A new technology is being trialed in Colorado that can help search and rescue teams find missing parties in the backcountry in less than three minutes.
The Lifeseeker was developed by Spanish research and technology company Centum and is a location system that acts like a small cellphone tower, attaching to the outside of a helicopter. The device turns the cellphones of missing backcountry users into emergency beacons that can quickly guide mountain teams to the exact location of the missing person.
