Strong Angel III - held in San Diego last week demonstrated various technologies disaster relief could use. The scenario involved a pandemic followed by a crippling cyber-terror attack.
Some of the technologies used as reported by InformationWeek
>> A 4-Gbyte Kingston Technology key chain storage drive, used to install about 50 programs on computers used in relief efforts, where those computers could not access outside networks.
>> A disaster scene mash-up based on the open source Sahana disaster management software which can be used to establish missing person registries, coordinate relief efforts among groups, request support, and keep track of victims in shelters. The combination of Google Earth with Sahana creates a detailed visual image of a disaster area.
>> RSS Simple Sharing Extensions, developed by Microsoft. While RSS feeds are used to publish and subscribe to information, SSE allows systems to be cross-subscribed with one another, creating bidirectional RSS. A mesh network will be used to issue emergency requests for help. With SSE, the requests can be accessed by anyone else on the network, broadening a responder's pool of resources.
>> VSee ultralow-bandwidth, high-quality videoconferencing software, created by Milton Chen, founder of VSee Lab. used for videoconferencing links among locations, VSee also was part of a telemedicine demonstration.
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