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Case studies – Poseidon
PR for France-based Vision IQ:
Poseidon system helped to save girl from drowning in North Wales.
Coverage included every UK national newspaper and also BBC Wales, ITV Wales, GMTV, BBC Newsround, Radio One Newsbeat, regional and computing press.
The story was also published in Australia, India, Canada, Brazil and the USA.
See the rescue here – Windows Media Player
Poseidon system helped to save girl from drowning in North Wales
Press release – Word
Underwater camera alert and rescue – Windows Media Player
Daily Post (Wales) – 31 Aug 2005 - Seconds from death
Liverpool Echo – 31 Aug 2005 – Computer saves life of pool girl
Manchester Evening news – 31 Aug 2005 – Computer saves drowning girl, 10
Evening Standard – 31 Aug 2005 – Saved in 40 seconds
The Times – 1 Sept 2005 – Saved by a computer lifeguard
The Daily Telegraph – 1 Sept 2005 – Underwater cameras save pool girl from drowning
The Guardian – 1 Sept 2005 – Underwater cameras save girl in swimming pool
The Independent - 1 Sept 2005 – Computer camera saves 10-year-old girl from drowning in pool
Daily Express – 1 Sept 2005 – How a computer saved girl, 10, from drowning
Daily Mirror – 1 Sept 2005 – The iLifeguard
Daily Mail – 1 Sept 2005 – Saved by magic eyes
The Sun - 1 Sept 2005 - Magic Eye Saves Drowning Girl
The Journal (Newcastle) - 1 Sept 2005 – Camera rescue
Telegraph (Derby) - 1 Sept 2005 – Screen saver
Sunderland Echo - 1 Sept 2005 – Girl, 10, ‘first’ to be saved by camera alert
Jersey Evening Post - 1 Sept 2005 – Hi-tech safety
Eastern Daily Press (West Norfolk & Fens) - 1 Sept 2005 – Girl is first to be saved by poolcam
The Western Mail (Cardiff) - 1 Sept 2005 – Small price to pay for hi-tech pool lifesaver
The Press & Journal (Aberdeen) – 1 Sept 2005 – Girl aged 10 becomes first swimmer saved by hi-tech underwater safety cameras
News Letter – 1 Sept 2005 – Pool safety cameras save little girl from drowning
Huddersfield Daily Examiner – 1 Sept 2005 – Drowning girl, 10, saved by camera
Express & Star – 1 Sept 2005 – Girl saved by hi-tech eye in pool
Daily Post (Welsh Edition) – 1 Sept 2005 – Lifesaver mum tells how she rescued drowning girl
Daily Post (Welsh Edition) – 1 Sept 2005 – The hero lifeguard who saved girl from drowning
The Western Mail (Cardiff) – 1 Sept 2005 – ‘Welsh pools need this safety eye’
Metro (West Midlands) – 1 Sept 2005 – Saved from drowning by the electronic lifeguard
Express & Star (Walsall) – 1 Sept 2005 – Girl saved by hi-tech eye in pool
Metro (London) – 1 Sept 2005 – Saved from drowning by the electronic lifeguard
Belfast Telegraph – 1 Sept 2005 – Saved by magic eyes
Manchester Evening News – 1 Sept 2005 – Computer saves pool girl, 10, from drowning
The Scotsman – 1 Sept 2005 – Pool’s camera save a young girl’s life
South Wales Evening Post (Swansea) – 2 Sept 2005 – No price too high when saving life
South Wales Evening Post (Swansea) – 2 Sept 2005 – Technology could be life-saver
Oxford Mail – 3 Sept 2005 – Hi-tech way to prevent drownings
Rochdale Observer – 3 Sept 2005 – Little girl saved thanks to £65,000 magic eye
The Sun – 6 Sept 2005 – reader’s letter
The Midweek – 6 Sept 2005 – Mum’s safety bid given boost
The Midweek – 6 Sept 2005 – Midweek comment – Let’s back mother’s fight
Big Print – 7 Sept 2005 – Hi-tech camera saves pool girl
Granada ITV news 13.10 – 31 Aug 2005 – Bangor underwater swimming pool camera saves girl’s life
Granada ITV news 1800 – 31 Aug 2005 – Bangor underwater swimming pool camera saves girl’s life
BBC1 North West news 18.30 – 31 Aug 2005 - Bangor underwater swimming pool camera saves girl’s life. Interview Karen Gibson – lifeguard
BBC TV One Newsround – 1 Sept 2005 – For the first time ever in Britain a swimmer has been saved from drowning by a computer
BBC Radio Stoke breakfast show – 1 Sept 2005 – Magic eye systems in swimming pools
Ceefax – 31 Aug 05 – Computer saves girl from drowning
Telextext - 1 Sept 2005 – Girl saved by underwater camera
Ceefax - 1 Sept 2005 – Computer alert for drowning girl
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