We have tons of IoT gadgets that stream their data to proprietary platforms. Fitness trackers and other devices send our health data to shady services who will sell it further. We want control of this data, and Fediverse can help.
In Healthcare expensive equipment is used for research, and then abandoned. How can we utilize this specialized machinery and provide it to groups that otherwise lack money and access to them?
These two ideas, posed on the SocialHub forum, deserve our brainstorming attention. Or maybe you have entirely different ideas of roles the Fediverse can play in the Healthcare sector. Raise your voice and let’s ideate.
For new readers here, let me emphasize that these are not theoretical cases. In my day job I participate in a team that is working towards finding an innovative solution for these two problems and – if I can offer a viable proposal – it is an opportunity to get funding for a small PoC project.