Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Mapping a Supply Chain: Consumer Electronics
Have you ever wondered where your consumer electronics come from? The supply chain for consumer electronics is complex, composed of many layers, and involves many parties. This makes it difficult to trace where labor abuses occur. Most products travel through various parts of the world, and the making of electronics is a prime example of that. Our goal… Read more
Linking Human-Trafficking and the Environment
“Today more than ever, society has come to recognize that the anthropogenic destruction of our planet’s sustainable biodiversity negatively impacts humankind, placing human life at risk. The cause-and effect relationship that exists between environmental collapse and the subsequent risk to our existence can no longer be ignored.” – Romina Picollotti, Linking Human Rights and the… Read more
Adventures in App Development
In early 2011, our team set out to add a vital addition to the Free2Work application: product scanning. This addition is intended to provide our research to users when they need it most—while they shop. Before we could build this new feature, we had to answer a variety of complicated technical questions, each with a… Read more
