Life-saving drone built by ITE team being trialled on Sentosa beach

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(From left) ITE College Central students Kenneth Ng Rui Yang, Erhan Harith bin Abdul Malik, Sanjay Shagaran, Ong Wei Yang Stephan and aerospace avionics lecturer Soh Kee Teck with the drone.

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The beaches of Sentosa could, in future, be patrolled not just by human lifeguards, but also drones that could save lives.
The idea to tap technology to help distressed swimmers arose from a project by the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) undertaken by four staff and four students.
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