BBC News covers lab research in 5-minute film, “How satellite images are helping one country hand out cash”
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Date01 Apr 2021
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-56580833
How satellite images are helping one country hand out cash
Togo has found a high-tech way to identify people who need financial help in the pandemic and send them emergency cash.
They use computers to search for clues in satellite images, then distribute money through mobile phones.
A film for People Fixing the World by Hannah Gelbart and Richard Kenny.