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[Dado]

translation made by Dave Buckley in here,
http://diydrones.com...-quad-rotor-for

Function
Alcedo is a portable, autonomous avalanche drone. They locate and mark buried and thus makes possible an immediate rescue. The search process requires no human intervention and is fully automatic. Its intuitive user interface requires no additional technical knowledge and allows for quick action. With a speed of 10m / s (36 km / h) it is capable of a large area within a very short time to search and locate buried. Due to its maneuverability and agility equipment is the quadricopter the ideal solution for this task. This is first line for professional mountain guides and rescuers. In the future, it is conceivable that Alcedo can be used in the private sector tour.
Inspiration
Every year, avalanches murky unique snowsports experience. Untouched slopes skiers and snowboarders seduce the hills. On average every year in Switzerland, 25 people die in avalanches. If a person is buried by an avalanche, the time for recovery is short. During the first fifteen minutes, the survival rate is 80 percent. After that, the chances of survival decrease rapidly: After 30 minutes, the probability 40 percent, live to come out of the avalanche. Professional rescue teams meet, but only about 40 minutes after the first emergency call one. Alcedo supports the rescue of avalanche victims by the avalanche and buried autonomous departing Rauchpertarden labeled by. The rescuer can thus concentrate on the essential part of the rescue: The digging of avalanche victims.
Development
Alcedo emerged from a collaboration of five engineering students from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and four industrial design students at the Zurich University of the Arts. As part of the bachelor's thesis at the ETH, a project of this complexity and size, and implemented can be initiated. While the mechanical engineering students with the technical feasibility were employed, have the industrial designer ZHdK the identity and design of the UAVs care. During the project, the two disciplines have merged more and more with each other. The interplay between design and technology makes Alcedo a useful tool in extreme situations. It helps to save lives.

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[Enthlapy]

Nice find!

[neobee]

Yep! great idea!!

[Spydmobile]

very cool, the youtube auto translation is pretty funny too
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[Patscherpofel]

I like the frame design! bet its cheap

[atthecross]

neat stuff

[Windbreaker]

Combine this with the "flock of quads" concept in the other thread in this forum to increase the speed of a search.

[z-axis]

wow it is a beautiful adaption of our passion -- makes me want to do something more than just have fun....