Drone philanthropy?

Famine & Philanthropy

The leading Chinese-language newspaper in late nineteenth-century China, the Shanghai-based Shenbao, began in 1877 and 1878 to cover on an almost daily basis the famine engulfing North China. The news that millions of people were starving to death in the drought-stricken northern provinces shocked Chinese reformers and gentry philanthropists living in Shanghai and other parts of the Jiangnan re...

Autonomous Drone

For our senior project we modified a quadcopter so that it can fly autonomously and land whenever a camera detects a red target. The quadcopter uses four infrared sensors to avoid obstacles and an off-board camera to detect targets. Whenever the camera sees a red target, it tells the quadcopter to land. Our project was mostly successful; we were not able to attach the camera to the quadcopter d...

Health Related Philanthropy:

Philanthropy and Collective Sharing

Today I will present my thoughts on philanthropy as collective sharing. I will first examine the nature of philanthropy, and its relationship with the concept of ownership. In society, philanthropy is born together with private property. There is no need for philanthropy under a system of full public ownership. According to Marxist and Socialist theory, philanthropy is unnecessary and irrelevan...

Philanthropy for Science

Philanthropy is frequently viewed as an alternative way for supporting innovative research, but how to ideally approach this in Academic Medical Centers is rarely discussed. There are several ethical principles that should be adhered to, while recognizing that philanthropy should also be regarded as a partnership between donors and physician-scientists. Training of physician leaders, incorporat...