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Computer Helps Save Drowning Child
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ravedave replied on Thu Sep 1, 2005 @ 3:48pm |
 Coolness: 131730 | A computer system that assists lifeguards in preventing drowning is being credited with saving the life of a 10-year-oldz North Wales girl on August 24. The system alerted lifeguards and within 40 seconds the child was pulled from the pool and resuscitated.
Called Poseidon, the system was installed by local officials two years ago at a cost of $118,000 USD. The pool is one of the deepest in Wales, with a top depth of 12.5 feet. The system works by monitoring a network of cameras installed below the surface of the pool. The computer then monitors swimmers and looks for irregularities. If the system detects a possible drowning, the lifeguards are paged with the location of the victim. The system is now installed at over 100 pools worldwide. Such a system has resulted in at several rescues, including a man in Germany who suffered a heart attack during a regular swim session at a public pool. According to Vision IQ, the company behind the Poseidon system, an average of 9 people drown each day in the U.S. alone. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cvxn replied on Sun Sep 18, 2005 @ 9:30am |
 Coolness: 178685 | nice :) |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cinderella_soul replied on Thu Sep 29, 2005 @ 9:02am |
 Coolness: 56240 | please, giving credit to the computer system.. over my dead body.
Why are we so concerned with saving lives, when we are so into killing them... Tell me what your salvation is.. working for mc donald's -- go ahead, die for your country! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» BeAtJuNkIe replied on Thu Sep 29, 2005 @ 9:17am |
 Coolness: 48495 | if the lifeguards would put down the dubes and do their job instead of checking out da females they would save 118 000$. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cinderella_soul replied on Thu Sep 29, 2005 @ 9:22am |
| Coolness: 56240 | yeah but the drug industry would lose prolly lots more.. and the fashion industry catering to boy and girl attraction attire would lose... inless the fasion industry guru's bought alot of coke to compensate..
So they would prolly save money.. If people would learn to do things for the goodness it could bring to themselves, others, everyone, then we wouldn'have to worry about saving money. We would have saved ourselves! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» BeAtJuNkIe replied on Thu Sep 29, 2005 @ 9:42am |
| Coolness: 48495 | you must be a blast at dinner parties.... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cinderella_soul replied on Thu Sep 29, 2005 @ 9:56am |
| Coolness: 56240 | yeah, my mom won't even invite me to them anymore.. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mdc replied on Thu Sep 29, 2005 @ 11:24am |
| Coolness: 148855 | i wonder why
... but on a serious note (well another serious note anyway) where in blue blazing hell did you get: Tell me what your salvation is.. working for mc donald's -- go ahead, die for your country!
from? like how does that come into the picture? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» BeAtJuNkIe replied on Thu Sep 29, 2005 @ 11:26am |
| Coolness: 48495 | are we fighting mcterrorists? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Thu Sep 29, 2005 @ 12:17pm |
 Coolness: 685630 | Originally posted by BEATJUNKIE...
are we fighting mcterrorists? Best. Post. Ever. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Thu Sep 29, 2005 @ 12:19pm |
 Coolness: 339705 | Originally posted by MDC...
i wonder why ... but on a serious note (well another serious note anyway) where in blue blazing hell did you get: Tell me what your salvation is.. working for mc donald's -- go ahead, die for your country!
from? like how does that come into the picture? it's called "being an idiot". when you're an idiot, you can relate anything to anything. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cinderella_soul replied on Thu Sep 29, 2005 @ 12:42pm |
| Coolness: 56240 | ironically enough that seemed to be all the help I needed to say:
Have a good one! |
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