in case some of us missed on this one + see event Hub Westminster 30-31 March http://www.sony.co.uk/discussions/community/en/community/better_futures/plus... +U, formerly known as Greenbook is a clever idea for an application that matches local people with local projects. Through using the latest geolocation and gaming technology, it will be designed to make volunteering quicker, easier and more social. In doing so, it has the potential to bring many new people to volunteering and change our communities and environment for the better. http://www.goodfornothing.co/2012/03/09/maketime/ Last year Sony launched Open Planet Ideas <http://www.openplanetideas.com/> an initiative we really liked the look off. Asking people to imagine how technology might help with some of the world’s most pressing environmental and social problems. They had lots if ideas submitted and one idea +U has been bought to life by Sony. +U is an Android Application that helps find quick micro-volunteering opportunities for people to help charities and causes in their local area. It has been designed with gaming and social flavours to try and encourage more people to make time for others in need. Sony is keen to open up the APP code and see makers and creators develop it to help two specific France and UK based charities as well as offering up an open challenge to see if something freerange and magic can also be created with the code. So we’re collaborating with them to host MAKE/TIME a 48 hour Making and Developing gig taking place at Hub Westminster <http://hubwestminster.net/>on the 30th/31st March We’re looking to form a small crack team of developers, designers and thinkers to make this go off. http://www.openplanetideas.com/ http://www.openplanetideas.com/+u.html http://www.landofdroid.com/2012/sony-launch-u-application-for-voluteers/ http://www.ted.com/talks/tom_chatfield_7_ways_games_reward_the_brain.html