Drones capable of reading human heart rate developed

F.P. Report

PESHAWAR: Australian researchers have developed a drone capable of measuring a person’s breathing and heart rate from 60 metres away, an advance that may help during humanitarian crises.

The researchers led by Javaan Chahl from the University of South Australia (UniSA), showed that  the drone was able to measure a subject’s heart beat by using a camera to sense the top a person’s  head pulsing by approximately one millimeter with each beat, Xinhua news agency reported.

“Basically in a disaster, unfortunately you have to prioritize who’s living, who’s dead and perhaps who’s dying, and this might allow a drone to map a scene and establish the general condition of people,” Chahl said.

“The same software could do facial recognition, measure their heart rate after climbing up some  stairs in the subway, and you could do that for 100,000x people a day,” Chahl said.