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Crowdsourcing to Develop Life-Saving TechnologiesTammi Marcoullier National Institute of Standards and TechnologyPublic Safety Communications Research Innovation Accelerator

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Taking Risks 2Crowdsourcing to Develop Life-Saving Technologies

Imagine: 45-75 pounds of equipment (higher w/ax)Smoke/heat/visibility zeroFirefighters have 30-45 minutes of compressed airAlarm at 6 minutesFeeling walls, crawling, sounds overwhelming

Interior maps inaccurateWalls, which side?Location issues, constant contact, turning it off finding people?

Tech nowTech in emergency/disaster scene6 months ago, searching for 1 meter accuracy with 3D indoor mapping. Now looking to 1/10 meter accuracy. Plus wearables heart rate, temperatures, oxygen levels, and other biometrics. Data analytics with all this report back to command centers, info. to the first responders.

We are the R&D arm of the US government, focused on communications technology that will operate on an broadband LTE network dedicated to first responders, emergency services, and public safety.

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The Mission5 Years$150,000,000 Technology accelerationSocial good

Impact: 60,000 state and local agencies5 million first responders320 million citizensCrowdsourcing to Develop Life-Saving Technologies3

We are the R&D arm of the US government, focused on communications technology that will operate on an broadband LTE network dedicated to first responders, emergency services, and public safety.

Things well do Location based services: indoor mapping, elevation, accuracyMission-critical voice: push to talk, direct mode (offline)Enhanced User Interface/Experience: making devices, software and applications work specifically for psVR/AR/Immersive environments: measuring and setting standards for effective usabilityData Analytics: potentially trillions of pieces of data, interoperability, storage, sharing, real-time results 3

Theres More Than One Answer4Crowdsourcing to Develop Life-Saving Technologies

Way R&D works toward one solution or answer. Laser focus lets get to thatALT wayCrowd brings many solutions/possibilities.Constant re-framing from what are the solutions to sharing the problem and letting the crowd bring us solutions.

Rapid prototypingTechnology accelerationOptimizing R&D work that is in processConnecting academic projects with real-world problems

Reward as many viable solutions as possible. 4

Rewards!5Crowdsourcing to Develop Life-Saving Technologies

Show me the money!And some valuable incentivesAnd let them keep the intellectual property rights (we will get a use license)

Among incentives were exploring:Judges with entrepreneurial, financial, business cacheIntroductions to funding and potential purchasers of IPSpeaking engagementsTraining with entrepreneur acceleratorsAccess to prototype services/manufacturingMeetings with lead scientists and technologists in the field

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Value6Crowdsourcing to Develop Life-Saving Technologies

Needs to be valuable for seekers and solvers.

Optimize current R&D: Take something that has a small market, find related tech turnkey. Collaboration to increase diversity of thought, approach and solutions.Solutions in hand within a year vs. 3-5 or never. Potential business partnerships and contracts.

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Impact7Crowdsourcing to Develop Life-Saving Technologies

Crowd contribution: Audio testing intelligibility and word accuracy from emergency scenarios w/noise, clicks disruptions.In lab: 32 subjects over 3 monthsWith web-based crowdsourcing: 345 listeners completed 1,536 assignments. First assignment accepted 27 seconds after launch, the last one 5.3 hours after launch. Saved researchers thousands of dollars and months of time.

Massive acceleration for timeline and maximum efficiency for financial investment.

Ultimately, the goal is streamlined interoperability with technology, data, and access to the LTE network across 60,000 disparate agencies around the country.

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Public Safety Technology Acceleration

Mission Critical Voice

Location Based Services

LMR to LTE

UI/UX

Data Analytics

bit.ly/PSprizesCrowdsourcing to Develop Life-Saving Technologies8

Going out with prize competitions:Micro-tasksGrantsCooperative agreements $150 mm over the next 5 years Our website has email sign-up, plus Challenge.gov and grants.gov listings. 8

Thank you! Questions?Tammi MarcoullierPSprizes@nist.govbit.ly/PSprizes Crowdsourcing to Develop Life-Saving Technologies9

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