Technology in times of crisis: more powerful than you think
The technology connects people, objects and data much more than at any other time in history. You can see the traffic on a map on a smart phone or call a taxi to our exact location using an application, without considering extraordinary.
But in no time the heart stops, where if we see those connections: in a time of crisis.
In the hours of telephone lines collapsed after the bombs in the Boston Marathon, the people search engine Google (Google's People Finder) was a lifeline for relatives and friends concerned. After the devastating earthquake in Sichuan, China, one of the key services of assistance units was to provide mobile charging stations. After a natural disaster, the Crisis Response Unit of Google provides to other responding agencies to share alerts Google platforms.