The SIGHT blog inspires the cross-pollination of ideas, solutions, and partnerships amongst its greater community by sharing insightful news and stories on SIGHT projects and events around the globe, submitted by SIGHT members and volunteer.
At the global level, three million babies die every year in their first month of life, and 98% of these deaths are occurring in the developing world. For the case of Uganda it is clear that solutions for reducing neonatal mortality are critically needed. Due to understaffing and lack of sufficient functional medical equipment, gaps…
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This project was organised by the IEEE SIGHT Volunteers of Madras Section along with PSNA College of Engineering and an NGO – LITTER OF LIGHT, which object is to light up the dark regions across the globe. The team made a survey visit to the Sirumalai, a reserved forest area which is located at Dindigul District,…
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SS12 is a Coding and Making Challenge jointly organized by Madras IEEE Education Society, Project Possibility and REAL Breakthrough. It is hosted in partnership with IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee, Societies, sections, Universities and leading technology industry companies. This year the challenge was conducted to recognize the best social innovation application on the theme given: ‘EDUCATION…
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The Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Activity Award recognizes both outstanding sections and outstanding individuals for the work they have contributed towards humanitarian technology. The recipients this year are IEEE Karachi Section and Shaikh Anowarul Fattah. We would like to thank Mr. Fattah and the IEEE Karachi Section for inspiring us all to make a lasting impact…
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Each year, the MGA Young Professionals Achievement Award recognizes individuals who have had substantive projects or achievements that are relatively short in nature (about 1-3 years) but have left a lasting impact on IEEE Young Professionals.This year, two winners are two IEEE SIGHT volunteers. The winners of the 2017 MGA YP awards go to Anis Ben…
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All IEEE Young Engineers’ Humanitarian Challenge (AIYEHUM), organized by the IEEE Region 10 (Asia-Pacific), is a project competition where young scientists and engineers identify a community problem, develop technological solutions to address them and eventually implement it with the support provided by the IEEE R10. The principal objective of AIYEHUM is to inspire young professionals/engineers…
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Underserved communities often face obstacles everyday that can be overcome with the help of technology. The communities of Tzununá, Pajomel and Chuitzanchaj were all facing a similar issue; tomato plants were growing in the soil but the seeds were not sprouting. The farmers of these communities located in Sololá, Guatemala had to travel…
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Glenn McKnight is the current co-chair of the SIGHT Communities of Practice subcommittee and the member of the SIGHT Toronto group. Outside of IEEE, he is also involved in the Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities as the chair. Celia Shahnaz, SIGHT’s 2017 Communications Chair, interviewed Mr. McKnight. What inspired you to join IEEE SIGHT? I have been involved…
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By Alexandros Osana, IEEE Region 8 HuAC Chair and Ruba Aburub, IEEE Region 8 HuAC Outreach Team Leader On October 2015 I was sitting at the back of a large conference room in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where the IEEE Region 8 Meeting was taking place. Costas Stasopoulos, the now ex-director, was making his semester report about…
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The IEEE Women in Engineering and Humanitarian Technologies Panel took place during the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference on October 22, 2017. Moderating was Celia Shanaz, Communications Chair for the IEEE SIGHT Steering Committee, Chair of the IEEE WIE Workshops Subcommittee and member of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology WIE Subcommittee. The…
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