WOMEN SAFETY

A recent WHO survey indicates that 35% of women globally, experience some form of abuse or physical violence. While this in itself is shocking, this figure would shoot up even further if unreported cases get reported. As law enforcement agencies strive to improve policing, a silent battle, in parallel, is also being fought on the digital turf by mobile applications and wearable devices to ensure women safety. Let us look at some examples on how technology plays a significant role to ensure women safety: Appalled by the growing incidents of crime against women, a Dutch start-up designed a wearable bracelet that sends out alerts to friends, family, as well as the police, during a crisis. The device uses a low-energy Bluetooth connection to sync to an app on the wearer's smartphone. The app lets the wearer decide who she wants to notify in case of an emergency - friends, family members, the police, or a group of users who agree to field emergency calls from other wearers. The app also uses the smartphone’s microphone to record the incident and subsequently transmits the wearer’s location along with the audio recording of the incident to the police. In another development, a group of students from North Carolina University in the US have invented a novel way of protecting women from sexual assault - a nail polish that detects the presence of drugs in a drink. The nail polish will empower any women to discreetly ensure her safety simply by stirring her drink with her finger. A change in colour of the nail polish indicates a spiked drink and this would help women to swiftly take preventive steps before a potential catastrophe. Everything you know about Women Safety is set to change. From hyperloops to self-driving cars, from ride-hailing to micro-mobility, from multimodal travel to flying taxis, we are in the process of completely reinventing how people move. And while we do know that everything is about to change, we still need to figure out how. This makes Women Safety one of the most exciting area in technology today. When you don't know what the future looks like, you have the power to invent it!

STEAMPUNKS

Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction, alternate history, and speculative fiction. Specifically, it involves an era or world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century and often Victorian era Britain—that incorporates prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy. Works of steampunk often feature anachronistic technology or futuristic innovations as Victorians may have envisioned them; in other words, based on a Victorian perspective on fashion, culture, architectural style, art, etc. This technology may include such fictional machines as those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne or real technologies like the computer but developed earlier in an alternate history. Other examples of steampunk contain alternative history-style presentations of "the path not taken" for such technology as lighter-than-air airships, analog computers, or such digital mechanical computers as Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace's Analytical engine.

MEDICAL ISSUES

Although the level of technology in healthcare is at an all-time high, there is still immense potential to use technology to automate daily operative processes and tasks. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) can revolutionize health-tech for the better and an effective way to determine this is to organize health-tech hackathons. Here are a few health-tech hackathon ideas:

  1. Data processing for hospitals
  2. Virtual health assistant
  3. Remote patient examination

TOURS & TRAVELS

Today, nobody doubts that technology and travel are the perfect combination. This joint force also plays a crucial role in the way we travel: from the vacation destination we choose, all the way to what we do once we're there and even in the time after we've come back from our adventure. It is so prevalent, that according to a Google Travel study, 74% of travelers plan their trips on the Internet, while only 13% still use travel agencies to prepare them.

Mobile Technology

This is undoubtedly the main character in the new ways of travel. The cell phone has become our tour guide, travel agency, best restaurant locator, map, and more. It's by our side during the entire purchase journey. In fact, according to TripAdvisor, 45% of users use their smartphone for everything having to do with their vacations.

Augmented Reality

Augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) have also entered the travel world, and the truth is that it’s a trend due to all the possibilities they can offer. More and more companies use it to show users a cabin on a cruise ship or transport them, for a few seconds, to the Great Wall of China.

Internet of Things (IoT)

The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to bring significant updates to the tourism industry. They include integrating sensors connected to the Internet inside items like cars, suitcases, buildings, and more.

Virtual Assistants

We’re all familiar with Siri and Alexa, the virtual assistants that meet all our needs: what’s the weather like today in my city, turn the radio on, open my email, and more.Hotels are now starting to enlist this “help” thanks to the arrival of virtual assistants that are specifically designed for this environment