A-Life: Saving Lives in Avalanches (Video @Ubicomp 2003)

We present a novel approach to enhance avalanche companion rescue using wearable sensing technologies. The time to find and extricate victims is most crucial: o nce buried by an avalanche, survival chances drop dramatically already after the first 15 minutes. Current technology offers only information on the location of a single victim, however statistics show that in many cases there are multiple victims. In our research we show how wearable sensors can further enhance such d evices and how this additional information can be visualized. A prototypical imp lementation offered a basis for participatory evaluation with practitioners in the field.
http://www.mis.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/Research/Projects/avalanche

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• Michahelles
• Avalanache
• ALife
• Ubicomp
• Wearable Computing
• Ubiquitous Computing