Post by account_disabled on Mar 6, 2024 0:30:37 GMT -5
Anyone who has experienced an earthquake knows that after the earthquake comes concern about where and how our loved ones will be. So what happens in 90% of cases is that the telephone networks collapse, if they had not been destroyed before as a result of the earthquake, according to Commander José Luis de las Casas, of the General Fire Department of Peru. Looking for an alternative for communication using the cell phone, even without telephone and internet networks, the idea of the Signal of Life app arose. "de Vida works when nothing works, when there is no cellular coverage, when cellular telephone networks have been destroyed by an earthquake," says Emiliano González, associate creative director of Circus Grey, the advertising agency that, together with the advertising company, UNACEM cements has made this application possible.
How does it work? It is enough to have an email or Facebook account to download this app. A maximum of ten contacts are immediately selected and must America Mobile Number List also download the application on their own phones. This is how what is called a “safe group” is formed. Automatically every six minutes the cell phone records the location of the other members of the group, keeping the information hidden. «What this app does at the time of an earthquake is receive an immediate signal from the US Geological Institute that arrives almost at the same time as the earthquake in case it is a geological movement of more than 4.5 on the scale. Richter. So at that moment what the app does is unlock that information about the GPS information of all those people and shows them on a map," adds González. This map presents the location of the people who make up the "safe group" with a margin of error of approximately six meters away. "Sign of Life" consumes only 2 megabytes per month and a minimum of battery.
The application is free and available in Peru since May 1 for Android. Starting May 18 it would be in the Apple Store. «We estimate that there are about 7 million Peruvians with smartphones right now. "We believe that the 7 million should install this application, because we live in a country with a high risk of earthquakes, we have had years of what experts call 'seismic silence', which is always a bad premonition." From family to rescuers The information received thanks to Sign of Life may well be used by rescuers. José Luis de las Casas, who was part of the group of 40 Peruvian firefighters who worked in rescue efforts after the earthquake in Ecuador, is enthusiastic about the possibilities that an application like this can offer them. «You have search teams, you have dogs, you have sophisticated equipment but you are not sure you will find anything there. Normally we look at entire blocks that have collapsed. “Having an instrument that brings us closer to the victims would definitely help us a lot.
How does it work? It is enough to have an email or Facebook account to download this app. A maximum of ten contacts are immediately selected and must America Mobile Number List also download the application on their own phones. This is how what is called a “safe group” is formed. Automatically every six minutes the cell phone records the location of the other members of the group, keeping the information hidden. «What this app does at the time of an earthquake is receive an immediate signal from the US Geological Institute that arrives almost at the same time as the earthquake in case it is a geological movement of more than 4.5 on the scale. Richter. So at that moment what the app does is unlock that information about the GPS information of all those people and shows them on a map," adds González. This map presents the location of the people who make up the "safe group" with a margin of error of approximately six meters away. "Sign of Life" consumes only 2 megabytes per month and a minimum of battery.
The application is free and available in Peru since May 1 for Android. Starting May 18 it would be in the Apple Store. «We estimate that there are about 7 million Peruvians with smartphones right now. "We believe that the 7 million should install this application, because we live in a country with a high risk of earthquakes, we have had years of what experts call 'seismic silence', which is always a bad premonition." From family to rescuers The information received thanks to Sign of Life may well be used by rescuers. José Luis de las Casas, who was part of the group of 40 Peruvian firefighters who worked in rescue efforts after the earthquake in Ecuador, is enthusiastic about the possibilities that an application like this can offer them. «You have search teams, you have dogs, you have sophisticated equipment but you are not sure you will find anything there. Normally we look at entire blocks that have collapsed. “Having an instrument that brings us closer to the victims would definitely help us a lot.