{"id":4734,"date":"2015-12-09T12:38:50","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T12:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/?p=4734"},"modified":"2015-12-09T12:38:50","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T12:38:50","slug":"technology-for-social-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2015\/12\/09\/technology-for-social-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology for social innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/12\/nominet-trust-100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4737\" style=\"border: 10px solid white\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/12\/nominet-trust-100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/12\/nominet-trust-100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/12\/nominet-trust-100-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/12\/nominet-trust-100-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2013 the Nominet Trust launched the Social Tech Guide. The aim of the guide is to promote and celebrate inspiring uses of technology for social good. Each year they publish the Nominet Trust 100, a guide to the 100 best digital technologies for social innovation. The 2015 guide has just been published and features a wide variety of technologies, from <strong><a title=\"Flowy\" href=\"http:\/\/socialtech.org.uk\/projects\/flowy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flowy<\/a><\/strong>, a game to help people combat panic attacks, to <strong><a title=\"MOM\" href=\"http:\/\/socialtech.org.uk\/projects\/mom\/\" target=\"_blank\">MOM<\/a><\/strong>, an inflatable incubator for use with premature babies in the developing world, to <strong><a title=\"WREX\" href=\"http:\/\/socialtech.org.uk\/projects\/wrex\/\" target=\"_blank\">WREX<\/a><\/strong>, a robotic exoskeleton to help children with neuromuscular diseases.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more and view the guide here: <strong><a title=\"Social Tech Guide\" href=\"http:\/\/socialtech.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/socialtech.org.uk\/<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/12\/nominet-trust-100.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2013 the Nominet Trust launched the Social Tech Guide. The aim of the guide is to promote and celebrate inspiring uses of technology for social good. Each year they publish the Nominet Trust 100, a guide to the 100 best digital technologies for social innovation. 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