Rewards and risks in humanitarian AI: an example 6 September 2019, Data and digitalization / New technologies / Restoring family links New technologies, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, can make humanitarian work better, faster ...
How to build a Better Body Bag 12 July 2019, Forensics / New technologies The ‘Better Body Bag’ has been a textbook exercise in innovation: it started from a well-defined need; its development has been iterative, with ...
Embracing digital transformation 2 July 2019, Data and digitalization / New technologies Digital technologies and artificial intelligence are transforming the way people and organizations function in both the physical and virtual worlds. Digitalization is also ...
ICRC researches Virtual Reality as a behavior change tool 29 June 2019, Behavior change / Law and policy / New technologies Building on past successes Much of the human experience is rendered in storytelling. Some stories resonate more than others and the details that ...
When innovation threatens lives – the eternal relevancy of International Humanitarian Law 30 May 2019, Law and policy / New technologies In humanitarian contexts, innovation is fundamentally about saving lives, but it can also be used for the opposite purpose. Innovative technologies for war ...
Affordable all-terrain feet: ICRC’s Agilis prostheses 5 May 2019, Health care / New technologies More than 80% of people who need prostheses live in developing countries – that’s around 35 million people. But fewer than 10% of ...
