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The Extraordinaries<\/em> is a crowd sourcing smartphone software that allows volunteers to perform small tasks on their smartphones in just a few minutes. \u201cBe Extra\u201d enables anyone to do a social good from any place on Earth within cell phone reception and makes it feel like a game. One\u2019s spare time can be used for science, medicine, nonprofits and more. One could help to translate micro-finance loan applications, assist in transcribing subtitles for human rights videos, teach Immigrants in English, collect data on urban birds – done by everyday people directly on their smartphones during a few free moments. With The Extraordinaries<\/em> system, small windows of spare time might have a major social impact as the new technology creates thousands of possibilities. Using mobiles puts a direct link to social good in the pockets of over 100 million American people. 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