Thu 30 May, 2024 2:35 pm
A new tool called Lifeseeker could help search and rescue teams find missing people in minutes using their cellphones. The technology acts as a miniature cellphone tower, allowing rescuers to pinpoint cellphone locations within a 3-mile radius, significantly improving the efficiency and success rate of search missions in challenging terrains.
Thu 30 May, 2024 4:00 pm
Fri 31 May, 2024 2:53 pm
Warin wrote:Most cell phones have GPS .. that would get a 10 meter radius, not 3 km
Mon 03 Jun, 2024 9:20 am
Unless you have a newish iPhone that has an emergency satellite function.keithj wrote:Warin wrote:Most cell phones have GPS .. that would get a 10 meter radius, not 3 km
This technology is for use by Search & Rescue when there is no phone tower close by. It is a portable phone tower that can be installed on a helicopter. So that when the chopper flies over the (signal-less) phone it provides it with a 4G signal. And it can therefore locate the (previously useless) phone to within 3 km.
A cell phone with a GPS is useless to an immobile person if there is no 4G signal.
Fri 21 Jun, 2024 3:24 pm
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