Platform Overview
The Global Innovation Intelligence Radar is an autonomous OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence) scanning tool. Scheduled via GitHub Actions, it utilizes Google Gemini AI with real-time Google Search Grounding to discover, extract, and evaluate global unrecorded innovations—ranging from rural grassroots inventions to institutional pilot solutions.
The 5-Layer AI Discovery Pipeline
Pass 1 Validation & Authentication
Filters raw web search results. The AI strictly determines if the content represents a real-world, tangible innovation that solves a clear problem (requires >60% confidence).
Pass 2 Deep Data Extraction
Extracts structural parameters: step-by-step processes, material lists, geographical impact targets, replicability scale, and secures original, direct source URLs.
Pass 3 Conservative Risk Assessment
Evaluates potential hazards including fire, toxic exposure, environmental leaching, and structural failure. Automatically flags initiatives needing safety intervention.
Pass 4 Knowledge Lineage Tracing
Determines the origin of the foundational knowledge: Is it Traditional Knowledge, Self-Taught ingenuity, Adapted from existing norms, or derived from Formal Education?
Pass 5 Algorithmic Synthesis
Calculates the composite Priority Score, assigns Critical Safety Flags, tags Hidden Gems, and normalizes geospatial coordinates (lat/lon) via Nominatim API.
Scoring & Categorization Matrices
A composite strategic index calculated from:
Impact Scale (40%) + Risk Penalty (40%) + Ease of Replicability (20%). Determines the item's ranking.
Automatically awarded to innovations that are exclusively Grassroots, possess a Low Cost Level, and score a minimum of 6/10 on the Impact scale.
Triggered if an innovation scores ≥ 8 on the Risk scale AND involves hazardous keywords (fire, chemical, explosion, toxic).
Periodic Intelligence Resume
An AI Analyst script reads the entire database periodically (default: 90 days) to synthesize trends, highlight emerging risks, and generate actionable intervention recommendations.
Thematic Scan Domains
The crawler cycles randomly through over 60 specific search-grounding keywords spanning 10 global impact sectors:
🌱 Agriculture & Food
💧 Water & San
⚡ Energy
⚕️ Health & Medicine
🏗️ Construction
📚 Education
🛠️ Tools & Mfg
♻️ Environment & Waste
🚲 Transportation
🤝 Social Finance