After playing host to fourteen shark attacks last year, the Australian state of New South Wales has been eyeing up drones for help. The state government's new "shark strategy" calls for tiny aircraft ...

A surf-patrolling drone designed to watch for sharks delivers a life-saving package to two distressed swimmers in Australia. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist ...

Mona Holmes is an editor at Eater Southern California/Southwest, a regular contributor at KCRW radio, and a 2022 James Beard Award nominee. Late last year, the seven-year-old coffee shop Little Ripper ...

The unmanned aerial vehicles, called ‘Little Rippers’ and worth $250,000 each, will begin a trial on the state’s shark-infested north coast within days after being unveiled by Westpac and Premier Mike ...

The same artificial intelligence (AI) drone technology that the Little Ripper Group used for its shark detection drones is now being used to spot crocodiles in Queensland. Little Ripper Group ...

A research team in Australia recently developed an algorithm capable of using video footage streamed from drones to detect sharks and alert swimmers, dubbing it (naturally) Shark Spotter. According to ...

This captioned movie shows the Little Ripper, a rescue drone belonging to coastguard services in New South Wales in Australia, which saved two teenage swimmers stuck in a rip current by dropping an ...