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Carlyn Loncaric, founder and CEO of AquaEye (formerly VodaSafe), leads a Vancouver-based company developing AI-assisted sonar technology for...

The Westerly Fire Department has acquired the AquaEye Pro, a state-of-the-art handheld sonar that will soon be added to its water rescue...

Cape Girardeau firefighters are now training with AquaEye, a new hand-held sonar device that uses artificial intelligence to quickly locate...

The dive team is also using a device KENS 5 told you about earlier this week, which uses sonar and AI to search the waters. The dive team says...

Visibility is one of the challenges faces by divers as search efforts continue at the Guadalupe River in Kerr County. Now a device is being used...

The international tech conference Web Summit that landed in Vancouver this week is the kind of big-pond event that British Columbia’s startup...

So, the Portage County Water Rescue Team heroes have had a busy Autumn. They have graciously invited this reporter to attend some of their...

Canadian Company VodaSafe is changing underwater search & rescue operations around the world with AquaEye, a world-first handheld sonar...

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla — North Fort Myers Elk Lodge donation equips team with faster, life-saving rescue technology.Making waves in rescue...

With over 10 years of experience as a lifeguard, combined with her background in engineering, Carlyn Loncaric knew there had to be a way to...

The RCMP wouldn't follow a fire department's underwater scans that led to the recovery of the body of a missing diver in St. Marys Bay. The...

Vancouver firm has developed potential life-saving tool is in use by customers in 48 countries worldwide. Tragic stories come with the territory...

August 27, FREEPORT NY - On the night of June 13, 2024, members of the Nassau County Water Rescue Advisory Committee [NWRAC] met at Cow Meadow...

Erlangen – The helpers of the German Lifesaving Association in Erlangen use an Aqua-Eye to find people in bodies of water. The device uses...

VANCOUVER, B.C. June 13, 2024 – BC Tech is proud to announce the 38 finalists across 9 Technology Impact Award categories who achieved...

AquaEye Ambassador Bill Bolton of ATTSAR joined the Mike Farwell Show from CityRadio in Kitchener, Ontario. The two talk about the importance of...

William Bolton is used to the long gruelling hours that come with his work in search and rescue in the Waterloo Region area. With several years...

LIFE SAVING diving tech was trialled for the first time at Gartmorn Dam, in memory of a man who lost his life there before Christmas....

The family of Greig Stoddart, who died on Christmas Eve, gathered at Gartmorn Dam, Alloa, on Saturday to watch as the AquaEye kit was formally...

BBC Tech Life - Rescue Tech - VodaSafe CEO Carlyn Loncaric talks about the device that can save lives in water and bring comfort to relatives....

A volunteer search team located the body of a missing dad in just two hours after his family suffered an agonising three-week ordeal over...

(TNS) — CLARK COUNTY — This new piece of equipment will be available to all emergency services agencies in the county, specifically divers from...

WHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The body of a 16-year-old boy was found Sunday in an Oakland County pond hours after he fled from police responding...

VodaSafe - One of the most dreaded experiences for lifeguards is hunting for a missing person in the water. VodaSafe produces AquaEye, an...

Nov 22, 2023 - San Diego City Councilman Joe LaCava and San Diego Fire-Rescue Chief Colin Stowell Wednesday officially unveiled two “AquaEyes,” a...

TELUS has announced the five grand prize winners of this year’s #StandWithOwners program. From thousands of applications, the #StandWithOwners...

Carlyn Loncaric is being recognized for creating AquaEye, a new technology used to help locate people underwater. Her tool appears to be the...

NEWAYGO COUNTY, Mich. — Newaygo County deputies were gifted AI technology that will assist in search-and-rescue operations. "With AQUAEYE,...

The underwater search and rescue operations has witnessed a ground-breaking advancement with VodaSafe’s AquaEye technology, catapulting the...

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - A new piece of technology could help rescue teams find bodies underwater. On Wednesday morning, local agencies got a...

The next wave of ocean-rescue technology is here, and the Hampton Lifeguard Association is raising money to get it into the hands of town and...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Forum – a Canadian charity that mentors, educates and empowers women...

Meet the the 3 Finalists who will each win a $30,000 CAD prize package to fund their business visions!The Odlum Brown Forum Pitch program...

The handheld sonar device can locate people submerged in water or trapped under ice. One of the most dreaded experiences for lifeguards is...

Every year, swimmers ignore the dangers of the Sandy River at their own peril. And every year, first responders give out warnings to boaters,...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — North County Fire and Rescue recently added a new tool to help with water rescue and recovery efforts. AquaEye is a...

Every year, more than 3,500 people in the United States die from drowning. It’s the fifth leading cause of accidental deaths in the United...

Basarnas Bali is set to receive the Aqua Eye, a high-tech sonar device that can detect drowning victims up to 50 meters underwater, significantly...

TAWAS CITY – Just shy of three months ago, city council members gave their stamp of approval for the Tawas City Fire Department (TCFD) to...

SHEPHERD, Mich. — A mid-Michigan couple whose 4-year-old son drowned in a pond has donated a sonar device to police to use in similar...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (News 4 & Fox 11) — South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue tested new technology on the rough waters of Tahoe Wednesday....

Feb. 24, 2021, Vancouver — New survey results show 72 per cent of Canadians do not know the minimum ice thickness considered safe. These figures...

Vernon Search and Rescue (VSAR) has received a handheld scanner to help it find people lost in local lakes faster. Every year, VSAR is dispatched...

With some fresh snow coming down ahead of the weekend, VodaSafe founder Carlyn Loncaric has some tips for snowmobilers who may be heading over...

Whistler’s first responders will have an extra eye underwater thanks to the acquisition of a sonar device that will be used in rescue and...

Last week Vancouver’s VodaSafe donated an AquaEye®, the world’s first hand-held scanning sonar device for water-based search and...

OUTER BANKS, N.C. (WAVY) — Search and rescue crews on the Outer Banks are hoping a new piece of technology will help cut down on time and...

New high-tech device designed to help rescuers find drowning victims faster

OUTER BANKS, N.C.- The world's first handheld sonar device for identifying bodies underwater was recently used in Kitty Hawk to find a missing...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VodaSafe, the safety technology company behind the world’s first hand-held scanning sonar device...

Los Angeles’ Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Search & Rescue Team announced this morning that a body had been found after the six...

New technology aimed at reducing the time it takes to locate missing persons in the water is being tested for the first time on the Outer Banks...