The Role of Open Source in Mitigating Natural Disasters
summary
IBM launches Code and Response as a five-year, $30M initiative that runs a $200,000 prize contest and attracted ~100,000 developers, 2,500 apps and contributors from 150+ countries. Winning entry Project OWL builds ad‑hoc Wi‑Fi “ducks” to restore local comms and moves to large‑scale tests in Puerto Rico. Another entry DroneAid uses AI object detection on drone imagery to find rooftop SOS markings. Prize: $200,000.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:17IBMs rich opensource history
- 2:23The moon landing
- 3:01Natural disasters
- 3:26What did we do
- 4:15Project Owl
- 5:39Pedro Cruz
- 7:55Final Thoughts
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