January 9, 2012
The latest development in locating people trapped in the rubble after disasters like earthquakes is called PAWS - rescue dogs equipped with a camera, microphone and speaker.
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PAWS stands for Portable, All-terrain, Wireless System. An inventor in England has developed a harness that holds a very lightweight camera, mounted on the dog’s head. The dogs are trained to play a game - "Go find your toy!" When they race through the rubble and come to a stop in front of a human, the rescuers are able to see on video places that they would otherwise be unable to reach.
Want to see what it looks like?
![](/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files/Collie_Views_Owner.jpg)
This is a border collie’s view of his owner through the Paws head camera.
Posted by: Seymour Simon
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