In a recent talk given by Laura Bush, she said that approximately 850,000 children are reported missing in the US each year. These are not good numbers by any account. That's why SmartLabs, in conjunction with a bunch of other organizations and the UK Serious Crimes Unit, have started up a program called Lost and Found to lessen, if not completely eliminate, this problem.

So what are the projects goals?

• utilize cutting edge and future technology tools to mobilize community intervention
  post images of missing children (or adults) and running a GPS-enabled system with live and online objectives to track sightings
• mobilize groups to block roads, explore fields, find those who are lost and report those who are hiding them
• include Skype links, mobile sensors and links to public webcams + podcasts and broadcasts where participants can see their own input to achieving success in FINDING lost community members, and to change the nature of play, and the sense of responsibility it entails.