Local technology, the Web looking for missing children

You are working and can expand tracking through cell phones and Facebook. The first 48 hours in the search for a missing person are critical and even more if it is a minor.

In order to expedite the response, the country developed two new technologies Missing Children and put into operation. 
Both use the Internet arm to expand the findings to smart phones, tablets and social networks. In Argentina it is estimated that three boys are lost per day and complaints are increasing. Missing Children Last week on Facebook-enabled social network has 18 million members nationwide-page White Flag, referring to the color used on the beach is lost when less. When enabled, users receive in your profile photo of the boys lost along with a white flag. When found, the flag turns green. It is used for more urgent cases or that have long been on the list. "We work with a database of 180 boys and every month, on average, we find between 20 and 30. The idea is to use social networks to improve and perfect the power of exploration. It is essential that more people can see the face that we wanted, "says Adriana sealed, Missing Children. The other method is an application that is down to smartphones and tablets, for now, available for Apple's IOS and operating with Android, which shows the list of all the children. The advantage of this software is that you can send an instant message if you see any of these guys. Ariel Sztern, Tisa, the firm that developed the application, said pointing to "use new tools to break through the technological and social reach. In two weeks and was downloaded by 200 stakeholders ". "Our intention was to go a step forward chain e-mails and solve the problem generated by this method with the cases that were found, but whose chains are turning years "said Sztern. That the two applications are launched simultaneously was not a fluke. The idea of creating a dynamic search system emerged into the air during a radio interview the president of Missing Children, Lidia Grichener (in the Street Dogs program). Both Tisa as The Warehouse, which created White Flag, and got in touch with Missing Children. Now expect the same immediacy of response is replicated in searches of kids across the Web. / Clarin.com

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