a
little bit greener!
A team from the GDG
Karachi Extended event in Pakistan developed a concept for ‘Green It’ — a
Google+ based app that would allow users to report local environmental concerns, gain
validation of the issue via nearby smartphone users and aggregate reports in a public online
interface. Users would be encouraged to participate through a rewards system.
Google Ideas - Conflict reporting
for blackout situations in repressive regimes
A team from the San Francisco Extended event developed a product concept for Silent Lens; an Android application which would
allow citizens to safely send encrypted image-based messages over multi-modal ad-hoc mesh
networks. The app would allow citizens to anonymously report issues or violence in repressive
regimes when other phone or Internet connections may be temporarily limited, or intermittently
severed.
Google Politics &
Elections - Citizen Engagement for Politics & Elections
A team from the Lagos
GDG I/O Extended
event at the Co Creation Hub in
Nigeria built a prototype for Assembly
Bills — a web based platform that can help Nigerian citizens provide input on
legislative bills and policy remotely, without having to fly across the country to the capital
of Lagos to provide input in person, as is currently necessary. Keep an eye out for their
new site!
Winning teams received tickets to attend I/O 2013, along with the honorary title of "Google Developer for Good, 2012". Congratulations to the winners, and a huge thanks to all participants for their hard work. We look forward to seeing the winning teams build out their ideas!