{"id":13466,"date":"2011-03-21T15:52:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T06:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/?p=13466"},"modified":"2011-03-21T15:52:46","modified_gmt":"2011-03-21T06:52:46","slug":"after-the-quake-social-apps-and-web-trends-to-help-disaster-relief-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/after-the-quake-social-apps-and-web-trends-to-help-disaster-relief-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"After The Quake: Social Apps And Web Trends To Help Disaster Relief Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a follow-up to my previous posts<\/a> covering the grassroots movements to relieve the devastated areas.
\nGPS-Enabled Map of Scheduled Blackouts:<\/a><\/strong>
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\nA team of web app developers Boss Yooann<\/a>, Kabaken<\/a>, Kazuhiro Kotsutsumi<\/a> and Yuki Naotori<\/a> has released this Google Map mash-up.\u00a0 Without entering your address, it helps you find which hour of the day your area will lose power.\u00a0 Available on PC, the Android and the iPhone.
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\nA poster appealing for refraining from hoarding goods [PDF]<\/a><\/strong>
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\nIn Tokyo, households are suffering from shortages of daily supplies because they buy too much to prepare for possible aftershocks and multiple disasters. \u00a0 Tokyo-based ad designer Takamasa Matsumoto[J]<\/a> introduced this poster to encourage people to refrain from hoarding goods. \u00a0 Supermarkets and shopping arcades in the city appreciate his effort and print his poster to put on walls.
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\nA vending machine that allows you to donate to Japan Red Cross<\/strong>
\nIn Namba, Osaka, there is a vending machine that allows you to donate to Japanese Red Cross for their disaster relief efforts. (via Gigazine<\/a>)
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