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Building a Decentralized Drone Imaging Network

Most geospatial data is gathered by satellites and cameras attached to planes, but a new decentralized network is helping amateur drone pilots capture and contribute ultra high resolution data.  In this week's show, we go fly a drone and learn how that data is helping power next generation apps for things like disaster response. This episode originally ran in June 2025. We Meet:   Alec Wilson, COO Spexi Bill Lakeland, CEO Spexi   Credits: This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens. It was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Meg Marco.

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  Building a Decentralized Drone Imaging Network

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  Assuming Breach and AI Agent Overreach

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  Building an Internet of Cognition

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  The Race for Nuclear Fusion

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  Meet the CIA's Former Digital Chief

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  Quantum Computing’s Hardest Path Reaches a Breakthrough

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  Digital Citizens or Digital Subjects?

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  How to Build AI for the Physical World

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  AI's Survival of the Fittest

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  Teaching Kids to Think About AI—Not Just Use It

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  AI Ethics Needs a Nightmare, Not a North Star

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  Built to Trust: Designing Safe, Smart Systems

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  Capital One on the Last Mile Problem

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  Reliability at the Speed of Change

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  Building Human-Centered AI