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Automated Pool System Saves Swimmer

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the watchful-eyes-for-something-besides-privacy-invasion dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An automated swimmer tracking system installed in a pool in Wales has saved a young girl who just collapsed and sank to the bottom, by paging lifeguards when it could not detect her moving." This is the first time a UK swimmer has been saved by the £65,000 Poseidon system since it was installed in March of 2003.

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  1. Poseidon Vista by LittleGuernica · · Score: 5, Funny

    In late 2006 they will Install Poseidon Vista, which makes the entire pool searchable, have an "aqua" interface and tranparant water. A new filtersing system is also planned, called PoseidonFS, but will probably come with service pack 1.

  2. I wonder why it decided to save her by kyle90 · · Score: 5, Funny

    After all, she only had an 11% chance of survival, but Will Smith had a 40% chance.

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  3. Good God! by Black+Parrot · · Score: 4, Funny


    > by paging lifeguards when it could not detect her moving.

    Let's hope they never deploy this where I work!

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    Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
  4. In other news... by mriya3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "An automated swimmer tracking system installed in a pool in Wales allowed lifeguards to ban a man that was urinating in the pool"