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Automatic Life Jacket Detection For Drones

Posted by samzenpus on from the eye-in-the-sky dept.

garymortimer writes "Sentient, an Australian company that makes drone software, has given UAVs the ability to search for small, high visibility objects such as life jackets. From the article: 'Kestrel Maritime is a software solution that processes electro-optical (EO) and infrared (IR) full motion video (FMV) from manned and unmanned vehicles (UAVs). The Life Jacket Detection enhances Kestrel Maritime EO capability to automatically detect small, high visibility objects whilst searching wide maritime areas.'"

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  1. Is this some sort of sick joke? by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 1, Troll

    Wow, I get that this has search and rescue applications, but the first time I read it I thought this was developed as a way to kill ejected pilots.

    Exactly. I mean, these are *drones*, right? Since when is technology like this actually designed from the get-go for "good"?

    Is this some sort of sick joke?

    I for one am *not* amused by what is surly once again a sick, sick cruel abuse by the Military-Industrial Complex. Shame on garymortimer for submitting this astroturf, and even more shame on samzenpus for posting it.

    They've got to you, haven't they, samzenpus? How much did they pay you?

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