Science & Tech Demos

Cortico, a nonprofit in cooperation with the MIT Media Lab, is gathering people whose voices are underrepresented in the public sphere into small group facilitated dialogues to share their perspectives on community needs and possibilities in the Local Voices Network. Recorded on Cortico’s own digital Hearth device, the conversations are transcribed, analyzed and uploaded to an online platform where they can be accessed by participants and local media. This session will offer an introduction to the Hearth device and a demo of our LVN platform. Presented by Cortico

Circular Supply Chain combines supply chain, blockchain, identity, biometrics, and payment capabilities to connect eco-conscious consumers with base-of-the pyramid producers, enabling transparent and complete supply chain traceability, as well as allowing consumers to tip producers directly to reward good business practices. Hosted by Accenture

Veteran upcycling fashion designer Mitra Gruwell (Enviafashion.com) will do a quick design demonstration of how materials considered trash can be saved from landfills and “upcycled” to sellable products. Then you’ll select from a range of damaged textiles and use various tools to create your own products, and learn how you can monetize and sell them online. Presented by Envia Fashion

artlook® offers tools, information, and insights to help education changemakers do what they do better, together. The software platform helps address school system inequity by providing education stakeholders — city, school districts and school leaders, funders, and community organizations — with information to make data-informed decisions that make change happen. artlook also enables teachers and community agencies to more efficiently coordinate and track program access across schools and students. Presented by Ingenuity

Adding tech to the end of “sex” gives people permission to talk about it. But while the media pushes a narrative that sextech is simply sex robots and VR porn, they’re only a tiny sliver of the actual spectrum that includes everything from menstrual trackers to inclusive sex ed. But the stigma around sex creates a notion of professional risk for those who want to work and/or invest in the sextech field. Presented by SexTechSpace

Based on the Marie Kondo craze, people clearly want to reduce the clutter in their lives. But what if the items that no longer bring you joy, might for others? How can we connect people who want to donate “still good” items with nonprofits so they can help more people and pets? Help Do Good LLC beta test Re.Use.Full, a free website designed to match people with stuff they don’t want with nonprofits that can put their stuff to good use – while improve donors’ in-kind donation experience and increasing the quality and quantity of in-kind donations. Presented by Re.Use.Full