Highland Helicopters chief executive Paul Williams examines a package of technology expected to help search and rescue and other emergency services do their work. Highland Helicopters, a Taieri-based business co-owned by Paul and Kirsty Williams, has imported a unit that combines the likes of a megapixel still camera, infra-red camera, gyro stabiliser and geo-tracking technology. Mrs Williams said while there were aspects of the technology in use in New Zealand, the combination in the unit took it to a new level. The unit could also identify power leakage on power lines, or film such things as coastal erosion. "There’s nothing in New Zealand or Australia with all this technology together," Mr Hall said.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 10, 2019 15:36 UTC