US Allocates Further Territories for UAV Testing
Though unmanned aerial vehicles have proliferated in recent years, the US federal government still tightly controls their use. For example, drones must stay within...
How Can Technology Fight Ebola in Off-the-Grid
“You have very little cellphone coverage,” said Steven Van Roekel, chief innovation officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). “You have unreliable power...
Drone Delivery Tech Applied in Life Saving Operations
Drone delivery has been expanding to first response in the cardiac emergency setting. Every minute literally counts in increasing the odds of survival for...
Israeli Local Authorities to Be Trained for Emergency
Local authorities fulfill a major and complex role In the preparedness to an emergency. For the first time, Israeli local authorities’ director generals will receive...
First of Its Kind Training Installation for Search and Rescue Teams
As we learn from experience, most of the trapped victims in the aftermath of earthquakes and other natural disasters are rescued by by-passers, rather...
Communication Sharing Across Border During Disaster
During a disaster, thousands of people are trying to communicate through the same network at the same time in the same area. This results...
DARPA-Based Initiative to Bridge Language Gap on Emergency
Most of the languages in the world are “low-resource” languages for which there are a dearth of human translators and no automated translation capability....
New Addition to The Smart Ambulance Model
Emergency response work is physically and mentally exhausting, placing extreme demands on the paramedic both at the civilian and military settings. The critical equipment...
Gunshot Sensor Contributes to More Immediate Injured Evacuation
A considerable percentage of the gunshot attacks carried out in the US are not reported to the authorities, and when they are reported -...
IDF Unit 669 for Combat Rescue, Evacuation & Airborne Medicine
IDF special unit 669 is the Israeli Air Force’s Airborne Rescue And Evacuation Unit, and one of IDF’s four special units. The unit defines...
US Stockpiles New Drug to Address Bioterrorism Risk
The US Congress has taken steps to enable the development and approval of countermeasures to thwart pathogens that could be employed as weapons in...
New Tech Enhances First Responders Capabilities
Emergency first responders often lack a standard system that supplies vital information about people who have been in an accident or who are suffering...
911 Caller Location Detection in Multi-Story Buildings
Emergency call centers sometimes find it hard to accurately locate an address when a person uses a cellphone to dial 911. For years, the...
Drone and Helicopter Perform First-Ever Emergency Drill
A first-of-its-kind emergency evacuation drill using drone technology was performed by Nevada and California agencies. During the drill on the Nevada-California border just north...
New Drone Integrated in U.S Ambulance Service
The Chicago city Ambulance Service started incorporating a new emergency response drone.
We have just recently wrote in i-HLS.com about drones being flown by canadian...
Machine Learning to Predict Injuries
Ground-breaking research recently used big data analysis and machine learning to develop a model in order to predict the development of pressure injuries among...
Drone to Supply Emergency Treatment in Cardiac Arrest
People suffering from cardiac problems rescued within 3 minutes have 70% more chance to save themselves. Now, a drone operating on a 5G network...
DARPA Funding New Portable Biological Weapons Diagnostics Device
Today’s battlefield can be a very unpredictable place, with threats coming from every direction, including from the air and from underground. Recent conflicts in...
Drone Ambulance Will Carry Injured Person in Emergency
An innovative project could save lives. A self-piloting drone ambulance that could carry a single person for up to 150km at a maximum speed...
Bluetooth Chip – Vulnerable Part of Connected Devices
Wireless access points can come in many forms, such as a router or an internet of things device. If a hacker gains access to...
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Drones Could Soon Navigate Collapsed Buildings Without Slowing Down
Flying autonomous drones through unpredictable environments remains one of the biggest technical challenges in robotics. In confined spaces such as collapsed buildings, industrial sites,...
