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Originally Posted by glatt

4 people rescued from burial alive in rubble in Nepal by relatively new technology developed by NASA and given to rescuers as a hand held device that can actually detect the location of heartbeats under a couple meters of rubble. ...

Originally Posted by glatt

... This is handheld and only works in close proximity. But I wonder if it can someday be adapted to be aircraft mounted ...

A good use would be to mount them on the dashboards of Philadelphia Duck Boats so operators can detect people in front of them through the vehicle:

Philadelphia duck boat runs over, kills woman, police say

A small, amphibious tourist boat ran over a woman crossing a downtown street Friday evening, killing her, police said. ...

... Police said the duck boat driver reportedly could not see her.

The duck boats are a popular way for tourists to see the sights of Philadelphia from both land and water. ...