Mobile Engagement Resource Center

The InvisibleBracelet (IB) is a voluntary service that puts the patient in control of the information medics can access. Like a virtual medical ID bracelet, InvisibleBracelet allows its members to share vital health information during emergencies with participating Emergency Medical Service providers. In the event of a medical emergency, responding medics within the service area [...]

Passengers flying to America from London’s Heathrow today praised British Airways for ensuring they were not adversely affected by a step-up in airport security following the terror alert. People boarding flights to the US this morning were sent text messages ahead of travel warning them the hand baggage allowance had been reduced to one item. [...]

In areas where net-connected computers are not common, the mobile phone is becoming a vital tool for news In Africa, mobile phone penetration is higher than electricity penetration. Graphic by Jon Gosier of Appfrica Labs Thanks to the iPhone and other smart phones, in the western world mobile phones are getting increasingly important for journalism. [...]

A new solution developed by IBM ( IBM), Novartis and Vodafone with the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, is helping to save lives using everyday technology to improve the availability of anti-malarial drugs in remote areas of Tanzania. Called “SMS for Life,” the initiative uses a combination of mobile phones, SMS (Short Messaging Service) technologies and [...]

The Salvation Army is launching a national text messaging donation program Saturday in hopes of using this new medium to reach more donors. Donors can text the word HOPE to 45678 from most Canadian mobile phones to make a $5.00 contribution to the Salvation Army’s Christmas Campaign. Money raised will directly support the more than [...]

The New York Times reports on how text messages are being used in court cases to prove that a partner has strayed. But one question most people ask is what happens to text messages once they are deleted. Even though you delete an incriminating SMS from your own phone, it can remain on the recipients [...]

In conjunction with a music event held outside the The National Gallery in Copenhagen earlier this summer, the gallery introduced a new kind of service: Art Toilets. Besides being cleaned after each visit, the Art Toilets were equipped with art magazines and posters, thereby turning the trivial and potential unpleasant activity into a somewhat nice [...]