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The Drone Frontier

In this 5-part series, we’re going to delve deeper into what the future of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, can look like; how they can be used for positive impact, what we need to do to integrate them in existing systems, and how we can get the global rules on drone technology right. This series was commissioned by UKAid and undertaken by the Frontier Technologies Hub. Hosted by Sarah Pannell, Policy adviser in FCDO’s Technology and Innovation Unit and drones for development lead at the FCDO.This is the second season of The Frontier Podcast series. Our first series tackled the role of data in international development, hosted by Valentine J Gandhi and produced by the Frontier Technologies Hub and Niras Digital Futures Hub, and funded by UKAid. Listen below and learn more at https://www.frontiertechhub.org/resources

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The Drone Frontier

Mapping humanity: using frontier data technologies and AI to provide hyper-local spatial data around the world

July 08, 2021 • Frontier Technologies Hub • Season 1 • Episode 3

We talk to Melissa Persaud, Director of New Business, Global Development at Fraym, about their pioneering work using frontier data technology to produce hyper-local (1km^2 level) spatial data where data is traditionally hard to access.

Fraym’s data maps are used by companies, development organisations and governments to address a wide range of needs, including responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. In this episode, we also discuss Fraym’s work with CovidAction, a technology and innovation pipeline funded by the FCDO.

Links:

Fraym CovidAction project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DA9FXtj5QY]

Fraym’s website: https://fraym.io/

Frontier Technology Hub blog post: Medium

Full FCDO report: Frontier Data Study - releasing the power of digital data for development