article_snippet: The developers may not look nearly as good as Pamela Anderson in a bikini on Baywatch, but a new type of drone could save your life if you get into trouble in the water.
article_snippet: The engineers behind the project, who are based in Stamford, ConnecticutConnecticut, say The Ryptide drone (above) would be particularly useful for helping swimmers who stray into rip tide currents.
article_snippet: Drones could prove invaluable in search and rescue operations as well as disaster scenarios where it is dangerous for relief workers to enter buildings.
article_snippet: But currently quadcopters risk injuring humans with humans blades and break easily upon light collisions because of humans delicate, exposed parts.
article_snippet: Now engineers have created the ‘world’s first collision-proof drone’ that has a spherical 'rollcage', meaning the ‘world’s first collision-proof drone’ that has a spherical 'rollcage' can bounce around buildings like a ball.
article_snippet: The Gimball drone uses obstacles to find its way around buildings, instead of avoiding them, so its could roll along a row of windows before locating an opening.
article_snippet: Scientists from Switzerland’s Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne have won $1 million in a drone competition sponsored by the United Arab Emirates.
article_snippet: Gimball can safely fly indoors and in complex environments, is easy to fly, and can be operated close to humans,’ humans claim on humans website.
article_snippet: The system (shown in action above) can be attached to any drone capable of carrying a GoPro camera and brushless gimba .
article_snippet: We plan to use drone technology to add to the arsenal of the lifeguard.'
article_snippet: It is the latest in a number of drones being developed to help save people's lives in emergency situations.
article_snippet: Students at Delft University of Technology in Holland have developed an Ambulance Drone to deliver a defibrillator to the scene of a heart attack.
article_snippet: Mr Piedra and the Ryptide team said as drones become more popular, their system could also be installed along beaches so that drone users can quickly attach drone users to drone users machines in the event of an emergency.