Raspberry Pi commended for 'inspiring social change' The Nominet Trust 100 (NT100) aims to identify ingenious uses of technology changing lives in areas ranging from poverty to human rights, education and healthcare. The Raspberry Pi, which has sold more than 1.2 million units worldwide, was recognised for "opening up basic programming to new generations as well as providing an ultra low cost computer in the developing world." Both Wikileaks and Bitcoin were also credited with affecting social change. The Nominet Trust said that Wikileaks has created a "new model to combine investigative journalism and whistle blowing for the digital age," while Bitcoin might, in time, be seen as "the innovation which opened up new approaches to money." Other highlighted technologies include Witness, the Peter Gabriel-founded watchdog which uses online videos and the web to open the eyes of the world to human rights abuses; Mozilla's free and open source Firefox web browser; and Creative Commons, the project set up to provide a straightforward licensing framework for online creators. Cell Slider, which harnesses the power of the crowd to fight cancer, was one of 10 projects identified by Nominet Trust as "ones to watch" for their potential to have a significant impact in their chosen field. The London-based initiative allows ordinary web users to get involved in the classification of millions of samples of cancer cells, helping scientists move more quickly towards a cure for many types of the disease. But we are only just beginning to scratch the surface of ways that technology can be used to transform how we address complex social challenges from health and education to poverty and climate change," said Annika Small, CEO of Nominet Trust. The Nominet Trust hopes that the NT100 will become public source of information of social tech innovators around the world, searchable by anyone seeking a solution to a social challenge. The NT100 can be found online at socialtech.org.uk