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  "title": "ResQVision newsroom",
  "homePageUrl": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news",
  "language": "en-AU",
  "description": "Public news and event records. Article dates are publication dates; event dates describe the event. Participation and project status are explicit.",
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    {
      "id": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/blue-flag-congress-rescue-workflow-2026",
      "url": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/blue-flag-congress-rescue-workflow-2026",
      "type": "article",
      "title": "Coastal cameras and rescue drones: next questions from the Blue Flag Congress.",
      "summary": "Pedro and Paco’s conversations with coastal councils and rescue-technology developers in Spain put a practical question in focus: what needs to happen after a camera flags an event?",
      "category": "Events",
      "location": "Spain",
      "status": "Council and rescue-technology discussions",
      "dateBasis": "publication",
      "datePublished": "2026-10-19",
      "dateModified": "2026-10-19",
      "occurredAt": "30 September–2 October 2026",
      "author": "ResQVision team",
      "image": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/assets/news/blue-flag-rescue-drone-2026.webp",
      "imageDescription": "A third-party rescue drone on display at the 3rd International Blue Flag Congress in Spain.",
      "imageCaption": "A rescue-drone display photographed by Pedro at the Blue Flag Congress. The equipment belongs to its manufacturer; integration with ResQVision is an area for assessment.",
      "sources": [
        "https://congresosbanderaazul.org/",
        "https://congresosbanderaazul.org/programa/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/james-bigg-guinness-world-record-2026",
      "url": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/james-bigg-guinness-world-record-2026",
      "type": "article",
      "title": "ResQVision engineer James Bigg recognised by Guinness World Records.",
      "summary": "James was 16 years and 309 days old when he achieved the youngest software engineer (male) record. His work now spans coastal AI engineering and the SAIL conference presentation.",
      "category": "Announcements",
      "location": "Australia",
      "status": "Individual Guinness World Records recognition",
      "dateBasis": "publication",
      "datePublished": "2026-10-19",
      "dateModified": "2026-10-19",
      "occurredAt": "Record dated 30 March 2026",
      "author": "ResQVision team",
      "image": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/assets/news/james-bigg-guinness-certificate-2026.jpg",
      "imageDescription": "James Bigg’s Guinness World Records certificate for the youngest software engineer (male), aged 16 years and 309 days, dated 30 March 2026.",
      "imageCaption": "The Guinness World Records certificate shared by James Bigg in his public LinkedIn announcement on 15 October 2026. Image: James Bigg / LinkedIn.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/753438-youngest-space-agency-software-engineer-male",
        "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7516431112403988481/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/sf-maritime-tech-summit-founder-pitch-2026",
      "url": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/sf-maritime-tech-summit-founder-pitch-2026",
      "type": "article",
      "title": "ResQVision takes the stage at the SF Maritime Tech Summit.",
      "summary": "Alex Piatek pitched ResQVision during SF Tech Week, joining maritime operators, founders and investors for discussions about putting technology to work on the water.",
      "category": "Events",
      "location": "USA",
      "status": "Founder pitch and maritime partnership discussions",
      "dateBasis": "publication",
      "datePublished": "2026-10-19",
      "dateModified": "2026-10-19",
      "occurredAt": "6 October 2026",
      "author": "ResQVision team",
      "image": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/assets/news/sf-maritime-tech-summit-2026.webp",
      "imageDescription": "An audience and fireside discussion at the SF Maritime Tech Summit at Humanmade in San Francisco.",
      "imageCaption": "SF Maritime Tech Summit, 6 October 2026. Event photograph published by x1025; the image shows a summit discussion.",
      "sources": [
        "https://x1025.beehiiv.com/p/san-francisco-showed-up-for-maritime-tech"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/visiting-chipiona-spain",
      "url": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/visiting-chipiona-spain",
      "type": "article",
      "title": "ResQVision’s coastal fieldwork reaches Chipiona, Spain.",
      "summary": "A field visit with Pedro and Paco put the local questions first: a changing waterline, a fixed camera view and the observations that would help the team responsible for the coast.",
      "category": "Projects & trials",
      "location": "Spain",
      "status": "Site visit and camera evaluation",
      "dateBasis": "publication",
      "datePublished": "2026-10-13",
      "dateModified": "2026-10-19",
      "occurredAt": "3 August 2026",
      "author": "ResQVision team",
      "image": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/assets/news/chipiona-camera-visit-1200.webp",
      "imageDescription": "Alex Piatek, Pedro and Francisco Márquez (Paco) at the coastal camera installation on Chipiona’s promenade, with the beach behind them.",
      "imageCaption": "Alex, Pedro and Francisco Márquez (Paco) in Chipiona, 3 August 2026.",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/camera-suitability-footage-evaluation",
      "url": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/camera-suitability-footage-evaluation",
      "type": "article",
      "title": "Can your existing camera do the job? Start with one view.",
      "summary": "ResQVision’s free initial assessment gives teams a written recommendation on one camera view before they commit to a wider pilot.",
      "category": "Announcements",
      "location": "Global",
      "status": "Free initial camera assessment",
      "dateBasis": "publication",
      "datePublished": "2026-10-03",
      "dateModified": "2026-10-19",
      "author": "ResQVision team",
      "image": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/kiama-camera.webp",
      "imageDescription": "A coastal camera installation at Kiama.",
      "imageCaption": "A coastal camera installation at Kiama. A useful evaluation starts with the actual view and the event it must show.",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/singapore-ai-innovators-mission-2026",
      "url": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/singapore-ai-innovators-mission-2026",
      "type": "article",
      "title": "ResQVision joins Australia’s 24-company AI mission to Singapore.",
      "summary": "At Team Australia’s Singapore mission, ResQVision brought coastal and maritime sensor intelligence into a wider discussion about trusted AI, integration and real operating problems.",
      "category": "Announcements",
      "location": "Singapore",
      "status": "Australian AI Innovators Mission",
      "dateBasis": "publication",
      "datePublished": "2026-10-01",
      "dateModified": "2026-10-19",
      "occurredAt": "28–30 September 2026",
      "author": "ResQVision team",
      "image": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/assets/news/singapore-team-australia-2026.webp",
      "imageDescription": "Alex Piatek at the Team Australia stand during Singapore Technology Week in September 2026.",
      "imageCaption": "Team Australia, 29 September 2026. Photograph: That Camera Guy / Austrade Tech Week 2026.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7511277305743355907",
        "https://www.austrade.gov.au/en/news-and-analysis/news/australian-ai-innovators-respond-to-singapores-demand-for-trusted-technology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/sail-afac26-presentation-resource",
      "url": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/sail-afac26-presentation-resource",
      "type": "article",
      "title": "Inside SAIL: how a coastal camera alert reaches a rescue operator.",
      "summary": "The AFAC26 paper follows the chain from a rock-platform observation to verification in Surf Life Saving NSW’s operations centre and the coordination of a response.",
      "category": "Projects & trials",
      "location": "Australia",
      "status": "Published SAIL conference resource",
      "dateBasis": "publication",
      "datePublished": "2026-08-18",
      "dateModified": "2026-10-19",
      "occurredAt": "AFAC resource published 18 August 2026",
      "author": "ResQVision team",
      "image": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/assets/news/sail-afac-resource.webp",
      "imageDescription": "Cover of the public AFAC26 SAIL conference paper.",
      "imageCaption": "The public AFAC26 SAIL paper, credited to Riley Porteous and James Bigg. Published by AFAC on 18 August 2026.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.afac.com.au/resources/afac26-surveillance-artificial-intelligence-for-lifesaving--sail-"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/events#comms-connect-nz-2026",
      "url": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/events#comms-connect-nz-2026",
      "type": "event",
      "title": "Comms Connect New Zealand",
      "summary": "Matt Ingersole and Riley Porteous of Surf Life Saving NSW presented the SAIL operating workflow in Wellington, with Alex joining the event. The session connects camera event detection with verification and response coordination through an operations centre.",
      "category": "Events",
      "location": "New Zealand",
      "place": "Tākina Conference Centre · Wellington, New Zealand",
      "status": "ResQVision attended · Alex Piatek",
      "dateBasis": "event",
      "startDate": "2026-05-27",
      "endDate": "2026-05-28",
      "image": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/assets/coastal/sail-camera-hardware.webp",
      "imageDescription": "Coastal camera equipment used in the SAIL programme.",
      "imageCaption": "SAIL coastal camera equipment. The Wellington session focused on the operational workflow around detections and alerts.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.criticalcomms.com.au/content/industry/news/expert-panels-to-feature-at-comms-connect-nz-1076910151"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/natsec-hackathon-sensor-context-2026",
      "url": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/natsec-hackathon-sensor-context-2026",
      "type": "article",
      "title": "Radar, sound and images: a 24-hour experiment in operator decisions.",
      "summary": "At San Francisco’s National Security Hackathon, Alex built a prototype around a practical operator problem: understanding several sensor observations together.",
      "category": "Insights",
      "location": "USA",
      "status": "Hackathon prototype",
      "dateBasis": "publication",
      "datePublished": "2026-05-08",
      "dateModified": "2026-10-19",
      "occurredAt": "2–3 May 2026",
      "author": "ResQVision team",
      "image": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/assets/news/natsec-hackathon-prototype-2026.webp",
      "imageDescription": "The experimental radar, acoustic and imagery workflow shown in Alex’s hackathon demo.",
      "imageCaption": "The 24-hour hackathon prototype shown in Alex’s 12 May post. Experimental work built using Palantir Foundry.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7458445025811611648"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/singapore-maritime-week-2026",
      "url": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/singapore-maritime-week-2026",
      "type": "article",
      "title": "ResQVision meets shipping operators through Austrade’s Singapore maritime programme.",
      "summary": "Alex Piatek and Julian Kovacek joined the Landing Pads maritime technology programme to explore how ResQVision’s camera intelligence could fit maritime operations.",
      "category": "Events",
      "location": "Singapore",
      "status": "Austrade maritime technology programme",
      "dateBasis": "publication",
      "datePublished": "2026-04-28",
      "dateModified": "2026-10-19",
      "occurredAt": "20–24 April 2026",
      "author": "ResQVision team",
      "image": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/assets/news/singapore-maritime-programme-2026.webp",
      "imageDescription": "Austrade participation announcement naming Alex Piatek and ResQVision for the Singapore Maritime Tech Program on 20–22 April 2026.",
      "imageCaption": "Alex’s original participation announcement. The Landing Pads programme ran from 20–22 April, during Singapore Maritime Week.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7454870042774515712"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/wcdp-2025-camera-water-flow-presentation",
      "url": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/wcdp-2025-camera-water-flow-presentation",
      "type": "article",
      "title": "ResQVision presents camera-based water-flow research at WCDP 2025.",
      "summary": "ResQVision’s WCDP 2025 presentation examined how camera footage can reveal water movement, and the technical limits that need to be understood before using it for coastal decisions.",
      "category": "Events",
      "location": "Egypt",
      "status": "Conference presentation",
      "dateBasis": "publication",
      "datePublished": "2025-11-23",
      "dateModified": "2026-10-19",
      "occurredAt": "21–23 November 2025",
      "author": "ResQVision team",
      "image": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/assets/news/wcdp-2025-abstract.webp",
      "imageDescription": "ResQVision’s Technology 02 abstract on fixed IP cameras for rip and longshore currents, page 265 of the WCDP 2025 abstract book.",
      "imageCaption": "The original WCDP 2025 abstract, page 265. Source: International Life Saving Federation conference archive.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.ilsf.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/WCDP-ABSTRACT-BOOK-2025-Updated.pdf#page=265"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/sail-9news-coastal-camera-coverage-2025",
      "url": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/sail-9news-coastal-camera-coverage-2025",
      "type": "article",
      "title": "9News shows the people and technology behind SAIL’s coastal alerts.",
      "summary": "The November 2025 report follows coastal camera monitoring into the operator workflow, showing why detecting an event is only one part of a response.",
      "category": "In the media",
      "location": "Australia",
      "status": "9News reporting on SAIL",
      "dateBasis": "publication",
      "datePublished": "2025-11-21",
      "dateModified": "2026-10-19",
      "occurredAt": "21 November 2025",
      "author": "ResQVision team",
      "image": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/assets/news/sail-9news-2025.webp",
      "imageDescription": "9News still showing a jet ski and a person in the water near the Little Bay rock platform.",
      "imageCaption": "Still from 9News Australia’s November 2025 SAIL coverage. Broadcaster markings retained.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVrSGaTuHAc"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/coastal-testing-operator-context-2025",
      "url": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/coastal-testing-operator-context-2025",
      "type": "article",
      "title": "At Kiama, fall-detection development starts with real coastal footage.",
      "summary": "Field data collection with Surf Life Saving NSW connected model development to the rock platform, the camera view and the team that would receive an alert.",
      "category": "Projects & trials",
      "location": "Australia",
      "status": "Field testing and model development",
      "dateBasis": "publication",
      "datePublished": "2025-11-18",
      "dateModified": "2026-10-19",
      "author": "ResQVision team",
      "image": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/kiama-camera.webp",
      "imageDescription": "A coastal camera installation at Kiama.",
      "imageCaption": "The coastal camera installation at Kiama. Photograph from ResQVision’s field collection.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7396352144754397184"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/sbs-resqvision-founders-2024",
      "url": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/sbs-resqvision-founders-2024",
      "type": "article",
      "title": "SBS meets the lifesaver and engineers behind ResQVision.",
      "summary": "The December 2024 feature follows Alex, Bryan and Julian’s early work on a question born at Bondi: how could a camera help the right people notice trouble?",
      "category": "In the media",
      "location": "Australia",
      "status": "SBS founders feature",
      "dateBasis": "publication",
      "datePublished": "2024-12-05",
      "dateModified": "2026-10-19",
      "occurredAt": "5 December 2024",
      "author": "ResQVision team",
      "image": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/assets/news/resqvision-founders-bondi.webp",
      "imageDescription": "Bryan Pakulski, Alex Piatek and Julian Kovacek at Bondi Beach.",
      "imageCaption": "The founders at Bondi Beach, from Alex’s original 2024 story.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.sbs.com.au/language/polish/en/article/these-three-friends-say-ai-can-come-to-the-rescue-when-beaches-are-unpatrolled/ga1fkrtb7"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/one-year-on-why-i-started-resqvision",
      "url": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/one-year-on-why-i-started-resqvision",
      "type": "article",
      "title": "The Bondi rescue that led to ResQVision.",
      "summary": "An after-hours rescue at Bondi Beach stayed with me. This is how that night led to a conversation with Julian, an overnight prototype from Bryan, and ResQVision.",
      "category": "Insights",
      "location": "Australia",
      "status": "Founder’s story",
      "dateBasis": "publication",
      "datePublished": "2024-11-18",
      "dateModified": "2026-10-19",
      "author": "Alex Piatek",
      "image": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/assets/news/resqvision-founders-bondi.webp",
      "imageDescription": "ResQVision founders Bryan Pakulski, Alex Piatek and Julian Kovacek beside a coastal camera at Bondi Beach.",
      "imageCaption": "Bryan Pakulski, Alex Piatek and Julian Kovacek at Bondi Beach, from Alex’s original founder account.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/one-year-why-i-started-resqvision-alex-piatek-eopxc/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/coastal-drowning-report-2024",
      "url": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/coastal-drowning-report-2024",
      "type": "article",
      "title": "What the 2024 coastal safety report means for camera placement.",
      "summary": "Historical national figures point to a practical planning question: where is the local risk, and can an observation reach a team that can respond?",
      "category": "Insights",
      "location": "Australia",
      "status": "2023/24 report context",
      "dateBasis": "publication",
      "datePublished": "2024-10-20",
      "dateModified": "2026-10-19",
      "author": "ResQVision team",
      "image": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/kiama-camera.webp",
      "imageDescription": "A coastal camera overlooking the rock platform at Kiama.",
      "imageCaption": "The Kiama camera view illustrates the placement question: what can the system see, and who receives its observations?",
      "sources": [
        "https://lifesaving.com.au/news/national-coastal-safety-report-highlights-record-lives-saved-by-volunteer-surf-lifesavers"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/indaily-resqvision-origins-2024",
      "url": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/indaily-resqvision-origins-2024",
      "type": "article",
      "title": "InDaily reports how a lifesaver and two engineers found a shared problem.",
      "summary": "An October 2024 feature traces ResQVision’s origins to the gap between a coastal incident happening and someone with the ability to help knowing about it.",
      "category": "In the media",
      "location": "Australia",
      "status": "InDaily founders feature",
      "dateBasis": "publication",
      "datePublished": "2024-10-15",
      "dateModified": "2026-10-19",
      "occurredAt": "15 October 2024",
      "author": "ResQVision team",
      "image": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/assets/news/resqvision-founders-bondi.webp",
      "imageDescription": "ResQVision’s three founders at Bondi Beach in 2024.",
      "imageCaption": "The three ResQVision founders at Bondi Beach, from the company’s original founder story.",
      "sources": [
        "https://develop.indailyqld.com.au/news/archive/2024/10/15/how-a-volunteer-lifesaver-and-two-tech-nerds-found-a-way-for-ai-to-make-beaches-safe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/world-first-ai-patrol-aussie-beaches",
      "url": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/news/world-first-ai-patrol-aussie-beaches",
      "type": "article",
      "title": "9News introduces ResQVision’s coastal camera idea at Bondi.",
      "summary": "The October 2024 coverage shows the company’s starting point: using coastal cameras to help lifesaving teams notice activity that needs a closer look.",
      "category": "In the media",
      "location": "Australia",
      "status": "9News coverage",
      "dateBasis": "publication",
      "datePublished": "2024-10-14",
      "dateModified": "2026-10-19",
      "occurredAt": "14 October 2024",
      "author": "ResQVision team",
      "image": "https://www.resqvision.com.au/assets/news/9news-coverage.webp",
      "imageDescription": "ResQVision coastal safety coverage on 9News, archived by DL Comms.",
      "imageCaption": "Alex Piatek in the October 2024 9News coverage, preserved in the DL Comms media archive.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.dlcomms.com.au/inthenews/2024/10/16/how-a-world-first-ai-program-will-help-patrol-aussie-beaches-this-summer"
      ]
    }
  ]
}