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Spreading it: Received by everyone
The Project is a solution which integrates web & mobile technologies in one system, allowing everyone who faces any human rights violations to use mobile to record using any available format (text-audio-video) and send it to predefined international number, once received by our system it will be instantly SMS ed to a large number of people mobiles who works in the field either by receiving the SMS from system or receiving the message via Bluetooth points*.
At the same time the received message will also published to a website .Also using RSS feeds, other websites will be able to spread out the news, if the format is audio or video this can be podcasted.
Also users can tag the published content to share it with social networks.
The Problem
Usually there is a delay between the violations time and the time to report the Violation.The victims of violation or reporters usually take time to report/update this violation by moving from the crime scene to designated area. Also in some cases public, activists or journalists do not have the moving privileges.
In some countries the media does not allow reporting about some specific issues because of political and/or social restrictions.
Whom
• Human rights reporting
• Elections monitoring
• bloggers
• Media correspondent field work
• Concerned public
The Solution
How does it work
1.Anyone present in a crime scene/ violation can use a mobile phone to record this violation either by text messaging, audio or video recording.
2. Sending this message to predefined international number to avoid mobile local provider's restrictions.
3. The message will instantly be sent to a web system & an SMS alert sent to the webmaster/s mobile to approve the received content at the time.
4. Webmaster can access the online system either by using mobile phone or pc.
5. With one click the webmaster/s:
-Approve the content to appear in website and check the content language.
- Resending message to a mobile list of human rights organization activist, bloggers, journalist, talk show program producers
- Sending the message content to Bluetooth points* which is located at public areas, that will allow people at this location to receive the message.
The System Central Administration will be used to manage countries accounts with associated Bluetooth Points, shared contact information and webmasters accounts.
The bellow figure illustrating the system communication points
Facts & figures
•The system is accessible through World Wide Web.
•The system supports 201 countries & Multi languages.
•The message spreading life cycle takes from 5-10 minutes.
*What is Bluetooth Points?
It's a device using both Bluetooth & Wi-Fi technology to spreading the given content (text-images-videos-audio) to people who exist at coverage range which could be up to 100 meters.
The device also has an LCD screen that can be used as a call to action and allows the display of content that the people will download.
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Re: Spreading it: Received by everyone
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Excellent project
Thanks for this great idea.. We are ready to implement it in our pax republic (www.paxrepublic.net) a pilot project that aims to integrate creative communities in 5 cities from around the world - Liverpool, Cape Town, Istanbul, Guadalajara and London. This project will be instrumental in implementing our vision to empower local communities politically, financially and mediatically
good idea
it's a good idea
Spread it
if a journalist with camera is the only person to get respect in the police station, then it must be a good idea to make all people journalists with cameras.
This is an innovative idea, and a great contribution in making the 'world falt'
amazing !!!
you're number one :-)
The world need something like that, capture and send, and since your system is connected with concerned around the world, our voice can reach ...
prayers needed, good luck ISA.
she7ataz :-).
Excellent Idea! Excellent Project!
I am truly amazed my dear people from Andalus. One of the best and most innovative ideas I have seen for a long time!
Chapeau ! Wish you the best.
Great job
"Spreading it" may become a revolution in reporting violations by using new technology .It makes it so easy for victims of violence to let the world especially human rights organizations and media know .A video for an employer mistreating his housemaid in a neighborhood in any country can be seen within minutes by people all around the world. It reaches them wherever they are in office, bedroom, farm, plane, school etc. All the world population would observe violations against human rights. People would report, criticize and try to correct the situation. It will look like someone trying to do something wrong while the entire world is watching him. I know it some kind of magic but this project seems able to do it.
This is what we call future communication.
Amazing Amazing Amazing
I love the project!
I didnt understand it except from the video.. Purly amazing!
Hope it would work especialy in Egypt!
Good, New, and Innovative
what can i say? Good, New, and Innovative, usually andalus institute and his manager Ahmed samih surprise us with new ways of spreading the idea of Human Rights, and as usual i'm amazed, and i would love to participate in any kind of activity that would facilitate carrying out such a wonderfull idea.
am amazed!
am Amazed actually with how the project is professional and meets our needs as a Electronic Activests.. am with you %100 and supporting you all the way.
Ezz
hi all i hope you like this
i think we need all your comments to do the best for HR around the world
Good Work n Good luck hope i
Good Work n Good luck hope i can help
we need your vote too
dear ahmed thank you for your nice comment
i hope that you help us with your vote
thanks
ahmed samih
spreading it-recieved by everyone
Dear everyone here
i would like to say that the project entitled "spreading it-recieved by everyone" is really brilliant and innovative, the project used if i can say most of new tecnologes to document any violation could happened anywhere and normal people will report on these violations that's meant you will ensure great number of people who will participate in such action and this also will create social responsibilty towards societies the most important thing this project will do is informing large number of people worldwide on the same time of the same violation happened in whereever in the world its consider global campiagn that will covers all countries and people every where. its really amazing.