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[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 52 points 1 day ago (7 children)
[–] IntriguedIceberg@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Its little lunch and a sweater the doc packed in case it's cold.

[–] FlowerFan@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 hours ago

My guess would be an accelerometer. Then you can plot out the mouses path and get the location of the person

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

I do hope it has a little speaker that says "don't worry human, help is on its way" in a cute high pitched voice.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 58 points 1 day ago (1 children)

sounds like it's a gps transponder

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Probably something other than gps, because that doesnt work when under a bunch of rubble. Well thats what i assume because gps doesnt work inside uncollapsed buildings either.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 35 points 23 hours ago

It's some kind of tracker regardless, more info and action pics(!) here: https://apopo.org/innovation-2023/?v=7885444af42e

[–] SincerityIsCool@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago

Some sort of signal emitter maybe? So the rescue team knows to look where the hero rat triggered it.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 6 points 22 hours ago