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| The first thing to do is to check that your proposed project, or something similar, does not already exist! Please look at the full list of problem definitions.
Then, if you really, really must create another new Problem Definition: open this page in edit mode. Copy all content into clipboard. Type name of new page (the problem's short name) in the Search box and hit "Go". In new page click the "Create new page" and paste content of clipboard. NOTE: Problems MUST be related to Crisis Response, Risk Reduction, Recovery or Development. They might be international in scope, or local to a country, but that's what we're all about. There are lots of great problems that we're all interested in that don't meet this criteria, but there are also some other really good venues to work on these so we'll ask you to take them elsewhere. A warning: problems that don't fall in these categories may be tagged "Out of Scope". Doesn't mean we don't like you or your problem. And feel free to start a discussion on the problems - there's a tool for that on each page. |
Who proposed and "owns" the problem? This may be either the organization that has the need for a specific solution, or an individual that simply thinks "this is a good idea and I wish someone would do it". Right now we want to ensure that problems aren't "orphaned", and that we can set priorities for them if asked.'
Proposed by: name of organization or individual proposing the problem.
Contact (name, email, phone, skype):
Best way and times to contact during RHoK 2.0 Dec 4/5 2010: e.g. email, but on skype 10am-3pm EST (GMT+5)
Short summary of your problem, and any major constraints
e.g. Survivors trapped under the rubble of an earthquake need to signal for help by connecting their cellphones to bluetooth anteanna built into the walls of buildings with wireless connections powered by the quake energy.
You can either be precise (helpful if it's an existing project that you want extensions on) or broad (if you want innovation on a general problem)
Can you give a real world example of when this would be useful? e.g. in the Haiti earthquake many people were trapped in buildings but didn't have enough signal to call. (note, this isn't actually true)
It will MASSIVELY help eveyone if you could make a quick (1-2 min) video introducing your project. These will be shown to participants at all the RHoK events worldwide. Clearly the better the pitch, the more chance you have of getting great people to work on your project. If you don't make the pitch yourself then you'll have to rely on someone locally reading your problem to the audience.
Outline one or more short (one paragraph) user stories/use cases/scenarios that describe how someone would use a solution to solve the problem. Alternately outline the scenario for someone confronted by a problem, and provide some options/thoughts for how technology or a hack might help them
e.g. Problem: Ana is at home when an earthquake strikes. Most of the building collapses and she is stuck inside, injured but mostly OK. She has a cellphone with her. She is terrified, and tries to call the police, and then her friends for help, but there's no reception. Eventually her battery runs down and she's worried she can't make any more calls.
After the earthquake stress sensors in the wallpaper of her living room trigger and activate a bluetooth receiver powered by a battery. Ana's cellphone senses via bluetooth and makes an automatic connection (she set it up beforehand). Antenna embedded in the wallpaper gives Ana greater reception and signal strength so she can reach a standing tower and her call goes through.
You can also go ahead and produce detailed use cases for each user story (or on their own) if that's where you're at. e.g.
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What else do they need to know? What constraints
e.g. No AC power. Must cost less than $0.001/unit. Existing code is all 80288 assembler, so hack must use that.
Fabulous extensions that would rock the world if completed
Links to similar projects, background reading, research, designs, existing work, data standards etc.
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How will this work be taken to real users, or further developed? Will this be an ongoing team? Is there a NGO/group that's sponsoring it as an ongoing project? Who/how/when?
Link to RHoK and other solutions projects, including different groups, but particularly the Project pages from RHoK events
e.g. Was worked on by team in Malawi during RHoK 1.0 and they built a working proof of concept, (link to project page). But dev has stalled.