Drones
"Unmanned aerial vehicles" and other self-propelled flying machines when they're used for positive societal ends, like delivering medicine or capturing environmental imagery.
Recommended resources:
- CivicSpace.tech guide to Robots and Drones, including its relevance to civic space, opportunities, risks, and case studies
San José Data Usage Protocols & Public Comment initiative
Public Comment period for emerging place-based tech deployed in San José
OpenDroneMap
We’re building sustainable solutions for collecting, processing, analyzing and displaying aerial data while supporting the communities built around them.
PIX4D
Georeferenced Guassian Splatting for drones to reproduce thin and tricky structures with clarity.
DroneDeploy
Capture, process, analyse drone data
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.
Improving the Energy Efficiency of Buildings with Drones
Developed out of NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering, Building Diagnostic Robotics (BDR) created robotics tools and AI analytics to aid in assessing building envelope efficiency.
Eye In The Sky
Using High-Altitude Balloons [and drones] for Decision Support in Wildfire Operations
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. St...
DroneSeed
Reforesting after wildfires with drones
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
Skycatch
Drone maps and 3D models processed in the cloud for construction, mining, energy, & more.
WebODM – Drone Mapping Software
A free, user-friendly, extendable application and API for drone image processing.
Microsoft AirSim
The initiative was developed in partnership between the National Council of Justice (CNJ) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), with support from the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Superior...
Drones & Dreams: A Speculative Sprint Story Collection
A speculative story sprint collection
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...
Imagining Drones for the Greater Good
IDEO brings together technologists and social innovators to imagine new uses for these “flying helpers"
Women Who Drone
A community of female drone pilots, enthusiasts, content creators and innovators. Fly, learn and contribute with us!
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 ba...
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.
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
Drone Journalism Lab Operations Manual
The Drone Journalism Lab's Operations Manual is here to help your news organization with using flying robots to report news.