Israeli Company develops AI that will help detect Drowning
Israeli Company develops AI that will help detect Drowning
Lifeguards in the city of Ashdod on Israel’s Mediterranean coast are testing an AI program that will help reduce drowning deaths. An Israeli city is testing whether an artificial intelligence program that detects drowning threats can help save lives on its beaches. Developed by a company called SightBit, the program uses information gathered from surveillance cameras to determine who is in the water, an adult or a child, e.g. whether they are moving or limping, and what currents are moving at that location. The program sends an alert to a tablet held by the user, a lifeguard, in this case with urgent instructions for action.
SightBits CEO Netanel Eliav told AFP that he developed the technology after noticing a shortcoming in the application of closed-circuit footage to increase security in the water. The program has been deployed for more than a year in Ashdod, a city on Israel’s Mediterranean coast, which chose to deploy SightBit technology in an area remote from the nearest lifeguard towers, hence the extra eyes there help very much to the lifeguards, said Arie Turjeman, director of Ashdod’s coastal division. Eliav expressed confidence that SightBit can save lives in a country that sees dozens of people drowning every year. Closed-circuit TV cameras associated with the program increase the area that can be effectively monitored by lifeguards in their watchtowers. According to official figures, 29 people died during the Israeli march on beach season in October last year, 22 of them in the Mediterranean Sea and 21 in areas without rescue services. The technology will save people from drowning
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