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Aspirations for and Obstacles to the Use of Humanitarian Drones

by sen_admin | Feb 18, 2018 | General News, Technology

Aspirations for and Obstacles to the Use of Humanitarian Drones

Humanitarian aerospace is one of the cutting-edge fields in which the Sentinel Project operates, through its subsidiary initiative Sarus Humanitarian Aerospace. Unmanned aerial systems (UAS), also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and commonly called drones, can be widely used for peaceful,...

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Call for participation: Research on drone policy for development and humanitarianism

by sen_admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Conferences, General News, Kenya, Technology

Call for participation: Research on drone policy for development and humanitarianism

Call for participation: The Sentinel Project has launched a new research project focused on the use of drones for development and humanitarianism in the Global South. We’re looking for people and organizations working with this technology around the world to participate in interviews about your...

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Chasing Wind Part 2: The Potential of Drones for Peacebuilding

by sen_admin | Aug 9, 2017 | Conferences, Kenya, Technology, Una Hakika

Chasing Wind Part 2: The Potential of Drones for Peacebuilding

(Continued from Part 1) With all of this in our basket and realising the project’s limitations as a team, we started discussing ways to enhance the existing technology used in our work. This led us to realise the great potential in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) to bolster...

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by sen_admin | May 23, 2017 | Donations, General News, Situations of Concern, Technology, Una Hakika

Help Make Humanitarian Drones a Reality

In 2014, the Sentinel Project launched “Sarus,” its humanitarian aerospace initiative, with plans to deploy “humanitarian drones” in conflict zones around the world. Humanitarian aerospace is one of the cutting edge fields in which the Sentinel Project operates and we now asks for your help...

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Internationally Recognized Experts Join Sentinel Advisory Council

by sen_admin | Feb 10, 2015 | Burma, Conferences, General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Technology, Una Hakika

Internationally Recognized Experts Join Sentinel Advisory Council

The Sentinel Project is pleased to announce the expansion of our advisory board. Patrick Meier is the Director of Social Innovation at Qatar Computing Research Institute and a luminary and leader in the application of new technologies for crisis-mapping, early warning, humanitarian response and...

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Support Peace This Holiday Season With Sentinel Gifts

by sen_admin | Dec 8, 2014 | Donations, General News, Technology

Support Peace This Holiday Season With Sentinel Gifts

The Sentinel Project has officially launched its Sentinel Gift feature.  This holiday season you can do your gift shopping and support the Sentinel Project at the same time.  Our gift catalog offers items you won’t find in any store.  Early warning drones, satellite imagery, the gift of...

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Humanitarian Drones: Perceptions vs. Reality in Kenya’s Tana Delta

by sen_admin | Nov 18, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Technology, Technology Roles, Una Hakika

Humanitarian Drones: Perceptions vs. Reality in Kenya’s Tana Delta

Writings on the subject of practical unmanned aerial system (UAS) applications in the humanitarian field have exploded in recent years, but actual, real-world applications have lagged far behind in large part because of unanswered questions about their use. What the field of humanitarian aerospace...

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by sen_admin | Nov 28, 2013 | General News, Team Announcements, Technology

The Drone Debate: Transparency and Accountability

In this last post of our blog series on the humanitarian use of drones we look at two closely related issues that call into question the current use of armed drones and raise a serious point of discussion for the humanitarian use of this technology. These two issues are transparency and...

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Former US ambassador joins the Sentinel Project as advisor on UAVs

by sen_admin | Jan 2, 2013 | General News, Team Announcements

Former US ambassador joins the Sentinel Project as advisor on UAVs

The Sentinel Project is excited to have former US ambassador Jack Chow, an advocate for humanitarian drones, join us as an advisor. He will be assisting our team as we develop new ideas about these devices and build prototypes in the near future. Many of our supporters know that we’ve had a...

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