Drones.
They’ve earned something of a reputation for being buzzy little floating boxes of annoyance and privacy invasion, and the hordes of people unwrapping them this week and subsequently crashing them into the nearest tree/power line/neighbor’s house probably won’t help.
Slowly but surely, though, people are finding truly good, novel uses for them. Stopping rhino poaching! Finding skiers lost in the alps! And now… saving you from drowning?
A $230 pocket-sized drone that can only fly for three minutes.
In the span of 13 months, eight drones have crashed.
Attacks like this one are likely to become more of a problem in the future.
I wonder what the price comparison of this device is with uav and pilot to a lifeguard.