Missing Boy Rescued Thanks to a Drone’s Infrared Camera
An image from a drone helped emergency services locate and save a teenager with special needs in Cherokee County woods in Cherokee County, North Carolina on Monday.
Scientists Create Cyborg Cockroach Camera for Search and Rescue
A group of international robotics researchers has developed an urban search and rescue solution that skirts past the current limitations of miniature robotics through what they are calling an insect computer hybrid system, which fuses a living insect platform with a microcontroller.
Hiker Rescued After Man on Twitter Located Him From a Photo of His Feet
A hiker who had been missing in the mountains of Southern California was found after a Twitter user pinpointed his location from the last photo the hiker sent to a friend, which was shared by authorities on social media.
Officials Warn Against ‘Instagram Hikers’ Venturing to Plane Crash Site
A popular COVID lockdown photo location in Higher Shelf Stones, England has become dangerous for "Instagram Hikers" as winter approaches. Volunteer mountain rescue teams have advised against visiting after being called out multiple times to assist ill-prepared visitors.
Photographer Uses Drone and Thermal Camera to Find Missing 6-Year-Old
Photographer Steve Fines is being hailed as a hero after he was able to use his drone and a thermal camera to help locate a 6-year-old boy who got lost last week on a freezing cold night in Sherburne County, Minnesota.
Canon Unveils Its Very Own Search and Rescue Drone
Canon has decided to break into the drone market, but probably not in the way you think. The Japanese camera giant has developed a search and rescue drone meant to work with the company's 4,000,000 ISO ME20F-SH camera.
Drones Are Saving One Life Per Week, DJI Study Finds
DJI Technology Inc, the largest civilian drone maker, is claiming in a new study that “59 lives have been saved by civilian drones in 18 different incidents, with one life a week being saved by drones on average.”