Curry-Stone Design Prize Winner 2011: Frontline SMS – Ken Banks, Sean McDonald & Laura Walker McDonald
Frontline SMS was a winner of the 2011 Curry Stone Design Prize. In this episode we speak with the inventor of Frontline SMS, Ken Banks, as well as Sean Martin McDonald who runs the Frontline SMS organization now, and Laura Walker McDonald who works with Frontline SMS users through the Social Impact Lab.
Frontline SMS allows users to create a secure SMS (Text Messaging) network using a computer and a cell phone. Frontline SMS has been used by people around the world to monitor elections, transmit medical data, assist in disaster situations,and help activists have secure communications.
Music by: Warren Zevon, Julia J. Sloane, Adrian Belew, Yoko Ono, Laurie Anderson, and Xavier Rudd.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 56:28 — 129.7MB)
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