Distance Lab

Business type

Co-creation

Service/product description

Distance Lab is a creative research organisation bringing together digital media technology, design and the arts to redefine and overcome the disadvantages of distance in learning, health care, relationships, culture and other domains.

In addition to conducting academic research, the Lab works with briefs from industry and governmental partners, providing advice, generating ideas and building prototypes that inspire and can lead to new innovative products and services.

What does 'openness' mean in this case?

Oral Wiki is one of  many projects of Distance Lab.  The Oral Wiki is a phone-based wiki system. It was inspired by the need for a networking tool to strengthen informal justice systems in sub-Saharan Africa, where conventional screen-based Web 2.0 applications are not viable because of a lack of literacy and Internet availability. It could archive case results and facilitate information sharing between the informal and formal justice systems.