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posted by chromas on Tuesday November 05 2019, @04:20AM   Printer-friendly
from the aerial-mesh dept.

Police Scotland has unveiled a new aerial drone system to help in searches for missing and vulnerable people.

The remotely-piloted aircraft system (RPAS) can see things we can't to try to work out where people are.

It uses advanced cameras and neural computer networks to spot someone it is looking for - from "a speck" up to 150 metres away.

Its recognition software is compact enough to be run on a phone, with the technology learning as it goes.

"The drone itself has very special sensors on it," said Insp Nicholas Whyte, of Police Scotland's air support unit.

"There's a very highly-powered optical camera which can allow us to see things quite clearly from a good height. Also, there's a thermal imaging sensor which detects heat.

"We're there to find people. People who need our help or people who are lost."

The system is the result of a collaboration involving Police Scotland, the technology multinational Thales and the University of the West of Scotland (UWS).


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Tuesday November 05 2019, @11:35AM

    by jmichaelhudsondotnet (8122) on Tuesday November 05 2019, @11:35AM (#916198) Journal

    True story, can confirm. See my journal.

    This will find 1 missing person for every 10 million people harassed.

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