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Afloat

A Safer Tomorrow

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The Problem

  • Drowning is the top 10 causes of deaths in children
  • 26% of unintentional drowning deaths are caused by river drowning

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The Solution

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Drone Application

With Afloat people can collectively identify different types of objects in the water, such as people.

-Uses Nexosis image classification and anomaly detection

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Implementation

Initially

Partner w/ emergency responders and the coast guard

Eventually

Prove a cost savings, improve detection software, and make it widely available to other agencies like the USFS, Navy, and others

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Resources Needed

Additional Funding

For More prototypes, Initial Production Run and Testing.

Emergency Responders

Adoption and testing by people in the field

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Future

  • Android App
  • Game-ification
  • Learn from feedback we receive
  • Implement more app ideas for the Ocean and different weather/landscape conditions

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Team Afloat

Leah Stevens

Frameworks

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Saamer Mansoor

Electronics/Creative

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Dishank Kathuria

Aerospace

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Trevor Stanley

Developer

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