Projects
![An screengrab from the video showing about a dozen robots in a large room (representing humans at a party)](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2023-01/PACT%20testing.png?itok=QgX2MNGG)
Private Automated Contact Tracing
An automated, Bluetooth-based system helps perform contact tracing in a private, anonymous way, offering a method to reduce disease spread during a pandemic.
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![This image shows Mexico Beach, FL, after it sustained damage from Hurricane Michael in 2018. It was taken through NOAA’s Emergency Remote Sensing program. Satellites could provide similar information after more incidents. (Image courtesy of NOAA.)](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2022-09/DisasterSat%20image.jpg?itok=UtmWqQuK)
![A photo of a Google earth image of Bangladesh, with a heat map over it showing mostly red.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2022-04/CREWSNET.png?h=be37ad46&itok=ct-F4Sho)
Climate Resilience Early Warning System Network
We are creating proactive, integrated decision -support tools and services that empower frontline communities to prepare for climate impacts and minimize losses.
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![a photo of a person scanning a QR code, affixed to a small wrapped shipment of food, with a smartphone.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2021-06/USAID-QR%20code.png?itok=JNB8UjHr)
USAID Food Traceability
We're building a system to track the dispersal of international food aid.
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![Rice cooker with attached infrared sensor.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2020-09/TI90-2601_PV%20Microgrids%20for%20Cooking%20.jpg?itok=1dyR096O)
Smart Photovoltaic Microgrids for Cooking in Disadvantaged Communities
By connecting a PV microgrid powered by solar panels to homes, engineers could provide people who live in regions of power-insecurity with the energy to cook their meals. Unused power could be applied to phone-charging stations.
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![During a wildfire in southern California, emergency responders shared real-time information on the NICS interface, such as the size of the fire, unit locations, and the rate of the fire’s spread.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2018-05/NICS.jpg?h=e94bad3e&itok=Htol6ZeU)
Next-Generation Incident Command System
Emergency agencies around the world are using NICS to coordinate rapid and organized response to disasters.
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