Art, Design and Science, Engineering and Medicine Frontier Collaborations: Ideation, Translation, Realization: Seed Idea Group Summaries by The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative

Author:The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative [The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Policy for Science and Technology: Policy for Science and Technology
Publisher: The National Academies Press
Published: 2016-09-02T00:00:00+00:00

Some tasks with G-Brain would require instant, live interaction between task requesters and workers. For example, a team member suggested that G-Brain could be useful in emergencies where a crisis overwhelms healthcare providers, thus affecting their ability to triage patients effectively. In such a scenario, G-Brain workers would provide instant feedback to help healthcare providers assign different degrees of urgency to patients and decide which patients require immediate assistance.

Depending on the task at hand, G-Brain would need robust computing and user-friendly interfaces to work. But essentially, the app would only need smart phones and Internet to connect data collection requests with workers. Some team members expressed their concern about the feasibility of G-Brain to be used in tasks requiring instant feedback, particularly thinking of workers living in developing countries. However, a member of the team said connectivity would not be a limiting issue, because smart phone use and Internet access are increasing tremendously fast worldwide. This team member, who is promoting G-Brain, also explained that in rural communities lacking the technology to access G-Brain, groups like Engineers Without Borders or other well-established philanthropic organizations could set up the connectivity needed. Thus, G-Brain would see groups that are already embedded worldwide as strategic partners. And these groups would also serve as points of reference for the urgent and global issues that G-Brain would address.

In conclusion, the team agreed that the G-Brain smart phone app, or something very much like it, would be useful as a way of gathering large quantities of data that require human input.

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