Project > Creative Industries :

Lost & Found

… a system to track missing and exploited children (and adults)

SMARTlab in partnership with BBC R&D, Microsoft Research, Microsoft Community Affairs, Nokia Foresighting, Lego Communities, The Boys & Girls Clubs of America, The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (USA) and the UK Serious Crimes Unit (with support from the EC SaferInternet Plus Programme

Have you gazed at those photos at breakfast?	What if that image was sent to your phone regularly?
This girl is missing right now! National Centre for Missing & Exploited Children www.missingkids.com	What if you could send and receive GPS-locator information about that child’s whereabouts, and mobilize support?

The AIM is to:

• utilize cutting edge and future technology tools to mobilize community intervention
  post images of missing children (or adults) and running a GPS-enabled system with live and online objectives to track sightings
• mobilize groups to block roads, explore fields, find those who are lost and report those who are hiding them
• include Skype links, mobile sensors and links to public webcams + podcasts and broadcasts where participants can see their own input to achieving success in FINDING lost community members, and to change the nature of play, and the sense of responsibility it entails.

Microsoft Virtual Earth Screen Shot