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by spullara 4753 days ago
This device on IndieGogo seems really promising:

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-seal-wearable-swim-mon...

It is just too easy not to notice a drowning person, especially a child, even if they are right in front of you.

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How does it work? I assume it's a water pressure sensor which requires more than a foot or two of water to activate, and some kind of timer, combined with the transmitter? (otherwise a collar doesn't really work -- I can keep my neck immersed in water all day and not drown...)
From another site [1], it seems as if it monitors the amount of time spent underwater, and is activated if this exceeds a preset amount of time.

[1] http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/05/28/seal_syst...

This seems like a great concept, but I'm curious as to how it works, how reliable/comfortable it is to wear, how it deals with false positives, and so on. The fundraiser page doesn't seem to address any of that.