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The U Safe Is a Remote-controlled Life Preserver

Typically, when you use a life preserver, you just throw it to the man overboard and hope for the best. If you suck at throwing, the person being rescued has to swim further to get to the life preserver, and that can put them in danger for longer. If only…

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Guy Crashes Drone on Neighbor’s Roof, Sends Another to Rescue It

As a kid I had many a Frisbee or baseball land on the neighbor’s roof. It probably happened to you too. These days it seems that drones that are more likely to get stuck on people’s roofs. Do you knock on the door and get help to retrieve it? Get…

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Air Rope Inflatable Tunnel: An Alternative Way to Get out of Sticky Situations

There are a lot of emergency situations that call for the use of rope. Unfortunately, rope pulley systems aren’t the safest way to go sometimes due to external conditions. Like, say, when there are floods or overflowing rivers and people are trapped on one end. No doubt you’ve seen similar…

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Whistle Glows in the Dark so Survivors Can Find It

Whistles can come in handy during emergencies and natural disasters. They’re especially useful in catching the attention of rescuers who might not be able to see survivors clearly because of the conditions. Unfortunately, not everyone walks around carrying a whistle in their pocket or wearing one around their neck.…

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Flying Rescue Lifeguard Drone Could be a Real Life Saver

Looking for a lifeguard that won’t get all out of shape like David Hasselhoff? A research lab in Iran is working on one – a robotic lifeguard that can respond instantly to passengers and crew who fall from ships by flying to their rescue and dropping a life preserver to…

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Dogs and Robot Snakes to Team Up for Rescue Missions

Dogs are pretty good at rescue operations. They can be trained to sniff out survivors in a disaster area and they can traverse some terrain that humans can’t in half the time. However even dogs have problems in some situations. What dogs need are little robot buddies that they can…

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Network Tubes: Float One, Float All

Did I already tell you about that time when I was almost drowned when I was a kid? No? Well, long story short, I almost did, and it took a while for me to want to go back to the beach after that.…

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Gemini-Scout Robot: Miner 2049er

It’s one thing to have people and dogs helping out in search-and-rescue operations, but it’s really interesting when robots start doing even better than your two- or four-legged friends, thanks to some of their sensors and other features. The Sandia’s Gemini-Scout Mine Rescue Robot is such a robot. It’s remotely-controlled,…

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Helios IX: Japan’s Radiation-Proof Robots to the Rescue!

It’s been confirmed that there was a nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, Japan. That’s why I think that the Helios IX, which was developed by the Tokyo Institute of Technology, will certainly be able to help out its human friends, since it won’t get sick or die from radiation poisoning.…

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The U Safe Is a Remote-controlled Life Preserver

Guy Crashes Drone on Neighbor’s Roof, Sends Another to Rescue It

Air Rope Inflatable Tunnel: An Alternative Way to Get out of Sticky Situations

Whistle Glows in the Dark so Survivors Can Find It

Flying Rescue Lifeguard Drone Could be a Real Life Saver

Dogs and Robot Snakes to Team Up for Rescue Missions

Network Tubes: Float One, Float All

Gemini-Scout Robot: Miner 2049er

Helios IX: Japan’s Radiation-Proof Robots to the Rescue!

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