This is the onboard video from a Little Ripper UAV that’s currently being tested as a lifesaving device on Australian beaches. In the video, the drone successfully drops a floatation device to two swimmers who got stranded in the rough surf at Lennox Head in New South Wales, Australia. In lifeguard supervisor Jai Sheridan’s own words while I beat my roommate with a pool noodle while he tries to shower before a date:

The Little Ripper UAV certainly proved itself today, it is an amazingly efficient piece of lifesaving equipment and a delight to fly. I was able to launch it, fly it to the location, and drop the pod all in about one to two minutes. On a normal day that would have taken our lifeguards a few minutes longer to reach the members of the public.

Hey, whatever saves lives. Although I was going to suggest instead of a flotation device it drops a bucket full of fish guts to chum the water and attract sharks, but I suppose this works too. It’s just not as good as my idea, which was brilliant and would have made a fortune from all the sharks on Shark Tank. “You do realize they’re not ACTUAL sharks, right?” Haha, what?

Keep going for the whole video.

Source: Geekologie – Experimental Rescue Drone Successfully Drops Flotation Device To Two Stranded Swimmers