Unlocking the secrets of allergies
Over two billion people suffer allergies. Many without knowing the cause. Here’s how Thermo Fisher Scientific unlocks the answers.
Romily Broad
How Danfoss is using AI to revolutionise building energy efficiency
How Danish engineering giant Danfoss is using advanced IoT and AI to deliver dramatic energy efficiency gains to buildings around the world.
Tech For Good Magazine – Issue 24
Danfoss’ remarkable work with AWS to use AI to drive astonishing energy efficiency in buildings.
Codesigning technologies for healthier communities
Researchers at the University of Plymouth have shown that developing tech with – not for – the digitally excluded can produce remarkable results.
Codesigning tech for inclusion: The ICONIC project
Inside ICONIC, the research project that codesigned four novel new technologies hand-in-hand with the digitally excluded.
Educating the data and AI policymakers of the future
Dr Elinor Carmi, co-director of a new MSc in Data, Policy & Social Justice at City St George’s, University of London, on educating critical thinkers as policymakers of the future.
Helpster: The hard journey of a simple life-saving idea
Founder Nikita Kuzmin on Helpster’s long, arduous mission to save lives in developing countries by connecting patients and doctors directly with donors.
Building neuroinclusive workplaces and why it matters
auticon US CEO Vance Checketts on reckoning with the fact that up to 20% of people in our teams are neurodivergent.
Your teams are neurodiverse. It’s time to embrace neuroinclusion.
Tech leaders may already know their teams are rich in neurodiversity, but keeping hold of them means intentional action.
The future of education: Teaching kids with AI
GoStudent founder Felix Ohswald on using artificial inteligence to upgrade student learning and the quality of teaching.
New technology powers the fight against child abuse images
Internet Watch Foundation announces an upgrade to its Intellgrade system and adds over 60,000 new victims to the half a million it has already documented this year.
This little island aims to lead the world in green finance
The Isle of Man, strategically positioned in the Irish Sea, has launched a Sustainable Finance Roadmap with plans to become a ‘living laboratory’ for green finance by 2026.
Measuring carbon: Insights from SAP and BT
SAP’s Stephen Jamieson and BT’s Sarwar Khan on partnering to develop a means to track emissions across BT’s entire global value chain.
Canon Medical Arena: A place for basketball and MRIs
Mark Hitchman, MD of Canon Medical Systems, on combining sport, community wellbeing, medical diagnostics, and research in one place.
Tracr: How De Beers’ is digitalising every diamond’s story
Inside De Beers’ mission to create a digital twin of all the world’s diamonds on the blockchain.
The people making a digital twin of every diamond in the world
Inside De Beers’ internal tech startup, Tracr, that aims to use blockchain to tell the positve story of every natural diamond in the world.
How AI is unlocking videogames for the blind
Novis Games, a Microsoft-supported startup, is using AI to transform games for the visually impaired.
How technology is revolutionising public service
The slow-moving public sector must use the pace of advancing technology to reshape public services for the demands of the future.
Novis Games is bringing gaming to the blind
Arianna Ortelli, CEO and co-founder of Novis Games, on her team’s partnership with Microsoft and using AI to bring video games to the visually impaired.
Technology and public services: We can do so much better
Andrea Danes, global human services leader at EY, discusses how we might unleash the public sector’s “innovative instigators” with technology.
Chloe Tartan: Blockchain versus the digital divide
Blockchain could provide a transparent, safe, and incentivised mechanism for the distribution of welfare, says Accenture’s Chloe Tartan.
Mary Jacques: Leading ESG at Lenovo
Mary Jacques heads global ESG for tech giant Lenovo, which is on a mission to meet ambitious sustainability goals not just for itself, but across its entire value chain
The women of public-sector tech
Diverse technology teams lead to better outcomes, as Southwark Council has discovered. We hear from seven of the local authority’s female change makers.
Issue 23
Tech For Good’s cover story this time concerns Amref Health Africa, it’s brilliant work over decades to bring reliable healthcare to sub-Saharan Africa, and a remarkable partnership with GSK and Cognizant that has seen its digital capabilities dramatically enhanced.
Technology Driving Blood Supply
NHS Blood and Transplant keeps people alive. Wendy Clark and David Rose discuss the role of technology.
Schneider Electric’s Smarter, Greener, Happier Future
We speak to Schneider Electric’s MEA region about why an all-digital, all-electric world is required for a smarter and greener future.
How AI is changing SEO: 10 key components to consider
Artificial Intelligence is reshaping SEO. From entity optimisation and link quality to AI-driven tools and E-E-A-T, learn how search strategies must evolve to stay competitive.
How to provide your HR team with useful tech tools
Empower your HR team by choosing tech tools that truly fit their needs. Focus on integration, usability and HR-specific solutions to boost productivity and morale.
Improving water efficiency for farmers with IoT and generative AI
Generative AI and IoT are transforming water efficiency in farming, helping farmers save resources, cut costs, and grow better crops despite climate-driven drought conditions.
Building a digital tomorrow in healthcare
James Freed, Health Education England CDIO, on the importance of building and leading a digital workforce to create a better tomorrow.
Gemma McCall
Gemma McCall is CEO of Culture Shift, which has built a reporting platform to identify and prevent harassment and bullying. In this podcast, Gemma discusses the role of technology and data in overcoming this problem.
Neil Spann
Neil Spann is Managing Director of Power Roll, a startup at the cutting edge of innovation in the solar energy space. In this podcast, Neil talks to Stuart Hodge about breaking down adoption barriers and how Power Roll’s unique solar film is generating energy for underserved communities around the world.
Romily Broad
Unlocking the secrets of allergies
Over two billion people suffer allergies. Many without knowing the cause. Here’s how Thermo Fisher Scientific unlocks the answers.
How Danfoss is using AI to revolutionise building energy efficiency
How Danish engineering giant Danfoss is using advanced IoT and AI to deliver dramatic energy efficiency gains to buildings around the world.
Tech For Good Magazine – Issue 24
Danfoss’ remarkable work with AWS to use AI to drive astonishing energy efficiency in buildings.
Codesigning technologies for healthier communities
Researchers at the University of Plymouth have shown that developing tech with – not for – the digitally excluded can produce remarkable results.
Codesigning tech for inclusion: The ICONIC project
Inside ICONIC, the research project that codesigned four novel new technologies hand-in-hand with the digitally excluded.
Educating the data and AI policymakers of the future
Dr Elinor Carmi, co-director of a new MSc in Data, Policy & Social Justice at City St George’s, University of London, on educating critical thinkers as policymakers of the future.
Helpster: The hard journey of a simple life-saving idea
Founder Nikita Kuzmin on Helpster’s long, arduous mission to save lives in developing countries by connecting patients and doctors directly with donors.
Building neuroinclusive workplaces and why it matters
auticon US CEO Vance Checketts on reckoning with the fact that up to 20% of people in our teams are neurodivergent.
Your teams are neurodiverse. It’s time to embrace neuroinclusion.
Tech leaders may already know their teams are rich in neurodiversity, but keeping hold of them means intentional action.
The future of education: Teaching kids with AI
GoStudent founder Felix Ohswald on using artificial inteligence to upgrade student learning and the quality of teaching.
New technology powers the fight against child abuse images
Internet Watch Foundation announces an upgrade to its Intellgrade system and adds over 60,000 new victims to the half a million it has already documented this year.
This little island aims to lead the world in green finance
The Isle of Man, strategically positioned in the Irish Sea, has launched a Sustainable Finance Roadmap with plans to become a ‘living laboratory’ for green finance by 2026.
Measuring carbon: Insights from SAP and BT
SAP’s Stephen Jamieson and BT’s Sarwar Khan on partnering to develop a means to track emissions across BT’s entire global value chain.
Canon Medical Arena: A place for basketball and MRIs
Mark Hitchman, MD of Canon Medical Systems, on combining sport, community wellbeing, medical diagnostics, and research in one place.
Tracr: How De Beers’ is digitalising every diamond’s story
Inside De Beers’ mission to create a digital twin of all the world’s diamonds on the blockchain.
The people making a digital twin of every diamond in the world
Inside De Beers’ internal tech startup, Tracr, that aims to use blockchain to tell the positve story of every natural diamond in the world.
How AI is unlocking videogames for the blind
Novis Games, a Microsoft-supported startup, is using AI to transform games for the visually impaired.
How technology is revolutionising public service
The slow-moving public sector must use the pace of advancing technology to reshape public services for the demands of the future.
Novis Games is bringing gaming to the blind
Arianna Ortelli, CEO and co-founder of Novis Games, on her team’s partnership with Microsoft and using AI to bring video games to the visually impaired.
Technology and public services: We can do so much better
Andrea Danes, global human services leader at EY, discusses how we might unleash the public sector’s “innovative instigators” with technology.
Chloe Tartan: Blockchain versus the digital divide
Blockchain could provide a transparent, safe, and incentivised mechanism for the distribution of welfare, says Accenture’s Chloe Tartan.
Mary Jacques: Leading ESG at Lenovo
Mary Jacques heads global ESG for tech giant Lenovo, which is on a mission to meet ambitious sustainability goals not just for itself, but across its entire value chain
The women of public-sector tech
Diverse technology teams lead to better outcomes, as Southwark Council has discovered. We hear from seven of the local authority’s female change makers.
Issue 23
Tech For Good’s cover story this time concerns Amref Health Africa, it’s brilliant work over decades to bring reliable healthcare to sub-Saharan Africa, and a remarkable partnership with GSK and Cognizant that has seen its digital capabilities dramatically enhanced.