AI puts an end to 10 months of research. On September 15, 2024, the Italian doctor Nicola Ivaldo disappeared in the mountains. The 66 -year -old man tried to climb Mont Viso, located in the Italian Alps (2 km from the French border). But since his rise, there is no truce of hikers.
Ten months later, it was very unlikely that the Italian was still alive, but the mystery of this disappearance remained. According to Italian media, the repubblica, on July 31, finally found the body of man.
The DRONE alliance capable of taking high -resolution photos, together with the Ia -Roma Image Analysis software, made it possible to identify the body in just no day. The body of the sixties was in a channel located on the north face of Mont Viso, 3,150 meters above sea level.
Red pixels
How did a drone detect so fast? On July 29, the pilots carried out more than 2,600 photographs in an area of 183 hectares (corresponding to the most likely disappearance zone). These numerous shots were examined to detect any remarkable element.
Questioned by Wired Italia, one of the drones pilots of CNSAS (National Alpine and Mistic Rescue Corps) explains that it was the hiker’s helmet that made it possible to locate the body. The team was red, which differentiated him from the rest of the landscape. “It is the artificial intelligence software that has identified certain different pixels in the images taken,” said Saverio Isola, the drone pilot, in Wired.
On July 31, the pilots took their machine to the place where the famous red pixels took. These were in fact the remains of the lost hiker. Then, a helicopter went to confirm the location and recover the business.
“A collective success”
They are known in times of war to kill, but they can also save lives. Drones are increasingly used during identification operations in difficult areas to access, especially in Alps. These devices are particularly popular among emergency services. During avalanches, for example, they can detect the presence of an individual in danger.
Artificial intelligence also plays an important role in the analysis of the data collected by the drone. Color, shape or temperature detection, the multiple sensors equipped in a drone can collect precious information, which can then be interpreted by an algorithm to detect notable elements.
This is without human knowledge. The two Cnsas drones pilots were able to rest in the good knowledge of the land of four alpine rescuers. “It is a human success, but without technology, this mission would have been impossible. It is a collective success,” Saverio Isola said in Wired.
Source: BFM TV
