
Beta Blocks
Exploring new approaches for community-led innovation in public spaces.
Explore 43 projects in the Emerging Tech Report Projects category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

Exploring new approaches for community-led innovation in public spaces.

An open project that uses data science - the same technologies used by giants like Google, Facebook and Netflix - for the purpose of monitoring public spending and sharing information in a way accessible to everyone.

Climate Change AI aims to facilitate work at the nexus of climate change and machine learning.

The mailing list hosted by Action Network, an open platform that empowers individuals and groups to organize for progressive causes.


The Partnership on AI was established to study and formulate best practices on AI technologies, to advance the publicโs understanding of AI, and to serve as an open platform for discussion and engagement about AI and its influences on people and society.

A quest for friendship with a humanoid robot turned into a rabbit-hole of questions and an examination of the codification of social, cultural and future histories at the intersection of technology, race, gender and social equity.

AI in the Trap, a collaborative art project that explores the future of artificial intelligence and predictive policing through a hip-hop lens.

A major integrated research programme with a goal to deploy AI and data science in priority areas to support the UK economy.