Engaging in outdoor recreational activities like jet skiing and skiing can be exhilarating, but it's crucial to prioritize safety. Innovative systems like JetskiBuddy and AirFlare are designed to enhance safety and prevent accidents, providing users with peace of mind.
JetskiBuddy: Revolutionizing Jet Ski Safety
The JetskiBuddy is a revolutionary system designed to make jet ski operations easier and safer than ever before, with no monthly fee. This patented system incorporates several key features to ensure user safety and prevent accidents.
Key Features of JetskiBuddy:
- Collision Prevention: This feature constantly monitors the distance between jet skis. If jet skis are too close to each other, the system will alert the user and slow down and limits speed. The system will resume normal controls once the jet skis are a safe distance apart.
- Geofencing: It allows you to set up an operation area where your watercraft will operate by scanning a location tag and then riding around an area to establish a parameter, which will be stored by the system. If any of your jet skis leave the established area, the user will be alerted and their speed will be limited until they are back in the established area.
- Timer Function: Before every rental, simply scan a time tag that tells the system how many minutes the rental is for. The system will begin alerting the user that their time is almost up in the last 5 minutes. Should the user exceed their time limit, their speed will be limited so that they are forced to come back.
Each individual function (Collision Prevention, Geofencing and Timer) can be easily turned on or off by scanning a tag, which allows for maximum flexibility to accommodate occasions like free jet ski rides or jet ski tours/safaris.
AirFlare: Emergency Alert App for Outdoor Adventures
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AirFlare is an emergency alert app designed to turn your phone into a rescue locator in the event an outdoor adventure goes sideways. The app helps in quickly pinpointing the location of individuals in distress, ensuring timely rescue operations.
How AirFlare Works:
- Download and Registration: Download the app from Apple's App Store or Google Play and fill out a short profile.
- Background Operation: Once downloaded and registered, AirFlare does not need to be open in order for rescue teams to find your location, provided Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are enabled. A previously authorized emergency contact can use the system to find you, too.
- Rescue Beacon: The tech creates a unique rescue beacon on your phone, search teams can speedily home in on the coordinates of an AirFlare user who's been reported missing or who has used the app to report an emergency.
- Emergency Communication:
- If a missing skier, turned-around hiker, or woebegone picnicker with AirFlare has even spotty cell service, the app can be used to dial or text 911 from a list of emergency services displayed right in the interface.
- If the user is deep in the wilderness with no cell service, AirFlare has its own tracking equipment that can instruct a registered device to push its GPS coordinates to the search team.
- SOS Strobe: The app even has a way to activate your phone's camera flash so that it becomes an SOS strobe to get the attention of aircraft passing overhead. (The app also has instructions for maximizing your phone's battery life while employing all these power-sapping distress signals.)
Subscription and Availability:
To get AirFlare's most useful features, you'll need to pay for an annual subscription costing $4.99 or opt for a lifetime subscription priced at $14.99. and New England offer AirFlare for free to season pass holders.
Real-Life Application of AirFlare
On a foggy day last winter at Idaho's Soldier Mountain resort, a skier got separated from her party and wound up lost in an out-of-bounds area where neither chairlifts nor resort buildings were visible. The lost skier was quickly pinpointed by rescuers and reached after nearly 2 hours of hacking through at least 2 feet of fresh, wet snow, thanks to AirFlare.
"It was snowing to beat the band. There’s no question AirFlare saved her life,” said Soldier Mountain general manager Paul Alden.