Putting together my annual Good Tech Awards list of the tech projects/startups/nonprofits that contributed to human flourishing in 2024. Past lists have included things like AI for accessibility, carbon capture, AlphaFold, etc. What should be on it this year? - ThreadSky

kevinroose.com • 138 days ago

Putting together my annual Good Tech Awards list of the tech projects/startups/nonprofits that contributed to human flourishing in 2024. Past lists have included things like AI for accessibility, carbon capture, AlphaFold, etc.

What should be on it this year?

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djc.bsky.social•138 days ago

Salva Health’s early breast cancer detection device (which won Techcruch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield this year)

timshenk.msf.ca•138 days ago

A nomination: Antibiogo. Using AI to fight antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries. More info: https://scienceportal.msf.org/assets/8782

johnrecords.bsky.social•138 days ago

Nonprofits, which often operate on limited resources, can greatly benefit from the use of AI. AI empowers nonprofit leaders to take on multiple responsibilities effectively.

jonesmo212.bsky.social•137 days ago

Someone built an AI tool that appeals your health insurance claims denials for you

ddt.bsky.social•138 days ago

IRS DirectFile, for example

ddt.bsky.social•138 days ago

Civic tech

franciejain.bsky.social•138 days ago

My company! https://Terawatt.co - An online marketplace for group learning and coaching. We’re like Airbnb for executive coaches. The group splits the cost of coaching so experts get paid their market rate, and employees get access to the best coaches.

johnloeffler.bsky.social•138 days ago

AbleGamers. Fantastic charity to improve accessibility in games and gaming hardware.

billtrippe.bsky.social•138 days ago

Check out Echo Labs, which is developing AI-based accessibility tools for higher ed. This is timely as the federal mandates for accessibility are looming

theewinner.bsky.social•137 days ago

So you think Federal mandates are going to be in place with Trump if it costs corporations a single cent? Seems doubtful.

billtrippe.bsky.social•137 days ago

I have no insight into that, just know the deadlines are at hand.

Plus the colleges themselves have most of the responsibility here.

Thanks for your comment!

djzap.bsky.social•137 days ago

Great! Can we also create a list or awards for the worst companies or projects that are taken over by “enshittification”? I nominate Facebook at the top, since it instantly comes to mind. X, formerly Twitter, is so last year!

Add Bluesky and Mastodon to your Good Tech awards. What else…?

arnaud-scenius.bsky.social•138 days ago

AI for healthcare
Nuclear for energy

patriciaclark.bsky.social•138 days ago

Not new company this year but @costplusdrugs.com sure fits the bill

oneofonebillion.bsky.social•137 days ago

Metabolic Mind, the on-line storytelling arm of The Baszucki Group, a private philanthropy which funds research into the connection b/t metabolic health and mental health. MM features absolutely life changing content, making a huge contribution to the advancement of psychiatry by centering patients

dagette.bsky.social•136 days ago

Yes! Metabolic Mind is an excellent initiative that provides a platform and resources to revolutionise the treatment of mental illness. It genuinely empowers patients in their own recovery while addressing the iatrogenic impact of modern psychiatry’s blunt instrument—medication. #metabolictherapies

cyberfuturist.bsky.social•138 days ago

Figure robotics

imgarysuarez.bsky.social•138 days ago

NOTHING

bobstarr.xyz•138 days ago

One thing that often goes overlooked are the accessibility features Apple continues to invest in. AirPods, for example, as hearing aids was great for so many people, specifically in regard to price.

djzap.bsky.social•137 days ago

AirPods seem like a solution for hearing, but otherwise a big problem for obsolescence, loss, damage, and its impact when disposed on the environment. This has been reported… larger issue than abandoned laptops, pads, desktops, etc. Otherwise, I prefer traditional headphones which are more stable.

bobstarr.xyz•137 days ago

This is very true which I had not considered. Certainly, not the best example of Apple's commitment to accessibility features just the one that popped into my head at the time.

djzap.bsky.social•137 days ago

Also... my dad has hearing and sight issues after a stroke. Plus a pacemaker, TAVR, and so on. Traditional hearing aids are too expensive, and loss would be way too costly and frequent, especially if cannot secure in his ears or find it.
Apple needs to consider all of that, if serious.

deblrobison.bsky.social•138 days ago

I'd like to pitch my employer the GRITS platform- a sustainability tracking software that's a B-Corp. https://www.gogrits.org You can see our stats on the website if you scroll down a bit.

adorablecyb.org•138 days ago

Hi! I work on Home Assistant, so I’m super biased, but I think we’d fit. 😁

We’re a private alternative to big tech smart homes and just launched an open source voice assistant today! 😊

michaelmechanic.bsky.social•138 days ago

You should ask that one AI that was obsessed with you.

shayshe.bsky.social•138 days ago

Sydney?

cyberfuturist.bsky.social•137 days ago

Microsoft scrapped Bing Chat last year, so that *technically* isn't possible anymore.

I made a Discord chatbot with a clone of Sydney's personality (running on Llama 3.3 70B instead) though.

Here's what they said:

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