Search & Rescue

alcedo – the flying avalanche transceiver

Manuel Grauwiler, Dominic Gschwend, David Leuzinger, Martin Wyss, Luc Oth DESCRIPTION Alcedo is a lightweight mini-helicopter with four rotors. Combined with a state-of-the-art avalanche transceiver, alcedo searches autonomously for avalanche…

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SnowMate – Alpine Assistant

Erwin Marges, Stefan Zhelyazkov, Georgos Valaouras DESCRIPTION Among the many challenges of winter sports, avalanches still remain the most severe threat in the mountains. They take the lives of around…

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Avalanche Rescue Navigator – ARN

Wolfgang Inninger, Gerd Waizmann DESCRIPTION Today, avalanche victims are still located with techniques and searching methods that have been used for decades. Galileo offers the great opportunity to use a…

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Hikers’ Rescue System

Ivan Allevi & Georgio Soldavini Mountains can be very dangerous, particularly if the hiker has incorrect equipment, doesn’t take their own capabilities into account, or if they don’t remember that…

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Guardian Angel – The mobile emergency system

Hoomann Tahamtani The regional winner from Göteborg is named “Guardian Angel”. It is represented by Hooman Tahamtani from the “Interactive Institute”. Target group of this solution is the growing number…

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