Drones for Humanity

2 PM
Free with Museum admission

Recently, drones (or UAV, unmanned aerial vehicles) have been in the media spotlight: anonymous military air strikes, Amazon’s plans to use drones for delivery, incidents of public and private surveillance. Military drones are the subject of Trevor Paglen’s work in the exhibition Covert Operations. See a real drone and learn more about what drones are—and what they are not from Mark Jacobsen, founder and executive director of Uplift Aeronautics, Inc., a nonprofit startup, Uplift was created with the mission to empower and aid communities through innovative aviation technology.