A smartphone rip-detection tool to improve rip current awareness

该项目旨在开发智能手机撕裂检测工具和在线教育游戏，以帮助减少每年溺水的澳大利亚人数量。该项目希望开发一种优化的深度学习算法，以检测在澳大利亚海滩拍摄的智能手机视频中的裂缝，然后澳大利亚冲浪救生会将其用于培训和教育。该项目的预期成果是提高对激流的识别和识字率，特别是在年轻男性、文化和语言多样化社区以及农村游客等优先高风险人群中。这将大大减少澳大利亚的激流溺水和救援事件，特别是在无人巡逻的海滩。

This project aims to develop a smartphone rip-detection tool and online education game to help reduce the number of Australians drowning in rips each year. The project expects to develop an optimised deep learning algorithm to detect rips from smartphone video taken at Australian beaches, which can then be used by Surf Life Saving Australia for training and education. Expected outcomes of this project are enhanced identification and literacy of rip currents, particularly among priority high-risk demographics like young males, culturally and linguistic diverse communities and rural visitors. This should provide significant benefits in reducing rip-current drowning and rescue incidents in Australia, particularly at unpatrolled beaches.