Man saved by quadracopter

[FlyinMarty]

Someone in work showed me this article,  which shows video of the what is believed to be the first recorded instance of a life being saved by a ';Drone'; in a search and rescue situation.

What a brilliant use for multis and hope that this will be used more for positive applicatuons like this, especially if battery technology allows much longer flight times.

http://mobile.theverge.com/2013/5/10/4318770/canada-draganflyer-drone-claims-first-life-saved-search-rescue

[Biffa]

About time there was some positive stuff in the news.

[nub]

fs i thought my PC had crashed for a moment or 2.

[Ross]

Good news.
  Lot of moronic comments on that  page though...as is  usual from the uninformed 

[guest325]

If this new development materialises the use of these machines for this type of thing (plus other not so appealing things) will become a lot more viable, also think about the knock on effect it could have on our chosen hobby!
http://www.kurzweilai.net/graphene-micro-supercapacitors-to-replace-batteries-for-microelectonics-devices

[FlyinMarty]

Guess what you need is a heavy lift, with decent flight time, a gimbal that can cary a daylight and FLIR cameras &  ground station with the ability to see from both cameras.

Who fancies starting up UAV search and rescue?

[firey1]

the NZ fire service has purchased 3 multi rotors fitted out with thermal imaging cameras from the US at a price of $13000 each for search n rescue as well as looking for hotspots

After the big earthquake a couple of years ago in christchurch a few personal quads were used to look for bodies and  search  larger building using FPV even a few AR drones were used as well