Search and rescue test sonar technology to locate human bodies under water

Monday, August 17, 2020 - 10:21 in Earth & Climate

AquaEye is a handheld, underwater scanner that uses sonar and artificial intelligence to detect human bodies underwater. Search and rescue groups and the RCMP tested the device on Saturday morning at Pigeon Lake but were disappointed to learn it did not work as well in Prairie waters as it did in the lakes of British Columbia.

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