The ORCHID Project – How AI, Twitter and digital volunteers are transforming humanitarian disaster response

How AI, Twitter and digital volunteers are transforming humanitarian disaster response

Created on 30 September 2013, 12:23, by Alex Rogers

Wired.co.uk investigates how those involved in humanitarian disaster response have had to adjust to deal with big crisis data in emergencies following the Haiti earthquake in 2010 - http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-09/30/digital-humanitarianism

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