Drone comes to the rescue of two swimmers in Australia

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https://qz.com/1182580/lifeguards-in-australia-make-history-by-using-a-drone-to-rescue-swimmers/

Lifeguards used a drone to rescue two teenagers from rough seas off the northern coast of New South Wales in Australia today (Jan. 18).

The lifeguards happened to be piloting the new technology when they received a distress signal and deployed a drone to search for the struggling swimmers. Footage relayed from the drone camera (which can be viewed here) caught two people in distress near Lennox Head in the northern coastline of the state. The video shows the drone releasing a flotation device, which the two teenagers swam toward and clung onto as they are pounded by waves. Ben Franklin, parliamentary secretary for Northern New South Wales, said the whole process only took 70 seconds, compared to the six minutes it usually takes a lifeguard to rescue swimmers.
 
Barcelona said:
Aussie ingenuity...Race Cam, Black Box Flight Recorders, WiFi, and many more. And now Surf rescue via drone!
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Polymer bank notes too.
I remember in 2011 there was heaps of news about Canadas new "revolutionary" bank notes. And I was just here thinking "Uhhh... we've had that in circulation since 1992, it was our technology".
 
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The New South Wales government invested A$430,000 ($340,000) last year in a fleet of drones to patrol for sharks in the northern beaches of the state. Some of those drones are fitted with artificial intelligence to detect sharks.
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They should attach 'fricken laser beams' to the drones.

 
allanc said:
Here is the link to the article.
Also, the actual substance used in the bank notes is manufactured in your country AUS (same article)!
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As per the article:

"A tumbling mechanism filled with coffee grinds, marbles, bolts and synthetic sweat was meant to simulate the effect of being left in a pocket."

My goodness. Canadians are weird.....
 
NYJimbo said:
As per the article:

"A tumbling mechanism filled with coffee grinds, marbles, bolts and synthetic sweat was meant to simulate the effect of being left in a pocket."

My goodness. Canadians are weird.....
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Im imagining a tourist in Vancouver just walking down the street and then he sees a horrible accident where a local pedestrian gets hit by a car. All the other citizens are gasping in shock and horror, but the tourist just has a confused look on his face as he watches all the marbles, bolts and coffee grinds scatter across the road.
 
NYJimbo said:
As per the article:

"A tumbling mechanism filled with coffee grinds, marbles, bolts and synthetic sweat was meant to simulate the effect of being left in a pocket."

My goodness. Canadians are weird.....
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Really?
Consumer Reports (USA) uses 'a measured mix of baby wipes, sponges, plastic balls, and water-filled latex sleeves to see whether a toilet would clog'
 
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