iCare Web Tool to Help Survivors Cope

June 15th 2007 | General

Web technology may soon help survivors cope in the wake of a natural disaster. US researchers are developing a peer-to-peer system that aims to make it much easier to ensure survivors get what they need to re-build their lives.

The iCare system directly matches donated goods or services to the specific items that survivors have asked for. It also improves the use of spare space on delivery trucks to get aid to disaster-stricken areas more quickly.

PhD students Anand Kulkarni and Ephrat Bitton came up with the idea for iCare following the devastation that Hurricane Katrina wrought on New Orleans.

BBC

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iCare Web Tool to Help Survivors Cope
Published in: General on 2007-06-15