A new rescue drone has already proved its worth,sex and the city prime video assisting two swimmers in distress off the coast of Lennox Head, Australia.
Unveiled on Thursday morning, then immediately put into action later that day, the "Little Ripper" drone is designed to drop inflatable rescue pods to people caught in rips, large swells or experiencing exhaustion in the waves.
SEE ALSO: Film underwater in 4K with this versatile droneAround 11:30 a.m., the drone located two young men swimming in powerful surf conditions approximately a kilometer north of the patrolled area — they'd been seen by a member of the public.
Within 70 seconds, the drone had flown to the location, piloted by lifeguard supervisor Jai Sheridan, and dropped an inflatable flotation device, which the pair used to stay afloat while swimming to shore. The task would usually take a lifeguard up to 6 minutes to complete.
And because it's a drone, the whole thing was caught on camera.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable It's a collaboration between Surf Life Saving NSW and the State Government, who announced in December it would invest AU $430,000 in drone technology for this trial on NSW's North Coast.
Helping to save lives in 70 seconds? Worth the money, in our humble opinion.
“Never before has a drone, fitted with a flotation device been used to rescue swimmers like this,” Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional NSW John Barilaro said in a statement.
The NSW Department of Primary Industry will also use the drone as a research tool to assist scientists researching marine activity off Northern NSW.
Using drone technology for emergency assistance is proving an effective means of cutting aid time in various parts of the world. Shark-spotting drones are patrolling the the skies above Australian beaches, and medical delivery drones could expedite defibrillations, to name a few.
In fact, here are nine brilliant ways drones can help tackle the world's biggest problems, including humanitarian aid. They're not all creepy.
Video: SLS/NSW DPI/Little Ripper Group.
Topics Drones
(Editor: {typename type="name"/})
EPA's leader is open to reconsidering crucial climate assessment
Inertia by Kate Zambreno
“Then Things Went Bad”: How I Won $264 at Preakness by Tarpley Hitt
Fucked for Life: Bladee’s Paintings by Elena Saavedra Buckley
Amazon Big Spring Sale 2025: Best deals under $50
Paradise Tossed
...[Details]
SpaceX's most recent rocket landing looks so sci
New photos released by SpaceX Wednesday show just how sci-fi their rocket landings really are.The ba
...[Details]
‘Google Assistant with Bard’ demo leaks — here’s what it can do with your photos
Google Assistant is the search engine tech giant's answer to Siri that responds to "Hey Google!"In c
...[Details]
On Anzia Yezierska’s Bread Givers by Deborah Feldman
On Anzia Yezierska’s Bread GiversBy Deborah FeldmanApril 7, 2023The Review’s ReviewStill from Hungry
...[Details]
Elon Musk's space Tesla actually served an engineering purpose
Launching a Tesla Roadster into outer space may have been ridiculous, but the vehicle is far from be
...[Details]
Get the M2 MacBook Air at its lowest price at Best Buy
SAVE $300:As of Jan. 29, you can score an Apple MacBook Air, 15.3-inch (Apple M2, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD
...[Details]
Primrose for XBy Fanny HoweMay 16, 2023PoetryLondon buses moving. Licensed under CCO 2.0, courtesy o
...[Details]
Rick Perry regrets calling for abolishment of Energy Department
What do you do if a president-elect asks you to lead a government agency that you famously wanted to
...[Details]
Parental Controls: How to Lock Down Your Kids' iOS Devices
I'm the father of a very curious 9-year-old daughter. As such, it's a headache trying to make sure s
...[Details]
Opera WeekBy Sophie HaigneyMay 12, 2023On MusicMetropolitan Opera House. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commo
...[Details]
Trump delays TikTok ban for another 75 days
New White House website scrubbed of most climate change references
接受PR>=1、BR>=1，流量相当，内容相关类链接。