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.
Tim Lee, Char of IEEE SIGHT, led a workshop during the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference on October 22, 2017. Panelists: Sarang Shaikh, Karachi Section SIGHT, Pakistan Samar Baba, Tunisia Section SIGHT, Tunisia Daniel Lottis, Santa Clara Valley Section SIGHT, California, USA Anis Ben Arfi, Southern Alberta Section SIGHT, Alberta, Canada Representatives from Karachi Section…
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2017 IEEE SIGHT steering committee members gathered for a face-to-face meeting on 19th October at GHTC 2017 in San Jose, California, USA. IEEE SIGHT has come a long way since its inception but the challenge we face is massive. Therefore, the meeting’s objective was to discuss the 2017 activities and plan future activities so that…
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Cutting edge technology and innovation begins with devoted people, simple ideas and noble purpose. Because some people will need a solution to make their daily life better, IEEE SIGHT Southern Alberta Section is partnering with Tikkun Olam Makers (TOM) makers movement for the second year to develop solutions for people with special needs. This summer,…
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The SS12 Coding and Making Challenge brought students in India and Bangladesh together to develop technological solutions to problems afflicting people in their communities. The event was organized by Madras IEEE Education Society, Project Possibility and REAL Breakthrough, and hosted in partnership with different IEEE sections, Universities and leading technology industry companies. The challenge is…
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Shujaan Akhwund experienced a revelation about rural life and its trials in Pakistan while visiting the poverty-ridden and underpowered district of Umerkot, Sindh. Shujaan is a graduate student and member of the IEEE Karachi Section (Pakistan, Region 10), and he was traveling with IEEE SIGHT Karachi volunteers. The experience convinced him not to take his…
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Kartik Kulkarni guided IEEE SIGHT as the Global Steering Committee Chair in the organization’s earliest years from its founding in 2013 until December 2016. In his day job, Mr. Kulkarni holds a technical staff position at Oracle in Redwood City, California (USA), and he continues to volunteer with IEEE SIGHT R6. Celia Shahnaz, SIGHT’s 2017 Communications…
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The project “Hybrid Wireless Ad Hoc Network Implementation (Testbed) For Facing Seismic Catastrophes,” a project sponsored by IEEE SIGHT, supported by the IEEE Nicaragua Section, and under execution by the IEEE SIGHT “TIC Nicaragua SIGHT,” has successfully executed its initial steps, installing and setting up several radio links between strategic communications points of Managua. These…
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By José Benítez SIGHT Paraguay Group Organizer On June 9 we held an important meeting with IEEE SIGHT Paraguay volunteers and the Natán Foundation that helps to empower indigenous communities. Daniel Aquino, leader of the project “A liter of light Paraguay”, also took part and showed us his progress in partnership with SIGHT Paraguay. These…
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By Hassaan Idrees IEEE SIGHT Karachi Chapter Hema, an 8-year-old girl, is one of five siblings living in the village of Senhoi, located close to the Mirpurkhas-Umerkot highway, a perennially drought ridden area of southern Pakistan. Every day, she wakes up before the crack of dawn to fetch water from a hand pump at a…
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It is difficult to live with social atrocities and issues but it is more difficult to know that society is not concerned about them. 2016 SS12 Project Competition and Maker Fair changed that by bringing more than 200 people who showed their concern by materializing innovative ideas to solve the issues. We are excited to…
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