Disaster Tech Lab

Month: June 2012

  • June 7, 2012
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he past several decades have seen a dramatic shift in the way we connect to the world around us. The..

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Delft University is now taking the lead in innovative design when it comes to making use of social media for..

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  • June 5, 2012
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The iDisaster 2.0 blog has a great post on how social media gives access to a wealth realtime info on..

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When an ice storm hit Austin, Texas, in February 2011, Judy Henry decided it was time to provide real-time public..

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  • June 5, 2012
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Kim Stephens, a social media blogger, posted this Social Media in House DHS Appropriations Bill for 2013 The blog post..

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CERT training teaches emergency first-aid, basic rescue techniques, assessing a building to determine if it’s safe to enter, basic firefighting,..

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While trawling the interwebs for reading fodder we came across a reference to some excellent documents on Jonas Landgrens blog...

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  • June 2, 2012
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Currently on an experimental basis, the National Weather Service in Birmingham has developed this GIS data page in an effort to share..

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