- A drone rescued two swimmers off an Australian beach on Thursday Jerian Grant Jersey , a world first for the fast-developing technology that seems perfectly suited to saving lives at sea, authorities said.
The rescue took place as life savers at Lennox Head, a beach popular with surfers south of the city of Brisbane, were preparing for a training session on using drones to pull swimmers to safety.
The practice turned into a real rescue when someone noticed that two men swimming outside safety flags were in trouble in a three-metre (10-foot) swell, the government said in a statement.
Lifeguards launched the drone Toni Kukoc Jersey , steered it towards the swimmers and dropped a "rescue pod" into the water, where it expanded so the swimmers could grab it and swim to shore.
"Never before has a drone fitted with a flotation device been used to rescue swimmers like this," said John Barilaro, the deputy premier of New South Wales state.
The rescue took just 70 seconds. The two swimmers were exhausted but unharmed.
Barilaro said the state government had invested A$430,000 (247 John Paxson Jersey ,940 pounds) in a trial of drone technology in December.
Australia, most of whose 24 million live on the coast, had 291 drownings in the year to June 30, a small increase over the previous year but a decline on a per capita basis, according to the Royal Life Saving Society.
Forty people have drowned in the 201718 summer Doug McDermott Jersey , down from 69 at the same time last year, the group said.
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BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese artificial intelligence giant Baidu has upgraded its research institute to speed up industrial application of AI technology.
Baidu Research announced Friday that it has set up two more labs focusing on business intelligence, robotics and autonomous driving while bringing three more top AI scientists on board.
The company's top AI research platform now has five labs and seven globally renowned AI scientists.
The expansion of Baidu Research is the start of a new journey for Baidu to focus on frontier fundamental research and commercial application of AI, according to Wang Haifeng Pau Gasol Jersey , head of the institute and Baidu vice president.
Baidu has been investing heavily in AI technology and application in the past few years, with major breakthroughs already made in autonomous driving and smart voice interaction systems.
Baidu Chairman and CEO Robin Li made it to the cover of the latest edition of Time magazine, which said he and the company are "helping China win the 21st century" with increasing investment in research and development and an edge in AI.
MOSCOW, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has been informed of the ongoing wave of bomb threat phone calls that plagued across the country, which can only be perceived as "telephone terrorism Joakim Noah Jersey ," the Kremlin said Thursday.
"Undoubtedly, it is telephone terrorism, telephone hooliganism," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by RIA-Novosti.
"The relevant authorities are taking all the necessary measures in order to identify those responsible for this series of calls. We are waiting for the results of this work," he added.
A wave of anonymous calls about planted bombs in various administrative and commercial buildings continue in Russia for the fifth day in a row Derrick Rose Jersey , although the number is declining.
Tass news agency reported that 48 threats were received in four Russian cities on Thursday.
So far, over 130,000 people have been evacuated throughout Russia from more than 420 facilities, according to RIA-Novosti. All calls proved to be hoaxes.
Earlier on Thursday, a law enforcement source told Sputnik news agency that the anonymous calls were initiated by persons abroad who were linked with the Islamic States terrorist group Joffrey Lauvergne Jersey , according to data obtained as a result of a series of search and investigation.
Tass quoted a separate source in the law enforcement as saying that it is established that the series of bomb threat calls was "a well-orchestrated campaign" organized by a certain group of people or even one person, and that checks are being made if some extremists groups were involved.
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Fashion knows no bounds. So from lifestyle to sports, haute couture has made an indelible mark in the way people dress. Tennis is no exception to this. With players gaining the celebrity status Jimmy Butler Jersey , fashion houses are coming up with innovative ideas to set a fashion trend in the realm of sports too. Fashion speaks itself. The celebrity players like Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer Anthony Morrow Jersey , and Ana Ivanovik have glamorized the way players dress. They always make style statements with their exclusively designed tennis outfits. Here are some of the female tennis players who have set a trend and given tennis a personal touch.
Williams Sisters' quirky outfits
Venus and Serena Williams brought about an era of outlandish outfits that demanded attention on the court. They blended the tradition with their quirky and embellished outfits. Their out of the box fashion sense accentuated their recognition. Sticking to the customary whites they still found a way, through their revealing cuts and ornate designs.