The Drone That Could Save You From Drowning

[mendezl]

Great Idea. Quick deployment of floatation device while waiting for lifeguard to get out there. Wonder if it could also bring a line / rope out to drowning person that could then be pulled in back to shore.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/26/the-drone-that-could-save-you-from-drowning/

 

[locoworks]

nice idea, but you'd have to drop it pretty much into their hands which wouldn't be easy??

 

[mendezl]

It would take FPV looking straight down to accurately drop the life raft thing.

 

[macheung]

This thing better be way over powered for it to be useful. The floatations device is a sail and it is often windy on beaches.
What is the max wind speed this can operate in?

 

[SteveMann]

Won't work. Even if they added a down camera, I doubt they could get within ten feet of a drowning person, and a panicked swimmer usually can't grasp a life ring thrown right next to them.
OTOH, I'll bet they raise their Kickstarter funding.