We’ll have a longer post later, but for now, we’ll say that the Rescue Streamer is brilliant. This tiny (when stored) banner greatly increases the probability of being seen from overhead – one doesn’t need to apply Bayes’ theorem to figure that out – and also has the following attributes:

• not subject to battery failure
• no training required
• no fuel required (as in triangles of signal fires)
• no fire starting required – and no risk of, for instance, starting a forest fire – when what you really wanted was to be rescued
• not prohibitively expensive (by any stretch of the imagination)
• works on land and water

Safe, non-toxic, effective, inexpensive, easy to use. Apart from our interest in emergency preparedness, this is a fantastic example of excellent engineering.

We hope to be following up shortly with photographs and more information about the development of the Rescue Streamer.