Infrared drone used to rescue missing 78-year-old man on Christmas Eve
By Shane Galvin
Published Dec. 28, 2024, 2:43 a.m. ET
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California authorities used a heat-seeking drone to find an elderly man who went missing while going to fetch his mail on Christmas Eve.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Malibu Search and Rescue Team sprung into action to locate the 78-year-old who suffers from early-onset dementia, according to an Instagram post.
Malibu SAR deployed several drones to help in the rescue — including one advanced drone that uses infrared heat-seeking technology to locate targets.
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Seems like this is the future of “Search and Rescue”.
Looking at the picture, if it is the original untouched image, it’s obvious what it is.
This has implications in lost children, snipers at war, and who knows what else.
Seems like a new “mandatory” piece of gear in toolboxes around the world.
Maybe I could ever get branches off my roof easily,
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