Abstract. Drones are being introduced as innovative and cost-effective technologies for civil, commercial, and recreational purposes in the domestic realm. While the presence of these technologies is increasing, regulations are being introduced in order to ensure their safe and responsible use. As drones are adopted for a number of purposes, the "de facto practices settle around it, rendering change much more difficult" (Gersher, 2014), and so the policy debates must consider all contingencies and unintended consequences of their use. This paper discusses the background of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), their role as surveillance technologies, and how they reinforce asymmetries in power and visibility that contribute to a politics of verticality, ultimately arguing that surveillance concerns must become part of the discussion at the policy and regulatory level in order to mitigate any harms. Where drones are already used for care and control as technologies of surveillance, privileged use of drones by public and police agencies could further reinforce a politics of verticality (Weizman, 2002), resulting in specific types of space, risk, and population management.
Terrorists are finding new ways of attacking developing countries like Kenya using current technology. Security forces and guards are exposed to high risk of attack due to lack of modern facilities to monitor international borders and buildings. Due to this challenge, a system was proposed that would be used to monitor these places remotely. This system was able to interact with other security gadgets like drones to effectively survey international borders and buildings, send real-time alerts, and stream videos live from anywhere. An Application Programming Interface (API) was developed to interconnect the system with a drone. A web page and a simple Android application were developed to stream videos and control the rover over the internet. Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and the Arduino UNO microcontrollers were interconnected and used to run the Rover. Satellite, Wi-Fi, Internet and the GPRS technologies were used for communication. Appropriate sensors were mounted on the rover to collect information from the environment and relay real-time data to the central server for further analysis and interpretation. The system was tested, evaluated, and recommendations made for future work. General Terms Security Surveillance
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