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Safety Tech: Self-security In The 21st Century

Daniela Weiss-Bronstein — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:17:30 +0000

Recently, a video was released of a woman, Shoshana Roberts, walking through the streets of New York, being harassed as she goes. Putting aside issues (and there are issues) of the races that were edited out, it’s important to note that her experience was quite sadly typical for a New Yorker. The culture of the New […]

My Un-teching Experience During Hurricane Sandy

Daniela Weiss-Bronstein — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:38:57 +0000

As you may have heard, a hurricane hit the Eastern Seaboard this past week. Because the storm’s arrival was widely publicized, my family was able to prepare. We filled the car with gas, took cash out of the bank, made a trip to the grocery store for essentials such as canned goods, mini jars of […]

Kenyan City Official Turns Twitter Into Village’s Own 911 Response System

Matt Algren — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:04:25 +0000

On Wednesday, the Associated Press’s Tom Odula reported an interesting mobile development in Kenya. It seems that Francis Kariuki, the town administrative chief of Lanet Umoja, Kenya uses his Twitter account to communicate with people in town, most unconventionally to stop crime. Kariuki said that even the thieves in his village follow him on Twitter. […]