The Ushahidi Web site is collecting a variety of information and alerts of the situation in Haiti in realtime including messages of people looking for friends and loved ones as well as reports of locating missing persons and needs of supplies and resources in specific locations.
 

Two days ago I posted an analysis on the flow of news and crowd-sourced reporting during a crisis situation. It touched upon recent events here in Kampala as well as the Mumbai Attacks, and events in Iran and China. The observation was that many of the current tools that people use during these situations, aren’t designed to be as useful as they could be.

You can monitor activities, violence, and trends related to the August 20th Afghanistan elections  thanks to a collaborative partnership enabling people on the ground in Afghanistan and others to share their data in real time on an online map.

Crisis mapping by Jen Ziemke about the Angolan Civil War has helped predict when combatants are likely to target civilians.

The Global Development Commons congratulates Pascal Katana, a Fourth Year Student at the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering at the University of Nairobi, Kenya on his two new inventions which will enhance food security and renewable energy usage.

You can participate in the Open Development Camp on Data and Collaboration to improve international development.

The Capacity Project, funded by USAID and led by IntraHealth, has developed the iHRIS Suite of three Open Source core software solutions, each addressing a specific Human Resources for Health (HRH) leadership issue.

New ideas for a better world captivated the minds of many at an unprecedented event at the State Department yesterday-- TED@State. Leading thinkers in conflict resolution, environmental affairs, business approaches to poverty-reduction, social media and international health brought Washington DC its first-ever US Government sponsored TEDTalks.