Hack For Japan

The Power of Collaboration

in a crisis

Hack For Japan Fumi Yamazaki

@fumi

3/11/2011 14:46 JST

M9.0

2 hours later...

NHK, National Police Agency, local governments, mobile carreers, shelter information

1 hour later...

Learnings from Haiti

Power of Speed

Share the knowledgeReuse the code

Global collaborationLaunch and iterate

Power of Collaboration- crowdsource -

Hack For JapanPhase 1

Value of Hackers

-What can IT / developers do during

crisis?

A platform / community for

hackers (developers)

to create services for

crisis relief

Collaboration among people with different

talents•“I am not a developer but I want them to create a service (websites/apps) such as...”

•“I am a developer and I can make various apps, but not sure what is actually needed”

•“I am a developer and have an idea about a service that is probably useful for the survivors of the disaster, but want to others’ opinion before I start coding”

Share ideas and vote

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268 ideas / 5,879 votes

Brainstorm to polish ideas

1,290 comments

Share project infoto match talents

Provide the resources

•“I want to develop a service useful for the survivors, but I can’t pay for the servers”

•“I want to develop a service useful for the survivors, but I don’t have the data I need”

Power of Openness and Collaboration

#1 Ideation/ Hackathon

(Online/Offline 3/19-21)

KyotoFukuokaOkayamaTokushima

Are the services we are creating

really reaching the people in Tohoku?

4/6 in Sendai4/7-8 in Iwate

Non-coastal areas•Amazing recovery

•power - OK

•water - OK

•network - OK

•many of the shops and restaurants open

•gas -50% OK

•Situation changes drastically everyday

Coastal areas•the town itself is gone because of

tsunami

•house are lost, schools are lots, businesses are lost, people are missing...

•Survivors lives in shelters

•Basic food/water is supplied- matching more complicated demand/supply

•Was planning to visit on 4/8...

4/7 23:35

M7.4

Largest afterquake since 3/11

My situation...

•No power

•No water

•No gas

•Fixed lines are restricted, mobile network flakey (but Internet works)

•Everything that recovered suddenly lost

Power of recovery•People supporting each other

•Opening their shops/restaurants with no power, no water, no gas

•Children going to school the next day

•People driving safely with traffic signals lost

SeeFeel

EngageSupport

Overseas→JapanWest Japan→East Japan

Kanto→TohokuNon-coastal→Coastal

Tohoku

Hack For JapanPhase 2

Hack For Fukushima 4/24

•Visit the venues

•Meet the people

•Listen to their voices

Interests

1)Shelters2)Economic recovery3)Radiation4)Rumors

Interests1)Shelters2)Economic recovery3)Radiation WANT: Geiger Counters WANT: Reliable data

4)Rumors

Open Geiger Development Kit

Open Source Geiger Counter Hands-on

event

Safecast

http://safecast.org/http://safecast.jp/


-Aizu / Sendai / Tokyo Takamatsu / Fukushima /

London

5/21-22



London“Geiger API” to manage the radiation data via Android device



London　　 Recovery Clock- 復興時計



London　　“ Fukko iine!” – like button for recovery sites

tasukeai / ministrylocal governments


-Toono / Aizu / Sendai Tokyo / Ehime7/23-24 & 30

Toono Magokoro NetHub for the volunteers going out to tsunami- hit

districts

Slept on the floor together with

volunteers

4 months after the quake

Some participants lost their families

Ideathon

Room full of people

Ideathon

Photrack.jp

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Temporary housing

Internet cafe

Mailing Lists

People First

Technology exists to support people’s

needs

Hack For Japan

Technology

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