Voxel8: The World’s First 3D Electronics Printer – Print Your Own Drone

by Jon Thompson on January 31, 2015

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TU Delft – Ambulance Drone

by Jon Thompson on December 23, 2014

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VOX – Awesome photos show how Google is using a camel to map deserts

by Jon Thompson on October 10, 2014

Reminds me of the time I rented camels to move vaccine carriers into the mountains of Ethiopia…

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The Telegraph – Ebola outbreak: On the frontline of the fight against the epidemic in Liberia

by Jon Thompson on October 4, 2014

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WSJ – Deutsche Post DHL to Deliver Medicine via Drone

by Jon Thompson on October 3, 2014

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NYTimes – Aboard a Cargo Colossus

by Jon Thompson on October 3, 2014

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Squarespace – A Web Platform for the Humanitarian Community

March 2, 2013

If you are an aid agency going for a new look, a small non-profit with a limited marketing budget, etc, then you should consider Squarespace. Squarespace is a low-cost web platform that is changing the web design landscape. No longer do agencies need to spend considerable amounts of time and money setting up a website. […]

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BOATLIFT – An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience

September 11, 2012

Humanitarian logistics at it’s finest. Tweet

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LevelUp Launches ‘Causes’ To Help Humanitarian Institutions

September 7, 2012

I am a big fan of backed LevelUp. I use their iOS app several times a week at the eateries near my office here in San Francisco. I was first introduced to their iPhone app during one of their outreach campaigns in my neighborhood and, while I was skeptical at first, I now appreciate the […]

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TOHL – Helicopter-Borne Pipe Laying System Has Humanitarian Applications

August 24, 2012

Check out this inspiring video showing a pipe laying system developed by a group of Georgia Tech grads. TOHL has an interesting concept that could easily be deployed in many of the disaster zones where we work. I have a dozen questions straight out of the gate but I could see this as a simple […]

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