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iPhone app to choose the right respirators: Breathe Safe
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iPhone app to choose the right respirators: Breathe Safe
Breathe Safe is a native iOS application which helps to raise awareness and educate people on how…
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is challenging innovators to create solutions that will block illegal robocalls. These solutions should block robocalls on landlines and mobile phones and can operate on a proprietary or non-proprietary device or platform. Entries can be proposed technical solutions or functional solutions and proofs of concept.
The vast majority of telephone calls that deliver a prerecorded message trying to sell something to the recipient are illegal. As technology has advanced over the years, so have the number of illegal robocalls.
The winning solution will win $50,000 in cash, as well as opportunities for promotion, exposure, and recognition by the FTC. Solvers will retain ownership of their solutions. Companies with over 10 employees will be eligible to compete for the Federal Trade Commission Technology Achievement Award, which does not include a cash prize. For more information about prizing please see the Official Rules.
WASHINGTON, DC (October 1, 2012) – The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today launched a nationwide contest to design a new National Humanities Medal to be awarded annually by the President to the nation’s most distinguished leaders in the humanities.
NIJ seeks viable solutions to determine whether the individual in-service body armor has maintained an acceptable level of ballistic performance to a high degree of certainty at any point during its service life and in a manner that does not render it unfit for continued use...
A Challenge prize of up to $50,000 is available. Of that, $25,000 will be apportioned equally among the contestants invited to submit a full proposal at the end of Phase 1 judging. The remaining $25,000 will be awarded to the contestant deemed to be the winner of the Phase 2 judging. Should there be a tie between contestants’ Phase 2 viable solutions, the Phase 2 prize shall be divided equally between them. Should none of the solutions be judged to be viable, no prize will be awarded. Subject to the availability of appropriated funds and to any modifications or additional requirements that may be imposed by law, contestants submitting a winning solution at the end of Phase 2 may be afforded the opportunity to develop the proposed approach. Should the approach already be at an advanced level of technical readiness, winning contestants may be afforded the opportunity to have the solution evaluated by one or more law enforcement agencies in collaboration with NIJ.
The ONC, in partnership with the National Consumers League Script Your Future campaign, presents the Managing Meds Video challenge! The Managing Meds Video Challenge invites you to create short, inspiring videos sharing how you use technology to manage your medications effectively or support individuals to take their medications as directed, improving patient health and safety.
If you are a consumer or patient, you can participate by creating a video demonstrating how you can use technology for medication management. For example, you could describe:
e-prescribing tools your provider uses to send your order directly to the pharmacy so it’s ready when you arrive and to avoid potential medication errors from illegible handwriting on a paper script
electronic tools such as mobile apps that help you keep track of the medications you are taking and when it’s time to take them, or that notify you when it’s time to refill a prescription so you don’t run out of your meds
emailing your provider in between visits to notify them you’ve stopped taking the medication that was prescribed because of side effects
logging on to your provider’s portal and viewing your list of medications on file and sending a request to update the list to reflect which meds you are no longer taking or may have been prescribed by another doctor.
If you are a health care provider, such as a doctor, nurse or pharmacist, you can also participate by demonstrating how you use health information technology (health IT), such as e-prescribing and electronic health record systems, to support prescribing patients the right medications and dosage, and to prevent drug-drug interactions.
There are serious consequences for patients and their families from not taking medications as prescribed. As C. Everett Koop famously said, “Drugs don’t work in the patients who don’t take them”. This is especially the case for people with cardiovascular disease or diabetes for whom not taking medications results in greater risk of hospitalization and 50-85% higher mortality. Taking the right drug, at the right dose, at the right time can alleviate symptoms, delay disease progression and prevent complications. Tell us how you are using technology and access to your health information to help manage your meds!
The international Humans in Space Youth Art Competition encourages youth to “Be Inspired, Creative and Heard.” We ask young people to learn about space, think about the future, and creatively communicate their ideas. In return, we promise to make their ideas known worldwide. By including the next generation in planning the future, the competition aims to enhance their awareness of, interest in and support for human space flight, and to allow their ideas to begin shaping the future now.
The current 2012 competition invites young people from 10 to 18 years of age to learn about space and submit visual, literary, musical and video artwork expressing their vision of:
How will humans use science and technology in the future to explore space, and what mysteries will we uncover?
Their submissions will be judged by an international panel including artists, scientists, teachers, engineers, astronauts and others. Competition winners will have their artwork woven into displays and performances that relay their messages worldwide to people of all ages.
Artwork is due midnight US Central Standard Time, October 21, 2012.
Visit the Competition website at www.humansinspaceart.org for more information about the thematic question, the artwork guidelines, and how to enter the online competition.
Challenge.gov is an online challenge platform administered by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) in partnership with ChallengePost that empowers the U.S. Government and the public to bring the best ideas and top talent to bear on our nation’s most pressing challenges. This platform is the latest milestone in the Administration’s commitment to use prizes and challenges to promote innovation.
What is a Challenge?
A challenge is exactly what the name suggests: it is a challenge by one party (a “seeker”) to a third party or parties (a “solver”) to identify a solution to a particular problem or reward contestants for accomplishing a particular goal. Prizes (monetary or non–monetary) often accompany challenges and contests.
Challenges can range from fairly simple (idea suggestions, creation of logos, videos, digital games and mobile applications) to proofs of concept, designs, or finished products that solve the grand challenges of the 21st century.