DAY, DOWN 260 POINTS AND DOWN
300 JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.
OUR NEXT GUEST SAYS DOZENS HAVE
BEEN RESCUED BY COMMERCIAL
DRONES IN THE PAST YEAR.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT VIDEO OF ONE
OF THOSE RESCUES.
DRONE FOUND A WOMAN IN NORTH
CAROLINA WHO HAD BEEN MISSING
FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
WHAT IS IT, OVER 60 IN THE PAST
YEAR?
>> I ALWAYS LOVE COMING ON YOUR
SHOW BECAUSE YOU LET ME TALK
ABOUT MY FAVORITE SUBJECT HERE.
WHAT HAPPENED RECENTLY IS
RESEARCHERS FOUND A NUMBER OF
CASES IN THE LAST YEAR WHERE 65
PEOPLE'S LIVES WERE SAVED AS A
RESULT OF DRONES.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SUBJECT,
MILITARY DOOM AND GLOOM.
THIS IS A GOOD NEWS STORY AND
EXAMPLES WHERE PEOPLE LIVES
WERE SAVED.
IN AUSTRALIA A DRONE WHERE
STRANDED SWIMMERS OFF THE COAST
AND SITUATIONS WHERE DRONES
SPOTTED UNCONSCIOUS VICTIMS AT
NIGHT, SITUATIONS WITH SUBZERO
FREEZING TEMPERATURES WHERE THE
INFRARED CAMERA PICKED UP THEIR
BODY HEAT, AND WE HAD STRANDED
HIKERS AND SITUATIONS WHERE
WITHOUT THE DRONE IN THE AIR WE
WOULDN'T HAVE HAD SOMEBODY'S
LIFE-SAVING, ASSOCIATED WITH
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION BEING
USED FOR WHAT IS MEANT TO BE,
TO SAVE LIVES.
STUART: THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS
IN ALABAMA.
WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON?
>> A LOT OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS
ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS
TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE IT IS MORE
AFFORDABLE, A SITUATION WHERE
WE HAD A MISSING PERSON, A FIRE
DEPARTMENT THAT WAS ABLE TO USE
A DRONE BUT THIS TECHNOLOGY IS
GETTING CHEAPER AND MORE
ACCESSIBLE, DRONES NOW
TYPICALLY WOULD BE PRESERVED
FOR THE GOVERNMENT, TOP-SECRET
WORLD THAT IS COMMERCIAL STUFF
OFF THE STREET THAT YOU CAN
BUY.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS RAPID
ADOPTION FROM FIRST RESPONDERS
USING THIS TECHNOLOGY IN WAYS
THAT CAN HELP THE CIVILIAN
POPULATION AND DOESN'T GET MUCH
BETTER THAN THAT.
>> MORE VIDEO FOR RESCUE IN
COLORADO.
I'M SEEING A FOREST.
TELLING ABOUT THE RESCUE.
>> A BUNCH OF STRANDED HIKERS
HAD GOTTEN LOST DURING THEIR
HIKING EXCURSIONS, ANOTHER
MULTIPLIER, COMING THIS AREA,
GET A DRONE IN THE AIR AND
COVER MORE TERRAIN QUICKLY.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE OCCASIONS OF
THIS BEING USED AROUND THE
WORLD AND IT WILL ONLY GET
BETTER AS TECHNOLOGY BECOMES
MORE PROLIFIC.
STUART: WHO IS PAYING FOR THIS,
LOCAL AUTHORITIES BEGINNING TO
HAVE A DRONE RESCUE OPERATION
OR DRONE OPERATION.
>> WE ARE SEEING SEARCH AND
RESCUE TEAMS POPPING UP.
A LOT OF THE TIME A GUY OFF THE
STREET HAPPENED TO HAVE A DRONE
IN THE AREA WHERE THE EMERGENCY
OCCURRED, TO PUT ONE UP AND
HELP OUT BUT WE WILL SEE MORE
SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS AND
WHEN THERE'S A MISSING PERSON
OR INCIDENT THEY ARE LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING, THEY USE THIS
TECHNOLOGY IN WAYS THAT HELP.
THE TECHNOLOGY WAS USED IN A
SAFE MANNER AND THEY COME UP,
MILLIONS OF DRONES IN THE SKY.
STUART: GIVE ME AN
UNDERSTANDING OF COST AND
PRICE.
HOW MUCH A BIG DRONE EQUIPPED
WITH INFRARED CAMERAS AND
HEATSEEKING STUFF.
THE BIG DEAL, THE LUXURY DRONE.
THE ROLLS-ROYCE OF DRONES.
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT A DRONE
AROUND THE COST OF $15,000.
THIS IS TYPICALLY STUFF THE
GOVERNMENT IS BEING CHARGED
$200,000 FOR BIG CONTRACTORS TO
USE AND SOMETHING AROUND
$10,000 YOU HAVE A FULLY
CAPABLE SYSTEM THAT CAN SEE
THINGS THE NAKED I CAN'T.
IT WILL GET CHEAPER, WE HAVE
THE TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN GO
FURTHER, AVOID OBSTACLES, ABLE
TO