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17 projects

Drones & Dreams: A Speculative Sprint Story Collection

A speculative story sprint collection

Asia
2019

Ignis

The system attaches to a drone, and drops small incendiaries known as “dragon eggs” from a safe height, at a much lower cost and personal risk than a helicopter.

Lincoln, NE, USA
fires

Skycatch

Drone maps and 3D models processed in the cloud for construction, mining, energy, & more.

2013

OpenAerialMap

OpenAerialMap is an open service to provide access to a commons of openly licensed imagery and map layer services. Download or contribute imagery to the growing commons of openly licensed imagery. Start Exploring

1100 13th Street NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20005
OpenStreetMap

Estimativa de Público – Manifestação de 25 de fevereiro de 2024 em São Paulo

Former president Bolsonaro claimed 600,000 attended a rally for him, but researchers used the tool to prove it was less than a third of that.

africanDRONE

africanDRONE seeks to empower the drone pioneers already living on the continent, by networking them together into a self-help association that can share resources and knowledge

Africa, Asia
2012

Campaign to Stop Killer Robots

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is a growing global coalition of 250+ international, regional, and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in 65 countries that is working to preemptively ban fully autonomous weapons.

2012
peace, campaigns, cyberwar, arms tracking, manifestos, human rights, surveillance, "Peace, justice, and strong institutions"

Ethics In Tech

Ethics In Technology works towards increased awareness around the ethical use of technology and seeks to make a positive impact through engaging the public at all levels of our society in conversation about these issues.

Bay Area, CA, USA

Atlas of Surveillance

The largest-ever repository of information on which law enforcement agencies are using what surveillance technologies. fatalities or facial recognition systems leading to wrongful

policing, racial equity, surveillance