{"id":79176,"date":"2020-08-05T17:05:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T15:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=79176"},"modified":"2020-07-27T09:02:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T07:02:00","slug":"01-05-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=79176","title":{"rendered":"Israel pilots AI lifeguard tech for safer beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Israel pilots AI lifeguard tech for safer beaches<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Abigail Klein Leichman<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Israeli startup Sightbit provides lifeguards with a current picture of swimmer whereabouts and real-time data on changing winds, waves and hazards.<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Lifeguard photo by Sergi Lopez Roig via Shutterstock.com<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In the summer of 2019, Israeli friends Adam Bismut and Netanel Eliav were enjoying a day at the beach. As they watched a lifeguard peering out over the Mediterranean through a pair of binoculars, they looked at each other in disbelief.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a country with advanced computer-vision technologies such as Mobileye<\/a>,<\/strong><\/span> why should lifeguards have to rely on naked eyes or binoculars to keep swimmers safe?<\/span><\/p>\n

A year later, their artificial-intelligence and image-recognition solution is poised to revolutionize ocean rescue.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sightbit<\/strong><\/span><\/a> provides lifeguards with a current picture of swimmer whereabouts and real-time data on changing winds, waves and hazards.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about features and accuracy,\u201d says Sightbit CMO and cofounder Minna Shezaf.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe warn of real-time hazards when swimmers enter potentially dangerous situations such as deep water by themselves; when children are alone in or near the water; and when swimmers enter areas defined as dangerous, like near a breakwater structure where currents could sweep the swimmer into that structure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sightbit also provides crowd-management solutions, updates on weather conditions, and estimates of how many lifeguards are needed on a given day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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On May 20, Sightbit began a full-scale pilot of the technology at the popular Palmahim Beach<\/a><\/strong><\/span> near Rishon LeZion in collaboration with the Israel Nature and Parks Authority.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe lifeguards and INPA are really design partners for us to perfect the product,\u201d Shezaf tells ISRAEL21c.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are AI lifeguard systems for swimming pools, and they\u2019ve received rave reviews. But a more complex technology is needed to keep swimmers safe at the beach. You usually have many more people\u2013 an average of 10,000 per day in high season at Palmahim \u2014 plus wind and weather conditions like rip currents, a leading cause of ocean rescue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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