Three Gov Mobile Apps Contests - FCC, CDC, EDU
Details:
Can a mobile app improve the quality of life for a farmer in America's heartland? Can a web app help school children in Detroit,MI?
The Knight Foundation and the FCC challenge you to develop a software application (app) that delivers personalized, actionable information to people that are least likely to be online. Using hyper-local government and other public data you should develop an app that enables Americans to benefit from broadband communications -- regardless of geography, race, economic status, disability, residence on Tribal land, or degree of digital or English literacy --by providing easy access to relevant content.
CDC - Using Technology to Fight the Flu:
Applications and technology make it easier to communicate critical information about the flu and its impact. We’re looking for an innovative use of technology to raise awareness of influenza and/or educate consumers on ways to prevent and treat the flu.
We're challenging you to create new ways to use technology, be it for:
the web
a personal computer
a mobile handheld device
any platform broadly accessible to the open Internet.
EDU - National Education Association Challenge:
How it works
Submissions will be accepted from April 4 – May 13, 2011.
A proposed solution must effectively incorporate smart phones or cell phones.
Portal registrants can also review, comment and vote.
In June, up to 5 solutions will be awarded $1,000 from the NEA Foundation.
The solutions selected will be shared by the NEA Foundation and CoSN via multiple outlets.
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