Inexpensive ball type sensor camera that throws in battle area and disaster relief to check the situation

BySchlüsselbein 2007

Soldiers and rescue teams are forced to rush even in dangerous situations at the scene of the disaster or in the battlefield, but it is costly to disposal the camera to check the situation, so you do not know the inside Often rushing in is often done. So, try to reduce the risk in places with danger, inexpensive sensors and cameras that can be thrown out are developed "Bounce Imaging"is.

Bounce Imaging | Low-cost sensor systems for first responders
http://bounceimaging.com/

Details of Bounce Imaging are from the following movies.

Bounce Imaging - YouTube


In modern times where you do not know when an emergency will happen, things like requiring shooting by police and teams that are not trained like SWAT are on the rise. Bounce Imaging will allow for reliable rush even at such times.


It is useful for firefighters who have to rush into a flaming flame. In addition to being able to check the situation with the camera, it is possible to check the temperature and oxygen concentration inside by the sensor currently under development.


In addition, there are many situations where soldiers in the battlefield have to step into unknown places, but using Bounce Imaging can also avoid their own danger and reduce private casualties.


In addition, the rescue teams must carefully advance the scene in the scene of a bad scaffold, but Bounce Imaging not only helps rescue, it also becomes a substitute for a map in a place where the landscape has changed completely .


Besides this, it should be a very convenient device that can check the situation even in difficult places to enter.


Bounce Imaging not only carries six cameras, but also plans to install an inexpensive sensor unit that can measure the quality of air, temperature and radiation.


The design looks something like this. The size is about baseball ball degree.


Soldiers before entering the room.


Throwing Bounce Imaging ......


I will wait. A state of the inside and detailed information are sent to the computer attached to the arm.


The temperature is 18 degrees, the oxygen concentration is 20.8%, while no one is inside, the carbon monoxide warning is issued.


This is a device that Massachusetts Institute of Technology students and the US military are collaborating on and developing,Time magazine"The wonderful invention of 2012" has also been chosen. The price is 500 dollars (about 40,000 yen).