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Some Things About Tech Were Good in 2017. No, Really.
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of New York Times
Posted: January 29th, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/27/technology/tech-roundup-2...
For much of Silicon Valley, 2017 felt like a nonstop parade of scandal. As many of Silicon Valleys largest companies were wreaking havoc, numerous people and organizations used technology to advance important causes and address large-scale problems. These projects do not always make headlines, but they show whats possible when technologists use their powers for good. So Im presenting the first-ever Actually Good Tech Awards, to highlight a handful of tech efforts that produced real societal benefits this year. ESight and Aira ... are taking advantage of recent advances in mobile and imaging technology to help visually impaired people navigate the world. These technologies do not yet allow blind people to drive vehicles or perform other complicated tasks, but they can make their everyday life much easier. Tiffani Ashley Bell ... learned that thousands of low-income residents of Detroit were having their running water shut off because of unpaid bills. So she [set up] an online platform that matched willing donors with Detroit households with unpaid water bills. In 2017, the [nonprofit organization, now known as the Human Utility] paid more than $120,000 toward water bills for nearly 300 families. Bail Bloc ... is an app that uses your computers spare processing power to produce a cryptocurrency called Monero, which is [then] donated to the Bronx Freedom Fund, an organization that helps pay bail fees for low-income New Yorkers who have been charged with misdemeanors, so that they can get out of jail while they await trial.
Note: Don't miss the complete list of "Actually Good Tech Awards" recipients at the link above.
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