--- disqus: eaposztrof --- # [Surplus-Need Equalizer](https://devpost.com/software/foss-aid-resource-allocation) ## FOSS aid/resource allocation [![devpost-logo](https://devpost-challengepost.netdna-ssl.com/assets/reimagine2/devpost-logo-646bdf6ac6663230947a952f8d354cad.svg "Surplus-Need Equalizer - FOSS aid/resource allocation")](https://devpost.com/software/foss-aid-resource-allocation) :::info This is a **Collaborative** [**White paper**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_paper) about a solution provided to the hackathon [*Quantahacks 2021*](https://quantahacks.devpost.com/) Feel free to ask your question/add your comment, or even your solution. ::: ## The Project ### Project name FOSS aid/resource allocation ### Elevator pitch Free and open-source WebApp to collect aid/resource surplus/need data in a secure way (anonyme data & encryption) and support effective allocation using agile methods (ML/AI, dynamic processing) and sustainable solutions (Gamification, Crypto-rewards, Enterprise services) ### Dev/Demo [Multi Step Form with Progress Bar submit to AirTable and OSM with OpenLayers](https://codepen.io/eaposztrof/pen/yLadVqW?editors=1011) ## ENVIRONMENT - Problem: aid/resource imbalance in urban and rural area as well. - Solution: Responsive WebApp to collect and match available resources with needs ## SOCIAL GOOD - Problem: aid/resources distributions are centralised, not accessible to everyone in need and often abused driven by individual economic interests - Solution: Ethical FOSS application to bring power to users in aid/resource-mapping and distribution in a encrypted/secure way. --- ## Characteristics ### Technology Use - [x] FOSS using JavaScript/NoSQL - [x] Agile Development - [x] Responsive WebApp - [ ] Raspberry Pi IoT devices (distributed nodes) ### Functionality, innovative technologies use, execution quality, app design - [x] FOSS guaranteed development - [x] Responsive WebApp for all platform - [ ] ML/AI driven data-processing - [ ] distributed data-storage ### Creativity - [ ] CryptoCurrency and NFT rewards ### Originality and uniqueness of the idea or tool - [ ] Gamified aid/resource management - [ ] FOSS with Crypto in service ### Viability - [x] FOSS will guarantee the development - [ ] Crypto-based gamified reward system will provide revenue for developers and support - [x] Users are motivated to provide data - [x] Companies will pay to use ### Scalability, viability for launch in real life - [x] Scalable by number of users, provided data and successful aid/resource allocations - [x] Aid/resource allocations are happening all over the world, we provide a more effective solutions than usual ### Presentation - [x] WhitePaper development - [ ] [CodePen](https://codepen.io) social development ### Demo aesthetics, engagement/persuasiveness of video/slideshow presentation - [x] Minimal design - [ ] following the most common UI/UX principles ## Important questions - [x] Will this technology result in overall good for all humans, and not just a handful of them? - [x] Yes. All humans have aid/resource surplus/need ready to be allocated - [x] What could be some unintended consequences of this technology, positive and negative? - [x] It will harmonize the surplus-need inbalance globally - [x] Big compaines will try to centralise the service driven by greed - [x] What are the social, cultural, environmental, and ethical impacts of the technology? - [x] Effectiv allocations of surpluses and needs will bring whealth on all level without draining the resources of nature - [x] Will this technology augment human intellect, support it, disrupt it, or substitute for it? - [x] this technology support people to be wealthier and healthier to be able to make a greater step towards the global ascension of the human spirit - [x] Can this technology be used negatively against users? - [x] utilization of the method without encryption and distributed data processing can support greed, but with the designed services, providing FOSS will provide good alternative to all kind of enterprise solutions. ## Work in progress - [x] This WhitePaper - everyone can collaborate - [ ] [Multi Step Form with Progress Bar using jQuery and CSS3](https://codepen.io/eaposztrof/pen/yLadVqW) ## Team ### eapo > Hey, I am a Gemini permaculture activist and medicine man working as Information Architect on the field of system development, design, UI/UX, communication and some IoT skills. > I am on way to bring nature's patterns and ethics into the IT and modern technology to the "fields". Ethical project manager is needed the most, then JavaScript coder(s) and professional UI designer(s) > [name=eapo@valto.ro] --- *[Imbalance]: the state or condition of lacking balance, as in proportion or distribution. *[Resource]: a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed. *[FOSS]: Free and open-source software that can be classified as both free software and open-source software. That is, anyone is freely licensed to use, copy, study, and change the software in any way, and the source code is openly shared so that people are encouraged to voluntarily improve the design of the software. *[NFT]: A non-fungible token is a special type of cryptographic token which represents something unique; non-fungible tokens are thus not mutually interchangeable. *[CryptoCurrency]: Digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange wherein individual coin ownership records are stored in a ledger existing in a form of computerized database using strong cryptography to secure transaction records, to control the creation of additional coins, and to verify the transfer of coin ownership.